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Fight Anti-Semitism,
Not Islamophobia
The complaints about Islamophobia
are loud. You hear politicians, academ-
ics and imams warn about it. U.S.
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-Minn.] warns
America, too. Yet, of the anti-religious
hate crimes in the U.S. in 2008, 7.5
percent were against Muslims while
66.1 percent were against Jews.
Widespread anti-Semitism is part
and parcel with Islam. Just Google
"Egypt Anti Semitism" and you'll
find how much anti-Semitism is
entrenched in Muslim psyche. Mein
Kampf and Protocols of the Learned
Elders of Zion are the most popular
books in Egypt and Muslim countries.
But the utmost is the Swedish govern-
ment's decision to earmark $630,000
to protect the 1,200 Jews left in Sweden
from mostly Islamic harassment. In
Amsterdam and Antwerp, Jews cannot
wear a yarmulke. In Paris, a young Jew
was murdered because he is a Jew.
Yet, teaching against Islamophobia
is widespread in colleges as if this is a
major problem on colleges, which it is
not. Teaching against anti-Semitism on
colleges, which is a major problem, is
almost nonexistent.
Jewish organizations such as ADL
were more interested in Muslim rights,
minarets in Switzerland and a mosque
on the Twin Towers grounds in New
York City and [a cultural center] at
a former Farmington public school
than in anti-Semitism in America
and, specifically, in our colleges. In the
meantime, no Muslim organization
is actively fighting anti-Semitism to
match Jewish gestures to Muslims.

Isaac Barr, M.D.

Bloomfield Township

Bowl Me Over!

F

ollowing the success of its
Young Adult Bowling Night last
year (with 200 participants)
JARC plans another fun night for the
younger set.
The goal is to familiarize the up-and-
coming generation with the beneficial
work the Farmington Hills-based social
service agency does for people with dis-
abilities. The event is themed "Made in
Detroit," and guests are encouraged to
wear clothing representing the city.
Adults ages 21-40 are invited to bowl
7:30-10 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, at
Langan's Nor-West Lanes in Farmington
Hills. A raffle and a kosher dinner are
included. The event is a component of
JARC's Young Adult Committee, chaired
by Rabbi Jason Miller.

Frankel Academy Should
Not Say Who Is 'True' Jew
I am writing in response to the editorial
regarding the Frankel school ("Frankel
Academy Can't Let Spiritual Discontent
Linger',' Sept. 1, page 33).
For the first 10 years of my life, I lived
in a non-Jewish area. The community
was not very welcoming. We were Reform
Jews, but they did not stop to discern if
that made us "true" Jews. They hated us
because they knew we were Jewish.
Now, I read about Reform students
and their rabbis who are treated by
their fellow students and faculty in a
very derogatory manner. I feel empathy
for those who are ostracized for being
different than the majority.
A school is supposed to educate and
enlighten, not dictate who is a "true" Jew.
We have united as a people to battle igno-
rance and intolerance. That it is accepted
and promoted by a Jewish school's admin-
istration is unthinkable and unjust.

Arden S. Burnstein

Huntington Woods

Gov. Snyder Ingores
The Working Class
Regarding Gov. Snyder's column
"Michigan's Immigrants Are Key To Its
Past And Future" (Sept. 1, page 33), to
the working class people of Michigan,
his business-class rhetoric in support of
immigration sounds like this:
"It doesn't matter that America no
longer is creating labor shortages by grow-
ing and industrializing when it comes to
absorbing immigrants. Michigan work-
ers are way too lazy and unmotivated
compared to those desperate immigrants.
We don't need to invest in educating
Michiganders when we can get people
already educated elsewhere and make

money educating their kids in the univer-
sities your kids can no longer afford.
"We need to focus on jobs to retain
kids who could afford an education.
Perhaps living like the poor in the
slums of Calcutta when we cut welfare
and unemployment will motivate those
union troublemakers expecting livable
wages, but for now, we will outsource
the jobs to foreign workers but with a
new twist — we will station them in
Michigan calling it "Jobs for Michigan"
while Michiganders only get the menial
jobs waiting on them.
"We also support the right to life, but
only until you are too old or infirmed to
work because the benefits to keep you
alive cut into our profits when we have
immigrants and your kids unspoiled by
good pay and benefits to replace you."

Your
Financial
Problems

Dennis L. Green

Farmington Hills

Corrections

• "Sweet Dreams" (Sept. 1, page 3)
should have listed Alan Muskovitz's
website as laughwithbigal.corn.

• "Brothers Forever" (Sept. 1, page 10)
should have stated that Berol Robinson's
job in France was with UNESCO.

• Michigan Opera Theatre members will
preview the upcoming season 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Berman Center at
the West Bloomfield JCC. $25 JCC mem-
bers; $35 others. Tickets: (248) 661-1900.

• Regarding "Fallen Hero" (Sept. 8, page
9), the correct zip code for contribu-
tions is: Friends for Laney Rebecca
Kenwood Trust, 66 Witherspoon St.,
#260, Princeton, NJ 08542.

"Our goal is to give young adults
a taste of what JARC has to offer
and hope this draws everyone in to
become more involved," said Jodi
Fox of Huntington Woods, event co-
chair for the Young Adult Bowling
Night along with Amanda Fisher of
Birmingham.
Added Fisher, "My favorite thing
about this event is that it is about con-
necting young adults with the amazing
people JARC serves. It's a fun way to
get people together."

For information, to purchase
tickets or to become a sponsor,
contact Lindsey Fox-Wagner at:
(248) 538-6610, extension 349,
or: Iindseyfoxwagner®jarc.org .
To purchase tickets online, go
to: www.jarc.org . Cost: $20.

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