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Waive Jackson-Vanik Now,
AJCongress Urges Baker
NEW YORK (JTA) — In a major departure from the
stance adopted by National Conference on Soviet Jewry and
its constituent groups across the country, the American Jewish Congress has urged an immediate one-year waiver of
Jackson-Vanik Amendment sanctions against the Soviet
Union. In a letter sent last week to Secretary of State James
Baker, the group disputes claims from an unnamed
"national Jewish organization" that the Jewish community
supports a waiver of Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions only if
President Busli receives "additional Soviet assurances" of
improvements in Soviet emigration policy. Instead,
AJCongress and "several other major American Jewish
organizations are in support of a one-year waiver of Jackson-
Vanik now," writes Maurice Tempelsman, chairman of the
AJCongress Commission on International Affairs. "There is
no question that during the last few months, Soviet deeds
have fully merited a waiver," he writes, noting that under
the amendment, such a move is "a reversible act." The 1975
Jackson-Vanik Amendment denies the Soviet Union most-
favored-nation trade benefits until it makes substantial
improvements in its emigration policy. The amendment has
been seen by Jewish organizations as a main tool in prodding
the Soviets to make emigration reforms.
New Reports Of Soviet Anti-Semitism
Show Glasnost Can Be Bad For Jews
Auschwitz Convent Staying Put
As Jewslrupt With Anger
NEW YORK (JTA) — The long-promised removal of the
Carmelite convent from Auschwitz has been indefinitely
postponed by a Polish Catholic cardinal, a move that Jewish
leaders say will severely strain Catholic-Jewish relations.
CardinalFranciszek Macharski, the archbisKop of Krakow,
announced on Vatican Radio last week that theconstruction
of a proposed interreligious information center was now "an
impossibility." The center was to have been built off the site
of the former death camp and was to have housed the convent
as well. Macharski attributed his decision to "a violent campaign of accusations and defamation, and offensive — not
only verbal — aggression, which echoed up to Auschwitz."
The campaign, Macharski said, was the work of "certain
Western Jewish circles." Jewish organizations have reacted
with outrage, not only at Macharski's nullification of the
agreement to move the convent, but at the wording of his
statement.
NEW YORK (JTA)-Despite the Kremlin's growing
tolerance of Jewish cultural
and religious life, reports of
disturbing anti-Semitic incidents are still coming out of
the Soviet Union.
Last month, a 30-year-old
Hebrew teacher from the Soviet republic of Moldavia
was beaten by three men and
told to stop his Jewish activities, the Union of Councils
for Soviet Jews reported.
According to information
obtained by the group, the
teacher was abducted while
waiting at a bus stop on his
way to the city of Kishinev,
where he was to give a
weekly seminar. His attackers warned him to cease
teaching Hebrew and Torah
and said several times that
all Jews should be murdered.
Eventually, he was thrown
from the kidnapper's car,
and his attackers sped off.
The Union of Councils also
reported that Svetlana
Mezheborsky, mother of
Leningrad refusenik Yuri
Mezheborsky, was stabbed
by three hooded men wlio
broke into her apartment.
Anti-Semitism is thought to
be the motive.
The Soviet activist who reported the stabbing said it
was possible the attack was
perpetrated by the ultrana-
tionalist, anti-Semitic group
Pamyat.
Pamyat members, he told
the Union of Councils, have
been demanding names of
Jewish residents from the
concierges of apartment
blocks.
In addition, he said that
prospective Pamyat members must* submit lists of
Jews before they are admitted to the organization. The
Jewish Community Campaign Stresses Unity
"This year will be a year
of innovation and unbounded
achievement," announces
Alan Wasserstrom, 1990
General Campaign chairman of the Columbus Jewish
Federation's annual Jewish
Community Campaign.
"As a community we see
the value in achieving common goals by uniting in solidarity of purpose. Last year
our Jewish Community
Campaign served as the special vehicle for linking
Columbus Jewry with fellow
Jews worldwide. Our central
theme, Community/Unity,
One People Building One
Community, was the byword which translated, and
this year will transform, our
spirit and values into action
that fuels the services and
programs which touch the
lives of Jews everywhere,"
continued Wasserstrom.
David Milenthal, a Campaign vice-chairman, once
again directing the Campaign's marketing and communications effort, stresses
the importance of the community understanding what
their contributions accomplish. "We as caring, responsible Jews touch the lives of
fellow Jews, in meaningful
and lasting ways, in Columbus and worldwide, wherever the need exists, by contributing to our annual Jewish Community Campaign.
Only by uniting as a community, as one Jewish family,
can we maintain the programs and services that
insure the quality and very
fabric of our lives," Milenthal said.
Noting the important and
historic challenges the community faces this year, Wasserstrom added, "Through
the annual Campaign, we lay
the foundation for our future
and our children's. Through
the mitzvah of tzedakah, we
not only help fellow Jews, we
ultimately help ourselves, I
wish it were possible for me
to spend time with each Jewish community member, one
.on one, informing them of
Union of Councils said that
this is the third report it has
received of this particular
Pamyat initiation requirement.
