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7K, t Ohio Hist,Society Libr 198S Ve^rna five. Columbus, Ohio 4'3£ 11 0 COMP 2j|^\yy Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over 60 Years ^JuAVK VOL.68 NO. 30 JULY 26, 1990-AV i, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish ideals. ^^;iffe*:l«iiS*#$^|^ Dutch Holocaust Museum Withdraws Human Hair From Auschwitz Exhibit AMSTERDAM (JTA) - The Netherlands War and Resistance Museum at Overloon has decided not to include, human hair from Auschwitz victims in its exhibition of items from the death camp, which opened recently. The hair was withdrawn after a flood of protests greeted announcement of the exhibition. Museum Director Simon Temming said he wanted to display the hair, "because the public today needs very strong shocks to appreciate the horrors of Auschwitz." At the same time, Temming wondered why people reacted so emotionally to the hair but not to the tin that once contained the deadly Zyklon B gas used in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Rise In Anti-Semitism In Italy Prompts Warning From Leaders ROME (JTA) --Italy's highest political leaders have issued a stern warning against the rise of anti-Semitism and have voiced strong support for measures aimed at combatting it. "A black thread runs through Europe," Nilde Jotti, president of the Chamber of Deputies, told a conference on anti-Semitism in Italy and Europe. "It is the trace of racial hatred against the Jews, which we believe was extinct but which instead we once again find has come to the fore," she said. Jotti was among a panel of senior government officials and Christians and Jewish leaders who took part in the con- - ference■, which was organized by the Italian chapter of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and held in a meeting hall of the Parliament building. Flow Of Ethiopian Jews To Israel Halted NEW YORK (JTA) - The emigration of Ethiopian Jews bound for Israel, which had been proceeding since last fall at a rate of about 500 a month, has been halted in recent weeks, Israeli offi-... cials have confirmed. The suspension comes at a time when thousands of Ethiopian Jews have piled into the capital city of Addis Ababa, hoping to receive permission to join family and friends in Israel, The vast majority of the Jews left in Ethiopia - as many as 15,000 people - are now living in miserable conditions in Addis Ababa. They have poured into the capital from their native Gondar region in recent months, as fighting between the government of Mengistu Haile Mariam and rebel armies has shifted, making roads to the capital passable. The emigration of Ethiopian Jews has accelerated since November, when Israel and Ethiopia restored dip- Jewish leaders Condemn Statements Charging lews Control Hollywood NEW YORK (JTA) - American Jewish leaders have rejected charges of "Jewish racism" in Hollywood that were leveled recently in Los Angeles at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The charges, they say, revive the old anti-Semitism canard that the Jews run the media and serve as an irritant to black-Jewish relations. "This is a dangerous myth," Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, said of the cliche that Jews monopolize Certain professions. "That kind of thinking develops and leds to the canard of Jewish control and from there to Jewish racism," he said. At issue are a number of statements made July 11 ata panel discussion on blacks in the entertainment industry, one of the workshops held at the NAACP national convention. One of the speakers, Le- grand Legg, chairman of the Coalition Against Black Exploitation and city attorney of Compton, Calif., said that the careers of black entertainers and producers has been held back due to the "century-old problem of Jewish racism in Hollywood." He urged black leaders to '•>;<■v>; vc&U'tf SUrrirtiltftieetirig'with- the Hollywood Jewish community in the same spirit that J$ws have called.for "summits" to discuss anti- Semitic statements made by such black leaders as Louis Farrakhan and Nelson Mandela. Maria Gibbs, producer and star of the NBC situation comedy "227," also made controversial statements. She was quoted in the "Los Angeles Times" as saying it .is time that blacks admit that "the Jewish system in Hollywood was not set up for Talks On E. German Reparations Must Resolve Complex Issues JERUSALEM (JTA) « The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has called on East Germany to promptly implement its pledge to make just compensation to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. Dr. Israel Miller made that plea here recently dur-. ing