• Anti-Semitism in Soviet Union Is Exposed in `Unredeemed% Noted Authorities Show Extent of Prejudices Against USSR Jews With the Hebrew letter "Mem" place, but God is the Place of the on the jacket of the book "The world.' For Jews in the Soviet Unredeemed: Anti-Semitism in the Union, God is at hand though Soviet Union," published by not apparent." Quadrangle Books, draws upon In his introduction, Prof. Rubin the knowledge of distinguished states that with the exception of personalities and upon authorita- the indignities of the early 1960s tive source to expose the extent Jews in Russia do not have to of Jew-baiting in the USSR, fear for their lives but have to Edited by Prof. Ronald I. Rubin contend with a war "waged against of the College of the City Uni- the Jewish soul itself." He points versity of New York, this volume out that "in theory three courses describes the plight of Soviet are open to Soviet Jews—affirma- Jewry and the forces behind the tion assimilation, emigration—all current Soviet anti-Semitism. amounting to dead ends." He There is this note explaining shows that as a nationality Jews suffer restrictions, that Jewish in- the design on the jacket: stitutions "have been virtually "The Hebrew letter M, which eliminated, while nationality forms the design, means makom, groups far smaller in size are pro- or place. It is also one of the vided by the government with edu- initials used for the name of cational and cultural facilities in God, and when so used it calls their native languages;" that as- to mind the Talmudic expres- similation is not a simple matter sion 'The world is not God's because starting at age 16 all Jews are registered as such on their passports; that Jews do not assimilate because "Soviet authori- ties do not want it;" and migra- tion has been made impossible. Arilf201112cements There are interesting reasons for Dec. 20 — To Mr. and Mrs. Har the rarity of mixed marriages among Russian Jews—the family old A. Margolis (Doris Treitman) 22100 Harding, Oak Park, a daugh- unit that leads to retention of identity, the insecurity of inter- ter, Jennifer Anne. married during the Holocaust, and * * * "intensification of anti-Semitism Dec. 18 — To Mr. and Mrs. Rob- has galvanized a pride and a ert Adelson (Michelle Lois Man- heimer), 17275 Stratford, South- defensiveness in the Soviet Jew, much as it had in the Marranos field, a daughter, Melissa Beth. who braved the Spanish Inquisi- * * * tion and in the Warsaw Ghetto Dec. 15 — To Mr. and Mrs. Clif- partisans." ford Gorov (Vicky Zimmerman), Protests against Soviet anti- 23080 Radclift, Oak Park, a son, Semitism are strongly endorsed Jason Steven. I because they "prove to Soviet s * Jews, in addition to their Com- Dec. 12 — To Mr. and Mrs. Har- munist rulers that they have not old Gold (Sharon Mitteldorf), been abandoned. The half-cen- 22140 Stratford, Oak Park, a tury of communism has condi- daughter, Mindi Robyn. tioned them to survive the ter- * * * ror and withstand the anguish, rs. Robert Dec. 7—To Mr. and Mrs. but what they fear most is that Leichtman (Sharon Goldenberg), either through self-interest, in- 14610 Pearson, Oak Park, a daugh- difference, or cowardice, they ter. Jodi Beth. will be forgotten by the humane = s community of man." Dec. 6 — To Mr. and Mrs. Hen- Authorities who are highly quali- ry P. Lee (Linda Marash), 25535 fled to expose the Soviet terror Lahser, Southfield, a daughter, are represented with essays elab- orating upon the various methods * s * Dec. 5—To Mr. and Mrs. Stuart used by the Communists to molest 7 and oppress Jews and to suppress Weisblatt (Debbie Neshkes), 1991' Jewish cultural undertakings. Lahser, a son, Jonathan David. Of major importance is the re- * view of "The Status of the Jews Dec. 5 — To Mr. and Mrs. Ben- ja min Askenazy (Hinda Chicorel), Decter in the whose Soviet studies Union" by of Moshe condi- 26084 Hendrie, Huntington Woods tions in Russia have been major a daughter, Adria Michelle. in the evaluations of happenings * * * that area. Nov. 20—To Mr. and Mrs. Ber _ in Ben Ami, whose recent book on nard Winograd of St. Louis (Nan _ his findings in all areas of Russia cy Davis of Detroit), a son ' revealed the sad condition among Michael. USSR Jewry, deals witb "The Old * * * Bazaar of Sanarkand" in which ad- ditional data is provided. Recommended by Physicians Both Moshe Decter and Ben Ami contributed additional essays deal- RABBI ing with the religious and cultural deprivations, the popular anti- Semitism instigated by the Ukrain- Expert Mohel Serving Hospitals and Homes ian anti-Semite Trofim Kichko and LI 2-4444 an eye-witness account of an urge LI 1-9769 to escape to Israel. In relation to the anti-Semitic activities that emerged during and after the Six-Day Israel- Arab War there is an expose of the attitudes as expressed in the USSR journal Krokodil. There is an essay in that section on the late Charles H. Jordan's death in Prague by Robert H. Estabrook who exposed the state of terror that had been REV. GOLDMAN L. propagated by the Soviets. Eyewitness accounts describing experiences in Russia include the MOHEL famous article by Elie Wiesel and other articles. 353-5444 A special section includes dis- cussion at the United Nations on the question of human rights and and while the existing conditions are told in the reproduced speech of Morris B. Abram at the UN Experienced Mohel Human Rights Commission. session Serving in Hospitals & Homes in Geneva and an article by Prof. Rubin, the volume includes the 544 2864 fanlous speech' on "The Need for 1 Art4 Leo Goldman a Jewish State" by Andrei A. Gromyko, at the UN, May 14, 1947, the sense of which has since been rejected by the USSR. Of value for an understanding of the USSR discriminations are essays by William Korey and Joseph B. Schechtman. "Response and Protest" is a section that describes the con- demnations by American Jews of the discriminatory Russian acts. This section includes the views expressed on the question of USSR presecution of Jews that was is- sued for the State Department by William B. Macomber Jr. In a foreward to the book Prof. Abraham J. Heschel declares: "The stupidity of the persecution of the Jewish minority which stands in such tremendous con- trast to the grandeur and intelli- gence of the Russian nation, re- mains a puzzle to all sensitive citizens living in Russia and a source of bewilderment to decent men all over the world." Suburban 4 DAY YEAR END- - SALE ! SUNDAY 12 TO 5 P.M. ! MONDAY 9 TO 9 ! TUESDAY 9 TO 6 ! NEW YEAR'S DAY! WEDNESDAY! 12 TO 5 re T Pr Year-End Special! 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