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Brazil Jews Status Described
zil's support of the United
Nations General Assembly
resolution equating Zionism
with racism was "exclu-
sively a pragmatic concern."
However, he noted that
there are anti-Semites in
Brazil and he placed in that
category Brazilian Foreign
Minister Azeredo da Sil-
veira, who recently accused
Brazilian Jews of being dis-
loyal in criticizing Brazil's
stand on the anti-Zionist
vote.
Sobel said that about
half of Brazil's estimated
160,000 Jews live in Sao
Paulo which he said is re-
Sobel indicated that the pidly becoming the eco-
problem of Jewish sur- nomic center of Latin
vival in Brazil stems not America. His congrega-
from anti-Semitism but tion, which he said is the
from the well-being of the
Jewish community. "Anti-
Israel Gets
Semitism is not part of the
Brazilian tradition," he
MELBOURNE, Australia
stressed.
(JTA) — Australia's newly
There are no barriers to elected Prime Minister,
Jews in any segment of Bra- Malcolm Fraser, has de-
zilian life, the rabbi clared that his government
stressed emphatically. He will strongly support Israel
said Jews have risen to high in the Middle East conflict.
levels in every sphere of
"We would want to make
Brazilian society and for the more plain our commitment
most part belong to the up- to the survival of Israel," he
per middle class. For this said in his first major for-
reason he said, they support eign policy statement over
the status quo, including the the weekend. Fraser re-
present military govern- jected the claims of the de-
ment in Brazil.
feated Labor Government
Sobel stressed that Bra- led by Gough Whitlam that
it had conducted "an even-
handed" policy on the Mid-
dle East. He declared it as a
pro-Russian policy.
Fraser spoke on a Radio
Australia interview in
and His Continentals
which he attacked the Whi-
tlam government for having
neglected Australia's tradi-
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largest in South America
with 3,000 families belong-
ing to it, is the only non-
Orthodox congregation in
Sao Paulo.
Sobel explained that in
South-America the distinc-
tion is between Orthodox
and non-Orthodox, and al-
though he was ordained as a
Reform rabbi, he serves a
congregation that is closer
to Conservative practices as
it is known in the U.S.
Sobel said that for the
Brazilian Jewish commu-
nity to survive, it needs help
from Israel and world Je-
wry in the form of rabbis
and Jewish professionals.
He said they would find the
opportunity for a rich ca-
reer in Brazil.
TEL AVIV — In a letter
to the Jerusalem Post, N.E.
Dangoor of London wrote:
"I am an Iraqi Jew who
managed to escape from
that country in 1964 just be-
fore the official wave of ter-
ror descended on our com-
munity and culminated in
the public hanging in Bagh-
dad's main square of nine
innocent Jews.
"There can be no peace for
the Palestinian refugees
while the rights, material
and political, of the Jewish
refugees are ignored.
"The solution must be
global for there can be no
peace in one corner of the
Middle East while the Le-
banese Christians are
faced with a life-and- from entering some Arab
death struggle; while six countries on pain of death
million Kurds cannot at-
tain autonomy; while the
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"The solution must be aircraft with an advanced
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peace in the Middle East tem.
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while a few Arab leaders
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Strong Support From New Australia Leader
tralia," he added.
Fraser's strong declara-
tion of support for Israel,
which follows similar com-
mitments made during the
recent election campaign
here, has encouraged Jew-
ish communal leaders. But
they are waiting to see
how the Fraser govern-
ment will react when it
will have to make deci-
sions on more specific is-
sues, such as allowing
PLO representatives to
come to Australia.
While the Dec. 13 land-
slide win for Fraser's Liber-
al-National Party coalition
is expected to produce a
more sympathetic under-
standing of Israel's position
by the new government, Is-
rael lost some of its friends
in the parliament.
The Anti-Labor swing —
the Fraser government will
have a minimum 55-seat
majority in the 127-seat
parliament — swept two
outstanding pro-Israel
spokesmen from Federal
politics.
The Minister for Enviro-
ment in the Whitlam gov-
ernment, Joe Berinson, lost
his seat as did the Minister
for Housing, Joe Riordan.
Berinson, a-leading mem-
ber of Perth's Jewish com-
munity was a brilliant and
articulate pro-Israel advo-
cate who often found him-
self in conflict with his own
prime minister. Riordan,
who is not Jewish but repre-
sented a heavily Jewish elec-
torate, was moving force
behind the parliamentary
Labor friends of Israel.
On the other hand, Aus-
tralia's most outspoken
supporter of the PLO and
an extreme left winger,
Bill Hartley, failed in an
attempt to win a place in
the Senate on the Labor
ticket for the state of Vic-
toria: A widespread cam-
paign against Hartley was
mounted within the Jew-
ish community by both
Labor and non-Labor sup-
porters. The Board of Dep-
uties took the unprecen-
dented step of calling on
all Jewish voters, regard-
less of party, to reject Har-
tley.
In the new parliament,
which will commence its
session next February,
there will be four Jewish
parliamentarians. For the
.
Labor Party Dr. Moss Cass,
the former minister for the
media, retained his seat in
Melbourne as did Barry .
Cohen in New South Wales.
For the Liberal Party, Sena-
tor Peter Baume retained
his seat in New South Wales
while his cousin, Michael
Baume, won a seat for the
first time in the House of
Representatives.
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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A painting of former Israeli
Premier Golda Meir, the
only American woman ever
to become head of a foreign
government, has been ac-
cepted by the National Por-
trait Gallery, the Smithson-
ian Institution announced.
Formal presentation took
place last Friday at the gal-
lery with Mrs. Meir attend-
ing a luncheon there in her
honor.
The 32x26-inch portrait
by Raphael Soyer is a gift to
the gallery, a part of the
Smithsonian, by Mr. and
Mrs. Cummings of New
York and Mr. and Mrs.
Meyer P. Potamkin of Phil-
adelphia. It will remain on
view on the gallery's second
floor through Jan. 4.
Russian-born, like Mrs.
Meir, Soyer painted this
portrait last year. The sit-
ting, which took place in
Connecticut, was arranged
by Martin Peretz, chairman
of the New Republic maga-
zine and a longtime friend
of Mrs. Meir
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NEW YORK (JTA) — The
survival of Brazil's Jewish
community depends on
finding a "third way" be-
tween an establishment
dedicated to preserving the
status quo and young people
who are deserting the com-
munity in reaction against
this, according to Rabbi
Henry I. Sobel, of Sao
Paulo.
The 31-year-old rabbi of
Congregacao Israelita Pau-
lista is dedicated to finding
this third way and hopes
other rabbis and Jewish
aders inside and outside of
razil will join in the effort.
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