-Caveat Lector- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Tom Tugend Aug. 11, 2002 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LOS ANGELES Local Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet > Union are up in > arms and calling for a boycott of a Brooklyn specialty foods > producer that is > proudly marketing the Stalinskaya Brand Smoked Sausage, > named in honor of the > late Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. > > The pork-stuffed sausage is sold throughout California in > Russian delis and > markets which cater mainly to Jewish immigrants. > > A transcontinental sausage spat may appear humorous to some, > but it is no > laughing matter to Si Frumkin, chairman of the Southern > California Council > for Soviet Jews. > > "Stalin was one of the greatest mass murderers and > anti-Semites of the 20th > century, whose plans to ship the entire Jewish population of > European Russia > to camps in Siberia in 1953 were foiled only by his sudden > death," says > Frumkin. > > In the light of this record, Frumkin says he is > flabbergasted by the total > stupidity of anyone tying Joseph Stalin's name to any > commercial product. > Writing in a local newspaper, Frumkin asks rhetorically > whether merchants woul > d advertise a Castro sandwich to Cuban exiles in Miami or a > Ho Chi Minh > burger to Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles. > > Frumkin tried to express his displeasure in a phone call to > the owner of M&I > International Foods of Brooklyn, producer of the > Stalinskaya, and asked him > whether, for instance, he would market a Hitler salami in > Israel. > "Sure," the owner reportedly responded. "Why not? If people > want a Hitler > salami, we'll make it." > > Frumkin notes one more irony: The entire marketing chain of > the Stalinskaya, > from producer to seller to consumer, apparently consists > overwhelmingly of > Soviet Jewish immigrants, who were among the main victims of > Stalin's > paranoia. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This article can also be read at > > >http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1028814646216
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