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Page 4-THE NEWS-Junc/July 1989 r% nr AT ■ ■ i.- . ^ItAd hy MFfirtit CnrAlik VV dlmLU 1 Kacb Excluded From Festivals LOS ANGELES (JTA) - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has upheld the right of the Jewish Federa tion Council to exclude the local Kach chapter from official participation in two community festivals. In its suit, Kach Interna tional argued that its exclu sion from the Exodus ’89 festival, held April 9 in the San Fernando Valley, and the Los Angeles Jewish Fes tival, scheduled for June 4, violated the group’s right to freedom of speech and reli gion. Federation representa tives countered that Kach, led by the right-wing extrem ist Rabbi Meir Kahane in Israel, is “a racist organiza tion that endorses violence and programs and practices repugnant to the federa tion.” In her ruling. Judge Miri am Vogel said that the fed eration could exclude who mever it wished, adding that “I do not believe that when an umbrella group has a festival for one day that it is required...under any amendment to the Constitu tion to make space available for any group with which it disagrees.” AT&T Defeats Neo-Nazi Proposal NEW YORK (JTA) - For the second year in a row, the American Telephone & Tel egraphic Co. has over whelmingly defeated a prop osal by the neo-Nazi Na tional Alliance that urges the company to eliminate its affirmative action pro grams. The white supremacist or ganization purchased 100 shares of AT&T stock in 1986, which enabled it to present its resolution on a ballot at the annual share holder’s meeting April 24 at Radio City Music Hall. Preliminary counts from proxy returns, prior to the vote of the 2,360 people, show that 91.9 percent op posed the National Alliance proposal and 8.1 percent were in favor. Danes Arrested Six Suspected of Stealing For Terror Group COPENHAGEN (JTA) — Police recently arrested six Danish citizens for robbing millions of dollars to be routed to a Palestinian ter rorist organization. Approximately $10 mil lion is said to have been directed to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pales tine, a Palestine Liberation Organization faction led by George Habash. Five men and one woman were charged with participa tion in several robberies that took place in and around Copenhagen between 1980 and 1983. In addition, they were charged with the kid napping and attempted ran som of a bank director in July 1980. That attempt was aborted when the bank direc tor was unable to open his safe and a gang of three men fled the scene, leaving the man tied up in a cellar. Hadasaab Helps Save Soldier*s Life JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two new sophisticated in struments, recently acquired by Hadassah-Hebrew Uni versity Medical Center, were used to save the life of a 20- year-old soldier who was stabbed while on patrol in Bethlehem. The soldier, Gadi Amzal- eg, arrived at the hospital bleeding massively from a severed main artery and with damage to his diaph ragm and a major hepatic vein. During the eight-hour op eration, the doctors used an instrument called a “Cell Saver.” It sucks blood from the body cavity, purifies it and returns it to the body, thus reducing the necessity for transfusions and the chance of infection. The second instrument used is called a “Rapid In fusion System.” It allows for the rapid infusion of all the blood components into the body at a rate several times faster than in regular man ual transfusions. This redu ces the risk of hypothermia (loss of body heat), which can be life threatening. The Rapid Infusion Sys tem, developed in Pitts burgh, is believed to be used in only two medical centers in the United States. Protestors Outnumber Skinheads at Hitler Celebration in Idaho COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (JTA) — Over 1,000 demon strators marched in protest here against a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s birth, dwarfing less than a hundred Skinheads £md white supremacists who were gather^ for the com memoration. Of the more than 1,000 people who participated in the protest march, only about 50 were Jewish. Many of them attended the event with other groups, such as the Rainbow Coalition, the United Front Against Fas cism and gay rights organ izations. Some spent part of the day walking behind a Jewish banner, but no Jewish groups were in evidence des pite the New