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Why ZOA Objects To
Ameinu For Israel Walk
Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) against all or part of Israel
economically damages both Jews and
Arabs, and undermines peaceful coex-
istence.
For instance, SodaStream's 900 Arab
workers will now likely lose their well-
paid positions because SodaStream is
moving away from Judea/Samaria in
the wake of BDS boycotts.
Khaled Abu Toameh of the
Gatestone Institute reported in his
June 12 article, "BDS and Hamas: The
New Partnership:' that BDS is the new
weapon being used to delegitimize
Israel. Even the left-leaning Israeli
Supreme Court held that BDS is illegal,
describing it as "political terrorism"
because its ultimate goal is to usurp
Israel.
Partners for Progressive Israel (PPI)
and Americans for Peace Now (APN)
were rejected as co-sponsors for the
May 17 Walk for Israel (WFI) because
they openly promote boycotts against
approximately 200 Jewish-owned busi-
nesses and Israeli cultural institutions
in eastern Jerusalem (part of the State
of Israel) and in the Israeli-disputed
territories of Judea/Samaria.
After the WFI Committee turned
down APN and PPI, Ameinu suddenly
asked to participate in the Walk, just
one week prior to the event. Although
Ameinu claims that it does not sup-
port the "BDS movement:' this is
questionable. Both Ameinu's and PPI's
national headquarters share the same
office in New York.
In addition, some Ameinu national
officers double as J Street officers (for
instance, Ameinu's national president
Chabad Of Michigan Asks
Court To Reconsider Ruling
habad of Michigan has
asked the Michigan
Supreme Court to recon-
sider the dismissal of its lawsuit
against the Sara and Morris Tugman
Bais Chabad Torah Center in West
Bloomfield.
On May 20, the state Supreme Court
ruled that Chabad of Michigan had
waited too long to bring its lawsuit
seeking the deed to the Torah Center's
building — thus, its suit was barred
by the statute of limitations.
In its June 10 Motion for
Reconsideration, Chabad of Michigan
requested the court to specifi-
cally address issues based on the U.S.
C
is J Street's treasurer) — and J Street
has a record of promoting BDS by
honoring and bringing leading BDS
anti-Israel speakers to its conferences
and to college campuses.
Moreover, many members of an
Ameinu subsidiary called the Third
Narrative are promoting debating the
use of international sanctions (a form
of BDS) against certain Israeli officials,
including Israeli Economic Minister
Naftali Bennett.
This year Ameinu got a pass,
but ZOA's vote was "no." Next year,
Ameinu can choose to apply to co-
sponsor the Walk for Israel and clarify
its positions and organizational ties.
Eugene Greenstein
President, ZOA-M1 Region
Thank You, Jim Hiller,
For Being A Mentsh
We would like to thank Jim Hiller for
his wonderful stores that we will all
miss ("Hard To Say Goodbye May 14,
page 12). We would also like to thank
him for his commitment to the com-
munity, which we are sure will con-
tinue.
If you remember, when people
picketed his Ann Arbor store for sell-
ing Israeli products, he responded by
increasing the amount of them in his
stores. Only a person with a strong
sense of what's right or wrong would
do that.
We know very well what a wonder-
ful person he is. He hired our daughter
12 years ago and trained her to be a
cashier. He gave her confidence, TLC,
security benefits and a life. With the
sale to Kroger, he even helped to ensure
her future employment. He has done
that for many other young adults who
Constitution's First Amendment right
to freedom of religion.
Chabad of Michigan asserts that
the deadline to file a lawsuit involv-
ing a dispute within a religious entity
should have been extended to allow
exhaustion of dispute-resolution pro-
cedures within that religious entity
(i.e. Chabad rabbinical court).
Torah Center attorney Todd Mendel
of the Detroit law firm Barris Sott
Denn & Driker PLLC said he thought
it was unlikely the court would reverse
its 6-0 decision.
Attorney Norman Ankers of
Detroit-based Honigman Miller
Schwartz & Cohn LLC, represent-
ing Chabad of Michigan, could not
be reached for comment by JN press
needed a break.
We are sure that it was not an easy
decision to sell Hiller's. It's OK to be
upset that the stores are closing. It's not
OK to be upset with the Hiller family
for making a business decision to sell
their stores.
There aren't enough words to
describe what a mentsh Jim Hiller is.
We are sure that he will still be a pil-
lar in the community. We hope that he
enjoys a well-earned retirement.
We will all miss Hiller's but, most of
all, we will miss Jim.
Ask Attorney
Ken Gross
about...
Your Legal
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Donna and Allan Apple
West Bloomfield
Young Unemployed
Need Summer Jobs
I'm sure Mark Davidoff had a profes-
sional approach to his presentation, and
his audience listened ("A New Topic
At Mackinac Conference June 4, page
18). I'm also sure that his subject mat-
ter was identified and explained to the
attendees.
They talked all about the jobs that
could not be filled because of the lack
of talent.
It's too bad the Chamber of
Commerce didn't discuss the thousands
of unemployed young people quali-
fied for summer jobs that could not be
found — primarily because there was
no summer job funding by the state
or federal government for these young
people for more than six years.
Talk about missed opportunities
to develop our younger citizens — to
make them eligible for future positions
of value.
Sad indeed.
Jerry Soble
Orchard Lake
time.
Torah Center Rabbi Elimelech
Silberberg said that he had reached
out to Chabad of Michigan, asking
to work together in Yiddishkeit, to
put the dispute behind them and not
waste more money on attorney fees.
"But they're going ahead with their
motion," he said.
In the next several weeks, the state
Supreme Court will decide if it will
reconsider its decision. If Chabad of
Michigan is denied its motion, its
recourse would be to ask the U.S.
Supreme Court to consider its appeal.
Every year, the federal high court
selects just a limited number of cases
to hear. ❑
- David Sachs, senior copy editor
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