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Shultz Appointment Concerns Israel's Supporters
Envoy Presents Credentials
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Israel's Ambassador to Zaire,
Michael Michael, presented his credentials last week to President Sese Seko Mobutu. Zaire is the first African country to
have resumed diplomatic relations with Israel after the Yom
KippurWar."
Reunion Of Hungarian Jews Planned
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Congress of Hungarian Jews is
being organized for Jerusalem in April, 1984.
The organizing committee here in Jerusalem said this
week the Jerusalem International convention of Hungarian
Jews would aim "to reunite a community shattered by Nazi
persecution and to highlight its thousand year old heritage
and great contributions to European culture. The date will
mark the fortieth anniversary of the Nazis attempted
destruction of all Hungarian Jewry.
Ida Nudel Moves To Riga
NEW YORK (JTA)-Ida Nudel, the Jewish emigration
activist who returned to Moscow recently after serving a four
year sentence of internal exile in Siberia, is moving to Riga,
the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews reported. Nudel, who owns a flat in a
Moscow cooperative, indicated she was not making the move
voluntarily.
Jewish Museum Opens In Austria
^VIENNA (JTA)—Forty-four years after the Nazis closed
down the first Jewish Museum in the world, built in Vienna at
the end of the last century, a new Jewish museum was opened last month in Austria's easternmost province of Burgen-,
land. The Austrian Jewish Museum opened its doors with a
large exhibition called "1,000 Years of Austrian Jewry."
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Theodor Kery, the Governor of Burgenland, expressed his gratitude to the Jewish
community for its contribution to Austria in the fields of art,
medicine, politics and economics. "My thanks may come
late," Kery said, "but they should never be too late." Quoting
the German philosopher arid social scientist Theodor Adorno,
Kery added, "Anti-Semitism is the rumor about Jews. And
this museum is intended to do away with such rumor."
Ethnic Intimidation Crime In Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—A bill making ethnic intimidation, including intimidation of Jews, a crime in Pennsylvania, has been signed into law by Gov. Dick Thornburgh. In,'
signing the measure, Gov. Thornburgh said that Pennsylvania "has a long and continuing heritage of brotherhood and
tolerance, but a very sick and pathetic few insist in venting
their anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bigotry
through acts which can only be described as terrorism."
NEW YORK (JTA)-
The surprise resignation of
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig and President Reagan's appointment to succeed him of George Shultz,
president of the Bechtel
Corp., the giant San Francisco-based engineering and
construction firm, is causing
great concern among friends
of Israel in the United States.
Compounding the concern
over the naming ofjan official of a company that does
billions of dollars of business
annually with the Arab countries, and Saudi Arabia in
"particular, is that Haig's
resignation came as Israel
was consolidating its victory
over the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon.
Haig has supported
Israel's contention that the
results of the "Peace for
Galilee" operation provide
an opportunity to reunite
Lebanon with a stable government in charge and with
all foreign troops—Syria, the
PLO and Israel—off its soil.
But the reaction of joy at
Haig's resignation in the
Arab world shows that there
is a perception there that
United States policy in the
Middle East will harden
toward Israel and thus it will
be more difficult to get Arab
support for a solution in
Lebanon that will exclude
the PLO and the Syrians
from that war-torn country.
True Friend of Israel
In fact,  while  both  the
White House and State Department are maintaining a
diplomatic public silence
about the reasons for Haig's
sudden decision, reports are
circulating that one of the
major causes is his clashes
with National Security Advisor William Clark, who has
been advocating that the Administration take a harsher
line with Israel over Lebanon.
Haig was considered by
the American Jewish community and by Israel as "a
true friend of Israel." This
was the sentiment voiced
after the resignation by both
members of Premier Menachem Begin's government
and opposition Labor Alignment leader Shimon Peres.
Haig   always   considered
Sheldon S. Cohen To Be Featured
At CJF Endowment Fund Event
Former Commissioner of
the Internal Revenue Service, law professor, Washington attorney, lecturer and
writer, Sheldon S. Cohen will
be the guest speaker at the
second Annual Dinner of the
Endowment Fund of Columbus Jewish Federation on
Thursday, July 15, 6:30. p.m.
at Winding Hollow Country
Club. "What's New in Taxes
in Washington?" which
among other issues will
focus on the Economic Recovery Tax Act and the effects and benefits of charitable giving in 1982, will be
the topic of his address.
Sheldon S. Cohen has a
background that includes exciting credentials and a
charismatic personality. He
was Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service,
1965-69 for which he served
as Chief Counsel from
1963-65. He is currently in
private practice in the Wash
ington, D.C. firm of Cohen
and Uretz but he has been a
partner in the Firm of Arnold, Fortas and Porter
1960-63. He also teaches law
at George Washington Uni-
Community Members Encouraged To
Join Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
Summer programs art
well underway. Over 400
children are enjoying camp;
baseball leagues for men,
women and children are
filled; and classes and spe-'
cial trips are going'well. In
addition, excitement in the
community is mounting as
the Leo Yassenoff Jewish
Center moves closer to its
late fall completion.
