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anteed for the entire Jewish commu-
nity," Hoenlein said at Tuesday's light-
ly attended media event.
The protest of Iranians in exile,
held an hour later and billed as the
largest-ever rally by Iranian
Americans, drew several thousand
marchers who banged drums, chanted
through bullhorns and waved the
green, white and red flag of Iran.
The marchers settled into a desig-
nated area alongside anti-China pro-
testers from Taiwan, who shouted and
clanged cow bells in support of U.N.
recognition. The Iranians quickly
drowned out the Taiwanese.
The Iranians seemingly have been
champing at the bit to vent at Khatami.
Last week, posters began appearing
around the city, depicting Khatami
"the terrorist" with fangs and bulging
eyes. And this weekend, four Iranians
were arrested in separate incidents for
throwing yellow paint at Khatami's
entourage and elsewhere. Yellow, said
activists, is "the color of dismay, the
color of disapproval."

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On the arrests and trial of the Jews,
however, non-Jewish Iranian
Americans have been notably silent. In
part, they say, it's been due to a lack of
organization and the fact the commu-
nity has yet to find its political voice.
Nevertheless, Tuesday may have
marked a watershed moment. Several
at the protest, organized by the Paris-
based National Council of Resistance
of Iran, spoke out about the trial,
describing it as a transparent attempt
to frighten the masses and impose
conformity on all Iranians.
Charges of espionage are a "typical
punishment fur those the regime wants
to discredit," said Mitra Bagheri, a
member of the council's foreign rela-
tions committee, who recently relocated
from Paris to New York to help organize
Iranians. "I don't think people in Iran
believe anything the government says,
because it tells big lies, and the truth is
always the other way around."
Another activist cautioned
Americans not to judge all Iranians by
the current regime.
"One thing has to be made clear,"
said Kasra Nejat, president of the
Iranian American Cultural Association
of Missouri. "The Iranian govern-
ment, the supreme leaders — the
whole system is corrupt. It has noth-
ing to do with the Iranian people.
That's why we're here, because this
government doesn't represent real
Iranians." ❑

On The Road

HMC gets state grant

to take its message
to the schools.

HARRY KI RS BAUM

Staff Writer

T

he Holocaust Memorial Center
in West Bloomfield has shared its
educational message with thousands
of visitors since opening in 1984 as
the first freestanding Holocaust center
in the country.
Now that reach will be extended.
The HMC is getting a $200,000 state
cultural grant that will make it the
first Holocaust center with a mobile
museum. State Rep. Marc Shulman,
R-West Bloomfield, announced the
grant approval last week.
The mobile museum is expected to
be ready in a year, said HMC
Director Rabbi Charles Rosenzveig.
"A visit to the mobile museum and
time spent with Holocaust education
could result in a major change in the
attitudes and behavior of students and
adults alike," Shulman said. "The
mobile museum will be interactive
and will bring exhibits, videos and
documentation statewide, showing the
horrors of this event to all who view
it."
While Rabbi Rosenzveig said the
mobile museum "couldn't be a substi-
tute" for the West Bloomfield-based
facility, it will be modeled somewhat
after the HMC. Details, including
plans for new technology, still are
being worked out.
"We are planning to cover the
entire state," Rabbi Rosenzveig said.
"We'll inform all school districts of
the existence of the mobile museum,
like we do the HMC itself."
However, he said the grant will
"barely cover" the amount to build
the unit. The total cost might be well
over $1 million.
Sources for the extra money have
yet to be determined, said Dr.
Stephen Grant, president of the
HMC.
But he did find praise for Rep.
Shulman.
"Rep. Shulman's leadership in mak-
ing this project a reality cannot be
overstated," Grant said. "His work
ensures that everyone, young and old,
has a better understanding of this
dark period in history." ❑

