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M
eet an activist. He's
a political science
professor at North-
western Universi-
ty, where he holds a chair in
the law school. A resident of
Evanston, Ill., he's active in
the Chicago Jewish Federa-
tion, the Anti-Defamation
League, and his congrega-
tion, Temple Beth Emeth.
His name is Victor Rosen-
blum. He is chairman of the
board of Americans United
for Life, a national legal and
informational group.
"In law school, I learned
that life begins at concep-
tion," he says. "Whatever it
is that begins is certainly the
start of the process, the start
of life."
Americans United for Life,
headquartered in Chicago,
comprises professionals from
every faith. In 1980, working
with Americans United, Mr.
Rosenblum argued in the
Supreme Court against fed-
erally funded abortions in the
state of Illinois. The vote was
5-4, "very narrow, but we did
prevail."
Mr. Rosenblum says he's a
"strong proponent of rights
for all," but does not under-
stand how pro-choice groups
so quickly ignore the life of
the fetus "because of issues
of personal autonomy."
Nor does he understand
why Jews continue to domi-
nate pm-choice organizations.
He meets many who private-
ly are pro-life, but hesitant to
join the public debate.
"We can't just keep calling
it (the fetus) some kind of
`protoplasm,' " he says. "Ju-
daism teaches us that we
must not take life lightly. It
is the theme of every Reform,
Conservative and Orthodox
prayer book.
"I remember last Rosh
Hashanah, what we say at
the new year," Mr. Rosen-
blum says. "We tell God of
our commitment to life. Help
us God, we say. Help us to
choose life." ❑
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Pamyat Files
Libel Suit
Moscow (JTA) — The
ultranationalist Pamyat
movement has filed a libel
suit in a Moscow court
against the Jewish Gazette,
Russia's leading Jewish
newspaper, for describing a
Pamyat publication as anti-
Semitic.
Dimitry Vasiliev, head of
Pamyat's leading faction, is
claiming 20 million rubles
($50,000) from the Gazette
because it included the
Pamyat publication on a list
of publications its editor
considers anti-Semitic.
Pamyat waited more than
18 months to file the
lawsuit, said Tancred
Golenpolsky, the Gazette's
editor, because the group
hoped that the political
upheaval surrounding the
recent Russian Congress of
People's Deputies would
create a more favorable
climate for its action.
Mr. Vasiliev could not be
reached for comment.
Mr. Golenpolsky said he
included Pamyat, also the
name of the group's publica-
tion, because it printed the
"Protocols of the Elders of
Zion," a notorious 19th-
century fabrication about a
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Jewish conspiracy aimed at
world domination.
The Jewish Gazette is be-
ing defended by two well-
known Moscow lawyers,
Genrik Reznik and David
Axelband, both Jewish.
Mr. Reznik is the same
lawyer who helped a former
Soviet Jew, Professor Her-
man Branover of Israel, win
a libel suit against Pamyat
in July for misrepresenting
his autobiography.
Accusations against Mr.
Branover were printed in
another Pamyat newspaper,
Nash Sovremenyik.
In October, members of
Pamyat were arrested for
breaking into the offices of a
Moscow newspaper,
Moskovski Komsomoletz,
and demanding that its
editor turn over names of the
paper's journalists who
wrote "anti-patriotic" ar-
ticles.
Mr. Vasiliev was not
among those who broke into
the paper's office but re-
portedly said it should be
prosecuted for advocating
"prostitution, homosexuali-
ty and Zionism."
Pamyat's libel suit against
the Jewish Gazette will be
heard in Moscow's
Cheremushkinsky People's
Court on Jan. 26.
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