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From: simon@elwood.DEC (Product Safety 237-3521)
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Subject: Re:  What Happened to Nicaraguan Jews
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 11:58:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 27 11:58:38 1986
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>I recently asked about this when a Nicaraguan was staying with a friend of
>mine.  He said that he was not aware of any particular anti-semitic action
>by the Sandinistas.  

>This man is not Jewish and not a Sandinista.  In fact he was imprisoned by
>the government for a year for suspected counter-revolutionary activities,
>and had some critical things to say about the Sandinistas.  He has extensive
>contacts with various groups of all shades of opinion inside and outside
>Nicaragua and appeared very knowledgeable about Nicaraguan affairs.


Again I have to apply my experience of living in a Communist country.  
If you ask the VAST majority of the Soviets, even educated and "with 
extensive contacts" (no sarcasm ment toward the original poster), you 
will see that they are not aware of anti-Semitism in the Coviet Union.  
Anti-Semitism is very subtle there.  It is not announced.  We didn't 
have to wear six point stars.  There is a lot of noise about Zionism, 
but of course, oh, no, sure, Zionism and anti-Semitism are not the same!
Only somehow Jews can't find good jobs, or when they do, there is no 
promotions or raises.  The kids are not admitted to colleges of their 
choices and have to go through the toughest competition to second rated 
schools.

But where is anti-Semitism?  Isn't there a synagogue for the Jews?  
(One for several hundred thousand Jews in the city).  Don't you have a 
weekly newspaper in Yiddish?  (Which is nothing but "Pravda" translated 
into Yiddish).

A question to everybody:  Why no Jew in the world moves to any 
Communist country?  Why is it always in the opposite direction?

Leo Simon