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`in hiding' should be repug-
nant to any minority that
has been targeted for preju-
dice and discrimination—
and to all Americans," said
Melvin Salberg, the ADL
chairman, in a statement.
The president's new poli-
cy "enshrines the shameless
double standard that exists
in the U.S. armed forces
today," according to Susan
Katz, the president of the
National Council of Jewish
Women, a group that was in
the forefront of the anti-ban
fight.
Orthodox groups, in gen-
eral, tried to stay out of the
fray.
"We uphold Torah prohi-
bitions against homosexual-
ity—but at the same time
we are very much opposed
to discrimination, said Betty
Ehrenberg, director of the
Orthodox Union's Institute
for Public Affairs. "We don't
want to be misinterpreted
as endorsing the homosexu-
al lifestyle as legitimate; at
the same time, we are
strongly opposed to vigilan-
tism and attacks on groups
and discrimination."
Ms. Ehrenberg agreed
that that can be a fine line;
other Orthodox activists
indicated that the issue has
been a profoundly troubling
one for them.
War
The
Jewish
Veterans, which offered
written testimony favoring
a continuation of the ban,
did not officially react to the
decision from the White
House.
"We haven't had time to
study it," said Herb
Rosenbleeth, the group's
national commander. "But
from what I can tell, this
policy will probably be
acceptable to us." -
Lifting the ban, Mr.
Rosenbleeth maintained,
"would be an impediment to
military readiness and
morale."
That notion was chal-
lenged in a report issued by
the General Accounting
Office at the request of Sen.
John Warner, R-Va., that
examines how other coun-
tries handle the issue. Four
nations were highlighted—
led by Israel.
The report provides a
detailed analysis of Israel's
acceptance of gay soldiers
and the fact that the pres-
ence of homosexual person-
nel has not compromised
that country's legendary
military readiness or
morale.
The report noted that
until recently there were
restrictions against gays in
high-level military intelli-
gence jobs. But even those
limits were dropped in a
May directive; according to
some Israeli sources, the
debate in this country may
have nudged the Israeli gov-
ernment to take that action.
The Israeli guidelines
simply prohibit sexual activ-
ity—homosexual and het-
erosexual alike—in military
barracks.
That apparently didn't
impress the Joint Chiefs of
Staff or an administration
that has taken a beating on
the subject. But it could be a
factor when gay rights
activists fight the proposed
policy in the courts, and
when Congress begins to
look at legislation that
would lift the ban—or write
it into law. 0
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Slovenia Opens
Israel Embassy
Vienna (JTA) — The young
republic of Slovenia, former-
ly part of Yugoslavia, will
open an embassy in Israel by
the end of the year.
Agreement on the matter
was reached during an in-
formal meeting between
Prime Minister Lojze Peterle
and Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres in Slovenia.
Peter Aran, Israel's am-
bassador to Austria, was ac-
credited to Slovenia in April,
and the Israeli Embassy in
Vienna is to represent Israel
in Ljubljana.
During Mr. Peres' short
visit to Slovenia, a cultural
treaty of. cooperation bet-
ween the two countries was
signed.
A Slovenian scientific
delegation has visited Israel,
and talks are under way to
reach an air traffic agree-
ment with the Slovenian
company Adria.
Slovenia's Jewish com-
munity numbers only 78
members today, mainly el-
derly people. Before World
War II, some 400 Jews lived
in the region.
"There is a lot of admira-
tion and good will toward
Israel," said Doron
Grossmann, first secretary
of the Israeli Embassy in
Vienna.
"People here feel that
Israel could be a good exam-
ple for a small state surviv-
ing in difficult cir-
cumstances," he said.
Slovenia also plans to
organize missions to Israel
to investigate the
possibilities of economic co-
operation. El