the biennial meeting of the New York-based Claims Conference's board of direo tors, which re-elected him president. The board heard a report of the Claims Conference's first meeting with the East German government, which took place in East Berlin on June25and26. Miller reported that a number of "complex legal and financial issues" remain lb* t**dtSfctftSea-ftrthe' Mb" " lomatic ties and signed an agreement allowing for reunification of families on a humanitarian basis. The reason for the recent suspension of the emigration is unclear, but three main explanations have been offered. The most straightforward reason for the slowdown is that Mengistu wished to avoid embarrassment during the meeting of the Organization of African Unity, which was held two weeks ago in Addis Ababa. us." Gibbs, claiming to have been misquoted, clarified her statement later in a "New York Times" interview. "What I said was that when Jewish people • constructed their television business, they did so to make money and they did so from their perspective. They didn't have us in mind, and we wouldn't have had them in mind if we had been doing it," she said.. Israeli and American Jewish officials say Mengistu may have feared incurring the wrath of the hundreds of hard-line, anti-Israel African leaders who arrived in the city for the meeting. They say it would have been difficult for him to hide the exodus to Israel. A second explanation for the suspension is rising concern among both Mengistu and Israeli officials that non- Jews are using the Israeli channel as a way of escaping Ethiopia. Shonac And Schottenstein Stores To Sponsor Sports Spectacular Sports Spectacular 1990 will feature two of the best- known sports celebrities in golf and tennis today, according to organizers. This year's golf event is made possible through the support of the Shonac Corporation and the tennis event is made possible through the support of Schottenstein Stores Corporation/Value City -., Furniture. ,'■'.*' :'.:1: David Frost, this year's golf pro, has. been a rising power in the field of PGA golfers, possessing top ten finishes in a variety of Opens since 1985. Telscher was also a member of the US Davis Cup Team in 1981,1982,1983 and 1986. sides. The talks began last month at the suggestion of East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maziere, who met with representatives of the Claims Conference on June 10, during a visit to New York. At that time, the East German leader reaffirmed his country's pledge to institute just compensation for material losses suffered by. Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The pledge was made at the inaugural session of the Volkskammer, East Germany's first freely elected parliament, on April 12. Meanwhile, more than 80,000 Holocaust survivors received grants totaling over $250 million from the Claims ; -■:, s coHTiHoeooKPAde 9 David Frost Frost is considered to be one of the most accurate ball strikers in the game. In addition, he has adopted a regular conditioning program that includes daily running coupled with aerobic exercise: Eliot Teltscher, this year's guest tennis pro, also comes to the Sports Spectacular with a long list of achievements. In his career, he has won the French Open Mixed Doubles with Ka^hy Jordan, the Seiko Super Tournament, the GWA Mazda Classic, the Altech South African Open, the Japan Open, the TransAmerica Open, the San Juan Tennis Classic, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution Open and the Island Holidays Tennis Classic. In addition, Teltscher was a finalist in the Scottsdale Open, Los Angeles Open, Con- goleum Classic, Melbourne Indoor Championship, Italian Open and Canadian' "Open: Eliot Teltscher Sports Spectacular is a major fundraiser for the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus. It will take place at Winding Hollow Country Club on Monday, Aug. 20. Aside from golf and tennis, Sports Spectacular 1990 participants will enjoy a kosher dinner featuring guest speaker Rick Pitino o£ the Kentucky Wildcats. For more information on this year's Sports Spectacular, contact the JCC at 231-2731. Israeli Farmers Find 'Kosher1 Pigs TEL AVIV (JTA) ~ Hog farmers in Israel, fearing they may soon be put out of business by an Orthodox-inspired bill banning the raising of pigs anywhere in the Jewish state, have come up with a novel solution to their plight. They are considering importing and breeding ba- birusas, an Indonesian species of wild hog related to the pig family that chews its cud and has cloven hoofs. According to Indonesian farmers, toe meat of the little-known animal tastes exactly like the' unkosher pig. But as it