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Farrakhan speech in DC
criticized. by Jewish leaders
New York (JTA) —
American Jewish leaders
were critical of the National
Press Club in Washington
this week for providing
Black Muslim leader Louis
Farrakhan with a platform
for his anti-Israel and anti-
Jewish rhetoric and the
American Jewish Congress
renewed its call on the Rev.
Jesse Jackson to repudiate
his political ally and sup-
porter.
"People pay attention to
FatTakhan only because of
Jesse Jackson's refusal to
repudiate his anti-Semitic
associate," Theodore Mann,
president of the AJCongress
said Tuesday. "Otherwise
they would utterly ignore
Farrakhan's extremist
rantings. It is high time
that Jesse Jackson, once
and for all, unambiguously
repudiate Louis Farrakhan
personally."
Farrakhan, the head of
the Chicago-based Nation of
Islam group spoke Monday
for 90 minutes at a luncheon
sponsored by the press club.
During his speech and later
during a question and an-
swer session with reporters,
he renewed his attacks on
Judaism and Israel.
Farrakhan, calling
American Jewish leader-
ship "spiritually blind," ac-
cused them of having an
"abnormal" power over the
United States government.
Farrakhan also said that
"the Israel that is the crea-
tion of the Zionists" is based
on, falsehood and cannot
exist when truth comes." He
said American blacks are
the "real Israel" and the
"real chosen people."
The entrance to the Na-
tional Press Building and
the club itself, as well as the
dining room where Far-
rakhan spoke were guarded
by Farrakhan's followers.
All persons entering the
dining room had to , go
through an airport-type
metal detector. The same
security.. precautions were
followed during Far-
rakhan's appearance in De-
troit last week.
Farrakhan based his at-
tack on Jewish leadership
on what he said was the use
of its power to force the Se-
nate and governmental
leaders to condemn him
after he made his speech
calling Judaism a "gutter"
"religion and force the Rev.
Jesse Jackson to repudiate
him in order to gain a place
at the Democratic National
Convention. Farrakhan
claimed that he referred to
Judaism as a "dirty" reli-
gion, not "gutter."
When Farrakhan was
asked whether he feels he
owed anyone an apology, he
declared: "No, I don't think I
owe anyone any apology.
Those that brought our
fathers into slavery owe us
more than an apology. They
owe us justice."
Nathan Perlmutter, di-
rector of the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
'Frith, said that by provid-
ing Farrakhan "with a bul-
lhorn for his raving, the
press is magnifying his sig-
nificance. The result is print
pollution . . . It's high time
for the press to brake the
round of outrageous ravings
from Farrakhan and indig-
nant responses from Jews.
It can do so by simply refus-
ing to serve as his
megaphone."
Albert Chernin, execu-
tive vice chairman of the
National Jewish Commu-
nity Relations Advisory
Council, assailed the press
club for "providing a known
bigot with a platform .. .
Fortunately, Americans re-
gardless of race or religion,
overwhelmingly find his
views repugnant."
The
press
club's
president, John Fogarty,
who is Washington bureau
chief of the San Francisco
Chronicle, defended the de-
cision to allow the Black
Muslim leader to speak and
said that if the opportunity '
had been provided, he would
have invited Hitler to ad-
dress the club. Fogarty also
said he would allow Rabbi
Meir Kahane, the New
York-born leader of the ex-
tremist right-wing Kach
movement in Israel, to ad-
dress the club now that
Kahane has been elected to
the Knesset
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep.
Bobbi Fiedler, (R-Calif.)
said this week that the
anti-Semitic atmosphere
created by Jackson and Far-
rakhan has been a "painful
experience" for many adults
and children.
"It has hurt a lot of people
who feel vulnerable in their
own community," the
Jewish Congresswoman
said at a Washington press
conference called to support
the proposal by Sen. Alfonse
D'Amato (R-NY) that the
Republican Party platform
contain a plank condemn-
ing anti-Semitism and all
forms of bigotry.
Rep. Fiedler said that the
anti-Semitic tone has
"created a climate of
separatism between people
who historically had strong
relationships with one an-
other. It is something that
hurts our society as a
whole."
The platform plank pro-
posed by Sen. D'Amato
states: "In view of recent
events and the statements
of prominent political per-
sonalities the Republican
Party takes this opportu-
nity to reaffirm its adher-
ence to pluralistic princi-
ples and to totally repudiate
and disassociate itself from
those who preach all forms
of hatred, bigotry, racism
and anti-Semitism."
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