WE CAN HELP YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT, EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. Ben meets Veronique, who mesmerizes him and announces she will leave her husband for her new love. But instead of taking his chance at happiness, Ben runs. or more than three years, beginning in 1969, 10 Is- raeli prisoners of war were held prisoner in Egypt. They were tortured, interrogat- ed and isolated before being joined together in a single cell. There, they created their own community (one of their major projects was translating The Hob- bit into Hebrew) and charted, in F a diary, the issues that affected their lives. The story of the men is told in Seasons of Captivity (New York University Press) by Amia Lieblich, of the Lafer Center for the Study of Women at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Seasons of Captivity, a na- tional best-seller when it was re- leased in Israel, also considers the lives of the prisoners after they were released in 1973, along with the experiences of the wives during and after their husbands' captivity. O . Hate-Crime Statistics Demonstrate A Need Washington (JTA) — Armed with newly released hate-crime statistics for 1993, Jewish groups are prepared to press Congress and the Clinton administration to fund educational programs geared to reducing incidents of violence motivated by prejudice. According to preliminary fig- ures released simultaneously in Germany by FBI Director Louis Freeh and at a Senate Judicia- ry subcommittee on the Consti- tution, there were 7,684 hate crimes committed in the United States last year, including 1,054 incidents targeting Jews. According to observers, these figures confirm the need for edu- 1,189 reported incidents based on religious bias in 1993. Among other religious groups, 30 anti-Catholic, 25 anti-Protes- tant and 11 anti-Islamic incidents were reported by the 6,850 par- ticipating law enforcement agen- cies in 46 states and the District of Columbia. Congress passed legislation in 1990 requiring the FBI to collect data on hate crimes. Based on information from participating agencies, the FBI reported 4,558 incidents of hate crimes in 1991 and 7,442 in 1992. The majority of reported inci- dents in 1993 — 62 percent— were motivated by racial bias. Eighteen percent were motivat- ed by religious bias and 12 per- cent were based on bias against certain sexual orientations. Seventy percent of the report- ed offenses were crimes against people. These crimes included murders, rape, aggravated as- sault and intimidation, which was the most frequently report- cational programs to decrease vi- ed hate crime at 35 percent of the olence by reducing prejudice. total offenses, according to the re- In its version of the bill passed port. three months ago, the House of Neither Congress nor the FBI Representatives included mod- can require law enforcement el programs to combat prejudice agencies around the country to and hate. compile the data. This year's The Senate bill, which was ex- 6,850 respondents cover only 56 pected to pass as early as this percent of the U.S. population. week, includes similar language. Of the jurisdictions that sent Although the House version data, many reported information does not fund the grant and edu- spanning six months instead of cation programs, Education Sec- the full year. retary Richard Riley has voiced ADL officials say they are plan- his support for the program and ning to meet with police chiefs has indicated his department will around the country in an effort find the resources to award to persuade them to begin re- grants to local educational and porting or to make more complete community groups to develop reports of hate crimes to the FBI. training programs and courses to fight prejudice. According to the FBI report, "Hatikva", the Israeli na- hate crimes attacking Jews ac- tional anthem, was written counted for 89 percent of the by Naftali Hertz Imber. The majority of reported incidents in 1993 were motivated by racial bias. Custom Order Savings On Thousands of Choices From $649-$1775 500 styles, 2000 fabrics and leathers. 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