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Teacher's Israel Journey
A Wonderful Story
The travel of Marc de Zwaan and his
dear wife, Manya, to Israel has many
faces ("Holocaust Hero;' July 18, page
3).
First, how often do we think about
the endeavors of our parents and
grandparents? Every one of them has
a story to tell, courage in war and
perseverance in hard times. Marc was
lucky to rediscover his grandfather, to
speak with the people whom he saved
and be a righteous person. All of us
should take time and learn the strug-
gles and achievements of our parents,
grandparents and beyond.
Second, I met Marc de Zwaan when
I visited the International Academy
in Bloomfield Township. Marc recog-
nized my German accent (I was born
there). I showed him printed exam-
ples of Nazi anti-Semitism, and we
understood that we can learn much
from each other. Indeed, a beautiful
friendship was formed.
Third, I met Manya de Zwaan,
a teacher by profession, but now a
mother of three. A few days before
the trip we met again, and I found
that she was pregnant. An energetic,
assertive, knowledgeable person who
speaks her mind, Manya climbed
all the mountains in Israel, the hilly
streets of Jerusalem and the many
steps of the Baha'i gardens in Haifa.
A noble, "Proverbs 31:10-31" kind of
a woman.
Fourth, many were involved in
sending Marc and Manya de Zwaan
to Israel, the Zionist Organization
of America in Detroit, Rabbi
Aaron Bergman of Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills and
StandWithUS, who did a phenomenal
job and most of the financing.
Fifth, Marc told me that it would
be nice to take other teachers to have
better understanding of the Middle
East. Maybe, he thought, even take
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the senior class of the International
Academy to visit the Holy Land. For
me, however, it was also a learning
experience of the dire need to send
more teachers to feel history in Israel.
Isaac Barr, M.D.
Bloomfield Hills
Orthodoxy Is Judaism's
Enduring Root Form
In reference to the recent Frankel
Jewish Academy discussions, there is
a popular but incorrect terminology
in use that speaks of "branches" or
"streams" of Judaism. This leads many
to think Orthodoxy is one of many
equivalent forms of Judaism. The
terms, however, don't reflect the reality.
Orthodoxy is the root from which
the various branches (Reform
and its offshoots Conservative,
Reconstruction, Renewal, etc.) sprout-
ed. It is the source from which the
various streams emerged. If it wasn't
for Orthodoxy, Reform would have
nothing to reform. Orthodoxy is not a
movement; it is the expression of the
living Torah handed down to Moses on
Mount Sinai.
A search through Jewish history
reveals many reform movements. They
have all disappeared. The Sadducees
were so powerful in their time that
they appointed the High Priest in the
Holy Temple. They are gone. We have
many writings from the Essenes but
not one surviving Essene.
More recent are the Karaites, who
were a large part of the Jewish popu-
lation but now number a few thou-
sand. It seems clear from history that
movements come and go, but only
Orthodoxy remains.
Perhaps the FJA realizes this and
desires that their students and the
offspring of their students remain part
of the Jewish people forever. (I have no
relationship whatsoever with the FJA.)
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