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Washington (JTA) — Ending
over a month of speculation,
the White House has an-
nounced that New Jersey
business executive Miles
Lerman would become chair
of the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Council, and
Rutgers University Pro-
- fessor Ruth Mandel would
become vice chair.
President Clinton said
that Mr. Lerman and Ms.
Mandel were "charged with
keeping the flame of
memory alive.
"I have faith in their abil-
ity to do so," the president
said.
Mr. Lerman and Ms.
Mandel replace Baltimore
builder Harvey Meyerhoff
and San Francisco executive
William Lowenberg, respec-
tively.
In a controversial move
just weeks before the muse-
um's April 26 opening, the
White House asked Mr.
Meyerhoff and Mr.
Lowenberg to resign from
their posts.
They were asked to stay on
for the museum's opening,
however.
Both Mr. Meyerhoff and
Mr. Lowenberg were presi-
dential appointees named by
previous Republican ad-
ministrations.
In other personnel matters
at the museum, the director,
Jeshajahu Weinberg, who
had previously said he wish-
ed to leave his position,
decided recently to stay on
for an indefinite period of
time.
A search for a new director
was suspended when Mr.
Meyerhoff and Mr.
Lowenberg were asked to
step down.
The council's new chair
and vice chair are already
members of the council, a
body appointed by the presi-
dent which served as a de-
velopment arm of the U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Muse-
um before it opened, and
now functions as its board of
trustees.
Mr. Lerman is a Holocaust
survivor who was appointed
to the council by former
President Jimmy Carter.
He runs an import-export
business in Vineland, N.J.,
and has served as national
vice chairman of the State of
Israel Bonds.
During his service on the
council, Mr. Lerman has
been a key player in the pro-
cess of obtaining Holocaust-
related artifacts and docu-
ments from a variety of Eu-
ropean countries.
Ms. Mandel is director of
the Center for the American
Woman and Politics at the
Eagleton Institute of Politics
at Rutgers.
She is an expert on women
and leadership, focusing on
women politicians, and was
appointed to the council by
former President George
Bush.
"Building the museum has
been the central focus of my
life for thirteen years," Ms.
Lerman said. "I am grateful
to the president for having
the confidence in my ability
to lead the effort at this
stage."
Ms. Lerman acknowledged
that he is assuming the
chairmanship at a "very
challenging stage,'.' just as
the museum has opened to
"world acclaim."
The museum's mandate,
Mr. Lerman said, was to
make the horrors of the
Holocaust relevant to people
today.
"Our hope is to touch the
soul of the visitor," he said,
so that each one asks him or
herself, "What is my respon-
sibility to society today?"
The museum, he said, will
serve as a repository of ar-
tifacts, and a meeting place
for Holocaust scholars.
"We felt it was extremely
important that we tell" the
story of the Holocaust "in an
undeniable manner," and
the artifacts he helped bring
to the museum, he said, will
contribute to that goal.
"All the exhibits are
authentic and documented,"
he said. "We are denying the
deniers the ability to fiddle
around with history."
Mr. Lerman said that
under his chairmanship, the
council would formulate pol-
icies but would let the pro-
fessional museum staff
implement them.
He said he hoped to
"return stability to the
organization," which has
been the subject of reports
and rumors concerning in-
fighting among various fac-
tions about what the muse-
um's mandate was to be.
But he pledged that any
major disputes would not be
"hidden" from public
scrutiny.
He also said he hoped to
bring in more women and
young people to serve on the
council.