strategic considerations in
going ahead with the project,
but on our return after its
tremendous success, we find
the prevailing view in the
American Jewish commun-
ity to be hopelessness about
the fate of Jewish renewal,
as if there are no resources
for Soviet Jews to draw on —
no inner strength, no outer
allies, no objective political
changes. It's as if American
Jewry views the Pamyat an-
ti-Semites and Russian na-
tionalists (hardly a united
bunch) as the inevitable vic-
tors and the Jews as people
doomed to repeat forever the
cycle of victimization.
That's an easy trap to fall
into, especially in the middle
of a huge fund-raising cam-
paign to support Israeli ab-
sorption of the emigres, but
many Jewish leaders have
endorsed this view, telling
us that aid to the Jews who
stay isn't a priority for
resources even in the face of
growing anti-Semitism.
The idea of "Jew as eternal
victim" is one of the stereo-
types of Jewish passivity
c 7)
that our film festival was
created to dispel. Soviet
Jews who worked with us
and saw the films clearly
identified with the message
of resistance. An embattled
Soviet magazine editor put it
best. I asked him if he was in
trouble after his magazine's
breakthrough publication of
Solzhenitsyn. In a thick
Russian accent, he said, "Is
no trouble. Is a fight!"
Soviet Jews have a fight on
their hands against anti-
Semitism, but emigration
isn't and must not be their
only option or resource.
Even if hundreds of
thousands leave, many more
will stay and Soviet Jewry
will remain the world's third
largest Jewish community.
The outcome of their
struggle is by no means clear
or foreordained. It's a fight,
and the Soviet Jews who
stay need and deserve our
serious support. ❑
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Pro-Israeli Activist
Convicted On Violations
TOM TUGEND
Special to The Jewish News
M
ichael Goland, a
maverick pro-Israel
activist, was con-
victed May 3 on a charge of
violating federal election
laws to ensure the 1986 re-
election of Sen. Alan
Cranston (D-Calif.), one of
Israel's stoutest congres-
sional supporters.
Goland was convicted in
federal court here on one
count of making an illegal
political donation, while the
jury acquitted him on four
other counts of conspiracy
and deadlocked on a felony
false-statement count.
Sentencing was set for
July 16, with Goland facing
up to one year in jail and a
$360,000 fine.
According to court
testimony in the convoluted
case, Goland secretly and il-
legally funneled $120,000 to
a fringe right-wing can-
didate in the 1986 senatorial
race in California.
The alleged aim was to
siphon enough conservative
votes away from the Repub-
lican contender, Ed Zschau,
to assure the victory of
Cranston, a Democrat. As it
turned out, the fringe can-
didate took just enough
votes away from Zschau to
clinch Cranston.
Last year, Goland was
tried on the same charges,
but the trial ended with a
deadlocked jury.
Goland is a wealthy 43-
year-old businessman who
has played a somewhat
mysterious role in pro-Israel
causes over many years. He
is credited with a major role
in the defeat in 1984 of
Republican Senator Charles
Percy of Illinois, who was
not considered a friend of
Israel, by personally con-
tributing $1.1 million to
Percy's victorious opponent,
Democrat Paul Simon.
Goland is a frequent
visitor to Israel and is re-
ported to have contributed
heavily to the Hebrew Uni-
versity and its Hecht syn-
agogue, as well as to
Hadassah Hospital. He is
also believed to have major
business interests in Israel,
including a $6 million in-
vestment in solar energy de-
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