DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWiSHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz@renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl@renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Gail Zimmerman Arts Editor gzimmerman@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz@renmedia.us EDITORIAL Senior Copy Editor David Sachs dsachs@renmedia.us Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net Obama Is Ignoring Bush's Vow To Israel In "Democrats Seek Support" (July 21, page 28), the article states, "It may be fine to criticize Obama for pressing Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians on the basis of the 1967 lines, they [Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and Ben Cardin of Maryland] said, but it's dis- honest not to mention he also called for mutually agreed land swaps and secure borders for Israel!' The senators obviously ignore what conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer notes: "President George W. Bush gave a written commit- ment that America supported Israel absorbing major settlement blocs in any peace agreement, opposed any return to the 1967 lines and stood firm against the so-called Palestinian right of return to Israel!' Notice it was put in writing that Israel was not to return to the 1967 lines. Obama is ignoring that written state- ment. If that is the case, why should Israel or any other country believe what the United States says? In addition, the senators, like °barna, do not mention the right of return. That should be a nonstarter. Why are they ignoring it? Dr. and Mrs. Edward Goldberg West Bloomfield Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar@renmedia.us Contributing Writers Bill Carroll Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman sdorfman@thejewishnews.com Ronelle Grier Robin Schwartz Steve Stein sports@thejewishnews.com RED THEM magazine Editor Bryan Gottlieb bsgottlieb@renmedia.us Executive Editor Gail Zimmerman gzimmerman@renmedia.us 69 6 July 28 2011 DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines >> letters theJEWISHNEWS.com Ritchie Boys Exhibit Is Source Of Pride What an enlightening experience I had today, July 24, at the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus. I attended the opening of "Secret Heroes: The Ritchie Boys" (see related story, page 22). The exhibit is about a group of then- young men, boys really, who came to this country after having escaped from the Nazis. They enlisted in the U.S. Army and were specially trained at Camp Ritchie in Maryland to use their lan- guage and culture to spy on and extract information from the very enemy who had made their lives hell. It is a subject that has been vastly under-reported. As Jews we can be very proud of the contribution this group of immigrants made toward winning World War II. Their efforts also helped establish inter- rogation standards that are still used and respected today. I think the title of the Ritchie Boys' exhibit should have been "Secret Heroes Among Us." How proud we can be of those war- riors who went on to raise families and lead unassuming, productive lives after helping to turn the tide against the Nazis. The exhibit was conceived and produced at the Holocaust Center under the direction of Stephen Goldman and our very own Ritchie Boy, Dr. Guy Stern. It is an exhibit worth seeing and will be at the center until Feb. 5, 2012. F. 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