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Page 5-THE NEWS-December, 1988
ference or “fearful silence” in
the face of atrocities.
The German Evangelical
Church in East Germany,
which embraces the United,
Reform and Lutheran branches
of Protestantism in both Ger-
manys, issued its statement
through the Geneva-based
World Council of Churches.
East Germany Agrees
To Pay Reparations
BONN (JTA) - The Ger
man Democratic Republic is
prepared to pay a “symbolic
sum” of reparations to the
Jewish survivors of the Holo
caust,' World Jewish Congress
President Edgar Bronfman
announced at an East Berlin
news conference recently.
One of East Germany’s con
ditions is that the reparations
it pays will not go to Jews liv
ing in West Germany, but
rather to institutions and in
dividuals in the U.S., Israel
and other countries.
It will be the first time East
Germany, a Communist bloc
country, acknowledges an ob
ligation to Jewish survivors.
West Germany did so in 1952,
when it negotiated reparations
agreements during the admin
istration of Konrad Adenauer,
the first post-war chancellor.
The West German govern
ment has paid about $45 bil
lion — in today’s rate of ex
change — in reparation to
Jewish victims of the Holo
caust and to the State of
Israel.
Jews Should Do More to
Assist Immigrants
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
Richard Schifter, assistant
secretary of state for human
rights and humanitarian af-
feiirs, said that with Jewish
emigration from the Soviet
Union now averaging 2,000 a
month, the Jewish community
must do more to help new im
migrants adjust to their new
life.
“We must keep in mind that
the immigrants need to be in
tegrated into the new sur
roundings, wherever these
may be,” Schifter told the an-
nu^ meeting here of the Union
of Councils for Soviet Jews.
“They need counseling, re
training, advice and assistance
in finding a home, getting such
a home and job placement.”
When Schifter was asked if
the U.S. could provide funds
for Soviet Jews who are still
living in absorption centers in
Israel because they do not
have the money for home
mortgages, he replied that he
believed Congress would.
Stressing that he was speak
ing as an individual and not as
a government official, Schifter
said Congress would act
“more generously” if it first
saw a “real effort” by the Jew
ish community to provide
funds for this need.
Anti-Semitism in Europe
GENEVA (JTA) — A group
of German neo-Nazis is trying
to recruit like-minded persons
in Switzerland. According to a
Swiss radio report, their initial
target is Germans living in
Switzerland. Letters have
been sent to hundreds, asking
them to join the movement.
So far, the only serious
Swiss neo-Nazi organization is
based in Lausanne. It is headed
by Francois Genoud, a banker.
The Swiss authorities say they
can take no action against it,
because Switzerland has no
laws specifically prohibiting
racist activities.
•
PARIS (JTA) - The long-
festering charge that high-
ranking Frenchmen collabo
rated with the Nazis during
World War II may yet be de
cided if an investigating
magistrate in Bordeaux de
cides to place a former Cabinet
minister on trial.
Maurice Sabatier, 91, faces
charges of “crimes against
humanity.” His subordinate,
Maurice Papon, 79, was sim
ilarly charged in June.
They were the No. 1 and No. 2
men respectively of the Vichy
regime in Bordeaux. The in
vestigating magistrate is
reported to have told Saba
tier’s lawyers that regardless
of his advanced age, his indict
ment is necessary in order to
press charges against Papon.
Both are accused by Nazi-
hunter Serge Klarsfeld and
many surviving Jews of hav
ing helped the Nazis identify
and arrest local Jews, who
were subsequently deported to
death camps in Eastern
Europe.
BRUSSELS (JTA) - An ex
treme right-wing party that is
xenophobic and favors amnes
ty for Belgian Nazi collabo
rators, scored important gains
in the recent local elections.
The Flemish Bloc won eight
seats in the Antwerp City
Council, to emerge as the third
largest political faction there,
after the Socialists and Social-
Christians. More than 15,000
Jews live in Antwerp.
B’nai B’rith Women President
and Daughter Named
Women of Achievement
UJA Raises Millions —cont’d from page 1-
group. “By your presence
here,” Mr. Shamir said, “you
personify the centrality of
Israel in Jewish life and fulfill
the dictum of the UJA — One
People, One Destiny.”
Participants included sev
eral UJA National Vice Chair
men in Mission leadership
roles: Alan E. Casnoff of
Philadelphia, Pre-Mission
Chairman; Judith A. Levy of
Boston, Chair for Women's
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Pearlstone of Baltmore, Pro
ject Renewal Chairman; and
Joel D. Tauber of Detroit, Mis
sion Fundraising Chairman..
The Jubilee Mission, a cele
bration of 50 years of Jewish
p£u*tnership, was preceded by
pre-missions to Jewish com
munities in eight countries.
These participants visited
remnant Jewish communities
and saw JDC social pro
grams for the young and elder
ly funded by American Jews
through the UJA/Federation
Campaign.
B'nai B’rith Women Presi
dent Hyla Lipsky and her
daughter, Sharon Sax, re
ceived the Anti-Defamation
League’s (ADL) prestigious
Women of Achievement Award
at the recent Mothers and
Daughters of Achievement
luncheon hosted by the
Women’s Division of the ADL
at the Plaza Hotel in New
York City.
Accepting the award, Lip
sky told the ADL members
that “B’nai B’rith Women is
proud to share in your dis
tinguished history of pro
moting understanding be
tween all people, defending
human rights and preserving
Jewish identity,” adding: “We
in BBW look forward to
strengthening this partner
ship between our two organi
zations.”
Through her leadership roles
within B’nai B’rith Women,
Mrs. Lipsky, the 24th presi
dent of the 90-year-old organ
ization, has developed a wide
range of programs to meet the
changing needs of today’s
Jewish women. She was cre
ator and chairman of the In
ternational Women’s Issues
Forum in Philadelphia, which
was co-sponsored by BBW,
the Anti-Defamation League
and the Mayor’s Commission
for Women. As a member of
the BBW Program Cabinet
she initiated the highly suc
cessful “Women on Their
Own” program for single,
widowed and divorced women.
She has worked extensively
in the fields of adult Jewish
education and career counsel
ing, with the B’nai B’rith
Youth Organization, which
awarded her its Distinguished
Hyla Lipsky
Service Key, and presently
serves on the Mayor’s Com
mission for Women in Phila
delphia.
Lipsky’s daughter, Sharon
Sax, is a TV producer for a
sports satellite network in
Connecticut, and has held
leadership roles in the B’nai
B’rith Youth Organization.
Both women are Life Members
of BBW.
Other honorees were TV
hostess Virginia Graham and
her daughter Lynn, actress
Jessica Tandy and her daugh
ter Tandy, and actress Tam
my Grimes and her daughter
Amanda. Proceeds from the
luncheon will go to ADL, an
international human rights
organization which combats
anti-Semitism, bigotry and
discrimination and seeks to
promote harmonious relations
between diverse ethnic,
religious and racial groups.
B’nai B’rith Women, with
120,000 members in the U.S.
and Canada, unites Jewish
women to promote social ad
vancement through education,
service and action.
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