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Mr. Farrakhan
professed himself
an admirer of
Jewish education.

pearance, Hillel students
started organizing a
"Gathering of the People for
Understanding," to bring
together representatives of
the various ethnic, religious
and political groups on cam-
pus. The gathering was bill-
ed as "an alternative to Far-
rakhan, but not a confronta-
tion."
The Northridge Black
Students Union, which paid
Mr. Farrakhan $15,000 for
his appearance and another
$4,300 for his large security
team, reacted combatively to
the Hillel announcement.
The group's president,
Leslie Small, a 31-year
graduate student and former
Farrakhan worker, released
an open letter, headlined
"The Jews Attempt a Coup."
After accusing Hillel of
"disrespecting the BSU pro-
gram," and using "Hitlerian
tactics of divide and concur
(sic)," Mr. Small hit his
stride.
Jews, he wrote,
"participated in the vicious
murder of 250 million
Africans in the middle
passages, (are) partakers in
the genocide of our In-
digenous American

brothers, participants in the
massacre of Chinese during
the 'Bomber (sic) Rebellion',
Supporters of the vicious
system of apartheid in South
Africa, Murderers and
Robbers of the Palestinians
and their land, and now, be-
Cause they do not approve of
their former slave's pro-
gram, they seek to divide
you and I."
Hillel fired off a protest to
Northridge President
Wilson, who denounced the
letter as "insulting and
disrespectful to Jews."
Mr. Small issued a half-
hearted apology for "some
very mean things" in his
letter. But in introducing
Mr. Farrakhan at the rally,
he returned to the canard of
Jewish responsibility for the
slave trade, "revealing" that
the very first slave ship was
named "Zion."
Across campus at the
Hillel House, some 50
students and older par-
ticipants met for the gather-
ing for understanding, in-
cluding a small number of
blacks, Asian Americans,
Latinos and gays.
Jewish student leaders
said they were heartened by
the tone of the two-hour dia-
logue, but expressed disap-
pointment that several cam-
pus groups, including the
National Organization for
Women chapter, had cancel-
ed their participation, ap-
parently under from the
Black Students Union.
University President
Wilson also put in an ap-
pearance, before leaving for
the Farrakhan rally.
An unscheduled partici-
pant at Hillel was Iry Rubin,
head of the militant Jewish
Defense League, who said
that he urged those present
to join him in a protest out-
side the campus gymnasium,
where Mr. Farrakhan was
speaking.
Finding no support, Mr.
Rubin said he left and
bought a $20 ticket to attend
the Farrakhan rally. He was
dissuaded by the campus
police chief, who warned of
the great danger to Mr.
Rubin should he try to
disrupt the rally. ❑

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there were plenty of
fireworks leading up to his
appearance.
It started with an in-
tramural Jewish debate
between Rabbi Jerrold
Goldstein, Hillel director at
the Northridge campus,
which boasts 5,000 to 6,000
Jewish students, and David
Lehrer, regional director of
the Anti-Defamation
League.
Mr. Goldstein advocated a
hands-off policy on the Far-
rakhan appearance, saying
that it was "inappropriate
for Jews to tell blacks whom
they can invite. We will not
do anything confrontational,
which only gives Farrakhan
more publicity and results in
hostility between Jews and
blacks."
Mr. Lehrer harshly dis-
agreed with Mr. Goldstein's
"misguided public com-
ments" and "Jewish leaders
(who) equivocate in the face
of anti-Semitism." He urged
some kind of campus protest.
But Mr. Goldstein said
such a move would be
"incendiary."
Nevertheless, 10 days
before Farrakhan's ap-

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