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VOL.60   NO.22
JUNE 3,1982-SIVAN 12
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES
A New Chapter Begins In Black Africa
Neo-Nazi, Racist Lose Election
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)-A neo-Nazi and a racist both
wound up last in their respective races in a Democratic primary bid for the governorship and a seat in the state legislature. Eugene Knox, of Shamokin, known for his vitriolic anti-
Semitic attacks, received slightly more than 56,000 votes out
of some 695,000 cast, to finish fourth in a field of four. Warren
Smith, a member of the neo-Nazi National States Rights Party and a former Grand Dragon of the Pennsylvania Ku Klux
Klan, drew fewer than 400 votes in his quest for a legislative
seat from Bucks County, near Reading, to finish last in a field
of six.
Anti-Semitism Felt In France
NEW YORK (JTA)—Resurgent anti-Semitism in France
could escalate into a threat to the entire French Jewish community in tbe event of a political or economic crisis, according to a study prepared by the French scholar Eric Ben-
mergui. The 400-page study, which is summarized in the latest issue of Eurofacts, published by the Paris office of the
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, pinpointed the upsurge in anti-Jewish feeling to the aftermath of the Six-Day
War in 1967 and declared that one of the root causes of presently anti-Semitism is the rise and increasing influence of
rightwing extremist elements in the country.
Israel To Be Honored By Memphis In 1983
ATLANTA (JTA)—Israel will be the honored country at
the 1983 "Memphis In May," a month long festival and fair in
Memphis, Tennessee. Yehoshua Trigor, the Consul General
of Israel for the southeastern United States, accepted the
invitation on behalf of his government from Tom Hutton,
president of "Memphis In May," a cultural and trade event.
During the "Memphis In May" festival next year, Israeli
paintings will be on display at art galleries in Memphis, local
shops will carry Israeli goods, museums will display exhibits
from Israel and local theaters will present Israeli plays and
films.
KINSHASA, ZAIRE
(JTA)—Israel's flag was •
raised May 21 over Israel's
Embassy in the capital of
Zaire. After a nine-year-long
absence, which started on
the eve of the Yom Kippur
War when Zaire and most
other African countries
broke off their diplomatic
relations, Israel was back in
Black Africa.
The ceremony, under a
blistering hot African sun,
lasted seven minutes and
less than 40 people, mainly
Israeli experts and members
of the local Jewish community, were present, but many
of them were moved to tears
as the white and blue flag
rose above the Embassy. It
was Israel's first major diplomatic victory in many a
year.
The actual ceremony was
carried out by the Director
General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, David Kim-
che, who had come to Kinshasa for the occasion, and
the Israeli charge d'affaires,
Moshe Itan.
The real heroes that day
were the people gathered
behind them on the Embassy's small rail balcony:
the Israeli experts who often
work in the bush and who
had come into town for the
ceremony, and the members
of Kinshasa's tiny Jewish
community who, for years,
had been working for this
day. They were all sweating
and clapping with joy: the
experts in their khaki
trousers and sandals, the
local Jews in their best holiday suits.
Hatikva Is Sung
At 2 p.m. Itan and Kimche
pulled the cord which un-
Columbus Jewish Center Schedules
Annual Meeting For Monday, June 7
Pam Klynn and Ed Eisenberg, Co-Chairpersons , of
this year's Jewish Center
Annual Meeting, invite all
Center members and friends
to the event on Monday, June
7, at 7:45 p.m. at the Center.
JfJ
Pam Klynn
"Since this is our last Annual
Meeting in the Old Building,
we plan to take a nostalgic
loook back at what we've accomplished here—the events
and the people involved,"
said Mrs. Klynn. "It promises to be quite an entertaining evening."
Also highlighting the eve-
ning's festivities will be the
installation of officers and
fifteen new Board members.
William A. Goldman will be
installed for his fourth term
as Center President. Other
officers are Vice Presidents
Michael Talis, Tom Kaplin
and Dr. Al Tyroler; Treasurer Ruth Ann Blank; Assistant Treasurer Dr. Alven
Herstig and Secretary
Stephanie Mendelson.
Awards will be presented
for outstanding service to
the Center. Among the winners are Lenore Schottenstein, who will receive the
Continuous Dedication
Award; Nancy Paul and Dr.
Ron Erkis, recipients of the
Koach Leadership Award;
Ellen Burnett and David
Dachner, recipients of the
Mitzvah Volunteer Award
and Tom Kaplin, who will receive the President's Award
The cast of Gallery
Players Man of La Mancha
will provide entertainment
for the evening as will the
teen performers of A Lot of
Livin I The Center's Broadway Gypsies will also do a
musical number. "The Center has been quite active in
the performing arts this
year, and we are delighted to
have the participation of
these talented people in our
program," said Ed Eisenberg.
Klynn and Eisenberg and
their committee—Jody Alt-
schule,. Ellen   Burnett,
billion dollars payable over
10 years. Arab banks and the
Persian Gulf states had also
heayily contributed to
Zaire's development and
budget. Most of the other
African states had either
refused to follow Mobutu's
example or had openly at-
' 'No sta te in the world has
a free and sovereign state,
foreign policy."
