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Ex-Nazi loses extradition fight
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—An appeal by Nazi war criminal
Andrija Artukovic against an extradition order was denied and
Artukovic was flown to Yugoslavia Wednesday to stand trial for
war crimes.
Artukovic, the former minister for the Nazi puppet state of
Croatia in Yugoslavia, is responsible for the murder of more than
700,000 Serbians, 40,000 Gypsies and 28,000 Jews during World
War II. Artukovic, 86, has been fighting extradition for 36 years.
Soviets reject Herzl stamps
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Hundreds of letters mailed by Israelis
to their relatives in the Soviet Union recently have been returned to
Israel because the Soviet authorities object to the stamp on the
envelopes.
The overseas mail stamp bears the likeness of Theodor Herzl,
founder of modern Zionism. The Russians, unwilling to have his
picture distributed among Soviet Jews, have not allowed the letters
to reach their destination and are returning them, overprinted with
the words “addressee unknown.”
Soviet aliyah activists in Israel are appealing to the Israeli
postal authorities to supply stamps for letters to the Soviet Union
with the portrait of a Jewish personality that would not cause the
Russians to object.
Israel, EEC make progress
BRUSSELS (JTA) —Israel and the European Economic
Community (EEC) have ended the first week of what promises to
be prolonged negotiations aimed at adjusting their 1975 trade
accord to accommodate the entry of Spain and Portugal into the
Common Market, both exporters of agricultural products that
compete with Israel’s exports to the Continent.
“Although they have not been conclusive, we have made pro
gress,” an Israel Embassy official said. He was speaking of the first
round of meetings here between the EEC Executive Commission
and an Israeli delegation headed by Yossef Hadass, Israel’s
Ambassador to Belgium and to the EEC.
Holocaust film is up for Oscar
WASHING ION (JTA)—A U.S. Holocaust Memorial Coun
cil documentary, “The Courage to Care,” has been nominated fLtr
an Academy Award in the best documentary short subject cate
gory. Elie Wiesel, chairman of the council, narrates the film.
“The Courage to Care” is about those people who, at great risk
to themselves and their families, helped save the lives of Jews
duringthe Holocaust. Specifically, it focuses on the experiences of
four rescuers and two survivors.
Draper posted to Jerusalem
JERUSAL EM (JTA)- Morris Draper, a veteran United States
diplomat in Middle East politics, is now serving as the U.S. Consul
General in Jerusalem. Draper replaced another veteran Mideast
diplomat, Wat Cluverius, who was appointed special adviser on
the Mideast peace process to Assistant Secretary of State Richard
M urphy.
The U.S. has traditionally kept a consul general in Jerusalem in
addition to the one in Tel Aviv since the early days of the state,
when it endorsed the internationalization of the city. I he consul
general resides and has offices in West Jerusalem, as well as a
consular section in East Jerusalem.
Mounties get their man
TORONTO (JTA)—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has
arrested a suspect in Red Deer, Alberta—the town where the trial
of anti-Semitic teacher Jim Keegstra was held last summer—
following a spate of vandalism during which nine area churches
and public buildings were daubed with Stars of David with the
work “Jew” painted on them.
The suspect arrested in connection with the vandalism was
37-year-old Delvin Dwain Carpenter, who pleaded guilty to 17
counts of mischief. He was released two days alter his arrest on
$1,000 bail posted by his father. The trial is set for Feb. 21.
Workers take cut at shipyard
TEL AVIV (JTA-)—The workers of the Israel Shipyards in
Haifa currently in the hands of the official receiver, have agreed to
take a 30 percent cut in wages for one month to ensure that all the
yards’ 650 employees will be kept on the payroll for that period.
During the month’s grace, the receiver will try to work out a plan
for the permanent operation of the yard.
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I asked my wife last night where
we have failed. I’m sure that you
have noticed a growing presence of
alternative Jewish groups. To a Jew,
there cannot be an alternative, but
Reform is just that to the Orthodox.
In this case. I’m talking about
Hebrew-Christian groups, with all
their different flavors.
A good friend of mine, one who
lived for three years in Israel and
who was and probably still is a
Zionist, has decided to join a
Hebrew-Christian group. From what
I’ve heard, he had a testimony about
his new belief and expressed it in
front of his new congregation.
Where have our traditional Jewish
institutions failed?
It is quite common to find a
majority of Jews in various cults.
They either make up the body of
the group or most probably orig
inated it. The various “enlighten
ment” seminars, that bring you
further from reality and express
love and enchantment are full of
Jewish men and women trying to
“find” themselves. Hey, I’m not
knocking it, but I feel it’s indicative
of the continued search for answers
our brothers and sisters hope to
find from without traditional Jewish
institutions. But why?
My friend didn’t belong to a syn
agogue. He wasn’t far from
Jewish values, having many Jewish
friends; I guess not having a family
didn’t “force” him to join. My friend
didn’t feel threatened or insecure
about his Jewishness, at least that’s
what it seemed to me. But what did
he find from without that evaded
him from within?
