Page 4-THE NEWS-September 1991
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NigeriM May Restore
Ties with Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
visit here last month by Nigeria’s
minister for external affairs,
retired Maj. Gen. Ike Nwachuk-
wu, marks major progress in
Israel’s gradual return to normal
relations with African nations.
No official statement on a
resumption of diplomatic rela
tions between the two countries
was made, but the Nigerian
minister told reporters that his
very presence in Jerusalem
showed Nigeria’s willingness to
restore relations, “which would
take place not too long from
now.” He spoke of the necessary
resolution of “certain modali
ties” and said a formal an
nouncement would be made
when Foreign Minister David
Levy pays a reciprocal visit to
Nigeria.
Nigeria, like most African
nations, severed ties with Israel
in the wake of the 1973 Yom
Kippur war. Since then, at least
nine countries have restored ties,
including Zaire, Liberia, Kenya,
Ethiopia and several smaller
countries on the southern coast
of western Africa.
Levy said Nigeria and Israel
have a lot in common and they
intend to increase cooperation.
Nigeria is seeking aid from
Israel in agriculture and other
spheres. The extent of that aid
will be determined in contacts
between the two countries in the
coming weeks.
Nwachukwu said his country
is also seeking Israel’s “influence
with international financial bo
dies,” and he believes world
Jewry could bring about signif
icant investment in Nigeria.
The Nigerian official also
called on Israel to play a leading
role in what he called the “dem
ocratization” of South Africa.
“Knowing the very strong dem
ocratic values which you hold
dear,” he said, “we would like
to see that strong Israeli arm
pushing for that change in South
Africa.”
Despite the absence of formal
ties, some 2,000 to 2,500 Israelis
are presently working in Nigeria,
engaged in projects involving
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Israeli exports to Nigeria last
year totaled $22 million, and a
sharp increase is expected this
year. Israeli imports from Nige
ria do not exceed $100,000.
Nigeria’s announcement on
resumption of relations with
Israel is expected to serve as a
green light for other African
countries to follow suit.
Jewish Settlement Expanded
In Two West Bank Locations
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
compound of the old bus station
in central Hebron will soon serve
as dormitory buildings for stu
dents of the nearby Shavei
Hebron yeshiva. The bus station
was confiscated by the army
several years ago, following a
terrorist attack. The buses were
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of the predominantly Arab West
Bank city.
For years, the army has resist
ed pressures by Jewish settlers
to expand the Jewish Quarter of
Hebron. The establishment of
the dormitories creates a terri
torial continuum of Jewish
settlement from the Jewish
Quarter to the heart of the Arab
section of the city.
The Defense Ministry has
confirmed reports that 15 fam
ilies have been allowed to settle
in Eshkolot, a military post held
until now by a paramilitary
Nahal unit. Eshkolot is located
in the Hebron Mountains, south
of the city of Hebron. The
settlers are being housed in
mobile homes, which were
brought from Kiryat Arba.
Jewish Families Sought
For Adoption
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Jewish Children’s Adoption
Network has sent out a c^l for
help in finding Jewish families
to adopt Jewish children. The
agency’s goal is to keep Jewish
children in Jewish homes. It
contacts social service agencies
around the country to find out
if they have cutody of Jewish
children and tries to impress
upon those agencies that Jewish
ness is an essential characteristic
to be considered in placement.
The organization keeps a list
of Jewish families all across the
United States that are consider
ing adoption and circulates
materials about Jewish children
referred to them.
The agency is actively looking
for more families to adopt these
children. Last year, 86 children
were referred to the agency and
about 200 families registered an
interest in adoption.
There are just not enough
Jewish families. Most other
agencies don’t care about keep
ing Jewish kids in Jewish homes.
They think, “Why should we
wait for a Jewish parent when
others want to adopt it?”
One of the problems is the
uneven distribution of Jewish
families in the United States.
There is no problem finding a
family for a kid in New York,
but there is a terrible shortage
in Massachusetts. The agency
has six to eight children in
Massachusetts who need a fam
ily or they will be taken away
from our heritage.
