12 | SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020
OUR JN MISSION: We aspire to communicate news and opinion that’
s trusted, valued, engaging
and distinctive. We strive to refl
ect diverse community viewpoints while also advocating
positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. As an independent, responsible,
responsive community member, we actively engage with individuals and organizations
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan.
Detroit Jewish News | 29200 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110 | Southfi
eld, MI 48034
DEPARTMENTS
General Offi
ces: 248-354-6060
Advertising: 248-351-5129
Circulation: subscriptions@renmedia.us
Classifi
ed Ads: 248-351-5116 / 248-234-9057
Advertising Deadline: Friday, 11am
Editorial Fax: 248-304-8885
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
1 year
$85
2 years
$153
1 year out-of-state $125
2 years out-of-state $2
25
Online only $36
Contact Us
NEWS UPDATES
Watch videos and read the latest
news about Metro Detroit’
s Jewish
community. thejewishnews.com
MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
Renew your subscription, change
your postal or email address,
forward for your vacation, report
a missed delivery. thejewishnews.
com/my-account
LIFE-CYCLE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Submit your life-cycle
announcement, as well
as obituaries — and learn
about deadlines and fees.
thejewishnews.com/lifecycle-
announcements
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Submit your community events
for the JN calendar and fi
nd
deadline information.
thejewishnews.com/calendar
ADVERTISE
Connect with the JN sales team.
thejewishnews.com/advertise
SUBMIT STORY IDEAS/
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Share your news or ideas.
thejewishnews.com/contact
READ THE ONLINE EDITION
Read the weekly online version
of the JN print edition with a
subscription. thejewishnews.com/
web-edition
SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTER
Sign up for our daily or
weekly email newsletter.
thejewishnews.com/newsletter
LOCATIONS SELLING
COPIES OF THE JN
Visit thejewishnews.com/where-
to-buy for a list of stores and
boxes.
BACK ISSUES OF THE JN
The Detroit Jewish News
Foundation’
s William Davidson
Archive of Jewish Detroit History
contains more than 330,000
pages of content — spanning
more than 100 years — from the
Jewish News and its predecessor
publication. It is fast, free and
accessible via djnfoundation.org
Visit the
JN website
www.thejewishnews.com
Views
JN ‘
Deterioration’
I am most upset by what I
regard as the deterioration of
the Jewish News into a social net-
work and a mortuary column.
What happened to the intel-
ligent columns of thoughtful
Jewish ideas — political, social,
religious? Where are we going
as a group, a nation, a religion?
What would Phil Slomovitz
think of today’
s paper?
—Gerald Loomis
Farmington Hills
No Moral Equivalence
I am perturbed by the bal-
anced tone of Yael Aronoff’
s
essay (“The Abraham Accord
Between Israel and the UAE:
Curb Your Enthusiasm,
” Aug.
27, pg. 24). There is no moral
equivalence between Israel and
the Palestinians. Israel has made
proposals for the establish-
ment of the first-ever-to-exist
Arab State of Palestine, even
ceded land. The Palestinian
leaders, even during the brief
periods when they have come
to the negotiating table, have
announced that they do not
need to make concessions and
that the signing of a peace treaty
will not end the conflict.
The insistence that Israel
must take in millions of
Palestine refugees is a clear
indication that the Palestinian
leaders do not seek a state
co-existing, peacefully, with the
nation-state of the Jews. Rather,
the Palestinian leaders want an
Israel that has been converted
to a Muslim-majority state in
which Jews will be reduced to
dhimmi status if they are toler-
ated at all.
Israel should take the stance
that the disputed land is of reli-
gious and historic importance
to Jews and of strategic impor-
tance to Israel. The Palestinians
should be showing gratitude
for Israel’
s willingness to share,
instead of maligning Israel in
international forums.
Sunni Arab states, wanting
Israel’
s help in facing Iran’
s
hegemonic threat, should do
their part to break the deadlock
by apologizing to the Palestine
refugees for having kept them
in limbo for generations, admit-
ting to them that they will not
be given the homes they claim
their parents, grandparents,
great-grandparents lost in what
is now Israel, and telling them
they will be welcomed for
citizenship in the Arab nation
of their choosing; that choice
should include any Palestinian
state that emerges, with aid
from Arab nations being care-
fully monitored to ensure that
it actually goes to the people’
s
benefit.
—Toby Block
Atlanta, GA
Traverse City Has Great
Jewish Community
The article on Bubbie’
s Bagels
in Traverse City (Sept. 3, pg. 41)
was beautifully done, and all the
laudatory comments about the
bagels are true indeed. And Sam
is a fine addition to Traverse
City and the Jewish community.
There was one sentence that I
consider erroneous. In fact, the
Jewish community is significant
and active. Congregation Beth
Shalom averages more than a
hundred attendees for holiday
celebrations and services and
counts 90 households as mem-
bers. I estimate at least twice
that number of Jews live in the
vicinity of Traverse City. The
shul, built in 1885, has monthly
services, a religious school and
adult education. I am honored
letters