Tuesday, January 14, at 7:30 p.m.

You're chatting with friends at
the local Jewish center, and
someone brings up the topic of
Finland's Jews. You don't want
to sound like a schlemiel, but
what do you say?
If you're a Jewish cybernaut,
you needn't fear intellectual em-
barrassment; a new site on the
World Wide Web provides a fas-
cinating glimpse of Jewish life in
Helsinki, that nation's capital.
The Helsinki Jewish communi-
ty page opens with a striking pic-
ture of the city's main synagogue,
circa 1906, and an easy-to-use
menu of choices.
Visitors can begin with a con-
cise account of a Jewish com-
munity that had its origins in the
first half of the 19th century
when Jewish soldiers in the
Russian army were permitted to
stay in Finland after their dis-
charge.
The newcomers weren't ex-
actly welcomed; discharged Jew-
ish soldiers were limited to
certain occupations, and they
were forbidden from attending
fairs or working outside their
towns of residence. Things got
better in 1918, when the Finnish
parliament approved a law al-
lowing Jews to become full citi-
zens.
The site briefly describes Fin-
land's odd status during World
War II, and the full integration
of the Jewish population after
the war.
When Israel emerged from the
ashes of the Holocaust, Finnish-
Jewish volunteers "represented
the highest per-capita participa-
tion of any Diaspora Jewish com-
munity." The site also contains
detailed descriptions of a sur-
prisingly vibrant Jewish com-
munity life in Finland; soon, it
will offer information for Jewish
visitors and Web links to other
Jewish communities in the re-
gion.
In a way, it's the Internet at
its best — a medium that can
shrink the world by providing a
window into faraway lives.
Thanks to computer networking,
the Jewish world is coming to-
gether as never before; check it
out by setting your Web brows-
er to: communities in the region.
http ://www.helsinki. fliaschul-
ma/srk/home.htm

— James D. Besser

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