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in conjunction with
THE TEMPLE TREASURES and
THE CARING COMMUNITY
ZOA Demand
Legitimate
Criticism was made of the Zionist
Organization of America (ZOA) for
taking a strong forthright position
against the failure of Jordan to extra-
dite Abu Daoud, the confessed mas-
termind of the 1972 massacre of
Israeli athletes at the Munich
Olympics, from Jordan to stand trial
("ZOA Blasted On Jordan Aid,"
Washington Watch, Aug. 6).
Presently, Jordan is a favorite of the
United States and Israel for being a
moderate in the Arab arena. During
the present peace negotiations, it is
important to do nothing to upset the
Jordanian government even if it
means turning a blind eye to their
supporting terrorism. Though one can
understand such an argument, it is an
argument based upon the faulty
grounds that placating terrorism
somehow can have beneficial results.
As history has shown, compromising
on terrorist activities seldom leads to
anything except more terrorism and
more demands.
When one thinks of the Lockerbie
downing of the TWA plane by terror-
ists and the incredible efforts of the
United States and England to have the
accused terrorists extradited from
Libya for trial, one wonders why the
same standards cannot be brought to
bear on other countries that harbor
terrorists.
In the last few days, the latest
news is that Jordan has claimed that
Abu Daoud has magically disap-
peared from their country and can-
not be found. It could be that the
threat of sanctions by the Congress
for aid to Jordan, supported by the
ZOA, had the effect of forcing
Daoud into hiding. True or not, the
demand by ZOA that a murdering
terrorist must be brought to justice
remains legitimate.
Joseph F. Savin
Birmingham
Real Threats,
Real Responses
Senior Editor Neil Rubin is quite cor-
rect when he argues that "hate can be
effectively countered in America." But
he is most certainly wrong when he
dismisses ("Our Tragic Flaw," July 23)
popular concerns about anti-Semitism
as "paranoid" and argues a "need to
reject predictable responses" to hate
crimes like denunciation, legal safe-
guards, coalitions and tough law
enforcement. It is exactly these types
of tried-and-true responses to real
threats that have been effective in
countering and containing anti-Semi-
tism and other forms of hate.
But certainly our efforts need not
stop there. And they don't. Indeed,
many of the types of creative respons-
es Rubin suggests — anti-bias educa-
tion, youth programming, intergroup
relations work and campus outreach
— have been proactively, and success-
fully, done by the Anti-Defamation
League (ADL) both locally and
nationally for many years.
His suggestion to respond to hate
with increased Jewish education and
practice is a nice affirmation of identi-
ty, and valuable in its own right, but
does precious little to combat anti-
Semitism. Today's virulent anti-Semi-
tes are motivated by neo-Nazi theories
of race and other discredited myths,
not by the actual religious or social
practices of Jews.
Thankfully the Jewish community
need not choose between enhancing
our Jewishness and fighting anti-Semi-
tism. We can, and are, doing both.
Michael P. Horowitz
president,
Anti-Defamation League/
Michigan Region
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