I haven’t spoken with him since I
heard the news. I respect his intellect
and I realize that he came to his
own conclusions based on what he
feels is best for himself. I think he
knows my feelings and any conver
sations would probably evolve into
a confrontation. But, it still bothers
me.
Jews for Jesus! Hey, what a bum
mer. Can’t they leave us alone? May
be they have something we regular
Jews need. A little warmth at times;
a feeling of need; an understanding
and sharing group of like-minded
people; a sense of belonging; a dedi
cation to ideals set down from our
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reply to this with the typical answers
that we see every now and then. I
guess it’s because we always see the
typical answers that we’re in such a
mess! So what now?
I feel better getting this off my
chest, and I appreciate the oppor
tunity to do it here. If I were reading
this from another person’s pen, I
would have much to reply. But, in
this case, I’ve run out of answers
and besides shaking my head, I feel
depressed and even a little lost. You
know, I even find myself saying, so
what? Now that scares me.!
Joel E. Margolies
Frightening facts about Kahane
Editor.
Kahane, the man and his politics,
continue to stir the emotions of the
Jewish people. Before anyone de
cides to give him money or to attend
his rallies, please consider the
following.
Kahane first became famous as
the organizer of the Jewish Defense
League, which quickly went from
protecting Jewish communities a-
gainst hoodlums to beating and
harassing Russian and Arab diplo
mats. In July 1971 Kahane was
convicted of conspiring to manu
facture explosives and was given a
five-year suspended sentence. In
1972 the JDL bombed the office of
the Jewish impresario Sol Hurok,
who was bringing Soviet artists to
the U.S., killing a young Jewish
secretary.
In Sept. 1971 Kahane went to
Israel and organized the Kach party.
In 1974 he returned to New York
Reader seeking
Nazi escapees
Editor:
I am in the process of gathering
oral histories related to the escapes
of Jewish families from under Nazi
domination/ occupation during the
years 1933-1945, who were fortu
nate not to have spent any time in
concentration camps.
If you and/or your immediate
family escaped from the Nazis, did
not spend any time in a concentra
tion camp and would like to have
your story told, please contact me
in writing at the address below.
Your story needs to be told. Your
family’s escape and survival repre
sents our victory over the Nazis.
Perry Scheinok, Ph. D.
Post Office Box 982
New Providence, N.J.
07974-0982
and was arrested for violating the
terms of his probation and was sen
tenced to one year in jail.
Upon his return to Israel he
helped establish TNT (Terror Against
Terror). Kahane has been arrested
more than 20 times on charges
ranging from sedition to inciting
riots.
In May 1980 he was ordered
detained six months for purport
edly plotting to blow up the Dome
of Rock Mosque in East Jeru
salem.
As a member of the Knesset he
introduced legislation providing for
the imprisonment of Arabs and Jews
who have sexual relations, even if
they are married. Another bill would
prevent Arab and Jewish youth from
meeting in community and social
centers.
He has proposed the expulsion of
the Arab population from Israel, on
cattle cars in the middle of the night
if necessary. He says that “whoever
does not leave will be slaughtered.”
He has come close to advocating
the destruction of Jews whose politi
cal and religious views he finds
repugnant. He does not believe
Israel can be both Jewish and demo
cratic, and would impose his brand
of Orthodoxy on all Jews.
Kahane’s support fluctuates with
the level of Arab terrorism against
Jews and Israel’s economic misfor
tunes. He has said that “the worse it
gets for Israel, the better it gets for
me!”
Kahane maintains that it is neces
sary to expel the Arabs because of
demographic considerations. There
is another solution, one that does
not do violence to the Jewish belief
in justice and righteousness. That is
to allow the Palestinians to have a
homeland in the West bank and
Gaza, where the 1.3 million Arab
population outnumbers the local
Jewish population better than 10 to
one. This could be done in cooper
ation with Jordan and a representa
tive Palestinian organization that
is willing to recognize the state of
Israel, as Egypt has done.
It is terribly distressing that any
Jew who is cognizant of the many
injustices our people have suffered
would propose the forcible eviction
of millions of persons whose claims
to their homes and lands are as
good as those who would evict them.
Stuart Galishoff
Israel takes poll on Kahane
Editor:
A recent issue of The Southern
Israelite carried a front page an
nouncement by a number of leaders
of Atlanta Jewish organizations
expressing opposition to Rabbi
Meir Kahane and his policies foY
Israel/
The Jerusalem Post, Internation
al Edition, week ending Jan. 25,
1986, page 10, published the results
of a recent poll by the authoritative
sociologist Sami Smooha, of Haifa
University. The Jews of Israel polled
showed the following:
Twenty-two percent saw “getting
rid of the Arabs as the only solu
tion,” with an additional 24 percent
favoring denying Arabs the vote,
and a total of 60 percent favoring
greater supervision of the Arabs.
Further, 44 percent held that “Arabs
will never be advanced as we are;
and 53 percent of Jews believe that
“Arabs don’t value Jewish life.”
If this poll is accurate, then it
appears that the issues raised by
Rabbi Kahane have some substan
tial following in Israel.
Aaron Baranan