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gore, Percy and Fulbright
are very reluctant to discuss
the magazine or their role in
it.
Mr. Kilgore seemed of-
fended by recent questions
whether he considered the
magazine balanced and re-
ferred a reporter to Mr. Cur-
tiss.
Mr. Percy said a hearing
impairment made it difficult
to discuss the magazine over
the phone, but he had no
problem answering any
questions not directly relat-
ed to Washington Report.
Similarly, Mr. Fulbright
said, "I am an old man not
really involved in the com-
mittee."
Only Mr. Curtiss agreed
to be interviewed and he
said he was puzzled by the
others' responses. He said
Mr. Percy and Mr. Fulbright
are important members of
the policy committee and
made recommendations
from time to time. He said
he could not explain their re-
luctance to discuss the mag-
azine or their participation
in it.
Mr. Curtiss defended the
magazine, stating he be-
lieved it was "balanced" and
those who criticize it have
not read it carefully, imply-
ing that it contains some
neutral or pro-Israel mate-
rial.
He explained that he con-
sidered the mainstream
media pro-Israel and Wash-
ington Report plays an im-
portant role in countering
what he called "negative
coverage of Arab countries
and Arab-bashing."
"There is no point in
printing what we read in the
daily papers," he said in de-
fense of his magazine
Mr. Curtiss said the mag-
azine has a press run of
40,000 and denied receiving
any "Arab money," other
than subscriptions from in-
dividuals who may be
Arabs. He said the maga-
zine is financed primarily
through subscriptions.
The editor admitted that
he addressed the Liberty
Lobby's Board of Policy Con-
vention in September 1987.
Liberty Lobby is identified
by the Anti-Defamation
League as the most active
anti-Semitic organization in
the United States.
When asked if he believed
the Lobby would invite
someone who is "balanced"
on the Middle East, given its
own position, Mr. Curtiss
said he was "booed" sever-
al times by the audience.
What's troubling is that
Washington Report's politics
represent career foreign
service and State Depart-
ment bureaucrats. Many a
president has been frus-
trated in countering the in-
fluence of these officials. ❑
OW
Yiddish Program
Set In Moscow
New York (JTA) — A new
Yiddish studies program has
been launched in Moscow,
sponsored by Touro College
of New York and the Foun-
dation for the Advancement
of Yiddish Studies of Jerusa-
lem.
The program is designed to
prepare men and women
with intensive training in
classical and modern Heb-
rew and Yiddish texts with
the aim of preparing them to
serve as teachers of Yiddish
language and literature in
Russia and Israel.
David Neiman, who served
for 25 years as professor of
Jewish theology at Boston
College, was named the first
instructor in the program,
which opened this month
with an enrollment of 50.
Mr. Neiman will be follow-
ed by a contingent of
academicians and rabbis
from Israel and the United
States, each of whom will
devote a month as a vol-
unteer instructor.
The new program will be
part of the curriculum of
Touro's Moscow center of
Jewish studies.
Overall enrollment in
Touro's Moscow center has
increased by 100 students
over last year, bringing the
total number to 350, Touro
announced.
The increase has doubled
the number of classes and ex-
tended school hours.