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Join us at 12:00 Noon
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1995
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Enjoy a Program of Delightful Music
YIDDISH IS ALIVE AND WELL
A YIDDISH REVUE
Featuring
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Sandy (Mrs. Henry) Schore
President
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810-557-6644
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Bess (Mrs. Jacob) Axelrod
Vice President-Programming
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Luncheon tickets will be
at the door
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Blue Box Chairman
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even our closest ally is recogniz-
ing Tel Aviv rather than
Jerusalem. That is why it is time
to move the embassy to
Jerusalem — even though I'm
sure the Arab world will not ap-
plaud us or the Americans."
But Mr. Beilin also warned
against turning the Jerusalem is-
sue into a political football.
"The problem I see is that the
issue of Jerusalem became a kind
of internal American conflict be-
tween the parties," he said. "In a
way, it was cynically used in the
American political game. But to-
day, if there's a chance to move
the embassy to Jerusalem, I
would say, the sooner the better."
That was a backhanded dig at
the bill's chief sponsor, Sen. Bob
Dole, R-Kans., who changed his
mind about Jerusalem just about
the time he cranked up his pres-
idential campaign.
Mr. Beilin disappointed re-
porters by failing to add to the
controversy over Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin's recent broad-
sides aimed at Jewish organiza-
tions.
On the day of the Oslo II sign-
ing in Washington, Mr. Rabin
blasted Jewish groups for de-
clining financial contributions to
Israel.
Mr. Beilin, who caused an up-
roar last year with his claim that
American Jewish money is no
longer vital for Israel's prosperi-
ty and security, played it cool in
response to reporters' questions.
He repeated his insistence that
American Jews stop regarding Is-
rael as a "needy country." Re-
ductions in Jewish giving to
Israel, he said, are a "natural de-
velopment" because of Israel's re-
cent economic successes.
And he repeated his call for
Jews here to redirect their phil-
anthropy to aliyah and educat-
ing American Jewish youth about
Israel.
"I would like to see a change,
so that Jewish money will cover
the expenses of immigration to
Israel, because that is bigger than
we can cover — and also cover
the expenses of a new national
Jewish project that would enable
every young Jew to visit Israel at
least for a few weeks."
Several weeksago, Mr. Beilin's
boss — Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin — blasted Jewish groups
that have lobbied Congress
against the policies of his gov-
ernment.
Mr. Beilin offered a more tol-
erant assessment of divisions
within the American Jewish com-
munity.
"It is in our interests to en-
courage Jews everywhere to be
involved with Israel — to praise
us, to criticize us, because that is
a demonstration of their connec-
tion to Israel," he said. "I wouldn't
like to see a community that is
automatically supporting (the de-
cisions of the Israeli government)
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munity that automatically criti-
cizes us.
Mr. Beilin also expressed sup-
port for U.S. Trade Representa-
tive Mickey Kantor's proposal to
extend the U.S.-Israel Free Trade
Area agreement to the West
Bank and Gaza.
Mr. Kantor was in Israel for
ceremonies marking the 10th an-
niversary of the free trade pact
— which Israeli officials now
hope will also provide a vital
boost to the Palestinian economy.
Chump Change
Moves Embassy
With federal-programs falling like
dominoes, what's a few million
dollars more or less?
That's a question that the Na-
tional Taxpayers Union is posing
to conservative legislators who
are enthusiastic about legislation
forcing the State Department to
move its embassy to Jerusalem.
Periodically, the group sends
out friendly reminders about
what various legislative actions
would cost the Treasury.
Using Congressional Budget
Office numbers, the taxpayer's
group has estimated that moving
the American embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem would cost
about $35 million.
That's chicken feed, according
to most pro-Israel activists — es-
pecially since the money will help
rectify a diplomatic slight to one
of this country's most valued al-
lies.
And Jewish activists point out
that the move will save commut-
ing costs for U.S. diplomats,
whose offices are in Tel Aviv, but
who must do all their regular
business in Jerithalem, where Is-
raeli government offices are lo-
cated.
Opponents of the Dole propos-
al are not using the CBO data in
the embassy debate — in part be-
cause they're not opposed to the
concept of moving the embassy
just to its timing.
,
"From the start, this has been
a delicate issue because we all