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Gas Masks Distributed,
Confusing Some Israelis

THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED
MUSICAL EVENT OF
THE FALL SEASON

PLAN NOW TO ATTEND:

Sunday, November 4, 1990, 7:30 p.m.
Masonic Temple Auditorium

FABULOUS STAR-STUDDED SHOW

YEHORAM GAON,
World-Acclaimed Actor,
Singer

Israel's foremost pop musical
artist, Yehoram Gaon played
the lead in "Kazablan," Israel's
longest running hit musical.
He has recorded 27 albums
and is the top star of Israeli
radio, television and motion
pictures.

THE RUSSIAN RHYTHMS OF KOLAN

Stars of "From Russia to Israel With Love," Kolan is a folklore ensemble
of Israel famous for its rich repertoire of Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew
songs. Led by Avi Shilo, the group is made up of four singers and a
pianist, all recently arrived Russian emigrants to Israel.

Special guest appearance — Yelena Levinskaya — formerly of
the Minsk Opera.

MAX SOSIN master of ceremonies
MACK PITT musical conductor

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Sidney Silverman, National President, ZOA

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

Tel Aviv (JTA) — The
distribution of gas masks to
the Israeli public began in
Tel Aviv and other large
cities last week but not
without some confusion be-
cause many residents did not
know where they could be
obtained.
That brought a flood of
telephone inquiries to the
special information centers
set up for the purpose.
Callers were advised to con-
sult their neighborhood
bulletin boards. A tour of
parts of Tel Aviv, however,
showed no such information
posted.
The authorities estimate
the nationwide distribution
of gas masks and poison gas

antidote kits to the entire
Israeli population of about
4.5 million will take six to
eight weeks.
The distribution is a
precautionary measure
taken in the wake of re-
peated threats of a chemical
warfare attack from Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein.
Though distribution was
originally scheduled to start
at the end of the year, it was
advanced after Mr. Hus-
sein's aggression against
Kuwait made the danger
more acute.
The distribution has al-
ready had a negative impact
on Israel's flagging tourist
industry, scaring off would-
be travelers.

Advocacy Groups Split
On Gorbachev's Nobel

Washington (JTA) — The
two major Soviet Jewry ad-
vocacy groups in the United
States are in sharp dis-
agreement over the awar-
ding of the 1990 Nobel Peace
Prize to Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev.
The National Conference
on Soviet Jewry welcomed
the announcement Monday
and cabled its congratula-
tions to Mr. Gorbachev. It
told the Soviet leader he had
"set into motion processes
that have produced fun-
damental changes in your
country."
Likewise in Ottawa, B'nai
B'rith Canada wrote a letter
to Soviet Ambassador Alexi
Rodionov, saying it is "with
great pleasure that we write
to extend congratulations"
to Mr. Gorbachev, who the
group said had "bravely
championed" momentous
changes in the Soviet Union.
But Pamela Cohen, presi-
dent of the Union of Councils
of Soviet Jews, said Mr. Gor-
bachev has not "carved out a
moral and ethical platform."
Mr. Gorbachev, who Ms.
Cohen called a "clever poli-
tician," has yet to demon-
strate that he is
"fundamentally committed
to instituting the rule of
law," she said.
She said many of Mr. Gor-
bachev's reforms were cre-
ated by Andrei Sakharov,
the late Soviet physicist and
human rights proponent
who received the Nobel Prize
in 1975.
The National Conference
has been hoping to meet
with Mr. Gorbachev. But

Ms. Cohen said her group
will not meet the Soviet
leader under any condition,
because it does not want to
accord him "the prestige of
meeting with us."

Housing Costs
Jump In Israel

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Soaring
housing costs due to Soviet
immigration led the cost-of-
living index to a sharp 2.1
percent rise in September,
the Central Bureau of
Statistics reported Monday.
Just over half of the in-
crease was attributed to a
5.7 percent hike in the ren-
tal or purchase prices of
homes and the . higher costs
of upkeep.
The rising prices are a
reflection of a surge in de-
mand created by the
thousands of Soviet Jews
who are arriving here each
month.
The September consumer
price increase brought the
annual inflation rate to just
under 20 percent.

Correction

The Nation of Islam's
Rev. Louis Farrakhan did
not speak at Michigan
State University this
week. The information
that he would speak at
MSU was incorrectly in-
cluded in Phil Jacob's
story Oct. 12 by an editor.
Rev. Farrakhan was in-
vited to MSU, but declin-
ed the invitation.

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