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Vol. LXII
The Voice of Atlanta's Jewish Community Since 1925
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, November 21, 1986
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‘Get smart’
Jewish Book Month, to be celebrated this year from Nov.
27-Dec. 27, is illustrated by two new posters, one designed and
executed by Israeli artist Giora Carmi (above) and the other
designed and illustrated by Jonathan Kremer, a calligrapher
and graphic designer based in Philadelphia.
Carmi was inspired by a publication of quotes sent to him
by J WB, producing his whimsical treatment of the phrase “One
who increases books increases wisdom.”
Kremer’s poster, for children, explores the concept of the
biblical Tree of Knowledge through books on a tree and one in
the mouth of a serpent.
Jewish Book Month kicks off in Atlanta with the weekend
celebration of “Bookends” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at
the AJCC/Peachtree.
Pretrial motions presenh
in arms conspiracy cau.
by Margie Olster
NEW YORK (JTA)—The dis
closures of the Reagan adminis
tration recently that it approved
covert shipments of American
weapons to Iran “have no bear
ing whatsoever” on the prosecu
tion of 17 defendants, including
four Israelis, charged with con
spiracy to sell American weapons
to Iran, an assistant U.S. attor
ney told a court here Monday.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lorna
Schofield made the statement in
opening remarks at a pretrial
motion hearing in Manhattan’s
U.S. District Court. The defend
ants in the case face charges of
conspiracy to resell $2.5 billion
of American arms to Iran and
of falsitying the documents
needed to gain U.S. approval
for the sales.
Defense attorneys challenged
the prosecution’s statement, not
ing a remarkable convergence of
the accounts of defendants in the
case and the events confirmed by
the Reagan administration and
other sources in the past weeks.
Schofield told Federal Judge
Leonard Sand that she had dis
cussed the case with Justice De
partment officials and people in
the National Security Council
who informed her that this case is
not related to any of the covert
arms shipments approved or or
chestrated by the Reagan admin
istration and other sources in the
past weeks.
Attorney Paul Grand, repres
enting the alleged middleman in
the conspiracy, Sam Evans, told
the court there was a “startling
overlap, coincidence and iden
tity,” between what the defend
ants had said on tape and what
was actually happening in gov
ernment.
On the tapes recorded secretly
from December 1985 to April
1986 with the help of an Iranian
informant, Cyrus Hashemi, who
posed as an Iranian arms buyer,
the defendants said they believed
the policy toward selling wea
pons to Iran was under evalua
tion within the government.
The defendants said they be
lieved the administration would
approve the arms shipments. In a
later tape, the defendants said
the arms deal had been approved
and that Vice President George
Bush favored it, Secretary of
State George Shultz was against
it, but nevertheless it would go
forward. These positions on the
Iran policy within the adminis
tration have also been confirmed,
Grand said.
The defendants also said arms
sales would be allowed only for
the purpose of furthering con
tacts with Iran.
Sand did not rule on the attor
ney’s motions which would require
the U.S. Attorney’s office to pro
duce evidence of what the admin
istration’s policy on shipping arms
to Iran has been in fact for the
past two years and not what the
administration purported it to
be.
Sand told the defense attor
neys that he was not certain that
such material would be relevant
to or help the defendants’ case.
He did not rule on the motion
Tuesday but is expected to do so
within the month.
William Kunstler, attorney for
defendant Nicos Minardos, asked
the court to produce the autopsy
and toxicology reports on the
government’s key witness, Cyrus
Hashemi, who died in London
apparently of leukemia in July.
The U.S. Attorney’s office has
said that its investigation indi
cated that Hashemi died of “ap
parently natural” causes. Kunstler
indicated that it is possible that
Hashemi was killed.
He noted that Hashemi’s
death could only help the prose
cution and hurt the defense be
cause the defense would not have
the opportunity to cross-examine
the key witness.
Kunstler also made a motion
to exhume Hashemi’s body to
investigate the possibility of a
murder. It was denied.
Hashemi, an Iranian expatriate,
See Conspiracy, page 25.
Yeshiva High School finds new home
Attending the contract-signing for the new site of Yeshiva High School are, standing, left to right,
Arthur Kurtz, financial secretary of Yeshiva High; Larry Bogart, past president and counsel for Yeshiva
High; realtors Fred Broder and John Thibadeau; Gary Sams, attorney for DeKalb County; and realtor
Jack Shenk. Seated are Dr. Robert Rush, Yeshiva High president; Rabbi Herbert Cohen, dean of Yeshiva
High; and Wilburn Adams, in charge of business affairs for DeKalb County.
Special to The Southern Israelite
Some time early next year,
Yeshiva High School of Atlanta
will relocate to the former North-
woods Elementary school build
ing off Chamblee-Tucker Road
near 1-85 and 1-285 in Doraville.
“With God’s help, and the help
of longtime friends of Yeshiva,
we have been able to achieve this
milestone,” said an enthusiastic
Rabbi Herbert Cohen, dean of
Yeshiva since 1976—the same
year the school moved into the
hallways of the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center (AJCC) on
Peachtree Road. Administrators,
faculty and students were also
enthusiastic when the closing on
t he building took place two weeks
ago.
“We are grateful for the AJCC
letting us use its facilities. I know
it has not been easy for them to
house a high school with lively
teenagers in it. However, since
we have grown in the last 12
years, it has gotten to a point
where we need to have our own
identity and building.”
Cohen hopes to move into the
new building by late January or
early February. The high school
will then have access to 29 class
rooms, administrative offices, an
auditorium/cafeteria, outdoor
basketball courts, two baseball
fields, a main library and media
centers.
“Teachers won’t have to worry
about sharing classrooms any
more,” said Cohen, “and students
will have their own lunchroom
and auditorium. Students will
also have access to computers
that have been stored away for
the past two years.
“The lack of space here has
kept us from reaching our poten
tial. It’s hard to conduct business
in an office that looks more like a
storage room.”
The school’s athletic teams
will take advantage of the tennis
courts across the street and will
continue to use the AJCC’s bas
ketball facilities. Students and
faculty will have easy access to
the school via two major traffic
arteries, two MARTA train sta
tions presently under construc
tion and a bus line a block or two
away.
“Based on a study by the At
lanta Jewish Federation,” added
Cohen, “we will be near the heart
See Yeshiva, page 25.
THIS WEEK
Child therapist says kids
grow up fearful 8
On Friday, the rabbi ran 14
IBM exec couple at home
on cattle ranch 32
Arts & Entertainment 22
Business 24
Obituaries 26
Classified 26 & 27
10 & 25 years ago 31
LBR URO AO SCF
oforcia newspaper project
Main library
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