Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1988-10-20

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United States Gives
Diplomatic Immunity
To Israeli Mission
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The Reagan administration
has granted a limited form
of diplomatic immunity to
roughly 30 officials in •
Israel's military procurement mission in New York.
State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley announced that from now on,
the United States will consider the 250-person mission
as an "annex to the Israeli
Consulate" in New York.
The 50 represent , the
Israeli defense professionals
wnile others are support
personnel
The officials are being
granted "consular immunity," which would protect
"them from U.S. prosecution
for activities directly related
to their official functions.
Oakley said such agreements usally do not apply
retroactively. The procurement mission has been cited
in a number of U.S. government probes including a 1986
case in which eight officials
were subpoenaed for;
allegedly exporting materials for cluster bombs
without U:S. permission.
The mission, an arm of the
Israel Defense Ministry,
negotiates contracts: with
V.S. defense firms seeking a
share of the $1,8 billion in annual U.S. military aid to
Israel.
"Most other countries that
y conduct defense procurement activities from offices
in Washington do. so with
their embassies (there), and
are therefore covered by
diplomatic immunities and
privileges," she added.
Neo-Nazis Recruiting The Swiss
GENEVA (JTA) — A group of German neo-Nazis is trying
to recruit like-minded persons in Switzerland. According to a
Swiss radio report,! their initial target is Germans living/in
Switzerland. Letters have been sent to hundreds, asking
them to join the movement. So far, the only serious Swiss
neo-Nazi organization is based in Lausanne. It is headed by
Francois Genoud, a banker. The Swiss authorities say they
can take no action against it, because Switzerland has no
laws specifically prohibiting racist activities.
European Parliament Ratifies
Trade Agreements With Israel
STRASBOURG, France (JTA) — The Parliament of
Europe voted overwhelmingly last week to approve three
economic agreements with Israel it had rejected in March.
The accords were signed by Israel and the 12-nation
European Community in 1987. The first, known as the financial agreement, was endorsed by a 314-25 vote, with 19 abstentions. Ratification requires a minimum of 260 votes. In
view of the strong showing, the other two accords were
carried by a show of hands, without count. This was a major
victory for Israel and reversal of sentiment in the 518-mem-
ber parliament, which is the European Community's legisla-
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Right-Wing Extremist Party Gains
In Belgian Elections
BRUSSELS (JTA) — An extreme right-wing party that is
xenophobic and favors amnesty for Belgian Nazi collaborators, Scored important gains in the recent local elections.
"The Flemish Bloc won eight seats in the Antwerp City Council, to emerge as the third largest political faction there, after
the Socialists and Social Christians. More than 15,000 Jews
live in Antwerp. The party's leader, Karel Dillen, is a member of the Belgian Senate. It has two deputies in the lower
house of Parliament. Although not overtly anti-Semitic, the
Flemish Bloc is suspect because of its anti-immigrant campaign, which smacks of racism.
German Church Condemns
Silence About Kristallnacht
GENEVA (JTA)-"What
happened in November 1938
happened in public, in full
view of everyone ... And no
one could say he or she knew
nothing about what was
going on," the German
Evangelical Church declared in a statement released here last week.
The statement noted the
50th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Nov. 9, the first organized Nazi pogrom
against German Jews.
It acknowledged and condemned historic Christian
guilt for the persecution of
Jews/and its support, indifference or "fearful silence"
in the face of atrocities.
The German Evangelical
Church in East Germany,
which embraces the United,
Reform and Lutheran
branches of Protestantism in
both Germanys, issued its
statement through the Geneva-based World Council of
Churches.
Kristallnacht, or night of
broken glass received its
name from the smashed windows of;Jewish homes, shops
and synagogues that littered
the sidewalks of German
cities and towns after the
pogrom.
The statement by the
Evangelical Church begins
by noting that "Nov; 9, 1988
Alzheimer's Program To Be Held Nov. 3
In recognition of National
Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month — the month of
November — Heritage Vil-
Former Ambassador Arthur Hartman
To Speak On Glasnost On Oct. 26
lage will sponsor a free Alzheimer's Disease Community Awareness Program on
Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30
p.m. The program will be
held at Heritage Tower, 1145
College Ave.
Topic for the program is
"How Do You Know When
You Need Help?"
Ambassador Arthur A.
Hartman, United States ambassador to the Soviet Union
from 1981 until 1987, will be
speaking on The Ohio State
University campus, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 4:30 p.m.
in the Journalism School —
Arthur A. Hartman
oom 300. The program is
free and open to the community.
