Bulletin carried a story of a surviving Mengele twin. Sora Sella Vigorito is 53 and was transported to Auschwitz at age 3. That means she was born in 1942 and transported to Auschwitz in 1945. Juxtaposed to this story was the house historian article. I think the advice of Abraham Foxman of the ADL should be heeded.
Fear can change perceptions dramatically at any age but especially with the young.
The article then notes that for the past 40 years synagogue membership has remained steady at 40 percent. As the non-practicing Catholic in an intermarriage, I and my family are part of that 40 percent. We are members of a synagogue, and send our school-age child to religious school. The real issue of this article is economics. Many Jewish families do not have the money their parents had.