frontlines >> letters How 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, lettersWthe jewishnews.com . We prefer email. Helping The Homeless Is A Great Mitzvah Thank you for publishing Sharon Luckerman's article "Disproving Stereotypes" (Sept. 11, page 50). Veronika Scott is performing a great mitzvah by employing homeless people while producing a great product also for homeless people — in spite of her diffi- cult childhood and the discouragement that she encountered. It shows that determination and greater goals can overcome so many obstacles. We should all take pride in her accomplishments. Harvey S. Bronstein Southfield 40-year-old men cry openly because they have been denied their children. These fathers are still legally bound to pay child support, although the mother denies the father the right to be with the children or the children refuse to see the father because of their systemic hatred caused by the mother. This is not hearsay — it is real. Unfortunately, the general public has no perception of this tragedy for children who have been deprived of their fathers and grandparents and how they are used as tools to "punish" their fathers. This is proven, documented child abuse and it is legal. Ed Kohl West Bloomfield Alienated Grandparents A Widespread Problem Regarding "The Champion Of Grandparents' Rights" (Sept. 4, page 16), the real tragedy is the robbing of children of their fathers and grandpar- ents due to the deliberate alienation of children by a parent. The proven, relentless, tactical war on (usually) fathers by the ex-wife/mother of the children that robs the children of their father through child alienation is widespread. Fathers continually challenging this deliberate alienation in court to enforce their time-share agreement is an appall- ing and heartbreaking waste of money and always futile. There are fathers and grandparents that have not seen their children in years. Not because they don't want to but because the children have been poi- soned against them. The courts are complicit in this trag- edy. The documentary movie Divorce Corp shows the practices seen daily in family courts targeted against fathers. A legacy organization battling this issue is Alienated Grandparents Anonymous, aga-fl.org. I've been to the local meetings of Dads and Moms of Michigan where Former CSZ Member Happy At Other Shul I read with some puzzlement the let- ter concerning Congregation Shaarey Zedek in the Sept. 11 IN (page 5). The letter, "CSZ Moving Forward; stated that it wished "to present facts and thoughts not addressed" in the JN article of Sept. 4. I was puzzled because the letter contained no facts and shed no further light on the situation. I wish to commend the JN for its hon- est, thorough and fair reporting of the unfortunate situation between CSZ and Rabbi Krakoff. It should be understood that the IN owes an obligation to its readers to fairly and accurately report a story as newsworthy as the current situation concerning CSZ and how its decision to terminate Rabbi Krakoff's contract has divided the membership. It is not the function of the JN to act as a defense attorney or cheerleader for the executive committee of CSZ for the manner in which it handled the situa- tion regarding Rabbi Krakoff. I was a member of CSZ from 1977 to 2009 until it sold the B'nai Israel build- ing in West Bloomfield in an equally divisive manner. I wish CSZ the best, Yiddish Audio Books Now Accessible Online An extensive collection of Yiddish- language audio books is now available for free listening and downloading through a project of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass., preserving the distinct and irreplaceable voices of the last generation of European-born native Yiddish speakers. The Sami Rohr Library of Recorded Yiddish Books comprises some 150 titles, including novels, short stories, nonfiction works, memoirs, essays and poetry, by both major and lesser- known Yiddish writers. "The recordings are the last chance most of us will ever have to hear Yiddish literature read aloud in the voices of its original readers:' said Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center. The recordings were made at the Jewish Public Library of Montreal in the 1980s and '90s, after a patron requested Yiddish audio books for his wife, whose failing eyesight prevented her from reading the literature she loved. The collection grew over the years WE MAKE HOME SELLERS HAPPY Yiddish Limerick Rosh Hashanah Far tzvey gantze teg* mir davn ** in shul. Mir shteyen un zitzn,*** we pray by the rule. Un hob a gut yohr**** far dir un far mir***** A brokha****** we say for the Jewish New Year. I love Rosh Hashanah, a yonte.r****** so cool. * Far tzvey gantze teg — For two full days ** mir davn — we pray *** Mir shteyen un zitzn — we stand and sit **** Un hob a gut yohr — And have a good year ***** Far dir un far mir — for you and for me ****** brokha — a blessing ******* yontef — holiday — Rachel Kapen but they who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. I am presently a member of B'nai Israel Synagogue and could not be hap- pier with our egalitarian manner of dealing with all issues. Every member has an equal voice and decisions are made with complete transparency. Michael Golob Bloomfield Hills thanks to dedicated volunteers — some of them professional actors, many of them laymen, all of them native Yiddish speakers — who devoted hours of their time to reading and recording the books in a makeshift studio in the library's basement. The Yiddish Book Center, in partner- ship with the library, digitally remas- tered those recordings. Now, the entire collection is accessible on the center's website www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ sami-rohr-library, where the recordings can be listened to or downloaded to mobile devices, free of charge. 34 DAY LISTING AGREEMENTS COMMISSION AS LOW AS 3% 5% OF OUR REVENUES PLEDGED TO LOCAL CHARITIES SELLER NATHIIN Ready. Set. Sold . sellernation.com 248.354.1400 29623 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield MI 48034 Licensed Michigan Real Estate Broker 03 n September 18 • 2014 5