Ed Eisenberg
Howard Burnett, Dena
Handler, Sybil Landy, Sunny
Masser, Stephanie Mendelson, Nancy Paul and Renee
Resnik—invite the community to the program and the
reception which will follow.
the right to prevent Zaire,
from determining its own
furled the flag. An Israeli army officer held a small portable tape recorder which
played bugles and taps and
the Israeli army's official
representative, Lt. Col. Yoni
Navon, in full parade uniform, gave the salute. The
small crowd burst into the
Israeli national anthem,
"Hatikva."
The only local spectators
watching the scene were two
barefooted African boys, a
street vendor with a pile of
roasted manioc and half a
dozen Zairian soldiers
crouching in the shade.
The seven-room embassy,
out of which only two are
furnished, is on the second
floor of a relatively modern
building a stone's throw
away from the port. Practically under its windows
flows the Zaire River (formerly the Congo) which, at
this point, is about 10 miles
wide. It flows slowly and
peacefully carrying huge
tree trunks, uprooted jungle
bushes covered with bright
red and yellow flowers and
an occasional crocodile
The Embassy staff consists, at this moment, of one
diplomat, Itan, and his wife,
Lea. An Ambassador,
veteran expert on African af-
faris, Michael Michael, is
due to assume his post next
month. Right now, the Embassy has one telephone and
a telex machine, both out of
order, a chronic Kinshasa
disease. Its walls are covered, however, with large
pictures of Jerusalem, the
Western Wall and Israeli
sites and personalities.
Mobutu Withstood Arab
Pressures
As people toasted the
event with champagne,
spirits were high. Israel was
not only back in Africa but
Zaire's president Mobutu
Sese Seko had withstood better tlan anyone could have
expected Arab pressures.
Tunisia had recalled its Ambassador; Sudan, whose conservative government used
to be close to Zaire, had asked for an emergency meeting of the Arab League, and
Saudi Arabia had broken off
its diplomat ties and cut all
of its aid.
The Saudi aid alone had
been to the tune of half-a-
tacked him for "breaking
African unity and recognizing a neo-colonialistic
power."   •
Most Zairians, especially
those belonging to the middle class, were openly frightened. Just across the river
from Kinshasa, the radio
and television stations in
Brazzaville, the capital of
Congo, were broadcasting,
night and day, anti-Israeli
programs threatening Zaire
and Mobutu with economic
and political doom.
Some Zairi officials feared
a total Arab boycott, and on
the day of the flag-raising
ceremony, Transportation
Ministry officials were busy
drawing up cqntingency
plans for Zairi planes flying
to and from Europe which,
they feared, might in future
be barred from overflying
Arab land.
The large Lebanese business community, over 5,000
out of a total non-Black population of 40,000, for once
showed itself politically active, warning their friends
and business acqaintances
that "without Arab money
Zaire is doomed."
Mobutu Denounces Other
African States
When Kimche drove, on
May 21, to Mobutu's presidential palace, he felt that
the President might need
some reassurances. He was
relieved to find him firmer in
his determination than ever
before. That same afternoon
Mobutu made his stand
public.
Israel Missing From Saudi Map
Being Distributed at World's Fair
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(JTA)—The Jewish community here has denounced
the omission of Israel from a
map being distributed at the
World's Fair. The map, contained in a brochure at the
Saudi. Arabian Pavilion,
shows the Saudi kingdom
and its Arab neighbor states,
with Israel's territory presented as part of Jordan.
The brochure was brought
to public attention after it
was given to members of the
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
at the fair. "It is striking
that the Saudis have used
this opportunity to achieve
through cartography what
they .., have been unable to
achieve through officially
supported international ter-
orism," said a statement
quoted by Susan Limor, a
spokeswoman for the group.
Tennessee's Governor Lamar Alexander criticized the
map as well, saying it presents a "strange view of the
world." Agreeing that the
map was inaccurate, fair
president S.H. Roberts said
the brochure "does not represent the 1982 World Fair's
management, beliefs or policies."
But he added that no attempt would be made to prevent further distribution of
the brochure. "We feel that
the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
has the right to control materials distributed within
their  pavilion  and   (we)
would not attempt to interfere with that right,"
Roberts said. The representative of the Saudi Pavilion
said he would not succumb to
pressure and that the map
would continue to be distributed.
Costa Rican Embassy
Moves To Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA)~
Costa Rica last week became the first country to
move its embassy back to
Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Israel regards this as a major
diplomatic breakthrough
and believes other countries
will also return their embassies to Jerusalem.
Costa Rica's new • president, Luis Alberto Monge,
pledged to return his country's embassy to Israel's
capital during his election
campaign. Agricultural attache Carlos Delgado-Hand
told reporters here" that the
decision was'an expression
of deep friendship between
the countries.
Costa Rica and 12 other
countries, mostly Latin
American, transferred their
embassies from Jerusalem
to Tel Aviv in compliance
with a United Nations Security Council resolution after
Israel passed a law in 1981
declaring united Jerusalem
to be Israel's capital.