The Membership Committee, led by Chairman Dr,;Al
Tyroler, has devised a plan
to encourage community
members to join the Center
now in order to participate in
upcoming activities in the
current building as well as to
assure their place in the New
Jewish Center. "We are anticipating a huge surge in our
membership with the opening of the Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center, and we are
encouraging prospective
members to join early so
that they won't miss out on
the excitement," Tyroler
said.
Members of the committee—Irene Daroe, Al Her-
stig, Alan Lee, Helene Lehv,
Susan Levin, Nancy Paul,
Ellen  Rogers,  Bea  Rotb,
Larry Shell, Peter Stabl,
Phil Weintraub and Alan
Wernick—have devised the
following plan. Those joining
before Aug. 31 will be exempt from the $25 registration fee. In addition, those
new members will receive.
$20 worth of class coupons
for the fall session which begins Sept, 12. "That represents a potential savings of
up to $45," Tyroler said.
More information about
membership and the New
Center can be obtained by
calling the Membership Office at the Center, 231-2731.
Sheldon S. Cohen
versity Law School and is
Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law.
Cohen's list of professional, civic and Jewish organizational affiliations are
broad and numerous. He has
served on the boards of
George Washington University, Jewish Theological
Seminary; Common Cause;
National Foundation for
Jewish Culture; Jewish Welfare Board; United Synagogues of America; United
Jewish Appeal Federation of
the District of Columbia. Additionally, he has served in
numerous executive capacities as a former president
of tbe Jewish Social Service
Agency, and Past President
of George Washington Law
Association and American
Israel Tax Foundation-
former Vice-President, Jewish Community Foundation,
Jewish Community Center
and United Jewish Appeal
Federation, 1980-81 in his native Washington, D.C.
His committee memberships include General Counsel, Democratic National
committee (1972-77);/ member, Advisory Committee,
Institute of Estate Planning;
University of Miami Law
Center (1969-present); member, Executive Committee,
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law (1975-present);
Board of Editors, National
Law Journal (1978-present);
National Academy of Public
Administration Panel on
Study of Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue
Service, (1976-present);
Chairman of Committee on
Energy Policy, (1978-present) ; Board of Editors, Na-
tional Law Journal
(1978-present) and Trustee,
United Jewish Endowment
Fund. (1978-present).
His articles have appeared
in legal and accounting jour-
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Israel the U.S.'s most important ally in the Mideast.
This is not the view of
Shultz, Who has had close
ties with the Saudis during
his years with Bechtel. While
Shultz has not expressed
many views on foreign
affairs, he has spoken out on
the Mideast. In an interview
during the 1980 presidential
campaign, he said the only
differences he had with Reagan were on the Mideast and
specifically referred to a
speech then-candidate Reagan made to B'nai B'rith
International in September
1980 supporting Israel.
In that speech, Reagan
called Israel "a major stra:
tegic asset to America,"
labelled the PLO as "terrorists" and said "Jerusalem is
now and will continue to be
one city, undivided."
The 61-year-old Shultz was
believed to be Reagan's first
choice for Secretary of State
in 1981. But he withdrew
when it became apparent
there was strong opposition
to the naming of two high-
ranking Bechtel officials to
major Cabinet posts. Caspar
Weinberger%as ariofficer of
Bechtel when he was named
Secretary of Defense.
Weinberger has been considered the leading critic of
Israel in the Administration.
His view, that while supporting Israel's security, the
U.S. must seek other friends
in the Mideast, is one that
Shultz is expected to share.
The strongest public statement so far against the
appointment has come from
Sen. Alan Cranston (D.
Calif.), who called it "bad
news for Israel" and "bad
news potentially for the
cause of peace and stability
in the Middle East." A member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, which is expected to begin confirmation
hearings on July 12, Cranston said he will question
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Study Shows Drop In Number
Of Jewish Students In USSR
LONDON (JTA)-The
number of Jewish students
at Moscow's institutions of
higher education is roughly
half what it was ten years
ago, says a report by the
Institute of Jewish Affairs
(IJA), research arm of the
World Jewish Congress.
Analyzing the figures, Dr.
Lukas Hirszowicz, senior res-
search officer, says that
although demographic
decline and the age structure
of Soviet Jewry partly explain the fall, the figures
"certainly provide statistical evidence that discrimi
nation is also a cause."
The fall in numbers paralleled the decline of the Soviet
Jewish student population as
a whole. Hirszowicz estimates the 1980 figure for all
USSR Jewish students at
50-55,000, compared with
almost 112,000 in 1968-9.
The Soviet Jewish population declined by 15.8 percent
and by 13.2 percent in the
Russian Soviet Federated
Socialist Republic (RSFSR),
which includes Moscow, in
the period between the census of 1970 and 1979.