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Ms. Herzl also feels responsi-
ble for combatting anti-Semitism
in these countries. Recently,
when a senior parliamentarian
issued an anti-Semitic statement,
Ms. Herzl responded with a let-
ter in which she emphasized the
insidious dangers of stereotypes.
"I dealt with it professionally,
through the proper channels," she
said. "Yet at the same time I
thought, 'Good heavens. Ninety-
five percent of the Jews who lived
here were murdered. I can't let
him get away with this!' I can't
deal with an anti-Semitic state-
ment with the same disposition I
would an unfavorable remark
about the peace process. In a way,
we are the ambassadors not only
of Israel, but of the Jewish peo-
ple."
In October 1994, on an official
visit to Israel, Lithuanian Prime
Minister Adolfas Slezevicius, ac-
companied by Ms. Herzl, ac-
knowledged and apologized for
Lithuania's role in the Holocaust.
Ms. Herzl believes that his state-
ment is the result ofher work and
is clearly very proud. "It is very
important for these things to be
open, to be on the table. Because
then the mundane, day-to-day ac-
tivities are so much easier," she
said.
During the same visit, the
Lithuanian prime minister also
discussed trade and business op-
portunities. The past, said Ms.
Herzl, cannot be the sole reason
for a relationship.
"You don't open an embassy to
deal with the past," she contin-
ued. "For that you open a muse-
um. We have to find the delicate
balance between the past and the
present — not allowing them to
forget, ignore, or deny the past yet
also working on the current bi-
lateral relationship."
The Baltic countries are West-
em-oriented, seeking to ally with
Europe and the United States
and growing and moving from
centralized socialist economies to
free market. Combined with their
geographical proximity to Israel,
this, according to Ms. Herzl,
makes them good trade and
tourism partners.
"In some ways I am quite jeal-
ous of these people," she said, "be-
cause they have the opportunity
to do for their country what my
parents' generation did for ours.
It is fascinating to watch them
develop and grow as independent
\D nations. They are setting the
tones, the priorities for the future;
they are creating their futures."
Ms. Herzl, herself an obser-
vant Jew, maintains close con-
tact with the Jewish
communities in the three coun-
tries. "Jewishly, the republics are
different from the other former
Soviet states," she said. "The
Russian occupation lasted only
50 years; prior to this, they were
independent and prosperous

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