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Birthright Israel
Sends Smaller Group
New York/JTA — Birthright Israel
expects to send 6,135 young Jews to
Israel this winter.
The free 10-day trips started Dec.
26 and include 3,149 North
Americans, 1,596 Jews from the for-
rmer Soviet Union and 670 from Latin
America. The program initially had
hoped to send more than 10,000 Jews
this winter, but recruitment has been
difficult and cancellation rates high
due to fears of terrorism that have
hurt Israel's tourism industry.
"This will be the most heroic, noble,
meaningful Birthright launch in its
several-year history," said Michael
Steinhardt, one of the three-year-old
program's founding philanthropists.
Last winter, Birthright sent 8,653
Jews, aged 18-26, on free trips to
Israel.
Cemeteries Accused
Of Desecration
Talahassee/JTA — The largest funeral
company in the United States has
been accused of desecrating remains in
several Jewish cemeteries in Florida.
Several families have filed a class-
action lawsuit against the Houston-
based Service Corporation
International, alleging that its staff
broke open burial vaults and dumped
the contents in the woods, crushed
vaults to make room for others and
dug up and reburied remains in loca-
tions other than the plots purchased.
Florida's attorney general is investi-
gating the company and issued a sub-
poena for all its burial records. SCI
owns numerous Jewish funeral homes
and cemeteries throughout the United
States, but none in the Detroit area.
Argentine Jews
Move To Israel
Buenos Aires/JTA — An increased
number of Argentine Jews reportedly
are planning to move to Israel.
The reports came as Argentina
undergoes an economic crisis that led
to the fall of President Fernando de la
Rua's government. In reaction, the
Israeli government and the Jewish
Agency for Israel, which long have
viewed Argentina's 200,000-strong
community as a promising source of
potential immigrants, agreed to
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increase the benefits offered to
Argentine Jews who move to Israel.
Store Boycotts
Israeli Goods
London/JTA — A British department
store is refusing to sell some products
with a "Made in Israel" label.
Selfridges is boycotting products
made in the West Bank or Golan
Heights. The decision came as compa-
ny officials feared that anti-Israel
protests in front of Selfridges' central
store in London would disturb holiday
shoppers. The store said the decision
would be reviewed next year.
Ex-Iranian Leader
Would Nuke Israel
Tehran/JTA — The former president
of Iran is calling on the Muslim world
to develop nuclear weapons to annihi-
late Israel.
At a Dec. 14 lecture at Tehran
University, Ali Hashem Rafsanjani said
that if "the world of Islam" obtains
nuclear weapons, it should use them
against Israel, whose second-strike
capability is not enough to destroy the
entire Muslim world.
"Nothing will remain after one atom
bomb is dropped on Israel, while a
similar attack would only hurt Islam,"
Rafsanjani said.
Still one of the most powerful lead-
ers in Iran, Rafsanjani described the
founding of Israel as "the worst event
in all of history.",
Iran, which is aggressively seeking
nuclear technology and materials from
Russia, denies that it wants them for
weapons development.
Shoah Dramas
Nominated
Los Angeles/JTA — Two Holocaust-
themed television dramas were nomi-
nated for Golden Globe Awards.
"Anne Frank" was nominated in the
Miniseries or Movie Made for
Television category. "Conspiracy,"
which re-enacted the 1942 conference
during which the Nazis drew up their
plan to exterminate European Jewry,
was nominated in the same category.
In nominations for feature movies,
considered a precursor for Oscar hon-
ors, director Steven Spielberg was
named for "A.I. Artificial Intelligence."
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