frontlines >> letters }low to Send Letters We prefer letters relating to JN articles. We reserve the right to edit or reject letters. Letters of 225 words or less are considered first. Longer ones will be subject to trimming. Letter writers are limited in frequency of publication. Letters must be original and contain the name, address and title of the writer and a day phone number. Non-electronic copies must be hand signed. Send letters to the JN: 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034; fax (248) 304-8885; e-mail, letters@the jewishnews.com . We prefer email. Meals On Wheels To The Rescue I was recently laid up and unable to pre- pare meals for my husband and myself. Thanks to the Kosher Meals on Wheels program, we have been receiving nutri- tious and tasty meals five days a week by courteous and dedicated volunteers. We are so fortunate to be living in a commu- nity where this service is available. Congratulations to Rick Emmer and his wonderful staff of volunteers for a job well done. Etta Bernard Farmington Hills 'Adopt-A-Kaddish' Remembers Victims In reading the Adat Shalom Synagogue Voice newsletter, I became aware of the "Adopt-a-Kaddish" program in which the synagogue is participating, run by Otto Dube from Hebrew Memorial Chapel. In the program, Adat Shalom families say Kaddish on the yahrzeit of a child who was murdered in the Holocaust and remember that child during Yizkor. This is a good program for the com- munity. [Its website is www. hebrewmemorial.org/adopt-a-kaddish.] Phyllis Grossman Southfield Arab Baptist Reports Persecution In Bethlehem Daniel Collins, the U.S. Representative for the Holy Land Missions, spoke on "Persecuting Palestinian Christians: The Untold Story" on Sunday, March 2, p.m. at the Corners in West Bloomfield. Mr. Collins told us about the found- ing pastor of Holy Land Missions, Dr. Naim Khoury, who pastors First Baptist Church in Bethlehem, which has been firebombed 14 times. We learned that, as a matter of policy, there is a pattern of unlawful killings and unwarranted injuries of Palestinian Christian civilians. We learned how a conversion to Christianity would lead to the family ostracizing the convert and possibly killing him. The program was sponsored by the Friends of Israel, the Zionist Organization of America-MI, StandWithUs-MI, ACT!- MI and Walk for Israel. Ask Attorney Ken Gross about... Your Legal Issues Yiddish Limerick Ed Kohl West Bloomfield Jews Are Only A Small Percentage Of Prisoners In "Jews Behind Bars" (March 6, page 8), Rabbi Menachem Mendel Katz is quoted as saying "there are approxi- mately 4,000 Jewish inmates in the United States, comprising about 1.5 percent of the total prison population of 1.9 million!' In fact, 4,000 is only about 0.2 percent of 1.9 million. The "core" Jewish population in the U.S. (total of those born with at least 1 Jewish parent or converted to Judaism, regardless of current affilia- tion) is approximately 2.2 percent. One would have been surprised to learn that approximately a similar percentage of the incarcerated population in the U.S. is Jewish, had the incorrect figure of 1.5 percent been true — in contradiction to oft-stated observations that Jews in the U.S. are disproportionately not incarcer- ated relative to the population in general. Joel C. Seidman, M.D. Bloomfield Hills Corrections • In "New York Bagel Man" (March 6, page 34), the name of one of the origi- nal owners of New York Bagel, Eugene Meznek, was omitted. • "Wrestling's Heyday" (March 6, page 1), incorrectly mentioned the name of wrestler Gentleman Jim Hady. Tick Purim On Purim di gantze megillah* we read Of King Ahashverosh and Mordechai der Yid.** Un sheynike*** Esther the queen Un Haman so hateful and mean. Nu ess sheyn dayn hamantash,**** tayerer***** kid. * di gantze megillah — the whole megillah ** der Yid the Jew *** Un sheynike — and beautiful **** Nu ess sheyn dayn hamantash So, eat your beautiful hamantash ***** Tayerer — dear — — A [ Yes, you guessed it, "Tock." That was easy. Let's try j • another one. If you have $30,000 of Credit Card debt at 20% interest, how much interest will you pay per year on the debt? The Answer is $6,000. If you are in a 30% tax bracket, do you know how much you need to make to pay your taxes and net $6,000 to pay the taxes? The Answer is $8,571. If you are making $85,710 per year, do you know much of your income you are wasting on the interest? The Answer is 10%. Next Question - If you have credit card debt like this, do you know what you should do? The Answer is YOU NEED TO TAKE ACTION to get rid of the debt, so the $8,571 goes to pre-tax retirement savings instead. If you earn 7% on your money in an IRA or 401(k), do you know how much the $8,571 will be in 15 years? The Answer is $226,405. If you would rather have the $226,405 then pay the credit card debt, - Rachel Kapen do you know what to do? The Answer - Call Thav Gross - we do many things - but there is nothing better than what we do with credit card debt! THAV GROSS Jewish Women's Roles During Great Depression T he Cohn-Haddow Center's 2014 Zeltzer Lecture on Women and Judaism will feature Professor Beth Wenger from the University of Pennsylvania. Wenger will deliver a lecture titled "Budgets, Boycotts, and Babies: Jewish Women in the Great Beth Wenger Depression:' The lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield. The event is free and open to the public. Wenger, who is spending this year as a fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, is an expert on American Jewish history. 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