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—Bush Continued from page 1. “not a photo opportunity. This is a policy opportunity.” Analysts here also pointed out that Syria’s President Hafiz Assad sent the Reagan administration an indirect message through his release of the Rev. Lawrence Jenco that Syria must be involved in any Middle East talks. Bush’s 12-day trip included Jordan, Israel and Egypt, but not Syria. On the day Bush arrived in Israel, Jenco was Continued from page 1. the cause of Soviet Jewry and the protest of Waldheim’s election. “Anti-Semitism knows no boun daries. The problem of Soviet Jews knows no boundaries. It’s not just a Russian problem. This was not just an Austrian problem, and not just a Jewish problem. Because 95 percent of Austria is Catholic, it was critical that I be joined by Catholic clergy in speaking truth to power, to translate empathy to action.” Weiss and Sister Rose com mented at length on the fear they felt emanating from the Jewish community of Austria. The small group was unable to even rent a table and chairs from any Jews, although they were easily able to do so from their hotel. Weiss was careful to mention that the Jewish community of Vienna was recep tive to them on Shabbat, mention ing particularly Rabbi Chaim Eisenberg, who “was especially gracious. But it’s an absolutely frightened Jewish community,” he said. Sister Rose and Father Bossman returned to New York later than Weiss. At the Vienna airport’s baggage inspection, Sister Rose told JTA, “I went through just like everyone. Then, on the other side of the X-ray arch, someone pulled me into a curtained booth.” freed, 19 months after his abduc tion by Moslems in Lebanon. Three other Americans remain captive in Lebanese territory con trolled by Syria. Bush’s personal activities ex tended beyond the program of Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980. when he also was gearing up his presidential ambitions. Until Bush’s arrival, Mondale was the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the old city of Jerusalem. Wearing a kippa. Bush was photographed kissing the Western Wall, grim-faced at Yad Vashem, listening to Natan (Anatoly) Shcharansky. He pointed —Vienna— Sister Rose wants to be sure it is understood that she is both accus tomed to strict security checks and welcomes them. In the 28 times she has been to Israel, she emphasized, “I appreciate the security of El A1 airlines. It has been most humane, polite and gracious. El A1 security personnel make eye contact and seem to apologize to the person.” But, she recalled, “when I went into the curtained booth, no ques tions were asked.” She thought she would just be frisked, but a tho rough body search was conducted after stripping her. She was never told why it was being done. “I began to feel what Jews must have felt when they were stripped and sent to the gas chambers.” Father Bossman hadn’t even seen her vanish, and didn’t know where she was. The two of them had been put ahead of other people in the line without explanation. They have since made diplomatic inquiries to find out the reasons for the treat ment. The Shabbat following their re turn to Vienna, Sister Rose spent the day with Weiss’s family and congregation in Riverdale, the Bronx. The rabbi and the nun addressed the congregation follow ing the services and described their experiences in Vienna. Sister Rose said her purpose for going “was to lend a Christian voice to this protest, because I feel out in his speech to the Knesset that Israeli-American ties have grown stronger in President Rea gan’s five years in office, and commended both Peres and For eign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who is to become prime minister in the lunity government in October. In the so-called Mideast “peace process” Bush apparently achieved few if any gains primarily because both Syria’s Assad and Yasir Ara fat’s Palestine Liberation Organi zation had castigated Hassan for meeting with Peres. Reports em phasized that while Bush asked that Christians did not speak out enough during World War II.” She pointed out that “Christians and Jews were united in this protest of prayer and fast, demanding an international investigation into the charges made from many quarters that Mr. Waldheim's role during the Nazi Holocaust is sufficiently clouded as to require a thorough investigation. “My voice and actions of pro test, joined with Avi Weiss and others, called for justice on behalf of all those Jews—six million— Catholics, Protestants, homosex uals, minorities, elderly, handi capped, dissenters and resisters, whose lives were unjustly and bru tally snuffed out by the Nazis and all who joined Hitler’s henchmen during the period 1933-1945. They