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Jerusalem (JTA) - The time
is ripe to reassess the old,
stereotypical formulas that
have characterized the rela-
tionship between Israel and
the Diaspora, asserts the
new head of the world Jewry
division of the Foreign Min-
istry.
Haim Divon, who was
Israel's ambassador to Ethi-
opia from 1991 to 1993, was
tapped last September to
take the Foreign Ministry
job. He replaced Yehudi
Kinar, who is now serving as
the consul general in San
Francisco.
Mr. Divon, who has served
in diplomatic posts in Sri
Lanka, India and Canada,
said the division has been
restructured and charged
with a more "tightly defined
agenda."
And that, he said, signals
that the matter of world
Jewry will be taken more se-
riously by the Foreign Min-
istry.
He spoke of a "new
chapter" in the division and
of the "fresh outlook" of
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres, Deputy Minister
Yossi Beilin and Director
General Uri Savir.
"Each of them realizes it's
high time to give proper at-
tention to the Diaspora," he
said.
Mr. Divon, who reports
directly to Mr. Savir, said he
has had "more meetings in
the last four months" on the
Diaspora with Mr. Savir,
Mr. Peres and Mr. Beilin
"than there were (in the
ministry) in the last four
years."
American Jewish leaders,
both inside and outside
Israel, have praise for Mr.
Divon's predecessor, Mr.
Kinar. But they say Mr.
Divon's access and high dip-
lomatic status lend new
weight and prestige to the
issue.
They also say that despite
little background in
Diaspora Jewish affairs, he
is a quick study and serious
about his new post.
Mr. Divon's mandate is
broader than that of his
predecessor and its profile
has been raised, said
Malcolm Hoenlein, ex-
ecutive vice chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations.
"I am very impressed,"
said David Clayman, Israel
director of the American
Jewish Congress. "He's a
high-powered diplomat who
realizes what he doesn't
know and he's learning it."
Mr. Divon said he plans to
set up regular meetings with
Mr. Clayman and the other
local representatives of
Diaspora Jewish organiza-
tions.
The peace process has
begun to free Israelis to stop
a nearly exclusive focus on
security issues and start a
little "soul-searching," said
Mr. Divon.
That soul-searching in-
cludes a serious re-
examination of the relation-
ship to Diaspora Jewry,
Yossi Beilin:
New outlook is praised.
which is changing and grap-
pling with new and serious
issues of its own, he said.
"In Israel, the whole con-
cept of Diaspora Jewry is a
very distorted one," Mr.
Divon remarked. In the '50s,
the Diaspora meant "food
parcels," and then later it
meant "dedicating forests or
buildings," and "a memorial
plaque."
Even to professionals in
the field, the role of Diaspora
Jews was reduced to "a polit-
ical lobby or a schnorrer," he
said.
"It's not our fault," he
added. "No one taught us.
Jewish history lessons ended
after the Second World
War."
At the same time, for
many Diaspora Jews who
never visit, Israel is reduced
to "what they see on televi-
sion about the intifada," Mr.
Divon said, referring to the
Palestinian uprising.
And those who do come
under the auspices of a
typical United Jewish Ap-
peal mission get exposed to