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New Head
For Peace Now

Americans for Peace Now,
which went through some har-
rowing times last spring when
its application to join the Con-
ference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions was attacked, has hired a
new president.
This time, the group has
picked someone whose creden-
tials as a mainstream Jewish
activist will be hard to chal-
lenge: Gary Rubin, the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee's
director of national affairs.
He will take over from Gail
Pressberg, who will continue to
head the group's Waington of-
fice. She was the object of right-
wing fury in March when some
hardline pro-Israel activists al-
most succeeded in scuttling
APN's Presidents Conference
bid because of what they al-
leged was Ms. Pressberg's long
association with anti-Israel
forces.
In the end, most members
did not buy that argument —
and APN was admitted. This
summer, Ms. Pressberg
stepped down from the top slot,
citing unhappiness with the de-
mands of fundraising and ad-
ministration.
The group chose Mr. Rubin
late last week. In his 13 years
with AJC, Mr. Rubin earned
a reputation as an outspoken,
effective advocate for a variety
of liberal domestic causes.

Justice For
Hugo Princz?

Hugo Princz may finally get
some justice from Germany, at
least if members of Congress
have anything to say about it.
For 40 years, Mr. Princz, a
Holocaust survivor, has been
fighting for reparations from
Bonn. His efforts have been
hindered, he says, by that gov-
ernment's insistence that his
status as an American citizen
limits its liability.
Under current German law,
only survivors who were state-
less at the end of the war or
who were German citizens are
entitled to reparations.
Mr. Princz, who was entan-
gled in the Nazi nightmare
when his father, a naturalized
U.S. citizen working in Czecho-
slovakia, delayed his return to
this country, said that his "was
one of the first applications for
reparations. I was the first
American citizen they handled.
I was told they would handle it
quickly.
"I spent thousands of dollars
[seeking reparations]. I went to

congressmen. They didn't want
to irritate the Germans. Even
our wonderful State Depart-
ment didn't want to irritate
them. One letter would have
put me on the level with other
survivors. But nobody would do
it."
His present lawsuit for $17
million has been jeopardized by
the Foreign Sovereign Immu-
nities Act, which restricts U.S.
citizens' right to sue foreign
governments in American
courts.
Recently, Rep. Charles
Schumer, D-N.Y., attached a
provision to an immigration bill
that would lift the restriction
for U.S. citizens who suffered
in the Holocaust.
The money, said Mr. Princz,
is only part of the reason for his
long fight: 'What they did to us,
no money in the world can com-
pensate for. They kicked me out
of school, they deprived me of
my career, they killed my fam-
ily. You can't put a price tag on
it." ❑

Arabic Paper
Issues Apology

Sydeny, Australia (JTA) —
An N ahar , an Arabic lang-
uage newspaper here, has
printed an expression of
regret and apology for
publishing comments
"derogatory of the Jewish
faith and a vilification of the
Jewish people."
The retraction came as the
result of protracted negotia-
tions between represent-
atives of the Jewish com-
munity here and the paper,
which has a circulation of
approximately 30,000.
The New South Wales
Jewish Board of Deputies
had complained following
the publication in the news-
paper of a series of articles
that accused Jews of killing
Jesus and said
"contemporary Jews"
should not be absolved for
his death.
Additional articles de-
scribed the Holocaust as a
myth and accused Jews of
"assaulting the Christian
and Muslim religious
people" in Israel.
Rather than face a
criminal prosecution on
charges of racial vilification,
the paper's publisher ran an
apology saying that "it is the
policy of our newspaper not
to publish material which
vilifies any particular group
in the community or which
otherwise promotes hatred." ❑

