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A kiss for Ambassador's wife
by Trude B. Feldrrian
The day after his inauguration
as President, Jimmy Carter and
his wife, Rosaiynn hosted a
series of seven receptions in the
White House. During the recep
tion for the diplomatic corps, the
President singled out one am
bassador’s wife with a kiss and
spoke longer to her husband
than any of the other 138 envoys
or representatives from coun
tries around the world.
The kias was planted on the
cheek of Vivian Dinits, the wife
of Israeli Ambassador Simcha
Dinitz. The Carters and Dinitzes
engaged in an animated conver
sation in the receiving line, and
reporters were anxious to know
what they talked about.
“We have been friends for
some time,” Dinitz explained. “I
told the President our prayers
and wishes accompany him in
his endeavor for peace; and he
told me we would be working
together.”
Shortly before the White
House reception, Dinitz told me
of his friendship with the
Carters. “I met Jimmy Carter on
a number of occasions before his
election to the presidency,”
Dinitz said. "When he and
Rosaiynn returned from their
Israeli visit in 1973, Vivian and I
were their weekend houseguests
in the Governor’s Mansion in
Atlanta. We got acquainted and
our wives also got to know each
other then.”
Dinitz added that he found
Carter — as far back as 1973 —
to be “extremely knowledgeable
about, and sensitive to the
problems facing Israel."
The Diniti visit in 1973 to a
| relatively unknown Southern
Governor was not an accident.
Israel’s Ambassador is an un-
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President Carter says ‘Shalom’ to Ambassador Simcha Dinitiz
and his wife, Vivian.
usually perceptive and astute
observer of the American
political and social scene. And
Jimmy Carter was a political
comer, even back in 1973.
So, when Hadassah was
honoring Mayor Teddy Kollek,
both Simcha Dinitz and Jimmy
Carter participated in the
ceremonies. And Dinitz accepted
Carter’s invitation to spend the
weekend in the Governor’s Man-
I asked Mr. Dinitz to comment
on President Carter’s statement
deploring the release by Prance
of the Palestinian terrorist Abu
Daoud. “The President’s
response was consistent with the
best of expressions and sen
timents we have heard fyom him
on Israel,” Dinitz told me. “He
has, on numerous occasions voic
ed unequivocal support for
Israel. He has taken a strong
stand against discriminatory
practices and
that there can be no imposed
settlement in the Middle East
and that peace can come only
from Israel-Arab negotiations.
“It all fits together into the
picture of a man who seeks
justice and believes the world
would be a better place if the
principles of decency are
applied, rather than the prin
ciples of expediency.”
I asked the Ambassador about
the impact Carter would have on
American-Israeli relations. He
said that Carter's “concern and
interest in Israel will continue to
guide him in bringing about
peace with justice and security
for Israel and for the Middle
East.”
With Secretary of Sftate
Vance’s trip to the Middle East
and flinch discussion about a
new momentum towards a solu
tion to some of the problems in
the area, Dinitz said he is op-
Homshech: Holocaust story
must be taught to everyone
“We are working ... not only
to teach the Holocaust in
schools, but to have an extensive
program to re-acquaint the older
generation and to teach the new
generation so that hopefully we
can avoid another Holocaust.”
This is the goal of the
Organization of Survivors From
Nazism, Eternal Life-
Hemshech, Inc., according to its
new president Alex Gross.
Mr. Gross is writing a weekly
column in the “Rockdale Citizen”
dealing with Jewish experiences
in the ghettos and concentration
camps.
Born in the Carpathian Moun
tains of Czechoslovakia, known
now as Zakarpatsky, Ukraina, of
the U.S.S.R., Mr. Gross writes in
his first three articles of his life
theft.
■“The time has now come,”
Gross said in an appeal for new
members of Hemshech, ’‘for
end) and every one of us that
was affected by the Holocaust to
become re-dedicated and really
involved.”
.Jfe said the members of the
grdup had been visiting various
schools in the area, talking
mnijtly to non-Jewish people
about the Holocaust. Now, he
soft they are concentrating
tbelr efforts on recruiting
Jewish people to participate.
They are encouraging Jewish
organizations to hear speakers
from the group and see 1
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cuit to “help gain an understan
ding” for Israel.
“It is hard work,” the Am
bassador said, “but outside of
Israel, the U. S. is the most im
portant arena.”
Dinitz is optimistic that Jim
my Carter will be good for
Israel. “It’s really a continuation
of what has gone before,” he con
cluded. “There is a certain basis
on which you build. We have a
good foundation and now, with
the new Administration, we can
build further.”
(Trude B. Feldman is The
Southern Israelite’s White
House correspondent)
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