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May 7, 2004/Iyar 16 5764, Vol. 56, No. 33
'The Terminator' preaches tolerance in Israel
DINA KRAFT
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
JERUSALEM - "The Terminator" has a new mission: to terminate intolerance in the Holy Land.
The action-movie-hero-turned-California-governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, came to Jerusalem this week to break ground for Israel's new Museum of Tolerance, a $200 million project of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
"Am Yisrael Chai," Schwar-zenegger proclaimed to a cheering crowd in Jerusalem at a groundbreaking cere-mony on May 2 for the new museum.
The presence in Jerusalem of Schwarzenegger, whose father once belonged to the Nazi Party, was another sign of Schwarzenegger's effort to distance himself from his father's past and the wartime legacy of his native Austria. The California governor also laid a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and met with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"I was born in Austria," Schwarzenegger said, "a place where intolerance and ignorance led to tragedy and heartache.
"Because of this I want to do what I can to promote tolerance around the world," he said.
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