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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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