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Earthquakes Shake Eilai
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Three minor earthquakes shook the
Eilat area recently in the fourth series of shocks and tremors
in the region during one week. In all, over a dozen tremors
have been recorded by Israeli seismologists. But even in
Eilat and its immediate area, most residents did not know
they had experienced an earthquake until they heard about it
on their radios. No damage or casualties have been reported.
The center of the quake activity has been at Nueiba, some 25
miles south of Eilat.
Rare Manuscript Donated To Hebrew University
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Mayor Teddy Kollek has donated a
rare manuscript by composer Igor Stravinsky to the music
department of the Jewish National and Hebrew University
Library. The manuscript is the only complete manuscript
version of "Abraham and Isaac," a ballad for baritone and
chamber orchestra. It consists of 34 pages, witht.a market
value of about $40,000. Commissioned by the Israel Festival
in 1962, the ballad was first performed in 1964 in Jerusalem as
part of that year's festival.
Vatican Directive Presented
ROME (JTA)—The Vatican has presented, for the first
time, precise and detailed directives to be followed by Catholics in their relations with the Jewish community of Rome.
The directives, part of a pastoral letter addressed to the Diocese of Rome, were broadcast by the Vatican radio station
recently. The announcement stated: "The Diocese of Rome
has placed itself in an avant-garde position in the dialogue
between Catholics and Jews ... in the promotion of a deeper
knowledge of Jewish culture and in the consequent commitment to act as barrier agajtast the resurgence of phenom-
erions of anti-Semitism." The letter, titled ""An Outline for An
Ecumenical Pastoral," was several years in preparation and
was completed .under the leadership of Msgr. Clement Riva,
president of the Diocesian Ecumenical Commission. Its special section on relations with the Jews is clearly aimed at improving the climate between the two faiths in the aftermath
of the terrorist attack on the main synagogue in Rome last
Oct. 9 in which a two-year-old child was killed and 33 persons
were wounded.
ol! Shows Majority Of French People
Favor Reinstatement Of Death Penalty
In Oestapo Chief Klaus Barbie's Case
PARIS (JTA)-A public ■
opinion poll released last
week showed that a majority
of French people favor reinstatement of the death penalty in the case of Klaus Barbie, the one-time gestapo
chief in Lyon who will be
tried in that city for "crimes
against humanity.''
Several prominent personalities here have also called
for the restoration of capital
punishment for crimes of
that nature. Senator Henri
Cavaillet, a Centrist Liberal
and Gaullist Francois Leotard, proposed that the parliament enact a law that
would make the death sentence applicable to Barbie.
But a government spokesman retorted that passing a
retroactive law was contrary to the Administration's
basic beliefs. Barbie was
sentenced to death in absentia in 1946 and 1952, but capital punishment was abolished in Ffa'tice'since then.
The poll, published in the
news magazine VSD, showed
that 56 percent of the respondents favored the death penalty for Barbie and 81 percent agreed that even 38
years after the end of World
War  II,   war  criminals
"should be found, apprehended and brought to
trial."
Virtually the same number approved the government's successful efforts to
gain custody of Barbie after
he was expelled from
Bolivia, the country where
he found haven after the
war.
'Crimes Against Humanity'
Specified
The legal definition of
"crimes against humanity"
in France includes crimes
committed on racial or reli
gious grounds or because of
the victims' political or ideological beliefs. Barbie,
whose wartime activities
earned him the title
"butcher of Lyon," is held
responsible for the murder
of 4,000 Jews and resistance
fighters and the deportation
of.7,000 others to certain
death.
But the prosecution will
base its case on two incidents not connected with the
French resistance. These
involved the arrests and
deportation to Auschwitz of
41 Jewish children and 83
Jewish adults.
The Chief Rabbi of Lyon,
where the trial will be held,
said today that Jews "do not
seek vengeance." He said,
"If Barbie would renounce
his Nazi convictions, if he
would ask his victims for forgiveness and if this whole
affair will serve as a lesson
and example, the trial would
have been useful and we
would feel satisfied."
Barbie, for his part, is
threatening  to  reveal  the
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American Jews, Falashas Find
They Are Friends Yet Strangers
Columbus Hebrew School Students
Participate In National Bible Contest
Six students, representing .
all three Branches of the Columbus Hebrew School, will
participate in the 24th National Bible Contest sponsored by the Department of
Education and Culture of
World Zionist Organization.
This year's theme is: "Redemption and Valour." The
aims of the Bible Contest are
threefold: to promote a
greater interest in the Bible
among students of Jewish
schools in the United States
& Canada, to encourage
more extensive reading and
study of the Bible and to
strengthen the place of Bible
studies in the curricula of
Jewish schools.
