Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1998 Page: 1 of 24
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jess jawm:
Mishpocha
hanksgiving. about a week away, is a joyful holiday based
upon giving thanks for the bounties bestowed upon us by
our Creator.
The early settlers, who were battling the havoc of
weather, sickness and starvation-were helped by native Americans,
the Indians, who taught them the basics. Soon they triumphed,
realizing that if they combined their energies and ambitions and
prevailed upon a common storehouse, starvation could be eliminated
and progress guaranteed.
They recognized that there are greater sources in the world from
which we revive our constancy and strength to conquer adversity.
Some of us have learned this, almost from understanding our first
words following birth. We call this Higher Power and Being, God.
The early Pilgrims were devout, as were the Puritans They believed
in the word of the Holy Bible — and especially the Old Testament.
They recognized special tributes in the scriptures where the Hebrews
thanked God for his blessings and the fall harvest.
What better way to exemplify their thanks from being able to
conquer the vicissitudes they faced constantly? Thus Thanksgiving
was born and the prolific huge-feathered bird that was prevalent
became symbolic with the meaning of
celebration and thanks. JESS JAWIN p. 14
SPECIAL REPORT
Israel Ready For Pilgrims Intent
On Provoking Millennial Havoc
tourist, was turned over to Kfar
Shaul. a Jerusalem psychiatric hos-
pital that has hosted countless
prophets and many messiahs. Each
year, about I (X) tourists succumb
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to the Jerusalem Syndrome, a psy-
chiatric disorder in which visitors
are swept away by the power of
Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Like
im PILGRIMS p. 17
By Avi Mac hi is
JERUSALEM — When a man
who said he was the biblical char-
acter Samson arrived at the West-
ern Wall several years ago and
insisted on moving a large stone he
believed was in the wrong place.
Israeli policemen were not terribly
surprised.
Samson, a muscular Canadian
INSIDE
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The Whys and Wherefores Behind Wye.............2
Human Rights Fears Wye’s Impact....................3
Netanyahu Faces Hostilities..............................,3
Washington Watch.............................................4
Dallas Doings.....................................................5
London Jews Criticize Chief Rabbi....................7
My Father, The Publisher................................8,9
TJP’s Flavorite Recipes: Thanksgiving Feast.. 11
Hillels A & M................................................
JFGD Elects Donald Schaffer President.....
Rep. Frost Wins Head Dem. Caucus Chair....
You and Your Health.............:......................1
Shlomo Risking Torah Portion......................
Synagogue Services..................................1
Around the Town..........................................
Knesset OK’s Wye Agreement
In a dramatic agreement that look
weeks of wrangling and parties
crossing their political predicates
about changing land for peace, the
Israeli Knesset approved the Amer-
ican-sponsored Wye Peace agree-
ment by a significant majority to
insure its implementation.
Prime Minister Netanyahu s
Likud Party had to depart from a
traditional stance of never giving
up Israeli land, which was created
to defend under all costs. By com-
promising his Party’s position he
received a substantial 75 yes votes
from Israeli Knesset members,
many of these were from the Labor
Party which was always Likud's
strongest opposition. Only 50 per-
cent of the Netanyahu coalition
voted for the agreement, two Net-
anyahu cabinet members voted
against. Five ministers, members
of Likud, left the Knesset refusing
to cast their ballots.
Rather than an overwhelming
cheering reception, solemnity
reigned following the affirmative
action. Netanyahu punctuated the
feeling by saying, following the
vote, "This is not a day of jubila-
tion.”
Press reports quoted Walid
Sadek, a Palestinian member of
the Knesset saying: “I would have
expected the Prime Minister to
speak of joy ...to say there is peace,
happiness, a new wind blowing
through the region. But what we
have heard were words of arro-
gance and humiliation for the Pales-
AGREEMENT p. 22
FOCUS ON ISSUES
Communists Remain Defiant
Refusing To Censure Lawmaker
| By Lev Krichc'
MOSCOW — Concerns arc es-
calating in Russia over the toler-
ance of anti-Semitism in the coun-
try’s Parliament
The Parliament's lower house
the Duma, overwhelmingly adopt-
ed last Friday a vaguely worded
resolution condemning ethnic ha-
tred. But the same body refused, for
the second time this month, to ex-
plicitly criticize a Communist law-
maker for making anti-Semitic re-
marks.
The resolution adopted by the
Communist-dominated Duma made
no mention of Gen Albert Makash-
ov, the lawmaker who has been at
the center of the festering contro-
versy over anti-Semitism in Russia
— a dispute that has pitted the Com-
munist Party against leading Rus-
sian political figures and the media.
A leading Moscow daily said last
Friday that recent developments
have demonstrated that the Com-
munist Party views Jews and jour-
nalists as their “main enemies.”
“Instead of showing interest in
the plight of freezing Russian re-
gums.” about the "hundreds of ru-
ined banks and the poor state of the
Russian economy," the Commu-
nist Parly isconstantly talking about
the need to control the media and to
limit the number of Jews in posi-
tions of power, said Nezavisimaya
Ga/cla. which is owned by the Jew-
ish tycoon Boris Berezovsky. “Ev-
idently, they view the free media
and Jews as the last and only barri-
ers to power.”
The organized Jewish communi-
ty here has maintained a generally
low profile on the issue Alexander
Osovtsov. executive vice president
of the Russian Jewish Congress,
said the Communist Parly is not
willing to criticize the government
of President Boris Yeltsin and —
with an election campaign in view
— has decided to target "spheres,”
that is To say, Jews, "better under-
stood by marginal sectors" of soci-
ety where they recruit most of their
supporters.
see LAWMAKER p. 21
NEWS ANALYSIS
Jewish Agency Struggles
To Reprioritize Its Mission
• • •
By Mark J. JofTe
JERUSALEM — Facing a fu-
ture when its historic mission of
rescue and resettlement may one
day be completed, the Jewish Agen-
cy for Israel is struggling to reposi-
tion itself and reorder its priorities.
And it is doing so at a time when
the landscape of American Jewish
philanthropy is rapidly changing
around it.
Delegates from around the world
grappled with that reality this week
as they convened here for the Jew-
ish Agency’s annual assembly.
After hours of debate that included
a fair amount of vociferous criti-
cism, they adopted a “Shared Vi-
sion and Mission Statement” that
redefines both the agency’s work
and the way it is supposed to ac-
complish it.
The adoption of the statement is
the first major milestone in a stra-
tegic planning process that may
determine whether the agency con-
tinues to enjoy the support of most
Jewish community federations in
the United States beyond Dec. 3I,
1999, when its contract for fund-
ing by the United Jewish Appeal
expires.
Many federations have been
openly critical of the agency and
have reduced their annual alloca-
tions to it over the years, in some
cases funding their own programs
in Israel separately.
If this trend leads to the abroga-
tion of a binding arrangement be-
tween the federations and the Jew-
ish Agency, it will change the way
American Jews have been contrib-
uting money to Israel for the last
■■■■■■■■ AGENCY p. 21
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