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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 30, 1977 45

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State Department Renounces Argentine Government

By JOSEPH POLAKOFF

Jewish prisoners are not
the United States and
abroad, particularly the reputation for anti-Semitic
treated any worse t han
reportedly at the request of
United States, regarding activity."
When Argentine Foreign
others except in the to nor
Argentine Jews, is being
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the anti-Semitism in
Minister Oscar Antonio
"The president," he
of their interrogation."
drafted by the Commission
Argentina'."
For All Social
Montes was in Washington
added,
"has no pervasive
"If you are Cathol ic,"
of Legislative Advice
Occasions
- in September for the
An example of its authority over the various
she said, "it isn't likely you
(Commission
de
indifference in suppressing military branches. The
signing of the Panama
would be questioned a bout
Asesoramiento Legislativo ).
anti-Semitism, Birns said, corps commanders are
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treaties, the Jewish
your Catholicism. Th at's
Argentina has no
was the Argentine essentially war lords, equal
Telegraphic Agency asked
not part of t h e
legislature; rule is by
government's seizure of to him, and not
for
the
explanation
of
why
i nterrogation. But if you
FREDDY SHEYER ORCHES-
decree.
publications several months subservient. He can't give
anti-Semitism was
are Jewish, that would 'be
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Laurence R. Birns,
ago after protests against them orders but only
permitted to flourish in his
i ncorporated with th eir
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director of the Council on
them. "They are now back counsel _with them.
country and intimidate its
i nterrogation. Jews in
Hemispheric Affairs whose
in circulation,'' he
Jewish population.
"Even if he is sincerely
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Argentina are ye r Y
trustees include Sen. James
declared.
Birns said that against anti-Semitism,
Like President Jorge
uneasy," she said. "The re
ST. LOUIS—A small
Abourezk (D-SD), and - the situation prevails President Videla is
Rafael Videla and other
i a real
ernma the re.
cross set for the front page
Rabbi Morton Rosenthal of
Argentine leaders, Montes
because military and police powerless to do anything
The government s ays
;of a high school
the Anti-Defamation
officers "operate on their about it. It is absolute
totally denied
publicly and openly it is
'newspaper's Christmas
League, considers the
anti-Semitism is either
own without government virulent Nazism that is
o pposed to anti-Semiti
edition was blackened out
Videla regulation as "a
governmentally promoted A t the same time, ther sm.
instructions and with occurring now in
e is
just before publication, and
meaningless cosmetic
or condoned. As proof of
impunity from retaliation." Argentina."
widespread
_
concern
in
the
gesture because it has
has prompted a dispute
official opposition to it; he
The
government, he said,
United
States
a
n d
power now to deal with
between the paper's only pointed out anti-Semitic
has
not indicted "any
Mikhail Bakunin (1814-76),
elsewhere -about it."
religious persecutions."
publications have been
Jewish reporter, who
right-wingers." Of upwards Russian revolutionary and
She pointed to the case of
confiscated and closed
"The
government
is
not
favored the cross' removal,
of
6,000
people
killed
in
Jacobo Timerman, a
one of the founders of an-
verly concerned with
Argentina,. he said many archism, was a rabid anti-
and the paper's editor, who down.
prominent member of the
"Why then does
anti-Semitism except from
were Jews.
said removal of the cross
Jewish community a nd
Semite. He referred to the
anti-Semitism • persist," he
a public relations point of
"is outright censorship."
The government can't
editor
and
publisher
of
La
Jews
as a nation of exploi-
was asked. - Jewish citizens
view,"
he
to
_ ld JTA. 'There
act since those • officers
Opinion, one of Buen os
ters, entirely opposed to the,
of
Argentina
who
are
in
s
nothing
the
Argentine
provide
its
power.
The
Herut. Delegates
Aires' leading daili es.
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violation of laws," Montes
Army Corps in Cordoba has- interest of the proletariat,
Dragged from his home by-
t overnment fears more
NEW YORK—Several replied, "are not treated
and a dangerous threat to
han
indictment
from
a
particularly malevolent
armed-
men
in
civili
an
candidates for delegate - differently because they
the
world.
clothing seven months a go,
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positions on Herut-USA are Jews. All Argentines
he remains in prison a nd
Slate 6 in the upcoming are treated the same."
his property has be en
Assistant Secretary of
World Zionist Congress
placed in state custo dy,
elections will remain in State for Human Rights
although two courts ha ye/
Israel after the congress as Patricia Derian, in a recent
found no cause for his
interview with JTA after
"olim," new immigrants.
continued _detention.
Herut-USA plans to her third official trip • to
Miss' Derian also point ed
to the case of Jac o b
encourage aliya among all Argentina in eight months,
has different views.
Kovadloff, the director of
of its, delegates to the 29th
"People who are detained
the Argentine office of t he
Zionist Congress by are
often brutally
American Jewis
conducting a tour of Israeli mistreated," she said. "If
Committee, who w as
absorption facilities, and they are Jews, their
warned by telephone calls
introducing the delegates to treatment is often framed
to leave the country Or
business opportunities.
in terms of their Judaism.
what happened to
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Timerman would happen to
Kovadloff •fle
Argentina and th e 4
committee closed its office .
(Editor's note: This quiz is part of a series taken from
More than a hundred Je ws
courses offered by the American Jewish Committee's
have disappeared or are in
1
Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls. )
prison.
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"You can't help bein
very uneasy about a
I;
1. The charge of decatheism hurled against the Kabalists
situation like that," Mi ss
by their opponents meant
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Derian said, with typic al
A. That the Kabalists had eliminated God from the
diplomatic understaternen t.
universe
"Relations between th e
B. They (the Kabalists) were too interested in mystical
United States an d
experiences
Argentina are straine d
C. That the Kabalistic doctrine of the "Ten Who Are
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because
of the huma n
One" was an improvement on Christianity
rights concerned. We woul d
D. That the doctrine of the "Ten Sifirot" was a form of
like a warm and eas
idolatry
relationship with Argentin a
2. The term Shekhina means
and they care about that a
A. the house of God
we do."
B. a Sefira otherwise called Malkhut
The U.S. halved it
C. the concealed part of God
security assistance funds t 0
D. God's infinity
Argetina because -of it
3. The `via negativa' is
violations of acceptabl e
A. a fancy Latin word which means that God is silent
standards of human righ is
B. characteristically un-Jewish
and the Argentin e
C. a doctrine defended by Moses of Taku
go vernment thereupon
D. one way in Which Maimonides attacked the idea that rej ected the other half.
God was a body
No w Argentina has not
app lied for more such aid.
4. Transcendence and Imminence
iss Derian indicated
A. are ideas which are later additions to the Jewish
tha t__ the State Department
ion of God
is closely following the
. are part of the idea of pantheism
out come of a proposed
C. are part of the idea of desim
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D. make possible the notions of God's revelation of His
am endment to Argentina's
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5. Creatio ex nihilo
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t
the
Argentine
A. was fully discussed by the talmudic rabbis
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B. maintains that there is life on Mars
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C. asserts that the worlddepends upon God
told
JTA
that
the
provision
D. means that demons exist
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6. God's eternity is signified by the term netzakh.
but "explicitly to condemn
7. The basically amoral nature of God is taught in the a c ts" against any
CITY
STATE
Sidur.
Arg entine on racial or
8. One of the sources for knowledge of Judaism is the Sidur.
reli gious grounds. Thus, the
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9. Judaism affirms freedom of the human will.
Arg entine Embassy again
state occasion
10. Maimonides maintains that Judaism can tolerate super- in effect denied
stitious belief.
anti -Semitism.
FROM
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