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September 15, 1995 - Image 78

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1995-09-15

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ADL Clears
House Historian

Washington (JTA) — Eight
months after praising Speaker of
the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.,
for firing House historian Christi-
na Jeffrey for her controversial
review of a Holocaust education
program, the Anti-Defamation
League now says she was "stig-
matized unfairly" and mislabeled
anti-Semitic.
Ms. Jeffrey, who as a consul-
tant for the Education Depart-
ment in 1986 criticized a junior
high school Holocaust course for
not presenting "the Nazi point of
view," was hired by Mr. Gingrich
as historian of the House of Rep-
resentatives in January.
But within days, when her
views about the Holocaust cur-
riculum were made public, she
was dismissed.
In Ms. Jeffrey's 1986 evalua-
tion of the Holocaust course, she
wrote, "The program gives no ev-
idence of balance or objectivity.
The Nazi point of view, however
unpopular, is still a point of view
and is not presented, nor is that
of the Ku Klux Klan."
An associate professor at Ken-
nesaw State College in Marietta,
Ga., Ms. Jeffrey has been trying
to clear her name since the flap
occurred.
As part of that effort, she met
last month with Abraham Fox-
man, ADL national director, who
suggested an exchange of letters.
In her Aug. 8 letter to Mr. Fox-
man, Ms. Jeffrey wrote, "These
remarks have given rise to great
misunderstanding, and I deeply
regret this.
"I would not for the world add
to the pain of those who have suf-
fered so much at the hands of
20th century butchers and big-
ots," she wrote.
"Furthermore, I have given my
life to a vocation which has as its
aim education for freedom. Noth-
ing in my personal or profession-
al life has ever grieved me so
much as the false characteriza-
tion of me as racist and anti-Se-
mitic," Ms. Jeffrey wrote.
hi response, Mr. Foxman
wrote to Ms. Jeffrey: "I under-
stand and appreciate your ex-
planation — and remorse — for
what we both agree were ill-con-
sidered, poorly chosen remarks."
"I want to assure you that, af-
ter examining the facts and cir-
cumstances of the controversy
involving the 'Facing History and
Ourselves' Holocaust curriculum,
ADL is satisfied that any char-
acterization of you as anti-Semitic
or sympathetic to Nazism is en-
tirely unfounded and unfair," he
wrote in his Aug. 22 letter.
Although the ADL was among
the first of many Jewish groups
- to praise Mr. Gingrich for "swift

and decisive action" in firing Ms.
Jeffrey, Mr. Foxman said in an
interview this week that his sup-
port for Ms. Jeffrey does not con-
stitute a reversal of ADL's initial
stance.
Mr. Foxman said that after he
heard Ms. Jeffrey better articu-
late her views during their meet-
ing last month, he "came to the
conclusion that this woman made
a mistake" and that she was
"stigmatized unfairly."
He said his letter of support
was intended to help put the is-
sue to rest and "help her get on
with her life."
Ms. Jeffrey was quoted in the
Washington Post saying that Mr.
Foxman's letter "gives me peace
of mind."
"It's very important to me that
this not come up and cause me
difficulty in everything I do," she
said.

Catalogue Drops

Hitler Video

New York (JTA) — A video of
Hitler will be removed from a
catalog that described the tape
as being part of a collection of
"some of the greatest speeches
delivered."
Sound Exchange, a division of
Time Warner & Sony, agreed to
remove the video after protest
from the Anti-Defamation
League.
The league challenged the
grouping of the Nazi dictator
with major figures — including
President Abraham Lincoln,
President John F. Kennedy and
Martin Luther King Jr. — in the
Summer 1995 Sound Exchange
catalog.
Ina letter to the ADL, the di-
rector of customer service for
Sound Exchange, Susan Hayes,
said the Hitler video and any as-
sociated items would be pulled
from future catalogs.
"It is not our intention to an-
tagonize or offend our cus-
tomers," Ms. Hayes said.
Calling the collection of
speeches "our nations' leaders"
in the catalog also came under
fire.
In addition, the ADL ques-
tioned advertising copy that used
"the term 'nostalgia' as one rea-
son for purchasing videos of
speeches given by the man re-
sponsible for millions of deaths
in World War II."
The ADL said Time Warner
should "reconsider the appropri-
ateness of this promotional ap-
proach" in the future.
The company said it would re-
vise its catalog proofing process.
- The ADL praised such action.

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