~--------------~·--··-- -- •••1111111111111111111115-DIG IT 02906 ?41 1/31/92 II 65 R.I. JEWISH HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 130 SESSIONS ST. 02"'106 PROV IDEN CE I Rl Rhode lslaL .... Around Town HERALD Page 10 The Only English-Jewish Weekly in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts VOLUME LXXVII, NUMBER 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991 35¢ PER COPY Missile Threat Not Ended With War, News From Hadassah, Jerusalem As Syria Obtains North Korean Scuds by Hugh Orgel been known for some time that improve relations with the TEL AVIV (JT A) - The Syria was trying to obtain an United States because the defeat of Iraq apparently has improved version of the Scuds, economic, political and mili­ not ended the Scud missile which were originally designed tary power of the Soviet Union threat to Israel. in the Soviet Union. is declining. Israeli military sources said After Moscow rejected The sources said the new recently that Syria is obtaining Damascus' bid to purchase thinking in Damascus has not North Korean Scud C missiles Soviet-built 55-23 missiles, the altered Syria's attitude toward ,that are more accurate than the Damascus government turned the Arab-Israeli and Israeli­ Iraqi-made Scuds launched at to North Korea for improved Palestinian conflicts. But more lsra.el during the six-week Scuds. A shipload of Korean reasonable statements about Reva N. Paisner, of Providence, R.I., who is serving in Israel Persian Gulf war. missiles has already arrived in resolving those problems have as a volunteer under the Hadassah Winter in Netanya The Scud C has a range of Syria, and another is on the been heard from Syria lately, (WIN) program, packs gas masks for distribution to the over 300 miles . and is much way, the Israeli sources said. the sources said. Israeli population. She is working in an army base "some­ more accurate. Launchers de­ The report that Syria is build­ The idea of Syria as a possi­ where in Israel." ployed deep inside Syria could ing a Scud missile arsenal coin­ ble negotiating partner has There are 29 American senior citizens in the WIN group. reach targets in southern Israel, cides with debates in and out­ been advanced by Foreign Min­ When Saddam Hussein started to rain Scuds on Israel, the the sources quoted by Israel side government circles over ister David Levy, who believes · volunteers were asked if they wanted to go back to the U.S., Radio said. whether the time is ripe for Israel should launch a peace but they refused. Moreover, the Syrians are peace negotiations with Syria. initiative in the aftermath of "We had a job to do and it gave us a good feeling that we said to have the ability to tip Once regarded by the West as the Gulf war. were helping Israel in this critical time," said Reva Paisner. the new Scuds with chemical leader of the Arab rejectionist Levy is opposed by Likud "We were much appreciated." weapons they have develoepd, bloc and a supporter of inter­ hard-liners and coalition part­ the sources said. national terrorism, Syria was ners even further to the right The same capability was at­ part of the U.5.-led coalition who shun negotiations involv­ CBS Newsman Tells tributed to the Iraqis, but all 39 that defeated Saddam Hussein ing the Golan Heights, which missiles they launched at Israel of Iraq. Israel annexed from Syria in Of Ordeal As Captured Jew carried conventional warheads. The Israeli military sources 1980. by Ruth Rothenberg Military _s_ources said it has said Damascus is trying to London Jewish Chronicle LONDON (JT A) - CBS brutally beaten, and then to an News correspondent Bob army prison camp for eight Beth-El Library Reopens Simon was worried that his days, where discipline was Jewishness might cost him his severe but some kindness was life during the six weeks he shown. and three colleagues were pris­ Afterward they were put in oners of the Iraqis while the solitary confinement and inter­ Persian Gulf war raged. rogated for 24 days. " I though my number was Simon, who lives in Herzliya, up when they started accusing north of Tel Aviv, and has me of being a member of Mos­ visited every Arab country sad," the Israeli intelligence neighboring Israel, said he and service, said Simon, who is his crew had no passports normally based in Tel Aviv. when they were captured, only He said his captors "kept Saudi press cards and an Inter­ shouting 'Yehudi, Yehudi' at national Red Cross card. me. He said he did not respond " l was more worried about to the shouting and insults of my Jewishness than my Tel his Iraqi interrogators and they Aviv posting," the American did not seem to expect an newsman told reporters at the answer. Humana