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fU,llf .. • .. ••t-••1 .. fll-J.U·H,5· 01:::il V291Jb l.~,9 111 Q/93 H 54 R: 1~ JE\HSN HISTORICAL ASSOCIAnON 130 )E.,~iON'; - r ORO' I DE {CE, R • 02%6 Rhode Island Jewish Healthwise HERALD Pages 10 & 11 The Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts VOLUM E LX III, NUMBER 38 AV 25, 5753 I T H URSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993 35€ PE R COPY Muslim Fundamentalists Ki ll Three Israeli Soldiers by G il Sed an an incident earlier last week in Yaron Chen, 20, was kidnapped JERUSA LEM (JT A) - Prime which a Palestinian deliberately Aug. 5 from a hitchhike station Minister Yitzhak Rabin has voiced rammed into two Israeli vehicles on the Ramallah-Jeru.salem road concern about a new waveof Arab in Caza, taking the life of an and shot to death. I lis body was violence in the wake of the killing officer with the Israeli Civil then set afire inside the car, which of three soldiers by Muslim fun Administration in the territories. is believed to have Ix-en stolen. damental ists in the administered Palestinicm sources said the territories. assault on thearmyoutpost was Rabin said at the weekly ses The attac ks should be a reprisal for Israel's weeklong sion of the Cabinet o n Sund ay viewed as a new wave .!>helling of southern Lebanon that the murderous attacks that ended July 31. would not affect the ongoing of terrorism. It was also described as a Middle East peace process. show of fo rce in the wake of the But he did warn that the at In the most recent violence, tough measures taken in the past tacksshould be viewed asa new Sgt. Tomer David, 22, of Kibbutz year against Muslim fundamen wave of terrorism. Manara and Sgt. Lev Pisahov,20, talist elements in the territories. The Cabinet heard briefings a new immigrant from Russia, The kilting and burning of Sunday on the attacks at the end were shot to death Friday in an the third soldier was described of last week against Israel De army outpost near the West Bank as an act of revenge for the kill fense Force targets in the West village of Deir Balut. ing of Maher Abu-Srur, the ter Bank. They were also briefed on In a separate incident, Cpl. rorist who lat~ la~t ycM mur d ered Hai m Nahmani, an agen t w ith the Shin Bel domestic se Members of Palestinian Team curity force. Abu-Srur was killed in a clash with the security fo rces Go to Tunis with Resignations in Jerusalem six weeks ago. b y G il Sedan d irectly with the PLO. The terrorists who murdered JERUSALEM QT A) - The Palestinian offi cia ls here and Chen reported ly offered him a apparent d ecision by three se in Amman said Su nd ay that ride to Jerusalem last Thursday nior members o f the Palestinian Faisal Husseini, Hanan Ashra wi evening. Eyewitnesses said they Take Me Out to the Ball Game d elegation to the peace talks to a nd Saeb Erekat had resig ned saw the soldier enter the car - A grand time was had by Yoni Pearlman, 11 , (lowerleft) and resign is being seen here as a and were on their way to Tunis which carried Israeli license Josh Berman, 10, at McCoy Stadium on Kid 's Day as ca mpers reflection of d eep d ivisions be for direct talks with PLO leader pla tes - and then saw three from theJewishCommunityCenterofRhode lsland'sdaycam ps tween the Palestinian leadership Yasir Arafat. young men in the car struggli ng fl ocked to the ball park on Aug. 4. Herold pliotoby Omar Bm,Jky in the administered territories Passing through Jo rdan on w it h thesold ier and forcing him and Pa lestine Li beration O rga their way to PLO headquarters, to the fl oor. niza tion o ffi cials in Tunis. the three would not comment An Israeli driver who was At the same time, the crisis is d irectly on the reasons behind giving a ride to a soldier began Cancer Survivor also being viewed by some as a their resignations. chasing the kidnap pers' car. The tactical maneu ver designed to lnstead, Ashrawi would onl y sold ier fi red shots at the ca r, but p ressure Israel into negotiating (Continued on Page 18) (Con ti nued on Page 20) Battles for Cures by Anne S. Davidson three years ago that he had leuke Herald Editor mia, but the doctor did not know A yahrzeit candle bums for what kind. He might have weeks, Sandra Berlinsky in the East Side months or even years to li ve. home o f her daug hte r, Ellen Three weeks later, the d iagno Berlinsky, and son-in-law, Cary sis was fine-tu ned to a specific Schine, on the 18th of Av, one rare form known as hairy cell yearto lhedaysi.n ce leukemia, a slow she died of leuke growing va riety o f mia. On this day, "I just sort of ca ncer. Some live Schine reca ll s how as manyas!0years he and his mother forgot the energy a with hairycell leu in-law had more in 38-year-old is kemia, hewastold. common than just supposed to have." " I waselated at her d aughter. the news !that it Schine fought a Gary Sclrine was a slow-grow ba ttle and survived ing cancer I," leukemia; his mother-in-law was Schi ne recalls, but then he de not as fo rtunate. cid ed to research the malady Schine now lives cancer-free himself. His oncologisl at the to tel l how he took his treatment lime said the first step would be into his own h,mds, uns.., tisfied to perform a splenectomy, ma wi th his doctor's trea tment pl.i ns, jor surgery. Next would be to and found a cure. Today, he acts tryadrug-interferon-which asa sort of high-tt.'Ch librarian fo r simply manages the i\l ne55 - 11 patients d iagnosed with ca ncer is not a cure. a nd other ill nes~es, n.:scarchi ng The ne'l: l step, Schme -..11d Private Eye the most up-to-d,lle treatment~ grimly, "I don't know, I gue.s to avail,1blc-, so tlll'ycan d1~uss till' d ie. " Kosta Shestele71ch, 4, gets an up-close look a t a st,irfish at the Rhode Isla nd Fishermen and ,tltemallves with thei r doctor-. " 11 '.!> not that [t he doctor'-, Whale Mu.seum in Newport, where kids from the Jewish Commu ni ty Cent er of RhoJe Island's So me Li ve for IO YcJ rS 1re,1t ml.'11I pl,rnl d,Jn'I ..,ound Sports Camp and Camp I lavenm visited o n Aug. 5. See story o n Page 16. lkrnld!'/"'1"/,110uw Hm,11,·y f,c\1p,l'_ W,1'-, \lll~I 111 pli~l:Jp)y (C'or1t1t\Ul,Jo11J',,_11.: Ill I ' ' 1. \ 1 f i • ' I ' ~ 1 ' 1. 2 - THE RHODE ISLANO JEWISH HERALD, TH URSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993 INSIDE THE OCEAN STATE Know Your Rights as a Taxpayer I Lead Abatement Workshop Offered Getting a letter from the owner wit h the owner's Social ~~ S.t Internal Revenue Service need Security number listed as the An educational workshop (covering the Department of not be a traumatic experience if primary number. sponsored by the Providence Health regulations for interior ~NEWS~ you know your rights as a tax- If it is a child's account, the Plan Housing Corporation and work and the Department of c:::> BRIEFS h"1 payer. parent or another person. ca n the Get the Lead Out Coalition Environmental Management ~ The Taxpayer Bill of Rights be listed as the trustee o r bene wi ll be offered free of charge to regulations for exterior work); guarantees that taxpayers wilt ficiary. 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