7 DESIGNS -IN DECORATOR LAMINATES FINALLY. A FAST, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF, FOREVER! The Situation Of Nicaraguan Jews A great deal of confusion sur- rounds the question of anti- semitism in Nicaragua. I would like to share some thoughts based upon my 20 years' in- volvement in Latin American studies, numerous professional contacts with scholars who know Nicaragua well, and my own re- search on the Jewish com- munities of Latin AmeriCa. Jews in Catholic countries live with a substantially higher rate of anti-semitism than do we who live in pluralistic societies such as the United States. Like fish swimming in water, many Latin American Jews are un- aware of this environmental anti-semitism, which excludes them from central institutions and social circles. For example, I would be deeply troubled if the U.S. Army were to cease com- missioning Jewish officers; many Argentine Jews are com- pletely untroubled by the exclu- sion of Jews from commissioned officer rank in their own army. As one Argentine Jew remarked to me: If I want a career in the army, I will go to Israel." A second factor to be aware of is that politics in Latin America is often a zero-sum game: per- sons on the losing side in a civil war are often forced to emigrate. It may not be fair, it is not democratic, but that is the way the game is played. In fact, exile is a humane alternative among far worse possibilities. In that light, Nicaraguan Jewish business persons who did business with Somoza (and everyone who did business in Nicaragua had to deal the dic- tator at hand) paid the same penalty as Nicaraguan non-Jews when Somoza fell. They were allowed to leave the country, but they lost their property. Both these situations are well known to any Jew who lives in Latin America: there is a con- tinuous high level of anti- semitism derived from the cul- ture; and a turn of the political wheel will put the outs in, the ins out. There is absolutely no surprise here. Whey, then, has the fate of Nicaraguan Jews become the subject of such heated debate in the U.S.? Because President Re- agan chose to make it one. We are therefore entitled to ask why he chose to do so. The Jews of Syria, for example, are more numerous and in worse shape. The President posed the situa- tion of Nicaraguan Jewish exiles as a matter of freedom of reli- gion for one reason only: to line us all up behind his policy of financing and supporting the counterrevolutionary force in Nicaragua, whom he calls free- dom fighters. The real issue for North American Jews is not whether there is anti-semitism in Nicaragua; and not whether Somoza's supporters were com- pelled to leave the country. 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