S A Thoughtful Expression... With a Cookie or Candy Tray 1410000 No Anti-Semitism xists In Slovakia' rague (JTA) — The only abbi in newly independent lovakia says "there is no ti-Semitism" in the coun- ry, according to a Slovak .441y. Rabbi Lazar Kleinman ays anti-Jewish sentiment s a thing of the past in loftTakia, whose separation om the Czech Republic on an. 1 has given rise to con- n over the future of the ,000- member Jewish com- unity there. His comments fly in the of many reports of anti- emitic incidents and sen- iment in Slovakia that rose with its nascent na- ionalism in early 1990 and I as been felt since. An interview with the r,ananian-born rabbi was If ublished in the Bratislava ewspaper Pravda, three ays before the official i-eakup of the 75-year old zechoslovak federation. Rabbi Kleinman, 53, was installed four months ago as rabbi in Kosice, in eastern ovakia. He is an Australian citizen who udied in Israel and came to is present post from a rab- nic position in Helsinki, Finland. The front-page display iven the interview with m appeared to reflect lovak concern that Western aid for its struggling econo- y might be threatened by perceived anti-Semitic and nationalist coloration of po- litical developments there. A spokesman for the Jew- sh community said a day after the interview appeared at Slovak Jews expect leaders of the newly in- dependent country to em- phatically dissociate them- lves from any act reminis- cent of the Slovak Nazi puppet state of World War The Dec. 30 statement by Jaroslav Franek, spokesman of the Union of Jewish Communities in Slovakia, came on the eve of formal independence for the repub- lic, which is headed by rime Minister Vladimir Meciar. World Jewish Congress - aders several months ago called for investigation into the wartime past of a mem- ber of the Slovak Cabinet, usan Slovodnik, the min- ister of culture, who re- portedly served in the Slovak equivalent of the Hitler Youth. Rabbi Kleinman said the rapprochement between Israel and the Vatican had diminished anti-Semitism in such Catholic countries as Poland, Hungary and the two components of former Czechoslovakia. Rabbi Kleinman was ask- ed about "political forces trying to convince the world there is an acute danger of anti-Semitism in Slovakia." He replied that his four months in Slovakia had per- suaded him there is less an- ti-Semitism in that country than in many democratic lands of the West. He told Pravda a distinction has to be drawn between anti- Semitism and hooliganism. Rabbi Kleinman said anti- Semitism had existed in Slovakia during World War II, and Communist rulers later oppressed all religions, although the Jews most se- verely. Israel Leads In Economics Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel led the world's industrial coun- tries in economic growth over the past two years, ac- cording to figures released by the government's Central Bureau of Statistics. Israel's gross domestic product rose in 1991 and 1992 by 6.4 percent, com- pared with 2.6 percent in France, 2.1 percent in the United States, 1.8 percent in Japan, 1.3 percent in Ger- many and 0.4 percent in Britain. The Bank of Israel an- ticipates accelerated econ- omic growth in the coming year, forecasting a 9 percent increase in business produc- tion in 1993, compared with 6 percent in 1992 and 3 per- cent the previous two years. 354-3499 WE DE LIVER! ( SHIVA BASKETS & TRAYS .. . . . . WITH GOOD TASTE ,Ett 1 c44. 1,v " • 7 kJ i Wit'' tit ta (313) 626-9050 29594 Orchard Lk. Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48018 YAD EZRA Feed/lig the lewigh timfgry BUY A CASE OF FOOD! Use this coupon to help feed the Jewish hungry. 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