10 Friday, May 20, 1983
THEVMDTWir NEWS
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Moslem Students Reported Distributing
Anti-Jewish Hate Literature at Berkeley
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)
The "Protocols" were
— The Anti-Defamation composed by Czarist police
League of Bnai Brith said it at the turn of the century to
has discovered that the ver- justify pogroms against
sion of an old anti-Semitic Jews. Smith published this
document recently circu- collection of excerpts from
lated on the campus of the the "Protocols" in the De-
University of California at cember 1968 issue of his
Berkeley by a Moslem stu- notorious publication, "The
dent group was originally Cross and the Flag."
produced and distributed by
"It is no accident that a
the late Gerald L.K. Smith. Jew-hating group like
The ADL's Central the Moslem Students
Pacific Regional director Association — Persian
Rhonda Abrams, who dis- Speaking Group should
closed this, said the docu- be passing out literature
ment, distributed on Cal's originally composed by
Sproul Plaza by the Moslem the notorious Gerald L.K.
Students Association — Smith and distributed
Persian Speaking Group, today through the mail-
was a flyer containing ex- ing houses of every
cerpts from the well-known rightwing extremist
anti-Semitic forgery, "The group in the country,"
Protocols of the Learned El- Ms. Abrams said. "The
ders of Zion."
MSA was handing out
this obscenely anti-
Semitic flyer as part of its
campaign against
Zionism and the state of
Israel."
When the "Protocols"
first reached California, the
ADL sent a letter to Univer-
sity Chancellor Ira Michael
Heyman requesting a meet-
ing and asking him to de-
nounce the appearance of
bigoted and anti-Semitic
material on campus.
"We're not asking for cen-
sorship," said Ms. Abrams,
"nor is this a question of free
speech. We asked the chan-
cellor to say that while
there is a place on campus
for legitimate and open de-
bate of important issues,
such as the Middle East, the
introduction of racist and
bigoted material goes be-
KEEPING THE
DREAM ALIVE
By Don McEvoy
QUARANTINE
T
here is quite a noisy
controversy 'raging in one
major Midwestern city about a play
which is appearing there. Fin not go-
ing to call it by name. and you'll
understand why if you continue
reading.
This particular drama had a
relatively short run in an off-
Broadway theatre last season. It
received some praise from the critics . ,
but never caught on with the ticket-
buying public.
The text and tone of this play is
definitely hostile to one pernicious
stereotype of Catholic education, and
many people, Catholic and non-
Catholicalike, feel it is a destructive
piece of anti-Catholic propaganda.
So, the question is: What do you
do about it? Do you mount a
righteous protest in the public arena?
Do you demand that the producer
and the theatre owner cancel the
show?
Nearly four decades ago, Dr. S.
Andhil Fineberg, then with . the
American ,Jewish Committee . (later
associated with the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews) faced
a similar situation. He chronicled the
incident in his book Punishment
Without Crime: What You Can Do About
Prejudice (1 949).
When a friend asked him-(o join a
public protest against an anti-
Christian play, Fineberg refused. His
friend was shocked.
"I'm not talking about my own
personal reactions. - Fineberg
responded. "I am thinking about the
strategy of handling this problem.
From all I have heard about this play
it consists of long speeches...much of
it monotonous and boring...
'Then you don't object to a bad
play unless it is interesting and ap-
peals toaudiences?'' the other man
asked.
"That is not the point. Unless this
play has much more popular support
than I'm told it has. the producer
cannot afford to keep it going. A play
that is financially unsuccessful will
soon close. Let 's give this one a
chance to commit suicide."
Then he added: "One of the best
assets that producer has right now is
that the play \vas banned in Boston.
If it had not been prohibited there it
probably would have died - there.
'Banned in Boston' is a number on e
selling card for books and plays that
no one would otherwise notice. It's
the only free advertising that
guarantees national coverage \ vithout
a penny's cost to the publisher or pro-
ducer. - •
I think my friends in '1 he 1\ liCIWCsl
have given a lot of free publicity to a
bacl play. Maybe the ought to re•on-
sider Fineberg's quarantine theory
(1)()n McEvoy
Sol/or I 'ice Prnident of
the National C'onference of C'briAtians and
,Irics. 7 lir opinions rtpres,rdare
Factions Splitting the Mafdal
By MOSHE RON
The Jewish News Special
Israeli Correspondent
yond all acceptable limits
TEL AVIV — For a long
and is thoroughly disgust-
time an internal struggle is
ing and un-American."
going on in the Mafdal (Na-
In response to the ADL tional Religious Party). The
request and a similar one
leadership of the party
from the campus Bnai Brith
wants to hold party elec-
Hillel Foundation, repre-
tions June 1 and convene a
sentatives of the two organ- party convention. There
izations met with univer- have been no party elections
sity officials. Heyman did for 13 years.
not attend.