Wellington Hospital His French Catholic wife, in northwest London, where Francoise, said she was he was admitted for medical shocked at her husband's checkups and treatment. appearance when she met his Simon and three members of convoy at a Jordanian border his television crew were cap­ post Saturday, March 2. tured by an Iraqi patrol on the Dr. Stuart Sanders, who ex­ Saudi-Kuwaiti border four amined the reporter and his days after the Gulf war started crew, said the four men were on Jan. 17. They were released dirty, disheveled, tired and dis­ March 2. oriented when they got off Simon said that after their their plane in London. During the quiet summer months last year, the William G. Braude Library at Temple Beth-El . capture, the four men were But apart from some bruises, became a center of movement and change. As one of the most distinguished synagogue taken to the southern Iraqi city there is remarkably little wrong libraries in the country and the largest in the state, the Beth-El library was used to a lot of of Basra, where they were with them, the physician said. activity and attention. This time, however, construction workers, electricians and masons walked through the door in place of the usual traffic of rabbis, students and other quiet scholars. The tens of 1-lJ J .1:,1v thousands of books were settled into more than four hundred boxes; and the boxes climbed 110N RABBIS one on top of the other, crowding into corners, halls, classrooms. Passover messages are due March 15. All messages Today, the renovations of the William G. Braude Library have been completed, and many must be typed and double-spaced; and no more of the books are back on the shelves. The sun streams in through the new windows, filling than a page-and-a-half in length, using one side of the bright, comfortable reading room with warmth. The library houses approximately 22,000 books, including numerous rare and popular periodicals. each 8-1 / 2" x 11 " sized paper. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 10 am until 5 pm and on Sundays during the Send to: school yeqr from 9 am until 12 noon, anyone i_nterested in browsing _in the reading _room or ru. Jewish Herald P.O. Box 6063. Providence, RI 02940 I doing more scholarly research is welcome to v1s1t the library. Rem, Silverman, the hl,ranan, 01'/CIX to: (40J) 726-5820 __ is on hand to answer all of your questions. d 2 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991 Inside the Ocean State Interfaith Housing Corporation Cranston/Warwick Hadassah Rebuilding Communities The first meeting of the 1991 by Kathy Cohen Gelineau as chair, an executive Housing Corporation are proof season of the Cranston/ War­ Herald Associate Editor member of the R.I. State Coun­ that they do agree on some wick Hadassah will be held on The Interfaith Housing Cor­ cil of Churches and the Chair of things - and one is helping the Monday, March 18, at 7:30 poration, originally organized the Board of Rabbis " for the underpriviledged find a re­ p.m. at the Villa Del Rio Club­ l about ten years ago, is com­ purpose of considering how the spectable home they can af­ house opposite Warwick Mall. ~ prised of a group of Rhode ls­ faith communities could relate ford. This meeting promises to be I land's religious leaders. The to the need for affordable hous­ In the beginning, the corpo­ exciting as well as interesting. I group is responsible for coordi­ ing in Rhode Island." ration worked mostly on "ad­ The time for the drawing of the I nating the construction of forty According to Rabbi Wayne vocacy for housing." They al­ Annual Raffle is here, and the modular housing units Franklin, the committee most gave up their work until three lucky tickets will be throughout the west end of formed from the founder's about two years ago, when drawn that evening. Providence. They will have monthly meetings which were then newcomer, Reverend Fran Weisman, Regional been completed by this publi­ " for general sharing and ad­ Hayes, showed them the light Conference Chairperson, will cation. dressing common beliefs and by pointing out how difficult it be there to tell you all about President of the program is common interests that the reli­ would be to restart a "non­ the exciting Spring Conference Reverend Bayler Hayes of the gious community as a whole profit 501-C3 organization." to be held in Boston to which Pawtucket Congregational can address." Once the corporation re­ all members are invited. Church; Vice President is Rabbi These interfaith meetings did ceived an overture by the state Following the business Wayne Franklin of Temple not happen by accident, says from former Governor Garrahy meeting there will be a most Emanu-El, Providence.