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Mass. Adopts Kosher,
Hate Crimes Legislation

Boston (JTA) — Two
unrelated issues of serious
concern to Jews were ad-
dressed by outgoing
Massachusetts Gov. Michael
Dukakis before he left office.
Among his last official
acts, the governor, who was
the 1988 Democratic presi-
dential candidate, signed
into law on Dec. 28 the Hate
Crimes Reporting Act,
which will require law en-
forcement agencies in the
state to keep detailed
records of bias-related
crimes.
On his final day of office,
Jan. 2, he signed a consumer
protection bill specifically
aimed at protecting con-
sumers of kosher foods and
products by tightening
regulations on their label-
ing, display and sale.
Massachusetts was, in
1882, the first state in the
Union to adopt laws protec-
ting the kosher consumer.
But the legislation had not
been revised since 1929.
One of the provisions of the
new law increases the fines
for mislabeling or misrepre-
senting non-kosher foods to
between $500 and $2,000.
Previously fines had ranged
from $10 to $100.
The Hate Crimes Repor-
ting Act, which goes into
effect 90 days after its sign-
ing, provides the police and
district attorneys with an-
other tool to fight crimes of
hate and prejudice in
Massachusetts.
In addition to having two
of the strongest anti-hate
statutes in the country, the
Commonwealth will now
have data-gathering re-
quirements that could ad-
vance efforts to eliminate
such crimes.
"It will give us a much
better idea of where they are
happening in the state, how
severe they are, which
groups are being targeted
most frequently and which
communities are hit most
often," said Sally Green-
berg, civil rights counsel for
the New England region of
the Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith.
The bill requires police of-
ficers investigating criminal
acts motivated by bias or
bigotry based on race, re-
ligion, disability or sexual
orientation to fill out a form
describing the incident.
The forms will be sent to
the Crime Reporting Unit of
the Department of Public
Safety, where the informa-
tion will be compiled and

analyzed in an annual
report.
"Right now, we have no
statistics," said Ms. Green-
berg, "aside from what
specific groups and some
police units gather. This bill
will be very useful. It brings
a consciousness to hate
crimes. It's a data-collection
device to give us much more
information."
Ms. Greenberg helped
draft the bill, along with
members of several area
civil rights groups. The bill
was co-sponsored by former
State Sen. William Golden
and Rep. Augusto Grace.
The kosher food bill was
sponsored by State Rep.
John Businger and Rabbi
Rachmiel Liberman, exec-
utive director of the
Lubavitch-Jewish Educa-
tional Center in Brookline, a
heavily Jewish suburb of
Boston.
The law prohibits fraud
and deception in stores and
restaurants with respect to
labeling and selling kosher
foods and products.
For example, foods labell-
ed "kosher-style" or
"Jewish- style" will have to
reveal in large type that the
product is "non-kosher."
The law mandates more
stringent requirements for
advertising and labeling
"kosher for Passover" foods
and also covers foods labeled
"pareve."
The state Attorney Gen-
eral's Office will be respon-
sible for overseeing and en-
forcing the legislation.

German Execs
Facing Trial

Bonn (JTA) — Executives
of three German firms will
go on trial in Darmstadt in
January for allegedly help-
ing Iraq produce poison gas.
The state prosecutor is ex-
pected to charge them with
selling to Iraq equipment,
materials, technology and
know-how for chemical
weapons.
The accused are prepared
to admit to lesser charges to
avoid severe penalties, in-
formed sources said. But a
prosecution spokesman said
recently that no deals have
been made.
The executives are from
the Karl Kolb company and
its subsidiary, Pilot Plant,
both near Frankfurt, and
from Water Engineering, a
Hamburg-based firm.