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Climate Change Models
Don't Weigh All Factors
Regarding "Straight Facts On Climate
Change" (Aug. 7, page 33), I will address
what I can in this short letter. With all
due respect to Mr. Paul Gross, he is a
noted meteorologist, not a physicist with
expertise in radiation transfer, which
is critical for understanding climate
change.
Meteorological models are power-
ful in predicting weather (not climate)
because they accurately model fluid
dynamics. They do not claim to accu-
rately model all the thermodynamic and
solar phenomena that I had mentioned
in my article and that are required to
model climate.
Many climate models can be con-
structed to fit past data — basically
called curve fitting. To be meaningful,
a climate theory and/or model must be
based upon making accurate predic-
tions. Because models accurately fit past
data does not mean they can provide
accurate predictions.
As I stated, the major greenhouse
gas is water vapor, the major reflecting
component is clouds, and the primary
driving function is the sun. The pres-
ently used models are deficient in those
regards.
Also, two decades ago, I was involved
in a major Department of Energy pro-
gram to measure global temperature
using sampling stations. Those data
were very unreliable as a measure of
global temperature because of the loca-
tion of the sensors and the interpreta-
tion thereof. Using sniffing pepper as an
analogy to prove a point about radiative
transfer is not worthy of comment.
Finally, I stand with world-famous
physicist Freeman Dyson in my opinion
of present model-based climate predic-
tions.

Irving Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Farmington Hills

More Effort Needed To
Show Support For Israel
I attended the gathering outside the
Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield that was reported in this
past edition of the Jewish News (Aug.
7, page 17).
Frankly, I found it somewhat
embarrassing and rather a waste of
time. I attended with several friends,
one of whom has children and grand-
children living in Israel, and we all
left early. The gathering — a more
accurate term than rally — was small,
ineffective and was put together on a
piecemeal, last-minute basis.
Where are our defense organiza-
tions — the ADL, American Jewish
Committee and others? While Israelis
really are facing dire threats, and
other Jewish communities have put
together impressive community-wide
demonstrations, we in Detroit have
satisfied ourselves with the Shaarey
Zedek event (impressive, but basically
in our own community only), and the
ad hoc gathering outside the JCC.
I'm surprised and a little disap-
pointed. If I were in Israel I would
yawn in the 30 seconds that it was
taking me to reach a safe room.

Les Goldstein
West Bloomfield

Kalamazoo Temple
Gets Full-Time Rabbi
Reform Judaism is alive and well in
Kalamazoo. I know this because on
Aug. 3, I was proud and honored
to attend the installation of Temple
B'nai Israel's full-time rabbi, Matthew
Zerwekh.
Since I relocated to Kalamazoo
from Bloomfield Hills more than a
year and a half ago after marrying my
husband, Joel, I was hoping to find a
Reform congregation that would help
me feel connected to my new com-

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munity. I'm happy to say that I have
found that at TBI.
Temple B'nai Israel was founded in
1866 by 20 Jewish families who had
emigrated from Germany and were
dedicated to Reform Judaism. Today,
TBI is Greater Kalamazoo's spiritual
home for Reform Judaism. It is an
inclusive, diverse and welcoming
community where members engage
in worship, lifelong learning, celebra-
tion and gathering. Every experience
I have had at TBI has been a posi-
tive one and the members have been
warm, friendly and eager to get to
know me.
Through the dedication and vision
of its wonderful leadership and mem-
bers, we were able this year to raise
and secure funds making it possible
to hire a full-time rabbi, the first
time since the late 1960s. That to me
speaks volumes. Any time you are in
Kalamazoo, stop by and see us. You
will be welcomed with open arms, just
as 1 was.

Sharon Wittenberg

Galesburg, Mich.

Teen Mission's Return
Was Correct Decision
Gratitude goes out to the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit for
going the extra kilometer toward put-
ting the safety of Metro Detroit teens
above all other objectives by shorten-
ing Teen Mission 2014 this summer.
The devastating effects left by the
trauma of violence — even observing
violence in certain contexts — are
both long-lasting and life-altering.
Thank you to all of the leadership
who collectively arranged safe passage
home for the group.

Karen Melaas
Oxford

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