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JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Knesset members and legal
experts are pondering an
anomaly in the law that
allows an MK convicted of a
crime to retain his par-
liamentary seat even while
confined to prison. The case
arose when Tel Aviv Dig-
trict Court Judge Chaim
Steinberg imposed a 3'k-
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year prison sentence on
Likud MK Shmuel Re-
chtman last week. ite-
chtman was convicted of ac-
cepting a $20,000 bribe
while serving as mayor of
Rehovot. In addition to the
prison term, he was fined IL
70,000 (about $3,500).
Under the present law,
there is no way to force an
MK to resign his seat under
any condition. The law
states moreover that the
Knesset must consist of no
fewer than 120 members
and even though jailed, Re-
chtman would be legally ob-
liged to attend to Knesset
business.
Judge Steinberg agreed
to delay the sentence for 45
days to allow Rechtman to
appeal his conviction. Re-
chtman insists he is inno-
cent and made it clear that
he will continue to attend
Knesset sessions and has no
intention of resigning.
According to political
science Prof. Shevah
Weiss of Haifa Univer-
sity, the problem stems
from a 1952, law that
made MKs virtually im-
Yeshiva Bequest
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
bequest of $350,000 was
made to Yeshiva University
by Dr. Anna R. Bruenn, who
had a limited dental prac-
tice in Carmel, N.Y., for 10
years until her death in No-
vember 1976.
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she was one of the few
women dentists when she
began her career in 1920.
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arships in science and de-
_ ntistry. -
mune from ouster. The
law was adopted, Weiss
said, because opposition
parties feared that the
government, then headed
by a coalition of Mapai
and the religious parties,
might invoke emergency
regulations to remove
political opponents.
Amnon Rubinstein of the
Shai faction has submitted
a bill to amend the 1952 law
to permit the ouster of any
member who disgraced the
Knesset by being involved
in a crime.
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Brandeis Offering
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WALTHAM, Mass. — A
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archeology will be offered
beginning this spring at
Brandeis University's
Jacob Hiatt Institute in Is-
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American Schools of Orien-
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The new joint program
will be open primarily to
undergraduates from
American colleges and uni-
versities, who will be
selected by a special admis-
sions committee of Brandeis
and ASOR officials:
Approximately 40 stu-
dents will be enrolled in the
program each semester.
When he pronounced sen-
tence, Judge Steinberg
stressed that given the seri-
ous nature of his offense,
Rechtman's public activi-
ties had no bearing in the
case. He recalled three prey-
iOus cases where public fig-
ures were jailed for mone-
tary crimes, including the
acceptance of bribes.
These were David Peled,
former director -of customs
,and excise; Michael Tzur,
former managing director of
the Israel Corp.; and Asher
Yadlin who was a candidate
for the office of Governor of
the Bank of Israel.
Stiff sentences were im-
posed, the judge said, be-
cause it was important that
the public realize that there
is no special treatment for
highly placed persons who
commit crimes. ,
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