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U. S. Rabbis Allowed to Preach
in Russia; New Policy on Jews?
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visitors to take home greetings
from the Soviet union and a wish
for peace, particularly in South
Vietnam. According to Rabbi
T.versky, members of the congre-
gation wept, applauded, and other-
wise showed great emotion over the
participation of the Americans in
their services. He said the dele-
gation officially invited Chief Rabbi
Levin to visit the United States.
During the services, a Soviet
Jewish boy officially celebrated his
Bar Mitzvah. The boy was Shlomo
Shapiro, of Dushambe, capital of
Kirghizistan, a Soviet republic in
central Asia. His public celebra-
tion of Bar Mitzvah was believed
to be the first in Moscow's Cen-
tral Synagogue in 15 years.
The American rabbis were given
assurances by Soviet Jewish
spokesmen that three grievances—
failure to premit matzo baking
for Passover, restrictions on the
publication of prayer books and
the training of rabbinical students
—will be redressed. But in these
assurances there was seen intent
rather than action already taken.
No assurances have come forth
an another request—availability of
ground for new Moscow and Len-
ingrad Jewish cemeteries.
The Soviet promises, according
to the Moscow reports in the New
York Times and New York Herald
Tribune, included pledges that
10,000 new Jewish prayer books
would be printed; that 20 yeshiva
students from various sections of
the USSR would be given residence
permits, so that they could attend
the yeshiva in the Central Syna-
gogue in Moscow; and permission
to bake matzo for next Passover.
No date was given for the publica-
tion of the prayer books. The
Herald Tribune correspondent
pointed out, that, under Soviet law,
Jews have always been allowed the
privilege of baking matzo — but
have not been provided by local
authorities the facilities needed for
matzo baking.
One grievance that has not yet
been solved even through a prom-
ise, the reports noted, concerned
the lack of consecrated cemetary
space for Jews, especially in Lenin-
grad, where the old Jewish burial
grounds are full but no permission
for consecration of another site has
yet been granted. Not only older
Jews, but even younger Jewish
adults, were reported concerned
that they would not be permitted
to be buried in consecrated grounds.
Rabbi Levin told the American
rabbis that he had received the
assurances regarding the other
grevances from A. A. Puzin, chair-
man of the Soviet government's
Council for the Affairs of Relig-
ious Cults. However, Rabbi Miller
was quoted as saying: "I am still
a little skeptical. You know, all
kinds of promises have been made
in the past."
In a statement to the visiting
American rabbis, Chief Rabbi
Levin said that American Jewish
tourists and delegations are wel-
come "if they come in a spirit
of peace and unity." He added
that if they should come "for
the purpose of writing slanders
about our country, let them stay
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home." Rabbi Levin reportedly
Rabbi Seymour J. Cohen, Con-
made no apologies for the status ference steering committee chair-
accorded to the Jewish religion ' man, expressed "hope that reports
in Russia.
of new Soviet concessions for the
The president of Moscow's Cen- printing of prayer books, housing
tral Synagogue, Menasha Mikhail- for a seminary to train 20
ovich, said "maximum attention" rabbinic students, were accurate."
will be paid to guests from abroad. Such deeds, he said would be a
Before leaving Moscow, Rabbi step in the right direction. How-
Miller said "Jews here are clearly ever, he cautioned Jewish leaders
longing for contact with their and others not to be "overly opti-
brethren in America. With the mistic" since the Soviet authorities
Soviet government encouraging have repeatedly made similar prom-
tourism, we are hoping that the ises for propaganda purposes and
number of private Jewish visitors then found convenient excuses to
from the United States will in- withdraw the initial permission.
The Conference announced an
crease."
Eternal Light Vigil to take place
Rabbi Levin told American in Washington, beginning on Sun-
correspondents Tuesday that it day, Sept. 19. On that day, special
took him two years to translate ceremonies in Lafayette Park will 61) 00011004110000004111110000000
into Russian for the Soviet cen- launch a nationwide campaign of
For
sors the Jewish prayer book
similar meetings against the Soviet
which will soon be published in policy on Jews. The Vigil will be
Hebrew in the Soviet Union with
attended by leadership delegations
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the approval of the Council for
from local and national Jewish
the Affairs of Religious Cults.
agencies.
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The Chief Rabbi said he did not
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He said that a printing of 10,000
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be ready in time for distribution government of Guanabara, in spite
during the next High Holy Days. of protests voiced by the Jewish
EXPECTING OUT OF TOWN GUESTS
In the meantime he has not an- community, it was reported here.
One of the textbooks was writ-
FOR A WEDDING OR A BAR MITZVAH?
nounced the event to his congre-
gation. "Until I have the books I ten by the late notoriously anti-
have nothing to announce," he said. Semitic priest N. Negromonte and
Rabbi Levin also told the Ameri- is in the form of a religious hand-
can correspondents he expects to book containing anti-Jewish allega-
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be done only when the Catholic
tical figures, and points out that 19
Diocese will agree to it.
per cent of Russian Jews attain a
A spokesman of the Catholic
higher education, Jews make up
8.5 per cent of USSR writers and Diocese, which is ostensibly res-
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U.S. Jewish Group Finds
Situation in USSR Unchanged
NEW YOYK (JTA)—The Ameri-
can Conference on Soviet Jewry
issued a policy statement declaring
that, "despite token concessions in
recent moths," the situation of the
Jews in the Soviet Union "remains
unchanged." The statement re-
affirmed the Conference's "deter-
mination" to continue protest ac-
tion in this country against Soviet
anti-Jewish discriminations." Soviet
Jews continue to be the object of
a policy of systematic attrition
aimed at its forcible assimilation
and its spiritual and cultural ex-
tinction," the statement declared
`Battle of Britain' Waged
Over Swastika Stamp
LONDON — The Royal Air
Force is up in the air over a stamp
commemorating the 25th anniver-
sary of the opening of the Battle
of Britain. Alongside the RAF in-
signia are depicted a series of Nazi
swastikas.
Several veterans were indignant
at the "jolly good advertisement
for the Luftwaffe," but designer
David Gentlemen said he was only
9 when the battle took place, so
he couldn't care less. The RAF
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here Tuesday for a ten-week visit.
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ceived seven awards for design
excellence in an International
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The awards were presented this
year to Seymour Brode, president
of Starlite Pools, at an annual
meeting of the NSPI Swimming
Pool Builders and Manufacturers
in Cleveland by Robert Hoffman
of Swimming Pool Age, sponsor of
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and cooperation given the com-
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customer survey conducted at the
end of each year.
Judges of the designs were archi-
tects around the country who re-
ceived unidentified photographs of
swimming pools and then voted by
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