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Asian Americans
Plan New Ties
March 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, and 20
MONDAY - THURSDAY
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Families
Religious Schools
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accompanying adults
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Please call Cheryl Kane
for reservations at 661- 5092
THE MATZAH FACTORY IS WELCOMING....
Adat Shalom, Akiva Day School, Bais Yaacov, Beth Abraham Hillel Moses. Beth Jacob. Beth Shalom, Cheder Lubavitch, Friends of Soviet Refugees,
Ganeinu, Hillel Day School. JCC Child Development, Jewish Parents Institute, Jewish Vocational Service, Me and My Grandchild, Me and My Dad.
NCSY-AJE, Sharrey Zedek, West Bloomfield; Sharrey Zedek: Southfield, Shir Tikvah, Temple Emmanuel, Temple Kehillhe Israel; Lansing, Temple
Kol Arni, Watch Group, Workman's Circle.
MURRAY PERAHIA, pianist
Wednesday, March 23, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
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each piece and infusing it with a combination
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Washington (JTA) -- Mem-
bers of a group of prominent
Asian Americans, just back
from an eventful trip to
Israel, are planning joint
efforts between the Asian
American and the American
Jewish communities.
While Jews and Asian
Americans have long been
involved in coalitions on
various domestic issues, in-
cluding immigration and
hate crimes, the agenda has
expanded to include foreign
policy, said Neil Sandberg,
director of the Los Angeles-
based Pacific Rim Institute
of the American Jewish
Committee.
"It seemed only natural to
want to extend this (rela-
tionship) to the world
scene," Mr. Sandberg said.
This shift is due in part to
the increasing ties in recent
years between Israel and
Asian countries including
China, Japan and India.
The Feb. 19-28 trip was
believed to be the first in-
volving Asian Americans of
varying backgrounds, in-
cluding Chinese, Korean,
Japanese and Vietnamese.
The 11 participants live in
cities across the United
States, from San Diego to
Atlanta.
This was the participants'
first trip to Israel, and it
happened to coincide with
the Feb. 25 murders of Pa-
lestinian worshipers in a
Hebron mosque by a Jewish
settler.
Several of the participants,
contacted after their return
home, were still trying to
sort out their emotions and
impressions of the trip,
which was sponsored by Pro-
ject Interchange, an
AJCommittee institute.
"I got so much information
from the trip, it will take me
many days to digest," said
Susan Lew of San Diego, a
businesswoman born in
China.
North Vietnam-born Tony
Lam of Westminster, Calif.,
did not wait to come home
before contacting Viet-
namese Americans to
discuss his trip.
While in Israel, Lam called
a U.S. radio station that he
said reaches 300,000 Viet-
namese Americans and
spent about 35 minutes on
the air.
Mr. Lam, who serves as
mayor pro tempore of
Westminster, an Orange
County community with a
heavy concentration of Viet-
namese Americans, said he
told his listeners about the
Vietnamese community in
Israel and put some mem-
bers of this community on
the radio.
According to Mr. Lam,
there are about 200 Viet-
namese who fled their
homeland and have been liv-
ing in Israel since 1979.
"They were the first boat
people ever accepted by any
country," Mr. Lam said.
"They love Israel so
much," Mr. Lam said. "They
talk about how nice people
are, and their children are in
the army. To them, (Israel) is
their country. That story is
so good to the Vietnamese
listener."
"Early on, Israel was very
forthcoming and sensitive to
the plight of the boat people
and took in a number of
refugees," said Mr. Sand-
berg of the Pacific Rim In-
stitute.
He added that Israel "has
done a very good job in in-
volving the Vietnamese im-
Project
Interchange has
asked business
groups to send
material to
participants.
migrant community in the
national life of the society,"
including in schools and in
the army.
"The area of escape from
persecution is an area Jews
know well," Mr. Sandberg
said.
Mr. Lam said that on his
trip he gained an under-
standing of the issues in-
volved in the Middle East
conflict.
"It is a matter of survival
for Israel to defend itself,"
he said. "I understand the
conflict there now."
He added that television
news only showed rock-
throwing in the Gaza Strip
and the West Bank town of
Jericho.
He plans to talk to a Jew-
ish group in Orange County
about his trip. "I also work
as an ambassador of good
will, as a liaison between the
two communities here," he
said.
Ms. Lew of San Diego,
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