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Shultz may visit Israel soon
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Secretary of State George Shultz may
visit Israel in the next few months for another try at reviving the
stalemated Middle East peace process. Cabinet Secretary Yossi
Beilin told reporters Sunday.
He spoke after Sunday’s Cabinet session at which Prime Minister
Shimon Peres briefed the ministers on his four-day visit to the U.S.
last week which included meetings with Shultz and Vice President
George Bush. Bush last Tuesday accepted Peres’ invitation to visit
Israel this spring, though no date was set.
Beilin did not quote Peres directly with respect to a visit by
Shultz but said “there is such a possibility.” Asked when, he
replied, “It could be in the coming months.”
Neo-Nazi propaganda antidote?
BONN (JTA)- A visit to the site of a former concentration
camp has been declared mandatory for all pupils in state-run
schools in Bavaria, partly as an antidote against neo-Nazi propa
ganda.
It is part of the preparations for and studies about the Nazi era
and may include studentsmeeting with survivors of Nazi persecu
tion.
Jerusalem bus attack injures five
JERUSALEM (JTA) Five persons were injured when a bus
was attacked with an explosive device in Anatot, an Arab suburb
within the Jerusalem city limits, Tuesday evening. The bus, an
Egged No. 25, was enroute from the center of the city to Neve
Yaacov, an outlying suburb.
Earlier Tuesday, a soldier was slightly injured by a bomb
explosion in the center of Afula, the ninth terrorist bombing in that
Jezreel Valley town in the past two months. The soldier was treated
at a first aid station and went home.
An explosive device detonated in the Haifa port area Tuesday
causing no casualties or damage. It was the I Oth blast in six months
in the same area.
State legislature honors Begun
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Maryland House of Delegates
in Annapolis last Thursday issued a proclamation honoring Soviet
Jewish refusnik Iosif Begun “for his ability to endure extreme
circumstances and duress.” Delegate Marilyn Goldwater (D-
Montogomery) had proposed the proclamation in the lower house
of the Maryland legislature at the suggestion of Jon Cohen, a
senior at the University of Maryland, College Park.
1 Begun, a 54-year-old engineer, was one of several Moscow
refusnik Hebrew teachers when he was arrested for anti-Soviet
agitation and propaganda in 1982. He was sentenced to seven years
in prison and five years internal exile.
"In America, Hebrew teachers get tenure," Cohen noted. “In
the Soviet Union. Hebrew teachers get 10 years.”
Shcharansky speaks at rally
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Quiet diplomacy will never open the
gates for Soviet Jews unless it is accompanied by “all forms of
public protest,” Anatoly Shcharansky told a rally of some 2,000
students last Saturday night.
The rally was sponsored by the World Union of Jewish Stu
dents and marked the first public appearance by the Soviet Jewish
aliyah activist since the press conference he held a day after his
arrival in Israel last February 11.
Asked how he was adjusting to life in Israel, Shcharansky
replied, “In the Soviet Union 1 got accustomed to many years ot
living in a sea of hatred. Now 1 have to get accustomed to living in
an ocean of love.” He acknowledged that people look upon him as
a “symbol" of the struggle for Soviet Jews.
Greece, Israel sign accord
A I HENS (JTA)—Greece and Israel signed a new scientific
and cultural cooperation agreement, the Foreign Ministry an
nounced last Thursday. The three-year program provides for
exchanges in the fields of education, science, culture, the media,
youth activities and sports. It was signed by Ambassador Spyros
C'hrysospathis, the Foreign M inistry's cultural altairs director, and
Ambassador Yehezkel Barnea, Israel’s diplomatic representative
in Athens.
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Essen school seeks alumni in U.S.
Editor:
Erika Kerklies Strassmann of
Israel is trying to organize a re
union of her classmates in the
Stadtische Israelitische Volks-
schule of Essen Germany. This is
the class taught by Mrs. H. Buch-
heim in 1932 and by Carola Heu-
mann in 1933-34. We are trying to
Oleh’s view
Editor:
This letter is in response to the
letter on an oleh’s view.
It is interesting to note that lib
eral Jews of today are still express
ing the view that has been tried for
over 2,500 years; namely, that co
existence and mutal respect can
provide safety and security for
Jews.
Let’s look at the arenas where
this has been tried. These Western
liberals would have been loved by
the Hellenist Jews of Greece; how
ever, the main population of
Greece did not agree. Jews did not
fare much better in Rome or Spain.
It would appear that H itler was not
impressed with the thought of co
existence in 1940. I doubt that
these broad-minded Jews would
have stood on any corner of Berlin
and tried to explain the value of
mutual respect and acceptance.
The problem of religious Jews
and secular Jew's was aired by our
prophets and the results have been
self-evident for over 2,000 years.
