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Virulent anti-Semitism
sweeping Paraguay
WASHINGTON (JTA)—B’nai
B’rith International, alarmed by a
wave of virulent anti-Semitism
sweeping Paraguay, has sent an
urgent cable of protest to President
Alfredo Stroessner urging his
government “to act officially and
decisively” to stem the tide of big
otry.
The message, signed by Seymour
Reich, BBI president, noted that
Jews are being attacked in the
media and in slick posters promi
nently displayed in the streets of
Asuncion, capital of the land-locked
South American country. There
are no more than 500 Jews in
Paraguay, a nation of over 3.4 mil
lion, long a haven for Nazi war
criminals who escaped from Europe
after World War II.
According to Reich, posters urge
Paraguayans not to patronize shops
owned by Jews “because the money
they steal they send to Israel and
Moscow.” The posters list 20 shops
with the names of their Jewish
owners.
Another poster has an inscrip
tion, “Wanted: Jews. Dead or Alive
for killing Christ, for establishing
the Communist Party, for causing
two World Wars, for bombing
Libya and killing children, for
planning three world wars.”
Last May, a leading newspaper
advertised a requiem mass for
Hitler. Mobs stormed a radio sta
tion whose owner was described in
the same paper as a “wealthy Jew.”
Reich noted in his cable to
Stroessner that B’nai B’rith had
protested to Paraguay several
months ago over the posters and
other anti-Semitic propaganda, but
the situation has since become
worse. He said several Paraguayan
newspapers have denounced anti-
Semitism, “but there has been no
response to pleas for government
action.”
Ivory Coast reopens
Jerusalem embassy
by Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM (JTA) —Ivory
Coast reopened its embassy in Jer
usalem last Monday, formally re
suming diplomatic ties with Israel
which it broke after the Yom Kip-
pur War in 1973. A charge d’af
faires will head the embassy until
the ambassador arrives to present
his credentials to President Chaim
Herzog.
Israel and Ivory Coast agreed to
resume diplomatic relations at a
meeting in Geneva last January
between Prime Minister Shimon
Peres and President Felix Hou-
phouet-Boigny. Israel already has
an ambassador in Abidjan, capital
of the West African nation.
The fact that he is the former
interests officer promoted to am
bassadorial rank appeared to have
irked the Ivorians, according to
some sources here, and accounts
for the nine-month delay in re
opening the embassy. Others believe
Ivory Coast, with a 15 percent
Moslem population, may have been
nervous about resuming relations
with Israel.
But the fact that the embassy is
in Jerusalem rather than in Tel
Aviv is heartening to Israelis. The
Ivory Coast government continued
to pay rent for the building during
the 13 years it was vacant and also
paid the salary of the embassy
secretary who has now returned to
her old job.
TV film, ‘Exile,’ to probe
Jewish roots of filmmaker
Filmmaker Alexis Krasilovsky’s
own compelling journey behind
the Iron Curtain to retrace her
roots is the subject of “Exile,” air
ing Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3:30 p.m.
on WGTV, Channel 8.
Krasilovsky’s own family, both
in New York and Europe, are the
participants. Many of the relatives
in Vienna and Prague have denied
that they are Jewish from the be
ginning of the Holocaust to this
day.
The film is shot against beautiful
European backgrounds with a
haunting musical score punctuat
ing the often poignant interviews.
Alexis Krasilovsky has made a
number of short films, videos and
her book, “Some Women Writers
Kill Themselves” was published
this year.
sCuba’s Jews condemn killings■>
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Jewish community of Cuba con
demned the terrorist killings of 21 jews in Istanbul on Sept. 6.
A telegram from Havana to Jacobo Kovadloff, director of South
American Affairs and Spanish Media of the American e ^ ,s
Committee, signed by Dr. Jose Miller, president of the Comum a
Hebrea de Cuba, and Adela Dworin, secretary, stated.
“We openly condemn the brutal crime which unfol e
Istanbul synagogue. This is the work of lanatics motivate y
hatred, no matter what their origin. We stand side by side wit
Jewish brothers and those of other faiths in the right to
and respected. y
Obituaries
Michael S. Arogeti Mrs. Freda K. Drucker
Charles Weinstein
Lance Cpl. Michael Scott Aro
geti, 20, died in an automobile
accident Wednesday, Sept. 10, in
29 Palms, Calif., where he was sta
tioned as a United States Marine.
Graveside service was held Sun
day, Sept. 14, at Greenwood Ceme
tery, with Rabbi S. Robert Ichay
officiating. He was buried with
military honors.
