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New York/JTA — Some 400 North
American Jews are slated to make
aliyah with the help of an organization
created to finance immigration.
The immigrants will arrive in Israel
on July 9 on a chartered plane organ-
ized by Nefesh B'Nefesh.
Working in coordination with the
Jewish Agency for Israel and the
Ministry of Absorption, the group
provides new immigrants with eco-
nomic assistance in the form of one-
time grants. It will provide a hotline
in Israel to help address such issues as
finding housing and jobs.
Funding for the initial group of
immigrants comes mostly from a $2
million grant from the International
Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the group's
president, said this is the first time
American Christians are funding
Jewish immigration to Israel.
Annan Visits
Babi Yar
Moscow/JTA — U.N. Secretary-
General Kofi Annan visited the
memorial at Babi Yar during a trip to
Ukraine.
"I wanted to visit Babi Yar to express
my solidarity with the victims of anti-
Semitism and intolerance, and as a sign
of my resolve to do everything in my
power to fight the hatred and evil that
so disfigure our world," Annan said.
On Sept. 29 and Sept. 30, 1941,
33,000 Jews were killed by. German
forces and local collaborators; and
their bodies were thrown into the
open ravine at Babi Yar. Until the end
of World War II, Babi Yar served as a
site for twice-weekly killings. Up to
100,000 people, both Jews and non-
Jews, were killed there.
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Group Downplays
FBI Warning
New York/JTA — The Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations downplayed an FBI
warning to Jewish groups.
The FBI has notified Jewish organi-
zations that U.S. troops in Afghanistan
uncovered Al-Qaida documents listing
12 Jewish groups, sparking concerns
they could be possible targets.
But the executive vice chairman of
the Conference of Presidents,
Malcolm Hoenlein, told JTA he does
not think there is a serious threat.
While Jewish organizations should
remain on alert, he said the docu-
ments were outdated and contained
no indication of any specific danger.
Bombers Targeted
Jewish Areas
New York/JTA — A man allegedly
involved in the 1993 World Trade
Center bombing told an interviewer -
he and his accomplices originally
wanted to target Jewish neighbor-
hoods in Brooklyn.
In an interview with CBS-TV's 60
Minutes conducted in Iraq, Abdul
Rahman Yasin said the conspirators
changed their minds and targeted the
twin towers because they believed that
most of those who worked there were
Jewish.
The FBI has offered a $25 million
reward for information leading to
Yasin's arrest. Six people were killed
and 1,000 injured in the Feb. 26,
1993, bombing of the World Trade
Center.
Jenin Allegations
Are Challenged.
New York/JTA — U.S. Jewish leaders
gave U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan a report countering allegations
that Israel committed war crimes during
its operation in the Jenin refugee camp.
The 150-page report, submitted to
Annan by the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations, includes scores of
accounts by doctors, soldiers and oth-
ers who witnessed first-hand the Israeli
operation in the camp.
In a related development, the Anti-
Defamation League issued a separate
report that details how international
organizations, nongovernmental agen-
cies, foreign governments and the
media prematurely attacked Israel for
committing atrocities in the refugee
camp in April.
Tel Aviv Drill
Simulates 9/11
Jerusalem/JTA — A drill simulating the
Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade
Centerin New York City was held in Tel
Aviv. Hundreds of firefighters, police
officers and paramedics took part.