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that the store has not receiv-
ed any calls of complaint
about the move.
Borman also stressed that
the right of Jews to leave the
Soviet Union is a policy
strongly supported by the
company.
"Every single Jewish ex-
ecutive at this company sup-
ports the right of Jews to
leave (the Soviet Union) and
we will never relinquish that
belief," Borman said. "I and
several members of my fami-
ly" participated in last year's
March on Washington for
Soviet Jewry.
Both the Union of Councils
for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) and
the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry (NCSY) say Gor-
bachev's policies have done
little for Soviet Jews.
Pam Cohen, national presi-
dent of the UCSJ, called
Jewish support of Soviet
groups' visit to the United

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States "unconscionable."
By supporting a govern-
ment-controlled group like
the Moscow Circus, American
Jews are "perpetrating the
Soviet position against the
legitimization of Jewish
culture in the Soviet Union,"
she said.
"They're undermining
everything Soviet Jews are
trying to do," Cohen added.
"It's very, very dangerous and
very tragic."
The NCSY and UCSJ con-
tinue to encourage Jewish ac-
tivists to use U.S. visits by
Soviet groups as an oppor-
tunity to address human
rights.
"We should continue our
policy of welcoming these
visiting groups as oppor-
tunities to engage them in
issues and to bring attention
to the plight of Soviet Jews,"
reads a NCSY statement on
U.S.-Soviet exchanges.

Nativity Scene Battle
Is Already Heating Up

DAVID HOLZEL

Staff Writer

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hristmas is coming
early this year.
It's only October
and already the annual
yuletide battle has begun be-
tween the Michigan branch of
the American Civil Liberties
Union and several area
municipalities who want to
display a nativity scene on
public property.
Federal Judge Barbara
Hackett's decision is expected
on the ACLU's suit against
Clawson. U.S. District Judge
James Harvey last week rul-
ed that Warren's creche is
constitutional. Cases against
Dearborn and Westland also
are pending.
This new Christmas tradi-
tion is a result of a 1984
Supreme Court decision
which allowed the city of
Pawtucket, R.I., to display its
nativity scene because it was
surrounded by "non-
religious" symbols of
Christmas.
"The Court didn't give very
many guidelines," said Paul
Denenfeld, legal director of
the Michigan ACLU.
Area municipalities cite the
Pawtucket ruling in defense
of their holiday displays. Each
of the four Michigan cities in
question includes decorations
other than a creche in their
displays.
The ACLU contends that
the creches "give the im-
proper seal of approval to one
religion — Christianity," ac-
cording to Denenfeld. Govern-

ment sponsorship of religion
is a violation of the U.S. Con-
stitution's First Amendment
.which forbids the establish-
ment of a state religion.
Denenfeld said the flurry of
litigation is the result of suits
the ACLU filed last
Christmas.
In the Warren case, Judge
Harvey ruled the display "did
not pose the kind of danger
that the First Amendment
clause was intended to pro-
tect," a court spokesman said.
Warren's creche is sur-
rounded by a Santa Claus,
snowmen, a Magen David

Warren's creche is
surrounded by a
Santa Claus,
snowmen and a
menorah with an
incorrect number
of candles.

and an ersatz menorah with
an incorrect number of
candles, the spokesman said.
But Judge Harvey did not
count the number of
"secular" items to determine
the constitutionality of the
display, the spokesman said.
The court decided that spirit
of the Pawtucket decision was
whether the display would
cause alarm in an ordinary
citizen. Judge Harvey ruled
that the Warren display did
not.
Clawson City Attorney Jon
Kingsepp said that, although
his municipality's display is

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