Soviet Anti-Semitism Regarded
as World Jewry's Major Problem

Curtain Countries Submit Reports
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mi Jewrv's Status: 3,000,000 Jews in USSR

LONDON, (JTA)—The situa- 1 of the British section of the
granted to practi- ! paid by the government." The
.
the Sovi et ' W Id Jewish Congress .
tioners of the Moslem religion., Hungarian government states ion o f
Union "has become worse in the
UNITED NATIONS. N. V.— and for "manufacture of the officially:
Should the day come when
;Ls The government of the Soviet requisite articles for religious ! "The Hungarian Israelite last few years;" it remains the the Jews in the Soviet Union
a. , Union. in the first official re- worship" permitted to various communities received, in 1958, W 0 r l d J e w i s h community 's were to possess at least some
port of its kind ever made pub- religious practitioners. There over and above the regular "number one" problem, Dr. of the advantages which they
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lie. conceded that there are is no mention of the granting yearly state subsidy of 2,700,000 Nathan Goldmann, president of have today in other Communist
million J ews in the of such privileges to Jews.
r: t h ree milon
, florint, another 500,000 florint . the World Jewish Congress, de- countries, such as Hungary and
w
Rumania, "this would be a
I , USSR and claimed that "war -
The Ukrainian and Byelorus- for the restoration of the syna-. clared here.
shipers of the Jewish faith sian reports mention Jews only ' gogue in Dohany street, in , Although anti-Semitism as great step forward and a great
cr: ' have at their ' disposal about
in passing, and list no statistics Budapest, and 200,000 florint . such does not exist in Russia, , improvement," Dr. Goldmann
450 synagogues."
•
whatever for Jews in these re- for the restoration of the syna- , Dr. Goldmann stated, "the Jews : stated.
_:'
T he Kremlin report was one gions, which had been centers gogue in Szeged. "
; there are deprived of the facili- ! 1
The position of the Jews in
4
"country
studies"
filed
of 86
of rich Jewish culture for con-
The Jewish population of , ties which all other religions . the USSR has worsened in the
MI
by
as
many
nations
with
the
pos- last few years, the WJC leader
and national minorities pos-
y; ! by
turies before the communists
Poland is estimated, as of
7 p ; ! United Nations as background took power.
1956, at 50,000. Hungary's sess." The situation of the Jews is , asserted, "although public °pin-
for
a
two-year
study
on
world-
in the 'USSR, he continued, "
''
ti.1
population, as of
Jewish
A Polish report states that
., wide discrimination, in the
other Commu- . ion and
lead-
have many
taken non-Jewish
an active part
in
ors
i worse than any
, is estimated at -:
w i s h personnel are . June , 1955
matter of religious rights and "all Jewish
;
nist country where Jewish corn- trying to alleviate the heavy
about
120,000
—
as
against
practices.
The
overall
study
is
granted
special
holidays
on
,
'
munities
have
their
own
religion
E'
fate which has befallen this
400,900 in 1941. In Romania
being made by a subco mmis- Jewish Holy Days." It declares
and , partly, even some cultural great Jewish community of
°4 sion of the Human Rights
that "the government
assists : the Jewish population is esti- ' life."
s
Corn-
,
w
people."
mated as totaling 230,000 in .
= mission for the Prevention of the Jews in obtaining kosher
Dr. Goldmann discussed the 2,500.000
to authorities,
3,000,000 charged
, The Soviet
1 9 5 4 — against 350,000 in
position of Jews in Russia, as Dr. Goldmann, "are trying to
W Discrimination and Protection I meat, and grants to every Jew- :
:
1949
1949.
_, of Minorities. Among the ish community the necessary
' well as the recent resurgence
..
forced
t of anti-Semitic manifestations in p ut through a policy of
iht
The
is
that most
studies were also reports from amount t of flour for matzot for : of
the presumption
120,000 Romanian
Jews
-
assimilationism behind the Iron
the
celebration
of
Passover.
two of the constituent repub-
West Germany, when he ad- . ' Curtain."
