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WITH PERSONAL ... See Varon's Column On Page Three THG jewi TIMES Vol. XXXIX, No. 5 Thursday, September 22, 1983 25 Cents Shamir9s Background May Cause Trouble By Alex Wohl Towards the end of Yom Kippur, during the solemn Nilah service, Rabbi Richard M. Yellin raised the question "Are People Capable of Change?" Rabbi Yellin of Congregation Mishkan Tefila pointed to the September 13 issue of "Israel Update" which devoted its cover story to Israel's new Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Entitled "Murder in the Underground," the story exposed facts of Shamir's background which are not common knowledge. Yellin asserts he is interested only in disseminating the informa- tion about Shamir, so that his con- gregants and other interested parties may evaluate it. "I do not think it should be hidden," he commented. Rabbi Richard Yellin He added that he "does not intend to use his pulpit to discuss politics, but that he brought the topic up in his sermon "only to ask the question of whether or not Continued on Page Nine Professor Upheld In Anti-Zionist Stance professor had not breached aca- demic ethics or the bounds of aca- demic freedom in teaching "The Politics of Race." It was that finding that prompted the Gover- nor's denunciation. The executive committee finding was subject to review by the full Faculty Senate, which upheld the Faculty Senate committee finding. Academic Freedom Siegman said Dube had directed his students to write a term paper on the theme "Zionism is as much racism as Nazism is racism." Commenting that it is often hard to "devine with precision when the line between academic freedom and academic abuse has been crossed," Siegman declared that when members of the academic community engage in "base hate- mongering, that on its face is an exercise totally unrelated to the goals of the academy, then they are engaged in an activity which perverts the principle of academic freedom." The faculty investigation was ordered after a complaint was filed with university officials by Selwyn Troen, a visiting professor from the Ben Gurion University in the Negev, in which Troen charged that Dube "employed his position for the propagation of personal ideology and racist biases." Troen, who has since returned to Israel, said he was acting on a complaint from a student and sub- mitted Dube's course materials to support his charge. by Ben Gallob NEW YORK (JTA) � The full Faculty Senate of the State Uni- versity of New York at Stony Brook upheld Monday a finding that one of its professors had not violated academic freedom by teaching a course equating Zionism and racism. This was denounced by the American Jewish Congress as "base hate-mongering." Henry Siegman, AJCongress executive director, said state- ments defining Zionism as racism by Prof. Ernest Dube, who Siegman said had designed and taught the course, were a "shabby and shopworn technique to delegit- imize Israel and provoke hatred and antagonism against the Jewish State." Siegman added that "too often, hate-mongering against Zionism is but a thinly-veiled attack against the Jewish people themselves." Dube had previously been as- sailed for his teachings by Gover- nor Mario Cuomo, who issued a statement denouncing the Long Island University faculty for failing to openly oppose Dube's teachings. The Governor called the course "intellectually dishonest and per- nicious because it is designed to serve as a justification for geno- cide in the form of completion of the 'final solution' through anni- hilation of the State of Israel." Dube was exonerated on August 17 by the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, which ruled that the South African-born Black Hartford Police Sifting Leads Home Of State Legislator Fire Bombed; Fourth Act Of Arson In Six Weeks; Reward Of $ 50,500 Posted By Alex Wohl Jewish Times Staff HARTFORD � Police have several leads in the pre-dawn fire here which damaged the home of a Jewish state legislator on Yom Kippur. The fire, which authorities said was the fourth arson attack on the Jewish community here in less than six weeks, is still under investigation. According to a statement re- leased by the Hartford Police Department, a local man is no longer a suspect in the fire. The statement went on to say that the police are continuing to follow an "enormous number" of leads that have been provided by new information found at the scene and by community members. Evidence from the scene of the most recent fire was sent to the Connecticut State Police Labora- tory in Meriden, Connecticut. The police department is work- ing "in conjunction with the Connecticut State Police and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division" in an effort to follow all leads in regard to the fire, the release said. In a conversation with The Jewish Times, Officer Bockus of the Community Relations Depart- ment of the Hartford Police stated that they "have several other suspects to check out." The home of Rep. Joan Kemler and her husband, Dr. Leonard Kemler, was damaged by a fire reported shortly before 6:00 a.m. The Kemlers and their two children fled the house. Fire- fighters said the fire was confined to the outside walls of the first and second stories of the home. "Obviously there is someone very close in the area who has targeted a few places and few people in the are," Kemler said after attending Yom Kippur services. There are some 7,300 Jewish residents out of a popula- tion of more than 60,000 in this affluent suburban community. "It defintely was a case of arson," said police Chief Francis Reynolds. "Accelerants were used." He said two empty soda pop bottles were found outside the home that were apparently filled with gasoline used to ignite the fire. Continued on Page Nine Tour Of JCC Campus, Dessert At CJP Dinner By Alex Wohl Jewish Times Staff BOSTON � There is an omni- present attitude at the new Jewish Community Center in Newton. It is one of optimism. It is one in which the positive features of a new and allegedly unified Jewish com- munity are stressed. Sunday's 88th annual CJP dinner at the Newton center was only further evidence of this massive promotion, this desire to show that the future of the Boston Jewish community is very much alive in the new JCC campus now available for the entire community's use. From the guided tours of the new structure, to an address by Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the honorary speaker of the evening, there seemed to be a strong emphasis on the future of Boston's Jews, and how much of this future rests in the new JCC. The tour, which gives one a brief look at the structure, explains that the five-story Victorian-style build- ing was built in 1896 as a Catholic Working-Boy's Home. It was con- verted in 1971 to a home for the Xaverian Brothers, an order of monks. Then, in 1979, after much deliberation and study, CJP bought the building. According to the guide, the organization determined that 70 percent of all Jews in the Boston area live within 20 minutes by car of this location. As such it was a suitably central location and it was purchased. The New and the Old Sen. Frank Lautenberg The guide quickly added that the building was purchased with money from a fund "entirely separate" from the regular CJP collection money. How it was raised she didn't say. As the guide continued with her explanations it seemed that they had designed a location and purpose for everything. "Over here will be the old age home," she said. "Scientists can keep us alive but they don't know where to put us then," she said in a patterned tour- guide voice. "And over here is the teen wing. We are giving them the isolation we know they want, because they are the most import- ant people to us. OUR FUTURE LEADERS," she stressed. "Over here is where they will celebrate holidays, and here is where they will celebrate Israel Independence Day." To this confused reporter it seemed that they had a plan for everything. I wondered if there was room for spontaneity any- where in the building � maybe in the pool. There are many nice features to this magnificent structure. In one room, for instance, children will be able to play musical instru- ments, all supplied by the JCC. And, of course, the grounds are simply overwhelming. The 35 acres is certainly a choice piece of property. The pool and gym also are excellent features, although still unopened. I assume that by the dedication on October 2, the construction dust will have been swept away and they will be ready for use. Sen. Frank Lautenberg It was with this same spirit of renewal that Frank Lautenberg took the podium as featured speaker for the evening. Lauten- berg, who was recently elected to the Senate from New Jersey in a Continued on Page Nine
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Transcript | WITH PERSONAL ... See Varon's Column On Page Three THG jewi TIMES Vol. XXXIX, No. 5 Thursday, September 22, 1983 25 Cents Shamir9s Background May Cause Trouble By Alex Wohl Towards the end of Yom Kippur, during the solemn Nilah service, Rabbi Richard M. Yellin raised the question "Are People Capable of Change?" Rabbi Yellin of Congregation Mishkan Tefila pointed to the September 13 issue of "Israel Update" which devoted its cover story to Israel's new Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Entitled "Murder in the Underground," the story exposed facts of Shamir's background which are not common knowledge. Yellin asserts he is interested only in disseminating the informa- tion about Shamir, so that his con- gregants and other interested parties may evaluate it. "I do not think it should be hidden," he commented. Rabbi Richard Yellin He added that he "does not intend to use his pulpit to discuss politics, but that he brought the topic up in his sermon "only to ask the question of whether or not Continued on Page Nine Professor Upheld In Anti-Zionist Stance professor had not breached aca- demic ethics or the bounds of aca- demic freedom in teaching "The Politics of Race." It was that finding that prompted the Gover- nor's denunciation. The executive committee finding was subject to review by the full Faculty Senate, which upheld the Faculty Senate committee finding. Academic Freedom Siegman said Dube had directed his students to write a term paper on the theme "Zionism is as much racism as Nazism is racism." Commenting that it is often hard to "devine with precision when the line between academic freedom and academic abuse has been crossed," Siegman declared that when members of the academic community engage in "base hate- mongering, that on its face is an exercise totally unrelated to the goals of the academy, then they are engaged in an activity which perverts the principle of academic freedom." The faculty investigation was ordered after a complaint was filed with university officials by Selwyn Troen, a visiting professor from the Ben Gurion University in the Negev, in which Troen charged that Dube "employed his position for the propagation of personal ideology and racist biases." Troen, who has since returned to Israel, said he was acting on a complaint from a student and sub- mitted Dube's course materials to support his charge. by Ben Gallob NEW YORK (JTA) � The full Faculty Senate of the State Uni- versity of New York at Stony Brook upheld Monday a finding that one of its professors had not violated academic freedom by teaching a course equating Zionism and racism. This was denounced by the American Jewish Congress as "base hate-mongering." Henry Siegman, AJCongress executive director, said state- ments defining Zionism as racism by Prof. Ernest Dube, who Siegman said had designed and taught the course, were a "shabby and shopworn technique to delegit- imize