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Delmon Young Needs To
Make Amends With Jews
With all due respect to Rabbi Bennett,
he is not a representative for the sensi-
bilities of the entire Jewish community,
nor is it his place to issue forgiveness on
behalf of anyone but himself ("Back In
Uniform," May 10, page 24).
If Delmon Young is truly remorseful
for his anti-Semitic slurs, he needs to
do more than reach out to one rabbi.
He needs to express his remorse to the
whole community of Jews.
Until he does, shame on the Tigers
organization for putting him in the
lineup.
Laurel Fink
West Bloomfield
Madeleine Albright Should
Embrace Her Judaism
I find the story of Madeleine Albright,
former secretary of state, very sad
despite her personal achievements
("Madame Secretary," May 3, page 1).
Her parents converted out of Judaism
to Catholicism, and she grew up with-
out any knowledge of the fact that her
parents were actually Jewish and her
grandparents perished in the Shoah.
However, once she found out about her
true identity, wouldn't it have been nice
if she embraced her true identity and be
proud of it?
I, for one, would respect her much
more. There are descendants of
Anussim, Spanish Jews who were forced
to become Christians and who prac-
ticed Christianity publicly yet continued
their Jewish traditions secretly, who
returned to their true identities and re-
embraced their Jewish heritage many
years later.
Judaism isn't merely a religion —
look at all the non-observant Israeli
Jews — but rather a people and a civi-
lization and, once you are born Jewish
or your parents were, you are Jewish no
matter how many conversions you go
through. I don't believe Hitler would be
much impressed by Madame Secretary's
parents conversion to Catholicism.
Rachel Kapen
West Bloomfield
Southfield Mikvah- Serves
Diverse Jewish Neighborhood
Thank you to the Jewish News for the
cover article last week regarding the
institution of the Mikvah. A mikvah
represents the very center of a Jewish
community, and we are fortunate in
several of our local Jewish communi-
ties to benefit from the support of such
a facility, so that every Jew who wishes
can access a mikvah.
In this spirit, we wanted to address
an omission in the list of mikvaot pub-
lished in last week's (May 10) issue. The
Southfield Mikvah. is located on 12 Mile
between Evergreen and Lahser roads. It
serves the diverse Jewish neighborhood
in north-central Southfield and operates
on Friday and holiday evenings to help
accommodate those in the community
who live beyond walking distance to
other mikvaot.
The formation of the mikvah was a
true grassroots effort of a cross-section
of residents in the area in cooperation
with neighboring mikvaot. We avoid
major fundraising campaigns and rely
on modest annual memberships and
usage fees, as well as general donations
and tributes, to continue our operations.
Confidential reservations can be
made by phone or via our website
(www.southfieldmikvah.org ), which
contains detailed information regard-
ing the use and support of the mikvah.
Thank you again for promoting the
ritual of the mikvah and for including
us in your list of area mikvaot.
David Glickman, president
Rabbi Yechiel Morris, supervising rabbi
The Southfield Mikvah
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