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TEXAS JEWISH POST THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981 PAGE 2
Peru Warns Israel:
Don't Sell Kf ir
Jets to Ecuador
BY JAIME REIBEL
BOGOTA, Columbia
[JTA] — The Commander of
the Peruvian Air Force, Lt.
Gen. Luis Arias Graziani,
has warned that if Israel
sells Kfir fighter jets to
Ecuador, Peru will expand
its Air Force to maintain an
“equilibrium.”
Graziani raised the possi-
bility of an arms race
between the two uneasy
neighbors following the con-
clusion of an official eight-
day visit to Peru by Italian
Air Force Chief General
Alberto Bertoluchi late last
month. Graziani said “if
imbalances are produced
(with Ecuador), Peru will
try all manner of maintain-
ing the equilibrium (of
forces).”
In January and February
Peru and Ecuador skirmish-
ed at three border posts in
the disputed territory of the
Cordillera del Condor, which
separates their two coun-
tries in a thick, uncharted
jungle zone. Relations have
been strained between the
two Andean nations since
1942.
In that year they ended a
war fought over the Ama-
zonian jungle region they
had both claimed, by signing
the Protocolo de Rio de
Janeiro. Ecuador subse-
quently abrogated the trea-
ty, claiming that unfair
terms had been forced on it
by the signatory powers: the
United States, Brazil, Ar-
gentina and Chile.
Israel Denies Plane Sale
Military sources in Lima
claim that several months
ago Ecuador signed a con-
tract to buy a squadron of 20
Israeli Kfir fighter jets.
Nevertheless, Israel’s Am-
bassador to Peru, Gideon
Tadmor, categorically deni-
ed the report by stating
“there has not been any
plane sale to Ecuador.”
Unconfirmed reports orig-
inating in Lima allege that
several months ago when
Ecuador’s interest in the
Kfir became apparent Peru
sent Javier AJva Orlandi,
Second Vice President of the
country, to Israel to “block
or delay” the sale. On his
return to Peru, Alva Orlandi
announced the success ofl
his mission.
Now, according to Peru-
vian Congressional Deputy
Miguel Angel, if the Israeli-
Ecuadorian arms sale is
concluded the Congress will
ask the Peruvian Chancel-
lory to break relations with
Israel for “disloyalty” to
Peru.
Peru is presently nego-
tiating a comprehensive
military package with Italy
that would include the
technical training of Peru-
vian Air Force pilots, the
sale of 14 MACHI M 339
trainer planes and the
construction of an assembly
plant for the MACHI. Italy
has previously supplied the
Peruvian Navy with four
coastal patrol ships armed
with rockets and has agreed
to train the Peruvians to
build such ships in the
future.
Burg, Satmar Rebbe Discuss Issue
Of Shabat Traff ic in Jerusalem I
BYBENGALLOB
NEW YORK [JTA] - A
spokesperson for the Satmar
Hasidim reported that Inter-
ior Minister Yosef Burg of
Israel met privately last
week with Rabbi Moshe
Teitelbaum, the Satmar
Rebbe, at the Rebbe’s home
in Williamsburg, to discuss
recent altercations started
by Hasidic Jews protesting
Saturday traffic on the
Ramot Road in Jerusalem.
The spokesperson said
that among those present at
the Burg-Teitelbaum meet-
ing were Rabbi Hertz
Frankel, a representative of
the Williamsburg Orthodox
community, and Berl Fried-
man, a member of the
Council of Jewish Organiza-
tions of Boro Park, another
section of Brooklyn.
Burg Pledges He Will
Intervene
telephoned Rabbi Yitzhok®
Weiss, leader of the Ortho-®
dox rabbinate of Jerusalem,
urging that Weiss act te_
postpone further Hasidirfl
demonstrations. The spokes®
person told the JTA that
Weiss had given Burg a
commitment to prevent ad-
ditional demonstrations, on
a temporary basis. The
spokesperson noted that
there had been no demo
strations on the Sabbat
weekends of March 1
9
Satmar Hasidim in this
country have twice staged
demonstrations at the Is-
raeli Consulate in Manhat-
tan to protest the arrests of
Hasidim in clashes in Jerusa-
lem and what the spokes-
person called a “brutal” tear
gas attack by police on
worshippers in a Satmar
synagogue on March 7 in
Jerusalem.
The Satmar spokesperson
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency that Bura had asked
Teitelbaum to receive him to
discuss the incidents arising
from the violent reactions by
Hasidic Jews when cars
appeared on the Ramot
Road which passes through
the Mea Shearim section of
Jerusalem. The road carries
traffic to a Jerusalem
suburb.
The spokesperson said
that the issue of “police
brutality” in Jerusalem was
discussed in detail at the
hour-long meeting and that
Burg made a verbal commit-
ment to the Satmar Rebbe
that on his return to
Jerusalem, he would “inter-
vene personally” to resolve
the issue of Sabbath traffic
on the Ramot Road.
The spokesperson said
one of the solutions pro-
posed at the Burg-Teitel-
baum meeting was construc-
tion of a second road which
would bypass the Mea
Shearim section. The
spokesperson said he was
informed that Burg had left
Tuesday on his return trip to
Israel.
During the meeting, Burg
The spokesperson was
asked for comment on the
statement by Shmuel Moyal,
a spokesman for the Israel
Consulate in New York, tha®
Satmar Hasidim had deluJ
ed the Consulate for a week
last month with telephone
calls filled with obscenities
and curses and another
report that the Hasidim had
denounced Israel, during
their March 9 protest at thita
Consulate, as “Nazi.” fl
The spokesperson reject-
ed the complaint by Moyal
that the callers were Satmar
Hasidim. He pointed out
that anonymous calls pro-
vided no way to determine
the identity of callers. I®
flatly denied the charge th®
Satmar demonstrations haa
used the term “Nazi" to
describe Israel.