Jewish Agen da’s last-minute decision to cosponsor the event. Some of the Jewish dem onstrators who participated in the rally decried the lack of Jewish involvement in the protest as part of a disturb ing trend. One of the groups who refused to participate in the demonstration was the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. “Meet The (3iariotte Homete’ OtherMana^r, MaraiTravelsT “When you ve got back-to-back games 900 miles apart, the last thing you want to wony about is your travel arrangements. That's why we chose Mann TYavels as our official travel agency. ” — Carl Scheer, Vice President arid General Manager of The Charlotte Hornets MAMMTRAHfELS lYie Offknal IVavel Agency of the Hornets UPTOWN -130 CharloOB Plaza / 333-1511 MATmEWS - 600 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. /847-1542 RUHCWAy PLAZA - 4944 PaAway Plaza Blvd. / 357-1645 SOrrH PARK - 6525 Morrison Blvd. / 366-8315 UNIVERSmr PLACE - 9009-7 J. M. Keynes Dr. / 547*1240 ARROWPOINT - 9401 Arrowpoint BWd. /52S-8595 European Community Increases Aid for Palestinian Refugees BRUSSELS (JTA) - The European Community’s Ex ecutive Commission has de cided to allocate food com modities worth about $13 million to the United Na tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Re fugees. An additional cash contri bution of $3 million is in tended to cover the operating costs of the U.N. agency’s supplementary feeding pro gram. The grant, funded by the European Community’s food aid program, was an nounced by a spokesperson for the commission. UNRWA offers health, ed ucation and relief services to more than 2.2 million regis tered Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the Israeli-admin- istered territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Jewish Law on Abortion Is a Matter of Interpretation NEW YORK (JTA) - Un der Jewish law, abortion is not only allowed but re quired when a mother’s life is in endangered by the preg nancy. But behind this simple rule wafts a haze of gray areas. Some interpreters of the law would extend it to cover a mother’s mental as well as physical health, while others would limit it to include only those condi tions directly associated with childbirth. There is also dispute about whether abor tions are allowed in cases of rape or incest. Jewish law holds that life begins at birth and that abortions therefore are not considered murder. In a clash between the actual, the mother’s life, and the poten tial, that of the fetus, the actual comes first. Canadian Newspaper Chain Buys Major Shares of Jerusalem Post TEL AVIV (JTA) — A Canadian-based newspaper chain has won the top bid for a controlling interest in The Jerusalem Post, Israel’s only English-language daily pap er. The sums mentioned vary between $17.5 million and $20.6 million. Ari Rath, co editor and managing direc tor of the Post, said the amount was “probably clos er to the $17.5 million fig ure.” Aliyah Rate Is Up This Year TEL AVIV (JTA) - Immi gration to Israel during the first three months of 1989 was 23 percent higher than in the same period last year. This year, 4,210 immi grants came to Israel be tween Jan. 1 and March 31, including 1,057 from the Soviet Union, 469 from Ro mania, 222 from France, 365 from North America and 684 from Argentina. Tourism Minister Gideon Patt reported, meanwhile, that 137,000 tourists came to Israel in March, compared to 142,(KX) who came in March 1988 for the Passover sea son. That is considered good, since Pesach fell in mid- April this year. Israel Advances In Soccer TEL AVIV (JTA) - Israel has advanced to the quarter finals in the World Cup soccer tournament, after playing to a 1-1 tie with Austrsdia in Sidney. The tie with Australia in Oceania region play, follow ing a 2-2 draw with New Zealand in Auckland, means Israel will now play the winner of the Latin Ameri can region of the World Cup tournament. The World Cup games will be decided in the final tour nament in Italy in 1990. Seder Meals Were Shipped to Moscow NEW YORK (JTA) — Smiling employees at Lou G. Siegel’s kosher restaurant in Manhattan’s garment dis trict loaded 500 glatt kosher Pesach seder meals onto trucks, the first step in the food packages’ journey to Moscow. The shipment was funded See WORLD BEAT, page 27 University 'VOUVO 7716 HWY29North (1/2 Mile South of Lktiversity Place) Chariotte 704/547-1095
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