CONTENTS
OPINION
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CLOSE-U P
Soviet Future
Israel stands in way of V •.S.-Soviet detente
WALTER RUBY
Moscow has new signs of Jewish
culture, and old anti-Semitism.
and deflected American public opinion from lsrael's own
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By destabilizing
the U.S.-Soviet relationship, the Israeli
human
rights injustices.
lobby vras able to create the illusion that Israel was of critical
importance to our national security interests, and that
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University in Durham, N C.
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THE JACKSON-ann, Amendment, passed by the stratea has worked
s extremely well. American aid to Israel
BY THOMAS H. NAYLOR
States is one of the few countries that
Congress in 197 in response to pressure front Jewish now exceeds
trade sanctions to impose its political will
THE UNITED
'd more to chill U.S.-Soviet relauons and end
as
on
other
nations.
The effecti ess of such sanctions
en were is
s
in Afgbanistan consistently
wPs. than either the
. t' in'erentinn
highly doubtful. If the Jackson-V anik Arnendm
detente
effective
as
Jewish
leaders
claim,
why
has
it
taken
15
year
emigration problem? Is it possible that
or the declaration
of martial law in
ks most-favored-nation
o
that
the resolve
problem
might have gone away much soner if the
Poland. It lin or the So iet
to
the Jewis
t staus
trading
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legislation had not been quite so punitive? Isn't it likely
Export-import
Bank financing
the
3acksonNanik
Amendment
has
actually
exacerbated
Soviet trade to Soviet emigration poli-
the problem? If we feel a need to purish some country for its
cies ticularly to policies affecting
lack of concern for human rights, shotildn't Israel be
Soviet pars. As a result,Soviet imports
ew to full tariff rates, which put
considered as a candidate for such punishment? •
are subject
in
substantial disadvantage
Israel, after all, has one of the worst human rights
' hat enjoy
•world — a fact wInch
was recently noted
tries
them
at
_ BS annual report, onhun,
when compare°,
to coun
the
Naylor
most favored nation status and sell
cds.intate
ooniparable
igrarom
the Soviet
Between goods.
1968
and 1995,
nearly Union to the VI est. Tc_°,,
ed f ve been led to believe by Jewish
300,000 Jews emt
Contrary to what we ha
Double Identity
ELIZABETH KAPLAN
A Jewish journalist writes about
his life as a Palestinian.
Free Press , March 13.
F
or the last several
years, the relationship
between the Detroit
Free Press and the Jewish
community has been strained
at best. Two weeks ago, it ap-
peared to break open
completely.
The proverbial straw was
an "other voices" column by
Professor Thomas Naylor of
the economics department at
Duke University.
The column was so hateful
and as close to anti-Semitism
as a responsible paper has
printed that the Jewish com-
munity unleashed a barrage
of passionate letters to the
editor.
The Jewish Community
Council sent a delegation to
meet with Publisher David
Stroud's letter
eased the
atmosphere, but
then the Free
Press twice ran an
entire page of
letters defending
Naylor.
Lawrence and Editorial Page
Editor Joe Stroud and im-
mediately received an
apology. This was followed
with an apology by Stroud in
his regular Sunday column in
which he called the Naylor
piece unfair, wrong and
dangerous, admitting it
should have not been
published.
The letter eased the at-
mosphere somewhat but then
the Free Press, on two subse-
quent occasions, ran an entire
Berl Falbaum is a local
public relations executive and
former newspaper reporter.
page of letters defending the
Naylor viewpoint. Thus, back
to square one.
The episode is a sad one
because a responsible paper
has raised suspicion about its
motives and it may take some
time to regain the trust of the
Jewish community, a consti-
tuency, along with others, the
Free Press presumably
values.
many
are
There
unanswered questions about
this particular issue:
Why did the Free Press
publish the Naylor column in
the first place? Not only was
it unfair, wrong and
dangerous, as Stroud wrote,
but its bias could not have
escaped any editor.
Why would the Free Press
run a piece by an economics
professor from out of the
state? International politics is
not Naylor's forte — which he
proved beyond doubt — nor
was there a "local" angle
involved.
Why did Naylor send the
piece to the Free Press? Did he
believe, given its editorial
position, that this paper
would be more inclined than
other papers to publish such
inciteful material?
And, finally, why after ad-
mitting a mistake in
publishing the article, does
the Free Press run letters
defending it? If it was a
mistake why compound it?
What the Free Press should
have done is respond to the
letter writers that it was clos-
ing the case.
This was not a matter of
having "all voices heard."
It was not a matter of dif-
ferences of opinion on Middle
East politics. It was a matter
of reviving the Naylor piece
through the letters, some of
which repeated the unfor-
tunate and distasteful
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ANALYSIS
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After The Apology
Came The FP Thorns
BERL FALBAUM
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LIFE IN ISRAEL
Shamir's Love-In
HELEN DAVIS
The Solidarity Conference accomplished
some goals and left some questions.
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EDUCATION
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Wish List
HEIDI PRESS
On the eve of retirement, Iry Panush
has some thoughts on Jewish education.
BUSINESS
Hi-Tech Conference
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KIMBERLY LIFTON
Local Jewish businesses are targeted
by Israel's up-and-coming industries.
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ENTERTAINMENT
All That Zazz
MAIDA PORTNOY
Jeffrey Zaslow is competing head on
with advice queen Ann Landers.
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TEENS
Hopping For Homeless
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Machar BBG's sock hop
was a two-fold success.
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