THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 15, 1982 5
80 Percent of Austrians Hold Strong Anti-Semitic Sentiments
most of the Jewish vote
and had a number of
leading Jews among its
functionaries.
She attributed the prej-
udice within the Socialist
Party today to the large
number of poorly educated
working class voters who
support it.
Anti-Semitic feelings do
not necessarily translate
into hostility toward Israel,
Weiss found. Anti-Semites
disapprove of Israel more
than others but there is a
considerable number of
Jew-haters who admire Is-
rael. A number of ex-Nazis
are impressed by the mili-
tary successes of the Israeli
army, she said.
According to Weiss, her
depressing statistics are not
limited to Austria. Other
Western European coun-
tries and the United States
show similar levels of prej-
udice, she said.
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Surveys Show
Italian Bias
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Anti-Semitic prejudice —
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Israel's positive role as a
creative nation gained
added significance in 1981.
A record described under
the heading "Isratech '81" is
listed as follows in the cur-
rent issue of Near East Re-
port of the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee:
"Two hundred and seven-
teen American companies
— including General
Dynamics, General Electric
and Westinghouse — took
part in "Isratech '81,' a
showcase for Israeli pro-
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engineering, solar energy
and other high-technology
areas that was held for four
days last November, in
Jerusalem.
"The exhibition has as
its theme, 'Israel — Your
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ness Ventures.' Em-
phasis was on the advan-
tages Israel offers to
American and other
a
foreign investors
highly skilled labor force,
world-renowned re-
search institutions,
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"Some 200 Israeli man-
ufacturers were repre-
sented in the exhibition.
"Among them was
Neurogar, an electronic de-
vice that relieves pain by
blocking the signal from the
pain site to the brain. A
small box the size of a pack
of cigarettes, Neurogar was
developed by physicians at
Hadassah Hospital in
Jerusalem and is manufac-
tured by Agar Electronics, a
kibutz-based industry spe-
cializing in medical prod-
ucts,
"It is a member of the
family of 'TENS' — Trans-
cutaneous Electric Nerve
Stimulators, now achieving
acceptance in hospitals and
pain clinics in the U.S.
"Other exhibitors in-
cluded Motorola (Israel)
Ltd., which showed its
computerized irrigation
system that might well be
used in developing ag-
ricultural countries in
Asia, Africa and Latin
America.
"Another exhibitor was
Mennen Medical, Ltd. —
jointly owned by Mennen
Medical Inc. and the Clal
Group of Israel — which
showed a heart pacemaker
smaller in size and with
longer life expectancy than
lithium
comparable
pacemakers on the market
in the United States."
Harmful Strike
JERUSALEM — Travel
industry sources blame the
12 percent decrease in Is-
raeli tourism in November
on the 12-day El Al strike.
The sources said the air-
line lost $5 million in im-
mediate revenue and mil-
lions more in future sales.
"Although there was much
repetition of the classic
stereotypes — Jews gained
riches as usurers, killed
Christ — the interviewers
were impressed by the ab-
sence of malevolence with
which these 'facts' were re-
lated. A former teacher ex-
plained that, while there
was no racism in the valley,
there remains a traditional
negative attitude toward
Jews, much of it motivated
by economic factors. But he
pointed out that during the
war, with many Jews in the
area forced to hide, there
was not a single case of bet-
rayal."
Similar interviews con-
ducted in Rome and Milan
"showed no hatred or even
strong dislike through there
was clear prejudice . . . ex-
pressed with great civility."
Respondents overesti-
mated the number of Jews'
in Italy. "While Italy's total
Jewish population is about
but without malevolence —
has been found in Italy in
surveys conducted in an iso-
lated rural area and in the
two largest cities, Rome and
Milan, the World Jewish
Congress reported.
were
results
The
analyzed for broad trends by
the Jewish Documentation
Center of Milan, a research
organization that monitors
anti-Semitic incidents in
Italy.
The most revealing was a
series of short interviews,
published in the Rome
Jewish community's
monthly journal, Shalom.
They were conducted by a
young-anthropologist at the
University of Arezzo, Tus-
cany, in townships and vil-
lages of the nearby Casen-
tino Valley where the
church archives contain re-
cords of many trials against
Jews in the Middle Ages
and later.
According to the re-
port, "The question
asked was 'How do you
picture a Jew?' " and "the
answers contained fan-
tasy, folktales,
stereotypes based on
hearsay and legends, a
general mistrust of Jews
... Ancient maledictions
were related by students,
clerks and peasant
women as though they
had happened yester-
day."
But, the WJC reported,
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According to the WJC,
experts at the Documenta-
tion Center in Milan have
concluded that the inter-
views showed basic ignor-
ance and confusion much
more than hatred and ra-
cism. An independent find-
ing of the center indicated
that the increase of anti-
Semitic episodes in Italy
was a fascist or neo-Nazi
origin while church and
religious inspired incidents
have decreased sharply.
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According to the study,
anti-Semitism decreased in
proportion to interest in
political matters and infor-
mation on the subject.
Weiss said that the rightw-
ing National Democratic
Party was able to garner
three percent of the vote in
the last elections only be-
cause of public apathy.
She found, however, that
members of the Freiheit-
liche Partei (Free Party)
and its sympathizers were
especially hostile toward
Jews. Anti-Semitic prej-
udice was somewhat
stronger among members of
the conservative Volkspar-
tei (Peoples Party) than
members of Kreisky's
Socialist Party.
Weiss contrasted the
degree of anti-Semitism
in the Socialist Party
today with the situation
before World War II. At
that time, the Christ-
lichsoziale Partei (Chris-
tian Socialist Party),
forerunner of the Peoples
Party, was outspokenly
anti-Semitic whereas the
Social Democrats carried
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anti-Semitic prejudice.
Personal contact with
Jews reduced the ten-
dency to discriminate,
Weiss reported. But be-
cause of the small size of
the Jewish population
this was possible for a
minority of Austrians.
Only 14 percent of her re-
spondents said that
anti-Semitic attitudes
_ were grossly out of step
L with reality. But some
people believed that
, ,,Jews comprised 10 per-
cent of the Austrian
ation, which would
p
pilllireir number at over
100,000.
The old Nazi charge of
Jewish domination of fi-
nance and foreign policy
was often expressed, she
said.
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