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Stavisky, who was born in Nicaragua and whose family owned a complex of factories manufacturing textiles and candy, recalls that for a period of 18 months prior to the San- dinista triumph, he received calls threatening his life. He was held at gunpoint and told, "Next time we'll get you, Jew!' The walls of his fac- tories were scrawled with graffiti reading "Death to the Jews: Isaac will be killed. Beware of Sandinista Justice!' He, like many of the other members of the small Nicaraguan Jewish com- munity, was the victim of an anti-Semitic campaign entail- ing harassment, intimida- tion, and confiscation, sanc- tioned and carried out by the Sandinista government. The recent change in gover- ment, however, creates the possibility that Jewish com- munal life may be reestab- lished in Nicaragua. The Chamorro government has issued a decree which allows for the return of or compensa- tion for some property and businesses confiscated by the Sandinistas. Stavisky and other Nicaraguan Jews hope to regain businesses and homes seized over a decade ago by the Sandinistas. Kurt Preiss, President of the Nicaraguan Jewish com- munity in exile, is now at work restoring his leather tannery which was con- fiscated and fell into a state of decay under the San- dinistas. He commutes from Miami, spending one week a month in Nicaragua to super- vise the reconstruction of his business and the tanning of hides for export. Within a few months he plans to transfer to Rabbi Rosenthal is director of the Latin American Affairs Department of the Anti- Defamation League Nicaragua a handbag factory which he established as an exile in Miami. The Nicaraguan govern- ment has invited members of the community to reclaim ti- tle to the sole synagogue in Nicaragua. It was confiscated by the Sandinistas and is cur- rently under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism. Nicaraguan Jewish leaders intend to take possession of the building once there are enough Jews in Nicaragua to form a "minyan," the quorum of 10 Jewish worshippers re- quired for organized services. At its peak, the Jewish com- munity of Nicaragua numbered about 50 families, with most dedicated to farm- ing, manufacturing, and retail sales. Jews from Eastern and Central Europe came to Nicaragua in the ear- ly part of this century seeking business or job opportunities and, later, asylum from the Nazis. The harassment of Jews by the Sandinista front began even before its seizure of power in 1979. Jewish families received abusive and threatening phone calls from people who identified themselves as Sandinistas. Threats such as these were underscored by a firebombing attack by the Sandinistas on the synagogue in Managua during Friday-night services in December, 1978. None of the worshippers was hurt, but the building suffered some damages. Subsequently, the synagogue was confiscated and assigned to the Associa- tion of Sandinista Children to be used for social purposes. Nicaraguan Jews attribute the campaign against them to Sandinista enmity towards Israel. The authoritarian government of Anastasio Somoza, toppled by the San- dinistas, had received military support from Israel. In addition, the Sandinista' close-knit relations with the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization, which invloved PLO training and funding of San- dinista revolutionaries, was documented in a 1983 U.S government report. Under the Sandinistas, the Nicaraguan government's relations with the PLO were consolidated and the anti- Israel campaign intensified. In 1980, the PLO was granted an "embassy" in Managua and its representatives were accorded full diplomatic status. The Israeli am- bassador, however, was not