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wrong. 
 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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