4ffamensigmormilwimmimpoomawak . NEWS Holocaust Deniers Start A Brawl • DON'T MISS OUR FINAL 4 WEEKS At Hunters Square We Will Be Closing Our Doors We must liquidate our entire stock (Including Fixtures and 2 Monarch Marking Machines) 50.80% OFF EVERYTHING MUST GO! Comforters, Bedspreads, Rugs, Bathroom Accessories, Wall Hardware, Towels, Sheets, Pillows, Shower Curtains, Toilet Seats, Etc. Fieldcrest, •Martex, Springmaid, Crocill, Dakota, Wamsutta, Revman, Regal Rug, Stylebuilt accessories SEVENTH HEAVEN Hunters Square Orchard Lake Rd. at 14 Mile 855-3777 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Thurs. 10-8, Sun. 12-5 Lit GIFT IDEAS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY Everything from fashions to toys to jewelry 104 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1991 WEST BLOOMFIELD • MICHIGAN Orchard Lake Road • North of Maple Vancouver, British Columbia (JTA) — A town- hall style discussion of edu- cation in Calgary, Alberta, last week erupted into a shouting match over teaching the Holocaust. The dispute was triggered by about 10 people, de- scribed as die-hard Holo- caust deniers, who charged that genocide against the Jews was being emphasized to the exclusion of other atrocities. The value of teaching the Holocaust in the local school system was disputed, Bob Bergen, a reporter for the Calgary Herald who attend- ed the meeting, told the Jew- ish Telegraphic Agency. Jim Dinning, the provin- cial minister of education, who was present at the meeting, told JTA he be- lieves any group has the right to offer its opinion, even if it is to deny the Holo- caust happened or to say there is too much teaching about it. Personally, he said he tells such people "each time" that "I fundamentally and categorically reject your position." Yet at one point, the min- ister, apparently angered by the raucous nature of the debate, told the audience, "I am mad. There's nothing in the curriculum that says: `Thou shalt teach the Holo- caust of the Jews alone.' " Riki Heilik, community re- lations director of the Calgary Jewish Centre, said she understood Mr. Dinn- ing's frustration. "We believe Dinning's statement" that the cur- riculum doesn't mandate teaching the Holocaust alone "was taken out of con- text," she said. "When we teach about the Holocaust, it's not for the purpose of just the Jews; it's for the questioning of what happens to a society when hatred is promoted against any group." She said the Jewish com- munity's "purpose is to teach about racism and in- tolerance." Mr. Bergen said the uproar was started by a small, noisy group "seeming all to have thick European accents, with one being a definitive German accent." The reporter singled out one of them, Mark Kruezer, who acknowledged his Ger- man descent and complained that he "was subjected to abuse in school because he was made to feel the brunt of the Holocaust." Mr. Bergen said the Kruezer family were known Holocaust deniers "very ac- tive in Calgary with Holo- caust-denial literature." Rita Dempsey, 'who chairs the Calgary Board of Edu- cation, said she recognized the protesters from other meetings and cor- respondence. "What they are fundamen- tally asking is that we write the curriculum the way that they want it," Ms. Dempsey said. She added, "These people are filled with hatred and are very negative. I don't know if they even want a dialogue." Ms. Heilik described the excellent relations the Jew- ish community has with the Calgary School Board and the local Catholic School Board. They have co-sponsored an annual Holocaust Sym- posium for 12th-grade students for the past six years, she said. Group Finds Less Abuse Jerusalem (JTA) — While there has been a sharp decline in the number of human rights abuses in the administered territories, the Israeli justice system there still systematically discrim- inates against Palestinian Arabs, an Israeli watch-dog -group has charged. B'tselem, the Israeli In- formation Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Ter- ritories, claimed in its latest bi-annual report that a double standard of justice operates for Arabs and Jews in the territories. According to the report, a Palestinian who kills an Israeli receives a long prison sentence, and his home is demolished. But Israelis who kill Arabs get off with light penalties,'if they are brought to trial at all. Only three Israelis have gone on trial for killing Arabs during the period covered by the report. All received short sentences and none is presently in jail. B'tselem found that Israeli security forces demolished 47 Arab homes and detained tens of thousands of Palesti- nians during the past year.