Wishing you happy holidays and
exciting travels throughout
the New Year.
f'Skma T(wa!
Maxine and
Gary Silverstein
and the Staff of
Mann Travels
The Jewish Children’s Adop
tion Network invites inquiries
and support. The agency’s ad
dress is P.O. Box 16544, Denver,
CO 80216-0544. Its phone num
ber is (303) 573-8113.
Jewish-Russian Cookbook
Now Available
NEW YORK (JTA) — Eleven
years ago, Tamara Krasilnikova
was living in Leningrad and
learning about Judaism from a
refusenik named Grigory Was-
serman.
Krasilnikova’s approach to
learning about her Jewishness
was to gather recipes. She would
interview elderly grandmothers
and adapt recipes from kosher
cookbooks smuggled in by vis
itors from the West — all at a
time when such fare was consid
ered illegal religious matter.
The results of Krasilnikova’s
labors, over a thousand hand-
typed copies of kosher recipes
coupled with instructions on
how to prepare for Jewish ho
lidays, were passed clandestinely
from Jew to Jew throughout the
country.
By the time a copy of the
cookbook was smuggled out of
the Soviet Union in 1987, Kra
silnikova was in New York and
her teacher, Wasserman, was in
Israel, heading the regional
branch of a Jerusalem-based
support group for Soviet immi
grants, Shvut Ami.
Wasserman proceeded to put
out a professionally published
edition of Krasilnikova’s book
called “The Aleph-Bet of Jewish
Cooking,” and Shvut Ami is
now sending more than 1,000
copies of the book into the
Soviet Union, as part of its
ongoing campaign to establish
basic Jewish libraries in Jewish
homes throughout that country.
An additional 15,000 copies of
the book will soon be published
within the Soviet Union, in
cooperation with the Jewish
Publication Soviety of Vilna.
In an attempt to bring at least
some of Krasilnikova’s recipes
— and the story of the refuseniks
— to English-speaking Jews, a
dozen of the recipes, all of them
centering around the Sabbath
and the Jewish holidays, have
been translated into English.
The booklet is available from
Shvut Ami, International Center
for Soviet Jews, 10 Beliius
Street, P.O.B. 46141, Jerusalem
91061, Israel.
Yiddish Films to
Open in New York
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
first major retrospective of
Yiddish Hlms will open at the
Museum of Modern Art in
Manhattan on November 14.
The series, titled “Yiddish Be
tween Two Worlds,” will present
28 restored fe&ture films from
the Rutenberg and Everett Yid
dish Film Collection. They will
be shown over seven weeks,
augmented by an exhibition of
posters and enlarged stills from
the films.
The series will feature films
not seen here for decades and
some never before shown in
America.
Highlights include the Molly
Picon musical comedy, “Yiddle
With His Fiddle,” made in
Poland in 1936; Maurice
Schwartz in Sholem Asch’s
classic “Uncle Moses,” made in
the United States In 1932; and
the 1931 Ludwig Satz comedy,
“His Wife’s Lover.”
New Homes to Go Up in
Golan Heights'
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Housing Minister Ariel Sharon
announced that the planned
settlement of Avnei Hefetz near
the Arab city of Tulkarm in the
West Bank would soon become
a “large town.” Road-paving
and infrastructure work has
already begun, he said.
The housing Ministry ap
proved the construction of 380
new homes in the Golan Heights
whose status might be raised at
the negotiating table, should
peace talks between Israel and
Syria materialize.
Sharon said his ministry
planned to build 60,000 new
housing units next year, of which
half would be located in the
administered territories, Jerusa
lem or on the so-called Green
Line, the imaginary boundary
between the territories and Israel
proper.
The chain of settlements
would be known as “Star Pro
ject.”
The contractors, delighted to
get the new business, neverthe
less expressed concern that
Sharon’s projections were too
optimistic. They doubted that
more than 40,000 new housing
units could be built next year.
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