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Editor's Note on Irwin Shaw's
letter regarding Rabbi Levin
and the Jewish Community
Center (April 3).
The text of Harmony and
Dissonance notes that Rabbi
Levin "insisted that the park-
ing lot be closed" during the
negotiations of an initial
meeting. It goes on to say,
however, that he was not pre-
sent at the final meeting, did
not endorse the final report
which adopted the Center's
original plan. In short, there
was no compromise over the
parking lot .. .
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For Leonard Fein
We have greatly enjoyed
your superb and in-depth
editorial, Guardians Of The
Dream (March 27). Under the
new ownership, The Jewish
News has continued to do an
excellent job in serving the
Jewish community .. .
Unfortunately, there is one
situation which disturbs us
greatly and has caused us a
lot of grief and heartache. You
have given a platform in The
Jewish News to people like
Mr. Leonard Fein. What a
shameful and ugly piece he
wrote agreeing with Mr. Bush
and Mr. Baker not to give the
loan guarantees to Israel
because of the settlement
issue.
How can any Jew in this
country or any place in the
world criticize the Israeli
government when it comes to
defense and foreign policy?
The Israelis will live and die
by their decisions. They have
been struggling since the day
of Israel's birth for survival.
What right does Mr. Fein
have to criticize the Israeli
government? Is he willing to
give up his luxurious living,
the safety and the comfort of
the United States if Israel has
to fight another war (God for-
bid) and lay his life on the
line? We are not aware of any
ethnic or religious group that
behaves this way. Why the
Jews? .. .
As long-time subscribers to
The Jewish News, we appeal
to the owners of The Jewish
News to follow in Philip
Slomovitz's footsteps regar-
ding unconditional support
for Israel and do not give any
platform to anyone that
might cause division and dis-
sent in the Jewish communi-
ty and cause any harm to the
brave people of Israel who
need our support now more
than ever.
.
David Kahan, Robert Weltman,
Sam Seltzer, Jeff Kahan,
Max Fischel
NEWS I
Elie Wiesel Meets
With Jonathan Pollard
GARY ROSENBLATT
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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992
lie Wiesel, the Nobel
Peace laureate, visited
with convicted spy
Jonathan Pollard this week
for two and a half hours at
the federal prison in Marion,
Ill.
Mr. Wiesel, speaking at a
celebration in Washington
on Tuesday evening in honor
of the 90th birthday of the
Lubavitcher Rebbe,
Menachem Schneerson, told
the audience that he had
visited that afternoon with
Mr. Pollard "to implement
the lesson of the Rebbe not to
abandon a single human be-
ing."
Mr. Wiesel was accom-
panied by Seymour Reich,
former chairman of the Con-
ference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations, and Rabbi
Avi Weiss of Riverdale,
N.Y., an activist who has
become Mr. Pollard's rabbi.
The Nobel laureate ex-
plained that his motivation
was humanitarian rather
than political. "What he did
wasn't right," he said, refer-
ring to Mr. Pollard's spying
on the United States on
Israel's behalf.
But he noted that Mr.
Pollard has already served
six and a half years in soli-
tary confinement, including
a year in a mental institli-
tion and a month with no
clothing.
"When I thought of what
his seder would be like, it
broke me up," iMr. Wiesel
said.
Reports have circulated
among Pollard supporters
than Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-
Utah, may ask Secretary of
State James Baker to
intercede on Mr. Pollard's
behalf, in a move that polit-
ical observers say could help
the administration score
points with American Jews
who are angered with Wash-
ington's treatment of
Israel. ❑