,
Russian membe
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
ssian czar
family of th
Soviet government has reopen
as head o he Russian Ortho-
negotiations with Israel on
i ss s which
dox
sian properties in various
n e before
settl
of Israel.
World
The negotiations we
sumed after a lengthy i
Tilts!
tion. They were opene
after Soviet Amb
Michail Bodrov returned
a home visit with a directive
to negotiate sale of the proper-
ties to Israel.
The properties include the
Russian compound in Jerusalem
in which is situated the Israel
law courts, the Ministries of
Labor and Agriculture, Police
headquarters and municipality
offices.
Also involved are the gov-
ernment's administrative offices
in Nazareth and other areas
but not the sites of churches
and monasteries still regis-
tered personally in the names
He said that despite the earlier hension" and "chagrin" over the
absence of any public announce- arrest and imprisonment of
ments, the convictions of the Russian Jews in Leningrad and
three Moscow Jewish religious Moscow on what were seen as
leaders and of the three others "patently trumped-up" charges
in Leningrad, became known of "espionage."
among religious Jews in both
Label A. Katz, national presi-
communities. "They are inter- dent of Bnai Brith, called the
preting it as an effort to sup- conviction of Gedalia R. Pe-
press further what is already a chersky, a leader among Lenin-
sadly diminished practice of grad Jews, "incomprehensible."
Judaism in the Soviet Union," Pecherksy has been sentenced to
Katz said.
12 years' imprisonment.
The Bnai Brith leader said
Pechersky, according to Katz,
the recent events "appear to in- was known to and revered by
dicate a pattern of stepped-up religious Jews in the Soviet
harrassments of Judaism in the Union because of his piety and
Soviet Union." He linked them strong faith and cote age." The
with the forced closing of syna- 60-year-old Leningrad leader,
gogues in 12 Soviet cities in the said the • Bnai Brith president,
past 13 months. He said the "met with foreign visitors open-
leader of the Moscow group, an ly and had no hesitancy about
engineer named Ryshal, was discussing the affairs of the Len-
sentenced to seven years of hard ingrad Jewish community. This
Leningrad - is known for its labor. "We have learned that can hardly be defined as a trea-
stubborn struggle to restore Ryshal, who is known to be a sonable act."
and preserve Jewishtradi- very pious Jew, conducted him-
"The ironic fact is," continued
tions and Pechersky was in self with great courage and dig- Katz, "that the Soviets used Len-
the forefront of that struggle. nity during the ordeal of the ingrad as a showplace of re-
secret trial," Katz declared.
ligious freedom
Details of the Arrest of
Ryshal and his companions ist guides
ed it
eir
Three Moscow Jewish
were convicted at a three-day points
oreign
interest
Leaders Reach Paris
•
trial that ended Oct. 2, the day visit
PARIS (JTA) —Details were before Simchas Torah. Presum-
e sentence meted out to
received here about the arrest ably the Moscow trial preceded
s were pro •sted
Russian
and sentencing of three Jewish the one in Leningrad which re-
t issued • the
a state
leaders in Moscow, in addition portedly concluded on Oct. 13.
ewish La
to three others jailed at Lenin- His information, Katz added, i
grad. The three in Moscow, con- that Ryshal is about 60 years o senting 500,0
affili-
organized in
victed on charges that have not and had been "very energeti
e AFL-CIO.
ated
yet been revealed, are Wolf in the spiritual affairs of
ed its "bitte
JLC e
Ryshal, 60; a man named Gold- Moscow synagogue. He had
gainst
and pro •sted "vigorou
berg; and a third Jew whose learned the exact nature of
g of Ge-
the trial and sent
identity is not yet known here. charges against Ryshal and
and others."
dalia Pechers
Ryshal is a popular Russian others, he said.
ntenced, said the
They wer
figure, not only in Moscow but
, "for no other crime,
throughout the Soviet Union. He Dr. Goldman Urges
punished severely, because they
has been sentenced to three Moscow to Discuss Soviet
are Jews."
years' imprisonment and an ad- Jewry with WJC Leaders
Adolph Held, national chair-
ditional four years at hard labor.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, presi-
He had already served seven dent of the World Jewish Con- man of the Jewish Labor Com-
years' imprisonment, having gress, said that high Soviet of- mittee, sent a telegram to Adlai
been convicted in 1948 on ficials are informed of the World E. Stevenson, chairman of the
charges of "Zionist activity." Jewish Congress' views on the United States delegation t'o the
The three latest victims of So- situation of Soviet Jewry, and United. Nations, urging "the need
viet anti-Jewish persecution were that the organization is ready for UN intervention into the
tried "somewhere in the Soviet to discuss this situation with whole range of the discrimina-
Union" on the eve of last Sim- them in the Soviet Union or tory- policies against Jews within
chas Torah.
