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New York (JTA) —
Leaders of the Haitian corn-
munity in the United States
are applauding Jewish
groups that have called on
President Bush to permit
Haitian refugees fleeing
military dictatorship to
reside freely, at least tem-
porarily, in the United
States.
In the more than 10 weeks
since a military coup depos-
ed democratically-elected
President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide on Sept. 30, nearly
7,000 Haitians have fled
their native Caribbean
island.
Traveling in small boats
and carrying nothing but the
clothes on their backs, most
have been plucked out of the
water by U.S. Coast Guard
cutters and sent to Guan-
tanamo Bay, Cuba, where
they are being detained in
military camps at a naval
base.
Hundreds of refugees have
drowned attempting to
escape from Haiti, according
to Jocelyn McCalla, ex-
ecutive director of the Na-
tional Coalition for Haitian
Refugees.
The Bush administration
would like to return the
refugees to Haiti, but on
Dec. 3 was temporarily re-
strained from doing so by
U.S. District Judge Clyde
Atkins of the Southern
District of Florida. That rul-
ing has been appealed to the
11th Circuit Court of Ap-
peals, in Atlanta.
Whatever the results of
that appeal, a further appeal
to the U.S. Supreme Court is
expected.
A statement of support for
the plight of the refugees
came first from a coalition of
Chasidic groups in Crown
Heights, Williamsburg and
Boro Park, Brooklyn.
It was soon followed by
statements from organiza-
tions including the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee,
American Jewish Congress,
Anti-Defamation League,
Hebrew Immigrant Aid
Society, Jewish Labor Corn-
mittee, New York Jewish
Community Relations Coun-
cil and the Institute for
Public Affairs of the Union
of Orthodox Jewish Con-
gregations of America.
And two Jews spoke to a
crowd of 3,000 Haitians at a
rally in Washington on Dec.
13: Gary Rubin, director of
national affairs for the
American Jewish Corn-
mittee, and Rabbi David
Saperstein of the Religious
Action Center of Reform
Judaism.
In statements and
speeches, all of the Jewish
groups have called upon
President Bush to provide
the refugees safe haven in
the United States by gran-
ting them temporary pro-
tected status, allowing them
to live and work in this
country legally until the po-
litical crisis in Haiti is
resolved.
The Jewish organizations'
statements of concern for the
refugees were welcomed by
Haitian leaders here.
"We are happy to see that
the Jewish community rec-
ognizes that we Haitian peo-
ple, even though we are
black and poor, we are peo-
ple, too. There is no double
standard," said Philippe
Wilson Desir, general consul
in New York of the Republic
of Haiti.
- "I'm very pleased by the
kind of support that the Hai-
A statement of
support for the
plight of the
refugees came
first from a
coalition of
Chasidic groups in
Crown Heights,
,Williamsburg and
Boro Park.
tians have gotten from Jew-
ish groups all over the spec-
trum," said Ms. McCalla.
"It's essential that the Jew-
ish community demonstrate
this support." "Haitians feel
like the Jewish community
is the one that can relate to
it and is responding," said
Mr. Rubin.
But while Jewish
statements of support are
important as humanitarian
gestures, he said, they are
not going to do much to heal
rifts in the black-Jewish re-
lationship.
"We shouldn't fool
ourselves into thinking this
is the front-burner issue in
black-Jewish relations," Mr.
Rubin said.
That relationship "will be
made more on domestic so-
cial issues," he said. "As a
coalition issue, this is more
of a high priority for some of
the church groups. It's not in
the top tier of issues for
blacks."
But the statement made by
the historically insular
Chasidic communities, espe-
cially by the Lubavitchers in
Crown Heights, made an