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VOL.67 NO. 41
OCTOBER 5, 1989-TISHREI 6
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Jewish Leaders Discuss Arafat Visa And
Arms Sales With White House Official
Jack and Joan Wallick present the mezzuzah they
commissioned to Ralph Rothschild and Rabbi Harold
Berman (top photo). Sam Melton and Jack Wallick affix the new mezzuzah at Tifereth Israel' (bottom
photo).
Tifereth Israel Affixes Mezzuzah
In Ceremony On September 24
Two hundred congregants
were in attendance Sunday,
Sept. 24, when Congregation
Tifereth Israel affixed a
mezzuzah to the entrance of
its newly completed addition.
The evening began with
the singing of "Ma Tovu" by
the Tifereth Israel Choir, under the direction of Allen
Finkelstein. Rabbi Harold
Berman welcomed members
of the congregation, welcomed those in attendance and
thanked members of the
Building' Committee who
made the completion of the
project possible. The mezzuzah was hung by Sam Melton, Jack Wallick and Rabbi
Berman. After the mezzuzah
was hung, the Tifereth Israel
sang "Sim Shalom" with a
special solo by Cantor Jack
Chomsky.
The mezzuzah was a special gift from Jack and Joan
Wallick. It was commissioned and completed in Israel
by a famous silversmith. In
addition, the parchment enclosed was also commissioned by the Wallick Family.
"We are appreciative of
this special gift by the Wallick Family," said Rothschild, "Their generous gift
and this mezzuzah affixing
ceremony marks another
step as we move towards final completion of our major
renovation project."
"It was an honor for me to
participate in this mezzuzah
affixing ceremony," remarked Rabbi Berman.
"The congregation has
worked very hard and been
very generous in arranging
for and working toward the
completion of this major renovation project. The hanging
of this mezzuzah serves as
an example to the congregation and to the community of
the need to mark our homes
with holiness, particularly
as we enter this High Holy
Day season."
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
White House Chief of Staff
John Sununu discussed a
number-of pressing Jewish
concerns during an hour-
long meeting last Week with
Jewish leaders in New York.
The meeting, described by
participants as warm and
cordial, touched on a range
of issues, including arms
sales to Arab countries. Soviet Jewry and how the
government will respond if
Yasir Arafat asks the United
States for an entry visa to
address the U.N. General
Assembly in New York.
The meeting was arranged
by prominent Jewish Republican Jacob Stein and attended by other Republican
figures, including Detroit
philanthropist Max Fisher
and New Yorker George
Klein, as well as members of
the Conf erence of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations.
Sununu demurred on the
most controversial topic currently on the U.S^Israel
agenda: whether or not the
United States would grant a
visa to the Palestine Liberation Organisation leader if
he should ask for one.
Sununu said official U.S.
policy was not to comment
on the visa as long as Arafat
has not made an official request. The final decision; he
said, would be up to President Bush and Scretary of
State James Baker.
Many of the Jewish leaders reiterated their opposition to granting Arafat a
visa because of His links ot
terrorism, a position also
voiced by 68 senators who
signed a letter sent to Baker.
The senators said they opposed granting a visa to Arafat or elevating the ongoing
Community College Fall Courses
To Be Based On Jewish Books
"Jewish books are the jewels of our heritage," said
Judy Blair as she presented
the Fall Semester courses of
the Community College for
Adult Jewish Studies at the
Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center. "Nothing reflects our
people's creativity over time
as does our tradition of literature."
Six courses this semester
are built around a theme of
"Jewish Books: Sources for
Living." These classes explore written Jewish thought
from ancient Biblical stories
to modern Isreli mystics.
Also new at the Community College: beginning this
semester, the courses can be
counted towards a Certifica
tes.-PLO dialogue. Doing so
would be grainting the PLO
"unearned concessions"
that "could be seen as generally rewarding the PLO at
this time."
Jewish leaders pressed
Sununu about reports of a
possible State Department
request to sell 315 M1A1
tanks to Saudi Arabia and
asked whether or not Israeli
or Jewish leaders would be
cdnsulted on the sale.
Sununu indicated that the
Bush administration would
like to consult with Jewish
groups about all arms sales,
but it fears generating opposition to sales before they
are formally proposed. ,
Participants said Sununu
restated White House policy
that some arms sales to
Aral), states are better conducted by the United States,
which can place contrbls on
the use of weapons that other
, countries would not impose.
-,'■'- The Chief- of staff said the
administration welcomed
close cooperation with Israeli leadersMn that regard,
he said there was disappointment within the Bush administration about Israel's
handling of the abduction in
August of Shiite leader
Shekh Abdul Karim Obeid.
Israel has not fully
answered a number of questions the government has
asked about ■ the operation,
he said.
The Jewish leaders conveyed their concern over reports that a number of Soviet
Jewish reuseniks had been
arrested in Moscow. Sununu
said human rights remain on
the agenda of all U.S.-Soviet
contacts.
Sununu in turn urged the
Jewish leaders to support
President Bush's calls for
worldwide limits on the production and deployment of
chemical weapons.
The meeting was Sununu's
second with the Conference
of Presidents. Malcolm
Hoenlein,   the   umbrella
group's executive director,
said it was a "constructive
discussion" that demonstrated the administration's
"great emphasis on keeping
open" its dialogue with Jewish groups.
Peres To Visit Soviet Union
NEW YORK (JTA) - Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres
has accepted an invitation to travel to the Soviet Union. The
offer was extended by Genrikh Borovikh, president of the Soviet Peace Committee and a member of the Permanent Committee on Foreign Relations of the Supreme Soviet. He led a
Soviet trade delegation that recently met with Peres.
Dutch Rededicate 90-Year-OlrJ Shul
AMSTERDAM (JTA) - A 90-year-old synagogue in the
Dutch province of Overijssel was rededicated recently following its complete renovation. Restoration of the synagogue
in the northeast city of Zwolle Synagogue, which was established four years ago. The synagogue, which was first dedicated in 1899, served between 600 and 700 Jews before the
Holocaust. Today only 50 Jews remanin. Most of the Jews of
Zwolle were deported to their deaths during the German
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Republic Of Italy Wins HIAS Award
NEWYORK (JTA) -The Republic of Italy was honored by
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society with ts Liberty Award for
its cooperation at Ladispoli, the seaside village 22 miles
northwest of Rome that serves as the international way station for Soviet Jewish emigres. "I express recognition to the
Republic of Italy for the vital role it plays int he resettlement
of Soviet Jewish emigres," said Ben Zion Leuchter, president
of HIAS, at the recent dinner. "As we rejoice in the move-
ment.of, Spyiet Jews to lands of freedom, we are ever mindful
of the friends whose help has smoothed the way."
EARLY DEADLINE
Deadline For The Thursday, Oct. 12; Issue
Is Noon Thursday, Oct. 5
The OJC Office Will Be Closed
Yom Kippur, Monday, Oct. 9
tion of Jewish Studies
awarded by the Community
College for Adult Jewish
Studies. "Earning this certificate will be a symbol of
dedication towards Jewish
learning and commitment,"
explained Blair, chairwoman of the Community
College Steering Committee.
A registration fee of $30 enables a student to take up to
nine courses during the
semester. Hebrew classes
have a slightly higher registration fee. Community Forums and the special lecture
on the Chinese Jewish Community of Kaifeng are free
and open to the public.
For registration information , call 231-2731.
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