WJG readers fail to Kotil from Arab^ arms deal
WASHINGTON r- A dozen Jewish leaders held a 'i^rahkL and open*' discussion with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Wes^ Geimany but no one^ mjnd was changCd.on the pos^ibUtty of .Bqiih selling arm's to 'Saudi Arabia, according toEdgar^ Bronfman, president of World Jewish Gongress.'
*Teople came with the view that it is wrong — the German Federaf Republic should not sell ermstp.Saudi^Arabta^and^I^^^ with the feeling they had made yery little impact on the de^cision of the Chancellor/* Bronfman said after the one-hourmeeting at Kohl*s hotel. • .
But he believes the meeting resulted in a "betterunderstand-ing between the Chancellor and the Jewish world. I think these things take time and a lot of interpersonal relations,** he said.
Bronfman said he accepted the Chancellor^ invitation to m^et with him again in Bonn at the end of this month. While Kohl insisted that it was up to his government to make the decisibui Bronfman said he got a **very^ood understanding of the way the Jewish people feel on the subject. Of that there can benodoubt.**
Several participants at the meeting were Holocaust survivprs.
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CHIEFOFSTAFF Rev Aluf Mosh«lwy (rl0ht) visltad a sick U.8. tailor from tht BaHiftship U88 Naw J«iMy In Haifa** Rambam hOHrttai. ,
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WASHINGTON — A Silver Spring 'conservative synagogue defaced by anti-Semitic slogans in November 1982; has fifed a Class action suit in y.S. District court in Baltimore against eight men alleged tp be responsible f6r the desecration. ;
The suit seeks $3;000 to cover the cost of removing red ahti-Semitic 1^ sp^ay-painted on lOUtsidbf 1^ of Shaiare Tefila sy^^ It also seeks monetai^danm for emotional distress and punitivfdamajges.
The incident crated wides-
conrniunity reaction after the congregation de-
cided to leave the graffiti on the walls for a week. It included anti-Semitic slogans such as '^deatji to the Jude,** "In — take a shower Jew** as well as swastikas, skulls and crossbones, a^ burning cross and"a Nazi eagle.*
Rep. Michael Barnes (D. Md.), in whose district the synagogue is located, said the suit .will educate the public that these acts involve more than just property^ damage; people and communities suffer. The lawsuit will send a clear message that attacks on religious groups and institutions will not be tolerated.'*
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JERUSiOJEH^ Israel lUdio has predicted sion on redeplpyme^nt of the IDF will be made **quickly,*^ following top-fevel consultations iietween Premier Yitz^. tiait^ Shkinir and government officials iiver abrogation of the Isi^d-Lebanon . \
Iheii^ip skid the iirmy concrete options for a new line of deployment to the Cabinet. The new line would apparently faciliate a thinning out of IsraePs armed presence in south Lebanon.
Chief of Staff Gen. Moshel^vyiias told the Knesset foreign affairs aiid Security committee there were ^o miracle solutions in Lebanon,** either to the terrorist threat or to the potential Syrian strategic threat.
He said aqiiick withdtawaUo the international border^ — as Labor alignmeiit is advocating with ijicmisiltg firmness and urgency — would hot ^dlve Israers problems. 1
Let^ disclosed that some 2,00(IPLO men had by^nW : infiltmted Imck into Beirut Hcspok^withsatisftfctionof. the^Hifidemandinjp^whitfa Israel had wtlh Druze and j^iii^ttfiice9^nsi^rdm$ thearen north of IhC'Awali river.
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JEWISH AND UEFT-WINa atudanfa at Glasgow Un1«|i|liyl(e»iiiviMwl •Irongly for ballotlna In which Dr. Michael Kally won lha linlvenity faclCNfihlp,dii1i^ai4ili|ieri^ to PLO leader
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GLASGOW — It might have-been an insignificant election by world standards, but many are breathing easier since PLC leader Yassir Arafat was trounced in balloting for rector of Glasgow university.
Newly-elected rector. Dr. Michael Kelly, caused Arafat a '^crushing defeat^*^ ending a tumultuous campaign peppered with accusations of **foul play** and intense electioneering > y by Jewish students determined to see Arafat ^ defeated.
Kelly; who reconsidered his candidacy at the last minute after apparent)^ being pres^ sured and seci student tMotii.
. This was a considerable lead over his nearest rivaU Rikki FultoiH well-known Scottish actor/comedian and "joke nomination.** Arafat, originally favored to win, 'trailed badly in fourth place with^nly 717 votes.
Prior to nominations. Dr. K^Uy, a meniber of the campus Labor dub, temporarily abandoned the race for the titular position after club officials told him Arafat was their official
Woman reboried in eemetery
TEL AVIV y- The remains of Teresa Engelovitz were re-buried in her original grave in the Jewish cemetery at Rishon LeZion by order of the Supreme Court after having been exhumed and discarded by unknown grave robbers who are the object of a police manhunt.
