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Chicago/JTA — An Illinois Holocaust
museum near Chicago was dedicated
this week. The Holocaust Memorial
Foundation of Illinois will dedicate a
new 46,000-square-foot space in
Skokie, Ill.
The new facility will house perma-
nent exhibit space, a state-of-the-art
library and computer center, a 300-seat
auditorium, meeting rooms and space
for traveling exhibitions. In its current
location, the museum serves as an edu-
cational facility for students, teachers
and other visitors. The museum is being
built after the city of Skokie withdrew
its opposition to the plan.
New York/JTA — Leni Riefenstahl,
known for her documentary film that
depicted a 1934 Nazi rally at
Nuremberg, died Sept. 8 at the age of
101. Critics said Riefenstahl helped
promote a Nazi aesthetic of beauty and
purity in Triumph of the Will and other
films that she made during the Hitler
era.
But Riefenstahl denied that she was a
propagandist, saying her films repre-
sented a search for beauty. She also
denied any romantic link with Hitler.
Boycotted after the. war, Riefenstahl
made a comeback in the 1960s with
films of the Nuba people of Africa and
of underwater life.
Barbie Doll Is
Evil — Saudis
Court Petitioned
On Scholarships
Riyad/JTA— Barbie dolls are Jewish
tools, the Saudi government is saying.
The statuesque blond dolls promote
the lewd behavior of a "perverted
Western world," say posters distributed
by the Saudi religious police in schools,
mosques and hospitals in the kingdom.
The poster, called "The Jewish Doll,"
is being distributed by the Commission
for the Promotion of Virtue and
Prevention of Vice, a government
agency headed by a Wahabbi cleric
appointed by King Fand. Saudi officials
in Washington had no comment when
asked if the poster propagates religious
hatred against Jews, Christians, Hindus
or non-Wahabbi Muslims.
Washington/JTA — Orthodox groups
have filed a brief with the U.S.
Supreme Court asking that students
studying religion be allowed to receive
state-funded scholarships.
The brief, principally authored by the
National Jewish Coalition on Law and
Political Affairs — which includes the
Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel of
America — argues that the study of
religious texts is an essential component
of the free exercise of religion.
The American Jewish Congress has
filed an opposing brief.
Joshua Davey was denied a
Washington state scholarship because
he was to study pastoral studies at
Northwest College.
Jerusalem/JTA — The European Union
will designate all branches of Hamas as
parts of a terrorist organization, includ-
ing its political wing.
The decision was taken Sept. 6 at a
two-day meeting of E.U. foreign minis-
ters in northern Italy. The move will
block funding to Hamas-run political
organizations, charities and social wel-
fare associations, in addition to its mili-
tary wing, which the European Union
already had branded as terrorist.
"A consensus emerged to decide on
putting Hamas on the list of terrorist
organizations," French Foreign Minister
Dominique de Villepin told reporters.
The ministers also deplored the resig-
nation of Palestinian Authority Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Jets Fly
Over Auschwitz
Krakow/JTA — Israeli fighter jets flew
over the site of the Auschwitz death
camp last week.
Despite protests from officials affiliat-
ed with the camp's museum, three
American-built, Israeli-modified F-15s
flew over the camp Sept. 4. The aircraft
crews carried the names of those killed
in Auschwitz on Sept. 4, 1943, and the
pilots included descendants of
Holocaust survivors.
The Israeli jets, which had been
invited by the Polish government to
help celebrate the 85th anniversary of
the Polish Air Force, were supposed to
do the flyover with two Polish fighter
jets, but the Poles dropped out due to
poor weather conditions.