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tORONTO (JTA) — Canada's Supreme Gpurt has ordered the government to pay thousands of dollars in legal Costs to a man it prosecuted for Nazi war crimies before dropping the case against him.
The Sept. 23 ruling upheld a March 1992 decision by a lower court ordering the government to pay $151:000 in legal costs incurred by Michael Paw-lowski.
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TORONTO
The
League for Human Rights of B'nai B'rith Caniada has commended the Ontario Attorney General's oiffice for the decisipri to appeial the overturning of Paul Mbyer's conviction of causing '^indignity to human remains" in the desecration of a Jewish cemetery.
■'We were very concerned about the decision to overturn Moyer's conviction." said Marvin Kurz, Ontario legal counsel of the League. "Paul Moyer has admitted that he desecrated the Anshe Sholom cemetery and his acconiplice was convicted. What is particularly discon^ certihg is that a majority of the Ontario Court of Appeals overturned Moyer's conviction on the grounds that desecrating a tombstone does not constitute an 'indignity to human remainS;V Such a precedeiit must be reviewed by oiir nation's highest court."
PawlowskiJ 75; a retired carpenter from Renfrew, Oht.v was charged Dec. 15, 1989 with eight counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connecr tion with the 1942 deaths of 410 Jews and 80 Poles in the Minsk region of Nazi-occupied White Russia (today Belarus), where he allegedly served as a local policeman.
The Justice Department stayed his prosecution March 13, 1992, following the death of a key witness and a crippling ruling against a government bid to send a commission to the former Soviiet Union to gather and videotape testimony froin elderly wit-i^esses unable to come to Canada to testify.
It was the third unsuccessful proseciition urider war crimes legislation enacted by Canada^s Parliament in ^1987.
By LYNDA ROSENBERG
Although Yoel Nesson did not come to Canada with any preconceived notions about Canadians living in igloos and following the trap lines for a living; he admits he was taken aback during a visit to Winnipeg earlier this year.
"I was stymied when I saw these little plugs hanging out of the front of cars. But when the fellow that I was with went into his office and had to plug the car in, I have to admit I was pretty shocked," Nesson recalled with a laiigh.
The affable 43-year-old was appointed in July to succeed Shimon Arbel as national executive director of Canadian Friends of Hebrew University.
During a recent three^day visit to the regional office here, Nesson talked with
JWB about his career, goals and impressions of Canada.
The Brooklihe, Mass. native moved to Israel at age 19 andhas spent much of his career at Hebrew .University, risingfrom an academic advisor to his most recent position as director of sufnmer courses and special semester programs.
His job here entails fund-rj^isilig for H.U. "Money raised here in Canada goes to support all aspects of the university froth academic programs to endowment to research to bricks arid mortar (buildings)," Nesson explained. .
Although he's "never done any serious fund raising," he said he is"challenged'' by the task. And of as much import to the new executive director is the "challenge of raising awareness" of what H.U. has to offer Canadians.
"Canadian students who go to Hebrew University coine back, to Canada, not only wellreducated but also full of enthusiasm about the school and about the State of Israel," the director said.
Likewise/he is enthusiastic about Canada and the Canadians he has met thus
"It's a different climate than we're used to in our home in Jerusalem," Nesson admittedV "but. the people here are so warm and wonderful, it makes up for any negatives, like cold temperatures."
The CFHUhead, his wife Chava and three children aged 12,9 and 6 have settled in the Toronto suburb of Thornhill. The move has not been without some adjustments.
"In Israel^ we cpiftd go iiito any restaurant and eat without even thinking about
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CALGARY — The House of Jacob-Mikveh Israel synagogue in Calgary was the target of an amateurish fire-bdnibing   attempt last
month. Congregaints coming to
the morning minyan on Sept. 21 noticed a strange odor in the building and upon investigation, discovered the remains of a molotov cockr tail, a broken'window and a charred wind6w frame. Police are investigating.
Jewish Free Press
Abella appeals for
TORONTO ^ National president of Canadian Jewish Congress Irving Abella has appealed on behalf of Canadian Jews to the new U.S. Ambassador in Ottawa for commutation of Jonathan Pollard's life sentence.
issue can be resolved quickly.''
Last summer Abella wrote to the Jewish Federations in Canada, asking them to adopt resolutions supporting Pollard's commutation.
JWB Staff
Although no longer operating as a synagogue, the building that once housed Congregation Kneseth Israel of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec is still suffering from the ravages of anti-Semitism.
During sl recent five-month stay in the northwestern Quebec town, Vancouver mineral process engineer Robert Cohen, 24, saw large swastikas painted on and near the building's cornerstone in the lower right-hand corner.
An inscription indicates that synagogue president Michael Korman laid the cornerstone in 1949.
Around the side of the building; a slogan, painted in French, read, "Guerre aux Juifs" (War tp the
A SWASTIKA mars the front off an apartment complex that once housed Congregation Kneseth Israel In Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec;
The 1948 synagogue now serves as a 14-suite apartment cPmplex. The building front maintains its character as a shul, complete with a ia;rge Star of David and a
pjaique above the main door.
'There is still unseen anti-Semitism in many small communities," observed Cohen, a recent UBC graduate. ''Most likely, in many cases, it is created by vandals who themselves have never even met a Jew." ;;
Cohen, who took photographs of the building's exterior, expressed surprise "that this anti-Semitic graf-
fiti was left up the entire time that 1 was living in Rouyn-Noranda, with no attehipt by the landlord or caretaker of the building to remove it."
Bringing the photographs to The Bulletin, the engineer stressed that the Jewish community must be made aware that anti-Semitism exists "even in the far corners of our country."
NESSON
it. Here» we have to be selective pf where we eat arid look twiceateverythihgwebuyat the grocery store," the executive director said. ."And because my kids are Israelis, they have lots of chutzpah: It's caused some embarrassing moments as they say in a loud voice — as only kids can — 'can y/e eat here, is it kosher?' "
Nesson said he jumped at the offer to take the Canadian postirigi While /'not necessarily" a • promotiom the new director said the appointment is viewed as "very prestigious" by his university peers,
"Canada is extremely well regarded in Israel arid 1 feel very honored to be here. And the feedback I get from Canadians is that they are glad to have someone who . knows, lives apd breathes the university " thC'CFHU head remarked: - ^'
And he couldn't have picked a better time to come to Canada, he said — 1994 i$ the 50th anniversary of CFHU. Major events will take place in commuriities across Canada where there are regional offices or chapters.
■ "I think I'll be travelling to a lot of ■ nice events and eating a lot of good food," he
said with a wink. : With the trip to Van-. couver, he has now visited the five regional offices — including Montreal, Win-
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In a letter welcoming Ambassador James Blan-chard, Abella pointed out that "the ongoing incarceration" of PpUard is being viewed with ''great distress".
Noting the current review of^the case by the U.S. Attorney General, Abella wrote: "We respectfully ask that yPu convey to her our growing concern in this matter and our request for the commutation .of Mr. Pollard's sentence to time served. We act on a humanitarian basis in the belief that his continued impri-spmnent is.harsh and unfair. We earnestly hope that this
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