But those are not the only
reasons Jews voted for the
Salvation Front. They told
the JTA that Iliescu gave
them a sense of stability.
They also said living stan-
dards have already improv-
ed, though they would be
below the poverty line in
Western countries.
Jews were also acutely
sensitive to the personality
differences between Iliescu
and his rival, Ion Ratiu, the
72- year-old businessman
who heads the Peasant Par-
ty.
Iliescu, a short, squat man,
campaigned in his shirt
sleeves and seemed to most
Romanians, including the
country's 20,000 acknowl-
edged Jews, to be a guar-
antee against unknown and
possibly dangerous political
adventures.
Ratiu, who lived the last
50 years in Britain, where
he made a fortune in shipp-
ing, speaks with a faint
British accent and in-
variably appeared in a silk
suit and polka-dot bow tie.
He was a living caricature of
the prewar landed aristoc-
racy, which was the cradle of
Romanian anti-Semitism.
Chief Rabbi Rosen has
been the undisputed leader
of Romanian Jews for the
past 45 years. He obtained
exit visas for a half- million
of them who settled in Israel.
Although he was forced to
deal with Ceausescu, Rosen
remains a political and
moral force in the country.
As the minister for religious
affairs, Nicolae Stoicescu,
put it, Rosen is "the man
with whom we want to
deal." ❑

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