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15 Percent of Austrians Anti-Semitic_
VIENNA (JTA) — A
study group of scientists
said that some 15 percent of
Austrians are anti-Semitic.
The group which investi-
gated the situation of mi-
norities in Austria said the
number of anti-Semites has
been steadily declining in
the only prejudice in Aus-
tria with historical roots."
Austrians who support
the right-wing Freedom
Party are the strongest op-
ponents of Jews. The report
_ said thatamong Freedom
Party voters under 30, 23-28
percent are anti-Semitic
and among those between
30 and 50, 37-58 percent.
Some 78 percent of Free-
dom Party voters over 50
are anti-Semitic. Most of
them are former members
of the Nazi Party. Some
12-34 percent of conserva-
tive voters are anti-Semi-
tic as are 7-20 percent of
the Austrian socialists, the ' reality, anti-Semitism has
report said.
no basis in Catholic theol-
Meanwhile, the Vienna ogy," Koenig said.
Roman Catholic Cardinal
Koenig, who is chairman
said that anti-Semitism no of the Vatican Congregation
longer has any basis in for Relations with Non-Be-
Catholic theology.
lievers, said the Vienna
In a lecture, Franz Cardi- Archdiocese removed all
nal Koenig said it was very anti-Semitic allusions from
sad and shameful that the religious and text books. "It
church for long periods de- is complete nonsense to ac-
livered pretexts for anti- cuse the Jews of the murder
Semitic ideologies. "But in of God," Koenig said.
Amin Will Build
Hitler Monument
NEW YORK — Idi Amin,
president of Uganda, has
announced he will build a
monument to Adolf Hitler,
a man he called -"a great
fighter who conquered
many nations."
Amin sparked a contro-
versy three years ago when
he said Hitler was "right" to
order genocide of Jews. He
said the monument to Hit-
ler will be built in western
Uganda.
The International Com-
mission of Jurists has ac-
cused Amin of using tor-
ture, murder and racial
discrimination to establish
a reign of terror.
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Argentinian Hits
Pro-Arab Shows
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)
— A prominent Argentine
military leader, Gen. Diego
Enrique Perkins, joined the
DAIA, the central repre-
sentative body of Argentina
Jewry, in denouncing anti-
Semitism in a television se-
ries recently broadcast here.
The programs, titled
"Round the World With
Argentinian Eyes" focused-
on visits to Arab countries.
Perkins characterized them
as crude anti-Semitism, in-
citing religious and racial
hatred contrary to Argen-
tine traditions.
The Syrian Ambassador
to Argentina, Jawdat
Atassi, who participated in
the series, is regarded as the
leading "Jew-baiter" of the
Arab diplomatic corps here.
Other participants in-
cluded Sen. Filipe Sapag,
an Argentine of Arab ori-
gin; Jesus Hernandez, a
priest of the Orthodox
Antiochan Church who
attacked the Jewish reli-
gion; Prof. Margarita
Abram; and commentator
Llamas de Madriaga who
attacked Israel for al-
legedly destroying the Syr-
ian town of Kuneitra on
the Golan Heights.
The DAIA complained
about the repeated use of
the mass media by foreign
diplomats who exceed their
diplomatic prerogatives by
injecting foreign problems
into the local scene, pre-
dicted on anti-Semitism and
the strategy of the Arab oil
producing countries.
Jewish Communal
Groups Increasing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (JTA)
— One of the authors of the
Jewish Catalog, a Jewish
non-fiction best seller, has
asserted that the Jewish
counter-culture goal of
small communal groups of
Jews" seeking to find a more
personal meaning in Juda-
ism is beginning to spread
in Jewish establishment in-
stitutions.
Richard Siegel, 27, who is
director of the Hillel Foun-
dation at the State Univer-
sity at Stoneybrook, N.Y.,
,traced the Jewish counter-
culture back to the, late
1960s, when young Jews in
the anti-War and social jus-
tice activities began forming
communes in what Siegel
called "an effort to blend
their social values with a
search for Jewish identity."
Siegel asserted that some
Jews who have never been
affiliated with a synagogue
are now joining in small,
communal type groups of
10-12 couples. He said one
such group had been meet-
- ing for four to five years in
Marblehead, Mass., describ-
ing it as "very successful."
He said the participants
had started out with
monthly gatherings on the
Sabbath and occasionally
celebrating a holiday but
that now "they are in a very
tightly bound community."