meets the biblical requirements for kashrut, it does not come under 'V ■■' ■"cdrtfiNUEb'otffrAfig'Ti. Meir Joffe, Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia, was quoted by "the New York Times" as saying that Israel had been "alarmed" by the fact that non-Jews were attempting to immigrate to Israel. Joffe was quoted as saying the decision to halt the emigration was made jointly by the Ethiopian and Israeli governments. But William Recant, director of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews, one of the relief agencies caring for the Ethiopian Jews in Adr dis Ababa, said he did not believe Israel had anything to do with suspending the flow of emigres. "This is not consistent with what we have been told in the past," Recant said Sunday. He said Israeli officials were aware that the screening process for pro-, spective immigrants "has been a careful one." The third most troublesome explanation for a halt in emigration is that the Ethiopian Jews are being held hostage to Mengistu's demands for Israeli military equipment. It has been widely reported in the Israeli and American press that Mengistu traveled to Israel on July 4 and 5 to meet with Prime Minister Yatzhak Shamir and request weapons from the Israelis, in order to prop up his embattled regime. Non-lews Included In Soviet Aliyah .* V' JERUSALEM (JTA) - A quarter of the immigrants arriving from the Soviet Union are married to non- Jews, and millions more non-Jewish Soviet citizens may be entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of ' Return, according to Knesset member Michael Kleiner of Likud. Kleiner, who chairs the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee, maintains that in addition to the approximately 2 million Jews believed to remain in the Soviet Union, there are 3 million non-Jews with at least one Jewish grandparent. According to Kleiner, they would qualify for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. As a result, he believes the law should be changed. The, Orthodox-controlled Absorption Ministry, meanwhile, is concerned about the large number of Soviet Jews bringing non-Jewish family members with them to Israel. According to Absorption Minister Yitzhak Peretz, many of these non-Jews are unwilling to convert and are ■■'*XW. .* "'CONTINU*D*■ON'l•,AG■e.*•* ■fl If
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Full Text | 7K, t Ohio Hist,Society Libr 198S Ve^rna five. Columbus, Ohio 4'3£ 11 0 COMP 2j|^\yy Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over 60 Years ^JuAVK VOL.68 NO. 30 JULY 26, 1990-AV i, 5750 Devoted to American and Jewish ideals. ^^;iffe*:l«iiS*#$^|^ Dutch Holocaust Museum Withdraws Human Hair From Auschwitz Exhibit AMSTERDAM (JTA) - The Netherlands War and Resistance Museum at Overloon has decided not to include, human hair from Auschwitz victims in its exhibition of items from the death camp, which opened recently. The hair was withdrawn after a flood of protests greeted announcement of the exhibition. Museum Director Simon Temming said he wanted to display the hair, "because the public today needs very strong shocks to appreciate the horrors of Auschwitz." At the same time, Temming wondered why people reacted so emotionally to the hair but not to the tin that once contained the deadly Zyklon B gas used in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Rise In Anti-Semitism In Italy Prompts Warning From Leaders ROME (JTA) --Italy's highest political leaders have issued a stern warning against the rise of anti-Semitism and have voiced strong support for measures aimed at combatting it. "A black thread runs through Europe," Nilde Jotti, president of the Chamber of Deputies, told a conference on anti-Semitism in Italy and Europe. "It is the trace of racial hatred against the Jews, which we believe was extinct but which instead we once again find has come to the fore," she said. Jotti was among a panel of senior government officials and Christians and Jewish leaders who took part in the con- - ference■, which was organized by the Italian chapter of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and held in a meeting hall of the Parliament building. Flow Of Ethiopian Jews To Israel Halted NEW YORK (JTA) - The emigration of Ethiopian Jews bound for Israel, which had been proceeding since last fall at a rate of about 500 a month, has been halted in recent weeks, Israeli offi-... cials have confirmed. The suspension comes at a time when thousands of Ethiopian Jews have piled into the capital city of Addis Ababa, hoping to receive permission to join family and friends in Israel, The vast majority of the Jews left in Ethiopia - as many