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Jewish Organizations Hail Bakke Decision
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NEW`YORK (JTA) —
Three American Jewish
human rights regencies en-
thusiastically welcomed
that Supreme Court's 5-4
decision that Allan Bakke
must be admitted to the
University of California
Medical School at Davis
from which he had been re-
jected because 16 places had
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been reserved for Blacks
and other minorities.
Abrams stressed that
"racial quotas are not a
good
thing in America.
The American Jewish
Committee, the American They are not satisfactory
Jewish Congrdss and the for advancing the cause
Anti-Defamation League of of the disadvantaged."
Bnai Brith all said they Samuel Rabinove, direc-
viewed the decision as a tor of the AJComntittee's
vindication of their stand, legal department, said
that the imposition of "The majority decision
quotas was unconstitu- does not close the door to
tional. At the same time, the kinds of affirmative
they stressed that they still action which we most
supported "affirmative ac- strongly endorse."
tion" programs through
Abrams said he did not
legal means.
think that the decision
would
create tensions bet-
At a press conference at
the AJCommittee head- ween Blacks and Jews. But
quarters, Morris Abram, most Black leaders in the
the organization's honorary U.S. have criticized the de-
president, declared, "we - cision. Vernon Jordan, head
who have opposed racial of the Urban League, was to
quotas in admission to col- have appeared at the AJ-
leges, universities and Committee press confer-
other aspects of American ence, but did not.
life, do not believe that such
a decision, which outlaws
such quotas, means that the
skies have fallen on the dis-
advantaged groups in our
country. We do not believe
that affirmative action is
dead in either law or spirit."
The AJCongress, in a
statement, said it was
"gratified" by the decision.
"Although we have not yet
had an opportunity to re-
view the many opinions re-
ndered in the case, it seems
clear to us that this decision
does not mean the end of af- ADL's general counsel, said
firmative action programs in a statement that the or
but rather 'the elimination ganization was pleased by
of quota systems and the use the decision. "In finding
of race as the sole criterion quotas clearly illegal, the
for university admissions.
court held that race may not
"We continue to support be used as the determining
factor
in accepting or reject-
effective affirmative action
programs based on ing an applicant for admis-
sion."
But Forster did not
economic, cultural and so-
cial disadvantages designed seem pleased with -Justice
to provide opportunities for Lewis Powell's opinion, one
employment and education of six separate opinions gi-
to those who have been de- ven, which the ADL official
noted allows race to be con-
nied them."
sidered as one factor among
The AJCongress said it others in determining ad-
looked forward "to work- mission.
ing with other civil rights
, "In our view, it would
groups and all interested seem difficult to allow race
parties and organiza- to be used as one factor
tions in an effort to devise
without it becoming the de-
effective and appropriate termining
factor," Forster
affirmative action prog- said. "But
happily, quotas
rams that would help or anything that adds up to
fully integrate minority quotas are outlawed."
communities into the
Both the National Coun-
mainstream of American cil ofJewish Women and the
life without imposing Central Conference of
rigid and divisive racial American Rabbis (Reform)
criteria or the use of in- also issued statements sup-
flexible and stigmatizing porting the Supreme Court
quota systems."
decision and affirmative ac-
Arnold Forster, the tion programs.
losif Begun Sentenced to 3-Year Exile
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry confirmed re-
ports from Moscow that
Jewish activist Iosif Begun
has been sentenced to three
years' internal exile for al-
legedly "violating the in-
ternal passport reugla-
tions."
His trial was marked by
harassment of Western
newsmen outside the cour-
thouse, it was reported by
the SSSJ and the Union of
Councils for Soviet Jewry.
The charges were brought
against Begun because the
46-year-old electrical en-
gineer defied a ban on his
return to his Moscow home
several months ago after he
served a one-year term of
Maple and Orchard Lake Rd.
Wives save men from sin.
— Talmud
851-9222
exile for "parasitism" near
the Chinese frontier.
Begun was re-arrested
on May 17. He is the third
prominent Jewish ac-
tivist sentenced to inter-
nal exile in the past two
weeks. Last week, sen-
tences of five and four
years respectively were
imposed by Moscow
courts on Vladimir Spek
and Ida Nudel.
The National Conference
on -Soviet Jewry reported
that—Be gun's wife, Alla
Drugova Begun, told repor-
ters outside the Moscow
court that her husband was
so weakened after a 40-day
hunger strike that he could
barely stand in the cour-
troom or freely express him-
self.
As Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko ad-
In Montreal, the Cana-
dian Parliamentary Hel- dressed a worldwide disarmament conference at the
United Nations, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
JDC Establishes staged a "Disarm the USSR from Anti-Semitism" vigil
outside at the Isaiah Peace Wall. One of the de-
Horwitz Fund
monstrators, Emma Manevich, held a sign demanding
Russia
"disarm" itself of her refusenik parents, David
NEW YORK — A "Louis
D. Horwitz Scholarship En- and Tamara Karlin of Leningrad.
• • •
dowment Fund" in memory
of the former director- sinki Group metwith Soviet the Canadian Parliamen-
general of the Joint Dis- emigre dissident Dina tary Helsinki Group spon-
tribution Committee, has Beilina and representatives sor or support the nomina-
been established by the JDC of the Canadian Committee tion of the Moscow Helsinki
at the Paul Baerwald School for the Release of Anatoly monitoring group for the
of Social Work in the Heb- Shcharansky.
Nobel Peace Prize. Her re-
rew University, it was an-
The meeting was con- commendation was adopted
nounced by Donald M. vened because of what by consensus at the Cana-
Robinson, JDC president.
McGill University law pro- dian Parliamentary Hel-
The income from the en- fessor Irwin Cotler, coun- sinki Group meeting.
dowment fund of $25,000 selor for Shcharansky, cal-
will provide five scholar- led the urgent plight of Airfield Changed
ships and fellowships dur- Jewish dissidents in the
" WASHINGTON — Avia-
ing the first year for ad- Soviet Union.
tion Week and Space
vanced studies in commun-
Mrs. Beilina, who has
Technology magazine re-
ity planning, community been Shcharansky's
ports that Israeli officials
center work and community spokesperson to the free
have abandoned plans for
development.
world, chronicled the
an international airport to
dangers faced by Soviet
be
located near Beersheba
UJA PR Head
Jewish dissidents.
or Eilat.
NEW YORK — Howard
She said that immigra-
Plans now call for an
L. Levine, formerly director tion for Soviet Jews was not
existing military field near
of public relations of the just a right but a salvation, Tel Aviv to be converted.'
New School for Social Re- because those who apply for The facility is expected to be
search, has been appointed immigration are branded needed between 1990 and
national public relations di- Zionists and are considered 2000, "but may be needed
rector for the United Jewish "ehamies" of the Soviet Un- sooner in a Middle East
Appeal.
ion. She 'recommended that peace is achieved."