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To: LV who wrote (3255)	9/9/2001 12:54:08 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

"Is uniformity attainable? Millions of innocent men, women and children since the introduction of Christianity have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XVII, 1782. ME 2:223

To: LV who wrote (3255)	9/10/2001 4:52:18 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: Or perhaps you can lobby Belgian government to entice some Russian Jews to settle there. Are you kidding me?? The Russian-Jewish mafyia is squarely headquartered in Antwerp... (they use the diamond trade to launder billions of dollars annually) trabel.com See also: amyisrael.co.il Re: Every country has both immigration and emigration. So far net inflow of Jews to Israel remains positive. When you will help the world rid itself of anti-semitism, it [the inflow] will probably stabilize. But without anti-Semitism, there won't be a justification to maintain a Jewish state anymore, now will it?

To: LV who wrote (3255)	9/10/2001 5:29:58 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Subject : NO PLACE LIKE HOME... Do you know whether Syrian Jews bothered to put in at Tel Aviv before travelling to NY?? Syrian Jews take part in the referendum Syria, Politics, 7/11/2000 Syrian Jews on Monday took part in the referendum carried out on having Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad as President for Syria for the 7 coming years. Chairman of the Jewish community in Syria Rabbi Khuder Kabareiti said after he cast his vote to the press: " We are members of the Jewish community in Syria who enjoy our full freedom and rights like other Syrian citizens, express our support to Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad, wishing his excellency great success in shouldering the responsibility, in following up the process of building up and achieving just and comprehensive peace." Rabbi Kabareiti added: " We express our total faithfulness and loyalty under a great national unity which has been continuously enhanced." However, according to officials from the Jewish sect in Syria some 200 Jews are still living in Syria until the end of 1996 but they are now just 60. As from 1993, 4,000 Jews could leave Syria after the late President Hafez al-Assad permitted them to travel outside the country. Most of these Syrian Jews settled in New York, USA. arabicnews.com Footnote: For Immediate Release - October 27, 2000 SCHUMER: SYRIAN JEWS WHO FLED RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ON TRACK FOR US CITIZENSHIP President Signs Schumer Bill To Grant Hundreds Syrian Jews Permanent Resident Status, Put Them On Fast Track to Full Citizenship US Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that President Clinton has signed legislation he authored to grant permanent residency status to Jews who fled from religious persecution in Syria in 1992. The legislation upgrades their status from asylee to permanent resident, enables them to get their green cards, and paves the way for U.S. citizenship. "With today's action by the President, the hundreds of Syrian Jews who fled the oppressive Assad regime will finally be able to get on with their lives," said Schumer. "They are now entitled to the residency status they deserved years ago and are free to pursue their careers without worrying about whether they will be held up by their citizenship status." The legislation affects the approximately 2,000 Jews - many of whom now reside in Brooklyn - who were allowed to come to the U.S. under a secret deal between then-Syrian President Hafez Assad and the Bush administration. For years, the Jews had been the target of religious persecution, enduring daily harassment and restrictions on their freedom to travel and emigrate. While these circumstances would normally classify them as refugees, Assad insisted that they only be given tourist visas to create the illusion that they were not fleeing oppression. Had they been given refugee status at the time, they would have received their green cards years ago and could already be American citizens. "While this legislation will never erase the memory of years of oppression these Jews endured in Syria, it will allow these brave men and women to live out new dreams in the United States," said Schumer. senate.gov