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Page 4-THE NEWS-November,1986 WORLD BEAT edited by Marta Garelik Portuguese Government to Award Medal to Diplomat Who Saved Jews WASHINGTON (JTA) - The Portuguese government has agreed to award a specied posthumous Medal of Honor to a diplomat who saved some 30,000 Jews and others during World War II. Rep. Tony Coelho (D. Cal.) reported that he brought up the issue of the diplomat, Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, during a meeting with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Cava- co Silva and Foreign Minister Pedro Pires de Mirando. Coelho and Rep. Henry Waxman (D. Cal.) led a Con gressional effort to have Por tugal recognize the diplomat’s efforts when he headed the Portuguese Consulate in Bor deaux in the south of France in 1940. Defying orders from the military government of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, de Sousa Mendes gave visas to Jews and others fleeing from the Nazi invasion of France, allowing them to es cape to Portug^. When Lisbon learned what he was doing, the diplomat was recalled and ousted from the diplomatic corps. He was forbidden to practice his pro fession of law or hold any other job and died in poverty in 1954. The Congressmen acted af ter they learned that his child ren, who live in the U. S., were trying to get their father prop er recognition from the Portu guese government. Polish Clerics to Cosponsor Anti-Semitism Conferences NEW YORK (JTA) - Jozef Cardinal Glemp of Warsaw and Franciszek Cardinal Macharski of Cracow have agreed to cosponsor with the Anti-Defamation League of B’ned B’rith the first Catholic- Jewish conferences in Poland to examine anti-Semitism, the meaning of the Holocaust, Judaism and current Jewish concerns. The conferences, one in War saw and one Cracow, will bring together Catholic leaders and representatives of the small Jewish communities left in the two cities as well as ADL representatives and Jewish scholars from abroad. The Cardinal, who succeed ed Pope John Paul II as head of the Catholic Church in Cracow, said it is “urgent for Jews and Catholics to meet, not just for events such as Holocaust commemorations.” He added that “not enough is being done” in Poland to educate about the meaning of the Holocaust and noted that the Catholic Church is “pre pared to do more to address anti-Semitism, both within the church and the outside world.” Zakim said that both Macharski and Glemp had a- greed to the Catholic-Jewish relations conference “with enthusiasm.” Austrian Government and AJC Will Work to Stem Anti-Semitism NEW YORK (JTA) - The Austrian government £md the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have agreed to establish a joint working group to im plement a program to stem anti-Semitism in that country. “This is the first time in 40 years that the Austrian gov ernment has agreed to the es tablishment of such joint working group with any Jewish organization.” Cur rently there is no fear or panic of anti-Semitism among the some 9,000 Jews in Austria. “They are concerned that the use of political anti-Semitism will be used in the future, unless it is stopped now.” The Austrian officids and leaders did not contradict the asser tion that there was a wide use of political anti-Semitism in the Presidential campaign. Israel to Revive Project Exodus JERUSALEM (JTA) - The recent thaw in relations bet ween Israel and the Black African nations that broke diplomatic ties with it after the 1973 Yom Kippur War will revive a project undertaken by Israeli ophthalmologists 27 years ago to eradicate eye diseases common to tropical Africa. Four Israeli ophthalmolo gists will establish eye clinics in Africa shortly. Their work is a continuation of Project Exodus, established in 1959 by the late Prof. Isaac Mi- chaelson of Hadassah Hospi tal in Jerusalem to fight such eye diseases as trachoma and river blindness. Michaelson had succeeded in eradicating them in Israel and his procedures were in troduced in many African countries by Israeli doctors in the 1960s. An international symposium dedicated to Mi- \bii know liow' you want \oiir guests to tee! wlicn tlic\ enter the r(X)m. Andyouknow wliat you want them to sa\’ after wards. That e\er\thing w'as “perfect.” Making that happen is our business. V^liether it’s an exquisite wedding, a memorable bar or bat mitzv-ah. A charity^ ball or a lavish birthday' party: The atmosphere you wish to create will be perfectly expressed to every last detail. Call the Charlotte Marriott, and talk to our Catering Manager alx)ut yx>ur next event. We’re close to per fection. And everything else in Charlotte. Marriott People knou' hou\ CHARLOTTE iMorriott CITY CENTER 100 W Ti^ St., Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 333-9000 chaelson’s memory recently closed in Jerusalem. It was organized by Hadas sah Hospitd and attended by ophthalmologists from 26 countries including Poland, Hungary, Lesotho, Liberia and Haiti. The symposium dealt with another area of Michaelson’s expertise — ocular circulation and neo vascularization. Australian Press Council Censures Arabic-Language Paper SYDNEY (JTA) - The Australian Press Council has censured an Arabic-language newspaper, An Nahda, for publishing “violent attacks on Jews as a group” including the infamous blood libel. The Council acted on a com plaint by the New South Wales Jewish Board of Depu ties against three articles published in September, 1985 by the newspaper which is the organ of the Syrian Na tional Socialist Party here. It deemed them to be “anti- Semitic, disparaging and be littling of Jews and calculated to incite racial hatred.” Israeli Delegation Bound For China TEL AVIV (JTA) - An Israeli delegation headed by a senior government official wUl go to China shortly to sign an agreement for cooperation in agriculture and energy bet ween Israel and the People’s Republic of China. It would be the first offi cial accord between the two countries. Chinese scholars and scien tists are interested in develop ing technical and scientific cooperation with Israel. But while China wants to develop ties with Israel in various technical fields, the Beijing government is not prepared to establish formal diplomatic realtions with Israel at this time. Beijing is moving cau tiously even with respect to non-official contacts. The deans of universities, scholars and engineers plan to attend the next convention of the International Council of Aeronautical Science (ICAS) to be held in Israel in August 1988. Tid-Bits TEL AVIV (JTA) - Young Mapam members demonstra ted outside the U. S. Embassy here recently. Their protest was not directed against the U. S. but at the long line of Israelis waiting to apply for visas to go there. “Stay here and help us build a better fu ture,” they cried. The line moved but the visa applicants were unmoved by the Mapam appeal. None of them left the queue. • JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel is entering negotiations with Poland for a deal by which it would barter agricul tural produce and electronic equipment for Polish coal. The head of Israel’s National Coal Supply Corp. has been to Warsaw to meet with Polish officials. • TEL AVIV (JTA) - More than 4,000 foreign visitors at tended Agritech-86, the week- long exhibition of Israeli agri cultural technology at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds. The attendance was double that expected, and many or ders were placed for Israeli agricultural equipment by representatives of Asian, African and Eastern Euro pean countries with which Israel has no diplomatic ties. About 20 percent of the over seas buyers were from Spain, which established diplomatic relations with Israel early this year. • TEL AVIV (JTA)-The Is rael police will establish a specid unit to try to fight the national rash of vehicle thefts. Some 8,000 cars have been re ported stolen inside Israel. See WORLD BEAT Page 7 4700 E. Independence Blvd. 535-7980 I Want To Serve You. See Me for Your Best Deal! SIMON BtrmOFF There is a speded feel in an
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