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within our power to keep our residents
safe.
I’
m excited to work closely with the
Hate Crimes Unit, law enforcement
and the community to eradicate the
criminal activity propelled by hate.
If you are a victim of a hate crime or
have credible information about a
hate crime, contact the Department of
Attorney General at (313) 456-0180.
Let those who wish to harm us
know that we will not lie down; we will
fight back; we will resist, and we will
conquer hate by working together. ■
Dana Nessel was elected Michigan Attorney
General in November of 2018
*We refuse to acknowledge these
murderers by name.
views
Anti-Israel = Anti-Semitic
We have now finished Purim and
are entering the Passover season,
which is the holiday commemorating
the birth of our Jewish nationality.
Every time I drive down Orchard
Lake Road, I see the Holocaust
Memorial Center and I am remind-
ed that the pharaohs, the “Hamans”
and the “Hitlers” are all gone; yet we
the Jewish people, are still here and
have again returned to our ancestral
homeland, Eretz-Israel, our safety
net!
Hitler reminded us that, wheth-
er we were Chasidic, Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform, secular,
Zionist, Humanistic, Jew-Denialist,
agnostic or atheist, “
A Jew is still a
Jew.” Everyone was rounded up.
Those that support BDS (Boycott,
Divest Sanctions) label us “Jewish-
Benjamins” and want to wipe out the
name “Israel” from the map are the
same old Jew-hating anti-Semites of
centuries old, resurfacing with a new
agenda. History repeats itself.
Therefore, I submit that Rep.
Omar, Rep. Talib, Rep. Clyburn and
Deputy Chair Keith Ellison (second
in command of the Democratic
National Committee) are just simply
hidden anti-Semites, and “anti-
Jew-
ish” Israel with different names.
History is repeating itself!
We must be aware of this because
Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic
party members are despicably igno-
rant and silent on it.
Dr. Fred F. Fischer
Farmington Hills
The Gift of Life
When I read the article about Brett
Ehrmann’
s effort to find a living
kidney donor (“The Gift of Life,”
March 21, page 22) it struck a
chord with me. Five weeks ago, I
donated a kidney to my childhood
friend, Mike, whom I’
ve known for
more than 55 years. He was already
on dialysis and did not appear to
be doing well.
I was aware of the disheartening
statistics regarding both the num-
ber of people waiting for a kidney,
100,000, and the length of the
wait, five years. I didn’
t think Mike
would survive the five-year wait.
His wife did not qualify as a
donor. Mike never asked me, but
I never thought it was a difficult
decision. The chances of my being
a match were small, but I had
agreed to take part in the matched
donor program. After several
months of testing and sometimes
retesting, this 66-year-old and his
friend were a match, and the sur-
gery took place on Feb. 13 at Henry
Ford Hospital.
We both are doing well. Mike
is off dialysis and he and his wife
were able to see Hamilton five
weeks after his surgery. I plan to
slowly start to run again in the next
two weeks.
Mike’
s recovery and his pleasure
in doing so well have given me a
great deal of satisfaction. I felt the
risk was small, and if someone my
age can do it, I think anyone can.
Chuck Otis
Birmingham
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Correction:
In “Moving Eastward,” March 28,
page 12, it should have said that
the Berkley Ice Arena is closed.
However, Oak Park does have an
ice arena.