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Palestinian State Won't
Stop Islamist Violence
Two weeks ago, the Palestinians lost
their bid to have the U.N. Security
Council declare a Jew-free Palestinian
state based on the 1948 armistice
lines — the "Auschwitz borders." Only
the United States and Australia voted
"no." France voted "yes," ostensibly so
as not to impede the "peace process."
The resolution would have
uprooted 700,000 Jews from around
Jerusalem. The old city would no lon-
ger have been in Israel.
Against all experience, many in
the media, the professoriate and
government still hold that a forced
Palestinian state and other appease-
ments will eliminate radical Islam.
Last week's atrocities in France pro-
vide one more example that refutes
this view.
French Muslim terrorists murdered
Charlie Hebdo journalists, police
officers and Jewish shoppers in the
name of Islam. They did so notwith-
standing tolerant immigration and
generous social welfare policies that
have resulted in a 10 percent Muslim
population in France.
Tolerance and generosity are not
antidotes for radical Islam. Islamists
hate the West — not for what it does,
but for what it is: the domain of non-
believers.
Among the Iranian mullahs, the
U.S. is the Great Satan and Israel
is the Little Satan. ISIS and Boko
Haram murder all in their paths —
Christians, Yazidis, apostates, child-

Lectures To Look At
21st-Century Judaism
The Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic
Studies at Wayne State University and
Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit
will take a fresh look
at the complexities
of Judaism in a
series of lectures by
WSU Professor
Howard Lupovitch.
Howard
"Living a Jewish
Lupovitch
Life in the 21st
Century: New
Challenges, New Opportunities" will
coincide with the ongoing celebration
of Hillel's new school facility.
The Wednesday series begins Jan. 21
with "The Menu of Judaism: What Do
We Do? What Do We Believe?"
Subsequent lectures are on Feb. 11

ren and nonbelievers — all who do
not submit to their brands of totali-
tarian Islam.
In particular, the Hamas charter
calls for killing Jews, but "peacemak-
er" Abbas partners with Hamas, will
not recognize Israel as a Jewish state
and demands that there be not a sin-
gle Jew in the Palestine he envisions.
Arab citizens make up more than 20
percent of Israel's population.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi spoke on New Year's Day at
Al-Azhar University to Muslim cler-
ics and academics and to the world.
El-Sisi recognized the need for reform
within Islam, that the Muslim world
"is being torn, it is being destroyed,
it is being lost — and it is being lost
by our own hands." He speaks from
Egypt's near-death experience with
the Muslim Brotherhood.
Western leaders — including our
own — need to recognize what el-
Sisi courageously says, and what the
French premier has said: The prob-
lem is radical Islam. Appeasement,
wishful platitudes and Orwellian
political correctness will not obstruct
those who hate us because of our
freedoms and because we will not
submit to their ideology.
The first step to a solution is recog-
nition of the problem: We are at war
with people who cannot be appeased
because they hate us for who we are.

Eugene Greenstein
president
Zionist Organization
of America-Michigan Region

("Activism, Not Slacktivism"), March
25 ("Define Yourself: Who You Are and
Who You Would Like To Be") and May
13 ("How To Achieve Greatness, In
Ourselves and In Others").
According to Lupovitch, a Hillel
graduate and Cohn-Haddow Center
director, the lectures will focus on
the ways that Judaism is a thinking
person's religion, demanding creativ-
ity and critical thinking in order to
respect its core values while simul-
taneously challenging the authority
of the past. Learning, discussion and
debate, Lupovitch says, will ensure
that Judaism will remain relevant and
dynamic.
Lectures will all begin at 7 p.m.
in the mercaz (center) at Hillel Day
School in Farmington Hills. The talks
are free and made possible by the sup-
port of Miriam and Fred Ferber. For

Don't Take Freedom
Of Speech For Granted
Forty heads of state, plus 3.7 million
marching Sunday in France. Our repre-
sentative was who? Even I would have
been appreciative to have witnessed our
president in the front row linking arms
with fellow marchers.
For me, actions do speak louder than
words. It's my belief that any reference
in any form to radical Islam is not in
this president's lexicon. Was it a health
issue that he needed to be within four
hours of his hospital and physicians?
I'm sure that there must be some very
good reason why he was not able to
attend this demonstration of solidarity
being forged and history being made.
This was a huge moment, such a
diverse group of leaders and just regular
people marching peacefully! I was quite
taken with this demonstration of unity.
Over the years, I have composed sev-
eral letters to the Jewish News, sent one
letter in 2004. This is my second. Why
now? Because, at this time and place,
I can still speak my mind, and I am
thankful and appreciative for that.
Not easy these days to speak one's
mind or delve into facts, visit history or
consider the future. I do think of those
who cannot or have not been able to
enjoy what we in our country take for
granted, free speech. I think of those
who can't speak their minds, and when
they do they pay a high price.
So I speak.

Mary Jane Larson
retired RN
Livonia

details, contact Patricia Ruda at Hillel
Day School at (248) 539-1317 or by
email at pruda@hillelday.org. RSVPs
are appreciated.

'Roll' Back In Time
At BBYO Skating Event
All Jewish teens in grades 8-12 are
invited to flashback to the 1980s at
BBYO's annual winter kickoff event
from 8-10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at
Bonaventure Skating Center. Cost is $8
per person for BBYO members, and
free for 8th graders and non-members.
Teens are encouraged to get into the
'80s theme and dress in style.
Eighth-graders who register for a
BBYO membership before or at the
kickoff event (and attend) will receive a
limited edition BBYO swag item.
For information, contact Katie Fried
at (248) 432-5685 or kfried@bbyo.org .

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