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with the way he framed his argu-
ment.
Two weeks ago, the Holocaust
Council reaffirmed its selection of
Roth even as additional essays surfaced
that included criticisms of Israeli poli-
cy toward the Palestinians and addi-
tional Holocaust comparisons. The
Council also unanimously blasted crit-
ics for what members agreed was a
campaign of personal vilification
against Roth.
But Roth's cause was damaged
when he was blasted by leading con-
servative columnists like George Will.
More importantly, his ineffective
response to the controversy over his
appointment, and the fact that he did
not reveal additional writings that
could have caused embarrassment to
the Council, disturbed some support-
ers.
Also last week, changed course and
joined the critics, saying that Roth's
writings "reveal a mindset I found
troubling. He seems preoccupied with
comparisons I find offensive, and that
changed my mind."
Anti-Defamation League director
Abraham Foxman, who last week
joined Roth's critics and was the lone
dissenter when the Council voted to
reaffirm the appointment, said that
the fracas will not damage the
Museum. But he expressed concern
about what it will do to a Jewish com-
munity in which political debate is
increasingly bitter and personal.
"It didn't have to be a personal
attack from the start. We can't afford
that, because after a while the same
thing will happen in Jewish life that is
happening in political life: people of
quality won't seek leadership positions
because they know they're going to get
attacked by people who just go after
them because they don't like what they
say. Debate the issues, challenge peo-
ple on the merits of the issue—but
don't destroy them."
This wasn't the Museum's first expe-
rience with a botched personnel deci-
sion; in 1995, the Council's choice as
director of the Museum,
Cornell University scholar Steven T.
Katz, was forced to resign only two
weeks before taking over because of
charges he had misrepresented his
scholarly achievements.
The Council replaced him with
Reich, a psychiatrist and senior scholar
at the Woodrow Wilson Center in
Washington. But Reich quickly ran
into conflict with senior Museum
staffers and with Council Chair Miles
Lerman. ❑

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