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6 july 12 2012
What makes me particularly angry
with Robert Cohen were both his nasty
allegation at that meeting that opponents
to the no-bid sale procedures were. racists
and bigots, and his letter to the JN falsely
stating that opponents of Muslim facilities
across the country used tactics "straight
out of the anti-Semite's playbook."
Your reporter did not mention that
at that meeting, Dawud Walid of CAIR
spoke, as did Kellman and Robert
Cohen, in favor of the sale, and he said
that the buyers were his "constituents."
This is the same Dawud Walid who said
in a May 25 sermon at Imam El Turk's
mosque in Warren, "Who are those who
incurred the wrath of Allah. They are
the Jews, they are the Jews." See http://
www.investigativeproject.org/3608/
dawud-walid-the-quran-and-jews.
Walid, in that sermon, continued to
rail against the U.S., Israel and the Jews.
The national ADL has noted that El
Turk's mosque in Warren was established
by the Islamic Organization of North
America (IONA), which is the new name
of the virulently anti-Semitic Tanzeem-
e-Islami Pakistani organization.
By the way, that same El Turk was
invited to speak at the 9-11 memorial
service at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
in Southfield in spite of concerns by
many in our community.
The Jewish News should consider hav-
ing an investigative reporter address this
issue in a balanced way and investigate
the evidence contained in the letter to
the attorney general, so that the truth be
known. After all, this is happening in the
heart of the Metro Detroit Jewish com-
munity — the IN's targeted audience
Irving Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Farmington Hills
Editor's note: Since June 2011, the IN has
published four extensive stories on this
issue and will continue to report new
developments as they occur.
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Correction
• In "Pooch Passion:' (June 28, page 39)
the Hebrew Free Loan program in which
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is the Marvin L Danto Small Business
Loan Program.
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Exhibit At HMC
A new exhibit will be on display at the
Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman
Family Campus in Farmington Hills
beginning on Sunday, July 15.
"Courage and Compassion: The
Legacy of the Bielski Brothers," details
the resistance group operating against
the Nazis during the occupation of
Poland and Belarus. Their story was
made famous in the 2008 movie,
Defiance, with Daniel Craig portraying
Tuvia Bielski, the group's leader.
The exhibit, on display through Nov.
4, begins with life in Belarus, accounts
of escape and the formation of prob-
ably the most famous partisan detach-
ment. Through panels, artifacts and
interactive displays, the exhibit shows
the courage and commitment of this
intrepid band of rebels.
Award-winning independent film-
maker and television editor Sharon
Rennert, who recently made the docu-
mentary, In Our Hands: A Personal
Story of the Bielski Partisans, will
deliver the keynote address at the
opening ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
July 15.
Rennert is the granddaughter of
the famed partisan Tuvia Bielski, who,
along with brothers Zus and Asael,
refused to succumb to the hopeless
circumstances of the Holocaust, took
fate into their own hands, and kindled
a flame of hope in the hearts of Jews
searching for sense and meaning dur-
ing one of their darkest times in his-
tory.
For more information, visit www.
holocaustcenter.org or call (248) 553-
2400.
Professor To Discuss
Iranian Nuclear Threat
Hear Professor Steven R. David give
"A Critical Briefing on Iran vs. Israel
— Apocalypse Now? The Iranian
Nuclear Threat Against Israel" 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 19, at the Berman Center
for the Performing Arts at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield.
David has been study-
ing international rela-
tions, with a focus on
international security
and the developing
world, for three
decades. He has served
as a consultant to the
CIA and Department
Steven David
of Defense.
A minimum gift
of $18 to Federation's 2012 Annual
Campaign is required to attend. RSVP
at jewishdetroit.org/Maimonides . For
information, contact Jeff Lazor at (248)
642-4260.
Send Emanu-El Honey
For A Sweet New Year
Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood/Women
of Reform Judaism is sponsoring its
annual Rosh Hashanah Honey Sale.
For $10 a jar, your L'Shanah Tovah
greetings will be sent with a personal-
ized note to anyone in the world.
Orders can be made at www.
orthoney.com/index.html . In order for
the sisterhood to receive credit, use the
following codes when placing an order:
GROUP CODE: TEE. GROUP NAME:
Temple Emanu-El.
Free shipping on orders placed
before July 17. Orders placed after July
17 will incur a $10 shipping fee.
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