The six students (in alphabetical order) are: David
Barr, Andrew Hertzoff,
Steven Kapetansky, Stacy
Leeman, Stephen Samuels
and Carl Wasserman, under
the tutelage of the principal,
Dr. David Salczer, are determined to face the first
challenge in March at the
District Finals.
The district top winners
compete in  the  National
Finals in New York City.
First prize winners in each
district win trips to Israel to
participate in the International Bible contest. Other
prizes include $250 Israel
Bonds and $100 U.S. Savings
Bonds.
All finalists in the National
Bible Contest receive a spe
cial gift.
The CHS students will
compete in the "English Division—Ages 11-13" designed
for students in Supplementary Jewish schools. The
contest this year includes the
entire book of Exodus and 13
selected chapters from the
book of Joshua.
ATLIT (JTA)-It was a
meeting between Jews here
in this town sorfle 15 miles
south of Haifa. But these
Jews did not seem to have
very much in common.
Here was Alfred Blum of
Denver, Colorado, one of the
150 delegates from the
United States on the 1983
United Jewish Appeal
Winter President's Mission,
facing Baruch Yassu, a
Falasha from Ethiopia. Of
necessity, they confined
their communication to frequent shy smiles and the repeated use of the word
"shalom," the only word in
Hebrew both could use, confident that the other would
understand.
There was a certain uneasiness on the occasion: the
rich Jews from America
flashing their cameras in the
dark faces of the Falasha
Jews, as if they were live objects at an exhibition. "It's
like going into an archaeological dig, encountering a
rare finding," said one of the
delegates.
The Falashas did not know
much about their guests.
"We know, they are from
America, that's all," said
Yassu, 29, in broken Hebrew.
Somebody explained to them
that they are the people with
the money, who were largely
responsible for the material
absorption of Jews in the
country. But the Falashas
lacked the words to express
gratitude.
The only element  both
groups—Americans and Falashas—had in common was
the knowledge that they
were Jews "To me they are
Africans who study the same
religious philosophy," safd
one delegate, who preferred
to remain anonymous. "You
do ask yourself how can they
be Black and yet Jewish."
But Blum, for one, did not
see it this way. There are the
Moroccan and (Yemenite
Jews who are also dark-
skinned, he noted. Dennis
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Arens Assumes Post
Of Defense Minister
Moshe Arens, Israel's ambassador to the United
States, has accepted the post of defense minister vacated last Friday by Ariel Sharon. Sharon is to remain
on the' cabinet, however, as a minister without portfolio. •
The reshuffling followed the release of the findings of
the Israeli commission which inquired into the circumstances surrounding the Beirut massacre last summer.
B'nai B'rith Women To Sponsor Anti-Defamation League Update
B'nai B'rith Women invites the whole B'nai B'rith
family and general community to attend an ADL Update given by Lori Botnick,
community consultant for
the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
Regional ADL Office. This
informative evening will
take place on Tuesday, Feb,
22, at the new Leo Yassenoff
Jewish Center at 8. Tours of
the Center will follow the
program.
Ms. Botnick received her
B.A. from Newcomb College
of Tulane University in New
Orleans, where she majored
in communications wjth special emphasis on public rela-
attended
Lori jjoinicK
George Washington University in Washington, D.C., as
a visiting student, where she
served as an intern at NBC-
TV in the department of
Community Service. More-,
over, she has held the position of media co-ordinator at
several public relations
firms and has a special interest in interfaith relations
since receiving part of her
education at a Catholic institution.
Program participants will
not only be briefed on the
current activities of the ADL
office, but will also learn
how they can take positive
individual action in the
realm of public affairs. Letters and cards to govern
ment officials will be encouraged concerning issues on
which international B'nai
B'rith has taken a stand.
Even the admission price to
the program concerns a
commitment to the community. Admission is one can of
food or a $1 donation to
Operation Feed.
The Anti-Defamation
League js concerned with
many areas, including: anti-
Semitism; the Middle East;
Soviet, European and Latin
American Jewry; interreli-
gious understanding, discrimination; school curriculum; extremism; civil rights
and communications. ADL's
prime objective is to counter
assaults, on  Jews.
Lori Zeldin, of the one-
year-old Avodah chapter of
B'nai B'rith Women is coordinating this event.
According to Zeldin; the Columbus BBW Council ADL
chair, "All the members of
the B'nai B'rith family—the
men, the women and the
B'nai B'rith Youth—should
take this opportunity to participate in public affairs and
learn more about the ADL, a
very special B'nai B'rith
agency." More information
about the program, as well
as rides, may be obtained by
calling 231-6096.
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