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1 INSIDE WASHINGTON I-
Rep. Traficant Questions
OSI Ruling On Demjanjuk
JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
I
n recent years, the Office
of Special Investigations,
the Justice Department
unit charged with in-
vestigating Nazi war
criminals, has been under
siege by organizations
representing Eastern Euro-
pean ethnic groups.
Now, Rep. James A. Trafi-
cant, D-Ohio, has taken up
the anti-OSI chorus. In a let-
ter to Attorney General Dick
Thornburgh, Traficant
challenged OSI over the case
of John Demjanjuk, the
retired Cleveland auto worker
accused of being "Ivan the
Terrible," the notorious guard
at the Treblinka death camp.
Demjanjuk was extradited to
Israel in 1986; he is appealing
a death sentence in the
Israeli courts.
In the letter, Traficant refer-
red to his doubts whether
Demjanjuk was in fact respon-
sible for the acts of brutality
cited at his trial.
More importantly, Traficant
argued that Norman
Moscowitz, a former pro-
secutor in the Demjanjuk
John Demjanjuk:
Gets support.
case, was implicated in "a
serious obstruction of justice."
Traficant called for a
Justice Department in-
vestigation of OSI, and in par-
ticular of his handling of the
Demjanjuk case. In a separate
letter to Rep. Bruce Morrison,
D-Conn., chairman of the
House Subcommittee on Im-
migration, Refugees and In-
ternational Law, Traficant
called for a congressional in-
quiry into OSI's handling of
the affair.
There are persistent reports
that an internal investigation
of OSI is in the works inside
the Justice Department,
although department
spokesmen will not confirm
or deny these stories.
The
Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith is
preparing a response to Trafi-
cant's complaints. "Basically,
there is nothing new in the
issues he raises," said Jess
Hordes, Washington repre-
sentative for the group. "But
the fact that these questions
were raised by a U.S. con-
gressman demands a
response."
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Plans for a unique fund-
raising event for Mazon, the
Jewish group devoted to the
growing problem of hunger,
are moving ahead with a
speed that has surprised even
the developers of the project.
Several months ago, a group
of Jewish activists decided to
do something for Mazon,
which raises most of its
money by voluntary contribu-
tions based on a proportion of
the costs of wedding recep-
tions, bar mitzvah parties and
the like.
But an underlying purpose
of the event was to promote a
new activism by young
Jewish professionals, and to
establish new networks for
the funding of worthy causes
in the Jewish community.
"It's all jelling better than
we hoped for," said Jonathan
Kessler, a long-time Jewish
activist and one of the
originators of the idea. "We
started out with a core group
of 30 young people; they
reached out to their friends,
and the response has been
truly phenomenal."
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developed the idea for a
classic Washington black-tie
dinner with a twist; despite
all the trappings of a formal
meal, no food will be served at
the event, scheduled for Nov.
30.
At a recent Washington
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Rep. Henry Waxman, D-
Calif., was slated to give a pep
talk. "But when I see this tur-
nout, I don't know what I can
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AJCongress Backs
More Religious Rights
In an unusual political
alliance, Agudath Israel of
America and the American
Jewish Congress have team-
ed up to promote a bill expan-
ding the rights of Orthodox
Jews in the workplace.
Agudah is known for its
conservative views on a wide
range of domestic issues; the
AJCongress is among the
most liberal Jewish groups
active in Washington.
Under current law, Or-
thodox workers whose
religious beliefs prohibit
working on Saturdays and on
holidays have some protection
under law, according to Abba
Cohen, Agudath Israel's
Washington representative.
But in practice, the courts
have determined that
employers are only required
to offer a single "accommoda-
tion." And employers are ex-
empted from these re-
quirements if they can show
that such accommodations
would impose even a
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minimum hardship on their
business.
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