FARMINGTON HILLS INTERNISTS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR RELOCATION TO: often come into play. If you can't name the adversary, how can you effectively fight it? Of course, this problem is not unique to Europe. In the United States, we saw the massacre at Fort Hood ludicrously labeled "workplace violence" rather than the jihadist violence it so obvi- ously was, and our government's refusal to refer to "Islamist" or "jihadist" ter- rorism, even when the perpetrators themselves do. • Fourth, stop tying anti-Semitism to Islamophobia, as if the two are Siamese twins. AJC's Brussels office has been try- ing for months to encourage a European Parliament hearing on anti-Semitism, only to be met with insistence that any such meeting include Islamophobia. Why this demand to join the two togeth- er, when the majority of incidents occurs against Jews, when Europe has a par- ticularly ugly history of anti-Semitism, and when the principal attackers of Jews invoke their Islamic faith? • Fifth, recognize that we confront both a short- and long-term menace that won't be overcome by even the most elo- quent of speeches and the most symbolic of acts. Rather, it requires a full-court, sustained effort by individual govern- ments (and, of course, by the E.U.) using the resources they have the capacity to mobilize, joined by the determined efforts of civil society. • Sixth, connect the lessons of the Holocaust to the present-day threat his wife, Frances, an actress turned painter, and three sons. He found the landscapes dramatic and the cities striking, additional impetus for his poetry. "There are a lot of poems about New York," he said. "I started living [there] at the end of the 1960s and [was affect- ed] by the city's power and variety." Family Ties Levine returned often to Michigan, doing readings and visiting with his twin brother, Edward. He came to see the effects of the 1967 Detroit riots, which led to "They Feed They Lion." "I've always been very proud of my brother and proud of his work," said Edward Levine, whose paintings showcased what his brother described with words. "He worked very hard, and that rubbed off on me." The twins, of Russian-Jewish heri- tage, joined athletic activities at the Jewish Community Center. Jewish references and Yiddish terms occa- sionally appeared in the poet's collec- tions. "I am very proud of being Jewish," Philip Levine said. "I felt that Jewish to the Jews. I've witnessed too many Holocaust-related events where mur- dered Jews are mourned — Jews who, tragically, cannot be brought back to life — but that totally ignore the cur- rent dangers to living Jews. A refusal to connect the two quite frankly empties these commemorations of much of their meaning and sincerity. • Seventh, don't apologize for European values of democracy, human dignity, openness and pluralism. Europe has built something to be proud of and that is well worth defending. It is, after all, to Europe that refugees and immi- grants are seeking to go by any means possible to escape failed or failing societ- ies, and not the other way around. It's high time to stand up in defense of these noble values and do everything possible to ensure that newcomers embrace them as well. • And last, but by no means least, it is important to understand that the jihad- ist barbarism that Europe is experienc- ing first-hand is not much different from what Israel has been facing for decades. Why, then, does Europe continue to try drawing a distinction, when, in reality, none exists? The same jihadists who hate Europe detest Israel, and the same jihadists who wish for Israel's annihila- tion aspire to no less for Europe as we know it. Since hope springs eternal, here's hop- ing for the dawning of a new day, start- ing right now ❑ people were utterly remarkable. I couldn't compare them to any other people in terms of the enormous gifts they gave to Western culture. "When I was 16 or 17, the giants were Einstein, Freud and fabulous composers, musicians and painters. Jews were just making their presence felt in American poetry." He explained that his children "technically" are not Jewish because his wife was not Jewish. However, he thought the boys considered them- selves to be Jewish. "I loved the city when I grew up there:' he said. "It was a place of adventure, mystery and magic, and I found it welcoming. 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