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Judge Frees
Palestinian
the historic edifice built in 1866
by Congregation B'nai Yeshurun
— now Isaac M. Wise Temple —
when Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise
London (JTA) — A Palestinian was its spiritual leader.
It is the very place where
woman accused of involvement
Wise
himself, the founder of Re-
in the 1994 bombing of the Israeli
Embassy in London was freed af- form Judaism in America, was
ter a judge ruled that there was installed in 1875 as the first
president of Hebrew Union Col-
insufficient evidence against her.
lege.
The judge in the case said that
The inauguration was attend-
he would direct the jury to acquit
ed
by members of Cincinnati's
Nadia Zekra, 48, a Palestinian
homemaker charged with plant- civic, corporate and religious com-
munities; the leadership of the
ing the bomb.
The case is "fraught with pit- Reform movement from North
falls," the judge said, adding that America, Israel and abroad; and
"it would be dangerous in the ex- representatives of major acade-
treme to allow this case to go be- mic institutions, seminaries and
fore a jury. I have no hesitation national communal organiza-
in discharging this case." Cases tions.
In a moving ceremony filled
against another woman and two
men charged in connection with with sounds of the shofar, bibli-
the bombing are scheduled to cal readings, musical interludes
and passing the Torah from gen-
continue.
Officials at the Israeli Em- eration to generation, Stanley
bassy and the Jewish Board of Gold, chairman of the HUC-JIR
Deputies, the community's um- Board of Governors, turned the
brella group, declined to comment mantle of leadership over to Rab-
on the ruling, saying that they bi Zimmerman.
Rabbi Zimmerman, who wants
would not speak publicly until
to be known as president and
the other cases are concluded.
The July 26, 1994, embassy rosh yeshiva (head of the yeshi-
bombing caused $8.4 million in va) — the first president so des-
damage and left 14 people injured. ignated — made clear that the
A second explosion occurred message he imparted when cho-
the next day at Balfour House, sen for the position in August
the London headquarters of the 1995 is still his top priority: He
Joint Israel Appeal. Five people wants to bring more Torah to
HUC-JIR.
were injured in that attack.
Last year, he said the biggest
On the day of the first bomb-
ing, Mr. Zekra had parked her challenge facing him was "re-
Audi near the embassy and forming Jews, bringing them
walked off. Six months later, she home to Torah."
was arrested.
She has spent almost five
months in jail.
In a statement outside the
courtroom, Ms. Zekra said she
had been sure that she would not Los Angeles (JTA) — Attorneys
be convicted.
for the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Jawad Botmeh, 28; Samar have filed a class-action suit on
Alami, 30; and Mahmoud Abu- behalf of Holocaust victims and
Wardeh, 25, are-still being tried their heirs against Swiss banks
on charges of conspiracy to cause that may be holding the
explosions, possession of a dan- claimants' undisclosed assets.
gerous substance and possession
The move comes as other par-
of three handguns.
ties, including the World Jewish
All three have denied the Congress and the U.S. Senate
charges against them.
Banking Committee, also are
A legal source following their pressuring Switzerland to dis-
trial believes that they will also close the extent of their coopera-
be acquitted for lack of evidence. tion with the Nazis during the
war, the fate of assets belonging
to Holocaust victims deposited in
Swiss bank accounts and the
whereabouts of looted Nazi gold
purchased by Swiss banks.
Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abra-
Cincinnati (JTA) — Amid the
pomp and ceremony that sur- ham Cooper, the center's two
rounded the inauguration of Rab- chief executives, notified Carlo
bi Sheldon Zimmerman as Jagmetti, the Swiss ambassador
seventh president of Hebrew to the United States, of the action
Union College-Jewish Institute and urged his government to:
* Voluntarily freeze all assets
of Religion, one thing remained
clear: This president intends to in dormant or questionable ac-
counts that may have been
stand firm on his commitment to
bring more Torah to the nation's opened by Nazi officials, front or-
oldest institution of higher Jew- ganizations or businesses.
* Mandate the complete coop-
ish learning.
eration
of all Swiss government
The inauguration took place
Oct. 31 at Plum Street Temple, agencies and private financial in-
Wiesenthal Center
Files A Suit
Rabbi Zimmerman
Is HUC-JIR Head