AJ Committee
Fires Rosenberg
Washington (JTA) — The
American Jewish Committee
has fired its Washington
representative, M.J. Rosen-
berg, after six months on the
job, allegedly because of his ar-
ticle published in the New
York Timesdefending Israel's
role in the Iran arms affair.
Jewish newspapers report
that David Gordis, AJCommit-
> tee executive vice president,
acknowledged that Rosenberg
was dismissed two weeks ago,
but said "it was due to an evolv-
ing incompatibility with the
organization" and "had noth-
ing to do with the New York
Times piece."
Rosenberg previously was
editor of Near East Report, a
weekly newsletter published
by the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, the major
pro-Israel lobby. He declined to
comment publicly on his dis-
missal from his $82,000-a-year
job on the advice of his attor-
ney.
Sources close to Rosenberg
claim that AJCommittee
threatened to fire him if he
published the article, which
\, appeared on the Times' op-ed
page last month. They also al-
leged that AJCommittee re-
fused to print Rosenberg's de-
fense of Israeli soldiers who
wounded two Arab youths in a
West Bank riot. That piece was
set for AJCommittee's bi-
weekly newsletter, Washing-
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New York (JTA) — Former
Soviet Prisoner of Conscience
Iosif Begun arrived in
Moscow last week following
his release from Chistopol
Prison in the Tatar Republic
of the USSR. He was par-
doned after serving three
years for "anti-Soviet ac-
tivities" as a result of his
teaching of Hebrew.
Begun was met at the
Moscow train station by
throngs of supporters in the
Jewish movement and hoisted
on their shoulders in a
jubilant celebration. The
Hebrew song "Heveinu
Shalom Aleichem" could be
heard reverberating through
the streets of the Soviet
capital.
Begun, an observant Jew,
chose not to desecrate the
Sabbath by traveling after his
release from prison Friday
morning. Instead, he and his
wife Irma, and son Boris
spent Shabbat in a hotel near
the prison. Begun said he had
not yet heard from Soviet
authorities regarding a visa
to leave for Israel.
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