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date Director Allan Gale dis-
cussed objectives with the new
organization.
The group's priorities include:
providing a forum for education
and debate about anti-
Semitism, inter-ethnic issues
and Israel; seeking represen-
tation in the administration and
student government; and
heightening an understanding
about Judaism among members
of the university's administra-
tion and gentile population.
Michigan State's 45,000 stu-
dents include between 2,000
and 2,500 Jews, according to
Hillel. Only a small percentage
of Jewish students, however,
participate in events that con-
cern politics as it relates to their
religion.
Mr. Cherrin recruited 30
Jews from differing back-
grounds and groups on campus.
They drafted a constitution and
have proposed that JSU edu-
cate students at Michigan State
about Judaism by inviting
speakers like Elie Wiesel and
Alan Dershowitz.
"One of the side effects of this
type of organization is that it
brings otherwise disinterested
Jewish students into the realm
of Jewish life," Mr. Cherrin said.
To date, the group has 45
members. Student Sean Elster,
who joined JSU, thinks it will
bring Jewish students together.
"I'd like JSU to be as promi-
nent as other minority groups
on campus," he said.
JSU also will seek a vote in
the student government. Other
groups on campus, including the
Black Student Alliance and
Arab Student Association, al-
ready have a vote, Mr. Cherrin
said.
"(These groups) really do rep-
resent their members. You can
feel that these other organiza-
tions have a constituency. The
JSU will try to make it clear to
Jewish students that they have
a place to go with their com-
plaints," he said. ❑
MEMORIES page 1
Jews deported. He spent sever-
al years in death camps and im-
migrated after the war to the
United States.
Today, Mr. Mittelman lives
in Southfield. His memories of
Slovakia are bitter.
Anti-Semitism was not overt
when he was growing up in
Michalovce, he says. But you al-
ways knew it was there.
"There were no yeshivas, so
everybody attended public
school — that is, Catholic school.
In every room there was a cru-
cifix.
"Jews were exempt from the
daily prayers, but there were
always looks and comments —
'Look at them; they don't pray.' "
No Slovakian Jews walk the
streets in fear of their lives these
days, Mr. Mittelman says. But
that doesn't mean the country
is a haven for Jews. When
friends and family recently vis-
ited the Michalovce Jewish
cemetery, they found it ragged
and unkempt, like a wild field.
Mr. Mittelman will weep no
tears if, as observers predict,
Slovakia experiences serious fi-
nancial troubles following the
breakup. Much of the country's
economy was based on supply-
ing the former Soviet Union
with military armaments.
"I hate to say this," he says,
"but I'm spiteful about what
they did to us."
The vast majority of
Slovakia's Jewish population—
more than 100,000 persons —
perished during World War II.
Another 25,000 survived, a
number of whom left for Israel
after the war.
Following the Communist
takeover of the country in 1948,
another wave of Czechoslo-
vakian Jews made aliyah.
Today, several thousand —
most of whom are elderly — re-
main.
Mr. Klein believes those still
in the country are in danger. He
is trying to help his cousins im-
migrate.
Curiously, Czechoslovakia
was one of the first countries to
recognize the new State of
Israel. The nation supplied
Israel with weapons during the
War of Independence, and the
two countries exchanged diplo-
matic representatives. It all
changed after Moscow broke
ties with Israel in 1967. ❑
Israel Plans
Joint Research
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel is to
carry out joint scientific
research with China and
with India, countries that
established diplomatic rela-
tions with the Jewish state a
year ago.
Jerusalem will cooperate
with Beijing in space resear-
ch and its implementation
for peaceful purposes, accor-
ding to Dr. Gershon Met-
zger, director-general of the
Ministry of Science and De-
velopment, who was in
China and India last month
on official visits.
Teams of Chinese and In-
dian scientists are due in
Israel in February and April
respectively.