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from
Russia. At various times
Soviet authorities have
repressed it, and at various
times Soviet authorities have
repressed it, and at various
times they have used it for
domestic and political pur-
poses. But whatever it is, it's
generally masked by using
code words or metaphors."
Since the early 1950s, the
word Zionist was introduced
in the Soviet Union and has
become synonymous with
Jews.
Endelman also explored
the relationship between
Muslims and Jews and the
image of the Jews in the Arab
world. "Before 1948, the Jews
were considered subservient,
degraded people, who were
contemptible and not able to
occupy the same positions of
status as the Muslims,"
Endelman said. "But that
traditional Muslim under-
standing of the place of the
Jews in the world was under-
mined by the creation of the
Jewish state and a number of
military victories by the
Israeli army."
To explain these victories,
"anti-Semitic themes borrow-
ed from Western civilization
have increasingly come to
play a role in Muslim think-
ing about Jews and Zionisth,"
he said. "No doubt, the war of
the Arab states has also been
a war against Jews."
Examples of blatant,
violent anti-Semitism have
popped up all over the world,
as Arab terrorists have at-
tacked innocent victims and
synagogues outside Arab
states, Endelman said. "They
were attacked simply because
they were Jews, not because
they were Zionists," he said.
In the United States, he
said there has been a taboo on
a public display of anti- -
Semitism in the past 30
Years, but there is a
reemergence under a dif-
ferent name.
"Things have changed, and
no one can openly bait Jews
or engage in any type of
religious bigotry in the
United States. And although
there is no more widespread
occupational discrimination
against Jews, there is no
taboo on the use of code
words."
Now Edelman said, one can
openly attack Zionism, Amer-
ican Zionism and "Zionist
Law," and it is perfectly accep-
table. "Where it used to be
done by extreme radical
groups, it is beginning to
penetrate even in the more
popular center of the political
spectrum."
Criticism of Zionism, he
said, has become "an accep-
table way of expressing
dislike for the Jews. Up until
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the 20th century, Christians
had been accustomed to
thinking of Jews as a people
without power and a people
who occupied a subservient
place within society.
"The creation of a sovereign
Jewish political state uproots
this traditional Christian
understanding. For many,
there is something not quite
right about the notion of
Jewish political sovereignty."
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Center Starts
Fund For Arts
The Jewish Community
Center announces the
establishment of the Charles
H. Gershenson Arts Fund.
Mr. Gershenson, a past presi-
dent of the Center, had a deep
interest in the arts, par-
ticularly in music.
Income from the fund will
be used initially to sponsor
the Young Artist's Corn-
petiton, held annually at the
Center. It also will be used for
any other musical scholarship
purposes by and for the
Center.
Wine Will
Review Books
The Center for New Think-
ing will feature Sherwin
Wine who will review An-
thony Storr's Solitude: A
Return to the Self on Sunday
at 2:30 p.m. A review of
Stephen Hawking's A Brief
History of Time will take
place Thursday at 10 a.m.
Both presentations will
take place in the Somerset
Mall auditorium. They are
open to the public.
There is a fee. For informa-
tion, call Susan Levin,
352-0264.
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Cafe Ivri
Open At Center
Cafe Ivri, an informal
gathering where only Hebrew
is spoken, meets every week-
day (except for holidays) at
the Maple/Drake Building of
the Jewish Community
Center. People who want to
maintain and utilize their
ability to speak Hebrew meet
at Sperber's Cafeteria each
noon to engage in
conversation.
The discussions are led by
an Israeli host of the day and
are intended for individuals
with at least an intermediate
level of Hebrew language
skills. Listeners are also
welcome. For information,
call Yefet Ozery, 661-5440; or
Rachel Canaan Kapen,
626-2907.
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