…Letter To The Community A Matter Of Apology Dear Readers: It's a Jewish obligation to seek forgiveness and a mitzvah to grant it. In that spirit, we deeply regret publication of the caricature that appeared on the cover of the Detroit Jewish News on Nov. 10. Our plan was to show the con- flict within Israel involving a Reform rabbi who seeks recog- nition in the spotlight of Israeli law, which only recognizes Orthodox rabbinical authority. W...…
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…Editor's Letter The Wrong Context s o it's Israel's fault that the Iranian president called for the Jewish state, "this stain of dis- grace,' to "vanish from the center of the Islamic world"? "The tensions between Iran and Israel will cease with Israel's fulfillment of its humanitarian and inter- national obligations:' a suburban Detroit imam wrote in an essay about the "World Without Zionism" conference keynoted by President Moumoud Ahmadi...…
…Letters A Different Take Staying Abreast Special Writer Don Cohen's article about the incorrect Middle Eastern maps in Migun stores, "Women Spur Action" (Nov. 3, page 29), contains statements regarding the Anti-Defamation League's involvement that require some clarification. The article states that the Anti- Defamation League contacted the Migun stores "without any con- crete results." In fact, the ADL fol- lowed up with Migun and heard bac...…
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