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p arley Focuses on Anti-Semitism
NEW BRUNSWICK,
N.J. (JTA) — While anti-
Semitism today may be
especially visible on the
political left, it can be rooted
in the right-wing as well, a
former Irish diplomat and
author reminded a confer-
ence here.
Conor Cruise O'Brien, a
former UN official, deplored
the current anti-Zionism of
pro-Arab forces and their
supporters on the left. But
he also recalled that the
_Holocaust was perpetuated
by right-wing ideologies. He
noted, too, that despite re-
cent anti-Semitic terrorist
activities, grass roots anti-
Semitism is probably not as
common as it used to be.
O'Brien was one of 25 par-
ticipants in a three-day con-
ference on "Anti-Semitism
in the
Contemporary
World" co-sponsored by the
American Jewish Congress
and the International Cen-
ter of Rutgers University.
.
The Irish diplomat and
writer shared the percep-
tion of many other con-
ference participants in
pointing out that anti-
Zionism is but the latest
form of anti-Semitism. He
deplored the fact that
even on basic matters of
survival, Israel is held to
a double standard.
•
"Any other country in the
world faced with Israel's
position and lack of security
would have been regarded
as being justified in remov-
ing the PLO from Lebanon,"
O'Brien said. "But because
Israel did it, it was accused
of acting like Nazi Ger-
many."
A recurring theme at the
sessions was that tradi-
tional anti-Semitism, which
used to manifest itself as
discrimination in employ-
ment, housing and educa-
tion, has now been replaced
by a still unmeasurable
form of "anti-Jewishness."
The symptoms include at-
tacks on the existence of the
state of Israel and a denun-
ciation of all activity or
ideas to 'which the label
"Zionism" can be applied,
whether or not they are re-
lated to Judaism or the
Zionist movement at all.
"This anti-Jewishness is
an attempt to identify Israel
with the total evil in the
. world, by using the term
Zionism out of context," said
Prof. Dan Segre of the polit-
ical science department at
Haifa University. Citing
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UAHC Honors
Bishops Group
HOUSTON (JTA) — The
National Conference of
Catholic Bishops has been
honored by the Union of
American Hebrew Congre-
gations (UAHC), the asso-
ciation of Reform syna-
gogues, for "moral leader-
ship in rousing the con-
science of America to the
menace of the nuclear arms
race."
The award, a statue of
Isaiah, was presented by
Rabbi Alexander Schindler,
UAHC president, to the
Most Reverend John
McCarthy of Houston, aux-
iliary bishop of Texas.
misuses of the term, he
noted that a Russian radio
station recently described
its Chinese enemies as
"Zionists."
Segre, author of "A
Crisis of Identity: Israel
and Zionism," reported
that the first recorded
use of anti-Zionism as a
mask for anti-Semitism
took place in the Soviet
Union in 1925. But he
added that the technique
did not become com-
monplace until the crea-
tion of the state of Israel.
Passage in the UN of the
1975 resolution equating
Zionism with racism pro-
vided additional ammu-
nition for anti-Semites,
he said.
Traditional
anti-
Semitism, as reflected in
discrimination in employ-
ment and public opinion
surveys, is declining, said
Dr. Irwin Cotler, a professor
of law at McGill University
in Montreal. "But a new
anti-Jewishness for which
we have yet to develop
appropriate indexes of
measurement may be
emerging."
Although a new vocab-
ulary is needed to "define"
contemporary anti-
Jewishness, he said, it "can
best be defined as the dis-
crimination against, or de-
nial of, national particular-
ity anywhere, whenever
that national particularity
happens to be Jewish."
7 Chosen for '84 Induction
to Jewish Hall of Fame
NEW YORK — Seven
Jewish athletes, including
three from the United
States, have been selected
for induction into the Inter-
national Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame in Israel.
The Americans named by
the selection committee are
Abel Kiviat, silver medalist
in the 1,500 meter dash dur-
ing the 1912 Olympics;
former World Light-
Heavyweight Champion
Maxie Rosenbloom; and
George J. Gulack, who cap-
tured an Olympic gold
medal in 1932 in the gym-
nastics competition.
Others chosen for induc-
tion to the hall in 1984 in-
clude Russian discus
throWer Mrs. Faina Melnik,
winner of the 1977 World
Cup competition; Paul
Neumann, an Austrian
swimmer who took the gold
medal in the 500 meter
freestyle event at the 1896
Olympics; Alexandre
Lippman of France, winner
of five medals in fencing
competition during the
1908, 1912, .1920 and 1924
Olympic Games; and Sir
Ivor Goldsmith Montagu of
England, who served as
president of the English
Table Tennis Association
from 1922 to 1931 and from
1958 to 1965.
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