as 15,000 people - are now living in miserable conditions in Addis Ababa. They have poured into the capital from their native Gondar region in recent months, as fighting between the government of Mengistu Haile Mariam and rebel armies has shifted, making roads to the capital passable. The emigration of Ethiopian Jews has accelerated since November, when Israel and Ethiopia restored dip- Jewish leaders Condemn Statements Charging lews Control Hollywood NEW YORK (JTA) - American Jewish leaders have rejected charges of "Jewish racism" in Hollywood that were leveled recently in Los Angeles at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The charges, they say, revive the old anti-Semitism canard that the Jews run the media and serve as an irritant to black-Jewish relations. "This is a dangerous myth," Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, said of the cliche that Jews monopolize Certain professions. "That kind of thinking develops and leds to the canard of Jewish control and from there to Jewish racism," he said. At issue are a number of statements made July 11 ata panel discussion on blacks in the entertainment industry, one of the workshops held at the NAACP national convention. One of the speakers, Le- grand Legg, chairman of the Coalition Against Black Exploitation and city attorney of Compton, Calif., said that the careers of black entertainers and producers has been held back due to the "century-old problem of Jewish racism in Hollywood." He urged black leaders to '•>;<■v>; vc&U'tf SUrrirtiltftieetirig'with- the Hollywood Jewish community in the same spirit that J$ws have called.for "summits" to discuss anti- Semitic statements made by such black leaders as Louis Farrakhan and Nelson Mandela. Maria Gibbs, producer and star of the NBC situation comedy "227," also made controversial statements. She was quoted in the "Los Angeles Times" as saying it .is time that blacks admit that "the Jewish system in Hollywood was not set up for Talks On E. German Reparations Must Resolve Complex Issues JERUSALEM (JTA) « The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has called on East Germany to promptly implement its pledge to make just compensation to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. Dr. Israel Miller made that plea here recently dur-. ing the biennial meeting of the New York-based Claims Conference's board of direo tors, which re-elected him president. The board heard a report of the Claims Conference's first meeting with the East German government, which took place in East Berlin on June25and26. Miller reported that a number of "complex legal and financial issues" remain lb* t**dtSfctftSea-ftrthe' Mb" " lomatic ties and signed an agreement allowing for reunification of families on a humanitarian basis. The reason for the recent suspension of the emigration is unclear, but three main explanations have been offered. The most straightforward reason for the slowdown is that Mengistu wished to avoid embarrassment during the meeting of the Organization of African Unity, which was held two weeks ago in Addis Ababa. us." Gibbs, claiming to have been misquoted, clarified her statement later in a "New York Times" interview. "What I said was that when Jewish people • constructed their television business, they did so to make money and they did so from their perspective. They didn't have us in mind, and we wouldn't have had them in mind if we had been doing it," she said.. Israeli and American Jewish officials say Mengistu may have feared incurring the wrath of the hundreds of hard-line, anti-Israel African leaders who arrived in the city for the meeting. They say it would have been difficult for him to hide the exodus to Israel. A second explanation for the suspension is rising concern among both Mengistu and Israeli officials that non- Jews are using the Israeli channel as a way of escaping Ethiopia. Shonac And Schottenstein Stores To Sponsor Sports Spectacular Sports Spectacular 1990 will feature two of the best- known sports celebrities in golf and tennis today, according to organizers. This year's golf event is made possible through the support of the Shonac Corporation and the tennis event is made possible through the support of Schottenstein Stores Corporation/Value City -., Furniture. ,'■'.