His presentation on Refuseniks, Pamya t and Glasnost: the Future of Soviet
Jewry, will center on projects for the future of Soviet
Jewry, in light of the significant changes now taking
place in the Soviet Union.
During his watch in Moscow, Ambassador Hartman
was noted for his support of '
human rights in the Soviet
Union and the particular attention to the concerns of
Russian Jews and the activist refusenik community.
The presentation by
Ambassador Hartman is '.
being co-sponsored by concerned academics for Soviet
Jewry and the Community
Relations Committee of the
Columbus Jewish Federation.
Ambassador Hartman
who recently retired as ambassador to Moscow, has had
a long and distinguished ca-
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Dr. Leopold Liss
Guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. Leopold
Liss, one of Central Ohio's
foremost medical authorities on Alzheimer's Disease
and professor of the Departments of Pathology, Neurology and Psychiatry in The
Ohio State University College of Medicine.
A panel of local profession-
. als and caregivers include:
Kent Shimeall, attorney with
the Attorney General's Office and support group
leader; Martha Globe/support group leader and spouse
of Alzheimer Disease victim,
and Kathy Martino, director
of Respite Care and Heritage
Community Health Service
(home health care.)
Free pamphlets on Alzheimer's Disease will be distributed to the first 100 participants.
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O.R.T. Plans
Donor Event
Women's American
O.R.T. (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training), Columbus Region, will
hold its annual Donor Event
on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:45
p.m. at the home of Joyce
Simson, 17 N. Columbia Aye.
in Bexley. The donor event is
being planned for people who
pledge a minimum of $100 to
ORT during the year. The
Silver Donor level is $250.
Co-chairwomen of the event
are Kathi Wolinetz and
Diane Zeidman.
Guest speaker at the dinner will be Leah Peer,
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marks the 50th anniversary
of the day when the Nazi
leaders of the German Reich
ordered the synagogues to be
burnt, Jewish places of worship desecrated, Jewish
shops and homes plundered
and Jewish citizens mistreated, abducted or murdered.
"What happened in
November 1938 happened in
public, in full view of everyone. Targets of this persecution were all Jewish people.
Racial hubris thus revealed
its cruel disdain for human
rights," the statement
added.
"No one could say he or
she knew nothing about what
was going, on. Those who
planned and carried but this
crime could reckon with the
support, indifference or fearful silence of the majority of
our nation.
' 'Christians—with few ex
ceptions — also remained silent," the statement noted.
It said it recalled these
events "not to level accusations at the generation of
those who were involved in
them.
"Instead, we are aware of
the fact that the guilt of that
time will retain its power to
bind us if we remain silent or
try to o suppress the memory.""
The statement acknowledged that "both theology
and the church played a part
in the long history of alienation from the enmity toward
.the Jews. The church did not
recognize the deep inner ties
between Judaism and Christianity."
The statement went on to
say that "for this reason, our
thinking our words and our
deeds must never again help
to promote enmity toward
the Jews."
Abba Eban To Keynote
Advanced Gifts Event
Alan Wasserstrom, chairman of the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign, announces the appointment of
Gordon Zacks as chairman
and Janice Wolman as vice
chairwoman of this year's
Advanced Gifts Event on behalf of the ."CommUNITY
for the 90's" Campaign. The
event is scheduled for Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, at the
Hyatt Regency Columbus.
"We're pleased to inform
the community that the
Honorable Abba Eban will
join us for this dinner event
and will present the evening's keynote address. It's a
wonderful opportunity to
meet and hear from this outstanding statesman, a man
who has cast a giant shadow
on Israel's and World Jewry's recent history," Zacks
and Wolman said.
Cocktails will begin at 6:30
p.m., with dinner to follow at
7:15 p.m. All arrangements
at the Hyatt Regency are
under strict kashruth supervision. •.',.'
Those wishing to attend
must meet gift requirements
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to the 1989 Jewish Community Campaign. Minimum
Campaign contributions include: $3,000 for men, $1,200
for women, $500 for young
men and $500 for young
women.
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Those wishing more information or to make a reservation should contact the Columbus Jewish Federation
office, 237-7686.
Pope Remains Mute
On Recognizing Israel
STRASBOURG, France
(JTA) — Pope John Paul II
strongly reiterated his
condemnation of anti-Semitism at a recent meeting
with Jewish leaders here but
made no response to requests that the Vatican
recognize the state of Israel.
The pontiff, on an officials,
visit to Alsace, received a   >>
local Jewish delegation at
the archbishop's residence,
where he spoke briefly on the*
need for cooperation  be-
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