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Latin and S. American Jewries Endangered

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The pattern of revolution
and counter-revolution,
Marxist terrorist kidnap-
pings and social unrest in
Central America poses seri-
ous threats to the continued
existence of Jewish com-
munities in several coun-
tries.
This grave outlook was
reported by Sergio
Nudelstejer, director of the
Mexican office of the
American Jewish Commit-

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tee, at the committee's 74th
annual meeting.
Since Jews in Central
American • countries gener-
ally belong to the business
and merchant community,
they often are considered
class enemies along with
other business leaders, by
Marxist and leftist forces,
Nudelstejer said. Similar
social and political condi-
tions in many of the Cen-
tral American countries,
moreover, gives rise to a
spilling over of revolution-
ary fernient from one coun-
try to another, the AJCom-
mittee official pointed out.
Thus, although overt
anti-Semitism is not very
prevalent, the Jews have
become victims of the so-
cial chaos and political
instability in some of
these countries, solely
because of their class
association. As a result,
the Jewish community in
some of the countries has
either left or is in the
process of departing.
In Nicaragua,
Nudelstejer reported, where
the long-time Somoza dic-
tatorship was recently over-
thrown by the Sandinistas,
the entire Jewish commu-
nity of some 70 families (ab-

out 350 people) has van-
ished from the land. Some
Jews suffered from the
earthquake which devas-
tated the capital city of
Managua some years ago.
Others fled during the revo-
lutionary conflict.
A few have returned,
probably to liquidate their
holdings in the country, he
reported. In spite of the fact
that the Sandinistas have
exhibited no anti-Semitism,
the Jewish community
there has just about ceased
to exist.
In El Salvador, where ter-
rorism and violence are al-
most daily occurrences and
where the rightist govern-
ment is trying to hold off lef-
tist guerillas, most of the
members of the 80 Jewish
families have left the coun-
try and only about 50 Jews,
almost all males, remain.
The kidnapping and
murder of a Jewish busi-
nessman and Honorary
Israeli Consul, Ernesto
Liebes, by a group of lef-
tist guerillas, in March
1979 shook the stability of
the Jewish community,
giving rise to the exodus
of many. As a result,
though there has been no
evidence of overt anti-
Semitism by either the
revolutionaries or the
government, and Jewish

Israeli-Made
Doors Provide
Security in Italy

HOLON — Israeli-made
doors will be safeguarding
the homes of Italian
families with the launching
of a- new export product in
the security field.
Mul-T-Lock Ltd. of Holon
announced recently that it
has begun the export of
reinforced security doors for
residential structures. The
first shipment was deliv-
ered to the firm's distributor
in Italy.

synagogues, the Jewish
center and the Jewish
cemetery have not been
harmed, there does not
seem to be much of a fu-
ture for Jews in that
country.
Similar conditions exist
in Guatemala. There are
about 1,500 Jews who re-
main in the country, down
by about one-fourth from
the previous year.
Nudelstejer stated that in
Honduras, which is th
poorest of the Centre
American states and which
has about 200 Jews, officials
are trying to prevent revo-
lution by offering to hold
free elections. However, he
reported, here too the gov-
ernment is beset by political
forces from both extremes.
Only in Costa Rica (2,500
Jews), a country which has
traditionally been demo-
cratic and stable, and
Panama (5,000 Jews),
where the military are
firmly in control, does the
Jewish community pre-
sently feel secure, he de-
clared.
But the overall unrest
in Central America,
Nudelstejer continued,
has had an effect in Col-
ombia, the northernmost
country in South
America. In that land, a
country with a long and -
stable democratic tradi-
tion, leftist forces have
been growing in size, re-
cently seizing the
Dominican Republic
Embassy in Bogota, the
capital of Colombia, for
several weeks.
There have been a
number of cases of kidnap-
pings of Jews by rebels.
"Colombia's democratic
principles notwithstand-
ing," Nudelstejer stated,
"these new threats and up-
risings augur ill for the fu-
ture, and the Jewish corn-
munity is uncomfortably
aware of the social disrup-
tion they pOrtend."

Israeli Tennis
Players Tour
North America

SAN DIEGO — A team of
eight Israeli tennis players
led by 12-year-old world
tennis champ Gilad Bloom,
will present exhibitions and
tournaments in the United
States and Canada begin-
ning June 1.
The team members, rang-
ing in age from nine to 15,
represent Israel's Tennis
Centers' program which
now has over 2,000
youngsters participating.

New Newspaper

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ROCK ISLAND, Ill.
(JTA) -- The first issue of
the Quad City Jewish
Community News, dated
May 1980, has been pub-
lished by the United Jewish
Charities of Quad Cities.

Shortage Easing

TEL AVIV (ZINS) -- Is-
rael's housing shortage is
beginning to ease. Some
homeowners are beginning
to offer their 'properties for
rent.

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