DETROIT JEWISH NEWS theJEWISHNEWS.com Arthur M. Horwitz Publisher / Executive Editor ahorwitz®renmedia.us Jackie Headapohl Managing Editor jheadapohl©renmedia.us Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor kcohen@renmedia.us Lynne Konstantin Arts & Life Editor lkonstantin@renmedia.us David Sachs Senior Copy Editor dsachs@renmedia.us Deborah Schultz Corporate Creative Director dschultz®renmedia.us Letters from Senior Columnist Danny Raskin dannyraskin©sbcglobal.net Contributing Editor Robert Sklar rsklar@renmedia.us Intern Zoe Schubot Contributing Writers Ruthan Brodsky Suzanne Chessler Annabel Cohen Don Cohen Shari S. Cohen Shelli Liebman Dorfman shellidorfman@aol.com Ryan Fishman Stacy Gittleman Ronelle Grier ronelleg®aol.com Esther Allweiss Ingber Harry Kirsbaum Barbara Lewis Rabbi Jason Miller Alan Muskovitz Allan Nahajewski Steve Stein stevestein502004@yahoo.com.com RED TIED Managing Editor Jackie Headapohl jheadapohl®renmedia.us Contributing Editor Keri Guten Cohen kcohen@renmedia.us WWI* 01- JEWISH A /4, It)6_,oNDAT/ c)Yo oA ts \v , V To make a donation to the DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION go to the website www.djnfoundation.org 6 July 23 • 2015 theJEWISHNEWS.com page 5 F. Kevin Browett Chief Operating Officer The 6 million kedoshim of the Shoah must be remembered by the entire Jewish people, not just by those who survived or who have a direct family connection to the kedoshim. But if we look, if we think for a moment, all of us Jews have a direct family connection to the 6 million kedoshim, and just like we remember the churban of our Temple, we obey the availes (mourning) of Tisha b'Av, we should also remember the charbon of Europe. God forbid, to forget is to make Hitler the victor, and we want to say to our Tati (our Divine Father), we want to say to God, yudanu ki chatanu (we know that we sinned) but we are still your children have rachmanos (mercy) on your children, grant us ... bring us the geula shalaima bimhaira biyamainu (complete redemption quickly in our days). Michael Weiss Oak Park EDITORIAL Editorial Assistant Sy Manello smanello@renmedia.us DETROIT JEWISH NEWS frontlines Holocaust survivor and speaker at the Holocaust Memorial Center Jewish Teachings Reject 'The Big Lie' I read with interest Contributing Editor Robert Sklar's essay "P.A. Spews The 'Big Lie' — Just Like The Nazis" (July 9, page 32). I have had an interest for years in the teaching of hatred to children. A number of years ago, Mr. Sklar wrote an article ("Changing The Lens Of Hate April 14, 2005) that referenced my first paper on the subject. Since then, I have published another two papers that provide additional insight into the dynamics of teaching chil- dren to hate and their concomitant propen- sity to resort to violence. I would like to mention these points. First, the danger of false speech is clearly stated in the Torah, in Exodus (23:7): "Midvar Sheker Tirchak" ("Keep Away from False Speech"). Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, in a two- volume series written in Yiddish titled Kotsk, summarized aspects of the wisdom of the Kotsker Rebbe: "What do you need to do to make the truth grow? If one buries the false- hood (sheker), the truth will blossom:" Another passage states: "Living with false speech results in holding the falsehood as truth. Living with falsehood and not know- ing it means that one is living in a world of imagination" [i.e., as opposed to reality]. As Mr. Sklar's recent essay indicates, believing that false assertions are the truth creates a very dangerous situation. It is fas- cinating to realize that this danger was rec- ognized in the Torah thousands of years ago and by the Kotsker Rebbe 200 years ago. The disturbing realization is that there has been little success in countering the false- hoods internalized by members of many societies over the millennia. kbrowett©renmedia.us Keith Farber Sales Director kfarber®renmedia.us Senior Account Executive Melissa Litvin Account Executives Kathryn Andros Wendy Flusty Annette Kizy Sales Manager Assistant Kezzie Chudler Lisa Wren BUSINESS OFFICES Billing Coordinator Pamela Turner Collections Analyst Hazel Bender Production By FARAGO & ASSOCIATES Manager Scott Drzewiecki Designers Amy Pollard Pam Sherevan Michelle Sheridan Susan Walker Gerald Katzman Farmington Hills Update • Artist Robert Bery has changed his plans and will not be attending the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show July 25-26 as reported in the July 16 JN (page 38). About 150 other artists will display their works at the fair, west of Orchard Lake Road and south of Maple in West Bloomfield. Information: (248) 684- 2613 or hotworks.org. PUBLISHED BY: RENAISSANCE OTWIEDIA Chairman Michael H. Steinhardt President Arthur M. Horwitz ahorwitz@renmedia.us Chief Operating Officer F. Kevin Browett kbrowett@renmedia.us Quick Click ... Vignettes from the JN Archives Mike Smith Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist Louis Brandeis as Elder U.S. Statesman, Zionist, Is Emphasized In the Fifth Volume of His Letters Corporate Creative Director Deborah Schultz dschultz@renmedia.us FULFILLMENT circulationdesk@thejewishnews.com Customer Service Manager: Zena Hosley L ouis Brandeis (1856-1941) was, perhaps, the foremost Jewish legal mind in American history. His career was phenomenal, to say the least. He first developed a reputation as the "people's lawyer" for his work on behalf of the public interest and then served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916-1939. While serving on the Supreme Court, Brandeis never lost his connections to Jewish Americans in all walks of life. A JN article from May 4, 1979, noted that, in 1936, he wrote a letter to a "strug- gling law student" from Detroit. "The fact that one is a Jew and `without connections:" Brandeis wrote, "is no bar to success. Be scrupulously honest; live simply and worthily; work hard; have patience and persistence; and don't measure success by the num- Controller Craig R. Phipps DEPARTMENTS bers of dollars collected:' Words to live by. The "struggling" Jewish law student, Hyman Parker, did indeed earn his law degree from Wayne State University. He became a respected labor lawyer in Detroit and, eventually, director of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission. Thanks to his son, Dr. Philip Parker, for telling me about this story. ❑ Want to learn more? 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