World Briefs -.41. I. • os forward to seeing you. Thank you for making us a succ CHARD LAKE ROAD • WEST BLOOMFIELD • (248) 851- For Your Convenience Bloomfield Plaza Stores Will Be OPEN SUNDAYS 12 PM TO 5 PM November 28, December 5, 12, 19 Yeltsin May Visit The West Bank Court Hears Church-State Case Moscow (JTA) — Russian President Boris Yeltsin may travel to the West Bank in January to mark the Eastern Orthodox celebration of Christmas, according to Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian Authority presi- dent made the comment during a visit to Moscow after speaking with Yeltsin by telephone. Yeltsin canceled a planned meeting with Arafat because of illness, and Arafat met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin instead. Washington (JTA) — The U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral argu- ments in a case that addresses whether federal funds provided to parochial schools to purchase computers, software and library books violates the constitu- tional separation of church and state. The case stems from a lawsuit filed in the early 1980s by parents in Louisiana. The court also agreed to decide whether judges or juries have the responsibility to impose sentences under state hate-crime laws. Anti-Zionists Praise Farrakhan New York (JTA) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and leaders of a religious anti-Zionist group condemned the "Zionist-controlled media" and the "Zionist lobby," according to the Final Call, the Nation of Islam's newspaper. The comments came at the sec- ond meeting this year between Farrakhan and leaders of the Neturei Karta. Rabbi Moshe Beck, who headed the Neturei Karta delegation, offered a blessing to Farrakhan gen- erally reserved for nobility and royal- ty, and wished him "long life and healthy years to continue preaching the truth and doing good deeds," according to the newspaper. At the first meeting in June, Neturei Karta members appealed to Farrakhan to intercede on behalf of 13 Jews imprisoned by Iran for spy- ing for Israel. NY To House Day School Office 5tearylike4Leptdoict A Distinctive Collection of Shops and Services Telegraph at Maple best price, selection eind personellized service FO r y0 ill' CINDY SCHLUSSEL 1999 sHumnn 30 6 6 9 — 2 0 11 O . New York (JTA) — New York City will soon be home to the first regional office of the National Jewish Day School Scholarship Committee, according to the group's chairman, George Hanus. Its director, who has not yet been named, will work with the roughly 275 Jewish day schools and yeshivas in New York to raise money for endow- ments. The hope is ultimately subsi- dizing tuition for any student seeking a day school education, Hanus said. He also hopes to eventually open offices in Miami, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Texas. Panel Blasts Swiss Record Zurich (JTA) — The Swiss govern- ment helped the Nazis achieve their goals, according to an international panel of historians probing the Alpine nation's wartime past. A spokesman for the panel, known as the Bergier Commission, said this is one of the major conclusions of its report. A spokeswoman for the Swiss Foreign Ministry denied that the government was angered by the report, which focuses on Switzerland's treatment of Jewish refugees during World War II. In a separate development, a leader of a right-wing Swiss party plans to try to replace President Ruth Dreifuss in the nation's government. Political observers in Bern said Christoph Blocher's chances are slim and denied that Dreifuss' Jewish roots had anything to do with Blocher's plan. Jewish Journalists Are Sued New York (JTA) — The head of a con- servative group that has repeatedly sued the Clinton administration has filed libel lawsuits against two Jewish journalists. Larry Klayman, chairman of Judicial Watch, says he has been unfairly attacked by the "liberal Jewish intelli- gentsia" because he is a "Jew who believes in Christ" and has close ties to social and economic conservatives. The lawsuits were filed against Harvey Berkman of the National Law Journal and David Segal of the Washington Post, the Post reported. Lawyers for the newspapers said the suits have no merit.