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Mirmta) $6.00 General Admission C ALL 435-6563 973-0137 (Congregation Et/ Chaim) Latest ADL survey reports anti-Semitic acts lessening NEW YORK—Anti-Semitic in cidents directed against Jews and Jewish institutions in the United States decreased notably last year, according to the annual audit conducted by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. The findings, made public recently by Nathan Perlmutter, ADL’s national director, were divided into two basic categories: 1) Vandalism, ranging from swastika daubings to bombings, and 2) Personal assaults, threats and harassments. They revealed: —638 reported incidents of van dalism against Jewish institutions and private Jewish homes in 34 states and the District of Columbia, an 1 1 percent decrease from the 1984 total of 7 15. The638 incidents included six arsons, as against nine in 1984; five attempted arsons, as against eight last year; three bombings, the same as in 1984; and three attempted bombings, as against one in 1984. The report points out that although there were fewer incidents of vandalism, several were particularly disturbing and received nationwide attention. —306 anti-Semitic assaults (such as beatings), threats and harassments (such as abusive mailings and telephone calls) against Jews and Jewish property, a 17 percent decrease from 369 in 1984. The audit was prepared by the research department of ADL’s Civil Rights Division from data gathered through the monitoring activities of the agency’s 30 regional offices around the country. Perlmutter pointed out that the new findings reflect a general five- year downward trend, interrupted by a small increase in 1984. He called the current statistics “en couraging” and said they were most likely the result of stricter legislation, vigorous law enforcement and increased educational programs. He added, however, that while the audit is “a useful yardstick for measuring one aspect of anti-Jewish hostility in the United States, there are other manifestations of anti- Semitism.” He singled out the follow ing: — The criminal conspiracy launched by "The Order,” a neo- Nazi group committed to over throwing the government which it declares is Jewish controlled. Ten of its members were convicted by a Federal Court in Seattle in December (11 others had earlier pleaded guilty) for crimes committed in 1984, Nathan Perlmutter includingthe murder of Alan Berg, a Jewish talk show host in Denver, and a synagogue bombing in Idaho. —The activities of such other organized right-wing anti-Jewish hate groups as the Ku Klux Klan, the PosseComitatus and the Identity Church which pose continuing dangers despite declining member ship. —The propaganda of Liberty Lobby and Lyndon LaRouche’s organization, even though both anti-Semitic groups suffered signi ficant setbacks in 1985 due to defeats in law suits—Liberty Lobby lost its suit against William F. Buckley for calling it anti-Semitic; LaRouche lost his suit against NBC and ADL for defamation. —The collaboration of extreme left organizations in attacking the most basic concerns of Jews regarding the security of Israel. —The continuing anti-Semitic rhetoric in the United Nations by Saudi, Libyan, Jordanian and other Arab delegates, 10 years after the passage of the resolution equating Zionism with racism. According to the audit. New York and California were again the states with the most vandalism incidents: New York had 199 as opposed to 237 in 1984; California had 85 as opposed to 99 the previous year. New Jersey succeeded Maryland as the third highest on the list and was one of the few states with an increase, 74 as against 56. The other leading states were Florida with 47, down 4; Maryland, 38, dow n 31; Pennsylvania, 31. up 3; Illinois 23, up 4; Massachusetts, 22, up 2; Michigan 14, up 7; Virginia 14, up 5; Connecticut, 12, up 7; and Minnesota, 11, down 4. The re maining 22 states and the District of Columbia each reported fewer than 9 incidents. (Four incidents were reported in Georgia, three in Mississippi and one each in Tennessee, North and South Carolina.) Across the country, 78 persons were arrested in connection with 48 incidents in 1985. In 1984, there were 84 arrests in connection with 51 incidents. The League noted that the overwhelming majority of those arrested continued to be young people no older than 20 years of age. The audit listed chronologically incidents of anti-Semitic violence and harassment which attracted widespread media and public atten tion. They included: —A pipe bomb explosion in a synagogue in Northbrook, 111., a surburb of Chicago, in April. The same month, six teenagers were arrested for spray painting anti- Semitic graffiti on a Jewish school in Cedarhurst, Nassau County, N.Y. In a nearby town. Great Neck, Nassau County, another Jewish school suffered $ 125,000 in damage when it was attacked by vandals who went on a furniture smashing rampage; — In May, arson at the South Baldwin Jewdsh Center in Nassau County ignited hundreds of prayer books and shawls. T he same month an apartment building in Great Neck was defaced with swastikas and threats such as “we kill Jews” written with feces. — In July, pipe bombs were discovered at a San Francisco synagogue and the home of a local rabbi. In Denver, swastikas were scrawled on the childhood home ot Golda Meir, the late Israeli prime minister. —In August, the Milwaukee Jewish Center and two other Jewish-owned buildings were defaced with sw'astikas; —On the eve of Rosh Hashana in September, vandals scrawled anti-Semitic slogans on a synagogue in Laurel, Md.; — In October, “Jews Must Die” and “H itler Youth" and other slogans and swastikas were painted on a public elementary school building in Rockville, Md.; In November, a sign announcing the future site of a synagogue in Reston, Va., was cut down alter having been defaced with swastikas earlier in the year. J599 I J369 PPUBl OCC. MIN. ROOM • SHARES ARRANGED This Passover enjoy a traditional atmosphere that can only be found in a completely Sabbath and Yom Tov observing hotel. 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