A native of Atlanta, he gradu
ated from Briarcliff High School,
where he participated on the foot
ball team, swimming team and
soccer team. He was a member of
AZA-SOI and a Boy Scout.
He attended Georgia South
western College in Americus, where
he was on the football team.
In the Marines, he was on the
swim team and football team in
their athletic program.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arogeti; broth
ers, Ricky Arogeti and Jeffrey
Arogeti;grandmothers, Mrs. Morris
Arogeti and Mrs. Dave Taratoot;
aunts, uncles and cousins, all of
Atlanta.
Leonard Karesh
Leonard Karesh, 74, of Charles
ton, S.C., died Monday, Sept. 15.
Funeral was held Tuesday, Sept.
16, with burial at B’rith Shalom
Beth Israel Cemetery in Maryville,
S.C
He was the retired owner of
Dixie Shoe Company.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Ringel Karesh; son, J.
Mack Karesh of Atlanta; daugh
ter, Mrs. Lisa Bluestein of Atlanta
and another daughter: sister, Mrs.
Shifra Gershon of Atlanta and
another sister; and four grand
children.
Notrica Unveiling
The unveiling ceremony in
memory of Matilda Notrica will be
held at 9:30a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28,
prior to ziara service at Or VeSha-
lom Synagogue, at Greenwood
Cemetery, with Rabbi Robert S.
Ichay officiating.
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Mrs. Freda Kahn Drucker of
Atlanta died Saturday, Sept. 13.
Graveside service was held Sun
day, Sept. 14, at Greenwood Ceme
tery, with Rabbi Arnold Goodman
and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend offi
ciating.
The widow of Abraham H.
Drucker, she was a member of the
Ahavath Achim Sisterhood.
Survivors include her sons, Har
vey K. Drucker of Decatur and
Ronald K. Drucker of Atlanta;
brother, Julius Kahn of Savannah;
and two grandsons.
Donations can be made to the
Ahavath Achim Synagogue or the
Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill
Road, N.W., Atlanta 30327.
Dr. Morris Freedman
Dr. Morris Freedman, 72, of
Atlanta, formerly of Union City,
N.J., died Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Graveside service was held
Thursday, Sept. 18, at Arlington
Memorial Park, with Rabbi Philip
N. Kranz officiating.
Dr. Freedman lived in Atlanta
for 40 years. He was a dentist.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Sylvia S. Freedman; sons, Dr.
Louis M. Freedman and Dr. Charles
G. Freedman, both of Atlanta;
brothers, Dr. Albert Freedman of
DePere, Wise., Sidney Freedman
and Morris Warshaw, both of At
lanta; and six grandchildren.
Donations can be made to the
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospi
tal. 1275 York Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10021.
Charles Weinstein, 79, of Bir
mingham died Thursday, Sept. 4.
Graveside service was held Sun
day, Sept. 7, at Elmwood Ceme
tery in Birmingham.
He was born Aug. 1, 1907, in
Birmingham, and graduated from
the University of Alabama in 1928.
He was a retired salesman of
women’s apparel, and a former
president and board member eme
ritus of the Southern Fashion Ex
hibitors Association. He was also
former president of the Alabama
Salesman Association.
Survivors include his son, Steven
E. Weinstein; sister, Dinah Cove;
and grandchildren, Alyson and Julie
Weinstein, all of Atlanta.
Donations can be made to the
Jewish Home, 3150 Howell Mill
Road, Atlanta 30327.
Maurice Sabbath
Maurice Sabbath, 62, of Atlanta
died Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Graveside service was held
Thursday, Sept. 18, at Arlington
Memorial Park, with Rabbi Ronald
Goldstein officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Frances Sabbath; sons, Steven Sab
bath of Boulder Creek, Calif.,
Michael Sabbath of Macon, and
Scott Sabbath of Norcross; sister,
Mrs. Shirley Ross of St. Louis; and
three grandchildren.
Donations can be made to the
American Heart Association. 2581
Piedmont Road N.E., P.O. Box
13589, Atlanta 30324.
/■Israeli Arabs get life sentence\
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two Israeli Arabs were sentenced to
life imprisonment last Thursday for the terrorist-related murder of
an Israeli soldier, Moshe Tamam in August 1984. The sentences
were imposed by a military court in Lod on Ibrahim Razek
Bayadsi, 26, and Ibrahim Nayef Abu Moh, 25, both from Baka el
Gharbiya village near Hadera.
The accused had pleaded guilty, but justified their crime as a
political act. Four other men arrested with them last March
pleaded not guilty. They will be tried at a later date.
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