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Call 354-6060 Earthquake Spares The Jews Of Kobe New York (JTA) — The tiny Jew- ish community of Kobe, Japan, managed to escape serious harm from the devastating earthquake that struck western Japan. "It was just lucky, that's all," said Simon Elimalah, the presi- dent of the Kobe synagogue who was reached by telephone. While no one among the com- munity's 30 families was seri- ously injured, at least one family lost its home, and several other homes and businesses sustained serious damage, he said. The Ohel Shelomoh synagogue itself, built in 1970, suffered mi- nor damage. Rabbi James Lebeau, spiritu- al leader of the synagogue in Tokyo, also reached by telephone, described the Kobe shul as a "beautiful Sephardic synagogue" situated in a hillside neighbor- hood overlooking the city. "The earthquake was very se- lective," said Lebeau, who has vis- ited Kobe and was in touch with members of the community there. The Tokyo synagogue, which has about 150 member families, and the one in Kobe are the only two synagogues in Japan, the rabbi said. The Kobe shul does not have its own rabbi. Elimalah said tablets depict- ing the Ten Commandments, made of marble and hanging in the Kobe shul, fell during the quake and were shattered. Despite the relative good for- tune of the Jewish community, Elimalah, sounding fired and de- pressed, described the general scene in Kobe as horrific. "It looks like after World War II," he said. "Food is hard to get, gasoline is hard to get. "And it's still going on," he added. Because of structural damage sustained during the quake itself, "every day, another building falls down. Some of the buildings — you wouldn't believe they could come down." The Kobe Jewish community was formed in the 1930s, most- ly by Russian immigrants who established import-export busi- nesses, according to Lebeau. During World War II, Lebeau explained, the community swelled with the influx of some 1,500 refugees from Nazi Europe, including almost all the students and faculty of the Lithuanian Mir Yeshiva. These refugees spent most of the war years in Shanghai. But in a little-known chapter of the Jews of Shanghai, their first port of entry was Kobe. They had arrived in Japan with visas issued by Sempo Sug- ihara, the then-Japanese consul general in Kovno, Lithuania. Sugihara was awarded a posthumous Righteous Among the Nations award by Yad Vashem in 1984. Today, most of the Europeans . have left Kobe and the Jewish community is largely Sephardi, composed of Jews of Iraqi, Syri- an and Moroccan descent. These Middle Eastern Jews were at- tracted to Japan primarily for business reasons. The synagogue, which is Or- thodox, holds Shabbat and holi- day services. It serves the entire Kansai region of Japan, which in- cludes the cities of Osaka and Ky- oto, according to Lebeau. Elimalah, president of the syn- agogue, said that many Jews who do business in the area, especially Israelis, also attend the syna- gogue regularly, but he did not have an accurate count for them. Both the Tokyo and Kobe syn- agogues have begun raising funds to aid the victims of the quake. Elimalah said he was housing a family whose home was badly damaged. There were also re- ports that the synagogue would be offering an apartment above the sanctuary as a refuge for those in need. Several American Jewish or- ganizations have also started re- lief efforts. They include the American Jewish World Service, B'nai B'rith International, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Con- gregations of America and the American Jewish Joint Distrib- ution Committee. These funds will be distributed to Jews and non-Jews alike, ac- cording to the organizations. Those wishing to contact the Kobe synagogue directly can write to: The Jewish Communi- ty of Kansai; 12/12 Kitano-cho 4 chome; Chuo-ku; Port P.O. Box No. 639; Kobe, Japan 651-01. Police In Haiti Return To Israel Jerusalem (JTA) — The Israeli police contingent that was dis- patched to Haiti last October as part of an international peace- keeping force returned to Israel last week. During their three months of service in the tiny Caribbean is- land nation, the 28 Israeli vol- unteers worked to help create better relations between the com- munity and local police. The Israeli detachment was part of a 1,500-member interna- tional team of police that took over civilian peacekeeping.