L.A. Community Beefs Up Security Los Angeles (JTA) — Jewish community organizations and po- lice have implemented tougher security measures this week, in the wake of three local bomb scares that came within days of the attacks on Jewish institutions in Buenos Aires and London. In the first reported incident, on July 27, police cordoned off a section of Wilshire Boulevard, af- ter a suspicious car was reported parked on the sixth level of the 17-story building housing the Is- raeli Consulate. The previous day, a bomb ex- ploded outside the Israeli Con- sulate in London, injuring 13 people. Early in the morning of July 27, another bomb exploded in front of a Jewish communal building in London, injuring an- other five people. After the car was spotted at the consulate in Los Angeles, a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, the city's busiest thoroughfare, re- mained closed to traffic between 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Police checked out the car, as well as other cars parked near the Jew- ish Community Building, two blocks from the consulate. Following the police investi- gation, the alert was lifted, said Ido Aharoni, consul for commu- nications and public affairs, who noted that no threats had been received at the consulate or by Is- raelis living in Los Angeles. In the second incident on the same day, a bomb threat was re- ceived by phone at the Univer- sity of Judaism in West Los Angeles. The main building was evacuated while police searched the premises for about 90 min- utes before giving the all-clear, said Warren Spry, the universi- ty's facilities director. The following day, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its ad- joining Museum of Tolerance were evacuated for three hours, following two separate but almost simultaneous incidents, accord- ing to Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center's associate dean. Two oversized vans tried to en- ter the center's parking lot around 3:30 p.m., but were turned back and the drivers de- tained until police arrived. Sub- sequent questioning showed that the vans were connected with a group scheduled to tour the mu- seum, and the drivers were re- leased. At almost the same time, a col- lege student phoned police from a public phone directly across Pico Boulevard from the Wiesen- thal Center, and said that a bomb would explode at the Museum of Tolerance at 4 p.m. Police immediately appre- hended the caller, described as a U.S. citizen of Asian descent, and after determining that he and his roommate had just finished vis- iting the museum, ordered an evacuation of the premises. During the three-hour evacu- ation, Pico Boulevard, another major east-west traffic artery, was cordoned off for several blocks, as well. Since the attack on the main Jewish community center in Buenos Aires on July 18, in which. about 100 people were killed, po- lice throughout the metropolitan area have been patrolling Jewish institutions more frequently and in greater strength, said Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, Western re- gional director of the American Jewish Committee. Rabbi Greenebaum is a mem- ber and immediate past president of the Los Angeles Police Com- mission. At the Jewish Community Building, housing the Jewish Federation Council, its agencies and other Jewish organizations, added security measures were implemented following a meet- ing of executives. No one will be allowed to park in front of the building, employ- ees and visitors will have to wear clear identifications and police will maintain a constant surveil- lance, said Gary Wexler, the fed- eration's communications director. The federation and the Anti- Defamation League will shortly hold security seminars for Jew- ish institutions to reinforce in- structions first issued during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Austrian Bishop Bans Cult Vienna (JTA) — On the eve of his retirement, Austrian Bishop Reinhold Stecher has banned an anti-Semitic cult that worships a small child said to have been rit- ually murdered by Jews during the Middle Ages. Bishop Stecher's liberal posi- tions have been acknowledged and in some cases honored by Jewish organizations. He im- posed the ban in the name of Aus- tria's Roman Catholic church to ensure that his successor, who may be of a more conservative bent, complies with the decree, which has the full weight of church law. The decree denied that Jews ever took part in ritual murders, adding, "This was a terrible su- perstition all over Europe." WHAT'S NEW... April is back HAIR BY: Mario Bitonti to work CROSSWINDS MALL Monday 4301 Orchard lake Road 48323 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8 AM - 9 PM thru 855-5055 Friday. • Nursing • Personal Care • JCAHO Accredited • 24 Hour/ 7 Day Per Week Service • Foreign Language & Hearing Impaired Intrepreters Available Registered Nurses (RN) Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Home Health Aide (HHA) Companion/Sitter Abcare's HomeHealth Exchange (7) N C/) CD A Division Of Exchange Services, Inc. 1-800-70-NURSE 61