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Rabin retains defense, Peres foreign minister By David Landau JERUSALEM (JTA)Shimon Peres will be foreign minister and Prime Minister-designate. Yitzhak Rabin will head the Defense Ministry himself in the new government the Labor ' Party leader presents to the Knesset. ' Rabin won virtually unanimous approval for the slate of ministers from Labor's Central Committee, which convened in a festive atmosphere Sunday at a Tel Aviv movie theater. There were only two naysayers of the more than 1,000 committee members voting. But Rabin appears to have run aground in his efforts to entice the rightwing Tsomet party to join his coalition. The party's leader, Rafael Eitan, is angry that Rabin reneged on a promise to let him beconu education minister, a post he gave to Shulamit Aloni, leader of the leftwing Meretz bloc. The appointment of Mom, who is an outspoken opponent of the Orthodox religious establishment, has also angered the United Torah Judaism party,
which is now unlikely to join the coalition for the foreseeable future. Both Rabbi Eliezer Schach, spiritual leader of the party's Degel HaTorah faction, and Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the Hasidic rebbe of Vishnitz, cited Rabin's selection of Aloni in statements they issued Sunday forbidding the party from entering the coalition. As a result, Rabin will have to govern with a slim 62-seat majority in the 120-member Knesset, with additional tacit support from the two Arab parties, which control five seats. "I had hoped the government would be broader," Rabin admitted in his remarks to the party faithful Sunday. . He said he was leaving both the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Labor and Welfare Ministry posts open, in the event that other parties wanted to join the government. "The National Religious Party has tradition^ly held the first post, and the second has been the preserve of Agudat Yisrael,
now part of United Torah Judaism. A small (dimmer of hope emerged when Tsomet's No. 2 Knesset member, Gonen Segev, told reporters Sunday that he personally favored resuming the negotiations with Labor. Tsomet would add eight seats to the coalition, making it virtually impossible for any one party to bring down the government. But the bad news was that Ashkenazic leaders of Israel's haredi, or ultraOrthodox, community were trying to persuade the Sephardic Shas party to rescind its agreement with Labor. Nevertheless, Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef appeared to be determined to assert his independence from the Ashkenazic haredi leadership. Rabin told the Central Committee there would be 17 ministers in the new Cabinet, making it one of the smallest governments in Israel's history. All of the ministers received warm applause, with the loudest going to Peres.
Cantors gather
NEW YORK (JTA)-In celebration of the 25th an• niversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, the American Society for the Advancement of Cantonal Arts will sponsor an international gathering of hazzanim there. The event ia co-aponsored by the Stata'of Israel's Miniatry for Jerusalem Affaire. • Two gala concarta ar« schedulad-one in Jerusalem's Blnyanal Ha'uma on July 12 and the other in Tel Aviv's Heichtl Hatarbut on July 15-at which 10 world-renowned cantors from the United SUtaa, Canada, Itraei and Australia will perform. On July 10, the cantors will lead a special prayer for peace in Jonisalam's Great Synagogue. They will alao participate in a The Braue Jonlu Medal waa conftnned upon Milsymposium with lanior Istoa MoakoviU, 96, by MaMnic Covert Ixidgc No. 11 raeli diplomats entitled at a noMt ctrawMy whkh konorwl Mr. MMkovlU "Oipk>taacy Through Soog" M ih» oUMt Hmtm MMM fai food atawlbg \n • on July 12, lote of an MBIMN. Mr. MoiAovtti )aiMd tht kidfa "Thiaavmtwillgivodo' iiSwihg of 1920. Tha Jordu Madal hM baaa quent ezpreotion to the •wanM mly nvt tiaM aian ita iM^ttioB la tba late unity of the Jewish paopla 1800a. la addition, Mr. Moakovita ntdvd aCwtifland tha cantral role of Jecat* of Coatlaaoaa ManbaraUp from the American ruaalam in Jawiab hiatory Ligioa for 70 yoart of "coaataat loyalty." Mr. and hoitaga," aaid Haim Moakovita haa dM aatlWad Ua Ufa iMnraaea policy Wi«MrofMiaini,lMMl.0l aad waa rtfnadod Ua ckaek. the Canton croup and tha Gila and Haiin Wianar Foundation.
