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, letters®the jewishnews.com . We prefer email. 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 Issues 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. 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