N impressed by what the Black Muslim leader had to say. Since the dinner, Mr. Kup- cinet has mentioned the Rev. Farrakhan's desire to better relations with the Jews several times in his column. "He was saying he is evolving and changing, as we all are. He emphasized that he no longer says the white man is the devil, and he says 'we hope to keep evolving and have rap- prochement with the Jewish community,' " Mr. Kupcinet told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. While Mr. Kupcinet said he is "taking it with a grain of salt to make sure he follows it through," he was encouraged by a meeting the Rev. Farrakhan held with members of the Black Con- gressional Caucus, in which he reportedly told them of his desire to better relations with Jews. "I am hopeful. I think he's making a sincere effort. The proof is in actions, not words." Mr. Kupcinet said he hopes to arrange a meeting between the Rev. Farrakhan and area rabbis and Jewish leaders within the next several weeks. If he does, one Chicago resident who plans to attend is Reform Rabbi Robert Marx. Rabbi Marx had dinner with the Rev. Farrakhan twice, once in 1989 and once the following year. The "dinners were friend- ly, cordial, tended to ramble at the end, and ended with our feeling that we ought to quietly explore oppor- tunities of rapprochement," Rabbi Marx said. "He was respected by a significant segment of the black community," said Rabbi Marx, and "we hoped to change his attitudes about Jews." Soon after that, Marx ex- tended two written invita- tions to the Rev. Farrakhan, to come meet with Jews next on "Jewish" turf, to "look for some concrete results from our dialogue." There was "no response whatsoever," said Rabbi Marx. "Silence. "I am bemused about the continual report of overtures to the Jewish community, when doors have been open- ed." Requests by telephone and letter to interview Minister Farrakhan for this article were not answered. Burton Siegel, director of urban affairs at the Philadelphia Jewish Com- munity Relations Council, said the Rev. Farrakhan last approached Jews in the community there two or three years ago. Mr. Siegel turned down an invitation to join the Nation of Islam leader on stage when he appeared at the University of Pennsylvania in 1987. Mr. Siegel believes the Rev. Farrakhan is watching as Muslims win growing ac- ceptance by mainstream America and his own, more racially focused organization becomes more and more marginalized. He thinks the Rev. Farrakhan is re-tooling his public relations strategy as a result. "There is evidence his movement is trying to gain more acceptability," he said. But "as long as he's anti- Semitic and anti-Christian, he will be cut out of that deal." Sherry Frank, who runs the Atlanta office of the American Jewish Com- mittee, was one of those ap- proached by the Nation of Islam to meet with the Rev. Farrakhan in early October, shortly before tens of thousands of Atlantans fill- ed the city's Dome arena to hear the Rev. Farrakhan. She and the other invited Atlanta Jewish leaders turned him down. "When he comes to town he sells The Secret Relation- ship Between Blacks and Jews and The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," said Ms. Frank, referring to two tracts widely regarded as anti-Semitic. "There's nothing that tells me he's cleaned up his act." The Secret Relationship, published in 1991 by the historical research depart- ment of the Nation of Islam, purports to reveal the cen- tral involvement of Jews in the black slave trade. According to AJCom- mittee's Stern, The Secret Relationship is "one of the top 10 anti-Semitic writings of this century. "There is no greater slander to create in the black community than that Jews are responsible for slavery." In his recently published book, Holocaust Denial, Mr. Stern writes that the Nation of Islam's weekly news- paper, the Final Call, "regularly features anti- Semitic tirades, some focus- ing on the Holocaust." Said Mr. Stern in an inter- view, "From time to time over the years the Rev. Far- rakhn has said he wants to talk have dialogue with the Jews, so it's not entirely new," said Mr. Stern. For the summer vacation you've been dreaming of... call now!! Aren't you worth it? 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