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Tel Aviv University, ADL
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stamp from the Netherlands, showing
ctober is National Stamp Col-
the Portuguese Synagogue; and a U.S.
lecting Month—which may be
stamp with the Sephardic Touro Syna-
news to most people. But not Dr.
gogue of Newport, R.I.
Murray Frost.
Another column by Dr. Frost featured
Dr. Frost, a Nebraska resident who
Jewish authors shown on stamps (writ-
married Detroit native Marlen Willis,
ten in honor of Jewish Book Month).
uses Judaica philately "as an educa-
Among the writers depicted on stamps
tional tool to learn about our Jewish her-
are Stefan Zweig of Austria; Emma
itage." He also pens a column about
Lazarus (who wrote the poem on the
postage stamps with a Jewish connec-
Statue of Liberty);
tion for Global Stamp Judaica Philately
Polish children's au-
News.
thor
Janusz Korczak
Most recently, Dr.
(who
perished at
Frost wrote a full-page
Auschwitz with chil-
story dealing with
dren in the orphan-
Christopher Columbus'
By Dr, Murray Frost
age he headed); and
alleged Jewish roots
1ry
Hungarian poet Mik-
and the 500th anniver-
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sary of the expulsion of
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New York Vaad Aids Agunot

he Vaad Harabonim (Council of
Rabbis) of Far Rockaway, N.Y.,
has established a fund to aid
agunot, women abandoned by their
husbands.
In addition to the usual agonies faced
by women whose husbands desert their
families, agunot are unable to secure
a get, Jewish divorce, and so suffer the
additional pain of being unable to build
a new life.

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The Vaad is working on one case of
a woman whose husband abandoned
her many years ago. "We have good
leads, but his precise whereabouts are
still unknown," a Vaad spokesman said.
"With enough financial assistance, a
thorough search and investigation can
be completed."
Tax-deductible contributions may be
sent to the Vaad Agunah Fund, 737 Em-
pire Ave., Far Rockaway, N.Y. 11691.

Amid Happy Times
A Couple Remembers

mid the excitement and happi-
ness of their new marriage, a
certain young couple in Ann
Arbor did not forget those less fortu-
nate.
About one month ago, a rabbi ap-
peared on the doorstep of Yad Ezra,
the kosher food bank, in Oak Park. He
brought with him "15 beautiful bas-
kets made up with ribbons and col-
ored straw, very fancy," according to
a Yad Ezra volunteer. The baskets

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were large and filled with groceries.
They came from an Ann Arbor tem-
ple wedding."
It seems the couple had opted to
forgo expensive flower centerpieces
at their tables, instead decorating
them with baskets of food. After the
wedding, they asked their rabbi to
bring the baskets to Yad Ezra.
"Very touching" the Yad Ezra
worker said, expressing gratitude
both to the newlyweds and their rabbi.

el Aviv University and the Anti-
Defamation League have es-
tablished a project for the
systematic gathering and analysis of
data on anti-Semitism around the
world.
The Project for the Study of Anti-
Semitism and the Van Lennep Data-
base of Contemporary Anti-Semitism
have the following goals:
• Worldwide monitoring of all
forms of anti-Semitic expression.
• Establishing a computerized
database of anti-Semitic materials that

el Aviv (JTA) — The lack of
kosher food in Beijing may soon
be solved, according to Shen Jian
Xiang, director of the official China In-
ternational Travel Service in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Jian Xiang said that several in-
vestors in Israel and elsewhere had ex-
pressed an interest in establishing a
kosher restaurant in Beijing to serve the
many Jewish tourists beginning to visa
China.
Some 5,500 Israelis are expected
this year to visit China, traveling on the
new El Al direct flight and the parallel
service to be started next year by Air
China.

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You Are So
Beautiful To Me

it back. Relax. This is a lawn
story. For years, Jewish organi-
zations and institutions in Oak
Park have been tending to their bush-
es (no relation to George and Barbara),
their yards and their flowers. Now at last
their hard work has paid off.
Last week, the Oak Park Beautifica-
tion Advisory Commission honored in-
dividuals and businesses in the
community who have done an out-
standing job beautifying their property.
Among the honorees: The Prentis
Federation Apartments, the Harriett
and Ben Teitel Federation Apartments,
the Jewish Community Center, Hebrew
Memorial Chapel and Temple Emanu-
El.

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have appeared since the end of World
War II.
• Analyzing causes and trends of
anti-Semitism.
• Encouraging research into con-
temporary anti-Semitism.
The project will publish periodic
surveys of anti-Semitic propaganda
and activities throughout the world.
The Van Lennep Database, located at
Tel Aviv University's Weiner Library,
will be available to scholars, re-
searchers and representatives of Jew-
ish and human rights organizations.

Jewish Refugees Increase;
Pamyat Raids Paper's Office

iscal Year 1992 (ending Sept. 30)
saw 46,870 Soviet Jewish refugees
arrive in the United States, ac-
cording to a new report by HIAS, the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
It was the largest movement of Jew-
ish refugees to the United
States since the passage of
the National Origins Act in
1924. That year, Congress
enacted a quota system
which severely limited im-
migration to the United
States — including during
the Holocaust years — un-
til it was replaced by a new
law in 1965.
"Jews continue to leave
the former Soviet Union in great num-
bers to escape the political, social and
economic instability which has fostered
anti-Semitism over the centuries in this
region of the world," said HIAS Presi-
dent Martin Kesselhaut.
Although the figure represents the
largest fiscal-year number of Jewish

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refugee arrivals since the gates of the
Soviet Union opened to emigration in
the late 1980s, it does not signal a
change in U.S. refugee admissions pol-
icy. Rather, it is the result of a onetime
refugee ceiling of 61,000 —for Jewish
and gentile refugees from
the Soviet Union — de-
signed to make up for the
shortfall in arrivals during
FY 1991.
Meanwhile, the Union of
Councils for Soviet Jews re-
ports that members of the
anti-Semitic Russian group
Pamyat broke into the of-
fices of Moskovskiy K0177 -
somolets, where they left
pamphlets replacing the paper's mast-
head with the words "Masonskiy
KomZhidovetz."
Masonskiy means Masons, while
KomZhidovetz is a play on zhid, a
derogatory term for "Jew." Anti-Semit-
ic symbols also appeared throughout
the pamphlet.

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Hotline To The Messiah

habad-Lubavitch has established
a toll-free number to give callers
information about the concept
Messiah.
Mosliiach,
of
The message, which lasts four min-

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utes, is changed each week.
To hear the recording, dial 1-800-
4-MOSHIACH (66744224) in the Unit-
ed States, and 1-800-2-MASH IACH
(62744224) in Canada.