The enigma of Western vs. East
ern Jews needs review. The attempt
of the enlightened western secula
rist to remove traditions that have
been preserved by observant East
ern Jews needs exposure. To sug
gest that Rabbi Kahane is respon
sible for the hatred is to cover up
the fact that the Western estab
lishment implemented the practice
of suppressing traditional values
carried by the observant Eastern
locate the following persons who
are living in the United States:
Beate Baer Erwin, Helene Kran-
zenblum Beer, Hanna Drucker Aron,
Erich David. Horst Kahn. Erna
Katz. Warten, Ruth Wuhl Gellis,
Ruth Schleimer Brody, Edmund
Finger and Lutz Gans.
Correspondence and/or infor-
on Kahane is
Jews.
The most difficult problem of
Jews and Arabs living side by side
in peace must be viewed in the real
ity of the Arabs' stated position of
throwing progressive, tolerant Jews
into the sea. History is clear on
diverse cultures co-existing in
peace. This history was not deve
loped by Jews in particular, but by
world experience. In this century,
Moslems and Hindus hadtoexchange
populations in Pakistan; Turks
and Greeks exchanged populations
for peace.
Native American Indians and
Europeans could not live together
in the United States. Anyone walk
ing down Peachtree will note the
absence of Cherokees that used to
hunt and raise their families.
It is clear that Rabbi Kahane
does not want to kill Arabs—only
to expel them from the Jewish
State of Israel. What would these
unprejudiced Jews say of Joshua’s
annihilation of the indigenous pop
ulation of his time in order to form
a political state that lasted for over
800 years. Only the corruption of
the establishment and the loss of
Torah values led to the exile. As
long as Torah values were upheld,
the state prevailed. We need people
like Rabbi Kahane to bring to the
Knesset the knowledge and values
of Torah.
Finally, let us critique the view
that Rabbi Kahane is only trying
to advance his personal power.
matinn can be sent c/o Inge Hei-
mann Karo, 328 Rockledge Avenue,
H untingdon Valley, Pa. 19006 and
will be forwarded to Israel.
Inge Heimann Karo
Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
challenged
Rabbi Kahane has spent many
days in American and Israeli jails
not for power but to stand by his
ideals. When he arrived in Israel he
was offered a seat in the Knesset by
the Likud on the condition that he
would follow their party line.
Rabbi Kahane rejected this easy
route to power to fight for his
principles.
Barney Cortell
AJCC Gift Shop
staff draws praise
Editor:
The Senior Adult Gift Shop at
the Atlanta Jewish Community Cen
ter is an excellent example of a
volunteer-run operation. People
come to use their skills, help oth
ers, feel useful and meet new
people.
The Seniors lovingly display the
merchandise, and spend that extra
few minutes making a sale whether
it’s for candy, a bar mitzva card or
a Seder plate.
As chairperson of the Gift Shop
for many years, I want to thank all
of my committee members for run
ning the gift shop so smoothly. I
especially want to thank our new
volunteer, Mimi Lewis, for buying
new, attractive and unusual gift
items for every occasion. The Gift
Shop is a wonderful resource for
the Jewish community.
A he Dank herg
Visitor lauds Jewish Atlanta
Editor:
A couple of weeks ago, my
friend Helen Alperin and I had the
enjoyable volunteer task to take
Pnina Gotsman and show her At
lanta. Pnina is the wife of Dr. Mer-
vyn Gotsman, the head of cardiol
ogy at Hadassah Hospital. Pnina is
a family therapist so Helen and I
decided then that we would inter
sperse “Jewish sites of interest” in
our tour as well. Along with the
usual Atlanta sites, we visited the
Atlanta Jewish Community Cen
ter, some of the synagogues, the
Jewish Tower, the Jewish Home
and the Jewish day schools (w hich
had been lovingly decorated with
Purim themes).
Pnina was very impressed. Appar
ently in other cities she never got a
“Jewish l our.” We ended the tour
with high tea at the Ritz Carlton. It
was most gracious and became a
“Chai” tea, but it showed Pnina
how “cosmopolitan” we are here.
Her comments at the end of the
day were so lovely that we thought
we should share them with the Jew
ish community, as they are a trib
ute to us all: “This has been a
wonderful day, and you can be
proud of your community. From
all I have seen you take care of
Editor:
The Dunwoody High School
Classes of 1975, ’76 and ‘77 invite
students who graduated from the
school during those years, to the
first “Dunwoody High Mass Re
union” Saturday, Aug. 9, and Sun
day, Aug. 10.
The reunion, sponsored by the
Class of 1976 in honor of their 10
year graduation, will begin with a
gala party Saturday, Aug. 9, from
8 p.m.-l a.m. at the Sheraton Inn.
Holcoinn BriUge Road and Geot-
gia 400.
The festivities will continue
Sunday, Aug. 10, with a picnic at
Wills Park in Alpharetta begin-
your very young up to your very
old in beautiful, well-functioning
installations. You are a truly car
ing community, it must be wonder
ful to be a Jew in Atlanta.”
Helen Spiegel
ning at noon and lasting until 4
p.m.
Cost for the weekend is S15 per
adult.
For more information, call the
Dunwoody High Mass Reunion
Hot Line at 642-3280.
Bart Henderson
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