anywhere else "in a way which the Soviet Union." In his tele-
Observers here are of the be- will help to relieve apprehen- gram, Held stated:
"The confirmed arrest, secret
lief that Russian authorities are sion and promote mutual under-
attempting to wipe out "the last standing."
trial and conviction of three
existing leaders of the Jewish
Dr. Goldmann said he would Jewish religious leaders, and the
community," both in Moscow like "to express the sincere hope additional arrests known in sim-
and in Leningrad.
in the- light of the repudiation ilar cases, warrant a UN human
A number of non-Jewish as of the repressive policies of the rights investigation. Policies of
well as Jewish organizations Stalin era, that the Soviet Gov- suppression, recrimination and
here are expected to call at the ernment will review the action discrimination in many facets of
Soviet Embassy here this week taken against Jews who are Soviet life still plague the Soviet
to call the attention of the Rus- guilty of no crime other than Jews. Only the UN spotlight at
sians to the anxiety felt in lib- devotion to their Jewish heri- this moment can
eral French circles over the lat- tage, and that these men will be ready im
est anti-Jewish persecutions.
a similar fate on
allowed to return to their homes. slated
-up specious and false
tr
Such
action
would
be
an
impor-
Authorities Disband
ges.
tant contribution to the creation
Council of Moscow
On
behalf of the American
of a new and better atmospher
Yeshiva Training Rabbis
Jewish Congr s, Rab. Joac
in
which
solutions
must
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The found for the problems w
Prinz, presi t o
Soviet government has ordered now confront humanity,"
issued a st menu deg ing
the disbanding of the Vaad Ye-
latest arr
dared.
shiva, a governing council of the
were "fre con-
only Jewish seminary in the U.S. Jews Protest Arrests
ght" Sf the Jews
tinued tra
Soviet Union, it was disclosed in Leningrad and Moscow
He voi
in the U
here today by Label Katz, presi-
reas-
Major American Jewish
dent of the Bnai Brith, at the ganizations, including secular i over the out-
organization's 118th annual meet- and religious groups, labor, fra- break of "treason" trials against
ing here.
ternal and civic, voiced "appre- Jews in the Soviet Union.
The seminary, which is affili-
ated with the Moscow synagogue,
trains rabbis and re
a
tionaries. Katz,
that visa ed
Bnai Brith
n in August, said
the Soviet
ed at that time that
he had 1
ive leading Conserv-ative tee chairmen are Walter Field
ary's enrollmerjw 12
gregations in Detroit have (Shaarey Zedek), Max Gold-
the se
stude
nounced their participation smith (Adas Shalom), Melvin
K
n the reception which will hon- Weisz (Bnai Moshe), and Jack
rec
or Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Chan- Shenkman (Beth Aaron).
do
cellor of the Jewish Theological
Participating rabbis are Mor-
ders Seminary of America, on Dec. 4. ris Adler, Benjamin Gorrelick,
vict
gogue.
of th
The famed scholar and religi- Mordecai Halpern, Moses Lehr-
ous leader will be feted with man and Jacob Segal, all of
a cocktail and buffet supper whom are alumni of the Semi-
IF YOU TURN THE
affair which will be under nary.
lir • C3 • (1
strict dietary supervision and
Joseph Holtzman and John
I
held at the Standard Club of Lurie are hosts for the recep-
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
the Sheraton- Cadillac, at tion. The planning committee
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
6:30 p.m.
in formation includes Louis
The Seminary chancelor's ap - Berry, Sol Eisenberg, David and
pearance in Detroit will be his Hyman Safran and Benjamin
Weiss. Each is a leader in the
first in eight years.
...2. Wineries, Detroit, Mich.
6.41iic
Appointed Seminary Commit- Seminary's national structure.
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tenced there had distributed
"anti-Soviet literature," presum-
ably Zionist pamphlets printed
in Israel. The three men con-
victed at Leningrad are G. R.
Pechersky, 60, sentenced to 12
years; N. A. Kaganov, sentenced
to seven years; and E. S. Dyn-
kin, 70, given a four-year prison
term.
According to reports, some
12,000 young Jews, plus a six-
piece orchestra from a Leningrad
Conservatory, gathered around a
Leningrad synagogue on Sim-
chas Torah, Oct. 2, and sang Jew-
ish folk songs and danced until
midnight.
Jewish sources believe that
this massive demonstration
added to the severity of the
sentences of the three leaders.
The Jewish community in
Conservative Synagogues Join
ception, for Dr. Finkelstein Dec. 4
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