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We watch Trump, Graham and
other white “Christian” men fail to
decry clear racist comments and
policies using Jews as their excuse. It
is important that we Jews do not let
them scapegoat us. It is their respon-
sibility as elected officials to stand
up to racism. They are spreading
anti-Semitism when they use us to
justify racist comments and actions,
which could divide Jews and people
of color.
American Jews and people of
color are on the same side: We
demand that this country lives up to
our ideals of equal respect.
— Linda Levy
Farmington Hills
July 25 Cover
Was Disturbing
The cover of the July 25th Jewish
News was disturbing to me. People
were protesting against the present
immigration policies with World
War II emotions. President Trump
announced a border crisis two years
ago, but the Democratic House of
Representatives said he was making
this up and wouldn’
t do anything to
correct the bad policies. I agree with
the protesters; we need new immi-
gration legislation, but I don’
t want
to live in a country without borders
or laws.
— Doreen Lichtman
Orchard Lake
I was appalled by the political
exploitation of the H
olocaust that
was displayed on the front page of
the JN. As a daughter of a Holocaust
survivor I am distressed that people
are using these terms: camps, never
again, etc.
— Judy Ishakis
Southfield
Thank You from NCJW
National Council of Jewish Women,
Michigan would like to thank two
community groups who have recently
helped us by providing space when
we really needed it.
When Kadima’
s facility was being
repaired after flooding, Adat Shalom
Synagogue’
s Executive Director Alan
Yost stepped forward and offered
room in the synagogue for our
“Project Friendship,” which provides
programming for clients of Kadima
on Sundays, twice a month.
On July 21 and 22, NCJW | MI
held our 14th annual “Backpack
Project” that provides backpacks
filled with school supplies for
1,200 homeless and needy students
throughout the Oakland County
Intermediate School District. An
additional 300 backpacks were pro-
vided to Jewish Family Service to
be distributed. NCJW offices were
unable to accommodate this proj-
ect and Scott Reid from Hillel Day
School made it possible for us to
move everything to Hillel so that we
could accomplish this important task.
Our sincere thanks go to our com-
munity partners who made sure that
these significant projects could take
place.
— Jennifer LoPatin
President, National Council
of Jewish Women, Michigan
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