But some factions in the
At the meeting, which party — the youth, the reli-
took place on April 29, ADL gious kibutzim, the reli-
regional assistant director gious Zionists and Bnei
Robert Smith reiterated his Akiva have announced that
agency's call for the Chan- they will not participate in
cellor to condemn the ap- elections.
pearance of the documents
The Mafdal is in a bad
on campus. "I'm very disap- state since the last Knesset
pointed that the Chancellor elections two years ago. It
has chosen not to speak out lost 50 percent of its man-
on this matter," he said.
dates and has only six seats
A new anti-Semitic in the Knesset. The present
tract appeared on the crisis is one of the worst the
MSA table this week. party has encountered.
Entitled "The Racist Na-
ture of Zionism," the
work purports to de-
scribe Jewish religious
laws relating to Gentiles.
"This scurrilous piece,
Unveiling announcements
like the 'Protocols,' has
may be inserted by mail or by
nothing to do with Is-
calling The Jewish News, 17515
rael," said Ms. Abrams.
W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, South-
"It is only a collection of field, Mich. 48075. 424-8833. Writ-
distortions of Judaism in
ten announcements must be ac-
companied by the name and ad-
the worst tradition of the
dress of the person making the
`Protocols.' It is of the same
insertions. There is a standing
family, and is distributed charge
of $10.00 for an unveiling
today by groups like the
notice measuring an inch in
Klan and Nazis. It is
depth, and $15.00 for a notice two
inches deep with a black border.
obscene, and it is all the
more reason for the Chan-
cellor to speak out."
The Family
of the Late
Ms. Abrams said that the
ADL is investigating the
GLORIA
origin of the tract.
Monument
Unveilings
CANNON
Fly-in Benefits
UJA Drives
NEW YORK — In the re-
cent third United Jewish
Appeal National "Fly-In,"
teams of Israeli dignitaries
and American lay leaders
raised $510,829 for the 1983
regular campaign in 24
small and intermediate
communities nationwide,
according to Sandra Weiner
of Houston, Tex., the pro-
gram's national chairman.
That amount, said Mrs.
Weiner, a UJA national
vice chairman who also
chaired the two earlier Fly-
Ins, represented a 50.6 per-
cent increase over giving by
the same donors in 1982. In
addition, she reported,
$32,550 was pledged to the
Israel Special Fund during
the intensive week of solici-
tation.
The teams, consisting of
eight Israelis and 16 Ameri-
cans, solicited more than
100 donors; team members
also participated in meet-
ings, briefings, and news-
paper, radio, and television
interviews. Norman Roten-
berg of Saginaw was the
Michigan participant.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, May 29, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Rabbi Leo Goldman will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
ESTHER
FIDLER
The leadership of the
party has postponed
elections several times.
One of its leaders, Knes-
set member Haim
Druckman, who is known
for his extreme attitudes,
has left the party, to-
gether with a group of
yeshiva heads and func-
tionaries of the NRP.
They established a new
party called "The Camp
of Religious Zionism."
In its meetings with reli-
gious leaders, the new
group criticized the present
leadership of the Mafdal,
including the Cabinet
members Dr. Yosef Burg
and Zevulun Hammer.
They were accused of being
responsible for the defeat of
the Mafdal in the last Knes-
set elections. It was decided
to boycott internal elections
if they should take place on
June 1.
The Family
of the Late
JOE
HOLLAND
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, May 22, at He-
brew Memorial Park.
Cantor Adler will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
The Family
of the Late
ALEXANDER
POLLAK
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 29, at
Oakview Cemetery.
Rabbi Arm and Cantor
Klein will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
HANLEY
SCHREIBER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 29, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Groner will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 22, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi
Roman will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
The Family
of the Late
GERTRUDE
GOLDEN
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 10:30
a.m. Sunday, May 29, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Milton Rosen-
baum will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
"Over 65 years of traditional service in the Jewish community with dignity and understanding."
HEBREW MEMORIAL CHAPEL
SAM
STOLER
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in his memory 10 a.m.
Sunday, May 22, at
Clover Hill Park
Cemetery. Rabbi Gor-
relick will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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