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Sisters reunited
Mila Goldman (third firom left), who arrived in Omaha March 7,1990, with her husband, Gene (left), and their children, Alex and lima (far right), from the former Soviet Union, was reunited with her sister, Ella Patkovsky, and their mother, Ida, Saturday night at the airport With Mrs. Patkovsky are her daughters, Anna, 7, and Olga, 3. Mr. Patkovsky was killed in a construction accident a few months ago.
Gore boosts ticket for Jewish voters By Cynthia fAuta Statea News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -Jewish leaders say that installing U.S. Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) in the No. 2 spot on the Demoaatic ticket will boost Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's bid for the presidency, eapedally among Jewish voters. They say Gore, who waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1988, is a known quantity with a proven track record on issues of importance to the Jowish community, including a strong U.S.larael relationship. Gore'a strangthi, partk^ularly in foraign paUcy and tha enviroomont, are expected to complament Clinton's, and will help deliver Democrata the Southerti sUtas that have been traditional Republican strongholds and are rich in electoral votes. Meanwhile, Gore and Clinton's relative youth will bolatar their claim that thay are the anaww to the voters' call for change. Gore ia 44 and Clinton is 46. "It ia a great choice for the party and UM country,' aaid Sao. Joiiph Uabccinan (D-Caon.), who dascribad Gore u a doae friend. "Ha ia extraordinarily able and principled," said tha laaator, who UaiMlf had ban mantioDod u a poaaibia running mate.
Lieberman half-jokingly the proposal to grant called Gore a "very Jewish guarantees for SIO billion candidate." Besides being in loans sought by Israel. a strong friend of Israel, he He has close ties to prosaid, there is a "con- Israel groups in Tennessee gruence" of views between and on the national level. Gore and Jews on what He made his first visit to kind of country this should Israel in 1986 on a trip be, from economic justice sponsored by the AntiDefamation League. to privacy rights. Gore found himself in "He'll be a big plus," said Lewis Roth, spokes- . the middle of a storm durman for the National Jew- ing the New York state ish Democratic Council. primary in 1988. when, as "He is a dynamic. South- an underdog, he won the em moderate who is a endprsement of then(leader) on foreign policy Mayor Ed Koch over and environmental issues. Michael Dukakis, the And from a purely politi- party'a eventual nominee. cal point of view, he gives Koch praiaed Gore for hia Clinton security. He's commitmant to larael and been through this proceas to Amarican dtiaa. But Koch came under and there will be no bombfire for saying that Jews shells. would be crasy to vote for "He's very pro-Israel the Rev. Jesa^ Jackaon, and haa a terrific record who wu alao running in with the community,." the primary. Ha was criticized by those who Roth added. "He makes a very charged that a vote for atrong candidate," aaid Owe would weaken DukaRobert lifton, preakfant of kis and tranalate into a tha Amerkan Jewish Con- boon for Jackson. Koch'h endorsement greaa. "He's young, he's conunitted to eliminating backfired on Gore, who environmental problems dropped out of the race not and he's vary, very aup- long after a atinging daportive of tha U.S.-Israel feat in New York. Jackson, meanwhik), has relationship. He's always reacted cooUy to the Gore been thare for ua." "Jewf will goto thabal- itiacUoD, saying two molot box (to vota D«no- darataa make tha ticket aaticl with a graat com- imbalaiicad. Mora raoantly. Gore has fort hrval," saki a top Jewish organixar who bean in tha natkmal apot•akad not to b« Idantiflad. light foUowing tha publkaGort haa eooaiatantly tion of hia highly acvot«llorU.8.akitolBraal daimad book on gkibal and wu a co-sponaor of warmiiig.