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Dershowitz distributed his own self-made pamphlet on Soviet human rights violations while picketing alongside 100 others, including a large number of Jewish Defense League (JDL) members...
...Paterson, N.J., Tscherin Soobzokov, 61, a veteran of the Nazi Waffen SS, was injured by a bomb that detonated when he opened his front door. He died a month later. The Los Angeles Times has reported that the bombs used in all three cases were of similar design. The JDL has denied involvement in the attacks...
Abourezk met with FBI Director William Webster late last week and turned over information pointing to suspects other than the JDL, although the former Senator says he has no firm idea who is behind the attacks. At the same time, his complaints about federal indifference have stirred further action: the Justice Department's civil rights division announced last week it would investigate the attacks on the American-Arab group. Abourezk is now satisfied that the Government has committed adequate resources to the probe. Said he: "We were feeling goddamned alone out here...
Though most Jewish leaders would not support the disruptive tactics of the JDL, many Jews are too squeamish about Israel to consider working with many Black groups. Most of the major Jewish groups pulled out of the March on Washington last August because of the participation of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic organizations. If they had not ultimately participated in the March, there would have been a deep break in Jewish-Black relations, especially since Jews were among the strongest supporters of the original March...
While Jackson was declaring himself a "voice to the voiceless, representation to the unrepresented and hope to the downtrodden," right-wing Jews engaged in mud-slinging. These "Jews Against Jackson"--a JDL term--are working against the best interests of Jews and Israel. Moreover, they should not be allowed to obscure the still broad Jewish support for civil rights...