12—Friday, December 8, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Eshkol Condemns Soviet's `Inhuman'
Halting to Jewish Emigration
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The situa-
tion of Jews in the Soviet Union
has "grown worse" since the USSR
broke diplomatic relations with
Israel during last June's Six-Day
War, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
announced, with the Moscow au-
thorities going so far as fo halt
the emigration of Jews who had
previously been promised exit
visas.
While the emigration of Russian
Jews to Israel, for purposes of
family reunion had amounted over
a two year period to only "a thin
trickle," Eshkol told the Knesset,
the Kremlin's complete stoppage
of this emigration since June was
"an inhuman measure, devoid of
moral, political or practical justi-
fication."
The subject came before the
Knesset when H. Landau, a mem-
ber representing Gahal, called for
open debate of the topic, objecting
to what he called the government's
"silence" on the issue. The pre-
mier, denying the charge, replied
that, prior to last June's war, the
government and informed the
USSR it would never be silent
about the denial to Russian Jewry
of its full rights as a Soviet group.
"The plight of Soviet Jewry," he
said, "is the most painful and the
most burning question for Israel
and for all of world Jewry."
While some of the facts regard-
ing Russian Jewry's fate cannot
as yet be made public, Eshkol said,
he could reveal that Israel knows
now that the number of Russian
JeWs applying for exit visas "was
far greater than those actually
permitted to leave." The meager
emigration permitted prior to last
June, he added, had "increased,
rather than decreased," this desire.
Many Russian Jews who wanted
to apply for emigration were not
even permitted to file applications,
he declared, and that number "was
many times greater than the quota
for last year, which was the best
year" for Russian Jewish emigra-
tion.
"We are still aware," the prime
minister said, "that Russian Jewry
is in ever-increasing revolt against
the criminal attempt to force it
into complete assimilation."
At the suggestion of Eshkol, dis-
cussion on the subject was term-
inated in the Knesset and the sub-
ject was referred to parliament's
foreign affairs and security com-
mittee.
In Washington, the national com-
mander of the Jewish War Veter-
ans called on the U.S. government
to utilize "its many current nego-
tiations with the Soviet Union," in-
cluding the new civil air transport
pact, to emphasize the American
people's desire for better treat-
ment of Jews and other minorities
in the USSR. Noting that Soviet
Jewry in particular has suffered
since last June's Six-Day War and
is deprived of "even the rudimen-
tary rights afforded other reli-
gious and national minorities in
the Soviet Union," Samuel Samuels
said that the United States should
make the new agreement establish-
ing joint Russo-American commer-
cial air service between New York
and Moscow the occasion for re-
minding the Russian "that the
world looks to them to do what is
right and just in dealing with its
oppressed minorities."
Meanwhile, in Washington the
international president of Bnai
Brith Women called on the Voice
of America to inform its listeners
in Communist countries of the
Soviet Union's discriminatory prac-
tices against its Jewish citizens.
Mrs. Arthur G. Rosenbluth of Hew-
lett, N.Y., said that such broad-
casts could help remove current
restrictive measures imposed on
Soviet Jewry "by making Russians
of good will aware that Jews re-
ceive unequal, unfair and unconsti-
tutional treatment compared with
other national groups in the
USSR."
tive board here, Mrs. Rosenbluth
said the Voice of America "is in
a unique position to help change
Sovet policy by broadcasting the
truth about Russian Jews to its
thousands of listeners."
• • •
Argentine Jews
Protest Soviet Bias
Sociologist Segalman Stresses Criticism of Leaders Not Aimed at Iowa City
SIOUX CITY (JTA)—A Univer-
sity of Texas sociologist who once
served as executive director of the
Sioux City Jewish Federation, has
hastened to assure Sioux City Jews
he did not have them in mind in
his widely publicized report last
August, in which he charged that
American Jewish leadership was
made up of "marginal Jews."
That description was contained
in a report made by Dr. Ralph
Segalman at a convention in August
of the American Sociological Asso-
ciation in San Francisco. He cited
a study of Jewish life in "Edge
City," an unidentified southwestern
city in support of his thesis that
the Jewish leadership was one of
Jews with a low commitment to
Jewish values.
Fearing that former friends and
associates might assume be was
referring to Sioux City as "Edge
City," the sociologist sent a letter
to the federation, emphasizing
that Edge City "does not reflect
the situation" in Sioux City. Dr.