The high court*s decision stirred a bitter controversy between civil and - religious authorities.' fengelpvitz; wife of an elderly observant Jew, was buried^in Rishon LsZion cemetery a year ago:
Several months later^ local rabbinate demanded her body be removed and buried elsewhere because,; according to unidentified religious inform^ erSi her conversion to Judaism in her native Rumania was not in accordance with strict Orthodox practices.
The n^hbinate*s order was blocked by a Supreme Court injunction obtained by Enge-lovitz*s family. The ^matter' seemed to have been resolved until thej|keleton ofa woman, wrapped in a plastic bag, was ~found reqcntly dumped in a hibslem cemetery at Ramie. ' Police ^forensic experts tdtntifted it. positively as Engelovi{z*s remaiiis. Al? though her grave appeiired to be uiklisturbed, police opened ^ it to find it empty. jta
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without ~ %)rtfolio ^ Ariel i Sharon narrowly escaped^ injury jdurin^g a tour of southern -Lebanon'when "^'n explo-sivecharge ^ent'off as thecar^ in V which he was' travelling passed' iilong a5>:oad:^n [the outskirts of Sidon. Defepse Minister :Moshe Arens l;iad; visited the area shortly before 'the blast. jta
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JERUSALEM Premier Yitzhak Shamir has denounced Egypt in the Knesset for reneging on its treaty obligations toward Israel, fie said Egypt's, behavior called into question thejcredibility of its agreements and claimed fsrael had tried f^peat^dly to improve relations with Cairo but was rebuffed. jta
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JERUSALEM — Galil Institute of Technological Bacteria has revealed "creation *v of a new microrbacteria capable^f wiping out theano-feles mosquito, which causes jaundice and malariai to which l.S billion people in 63 global countries are exposed.
choice and it might prove "embarrassing** if he ,^ conipeted for nomination. Arafat had been nominated by^an Arab student.
Meanwhile the rocky^road to efection day was littered with charges and counter-charges as opposing factions waged a battle of the posters. Students for Arafat, bolstered by moral suppon from author John le Carre and stars^Omar Sharif and Vanessa Redgrave, papered the university with image-conscious posters showing a grinning PLO head with Pope John Paul. -
(It has also claimed that Arafat had the backing of Lord Carrington, but the former
ongly denied he would- • 100,000 people arr expected support to thfe PL6 boss:> to attend, of:which 20,000 will Opponents*, powers, oft the ©ther hand, beguestsfrom.abroad, jta pictured Arafatas'th^y^w him,alongside the likes: of%an*s Kohmeint and t'ybian strongs man Kadafy.  ,   - ; ^
' Assoton as one side^utup their posters, the other side ripped them off the walls.
The rector*spositionis held for three years and entitles the holder to preside at meetings of university bodies and to undertake other public duties.
Nazi defeat marked
JERUSALEM—An international Jewish gathering to mark the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany will be held in May. Some
Egypt site of PLO meeting
. . LONDON— Egypt is to be the site of a ^conference "in
-supj>ort of the Palestinian people** to,be held March 30, World JeWish Congress (WJC) has revealed.
PLC chief Yasir Arafat is to attend the meetingJn Cairo, according to a broadcast by Radio Cairo and monitored by WJC sources. jta
Friend Of Israel dies at age 66
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Jews suffer 'less' prejudice cHmbing the corporate ladder
NEW YpRK There is less discrimination against Jews in the corporate world than in thc^ast even though some Jewish executiverstill beheve their Jewish identification is a handicap, especially at higher executive.levels.
Research findings, based on attitudes of 75 Harvard MBA*s at America's leading corporationsiareincludedin anew report -issued by American Jewish committee. Entitled Vf%o Gets to the Top^ £xecuiiye Suite Diserimination in the Eighties, the report was prepared by Die* Richard L Zwpigenfaaft, associate Professor of Psychology at Guilford College, iir Greensboro, NitC. •
Dr;Zweige|ihaftV8tudy|ind8ndther women noi'Bliicksl^ become as integral k part of thejcorporate world as have.som<e maleJew>.     \, . ^ ^
While most non-Jenrish execiftivesinthb »tudj felt there-was Utile btWbia^ against Jm ilk.OhOt cortwmtiim^ amall number contended lljuit at the top leveli^.beiiig Jewish; would
LONDON
Sir Hugh
Fraser; bne of Israers staunchr est and most influential friends ; in Britain*s ruling Conservative Party^has died. He was 66 years old.
A member of Parliament for the past 30 years, during which he held several ministerial positions^ he helped found the Conservative Friends of Israel in 1974. He was first chairman of its Parliamentary group and since 1982 had been the organization*s national presidehtl jta
IWarquez ponders Israeli embassy
BRirss^LS—Prime Minister Feitpe.Gonialez Marr quel of Spain has indicated his gdvermnent is interested in iestablishingt diplomatic relations witit Israel. jta.
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