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WSU Police Chief Does 
Outstanding Job
We read with interest about the Law 
Enforcement/Federation Security 
training that took place recently in 
Israel, as reported by Wayne State 
University Police Chief Anthony 
Holt (“Bring Security Strategies From 
Israel to Wayne State,
” June 20, page 
8). Allow us to take this opportunity 
to share with the community the out-
standing job that Chief Holt and his 
team do securing the campus and the 
Midtown Detroit area. 
As our Hillel is a visible Jewish 
presence in the heart of Wayne State’
s 
campus, Chief Holt makes sure that 
our students are well protected and feel 
safe at all times. This includes plain-
clothes patrols on a regular basis and 
a uniform presence at times of height-
ened tensions. 
We are grateful to Chief Holt and his 
police force who continue to keep our 
students’
 safety a priority.

Sally Krugel & Miriam Starkman

Hillel of Metro Detroit

Friends Forever
There is something special when it 
comes to making and keeping friend-
ships from elementary, intermediate 
and high school. Friendships that last a 
lifetime, no matter how long the time 
in between seeing each other or the 
distance that separated us. 
Exactly what that magic is, I haven’
t 
the slightest clue. In the end, you know 
it when you feel it. 
Former Michigan Sen. Carl Levin 
was one of my many friends while 
attending Central High School in 
Detroit. 
I had lived in the same duplex in 
Detroit from the time I was born until 
I left for the Army in 1954. We attend-
ed the shul on Humphrey and Holmur. 
Many of my friends were members of 
AZA, Louis Marshall 604, which was 
part of the parent organization, B’
nai 
B’
rith. It was a Jewish organization for 
Jewish teenagers. At the time, there 
were Jewish ice cream parlors like 
Zukins on Dexter Boulevard. And 
the many Jewish delicatessens in the 
neighborhoods, like the Lefkofskys 
Deli where I would get my corned beef 
sandwich with a pickle once a week 
after I collected all my Detroit Times 
paper route money.
In 1956, circumstances caused me 
to leave Detroit and join my sister in 

Los Angeles, Calif. Because of my close 
relationship with one of our friends, 
Joey Weiss, who passed away a few 
years ago, I was able to stay informed 
with what the others were doing with 
their lives.
Over the years, I returned to Detroit 
a handful of times to visit friends. 
Then, in the 1980s, the duplex I lived 
in, along with other homes in the 
neighborhood, became “crack” houses. 
During the 2000s, my home and others 
were demolished because of the drug 
trafficking in the area. When I visited 
last, my neighborhood was desolate 
and looked like a war zone.
That sets the stage for my five-day 
trip to Detroit a few weeks ago. 
I visited with the Levins and oth-
ers for probably the last time. At age 
85, it becomes much more difficult 
to travel. The Levins took us to their 
Reconstructionist Congregation in the 
Downtown area where we thoroughly 
enjoyed their services and the challah 
and bagels afterward. 
Carl and his wife, Barbara, took 
us on a grand tour of a revitalized 
Downtown Detroit. It was incredible to 
see how this wonderful city is coming 
back to life. 
What was breathtaking was the 
newly created International Riverwalk 
along the Detroit River. One end starts 
at Belle Isle, where my father (Moishe 
Wasserman), a cake baker for many 
years in many of Detroit’
s Jewish bak-
eries, took my younger sister, Jeannie, 
and me while he took his daily nap. 

Benny Wasserman

Los Angeles, Calif.

Bowled Over By Story
Thank you so much for your recent 
article recognizing Aaron Radner for 
his bowling accomplishment. “Perfect 
Times Two,
” (May 16, page 24). Our 
family especially appreciates the time 
and effort Steve Stein put in to recog-
nize this unique performance. Aaron 
has received so much positive feedback 
as a result of the story. Perhaps a 900 
series is in his or another bowler’
s 
future! I also appreciate the new for-
mat for the sports section. There is a 
litany of individuals dedicating them-
selves to achieve “lifetime goals” and it 
is a great service you provide to publi-
cize these milestones. I look forward to 
reading about new accomplishments 
every week. 

 
David Radner

Bloomfield Hills

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