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More Israel Reporting
Is Needed In The JN
Wall Street Story Needed To
Report Government's Role
I am writing in support of the letter
to the editor from the Bnei Akiva kids
regarding Gilat Shalit ("Gilad Coverage
Too Little,' Nov. 3, page 5).
In addition to subscribing to the
Jewish News, I also subscribe to New
York's Jewish Week. Why? Because your
reporting is really lacking on national
and Israeli Jewish issues.
Also, you shy away from controversy
too much. Almost everything you report
on is given a positive spin, and many
topics are avoided. Please try harder to
put a little more news into the Jewish
News.
I am disappointed in your Nov. 3 article
(on the front page — no less!) glorify-
ing participants and leaders of "Occupy
Wall Street."
From the outset, this movement was
destined to rapidly devolve into lawless
and criminal activity: from trespassing
and disturbing the peace, to destruc-
tion of private property, to throwing
missiles and explosives at policemen.
We are fortunate there has not yet been
loss of life.
Further, the story accepted dubious
claims as proven facts. There was no
information from the other side. Why
didn't you mention the origin of our
financial problems may, in fact, lie not
with "Wall Street" but with the fed-
eral government, which, for example,
forced banks to give people mortgages
they couldn't afford and, just recently,
allowed the payment of millions in
executive bonuses at the bankrupt
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Finally, it is disturbing the Jewish
News appears to promote social revolt
in the street as a means to solve our
problems. An intifada against "Wall
Street" is not the way to effective
reform. Rather, shouldn't civilized peo-
ple living in a democracy be encour-
aged to work out differences in a more
Beth Snider
Oak Park
Editor's note: The Nov. 3 letter men-
tioned took issue with the size of the two
column plus story on the Oct. 18 release
of Staff Sgt. Shalit in the Oct. 20 JN.
Although his release was verified just a
few hours before the paper went to press,
Story Development Editor Keri Guten
Cohen generated an original story with
Detroit reaction to the turn of events, as
well as an interview with the mother of
a soldier who was slain when Shalit was
kidnapped. No better photographs were
available at press time.
Comedy Event To Benefit
Children With Special Needs
The Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit's Special Needs
Department will host its annual
Comedy for KAT (Kids All Together),
an event to raise awareness and sup-
port for programming that benefits
children and teens with special
needs, from 7-9:45 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 1, at Mark Ridley's Comedy
Castle in Royal Oak.
This year's program will feature
comedians Mike Green, with Jason
Benci, Khurum Sheikh and MC Terri
Stearn.
The cost of the event is $25, which
includes two drink tickets; $250 for
a reserved table of 10 and 20 drink
tickets; or $500 for a host committee,
with two program tickets, four drink
tickets and a Camp KAT family pass.
For more information or to pur-
chase tickets, contact Leah Delahanty
in the JCC's special needs department,
(248) 432-5460 or ldelahanty@jccdet.
org , or JCC Special Events Director
Paul Barker at (248) 432-5538 or
pbarker@jccdet.org .
responsible manner?
Kerry Greenhut
West Bloomfield
Jewish Education Is
Our Central Concern
I am appalled to see that out of the
Campaign Allocation for 2011-2012
only 12 percent ($3,830,026 out of
$31,884,108) go to Jewish education
("Helping All," Nov. 3, page 1).
I believe that Jewish education which
starts in a Jewish kindergarten must be
central to "helping all" At least 50 per-
cent of our money has to go to resurrect
Jewish education.
We have to teach our kids our history,
culture and achievements that are so
unique. We have to focus on our kids,
our future, to enhance not specifically
the religious aspects of Judaism but
the pride to be Jewish. We have to teach
political history that will challenge
our kids when they go to the realistic
world in colleges. We need to teach the
Hebrew Bible, not the Torah only, but
the prophets, the poetry, the wisdom,
the philosophy.
To do all of that, we need to consoli-
date schools, reorganize and heavily
fund.
Isaac Barr, M.D.
Bloomfield Township
Deadline Extended
For Jig's Chanukah
Cover Art Contest
ids now have until Monday,
Nov. 28, to submit their
artwork for the JN's annual
Chanukah Cover Art Contest.
Submissions can be mailed to:
K
Detroit Jewish News
29200 Northwestern Hwy. #110
Southfield, MI 48034
Attn: Jackie Headapohl
The contest is limited to one
entry per child. A fully completed
entry form must be taped to the
artwork (Find an entry form on
page 54), and a color photo of the
artist must accompany the artwork.
Artists can use anything that
shows up bold and bright, such as
markers, crayons, paints or cut
paper. No pencils, light blue cray-
ons, glitter or computer-generated
artwork. All artwork must be hand-
made, 8 1/2" wide x 11" high in a
vertical format.
Winners will be named in three
age categories: up to age 6, ages
7-9 and ages 10-12. The grand-prize
winner will receive $100 and have
his or her artwork on the Dec. 15
cover of the Jewish News.
First-prize winners in all age
categories will receive $18 and be
featured inside the 2011 Chanukah
issue, as will all honorable mentions.
Finalists in all categories will also
be featured on our website,
www.thejewishnews.com from Dec.
15-31. Entries can be retrieved at
the Jewish News until Jan. 7.
For further information, call
(248) 351-5110.
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