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London — Filmmaker Steven Spielberg
has been named a Knight Commander of
the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth's
annual New Year's Honors List, for his
"extraordinary contribution to the enter-
tainment industry and the British film
industry over the last 25 years."
The 53-year old director of Schindler's
List, Saving Private Ryan and E. T. will
accept the Honorary Insignia of a Knight
Commander of the Civil Division of the
Most Excellent Order of the British
Empire during a Jan. 29 ceremony at the
British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
As an American admitted to a British
Order of Chivalry, Spielberg is not enti-
tled to the appellation "Sir," but he can
place the initials KBE — Knight of
the British Empire — after his name.
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Paris/JTA — The European Court of
Human Rights agreed to consider a
plea for release by convicted war crim-
inal Maurice Papon.
Papon, who was found guilty by a
French court of helping deport some
1,500 Jews to Nazi death camps during
World War II, made the appeal on the
grounds that keeping a 90-year-old in
jail is inhumane.• It could take until the
middle of next year before the court
rules whether incarceration at his age
violates European rights conventions
against inhumane and degrading treat-
ment. The court can advise but not
order France to free him.
Iranian 10
Stay Jailed
Teheren/JTA — The Iranian courts
rejected an appeal by 10 Iranian Jews
imprisoned on charges of spying, accord-
ing to the French news service AFP.
U.S. advocates for the 10 have not
been able to confirm the reports, but
said the denial was expected. The next
step for the 10 may be an appeal for
clemency from Iran's supreme ruler,
Ayatollah Khamenei.
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Temple Mount
Digging Criticized
Jefusalem/JTA — Israeli archaeologists
calkd for greater supervision of work
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authorized by the Wakf Islamic Trust
on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
The call followed reports that bulldoz-
ers had dug a deep ditch near the Dome
of the Rock, causing damage to a floor
dating from the Second Temple period.
However, Public Security Minister
Shlomo Ben-Ami said only approved
work was being done at the site.
Russia Gives
Wallenberg Papers
Moscow/JTA — Russia gave Sweden
documents concerning Moscow's
recent clearing of Swedish diplomat
Raoul Wallenberg on spy charges.
The move came after a joint
Russian-Swedish panel was unable to
agree on the fate of Wallenberg, who
saved tens of thousands of Hungarian
Jews during World War II and then
disappeared after he was arrested by
Soviet agents in 1945.
In a related development, a monu-
ment to Wallenberg was unveiled in
the courtyard of a Moscow library.
Change Suggested
In Organ Giving
London/JTA — The office of Britain's
Orthodox chief rabbi suggested a change
to the way organ donations are approved.
At a special conference on organ
removal, an adviser to Chief Rabbi
Jonathan Sacks proposed that authoriza-
tion forms recommend that relatives of
people who have died consult a religious
adviser before making a decision about
donating their organs. Many Orthodox
authorities object to organ donation
and autopsies on religious grounds.
Official Resigns
Amid Scandal
New York/JTA — The Orthodox
Union's executive vice president
resigned in the wake of a commission
report that confirmed abusive behavior
toward children by a senior rabbi in
the movement's youth group.
Rabbi Raphael Butler, a former head
of the National Council of Synagogue
Youth, was accused of knowing of the
alleged abuse by Rabbi Baruch Lanner,
but not acting on the information.
Rabbi Butler said the commission's
recommendation must be implement-
ed. He added that his resignation is an
attempt to prevent divisiveness within
the O.U.