■-*. Volume XXV, Number 45 Committed to cultural diversity? November X, 1995 Join In Celebrating Our Focus On Kids! The Duke Report Adoptive fam ily advocates put needs o f children first. Our Lan ita Duke profiles the box office hit "Get Shorty ’’ staring Danny Devito, Rene Russo and John Travolta. 4F A H M IV E R S A R V See page B3. ®{|e ;Jj3nrtíatth ter 250 Worldwide Ban On Hate Talk Urged REW Bonds For Veterans Issued Oregon veterans can now borrow mon­ ey for housing at an interest rate o f 6.3 percent through the state Department o f | Veterans Affairs, a rate that has not been offered since the 1970s, announced Ore­ gon State Treasurer Jim H ill. The lending follows the state sale o f $70 in general obligation bonds and the state’s improved bond rating outlook, changing from nega­ tive to positive. PCC Enrollment Levels The number o f full-tim e students tak­ ing classes at Portland Community C ol­ lege remains the same when compared to attendance figures at this time last year. However part-time student enrollment in­ creased 4.2 percent. A t the Cascade Cam­ pus in north Portland, full-tim e students increased a slight .6 percent. Tri-Met Faces Complaints | Tri-met has named an independent 1 task force on customer service. The group w ill be charged with reviewing the trans­ portation agency’s policies and procedures regarding customer service and customer complaints. T ri-M et recently came under fire after two employees were caught hav­ ing sex on buses and were allowed to keep | their jobs From Brooklyn synagogues to West Bank settlements, Jews searched their souls this week, asking whether the rhetoric o f hate that has accompanied every step o f the M iddle East peace process led to the murder o f Israeli Prime M inister Yitzhak Rabin. For months, Jews in the United States, Israel and elsewhere have been indiscriminately coupling criticism o f the peace process with savage attacks on the Israeli leader, calling him a murderer, a traitor and even a Jewish Hitler Now with his assassination, the "people o f the book" are worry ing deeply about the effects o f their words. In a mass soul-searching, many Jewish leaders, regardless o f p olit­ ical persuasion, are calling for the ugly rhetoric to stop and for people on both sides ot the ideological divide to recognize the sincerity o f their opponents. I hey charge that the ugly words accompanying Rabin’s peace efforts created a climate o f hate that paved the way for a Jew to k ill the only Israeli prime minister bom in Jerusalem. And they wonder what happens next i f the rhetoric goes unchecked. More killings'.’ An end to the peace process? C iv il war among Jews? In a search for people to blame for rhetorical excesses, many U.S. Jews pointed at a prominent 72-year-old Orthodox rabbi in Brooklyn who last June gave a religious justification for murdering Rabin — an argument he recanted in a letter o f apology just days before the Israeli leader’ s murder. In remarks widely reported in the Jewish press, Rabbi Abraham Hecht cited a religious law that allows a person to be killed who “ w illfu lly , consciously or intentionally hands over human bodies or human property to an alien people." Hecht quoted the revered medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides as saying o f such a person, " I f a man kills him, he has done a good deed.” Hecht, who was not available for comment on Monday, had already apologized for his comments, saying in a letter to Rabin late last month: “ I wish to repudiate any words and actions o f anger and which ' have caused hurt.” ▼ Continued to page A6 I I g O K e _______ _ _ _ ...... n m— m — Hos/e Dean is president of Doris' Cafe. Inc. and with her latest outlet, Doris' Cafe at The Rose Quarter, area residents are once again challenged to "beef it up, pork it down, but don't chicken out it you want the greatest barbecue in town. ” The popular restaurant is one of the featured ethmc foods served in the new arena. (Photo by Michael G. Halle) Sheriff Names Minority Representatives Newt’s Popularity Plummets ive command officers in the Multnomah County Sheriff’s office will be responsible for hearing the concerns of minority residents under new assignments ordered by Sheriff Dan Noelle. F Newsweek magazine reports that Newt I G ingrich’s GOP col leagues “ may love him, but the public doesn’t. Polls show only a third o f the people like him... and even that number is dropping. Meanwhile, support for the Republican agenda itself is slip­ p in g ” Each o f the officers w ill be charged with hearing from residents o f a particular minority community. The policy is intended to give the pub­ lic information on who they can call to address particular m inority concerns and to make the s h e riff s department a community friendly environment. The assignments are as follows: Com­ mander Vera Pool is assigned to the African American community and can be reached at 251-2542; Commander Mel Hedgpeth w ill hear Hispanic community and can be reached at 251-2523; Commander B ill Goss w ill hear the concerns o f the Native American commu­ nity and can be reached at 251 -2422. Commander Rich Haug w ill respond to sexual minority concerns and can be reached at 251-2514 and C om m ander Jackie Jamieson w ill hear from the Asian commu­ nity and can be reached at 2 5 1 -2545. Noelle is asking that the commanders Homeless Shelter Opens As temperatures drop, the Salvation | Arm y has opened a winter shelter at its Harbor Light Center, 123 W. Burnside, where 100 homeless men and women can sleep in safety and out o f the cold. The Salvation A rm y’s mission is to serve peo­ ple in need, so for decades it’ s been a top priority for us to provide a refuge from the cold for our neighbors without homes,’ | said Harbor Light director M ajor Neal Hogan. Ifi Flu Prevention Urged Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala last week urged older Americans to receive flu shots before the onset o f the flu season, saying that thou­ sands o f serious illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths can be prevented by the immu­ nizations. She also released figures show­ ing a significant increase in Medicare pa- I tients receiving shots. Vera Pool get a “ hands on" viewpoint o f m inority interests and concerns by participating in community meetings, round table discus­ sions and having direct accountability to community leaders. The assignments are initial steps to in­ sure that the sh eriff s office remain responsi­ ble to the people that is serves, Noelle said. A nni