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Their lies, their viciousness,
•their disregard for human
life, their callousness and
their cruelties have become
imbedded in the daily fare we
are served in our newspapers
and on television.
There are wars going on
without an end. There is
cheating and deceiving as a

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MANDELL BERMAN

Special to The Jewish News

T

he holiday of Rosh
Hashanah is joyous for
Jews around the
world. It is the time to usher
in the New Year and to reflect
on the events of the year pat.
No such reflection can help
but focus on the release of
tens of thousands of Jews
who, after years of struggling,
have finally been granted per-
mission to leave the Soviet

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strive to find innovative and
thoughtful ways of reaching
out to these individuals who
seek our help and guidance so
that they may all continue to
experience meaningful
Jewish lives.
We must also continue to
strengthen our ties with the
State of Israel and its people.
Our commitment to a strong
Jewish homeland in Israel re-
mains constant.
On behalf of the Council of
Jewish Federations, we ex-
tend our heartfelt wishes to
all of you for a healthy and
prfosperous 5750. IiShana
Tovah!

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Illionis Requires
Shoah Studies

ROOT FOR
THE UNDERDOG

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Fifty years have changed
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matter of course. Symbols of
stability and emotional at-
tachment are swept away by
politicians and by courts.
There is doubt in our hearts
and questions on our minds.

Mandell Berman

Union. The vital role played
by our Federations in helping
obtain their release, and in
making their resettlement
transition as smooth as possi-
ble, will forever stand as a
shining moment for us all.
The year ahead will be one in
which our efforts on their
behalf will continue
unabated.
Here in our Jewish com-
munities, we have been faced
with a variety of issues affec-
ting different populations —
the elderly, youth and college-
age students, single-parent
households, the unaffiliated,
intermarried couples, among
others. Our Federations, to-
gethet with your Council of
Jewish Federations, must

Mandell Berman of Detroit is
president of the Council of
Jewish Federations.

Chicago (JTA) — Legisla-
tion requiring public schools
in Illinois to include
Holocaust education in their
curriculum was signed into
law recently by Gov. James
Thompson.
The law, known as House
Bill Three, was drafted with
the help of the Holocaust
Memorial Foundation of
Illinois.
It stipulates that public
elementary and high schools
teach the events leading up to
and including the Holocaust
as a requirement for
graduation.

ADL Chastizes
India Award

New York — The Anti-
Defamation League has told
the Indian government that
presentation of its Jawaharlal
Nehru Award to Palestine
Liberation Organization
leader Yassir Arafat was
"outrageous and beyond ex-
cuse," particularly because
this award goes to an in-
dividual who promotes 'inter-
national understanding and
goodwill.'
In a letter to Indian Foreign
Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao,
ADL leaders Burton S. Levin-
son and Abraham H. Foxman
pointed out that Arafat