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By PAUL LUNGEN
TORONTO - Canadian Jewish Congress is angry that the Department of National Defence (DND) is apparently ignoring a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment who served in Somalia despite evidence he had close ties with Canadian white supremacists.
Hal Joffe, national co-chair of community relations for Congress, said DND was given a transcript of evidence from ah Alberta court case which placed Pte. Matt McKay in the home of Terry Long, leader of the racist Aryan Nations, when an attack was planned on Alberta journalist Keith Rutherford.
In the early 1960s, Rutherford wrote a story identifying a Winnipeg man as a Nazi war criminal (the man subsequently hung himself). In 1990, Rutherford was attacked by skinheads in retaliation and blinded in one eye. The former journalist obtained a default judgment — one unopposed by Long and the Aryan Nations ~ after he sued them fofconspiring to assault him.
Joffe said McKay continued to serve in Somalia as a member of the elite Airborne Regiment even after DND was provided with tiiat information and after a Winnipeg newspaper obtained a picture of McKay in his barracks standing in front of a swastika flag, giving the Nazi salute.
An inquiry set up after four Soma-
lis were killed in confrontations with
Canadian peacekeepers criticized the Canadian military for tolerating a rebel unit with disciplinary problems.
The inquiry also found that a small number of soldiers in the Canadian Airborne Regiment sent to Somalia held racist views, but it did not men-tioii McKay by name. Some Canadian soldiers sent on peacekeeping duties referred to Somalis as "nig-gersi" "smufties," "gimmes" and "nig-nogs," the inquiry found.
Four members of the unit's 2nd Conraiando have been charged with murder and torture in connection with the killing of a Somali civilian on March 16. The shooting death of another Somali is still under investigation.
Congress president Irving Abella said he was not surprised at the report's findings of racists in the military. A letter sent by Congress on May 7 to then Defence Minister Kim Campbell.asked that soldiers with racist views be removed from duty, he said. A subsequent letter on July 23 to Defence Minister Tom Siddon asked that McKay be recalled from Somalia and suspended pending an investigation.
"\ye believe it is essential that Prime Minister Campbeiriive up to her stated policy of 'zero tolerance' for racism and neo-Nazism within Canada's armed forces," Joffe said.
"All decent Canadians must be gravely cdnceriied that our armed forces have now provided combat
training to racist extremists. At the very least, the soldiers identified as white supremacists must be inmiedi-ately discharged. The Canadian people expect that the fine tradition of honor in war and peace of the armed forces be preserved by the removal of this bad seed," he added.
Among its recommendations, the inquiry urged that peacekieepers be instructed not to use racial or derogatory epithets and that the military should be sensitized to the potential negative effects of having symbols that are "in bad taste."
Responding to reports of racists in the military, Adm. John Anderson, chief of the defence staff, announced that the armed forces would undertake "a comprehensive review of policies, orders and regulations concerning this issue."
Anderson stated that all members of the military would be instructed that the armed forces is "cornmitted to the principle of equality of all people, and the dignity and worth of every human being without discrimination... Racist attitudes are totally incompatible with the military ethos and with effective military service."
The admiral also announce that the forces would prepare guidelines and procedures to handle racist activities, including disiciplinary actions and the potential release of soldiers who contravene the policy. An educational program would be introduced as well, Anderson said,
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By DAVID LAZARUS
MONTREAL — Last year as the Jewish New Year neared. Rabbi Zalmen Marozov was busy preparing for the holiday with his wife and 10 children amid the traditional community hustle and bustle. ; However Rabbi Marozov, 48, has had to hustle and bustle more than most since he discovered the perfect way to marry Torah and technology.
Each day since last Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Marozov spends as many as five hours writing, editing, composing, and zapping a Dvar Torah called Torah Fax to 500 fax machines across the city.
Daily deadlines have not been easy for Rabbi Marozov. He said he now understands how journalists feel confronting the proverbial blank screen on a regular basis.
Rabbi Mairozoy, a cantor at the Congregation Zichron Kedoshim, uses a screen too. In his basement, which has been converted into something of an electronic sending centre, Rabbi Marozov has installed a fax machine, personal computer, photocopier and two "fax boards," elec-
ti'onic computer devices that allow the fax machine to send out hundreds of faxes, one after the other, automatically.
This year's Rosh Hashonah edition, by Rabbi Marozov's estimation, will be the 200th or so Torah Fax he has sent without charge to Jewish-run businesses and companies. It greets them first thing in the morning, Monday through Thursday.. ' ' 'You know, it is said that the rea-r son God created gold was so it could be used to decorate the temple," said Rabbi Marozov, who conceived of the Torah fax a year before he actually sent, the first one out. "I think maybe it' is the same for the fax machine, that God created the fax to send God's message."
The daily fax is a Torah message with a decidedly state-of-the-art touch. There is a catchy slogan on the top: Torah on the spot for people on the go.
Rabbi Marozov spends a lot of time contemplating the subject of the day. He wants it tO be informative, yet written in a style that catches the reader's interest — not to read like a sombre sermon.
He thinks of his project as a Jewish way ''to start the day.''
There are parables from the Midrash, little lessons to help recipients reflect on the truly important values in life, measured in deeds and not dollars.
Since he began. Rabbi Marozov's
enterprise has seemed to take on a life all its own. When he began, it was — and still is — a basement operation, and the rabbi spent many frustrating hours wrestling with the basics of computer technology and programming. A journalistic neophyte, it took weeks before he realized he was omitting the date.
What has kept Rabbi Marozov motivated is the gratification he gets in bringing a little "Yiddishkeit" to the people as well as the strongly positive reaction the Torah Fax has elicited. Rabbi Marozov had no set goals when Torah Fax began, but the number of "subscribers" has grown rapidly from the original 40 through contacts he made while working at the Free Hebrew for Juniors supplementary school.
The Torah Fax is not recieived unsolicited, and he realizes there is "no limit" to how far the number may go.
Even some non-Jews haVe come to appreciate the universal messages contained in the Torah Fax/ Rabbi Marozov has five non-Jewish subscribers and often the first person to see and read the fax of the day is the office receptionist, he has learned.
Rabbi Marozov also knows of one (Jewish) recipient who brings the Torah Fax home every day to discuss with his family around the dinner table.
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