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Prize Author Hits UNESCO
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Simone de Beauvoir, famed
French novelist and philoso-
pher and winner of this
year's Jerusalem Prize said
Monday that to re-divide
Jerusalem would be un-
thinkable.
In an address delivered
after Mayor Teddy Kollek
had awarded her the prize,
De Beauvoir flayed
UNESCO,for its "stupid and
discriminatory" resolutions
against Israel over its activi-
ties in Jerusalem.
She said she generally
• refused prizes and spurned
ceremonies, but she had
decided to accept the Jeru-
salem Prize and attend the
ceremony marking the
opening of the Biennial Je-
rusalem Book Fair to dem-
onstrate her love of Israel.
Sharply criticizing
UNESCO, she said the or-
ganization had sought to
"symbolically" eradicate Is-
rael. But symbolism could
quickly be translated into
reality, she warned.
The Jerusalem Prize was
awarded to De Beauvoir for
her contribution to "the
freedom of the individual."
The panel, headed by Su-
preme Court Justice Haim
Cohn, singled out her work,
"The Second Sex," as a
"deep work of research" i
the role of women in a
society. The other judges
were Profs. Alice Shalvi and
Dan Pagiss of the Hebrew
University.
Israel to Get Nuclear Power
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel is to have a nuclear
power plant in operation by
1984 which it is hoped will
produce some 15 percent of
its electricity requirements,
the cabinet decided.
The plant will have a
600-megawatt capacity and
will probably run on en-
riched uranium which Israel
will purchase from the U.S.
Israel's • Electric Corp.
signed a contract last year
with the U.S. atomic energy
authority enabling it to buy
the vital fuel from the U.S.
Following the cabinet deci-
sion, the Electric Corp. will
open concrete negotiations
with a number of potential
American suppliers to de-
cide which of them is to be
awarded the contract to
build the plant.
Ram Haviv of the com-
merce and industry minis-
try, said Israel had been
contemplating ordering a
plant for some two years
now — but initial planning
had been delayed due to
the Yom Kippur War.
All the basic studies had
now been completed, how-'
ever, and following the cabi-
net go-ahead, the Electric
Corp. could embark on prac-
tical negotiations with sup-
pliers.
The plant, he said, would
probably be sited in Nit-
zanim, on the coast midway
between Ashdod and Ashke-
lon. It had to be near the
sea, he explained, because of
the huge quantities of water
needed for cooling.
Orthodox Seek
Foster Homes
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Ohel Children's Home, an
Orthodox-sponsored child
care facility in Brooklyn,
has issued an appeal for
Orthodox families, willing to
provide foster care for three
children of racially mixed
marriages in which the
mothers are Jewish and the
fathers black.
The children have been
described as "halakhically
Jewish" by Lester Kauf-
man, director of profes-
sional services and acting
executive director of Ohel.
Southern Museum
Has Jewish Exhibit
RALEIGH, N.C. (JTA) —
The largest exhibit of Jew-
ish ceremonial art in a pub-
lie museum in the south,
comprised of 200 ceremonial
objects of the home and syn-
agogue, recently opened in
the North Carolina Museum
of Art here.
Ranging in time from a
second Century CE tomb-
stone to an unusual collec-
tion of contemporary items,
the exhibition includes
Hanuka lamps, kidush s
cups, noisemakers, spice-
and-citron containers and
silver and fabric accessories
for the Torah.
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Israel, Brazil Sign
Diamond Accord
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
rael and Brazil have signed
an agreement opening the
way for the export of Israe-
li-polished diamonds to
Brazil and other Latin
American countries. ,
Under the agreement, Is-
rael will help set up the first
diamond exchange in Brazil
and the latter country will
exempt Israeli finished dia-
monds from customs duties.
Anti-Semitic Fresco
to Stay in Church
VIENNA (JTA) — An
Austrian government office
rejected demands to remove
an anti-Semitic wall fresco
in a Catholic church, citing
artistic grounds.
The Tyrol Department for
the Preservation of Ancient
Monuments said it was not
in a position to order the
removal of a fresco in the
Judenstein Church which
shows the ritual murder o
Christian child by Jews. INF
Campaign Begins
The city of Oak Park's
spring clean-up campaign
begins 11 a.m. Saturday
with a "sweep-down" of the
Nine Mile-Coolidge area by
city dignitaries.
The two-week series of
clean-up events includes
special trash pick-up for
large items beginning Mon-
day, special inspections of
property and other events to
promote beautification of
the city. For information,
call the Oak Park City Hall,
LI 7-1331