*' :'.:1: David Frost, this year's golf pro, has. been a rising power in the field of PGA golfers, possessing top ten finishes in a variety of Opens since 1985. Telscher was also a member of the US Davis Cup Team in 1981,1982,1983 and 1986. sides. The talks began last month at the suggestion of East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maziere, who met with representatives of the Claims Conference on June 10, during a visit to New York. At that time, the East German leader reaffirmed his country's pledge to institute just compensation for material losses suffered by. Jewish victims of Nazi persecution. The pledge was made at the inaugural session of the Volkskammer, East Germany's first freely elected parliament, on April 12. Meanwhile, more than 80,000 Holocaust survivors received grants totaling over $250 million from the Claims ; -■:, s coHTiHoeooKPAde 9 David Frost Frost is considered to be one of the most accurate ball strikers in the game. In addition, he has adopted a regular conditioning program that includes daily running coupled with aerobic exercise: Eliot Teltscher, this year's guest tennis pro, also comes to the Sports Spectacular with a long list of achievements. In his career, he has won the French Open Mixed Doubles with Ka^hy Jordan, the Seiko Super Tournament, the GWA Mazda Classic, the Altech South African Open, the Japan Open, the TransAmerica Open, the San Juan Tennis Classic, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution Open and the Island Holidays Tennis Classic. In addition, Teltscher was a finalist in the Scottsdale Open, Los Angeles Open, Con- goleum Classic, Melbourne Indoor Championship, Italian Open and Canadian' "Open: Eliot Teltscher Sports Spectacular is a major fundraiser for the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus. It will take place at Winding Hollow Country Club on Monday, Aug. 20. Aside from golf and tennis, Sports Spectacular 1990 participants will enjoy a kosher dinner featuring guest speaker Rick Pitino o£ the Kentucky Wildcats. For more information on this year's Sports Spectacular, contact the JCC at 231-2731. Israeli Farmers Find 'Kosher1 Pigs TEL AVIV (JTA) ~ Hog farmers in Israel, fearing they may soon be put out of business by an Orthodox-inspired bill banning the raising of pigs anywhere in the Jewish state, have come up with a novel solution to their plight. They are considering importing and breeding ba- birusas, an Indonesian species of wild hog related to the pig family that chews its cud and has cloven hoofs. According to Indonesian farmers, toe meat of the little-known animal tastes exactly like the' unkosher pig. But as it meets the biblical requirements for kashrut, it does not come under 'V ■■' ■"cdrtfiNUEb'otffrAfig'Ti. Meir Joffe, Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia, was quoted by "the New York Times" as saying that Israel had been "alarmed" by the fact that non-Jews were attempting to immigrate to Israel. Joffe was quoted as saying the decision to halt the emigration was made jointly by the Ethiopian and Israeli governments. But William Recant, director of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews, one of the relief agencies caring for the Ethiopian Jews in Adr dis Ababa, said he did not believe Israel had anything to do with suspending the flow of emigres. "This is not consistent with what we have been told in the past," Recant said Sunday. He said Israeli officials were aware that the screening process for pro-, spective immigrants "has been a careful one." The third most troublesome explanation for a halt in emigration is that the Ethiopian Jews are being held hostage to Mengistu's demands for Israeli military equipment. It has been widely reported in the Israeli and American press that Mengistu traveled to Israel on July 4 and 5 to meet with Prime Minister Yatzhak Shamir and request weapons from the Israelis, in order to prop up his embattled regime. Non-lews Included In Soviet Aliyah .* V' JERUSALEM (JTA) - A quarter of the immigrants arriving from the Soviet Union are married to non- Jews, and millions more non-Jewish Soviet citizens may be entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of ' Return, according to Knesset member Michael Kleiner of Likud. Kleiner, who chairs the Knesset Immigration and Absorption Committee, maintains that in addition to the approximately 2 million Jews believed to remain in the Soviet Union, there are 3 million non-Jews with at least one Jewish grandparent. According to Kleiner, they would qualify for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. As a result, he believes the law should be changed. The, Orthodox-controlled Absorption Ministry, meanwhile, is concerned about the large number of Soviet Jews bringing non-Jewish family members with them to Israel. According to Absorption Minister Yitzhak Peretz, many of these non-Jews are unwilling to convert and are ■■'*XW. .* "'CONTINU*D*■ON'l•,AG■e.*•* ■fl If |
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