Segalman was executive director
in Sioux City from 1946 to 1953.
The sociologist said in his letter
that "if there is an exception in
America" to his San Francisco
critique. "it is Sioux City, Iowa.
This community has not exper-
ienced the 'missing generation'
problem which other cities have
undergone. Where other cities have
hhd a generation which accepted
Judaism in externals only, without
ROCHESTER, N. Y.—If Morris any real commitment, this did not
B. Abram decides to run for the occur in Sioux City."
Democratic nomination for Senate,
he will step down as president of
the American Jewish Committee.
As an active candidate, he also
would resign as senior adviser
to the United States mission at
the United Nations and as U.S.
A brief report on Dr. Segal-
representative on the UN Commis-
man's San Francisco address was
sion on Human Rights.
published in the newsletter of
The only other announced can-
the Sioux City Jewish Federation.
didate for the New York Senate
seat is Rep. Joseph Y. Resnick,
Swastika-Daubing Vandals Democrat of Ellenville.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is re-
Sought in Winnepeg
WINNIPEG (JTA)—Local police ported to be deeply interested in
are searching for vandals who having Abram run.
smeared the provincial legislative
building here with swastikas and
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BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Res-
olutions protesting Soviet persecu-
tion of Russian Jewry and the
USSR's policies on Israel were
adopted unanimously here at a
mass rally attended by 2,000 per-
sons.
Jewish and non-Jewish leaders
of Argentine public opinion ad-
dressed the meeting, organized un-
der the joint auspices of DAIA,
this country's central body of or-
ganized Jewry, the Jewish com-
munity of Buenos Aires and the
Argentine Zionist Federation. The
resolutions adopted also demanded
that the Soviet government cease
arming the Arab states.
Calling attention to the current
celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the Bolshevik revolution, the
One today is worth two tomor-
meeting called on the USSR to re- rows.
—Benjamin Franklin
store to Russian Jewry the cultur-
al and religious rights guaranteed
it under the Soviet Constitution.
Another resolution assailed Com-
munists in this country who sup-
port the Soviet Union's anti-Israel
attitued and attacked specifically
Jewish Communists for turning
"against their blood brothers."
Morris Abram Eyes
Seat in Senate
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• • •
Soviet Editor Describes
`Gains' of Russian Jews
LONDON (JTA) — The "new"
Soviet Jew is "miles ahead" in his
livng standard, compared with the
Jew in Czarist Russia, who lived in
the restricted areas of "the Pale,"
Aaron Vergelis, editor of the Mos-
cow Yiddish monthly, Sovietisch
Heimland, declared in the Novem-
ber issue, which reached here.
"Yet," the Jewish Communist add-
ed, "there are politcal busybodies
abroad who dare to involve the
good name of Soviet Jews in the
cold war."
The entire issue is devoted to
the position of Jews in the USSR
and Jewish writing, especially in
Yiddish, in observance of the 50th
anniversary of the Bolshevik Rev-
olution. Because the Soviet Jews
are being linked to cold war prop-
aganda, Vergelis stated, "Soviet
Jewish writing is so vitally im-
portant and timely, because it does
so much to give a picture of Jewish
life in the Soviet Union."
In the November issue, in gen-
eral, Soviet Jewish writers praise
the Bolshevik Revolution and its
accomplishments. There is also
included a survey of Yiddish liter-
ature in the USSR since 1917.
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to Decentralize Schools
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Am-
erican Jewish Congress has en-
dorsed the Bundy plan for a de-
centralized New York City school
system but urged stronger guar-
antees of teacher tenure and sen-
iority rights.
The plan, submitted by the may-
or's advisory panel headed by Mc-
George Bundy, president of the
Ford Foundation, was approved in
a 19-5 vote cast by representatives
of American Jewish Congress divis-
ions and chapters throughout the
five boroughs, according to David
Haber, chairman of the AJC's New
York metropolitan council.
The AJC statement described
the Bundy plan as "a far reaching
and imaginative approach to the
problems plaguing the school sys-
tem in New York." It recognized
however, "the need to protect the
rights and interests of the profes-
sional staff of the city school sys-
tem" and urged that "every guar-
aptee of due process be afforded
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