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VOL.63   NO. 6
FEBRUARY 7,1985-SHEVAT16
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and Jewish Ideals.
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Austrian Official
Apologizes For
'Miscalculation'
VIENNA (JTA)-Defense
Minister Friedhelm Frisch-
enschlager apologized to
Chancellor Fred Sinowatz
"and to the public" last week
for what he called "this miscalculation," his characterization of the personal
greeting he extended to Nazi
war criminal Walter Reder
on his return to his native
Austria after nearly 40 years
in prison in Italy.
Frischenschlager's reception of Reder touched off the
worst political storm in
Austria's recent history. It
„ threatened the survival of
• Sinowatz's Socialist-led
caolition government of
which the Defense Minister's
small, right-leaning Freedom Party (FPOE) is a partner. Sinowatz ordered the
defense minister to cut short
a three-day official visit to _
Egypt and to return home to
explain his action.
His journey to Graz to
meet Reder, a 69-year-old
former SS major convicted
of the mass murder of
civilians in Italy in 1944, triggered demands for his resig-
. nation^cross the entire political spectrum. In particular, it infuriated leaders of
world Jewry, assembled in
Vienna for the first time
since World War II to attend
a meeting of the Governing
Board of the World Jewish
Congress.
U.S. Agrees To Give Israel
$1.8 Billion In Military Aid
Pictured are members of the Agudas Achim consecration class. They are (1. to r., row 1) Jennifer Feuer,
Todd Wasserman, Jeremy Davis, Adam Radzely, Amy
Gurvis; (row 2) Andi Shenk, Kimberly Worly, Lindsay
Janis, Stacey Bortman, Bruno Herszage, Loren Wool,
David Levin, Noah Abrams; (row 3) Jessica Garrett,
Jacob Garrett, Aris Rosh, Anna' Rosenfeld. Not pictured are April Schottenstein and Halle Schwartz.
Agudas Achim To Celebrate
Consecration On February 9
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Israeli Defense Minister
Yitzhak Rabin indicated last
week that the Reagan Administration has agreed to
provide Israel with $1.8
billion in military aid for the
1986 fiscal year, a $400
million increase over this"
year, but has made no decision on economic aid.
Emerging from a 30-min-
ute meeting with President
Reagan at the White House,
Rabin would not say directly
if the President had approved this figure. But he
said while the increase "was
not exactly what we
wanted," the total amount
will be about $1.8 billion. Israel had asked for $2.1 billion
in military aid. The White
House confirmed the $1.8
billion sum.
Rabin said that while he
believed no decision has
been made on economic aid,
the President has a "positive
attitude" toward helping Is-
The Agudas Achim will,
celebrate the Consecration
of youngsters entering formal religious study on Saturday, Feb. 9, Shabbat Yitro.
Members of the Consecration Class will be called to
the Bimah for prayer and
song following the Torah
reading. As part of the Consecration ceremony, the
children will receive a blessing from Rabbi Alan G.
Ciner and a book of prayers
and blessings from the congregation.
Frayda,Turkelndir,ector of
the Relfgioiis School, and
Leslie Mendelsohn, Sunday
School administrator, are
coordinating the ceremony.
Following the service, a kiddush will be served in honor
of the consecrants in the Sil-
berstein Social Hall. Relatives, friends and members
of the community are invited
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Virti'lv y'yctcd offlLL'Ib Ui UiU HCHLl|,0 Toft'-T R'-'2i
dents Association are (1. to r.) Gitel Shamson, Martha
Schiff, Fran Reed and Leon Amber.
New Officers Elected By
Heritage Tower Residents
Study Reveals Moderate Increase
In Anti-Semitic Vandalism In 1984
Anti-Semitic vandalism
and other assaults or threats
against Jews, Jewish institutions or property increased
moderately in 1984. after
having declined for two
years in a row, according to
the annual audit conducted
by the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith. The-
audit revealed a noticeable
increase in such serious
crimes as arson and bombings'.
ADL national, director
Nathan Perlmutter said the
survey — based on data supplied by the League's 30 regional offices across the U.S.
— revealed a total of 715 incidents of vandalism), an increase of 6.7 percent over the
1983 total of 670. Of the 715,
there were 32 serious crimes
as compared to 23 in 1983.
The 32 included 17 cases of
arson and attempted arson,-
compared to 13 the previous
year; three bombings as
against none in 1983; one attempted bombing — the
same as in 1983 — and 11
cemetery desecrations, compared to nine for the previous year.
In the category of other assaults or threats, which were
tabulated separately, the
survey revealed 369 incidents — an increase of 5.4
percent over the 1983 figure
of 350.