Israel and provoke hatred and antagonism against the Jewish State." Siegman added that "too often, hate-mongering against Zionism is but a thinly-veiled attack against the Jewish people themselves." Dube had previously been as- sailed for his teachings by Gover- nor Mario Cuomo, who issued a statement denouncing the Long Island University faculty for failing to openly oppose Dube's teachings. The Governor called the course "intellectually dishonest and per- nicious because it is designed to serve as a justification for geno- cide in the form of completion of the 'final solution' through anni- hilation of the State of Israel." Dube was exonerated on August 17 by the executive committee of the Faculty Senate, which ruled that the South African-born Black Hartford Police Sifting Leads Home Of State Legislator Fire Bombed; Fourth Act Of Arson In Six Weeks; Reward Of $ 50,500 Posted By Alex Wohl Jewish Times Staff HARTFORD � Police have several leads in the pre-dawn fire here which damaged the home of a Jewish state legislator on Yom Kippur. The fire, which authorities said was the fourth arson attack on the Jewish community here in less than six weeks, is still under investigation. According to a statement re- leased by the Hartford Police Department, a local man is no longer a suspect in the fire. The statement went on to say that the police are continuing to follow an "enormous number" of leads that have been provided by new information found at the scene and by community members. Evidence from the scene of the most recent fire was sent to the Connecticut State Police Labora- tory in Meriden, Connecticut. The police department is work- ing "in conjunction with the Connecticut State Police and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division" in an effort to follow all leads in regard to the fire, the release said. In a conversation with The Jewish Times, Officer Bockus of the Community Relations Depart- ment of the Hartford Police stated that they "have several other suspects to check out." The home of Rep. Joan Kemler and her husband, Dr. Leonard Kemler, was damaged by a fire reported shortly before 6:00 a.m. The Kemlers and their two children fled the house. Fire- fighters said the fire was confined to the outside walls of the first and second stories of the home. "Obviously there is someone very close in the area who has targeted a few places and few people in the are," Kemler said after attending Yom Kippur services. There are some 7,300 Jewish residents out of a popula- tion of more than 60,000 in this affluent suburban community. "It defintely was a case of arson," said police Chief Francis Reynolds. "Accelerants were used." He said two empty soda pop bottles were found outside the home that were apparently filled with gasoline used to ignite the fire. Continued on Page Nine Tour Of JCC Campus, Dessert At CJP Dinner By Alex Wohl Jewish Times Staff BOSTON � There is an omni- present attitude at the new Jewish Community Center in Newton. It is one of optimism. It is one in which the positive features of a new and allegedly unified Jewish com- munity are stressed. Sunday's 88th annual CJP dinner at the Newton center was only further evidence of this massive promotion, this desire to show that the future of the Boston Jewish community is very much alive in the new JCC campus now available for the entire community's use. From the guided tours of the new structure, to an address by Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, the honorary speaker of the evening, there seemed to be a strong emphasis on the future of Boston's Jews, and how much of this future rests in the new JCC. The tour, which gives one a brief look at the structure, explains that the five-story Victorian-style build- ing was built in 1896 as a Catholic Working-Boy's Home. It was con- verted in 1971 to a home for the Xaverian Brothers, an order of monks. Then, in 1979, after much deliberation and study, CJP bought the building. According to the guide, the organization determined that 70 percent of all Jews in the Boston area live within 20 minutes by car of this location. As such it was a suitably central location and it was purchased. The New and the Old Sen. Frank Lautenberg The guide quickly added that the building was purchased with money from a fund "entirely separate" from the regular CJP collection money. How it was raised she didn't say. As the guide continued with her explanations it seemed that they had designed a location and purpose for everything. "Over here will be the old age home," she said. "Scientists can keep us alive but they don't know where to put us then," she said in a patterned tour- guide voice. "And over here is the teen wing. We are giving them the isolation we know they want, because they are the most import- ant people to us. OUR FUTURE LEADERS," she stressed. "Over here is where they will celebrate holidays, and here is where they will celebrate Israel Independence Day." To this confused reporter it seemed that they had a plan for everything. I wondered if there was room for spontaneity any- where in the building � maybe in the pool. There are many nice features to this magnificent structure. In one room, for instance, children will be able to play musical instru- ments, all supplied by the JCC. And, of course, the grounds are simply overwhelming. The 35 acres is certainly a choice piece of property. The pool and gym also are excellent features, although still unopened. I assume that by the dedication on October 2, the construction dust will have been swept away and they will be ready for use. Sen. Frank Lautenberg It was with this same spirit of renewal that Frank Lautenberg took the podium as featured speaker for the evening. Lauten- berg, who was recently elected to the Senate from New Jersey in a Continued on Page Nine |
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