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Red Cross Pluralism
Draws Applause

American Airlines
Israel Bound

New York — The American Jewish
Committee welcomed the decision of
the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies to
vote on creating a third, religiously
neutral, protective emblem. The move
may lead to Magen David Adom gain-
ing full membership in the federation.
AJC has been involved in advocacy
for equal treatment of Israel in inter-
national groups. The third emblem, if
approved, will be a diamond. Israel
and other countries using distinct
symbols will have the option of dis-
playing their own emblems within the
diamond.

Tel Aviv/JTA — American Airlines
will begin direct daily flights to Israel
from the United States, according to
the Israeli newspaper Globes.
The move by American comes as
airlines scramble to fill the void creat-
ed when Tower Air canceled its flights
to Tel Aviv earlier this month and filed
for bankruptcy.

Israel Offers
Travelers' Aid

Jerusalem — With only a few weeks
to go before tens of thousands of
tourists begin to arrive in Jerusalem
for the summer holiday season, Ezer
Mizion (Help From Zion) is gearing
up to meet demand for its free-of-
charge medical assistance program.
Ezer Mizion, a nonprofit organiza-
tion in Israel dedicated to assisting the
sick and the handicapped, is now
offering its medical assistance services
to all visitors in Israel.
According to Uri Ezrachi, director
of Ezer Mizion's International Affairs
Division, the organization will provide
rented medical equipment, medical
referrals, and transport by ambulance,
should the need arise. Its medical con-
sultants will be on call 24 hours a day
to help tourists obtain medical care.
Within Israel, the Ezer Mizion hot-
line number is 02-537-8070.

Catholic Leader
Fosters Ecumenism

New York/JTA — The successor to
New York's late Cardinal John
O'Connor has sought to foster
warmer ties with Jews, according to a
Jewish communal official.
Bishop Edward Egan, currently
head of the Bridgeport, Conn., dio-
cese is "aware and proud of the strides
that the church has made so far" in
seeking to improve relations with
Jews, said Laurie Groff, director of
community relations for the Jewish
Center for Community Services in
Eastern Fairfield County, Conn.

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Swiss Make
Shoah Amends

Zurich/JTA — Switzerland agreed to
pay $118,000 to a Jewish brother and
sister whose parents were killed after
they were kicked out of the country
during World War II.
Switzerland said it would pay
Charles and Sabine Sonabend in an
out-of-court settlement to cover their
costs from a legal battle with the gov-
ernment, but stopped short of calling
the payment "compensation" out of
fear it would encourage other claims
from Holocaust survivors.

Romanian Survivor
Focus Of Film

Warsaw/JTA — A Polish Jewish film-
maker known for the Holocaust film
Europa Europa is making a film on the
life of a Romanian Holocaust survivor,
according to Variety magazine.
Agnieszka Holland's film will be
based on The Seamstress: A Memoir of
Survival. It is the autobiography of
Tuvel Bernstein, in which she recalls
her childhood in a Romanian moun-
tain village, her survival during World
War II as a seamstress, her imprison-
ment in the Ravensbruck concentra-
tion camp and her search to find lost
relatives after the war.
Bernstein died in 1983 at the age of

65.

Jewish Nobel
Prize Created

Tel Aviv/JTA — Tel Aviv University
established a new public award.
Three prizes of $1 million will be
awarded annually to people or groups
in recognition of support for the
Jewish people. The prizes will be
awarded in the fields of public welfare,
science and archaeology/history.

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