The 1984 audit showed that
the following five states had
the most vandalism episodes: New York, 237; California, 99; Maryland, 69;
New Jersey, 56, and Florida,
51. Overall, 32 states and the
District of Columbia were involved in the incidents. Ohio,
however, revealed a decline
in anti-Semitic vandalisms
in 1984 compared, to 1983.
ADL's Regional Director
Alan S. Katchen said the survey revealed' six incidents
this past year as opposed to
11 in 1983.
. Perlmutter said that the
1984 figures are "disturbing
because they reverse a two-
year .decline," He.pointed
out, however, that the 6.7
percent figure was far
smaller than the 192 and 158
percent increases in 1980 and
1981 and added that the 1985
totals will be carefully
watched for signs of any new
trend.
. The survey noted that law
enforcement authorities arrested 84 persons in 1984 in
connection with 51 incidents,
compared to the 1983 total of
115 persons arrested in 55 incidents.
Perlmutter called for
stepped-up counteraction efforts and for heightened public concern to combat anti-
Semitic incidents.
Fran Reed was elected to
the presidency of the Heritage Tower Residents Association at the association's
December meeting, succeeding the two-year term of
past President Goldie Blum.
Elected to serve as officers
for the following year are
Leon Amber as vice president; Martha Schiff as secretary and Gitel Shamson as
treasurer.
Serving on the Resident
Association's Executive
Council are Gussie Beards,
Goldie Blum, Mary Col-
ledge, Sarah Eels, Bertha
Kast, Mary Kazmin, Bertie
Krakoff, Dorothy Pailet and
Fanny Tenzer.
New 'Here And There1 Column
Appears In This Week's Issue
There's something new in the Chronicle today,
Actually, it's a ne,w concept with an old name.
Beginning this week, most news which used to
appear as short articles under the heading "Here and
There" will now be part of a "Here and There"
column. (See page 7).
This column will feature selected news and notes
about the people and events which contribute to the
vitality of the community. (
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changes, awards, new services, special events and
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Since joining the Heritage
Tower family, Reed has
been actively involved in all
aspects of resident program-,
ming, including serving as
floor representative, working in the Nasherie and coordinating monthly Resident
Birthday Parties. A retired
nurse, she also volunteered
her services inihe Rae and
Jerome Solove Health
Assessment Clinic by taking
blood pressures. She has alsc
served as chairwoman on
the Advisory Council of the
Geriatric Service Organization. ':..   ^
Reed explains that the
association is an active force*
in the daily activities of Heritage Tower, "to plan the pro-
' grams and to meet the needs
of the residents." Monthly
association meetings provide the opportunity togreet
newcomers to the Heritage
Tower family and to learn of
the activities of the Tower's
nine resident committees.
Her first activity as president was to initiate revision
of the Constitution, developed by the Tower residents
to serve as a guideline for all
members of the Heritage
Tower family. '
By virtue of her election as
-president, Reed is a member
of the Heritage Village
Board of Trustees, where
she  represents her fellow
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rael in its present economic
difficulties. "I'm optimistic
about what will be done by
the U.S. government in support of our efforts, serious
efforts in Israel, to bring
about a recovery of bur
economy," he said.
The Defense Minister said
he briefed Reagan on Israel's accomplishments in
the first step of its economic
recovery program which has
already reduced inflation
and on the next step which
calls for deep cuts in government subsidies and $1.1
billion in cuts in government
operations, including "to my
sorrow," the defense budget.
"Israel for the sake of the
recovery of its economy is
going to take security risks
and a real one," Rabin said.
Brandt Says Dachau
Should Have Been
OnReagan'sltinerary
TEL AVIV (JTA) -
Former West Germai^Chan-
cellor Willy Brandt said here
last week that "it would have
been a good idea" had President Reagan decided to
include a visit to Dachau
when he attends an economic summit meeting in Bonn
next May 2-4.
"I hope he did not get advice from any official quarters in Germany that this.
would not be a good idea,"
Brandt told reporters after a
. ceremony at which the Jew-
ish National Fund presented
i him with a 70th birthday
present — a forest in his
name to be planted in lower
Galilee.
The White House informed '
Bonn that the President
would not be visiting
Dachau, site of one of the
most notorious concentration camps of the Nazi
era, because he "doesn't
think it is the appropriate
thing to do."
Governments To Open
Archives To Scholars
LOS ANGELES (JTA) -
The governments of West
Germany, Poland, Hungary
and Rumania have indepen-
' dently agreed to share their
heretofore confidential
archives of the Holocaust
period with scholars from Israel's Yad Vashem Martyrs
and Heroes Remembrance
Authority, it was announced
by Abraham Spiegel, chairman of the Los Angeles
Martyrs Memorial and ,
Museum of the Holocaust, its9
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