' taken off that country's lists 1
lics of the USSR, Ukrania and' In the field of religious train.
ting
i
d , dressed the opening
meeting
ing,
the
Polish
report
states:
between
1949
and
1954
had
Byelorussia.
a , here of the national conference
"There
are
at
present
20
day
.
emigrated
to
Israel.
All of the Soviet countries
v
T
Torah
claim that they adhere to a schools of the Talmud
!
Moscow Urged by WJC
Soviet Russian decree adopted type, and 30 ) schools with to Check Anti-Semitism
noon hours."
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in 1918, providing that "every , classes in the afternoon
Romania reports that it "per- in Soviet Press and Radio
citizen may profess any reli-
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upon
here,
in
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Miami-bound Detroiters, often
cially proscribe "any legal dis-
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World
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profession of any religion. or
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Torahs.
as
well
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a
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that
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Air
Lines
is
adding
three
weekly
law attacks against the clergy
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of
anti-Semitism"
in
the
Soviet
flights
to
its
schedule.
Bucharest.
Eva
and
Terry
and the believers who practice
Spender
; The r e p o r t on Hungary press or on the Soviet radio.
t According to R. T. Brodhead,
week /
rights."
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The Soviet government as states,
sects in its official report that pest had 16 synagogues with a about the position of the great beginning this Sunday, the air
Jewish synagogues and sec- total seating capacity of over J e w i s h community in the line will operate a second DC-8
tarian houses of worship are 3.000, and 10 rabbis. Prayer USSR," the resolution also ap- ' pure jet flight, non-stop to Mi-
open daily. and may be freely books and religious objects pealed to the Soviet government ami. each Friday, Saturday and
visited by worshippers for the • were allowed to be imported. ! "to accord its Jewish citizens Sunday.
The flight will depart from
purpose of taking part in pub- , and the government also made the human equality guaranteed
:lie divine services; private a grant during 1957-58 for re- . by the Soviet Constitution, and Detroit Metropolitan Airport at '
KOSHER CUISINE
,prayer. or the performance of pairing the main synagogue in to grant to Jewish citizens the 10:15 p.m., arriving 2 hours and
minutes later in Miami at
Budapest.
which
celebrated
the
same
facilities
granted
to
other
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-- any other ritual." In a section centenary of its foundation in groups in the USSR which that 1:01 a.m. The new flight, Brod-
food director
to Mar. 20
of its r e p o r. t dealing . wit4
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crystal
head said. is in response to a
1958,
and
for
the
rebuilding
of
Constitution
justifies
and
re-
;
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Poo
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"ritual objects," the SoYiet gov -
! demand for increased jet sere- • Enter
the famous medieval synagogue quires."
per
n--I
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ernment asserts:
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anent
Pars.
ice
to
the
Florida
area..
I Another resolution: called , Combining deluxe and regular
"By order of the USSR gov- in Sopron."
• Dancing
Dbl. Occ. 40 of
Two Hebrew secondary upon the Federal Republic of i
• Sally Den-
12.5 rms. Mod.
ernment,
on
days
preceding
mar social
particularly important holidays schools and a rabbinical train- , Germany to erase Nazism and , night coach, the new flight has
Amer. Plan
Ftestess
. 2 Del uxe
—Passover in the case of the ing college are listed as exist- anti-Semitism "not only in the no jet surcharge. Night coach
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while
the
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Jews—the shops of the state ing in Budapest. There were , interests of Jewry but also as a fare is
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enable worshippers to perform
nations. If you give clothing or
the appropriate ritual."
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INVITATION TO PARADISt
The USSR report mentions
I value of these items may be
nothing at all about help or
AS
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observer" to the scheduled nes, undersecretary for eco-
2 Swimming Pools, Shows,
government there is a rab- " session of the Economic Corn- nomic and social affairs, noti-
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