In the Mail - Letters to the Editor

Editor:
Regarding "Local Republican group forming" (Jewish News, April 29): In the 1950s and before, there were Jewish people in the Republican Party. As a matter of fact, my brother-in-law was the chairman of the Republican Party in central New Jersey. When I first arrived in Arizona in 1988, there were no potential Democrats running for state office, so I registered Republican. But as more Democrats offered a change to the Republican "Old Guard," I switched my allegiance back to the Democratic Party.

What are the forces driving the Jew of our generation to the Republican Party, a party that wants to close the door behind them? Shall we forget the marches for civil rights? What about the offer of security for middle- and low-income groups? We don't need "the sky is falling" tactic used by the Republicans in order to fix the Social Security program, which is not broken. Let's fix the real problems of this country - health care, education, energy - and benefit all Americans, not just the wealthy.

As far as Israel is concerned, American Jews don't need a party controlled by fundamentalists. No American president would abandon the only true democracy in the Middle East.

Please, let's not push back the clock. Let's work together to make sure the Founding Fathers' visions of this country stay honored.

Lenore Velinsky-Stravitz
Phoenix

Will Republicans fulfill promises?

Editor:
Up until the recent election campaign, I had never heard of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

How lucky and fortunate that they received front-page top billing and in-depth coverage in Jewish News of Greater Phoenix.

I am still searching for all the great promises and accomplishments of the Republican Party.

Grace Goldstein Roth
Sun Lakes

Calling all descendants of Jews of Zambrow

Editor:
All descendants of Jewish immigrants from Zambrow (Zembrov), Poland, are invited to attend the next meeting of the United Zembrover Society, to be held on Sunday, May 22, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dinner will be served to all who attend, courtesy of the society. The society maintains burial grounds in several NYC-area cemeteries and perpetuates the memory of Jewish life in Zambrow.

Howard Fuchs will be the guest speaker at the meeting. Mr. Fuchs, a New York City schoolteacher, spent two years and three summers residing in Poland, conducting research for an impending book on Polish anti-Semitism.

Anyone interested in attending the meeting or joining the society should call Aaron Maslow, secretary, at (718) 375-8211.

Aaron Maslow
Brooklyn, N.Y.

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