Bush Cites Holocaust
In Gulf War Decision

TOM TUGEND

Special to The Jewish News

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resident Bush warned
this week that neither
geography nor
military power can guar-
antee Israel's security, ad-
ding that his Middle East
peace initiative would suc-
ceed only "if the parties in
the region muster the polit-
ical will to make it happen."
At the same time,
however, Mr. Bush pledged
that "Israel's survival will
be guaranteed," and he em-
phasized that "there's no
room in our world for
persecution of a nation."
During a 13-minute speech
at a fund-raising dinner for
the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, Bush also recalled
that a visit to Auschwitz had
left him with a determina-
tion "not just to remember,
but also to act."
That visit, and his
recollection of the Nazi era,
had steeled his resolve to
confront Iraq in Operation
Desert Storm, he said.
"As I contemplated .. .
what action to take against
Saddam Hussein's aggres-

sion, I thought of the world's
inaction those many years
when first the army and
then the SS marched into
Poland. It was on my mind
as I had to make this fateful
decision to send our sons and
daughters into combat in the
Gulf," Mr. Bush said.
Much of his speech was
devoted to praising the deeds
of Nazi-hunter Simon

tional Leadership Award for
his work on behalf of
physical fitness and with
prisoners and handicapped
children. He was also lauded
for his support of the center's
projected Beit Hashoah
(House of the Holo-
caust)/Museum of Tolerance,
to which Mr. Schwarzenegger
and his wife, TV anchor-
woman Maria Shriver, have
pledged $250,000.

Mr. Bush pledged
that Israel's
survival would be
guaranteed.

In his acceptance speech,
Mr/ Schwarzenegger paid
tribute to his fellow
Austrian, Simon Wiesen-
thal, whom he praised as his
teacher and friend.
The evening was marked
by the emotion and
showmanship characteristic
of the center's public events.
It included a full-dress
Marine color guard and an
American flag, with 56
stars, stitched together
secretly by inmates of the
Mathausen concentration
camp and carried into the
ballroom of the Century
Plaza Hotel by a group of
Holocaust survivors.
Some 1,500 guests con-
tributed $1.4 million toward
the $50 million goal for the

Wiesenthal, Swedish diplo-
mat Raoul Wallenberg and
author Elie Wiesel.
The President was given
an ornate Cup of Elijah by
Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of
the Wiesenthal Center, in
appreciation of his role, as
vice president and president,
in securing the freedom of E-
thiopian Jews in Operations
Moses and Solomon.
The official honoree of the
evening was body-builder
and actor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, who
received the center's Na-

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Museum of Tolerance, it was
announced. Although center
officials say that even before
the latest addition, $42.5
million had been collected or
pledged toward this goal,
completion of the high-tech
museum is proving a
tougher task than an-
ticipated.
Originally estimated to
cost $24 million and to - be
finished in the summer of

1988, the center, after re-
peated postponements, is
now scheduled to open in the
spring of 1992. Sources fa-
miliar with the center's
operations say that fund-
raising has been hurt by the
economic downturn and fi-
nancial reverses suffered by
some of its largest benefac-
tors, particularly the
Belzberg family of Canada
and Los Angeles.

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children.
For information, contact
the UAHC Press, 838 Fifth
Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021.

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IRS Is Denied
Access To Records
Boston — The Internal
Revenue Service last week
lost a major round of a
21/2-year-old battle over how
much it may invade the fi-
nancial affairs of religious
institutions.
The First Circuit Court of
Appeals upheld a Boston
district court decision deny-
ing IRS access to 200,000
pages of parishioner and fi-
nancial records of the Chur-
ch of Scientology of Boston.
The case is the first test of
the 1984 Church Audits and
Procedures Act (CAPA),
which outlines specific
issues the IRS may in-
vestigate and requires it to
specify exactly what docu-
ments are necessary for an
investigation and why.
The judge in the Boston
case found that despite the
fact that the IRS had called
for the "production of a mas-
sive amount of material," no
explanation was given of
"how or why (the documents
were) 'necessary.' "

Scientology Church
spokesman David Aden said
the court's decision is a vic-
tory not only for his own
church, but for any religious
institution "facing a
capricious audit from the
IRS."

Scout Committee
Names Chairman
Irving, Texas — The Na-
tional Jewish Committee on
Scouting of the Boy Scouts of
America last week elected a
Texan as its national chair-
man at the committee's an-
nual meeting in Irving,
Texas.
Harry Rosen, former ex-
ecutive vice president of the
Jewish Community Center
of Dallas, was chosen to lead
the volunteers who support
the organization of Scout
troops, Cub packs and Ex-
plorer posts in synagogues,
day schools and Jewish
Community Centers
throughout the United
States.
The National Jewish
Committee on Scouting

comprises 60 members who
promote Scouting in Jewish
communal institutions, ad-
vise the Boy Scouts about
Jewish issues, publish pro-
gram guidebooks for Jewish
Scouts, administer a Jewish
emblems program, provide
chaplains at national Boy
Scout events and give train-
ing for leaders of local Jew-
ish committees on Scouting.
Some 40,000 Jewish youth
are members of the Boy
Scouts of America.
For information about
Jewish Scouting, contact the
National Jewish Committee
on Scouting, Boy Scouts of
America, 1325 Walnut Hill
Lane, P.O. Box 152079, Irv-
ing, TX 75015, or call (214)
580-2059.

Ethiopian Youth
Is Focus Of Book
New York — The Union of
American Hebrew Con-
gregations has produced a
children's book telling the
first-person story of a young
Ethiopian Jew who reaches

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The UAHC's book tells the story of
an Ethiopian Jew.

Israel after a dramatic
flight.
The text, My Name Is
Rachamim, also provides
historical and cultural in-
formation about the Ethio-
pian Jews, 40,000 of whom
were airlifted last month to
Israel in Operation Solomon.
The book was written by
Rabbi Jonathan Kendall,
who was active in Operation
Moses, the first major
evacuation of Ethiopian
Jews to Israel. It was written

AJOP Publishes
New Summer Guide
New York — The Associ-
ation for Jewish Outreach
Professionals (AJOP) recent-
ly issued its third annual
edition of a guide outlining
Jewish outreach programs
being conducted this
summer. The guide lists a
variety of classes, tours and
seminars sponsored by 23
different Jewish outreach
groups based in Israel,
Canada and throughout the
United States.
The guide includes pro-
grams that span the broad
range of Jewish religious
backgrounds, interest and
age ranges. For a free copy,
send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to AJOP,
500 Fifth Ave., Suite 3104,
New York, N.Y. 10110.
Compiled by
Elizabeth Applebaum