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in the past few years."
But the Union of Councils
was not assuaged by these
diplomatically worded
statements.
"They didn't really take
them on on their human
rights record," said Mr. Naf-
talin. The three most con-
troversial republics "are
terrible countries and
there's no indication of that
in what they said."
The failure of the Con-
ference of Presidents to take
a stronger stand called into
question the conference's
efforts to smooth over the
conflict with the Union of
Councils, according to Mr.
Naftalin.
The two groups have been
in discussions since before
the reception to resolve the
conflict. But Mr. Naftalin
was not optimistic about
reaching an accord.
By contrast, Mr. Pollack
said he was "optimistic and
encouraged" about prospects
of getting the Union of
Councils back into the Con-
ference of Presidents.
"We are continuing to
have discussions to make
sure we put this episode
behind us," he said. "Our
ultimate goal is for them not
to implement their
withdrawal."
In its resignation letter,
the Union of Councils stated
that "we have no quarrel
with the State of Israel pur-
suing its national interests,
including with such regimes
as Karimov's," referring to
President Islam Karimov of
Uzbekistan.
But Jewish organizations,
argued the Union of Coun-
cils, should have higher
standards of friendship.
The Uzbeki government
has in effect told the Jews
there that they can practice
their religion and even
emigrate to Israel, as long as
they stayed out of politics,
Mr. Naftalin explained in an
interview with the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency.
"For Israel, that's accep-
table," said Mr. Naftalin.
"But the American Jewish
community doesn't have to
buy into it."
At the Conference of Pres-
idents, Executive Vice
Chairman Malcolm
Hoenlein argued that events
such as the reception would
open doors for the conference
when it wishes to raise an
issue with the republics.
In recent years American
Jewish organizations have
played a key role in helping
Israel establish ties with
countries around the world.
Prior to the establishment
of relations between Israel
and China, for instance,

several Jewish organiza-
tions, prominent among
them the American Jewish
Committee and the World
Jewish Congress, sent dele-
gations to China.
The withdrawal of the
Union of Councils from the
Conference of Presidents
concludes a relationship that
has always been ambivalent.
As one source close to the
Union of Councils observed,
the organization valued its
membership enough to place
its affiliation on its let-
terhead, as few other mem-
bers of the conference do.
On the other hand, the
Union of Councils for-
decades charged inaction
regarding Soviet Jewry on
the part of the "Jewish es-
tablishment," including the
National Conference on
Soviet Jewry.

Beirut Jews
Remain Afraid

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Amsterdam (JTA) — About
100 Jews remain in Beirut,
living in an oppressive at-
mosphere in which they are
often afraid of identifying
themselves as Jews, accor-
ding to a report published in
the Dutch daily Trouw by a
correspondent who recently
visited Lebanon.
As recently as 1975, some
1,000 Jews lived in the city.
In the mid-1950s, about
7,000 Jews lived there, ac-
cording to the report.
The large-scale exodus
took place starting in 1985,
when 11 prominent Jews
were kidnapped by the
Shi'ite Hezbollah militia.
Four of the kidnapped Jews
are known Lo have been
killed. Nothing has ever
been heard of the other
seven, who are presumed to
be dead as well.
The Jewish cemetery lying
in the border area between
West and East Beirut is
sorely neglected. During the
past two or three years, only
two people have been buried
there in ceremonies attend-
ed by only about six persons,
the Trouw article said.
The great synagogue in
West Beirut is likewise in
shambles. In the Wadi Abu
Jamil quarter, where once
many wealthy Jews lived,
only two Jews remain — a
brother and sister who are
both married to non-Jews.
The former houses of Jews,
who were often forcibly
evicted, are now often oc-
cupied by Shi'ite families
from southern Lebanon. ❑