News Digest
B'nai B'rith
Seeks Release
Camp Helps Cope
With Cancer
Washington — Admitted spy Jonathan
Jay Pollard should be freed from feder-
al prison now on humanitarian
grounds, B'nai B'rith International
President Richard D. Heideman and
Exective Vice President Daniel S.
Mariaschin said in a letter sent to pres-
ident George W. Bush.
"Mr. Pollard served 16 and a half
years of a life sentence for one charge of
conveying classified information to a
friendly nation. The average time served
for those convicted or who plead guilty
to this crime is two to four years,"
Heideman and Mariaschin write.
"Mr. Pollard, whose health is poor,
has expressed remorse. Yet the United
States continues to imprison him —
on the basis of secret information to
which his lawyers are not allowed full
access but that serves as the founda-
tion for repeated, leaked allegations"
against the former civilian Navy ana-
lyst, Heideman and Mariaschin say.
The B'nai B'rith leaders add that the
organization made the same request of
former president Bill Clinton several
times. "We argued that, in this case, the
point at which justice becomes vindic-
tiveness has long since passed. A compre-
hensive review of the case was promised
— but no results were made public."
New York/JTA — Children aged 8
to 13 who have cancer or have fami-
ly members struggling with cancer
can apply for scholarships to a
Young Judaea summer camp in
upstate New York.
Those interested in the scholarships to
Camp Sprout Lake can call (212) 303-
4591 or e-mail jshereck@hadassah.org
The camp has two sessions from June
25-July 19 and from July 23-Aug. 16.
Grieved Families
Eye World Support
Tel Aviv/JTA — The families of four
Israelis kidnapped last October and
held by Hezbollah in Lebanon are try-
ing to get 1 million people arour.d the
world to sign an Internet petition to
help free them.
The petition, which also seeks the
freedom of four Israeli MIAs missing
for years, can be found at:
http://www.mia.org.il/petition
Hillel Moves
Into Uruguay
Montevideo/JTA — Hillel: The
Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
opened its first branch in Latin
America.
The center in Uruguay's capital,
Montevideo, will serve an estimated
2,000 Jewish students in three univer-
sities in the South American country.
Hillel also has affiliates at universities
in North America, Europe, Australia,
the former Soviet Union and Israel.
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Galaxy Aerospace
Sold to U.S. Firm
Tel Aviv/JTA — Israel Aircraft
Industries sold its Galaxy Aerospace
Corporation subsidiary, which pro-
duces executive jets, to General
Dynamics for $330 million.
Under the deal, the largest in IAI
history, the U.S. company will pay an
additional $315 million, contingent
upon Galaxy Aerospace's revenues,
over the next six years.
Oxford Pressed
On Shoah Denier
London/JTA — Britain's Union of
Jewish Students is pressing the Oxford
Union to cancel a planned address by
Holocaust denier David Irving at its
debating society on May 10.
Plans call for Irving, who lost a high-
profile libel lawsuit against Holocaust
scholar Deborah Lipstadt last year, to
be part of a panel debating freedom of
speech at Oxford. A previous invitation
to Irving was withdrawn last year after
protests by Jews and anti-racist groups.
Join us
Sunday, May 20, 2001 • 5:30 pm
Please join our Congregation in Lonoring George
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_Judy Vine for
!Left commitment to our
synagogue and the Jewish Community.
Hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, dinner and dancing.
Share this special evening with the
Vine family and friends as we
recognize their many achievements.
U.S. Denounces
Ayatollah's Denial
Washington/JTA — The United States
condemned Holocaust-denial state-
ments made by Iran's spiritual leader.
After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a
conference last week in Tehran that
Jews exaggerated the extent of the
Holocaust to gain international sym-
pathy, State Department spokesman
Philip Reeker called the comments
"outrageous and deplorable."
Such statements "do nothing to allay
our concerns about Iran and its sup-
port for terrorism and opposition to
Middle East peace," Reeker said.
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