Communist Editor Urges Courageous A nti-Semitism Fight

PARIS (JTA)—A request that
Soviet authorities should combat
anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union
"openly and courageously" was
voiced here by the editor of the
Paris Communist Yiddish-language
daily newspaper, Neue Presse, who
has just returned from Moscow.
The Communist Yiddish editor,
N. Koenig, reported in an article in
his newspapers that he had discuss-
ed his views on the treatment of
Jews in the Soviet Union with Jew-
ish and non-Jewish Communist
leaders in Moscow. He said that
"Jews are occupying an important
place in the rapid reconstruction
and cultural development of the
USSR, but at the same time strong
Jewish nationalistic sentiments pre-
vail among Jews in the country."
These sentiments, he reported,
can be noticed both among Jews
who speak Yiddish and those whose
mother tongue is Russian or any of
the other Soviet languages. They
are felt among the older genera-
tion and also among Jewish youth.
"Living among numerous nationali-

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ties and forming with them the
large family of nations of the So-
viet Union, the Jews in the USSR
display a strong interest in the his-
tory of their people, in Jewish cul-
ture and in the life of Jewish corn-
munities abroad," he wrote.
For these reasons, he suggested,
it is necessary "to have an especial-
ly careful approach, I should say a
genuinely Leninist approach, to the
problem concerning the Jewish na-
tionality in the USSR." He then
spelled out what he considered
elements of such an approach:
1. "It is urgent that every sign
of anti-Semitism be combated
openly and courageously in the
same way as they combat expres-
sions of hooliganism and similar
remnants of the old society."
2. "It is urgent that the inter-
est of the Jews in their national
culture should be satisfied and
stimulated. With regard to Jews
there should be carried out what

was emphasized in the program
of the Communist Party of tlie
USSR—the need to nurture the
progressive traditions of each
people in the Soviet Union." - -
At the same time the Communist
editor advised Soviet Jews to be-
come articulate in rejecting inter-
ventions on their behalf from
abroad. To do this, he said, it
would be necessary to establish an
"appropriate representation of the
Soviet Jews." He suggested that an
important element in cementing
friendship between Soviet Jews
and Jews in other countries "with-
in the framework of general Soviet
policies and cultural exchanges"
could be frequent appearances
abroad of Russian Jewish artists,
singers, theater groups and writ-
ers." He stressed that the "iso-
lated and unfortunately rare steps
taken in this direction" by Soviet
authorities "have given very posi-
tive results."

Rare Paintings of Jewish Interest
in 'Age of Rembrandt' Exhibit,
Featuring de Witte's 'Synagogue'

Friday, December 30, 1966-7

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

More Mixed Marriages R ecorded in Canada

OTTAWA — A record annual
total of 315 Canadian Jews were
involved in mixed marriages dur-
ing 1965, an increase of 29 over
1964. according to the Canadian
Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
Outside of Israel, Canada is the
only country in the world which
Makes available specific Jewish

demographic statistics gathered by
government agencies. The data for
1965 also showed that all-Jewish
weddings also set a record of 1,450
—88 more than in 1966.
For the year there were 1,655
Jewish bridegrooms, of whom

1

of Jewish brides married non-
Jews.
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The data indicated that during
the past 40 years mixed marriages
involving Canadian Jews rose by

about 400 per cent or roughly 10
per cent a year.

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205 married non-Jewish girls, a
percentage of about 12.4. There
were in 1965, 1,650 Jewish
brides, of whom 110 married
non-Jewish men, or a percentage
of 7, the only figure in the Jew-
ish marriage data showing a
drop. In 1963, about 8 per cent

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