In the Latvian capital of
Riga, activist Boris Gaft told
UCSJ's Chicago affiliate that
on July 4, Jewish activists
Susie Goldstein Opening Act
For Sept. 12'Boys'Night Out'
- Susie Goldstein will be the
opening act for the Agudas
Achim Brotherhood's 13th
annual "Boy's Night Out
With the Stars" set for Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 6:30 p.m.   ,
the important programs and
vital services our Campaign
funds. Since that is not possible, this year our goal is to
find new ways to reach out,
and involve community
members in a variety of educational and fundraising
activities planned over the
next five months." •
The Columbus Jewish Federation is the primary vehicle for the support of Jewish
programs and human services in central Ohio and
around the world.
Through the annual
Campaign, fellow Jews in
need are helped through a
host of local and world-vride
services. The Federation
offers a variety of cultural,
philanthropic and educational opportunities to enrich
the lives of community
members.
For more information on
the Federation or the Jewish
Community Campaign, call
the Federation office at
237-7686.
Susie Goldstein
Goldstein has opened for
such entertainers as Alan
King, Bob Hope, Corbett
Monica, Nipsey Russell and
Leo Sayre. According to
critics, her repertoire runs
the gamut from Barbara
Streisand to Cyndi Lauper to
Bonnie Tyler.
Called by critics "a
dynamic singer" and a
"superb entertainer," Goldstein's style and energy have
made her a hit across the
nation. She has appeared in
New York, Chicago, ballas,
Miami, Reno and Atlantic
City. 	
Rabbi David Stavsky
Returns From USSR
Rabbi David Stavsky of
the Beth Jacob Congregation
returned this week from the
Soviet Union where he spent
nine days on a lecture tour.
While there, he addressed
groups in the synagogues
and in homes in Kiev and
Moscow. He was the scholar-
in-residence over the weekend of Shabbat Chazon in the
newly formed Steinzaltz
Moscow Yeshiva, where he
gave lectures in Talmud and
in Halacha.
Rabbi Stavsky will share
his experiences with the
readers of the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle in his regular column Through The Rabbi's
Window. The first article appears this week on page 2.
A critic recently wrote, "It
is impossible to watch Susie
Goldstein perform and not
feel her enthusiasm and
energy. She genuinely possesses that uncanny ability
of captivating her audience.
Her interaction with the
audience brings smiles to
everyone and truly makes
viewing the Susie Goldstein
Show a delightful experience."
Comedian Louis Nye will
be the headliner for the
event.
"A $50 ticket provides stellar entertainment, a complimentary open bar, hors
d'oeuvres, a prime rib dinner complete from salad to
dessert, the opportunity to
have a great time and support the Brotherhood," noted
Robert Shapiro, general
chairman. For ticket information, call Morris "Pic"
Fleishman at 237-2747.
Governor To Attend
Tribute To Survivors
The Columbus Chapter of
Children of Holocaust Survivors announces that Ohio
Governor Richard F. Celeste
will be the featured speaker
at its "Tribute to a Generation," honoring area Holocaust survivors.
A highlight of the eyent,
scheduled for Sunday, Aug.
20, from 5-8 p.m., at the picnic grounds of the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center, will be
the presentation of a new
Holocaust curriculum by
members of the Ohio Council
on Holocaust Education to
Governor Celeste and to Dr.
Franklin B. Walter, superintendent of Public Instruction
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found swastikas and a sign
reading "Kill the Jewish
People" at the site of a former synagogue where Jews
were burned to death in 1941
by the Nazis.
Some activists fear that
Soviet President Mikhail
Gorbachev's policy of glasnost, or greater openness,
which has helped Soviet
Jews in many respects, may
also be fueling anti-Semitic
activity by allowing greater
exposure for such groups as
Pamyat.
"As social and economic
unrest, and ethnic and nationality conflicts mount,
and as glasnost permits
more public expressions of
discontent, the natural tendency to anti-Semitic propaganda and violence is given
more opportunity of expression," said Pamela Cohen,
president of the Union of
Councils.
Herman Rosen Elected
JWV State Commander
., Jewish War Veterans of
the Department of Ohio
elected Herman Rosen state
commander for 1989-90.
Commander Rosen and his
staff of newly elected officers were installed during
the recent 56th JWV Annual
State Convention June 25-26
in Cleveland.
Herman Rosen
The Department of Ohio
JWV comprises 16 active
posts and 1500 members
playing an important role in
serving Jewish War Veterans on both the local and
national levels.
Jewish War Veterans of
the United States of America
was chartered by an Act of
Congress and founded in 1896
making it the oldest active
veterans organization in the
USA today.
Commander Rosen will be
joining with his comrades
from across the United
States when they honor Herbert D. Greff, national commander, at the 94th Annual
JWV National Convention,-
Aug. 21-27 in Harford, Conn.
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