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Dinkins Defends Tutu,
Jackson And Mandela
New York (JTA) — New
York Mayor David Dinkins
defended Jesse Jackson,
Nelson Mandela and Bishop
Desmond Tutu, while at the
same time criticizing Israel
for its relations with South
Africa, in a speech he
delivered on black-Jewish
relations April 3.
"In truth, there has never
been an absolute consensus
between our two com-
munities," Dinkins said.
"What we have had is a
remarkable degree of
agreement on the ends we
seek, if not always the
means by which we would
arrive at those ends."
The mayor was addressing
a select crowd of prominent
Jewish and black commun-
ity leaders, who were
assembled at Hebrew Union
College to view a new photo
documentary exhibit,
"Blacks and Jews: the
American Experience, 1654-
1989."
While Dinkins made refer-
ence to the "historic alli-
ance" between African and
Jewish Americans — in-
cluding the 1909 formation
of the NAACP, the civil
rights cases of the 1940s and
'50s, the '60s marches and
the deaths of Schwerner,
Chaney and Goodman — he
also addressed some of the
black positions and issues
that have been sore points in
the black-Jewish relation-
ship.
While Dinkins admitted
that Jewish apprehension
over Jesse Jackson's
"Hymietown" remarks "is
understandable," he said
that the black politician had
"humbled himself" at the
1984 Democratic National
Convention.
Dinkins also defended
South African black leaders
Nelson Mandela and Bishop
Desmond Tutu, both of
whom recently upset the
American Jewish commun-
ity by equating the struggles
of the Palestinians and black
South Africans.
"It is legitimate for Jews
to be concerned about those
comments, and to seek a dia-
logue on this and other
issues," Dinkins said. "But
displeasure with the com-
ments can be expressed in a
way that will not lead to any
interpretation that the Jew-
ish community is displeased
with the anti-apartheid
struggle."
Dinkins noted African-
American dismay over
Israel's past relations with
South Africa, saying Israel
cut its military ties to the
apartheid regime only after
objections were raised in the
United States.
Musicians Need Funds
For First Soviet Tour
Tel Aviv (JTA) — An
Italian tenor's sore throat
has jeopardized the Israeli
Philharmonic Orchestra's
first-ever tour of the Soviet
Union.
The IPO, scheduled to per-
form in Moscow,. Leningrad
and Riga later this month,
planned to finance the
junket with receipts from a
concert here featuring the
immensely popular Luciano
Pavarotti as solo vocalist.
But Pavarotti had to
cancel because of a sudden
attack of bronchitis, accor-
ding to an IPO announce-
ment.
He called off appearances
in London, Austria and
Hungary as well, the IPO
said, which was small con-
solation to the fans to whom
it refunded the price of ad-
vance ticket sales.
That left Israel's premier
orchestra short of funds for
the Soviet tour, even though
its director-conductor Zubin
Mehta and violin virtuoso
ltzhak Perlman agreed to
forgo their usual honoraria.
The IPO still hopes to find
a patron to pay transporta-
tion expenses.
Mehta, meanwhile, is ar-
ranging auditions for poten-
tial IPO players among Jew-
ish musicians in the Soviet
Union, who may consider
immigrating to Israel.
Neo-Nazis Fined
For Hate Acts
Bonn (JTA) — A court in
Hanover has fined four neo-
Nazi activists 3,500 marks
(about $2,000) each for in-
citement to racial discrim-
ination and for disturbances
at a rally of political oppo-
nents.
The state prosecution,
which pleaded for prison
terms of six months, said it
would study the possibility
of an appeal.