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"Where You Come First"
Kosins
Uptown
Southfield Rd. at
11 1 /2 Mile • 559-3900
Big & Tall
Southfield at
101 /2 Mile • 569-6930
"from a convoluted British
system that the British don't
use anymore."
Clayman sees the Soviet
Jewry question "as just
emerging. American Jews
say, 'My God. If my parents
hadn't left in the 1920s, there
go I:
"The average Israeli says
there will never be another
ship of fools like the SS St.
Louis in 1940 with Jews who
have no place to go.
"Jewish leaders are saying
that thousands of Jews are
stuck in Rome" even though
they could go to Israel. For
this same reason, Clayman
said, Elie Wiesel is despised
in Israel while he is lionized
here.
Israelis and anti-Semites
share the belief that
American Jews are omnipo-
tent, he said. "They believe
we control the banks, that we
could have stopped George
Shultz in November from
beginning talks with the
PLO. American Jews didn't
stop Shultz, the Israelis
believe, because we were still
mad about the Who is a Jew
issue."
Clayman said Israelis are
bitter about the drop in
American Jewish tourism.
Kraar said his two years in
Israel taught him that many
of his preconceived ideas
brought from the United
States were wrong. "We think
we control the scenario in
Israel, but when we get there
we find ourselves a very small
part of the scenario .. .
"American Jews say, 'We've
given billions of dollars.
Doesn't that give us some con-
sideration?' The Israelis res-
pond, 'No. You can live here
and be equal partners.'
"Israel," he said, "is not
people on the streets selling
pencils. It is not the Israel of
40 years ago. Eighteen-year-
old. kids now know 10
languages and the country is
high-tech:'
Kraar compared American
Jewish philanthropy for
Israel to owning stock in a
company, with no strings at-
tached. American Jewry
"can't deal with Israel like it
is a kid and you withhold his
allowance when he's bad. The
kid has grown up."
Cutting donations and not
traveling to Israel is counter-
productive, Kraar argued.
"We can't criticize Israel in an
Op-Ed piece in the New York
Times, but you can in a
private room where we can
get some work done."
He said American Jews can-
not influence the Israeli
political process. "When Yit-
zhak Shamir comes here and
says things we don't like, he's
not speaking to us. He's
speaking to Israel and his
politics dictate his behavior."
Kraar urged American
Jews to exert subtle pressure
on the Israelis to change the
political system, to make the
Knesset directly elected by
the people.
The central problem with
the Israel-Diaspora relation-
ship, Kraar said, is "Israel
feels Israel is the center of
Jewish life. American Jews
feel Israel is a center . of
Jewish life."
The meeting, sponsored by
the American Jewish Con-
gress' local chapter and the
Jewish Community Council,
allowed written questions
from the audience.
In response to a question,
Clayman said Israel's election
`Can the PLO and
Likud move from
their non-starter
positions: a PLO
state and the
concept of Greater
Israel?'
proposal for the territories
has done much to help its bat-
tered image. "But hasbarah
(public relations) is secondary.
Like perfume, it smells good
but don't swallow it."
He said both the Palestine
Liberation Organization and
Israel's Likud Party are corn-
ing from non-starter positions
for peace: a Palestinian state
and the concept of Greater
Israel.
Clayman described Israel
as a mink coat: "It is suppos-
ed to look good and feel com-
fortable." He said some
American Jews are annoyed
with Israel because its crea-
tion has not eliminated anti-
Semitism. "There's not much
to be ashamed of by my own
accounting, but is Israel less
than perfect? Yes:'
German Bias
Is Charged
Bonn (JTA) — A prominent
member of the opposition
Green Party has accused the
government of discriminating
against Jews who come to
West Germany as refugees
from the Soviet Union and
other Eastern European
countries.
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin, a
cochairperson of the Green's
parliamentary faction, alleg-
ed that only Jews among
refugees from the East are
singled out to undergo
"humiliating procedures" in
order to "prove" their Ger-
man origins.
She charged that this
demonstrated a "double stan-
dard" and "bias!'