(Program Helps Soviet Jewish Immigrants Establish Small Businesses!
BY KEVIN FREEMAN
NEW YORK [JTA] -
Business and government
representatives have
aunched a program aimed
it helping recent Soviet
Jewish immigrants in New
York establish small busi-
nesses which, the represen-
tatives say, will add a new
dimension to existing efforts
to revitalize declining neigh-
borhoods m the city.
An independent study,
“New Enterprises for New
Americans, ’ released at a
press conterenc* here spon-
sored b' he V.-deration of
Jewel, ^hilanth copies of
New fork and the Federa-
tion Employment and Guid-
ance Service (FEGS), was
designed l,o proved* nior
mation that woulc >nab)e
the Federation to determine
whether there is a need 'or
special technics1 assistance
geared /> Soviet -mmi
grants, and r so ro
determine the key compon-
ents of a program to provide
such assistance
According to Sanford Sol-
ender, executive vice presi-
dent of the Federation, and
Alfred Miller, executive
director of FEGS, the study
“is not the end it itself. We
hope that its findings and
recommendations mark a
beginning of a new effort to
marshall resources and de-
velop the necessary and
innovative programming to
assure that the new immi-
grants to our country will
have full access to our free
enterprise system.”
Problems Faced By Soviet
Immigrants
The study, issued by
INTERFACE, a non-profit
public policy research organ-
ization funded through a
grant from the Herman
Muehlstein Foundation, not
ed that Soviet mnrgranth
face problems ranging from
unrealistic expectations in
the American business
world to a lack of familiarity
with local laws and customs.
The report said that in
recent years more than
50,000 immigrants have set-
tled in New York seeking
political, religious and econ-
omic freedom, but, despite
heir ambitions, face major
obstacles beyond those us-
ually encountered by aspir-
ing entrepeneurs. Based on
a study of 69 small business-
es operated by Soviet
immigrants in New York
City, the report noted some
of the immigrants’ psycho-
logical problems.
These included: “a misun-
derstanding of the binding
nature of agreements caused
by familiarity with a more
informal style of business
arrangements based on faith
and trust; a misconception
that it is easy to ‘get rich
quick’ in the United States;
a participation in the ‘black
market’ approach to doing
business: in unfamiliarity
with hav;ng to choose among
a wide variety of consumer
goods; a dependence on
government, an attitude
fostered under the socialist
system; and, finally, the
mmigrants’ character form-
ed by the need for survival
in the USSR.”
The major problem, the
report noted, stems from the
attitude immigrants bring
from the Soviet Union and
from a poor understanding
of certain concepts of the
American business world.
Practical problems exist,
such as a lack of awareness
of business responsibilities
and an inability to evaluate
profitability of a potential
business venture.
Other problems involve
the immigrants’ inability to
obtain adequate financing, a
failure to understand the tax
accounting system and the
inability to understand the
concept of credit. The report
also cited legal aspects.
operating procedures and
language difficulties as prob-
lems encountered by immi-
grants. Some of the charac-
teristics of those interview-
ed showed that immigrants
are mainly middle aged and
predominantly from Euro-
pean parts of the Soviet
Union.
The report stressed that
despite its concentration on
Soviet Jewish immigrants,
the conclusions are appli-
cable to any group of
immigrants that would con-
sider opening a small busi-
ness in America.
The report recommended
that the Federation should
implement a comprehensive
technical assistance pro-
gram for Soviet immigrants
interested in opening their
own businesses. Also, the
Federation, through its cen-
tral office as well as its
community based agencies,
should begin a program to
link resources of communit«|
boards and Local Develop®
ment Corporations with th®
private resources and initia-
tive of the Soviet immigrant
community. The report con-
cluded that the Federation
must initiate a financial
assistance program for So-
viet Immigrants in teres te®
in opeing their own bus®
nesses.
Rabbi Doubts Reasons For
Bar Mitzvah Re-Scheduling
OCEAN, N.J. [JTA] - A
New Jersey rabbi has
reported that, in contrast to
prior years, the majority of
Bar Mitzvahs and Bas
Mitzvahs in his synagogue
are now being scheduled for
Saturday afternoons and
Saturday evenings.
In previous years, Rabbi
Jacob Friedman reported in
the Bulletin of his Temple
Beth Torah in Ocean, Bat
Mitzvahs were celebrated on
Friday nights and Bar
Mitzvahs on Saturday morn-
ings.
He described what was
happening as “the creation
of a new tradition and the
breaking down of old tradi-
tions," adding he did pot
know whether or not to be
disturbed by the change. He
said he did question the
reasons given him for the
scheduling change.
Friedman said he had
been told that if the Bat
Mitzvah ceremony was held
on Friday night or Saturday
morning, and if the Bar
Mitzvah was celebrated on
Saturday morning, many
Jewish parents "would be
forced to take the reception
to a non-kosher facility
because social and dancing
music, photography and
I
smoking are not permitted
on the Shabbat" in his
synagogue and that this
would put “a restraint on the
total joy and partying
atmosphere of the occasion."
I
He said another reaso
given him for the popularitj
of the Saturday after-
noon/evening Bar or Bas
Mitzvah was that “many of
the invited guests were
unable to attend the reli-
gious services” if the cere^
mony was held on a Frida®
night or a Saturday morn®
ing.
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