NEWS Sephardi Group Praises Turkey Jewish Family Service .. . offers help where help is needed. TRIBUTE CARDS A gift that will help to enhance the lives of Jewish children, the elderly and families who can benefit from Jewish Family Service programs. Tribute Cards are mailed immediately upon order. Minimum Tribute Card donation remains only $5.00 per card. Introducing 24-HOUR TRIBUTE CARD HOTLINE To Order, Please Call 559-4045 J.F.S. Name Funds to support a specific program are now available, please call for information. • the perfect gift. a subscription to THE JEWISH NEWS 27676 Franklin Road Southfield, Mich. 48034 ORDER TODAY subscription to: I Please send gift subscription NAME ADDRESS STATE CITY ZIP FROM :".• i I i OCCASION 1 year - $31 — 2 years - $56 — Out of State - $41 — Foreign - $62 Enclosed $ :: L........................................J .:. . ::::+:: :::::x.xxxx.x.x.x.x:.:.:.:::.:;:::.:.:.:.::.:.:::::::.:::.:.::.:.:.::.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: ,:.:.: 7:!:,:.:.:.:e. .: 106 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1992 Ankara, Turkey (JTA) — A delegation of Sephardic Jews who came here to express appreciation for the hospitality extended to the Jews by the Ottoman Em- pire 500 years ago have also given thanks for the protec- tion Turkey is now giving Jewish institutions that have been targets of ter- rorist attacks. The group of 40, headed by Nessim Gaon of Geneva, president of the World Sephardi Federation, arriv- ed in the Turkish capital a day after the Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul was attacked with hand grenades by two uniden- tified assailants. Only one of two grenades exploded, and the only casualty was a blind passer- by, who suffered minor in- juries. No damage was done to the synagogue and one of the assailants was captured. Mr: Gaon observed that the assault might have been more serious were it not for the police protection at the synagogue. That protection was beefed up considerably after the 1986 machine gun and grenade attack on the same synagogue killed 22 Sabbath worshippers and the two ter- rorists who executed it. Mr. Gaon said he was con- fident the Turkish au- thorities would apprehend and punish those responsible for the latest attack. At a meeting at the presi- dential palace here in Ankara, Mr. Gaon and his delegation presented the World Sephardi Federation's first Star of Peace award to both President Turgut Ozal of Turkey and Prime Min- ister Suleyman Demirel. The Star of Peace, a six- pointed Star of David jux- taposed with the crescent emblem of Turkey, sym- bolizes "the Judeo-Turkish traditions that have allowed our people to flourish together throughout the cen- turies in peace and ance," Mr. Gaon said. The award, mounted on wood, is made of gold en- crusted with rubies and diamonds. In his presentation to Mr. Demirel, Mr. Gaon said that Turkey "has provided a spirit of tolerance that can well serve as a model for the entire region." Mr. Demirel responded, "If the Arab, Jewish and Turkish people can live together in peace, together we can achieve many things." "We hope we have shown exemplary behavior over the last 500 years between Turks and Jews. We hope we have been an example for mankind and a model for others," the prime minister said. The visit to Turkey was the first leg of a "Sephardi Odyssey" undertaken to mark the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Spain and their dispersion across Europe and North Africa, as far east as Turkey, where they were warmly received. The Odyssey will continue later this year with journeys to other historic centers of Sephardic life: Egypt, Morocco, Brazil and Chile. The American delegation participating in the Odyssey to Turkey included Jack Nasser, treasurer, and Aga- jam Nassimi, vice president, of the World Sephardi Fed- eration; and Leon Levy, president, and Raymond Mallel, vice president, of the American Sephardi Federa- tion. Alberto Nasser of Rio de Janeiro, chairman of the World Federation's board of governors, headed the Latin American delegation. Other participants came from Canada, Mexico and Israel. LePen-Buchanan Similarity Seen Jerusalem (JTA) — A Eu- ropean Jewish leader has pointed to worrisome simi- larities in the messages con- veyed by Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of France's extremist National Front, and Patrick Buchanan, the archconser- vative American commen- tator challenging President Bush for the Republican presidential nomination. Both, for example, stress the alleged power of the "Jewish lobby" over government, said Jean Kahn, president of the Eu- ropean Jewish Congress. He said he was surprised to hear Buchanan talk of rescuing Congress from the Jewish lobby, which has turned it into "occupied ter- ritory." Buchanan is campaigning under the slogan "America First," which is remarkably like the xenophobic nation- alism preached by Le Pen, Kahn said.