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Multiple Messages
From The President
President Obama is a fantastic orator,
but the content of his speech when it
comes to Israel is confusing.
On one hand, he says that Israel
cannot negotiate with a terror orga-
nization, Hamas, and on the other he
urges Israel to do so. On one hand, he
says that it is up to the Palestinians and
Israelis to make peace and the USA will
not impose it; on the other, he suggests
the end results of such negotiations.
His stand vis-a-vis the 1967 lines of
separation with "land swaps" is confus-
ing. What does he really mean?
The timing of the speech is puzzling.
If he wanted to address the masses
of "liberated" Arabs, he should have
left the Palestine-Israel conflict out of
the formula or made it a minor issue
which, in the context of what is hap-
pening in the Arab world, it is.
Past dictatorships in the Arab world
used Israel as a scapegoat, the cause
of all evil. President Obama again gave
the new tyrants the old weapon of hate
for Israel and the Jews, and he threw a
grenade into the peace process.
EU Aiding
The Terrorists
The Palestinian Authority has joined
forces with the Hamas terror gang in
their latest scheme to wipe Israel off
the map. Israel's response to this exis-
tential threat has been to withhold tax
revenue which they collect for the PA.
And what was the European Union's
response? Instead of condemning
the PA for uniting with the genocidal
forces of Hamas, their response was
to send even more money to the PA
("EU Covers PA Tax Money:' May 12,
page 5).
The EU already was giving more
money to the Arab/ Moslems occupy-
ing land in and around Israel than to
all of Africa. These same EU politi-
cians who are funding terrorism are
threatening Israel with supporting the
Arab/Moslem campaign to declare sov-
ereignty over Judea, Samaria and parts
of Jerusalem. This act of aggression
will certainly end in another deadly
war in the Middle East.
Hitler seems to have won. Europe
is under a central government that's
working hard to finish off the Jews.
Our sale was created by Roz Blanck
and Jodi Goodman and is cur-
rently chaired by Janet Berman, Susi
Schoenberger and Karen Simmons.
It takes a village to run an event of
this magnitude. It takes eight months
of preparation, 600-700 volunteers and
over 100,000 donated items to achieve
success. Our thanks to all who worked
in any capacity to help us become the
important annual community event
that we have become. Without books
there is no learning; without the funds
from Bookstock sales, many literacy
programs in our area would be falter-
ing.
Now, more than ever, when illiteracy
in Detroit is at an alarming rate, get-
ting books into people's hands and
ensuring literacy and educational pro-
grams are essential.
Your
Financial
Problems
Janet Berman
Farmington Hills
Walk For Israel
A Huge Success
The Walk for Israel was a success
despite the rain and wind on Sunday,
May 15th ("Silver Lining," May 19,
page 14). We, members of the Walk
for Israel team, applaud and thank
chairman Andre Douville for his lead-
ership, drive and love for Israel that
made the Walk a success.
Additionally, we thank the clergy and
board of Temple Shir Shalom for their
generous support by providing the use
of the temple facilities and staff for the
Walk.
Tim Munger, Annette Meskin,
Brad Urdan, Gerald Order,
Dushan Shimko, Mel Friedman,
Steven Schwartz and all
the Walk for Israel Committee
Article On EMU
Is Appreciated
I want to thank you so much for
the article about Eastern Michigan
University that came out in the Detroit
Jewish News ("EMU: Making Its Move
May 19, page 1). It is a wonderful, thor-
ough piece. Contributing writer Don
Cohen did a fabulous job on it and I
really enjoyed talking with him about
EMU.
It may have been a while in coming,
but I'm really proud of our new Jewish
Studies Program and I think Marty
Shichtman will do a terrific job in
guiding it through its infancy.
Douglas Miller
Susan Martin
Franklin
President, Eastern Michigan University
Bookstock Thanks,
And A Mistake
Our thanks to the Jewish News for its
coverage and continued support of
Bookstock. I must, however, point out
an error in last week's story ( "Let
There Be Books:' May 19, page 16).
Ask
Financial Crisis
Attorney
Ken Gross
about...
Correction
• Photographs accompanying the
Teen2Teen story about the spring
J-Serve day ("Helping Others:' May
19, page TT2, ) were taken by Colton
Graub.
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