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the kind of organization that
never hosts a bagel
breakfast where we sit
around saying how awful
everything is," he said. In-
stead, Tagar takes an ac-
tivist posture.
Among Mr. Blow's first
projects with Tagar was con-
structing a display on the
campus Diag to publicize the
Palestinians' attack on an
Israeli bus that left tourists
and citizens dead.
He also wrote numerous
letters to the Michigan Daily
when the student paper
began running anti-Israel
editorials. Among the pieces
to which Mr. Blow objected
were those comparing
Israel's treatment of Pales-
tinians to the Nazi hatred of
Jews, and an editorial claim-
ing Israel had resettled E-
thiopian Jews only to
displace Palestinians.
Mr. Blow and other mem-
bers of Tagar made weekly
appearances at the Michigan
Daily offices, where they
complained about the edito-
rials. "We chewed them
out," he said.
Last year, Mr. Blow joined
a Tagar counter-protest, cre-
ated in response to a Pales-
tinian demonstration
against a Jewish National
Fund speaker. The Arabs
"didn't give a rip about the
JNF," Mr. Blow said. "They
were there to protest Israel."
In response to the Palesti-
nians, Tagar members
"stood out in the snow, sing-
ing Zionist songs." Then
members devised a plan to
counter anti-JNF demon-
strations and answer, at the
same time, editorials in the
Michigan Daily: Every time
the paper ran a factually in-
correct or anti-Semitic
letter, Tagar would plant a
tree in Israel.
In the fall of 1989, Tagar
planted 60 trees.
Mr. Blow, who keeps a
notebook to record his
thoughts on his regular
Torah and New Testament
readings, also is responsible
for preparing materials for
Tagar's educational
workshops. These include a
recent presentation on cur-
rent Arab anti-Israel pro-
paganda, which Mr. Blow
said closely reflects tradi-
tional European anti-
Semitism.
He is a contributor to Pro-
spect: A Jewish Student
Journal at U-M. A recent
piece was called "Christian,
Zionist and Proud."
With 32 active members,
including several other non-
Jews, Tagar makes a point of
not becoming involved in
Israel's political decisions,
Mr. Blow said.
''
"We're not Israeli citizens.
We don't fight in the Israeli
army nor do our children
fight in the Israeli army," he
said. "Our lives are not on
the line."
But it is, in part, politics
that drives Mr. Blow's
dedication to Israel. He be-
lieves Israel is an important
strategic ally for the United
States, "and it's painfully
clear the Arabs would wipe
it off the map if they could."
He's also passionate about
Zionism for moral reasons.
Mr. Blow said that during
World War II President
Franklin Roosevelt "knew
exactly what was going on in
Eastern Europe, and he
didn't lift a finger.
"Can I condemn that? Yes,
because I can say I would
have done differently, and I
can prove it."
As part of his work with
Tagar, Mr. Blow is keeping a
close eye on beleaguered
Jewish communities like
Yemen and Ethiopia. He
said he will never forget
reading the first account of
Operation Moses, when E-
thiopian Jews were airlifted
to Israel.
"It was so vivid," he said.
"I could almost see the
planes coming in in the
bright Mediterranean sun
and the dust kicked up by
the engines.
"I could feel the quiet on
the airplane as it neared
Israel and see the welcoming
committee after it landed —
the uprising and the jubila-
tion. Many of the Ethiopian
Jews kissed the earth when
they arrived in Israel. When
I read this, I wanted to be
there to see it." ❑
MSU Hillel
Hosts Ida Nudel
Ida Nudel will speak on
"My Years as a Refusenik" 7
p.m. Nov. 25 in the MSU
Union Gold Room. Ms. Nudel
was a sixteen year Soviet
refusenik and was known as
the "Guardian Angel" of
other dissidents. She also is
the author of A Hand in the
Darkness: The Autobiography
of a Refusenik. There is a
charge for non-students.
This event is sponsored by
the Greater Lansing Jewish
Welfare Federation, B'nai
B'rith Hillel Jewish Student
Center, ASMSU Funding
Board, Congregation Kehillat
Israel, Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, MSU Women's Studies
Program, ASMSU Women's
Council, James Madison Col-
lege and the MSU Graduate
School.
For information, call Jen-
nifer Epstein, 332-1916.