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■> H X The Southern Israelite :s> Vol. LXII The Voice of Atlanta's Jewish Community Since 1925 Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, November 21, 1986 No. 4 o VWO nsr? cnse xm non Book r^CRfcASB WISDOM u j ; Fl onth ‘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 UN IV OF GEORGIA