European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 11, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7bull s Santa Barbara Calif. A behind the Gray bars of Doggie death Row sits a pit Bull named spot tried and convicted of biting people but granted a stay of execution during which his homeless owner appeals. Spot 85 pounds of muscle fur and nervous Energy was found guilty of bit1 ing two people in a late night scuffle under a Fig tree where owner de Man non sometimes sleeps spot was impounded and sentenced to die unless Mannon gives the dog a proper Home with a Fence a something Mannon says he can t even give himself. Quot this  happen if i had a House Quot said Mannon 38, homeless for 10 years. A i done to know How to be Nice about this anymore. This is just one of the Many interruptions the City has made into my  police see it As a Public safety matter and say spot earlier  another Man. A i think its a Little bit ludicrous Quot police spokesman it. Richard Glaus. A we re not in the dog killing business per be. We do have a obligation to maintain Public safety. This Guy habitually keeps his dog not even on a  spot was sent to the Pound after a Midnight clash in March in an area Between the freeway and the train tracks where the City a homeless gather. Two people were bitten but not seriously Hurt. Mannon contends they were attacked after they tried to steal a Adio and one of 12 puppies fathered by a pot. The puppies Mother Tina another pit Bull did some of the biting but ipod got All the blame Mannon claims Tina does not belong to Mannon. Mannon bought spot for $100 in 1987 and says the dog protects him from Street thugs and once helped him beat a marijuana rap by eating the evidence. At a hearing a police lieutenant heard anti spot testimony from fellow officers and animal control authorities. Mannoni a defense included character witnesses and a videotape of him playing with spot at the county Kennel. The lieutenant decreed that spot should be killed or kept at the Pound  unless he is kept in a ended Yard or on a Leash. Mannon appealed to. The Superior court. He called the proper Home option a thinly veiled Effort to deny homeless people the right to own dogs. The court upheld the ruling but granted a stay of execution while the Case is under Appeal. A a a will Hastings an attorney with the non profit Legal defense Center took Over spots Case which is now before the state appeals court. A a red would not have been in this situation and neither would the dog if de had not been homeless Quot said Hastings Aims to stereotype Miami apr some Florida jews suffer a stereotype As a Cranky Yankees Quot who head South for the Low taxes and cheap condos and have Little regard for their cultural  Henry Green head of Judaic studies at the University of Miami Hopes to change All that. A when you think of Florida and jews you basically think of Condo commandos searching for Early Bird specials Quot Green said. Quot but the jews have been Here since the beginning contributing since the  the history of Florida jews has been compiled into an exhibit entitled a mosaic jewish life in  it is on display at Miami a historical museum of Southern Florida through Jan. 6. Then it will travel the state for two years and head to Israel in 1993. About 90 percent of Florida a 750,000 jews live in the South Florida counties of Palm Beach Broward and Dade making it the Region with the third largest population of jews in the world after Israel and the new York area. A \. / Stephen Whitfield a professor of american studies at Brandeis University in Waltham mass., said the exhibit was important because South Florida was the Best Hope for the future of the jewish South a a it a the Only spot in the South where jewish life will be vibrant so the Caliper and character of that Community is crucial a he said. The exhibit also could help improve ethnic relations in South Florida said Joseph Mensch a trustee of the historical museum., a a a Miami is a multiethnic society that must learn to get along with each other a Mensch said. A this adds to the melting pot that helps us live  a the exhibit began As a grass roots project for a jewish Community Center in Plantation a suburban City West of fort Lauderdale and blossomed into a collection of thousands of jewish artefacts documents photographs and Oral histories donated by people from two dozen jewish communities in Florida. It has become an official project of the Christopher Columbus qui Centenary in two years which Marks the 500th anniversary of the italian explorer s arrival in the Western hemisphere. V a Green director of mosaic believes at least five Crew members on Columbus first voyage were Quot converses a jews who converted to christianity in an attempt to save their lives during the Spanish inquisition. Quot we have survived for so Long but you can to perpetuate unless you know your own history a said beverly1 Kaiman of Pensacola where the states first sephardic jews settled in 1763, Henry Green director of a mosaic a stands in front of some of the displays at the Miami museum. Her relatives first came to Pensacola located in the Florida Panhandle from Russia at the turn of the Cen Tui the family donated a russian Teapot a Quot Yah Heit a which is a record of debts owed by relatives and several photographs to the exhibit Jean Leibert has lived in Miami since 1956. She said the exhibit showed her ties to the state she did no to know she had. A ���./�. A a a a a a a a. Quot its Given me More of a Strong feeling of being a part of Florida like i have roots Here she said. Leibert said she was surprised to learn that Levy county was named after one of the first jewish families in Florida. A a1 Moses Levy fleeing anti semitism in Morocco landed in Central Florida in 1819 and bought 52,000 acres of land near Gainesville. A zionist he intended to create a Quot new  a  plan failed when few jews answered his ads in european newspapers. Levy a son David Levy Yulee who helped draft Florida a Constitution was the first jewish . Senator. L. Other facts most ice a researchers discovered a jewish women in the 19th Century made their dishes Kosher by washing them with Sand and sea water in. Pensacola and Miami Beach. R a in the 1950s, the jewish owners of he South Beach Blackstone hotel in Miami Beach invited Black Baptist ministers As their guests when the ministers could find no other accommodations in racially segregated Miami. A key West jews in the 1890s formed the committee to Aid the cubans supporting the revolution against Spain. In gratitude revolutionary Leader Jose Marti paid Courtesy visit to committee chairman Louis Fine. Also part of mosaic is an army supplied Knapsack with candles and Kiddush cup for ritual prayer. The items were used during world War ii by rabbi Sidney Lefkowitz of Jacksonville the military chaplain who performed the first jewish service in Germany after the holocaust. Gowers Corner Fla. Up1 police Academy cadets from the Tampa Bay area completed their filial exam Dur ing the weekend try capturing an ill tempered to Foo Alligator. A Gater roping is a Handy skill for Florida police officers and has been included in the police Academy curriculum for years. Quot and you thought new York was dangerous a joked one Cadet As the group completed the exercise saturday in a wooded area behind the East Campus of Pasco Hernando Community College. Capt. James Doxey of the . Game and fresh water fish commission instructed the aspiring officers. Alligators have razor Sharp Teeth tails that can Knock Over a Man and crushing jaws that can bite with the Force of 2,000 pounds per Square Inch Doxey cautioned. Quot if you get your gun hand too close to those Teeth he could end your career a he warned. Dividing into teams two cadets roped the gators head while two others tried to rope its Tail Quot just like a Good old Cowboy a Doxey said. Next one student held the beasts Mouth shut while another wrapped electrical tape around the jaw Quot yall be real careful when you re tap. Ing so that you done to tape your partner to him a Doxey warned. The Alligator made vicious swings with its Tail and tried to Roll Over several times. But All 19 cadets successfully tied the Gator qualifying them for graduation monday. F. The alligators future did not appear As Bright. The police Academy uses Only commercial alligators for the classes and like the others this one eventually will be skinned Doxey said in 13 years of teaching Gator capturing Doxey said he has never seen anyone injured except himself. About five years ago an Alligator Cut his hand with one of its Teeth he said