are gone, never to speak for them selves. “Very few Christians spoke out during those terrible years. So how can anyone remain silent now, when Kurt Waldheim, a member of the Wehrmacht, the Brown Shirts, sets himself up as a model to govern? Kurt Waldheim was involved in that Nazi war machinery... He be longed to the same group—the SA—that destroyed the 42 syn agogues in Vienna... The vote for Waldheim was really a vote for human indecency, because he lied.” Quiz Bax Why does Jewish law prohibit a Jew from wearing a garment of clothing in which woo! and linen fibers are interwoven or connected with each other? This prohibition comes from the Bible (Leviticus 19:19 and Deuter onomy 22:11). Some scholars try to explain this law (e.g., Maimon- ides) by saying that this used to be an old heathen custom whose priests wore garments with such mixtures. Other scholars claim that the mixture of the two fibers is indica tive of the clash between Cain and Abel, one being a shepherd and the other being a farmer. Wool comes from a sheep, raised by a shepherd; and linen comes from a plant (flax), developed by a farmer. A third reason offered is that since the Almighty created these materials separately from vegeta ble and animal life, people should not mix them. They must, thus, retain their individuality. Why is it traditional to either put salt on bread when eating the first piece of bread at a meal or to dip a piece of bread in salt? This is usually traced to the commandment in the Bible which requires that all sacrifices offered on the altar should have salt added to them (Leviticus 2:13). The gen eral reason given for this require ment is that salt acts as a preserva tive. The offering of sacrifices on the altar in the Old Temple in Jerusa lem was intended to preserve the relationship between a human being and the Almighty. Likewise, the table in a home is considered to be like an altar; and the food placed on the table is considered to be like a sacrifice. Thus, the Jew joins his bread ’ with salt so as to preserve his rela tionship with the Almighty. This is why, for example, people w ho eat together at a table are requited to indulge in some kind of Jewish learning which is a means of pre serving their relationship with the Almighty. Next time you feed your face* think about your heart. f Go easy on your heart and start cut ting back on foods that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol. The change’ll do you good. American Heart Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE Arab states to further the opening for peace through the Peres-Hassan meeting, he decided not to go to Morocco. Information here, how ever, was that Hassan declined to invite Bush to avoid further con demnation by Arab powers that he was kowtowing to Washington and being led by its bias against Arab interests. Arab merchants closed their shops in the old city to protest Bush’s tour and reportedly more than a dozen Palestinian leaders from territories administered by Israel declined invitations to attend the reception at the residence of U.S. Consul General Morris Draper in East Jerusalem. However, it was noted, many Arabs did attend. The State Department declined to pro vide “a guest list,” noting this is not a practice. Syria’s symbolism in the release of Jenco was openly matched by Arafat’s PLO statement in his head quarters in Tunis. The PLO con demned Bush’s tour as a “plot” against its demands for a Pales tinian state. Thus, Assad and Ara fat, bitter foes, delivered the same message of hostility to Bush and Washington. In Israel, Bush also visited the Hatzerim Air Base and Sde Boker kibbutz in the Negev desert 100 miles southwest of Jerusalem where the late Prime Minister Ben-Gurion spent his last years. At the kibbutz, he suggested direct talks between Peres and Jordan’s King Hussein to maintain momentum and efforts to start negotiations for peace. Meanwhile, hopes virtually van ished that Bush could attend a signing of a tentative agreement for a solution of the Taba question. At Egypt’s urging, teams involved at bringing the matter to a close “worked like mad” to have an agreement based on aerial photo graphs, rather than on-the-ground survey teams, delineate “for the time being” the boundaries of Taba and 15 other points of dispute on the Egyptian-Israeli line. The agree ment, as planned, would be initi aled, but subject to further negoti ation before the formal signing of the document and before submis sion of the dispute to arbitrators. However, it was said here that the Egyptians demanded conditions that stalled the compromise. J2e£, Award-winning Photography Serving Atlanta’s Jewish Community Since 1947 1230 Monroe Dr., N.E. 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