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New York (JTA) — Toyota
Motor Corp. has announced
it will soon start selling cars
in Israel, making it one of
the first major Japanese
companies to come out
publicly against the Arab-
led economic boycott of
Israel.
"This is the most signifi-
cant company to break with
the boycott," said William
Rapfogel, executive director
of the Institute of Public Af-
fairs, the public policy arm
of the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of
America.
"We're very hopeful that
the change in Toyota is a
harbinger of things to come
and that other companies
will see opportunity in Israel
and not feel the need to re-
strict trade with Israel," he
said.
Over the past few years,
Toyota had come under in-
creasing pressure from Jew-
ish organizations to begin
sales in Israel, including a
letter-writing campaign by
members of Orthodox Union.
The letter-writing cam-
, paign also targeted 17 other
Japanese companies accused
of following the boycott, - in-
cluding Toshiba, Casio,
Hitachi, Aiwa, Nippon Steel,
Nissan and Mazda, said Mr.
Rapfogel.
Many Jewish groups also
contacted Toyota -to express
concern that the firm was
"in tacit compliance" with
the boycott, said Tim An-
dree, a manager at Toyota's
North American head-
quarters in New York.
Although Toyota never
admitted it adhered to the
boycott of Israel, it was one
of numerous Japanese com-
panies which for years had
refused to do business with
the Jewish state.
"Our answer then, as it is
now, is that we had to find
the right partner and study
the market, and that we
don't jump into any market
quickly," said Mr. Andree.
The economic boycott of
Israel, which was organized
in 1951 by the 21 nations of
the Arab League, not only
prohibits companies from
engaging in trade with
Israel, but also seeks to
isolate companies that do
business with the Jewish
state.
U.S. federal anti-boycott
laws make it illegal for
American companies to
uphold the boycott or
transfer information about a
company's dealings with
Israel.
But the Export-Import Act
of 1977 is only applicable to
U.S. firms or foreign com-
panies that have U.S. sub-
sidiaries. It has no jurisdic-
tion over the parent com-
pany, according to officials of
the Commerce Department's
Office of Anti-Boycott Com-
pliance.
In the wake of the war in
the Persian Gulf, and
American assistance to
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,
U.S. officials have become
more sensitive to the econ-
omic boycott and its
psychological and economic
impact on Israel.
Secretary of State James
Baker has suggested to Arab
countries that they drop the
boycott as a sign of good
faith for future negotiations
with Israel. Last month, 82
U.S. senators signed a letter
asking the emir of Kuwait to
end his country's compliance
with the boycott.
Philanthropist Leaves
$108 Million To N.Y. UJA
New York (JTA) — Philan-
thropist Lucy Goldschmidt
Moses, who died in August
at the age of 103, left $108
million to the New York
UJA-Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies and six of its
agencies.
David Sacks, president of
UJA-Federation, said it was
the "largest bequdst to
date."
The six UJA-Federation
agencies that will benefit
from Moses' largess are
Montefiore, Mount Sinai and
Beth Israel medical centers;
the Jewish Board of Family
and Children's Services; the
Parker Jewish Geriatric
Center; and the Associated
YM-YWHA of Greater New
York.
Ms. Moses' will also called
for the bequest of another
$62 million to other institu-
tions and charities, in-
cluding Columbia, Yale and
New York universities, 'the
New York Public Library
and the Central Park Con-
servancy.
Each of the institutions
named in Ms. Moses' will
had received substantial
contributions from her.