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10 August 31 • 2017 jn views We, as Jewish people, lost six million innocent men, women and children for no other reason than that we were Jews. We can never allow this to hap- pen again to anybody else — no matter their religion, race or nationality. We are the defenders of those who cannot help themselves. The Jewish people must be the spokespeople for the world — speaking out against hate and division. Can what happened during the Holocaust happen again here? I have concern, but I don't believe the people of the United States of America will allow this to happen here. I feel in my heart that most people are kind and good and they will stand up for justice. They will never allow what happened in Germany to happen here. I look at the rallies and all the people who are coming from everywhere to speak up — no matter what their religion, skin color or nationality. I'm encouraged that high-ranking military members stood up against the violence in Charlottesville. We must be vigilant. Six million perished because of people like David Duke. We must make sure this will never happen again. • Paula Marks-Bolton is a Holocaust survi- vor who speaks at least twice a week at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills. She recently celebrated her 91st birthday. letters MJAC Endorsed Film Faithkeepers I welcome Deborah Park's endorsement of the remarkable film Faithkeepers in the Aug. 17 issue. Ms. Park mentions the lack of "Jewish organizational" support "except for ZOA sponsorship and Hadassah promotion." I would add to that list the Michigan Jewish Action Council (MJAC), a new, local organization that endorsed the event. If readers are troubled by the posi- tions of the Jewish organizations who ignored Faithkeepers and feel that their policies may even be antithetical to our Jewish community, they are encouraged to visit our webpage at mjac.us, or fol- low us on Facebook. Ed Kohl MJAC Board member West Bloomfield continued from page 5 on the "Weathermen" of the 1970s, who were responsible for numerous acts of violence. They claim to be using "counter-violence" in defense against the violence of neo-Nazis and Klansmen, but that is not true. They also use violence to shut down speakers with whose worldviews they disagree: They include not only right-wing extremists, but also mainstream conservatives, moderate Zionists and even some liberals. They reject dialogue in favor of intimi- dation and force. As a liberal, I will not give these hard-left violent bigots a pass. It is true that the Nazis and KKK are currently more dangerous in terms of physical violence than hard-left groups. (It is also true that the most violent groups by far are radical Islamic terrorists, who are not the targets of Antifa protests.) But the violence of racists on the right (and radical jihadists) must not lead us to ignore the reality that Antifa and its radical allies pose real danger to the future of our nation because of their increasing influence on univer- sity campuses, where our future leaders are being educated. The recent events in Charlottesville and elsewhere have made them heroes among some mainstream liberals, who are willing to excuse their anti-liberal bigotry because they are on the barri- cades against fascism. It's far too easy to self-righ- teously condemn your political enemies when they step (or leap) over the line to bigotry and vio- lence. It's far more difficult to condemn those who share your wing, whether left or right, but who go too far. But that is what morality and decency require, as Buckley taught us. So, President Trump must stop being even-handed in his condemnations. He should focus his condemnation on extreme right-wing bigots who speak and act in his name, and leave it to those of us on the left to focus our condemnation on left-wing extremists and bigots. • Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School and author of Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law. 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