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immigrants to Nazi concentra-
tion and death camps. 
The protest group Close 
the Camps is associated with 
the left-wing, George Soros-
funded Moveon.org. By mak-
ing that comparison, Close the 
Camps trivialized the suffering 
and death of the Jews of the 
Holocaust. Why didn’
t the 
HMC speak out against that 
disgusting comparison? Why 
did the HMC allow the com-
parison to go unchallenged? 

— Sylvia Fleshman

Farmington Hill

Example of 
Jewish Continuity
Thank you for publishing “At 
Long Last” by Judy Greenfield 
in the Aug. 29 issue of the JN 
about Holocaust survivor Bill 
Kaye sharing his bar mitzvah 
with his grandson Elijah. This 
is an outstanding example of 
Jewish continuity. It’
s so inspir-
ing.

— Harvey Bronstein

Southfield

Israel-Bashers at 
Take on Hate Event
In the DJN coverage of the 

“Take on Hate” event of Aug. 
29 (online), you did not men-
tion the history of Jew-hatred 
and the bashing of Israel by 
many of the sponsors and 
speakers, which (I believe) is a 
disservice to your readers. 
The event featured a cadre 
of notorious anti-Semites and 
Israel-bashers: 
• Ali Elahi, leader of the 
Islamic House of Wisdom. 
He is a vocal supporter of 
Hezbollah and called the ter-
rorist group Hamas “freedom 
fighters.”
• Congresswoman Rashida 
Talib, whose anti-Semitic and 
anti-Israel comments are a mat-
ter of public record.
• Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini, 
imam of the Islamic Center 
of America in Dearborn. 
Al-Qazwini held a memorial 
service honoring the spiritu-
al leader of Hezbollah and 
claimed Israel created ISIS.
Also represented was the 
Islamic Center of Detroit, an 
organization that has co-hosted 
events with groups associated 
with the Muslim Brotherhood 
and CAIR (an unindicted 
co-conspirator in a terror-
ist-funding trial) and American 
Muslims for Palestine. 
And let’
s not forget the hon-

ored guest, Lt. Gov. Garlin 
Gilchrist. He called Hamas a 
“legitimately elected party” and 
asked the U.S. to support it.
What is most disgusting to 
me was the endorsement by 
ADL Michigan, whose director, 
Carolyn Normandin, was one 
of the speakers. The original 
priority of ADL was to fight 
for the safety and security of 
Jews. Obviously, ADL no lon-
ger sees that condemning Jew 
haters is a priority because, in 
Normandin’
s own words, “We 
put our differences on certain 
topics aside and raise our voice 
with community partners who 
want to ‘
Take on Hate.’
” In 
other words, standing with 
anti-Semites and Israel-haters 
is the most important mission 
for ADL. (Editor’
s Note: Read 
related op-ed on page 6.)

— Irving Ginsberg

Farmington Hills

Don’
t Degrade 
the Holocaust
The Publisher’
s Notebook 
(“Deep Political Divide Ignores 
Nuances of Holocaust Center”) 
in the Aug. 27 edition of the 
JN was so conciliatory, cogent 
and well written, it deserves to 
be reprinted. 

While I strongly believe in 
the separation of church and 
state, I wish every rabbi would 
take advantage of the High 
Holidays to ask their congre-
gants to take a deep breath, 
dial down on the emotional 
harangues and never, ever 
degrade the Holocaust by call-
ing people with different points 
of view fascists or describing 
any facility anywhere a concen-
tration camp. There is no com-
parison. Tossing around these 
terms so carelessly is an insult 
to the 6 million. Let’
s remem-
ber to never forget. 

— Dorie Shwedel

Franklin

 

Corrections:

• The address for JARC in the 
Community Directory (Aug. 
29, page 56) should have been 
for its office in the Max M. 
Fisher Federation Building, 
6735 
Telegraph Road, Suite 100, 
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301; 
(248) 940-2617, jarc.org.
• Eileen and Richard Polk are the 
grandparents of Josie, Jack, Evie, 
Hannah and Sophia (“Time to 
Kvell,” Sept. 5, page 12).

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