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Jerzy Kanal
Will Not Resign
Berlin (JTA) — Jerzy Kanal, the
head of Germany's largest Jew-
ish community, unexpectedly
withdrew his plans to resign and
said he is staying on as head of
Berlin's some 12,000-strong com-
munity.
His surprise announcement
came after he spent at least 90
minutes outlining his accom-
plishments and detailing letters
of support he received, including
one from Ignatz Bubis, chairman
of the Central Council of Jews in
Germany.
"Against my previous an-
nouncement, I will not resign,"
Mr. Kanal told an audience of
more than 200 at the Jewish
Community Center in west
Berlin.
In numerous interviews since
December, Mr. Kanal said he
would resign at the community
board's meeting Jan. 17 because
of what he called an intolerable
climate created by opposition to
his Liberal Jewish Bloc, the con-
servative faction on the board.
Moishe Waks, the leader of the
opposition Democratic List and
the man seen as most likely to
succeed Mr. Kanal, was visibly
disappointed by the decision.
But he said he would work
with the rest of the board. He
added that he hoped to be elect-
ed in the next vote, scheduled for
1997.
'We are not interested in tor-
pedoing the community," Mr.
Waks said.
Mr. Waks and his group ap-
parently attempted to get Mr.
Kanal to resign by not approving
the $7 million budget for 1996.
But Mr. Kanal produced a let-
ter written by the president of the
Berlin Constitutional Court that
said under the Jewish commu-
nity's rules, the board did not
have to resign if the budget was
not approved.
Mr. Kanal's sudden change of
plans was a blow to the growing
number of progressive Jews in
the Berlin community who were
hoping for a change at the top.
While Mr. Kanal, 74, is sup-
ported by older members, many
young people believe that he has
been ineffective and often silent
on issues such as racism and rad-
ical right activities.
"Nothing is going to happen
now for a year," said one woman
who is active in one of the two
progressive Jewish groups here.
In defending his decision, Mr.
Kanal also said the community's
reputation in the public at large
is at stake.
Mr. Kanal's resignation threat
and his subsequent withdrawal
made the front page of at least
one paper. And all major news-
papers carried coverage of the
Jan. 17 meeting.
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