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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
INSIGHT
Conservative Jewish organ-
izations feared Meyer's out-
spoken, anti-military posi-
tions and denied him support.
They argued that the safety
of the Jewish community
would be threatened if Jews
took a strong, anti-
government stance.
During his 25 years in
Argentina, Meyer injected a
certain dynamism into the
stagnant Argentine Jewish
community. But it takes more
than one man to march
against apathy. Meyer's
charisma sparked the interest
of up to two thousand fami-
lies. By training a new breed
of rabbis at the seminary, he
will eventually reach more.
The two young rabbis who
have taken over Meyer's posi-
tion at Bet El continue to
draw large crowds of teen-
agers to their Friday night
services. But, said Rabbi
Mordechai Levin, "Parents
refuse to send their children
to Sunday school. They con-
sider it a waste of time. We
have had to reduce the prep-
aration for bar mitzvah to one
class a week for six months to
accommodate their other ac-
tivities."
Youthful enthusiasm at Bet
El, the new Reform temple,
and the seminary are excep-
tions to the norm. Of almost
90,000 Jewish youths, 10 per-
cent belong to a Jewish com-
munal institution. But most
of these are sports clubs that
have a social rather than a
religious or intellectual
function.
It is no coincidence that
Jews active in, the Alfonsin
government are relatively
secular. Religious Jews are
generally not among them
because they are not inter-
ested in politics. Thus,
politically active Jews usual-
ly have a tendency to assimi-
late—or have already done so.
With Alfonsin's govern-
ment receptive to the Jewish
community, the time seems
ripe for Argentine Jews to
regain their pride in their
heritage. And to transmit this
pride to their children. This
can only be achieved by de-
voting more resources to
Jewish education.
And how has Alfonsin
demonstrated his apprecia-
tion of the Jews? One of his
first actions as president was
to appoint Rabbi Meyer to a
National Committee on the
Disappeared that was man-
dated to gather data on the
atrocities that occurred under
the military regime. Alfonsin
and most of his cabinet re-
cently attended the 50th an-
niversary celebration dinner
of the DATA. The president
has also appointed Jews to
key positions in finance,
banking, economics and the
Supreme court. He permitted
the small Lubavitcher com-
munity to erect an enormous
Chanukah menorah in a fash-
ionable residential neighbor-
hood of Buenos Aires. He is
talking about a constitutional
reform, which, among other
things, will open the presiden-
cy to non-Catholics. And his
government has also intro-
duced courses on human
rights into the public educa-
tion system.
It is possible that the sud-
den high profile of Argentine
Jewry will initially lead to
more anti-Semitism, either
out of jealousy or because in-
volvement in Argentine eco-
nomic policy is thankless and
often leads to failure, and
failure begets scapegoats.
Jews can combat such anti-
Semitism by combining a
strong Jewish identity with
loyalty to their country.
Eventually, the combination
of a government that tries to
educate its poeple to be more
tolerant and Jews who are
proud of their heritage and
loyal to Argentina may foster
greater respect for Argentine
Jews. And this, in turn, will
nurture Jews' own self-
respect. ❑
Jewish Sites In
East Germany
To Be Restored
East Berlin (JTA) — Of-
ficial East German media
outlets have publicized restor-
ation efforts for a former
synagogue and a Jewish
cemetery ravaged by the
Nazis in the late 1930's, the
World Jewish Congress
reported here recently.
The East German News
Agency said the synagogue
on Berlin's Orienburger
street, which was set on fire
by the Nazis during the
Kristallnacht anti-Jewish
rampage of 1938, is to be
rebuilt on the basis of the ex-
isting structure. The recon-
struction project is to be in
line with the original build-
ing.
The press department of
the Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs reported the reopening
of the Adas Yisroel cemetery
in Berlin. "Members of the
Jewish communities in the
German Democratic Republic
and descendants of members
of this community, blotted
out by the Nazis in 1939,
. from the Federal Republic of
Germany, France, Great Bri-
tain, Israel, Sweden, Switzer-
land, the United States and
West Berlin took part in the
ceremony," the Foreign
Ministry said.
A memorial stone was in-
augurated bearing the names
of Jews killed in concentra-
tion camps whose urns were
installed in the cemetery be-
tween 1939 and 1942.