Rabbi Sees 'Cultural Genocide' of Jews
in Russia and Urges Unceasing Protests
NEW YORK (JTA) — An Ameri- four children and that none had
can rabbi, reporting on a 14-day any interest in Jewish religious
visit to four major Soviet cities. practices. He also told Rabbi I
said Tuesday his findings indicated Trainin that he went regularly
there was no question but that to services and that 10 years ago
pressures from American Jews on he would not have done so, but
the Soviet government to ease its that now he was not afraid.
restrictions on Jewish practices
Trainin said he spent much
were effective and should be con- of Rabbi
his time visiting synagogues in!
tinued unceasingly.
Moscow, Kiev, Leningrad and Riga.
Rabbi Isaac M. Tiainin, director He confirmed earlier reports that
of the commission on synagogue young Russian Jews largely ig-
relations of the New York Federa- nored such services. He estimated ;
tion of Jewish Philanthropies, who the average age of worshipers in
made the visit in a private capac- Moscow's Central Synagogue as
ity, noted, in citing the usefulness about 75. He said the average was !
of American Jewish pressures, that a little lower among worshipers he !
the Soviet government had permit- saw in Leningrad and Kiev syna- ,
ted the publication of an edition gogues.
of the Jewish prayerbook and that
Young Russian Jews he met, he
matzo baking facilities had been reported, were uniformly and often
made available. lie described the strongly anti-Israel and indicated
matzo bakery he saw in Kiev as they could not care less about Jew-
tiny.
ishness. He disclosed that when
He cited a conversation with a he asked about the absence of ,
Jews from synagogues, he !
Jew he met in one of the syna- young
was told there were two reasons:
gogues who told the rabbi he had many do not care and those who
Burmese A in bassador's Son at Rehovot
Institute for 'Electronic Summer'
By FLORENCE KNOPF
tronics, the student from Burma
REHOVOT. Israel—The tranquil- is helping to examine the myriad
ity that pervades most campuses
during the summer months is com-
pletely absent at the Weizmann
Institute in Rehovot. Israel, which
continues to vibrate with student
activity. Sharing in the institute's
various off - term endeavors are
Some 70 Israeli,: and close to 100
foreign student,: from a dozen
countries throughout Europe and
North Am erica.
More than half of the foreigners
are participating in the Foreign
Summer Student Program.
One of the foreign students.
Kyaw pronounced Chaw) Swa
interactions that take place in a
steak ferromagnetic crystal. Using
a magnetometer, he gets precise
measurements of the crystal's
magnetic intensity. Kyaw demon-
strates how he passes helium
through the tubing until it cools
down the crystal to its own tem-
perature - 268.9 degrees Centigrade
—which would make any polar
bear freeze. But the crystal gradu-
ally warms up when Kyaw shuts
off the flow of the liquid gas, and
a metal finger traces the variation
in magnetic intensity as the tem-
perature climbs.
Kyaw's involvement in this ex-
periment has considerably stimu-
lated his interest in solid-state
physics, especially ferromagnet-
ism.
Electronics enters Kyaw's world
at home too, where he builds model
racing boats and planes.
Theirs, a 19-year-old, shaggy-hair-
ed youth from Burma. never ex-
pected to be in Israel. But the Six-
Day War exploded and before he
could say "Shalom," U Theirs
Doke, Kyaw's father, was dis-
patched to the Middle East as the
Burmese ambassador to Israel.
Not long afterwards, Kyaw and
the other Theins—his mother Kau-
Kyi Kyi and twin sister Ohnmar- Massachusetts Rabbis
packed their bags. and leaving be- Suggest Community Courts
hind the gaiety of London, headed
for Landlord-Tenant Cases
for the hustle and bustle of Tel
BOSTON (JTA) — The Rabbini-
Aviv.
In Jerusalem. the Theirs twins cal Court of Justice of the Associ-
ated
Synagogues of Massachusetts
enrolled at the American College,
where Kyaw chose physics as his has recommended establishment of
special community courts to handle
major, and Ohnmar, the arts.
Ohnmar is brushing up on the disputes between landlords and
tenants
and will sponsor a bill in
basic aleph-bet in a Ramat Gan
school, while Kyaw is immersing the Commonwealth Legislature for
establishment
of such courts.
himself in the world of magnetism
Pending their establishment, the
at the Weizmann Institute of Sci-
Rabbinical Court of Justice has
ence in Rehovot.
Working under the direction of offered to work with community
agencies in establishing courts to
visiting
Nolan,
a
Richard
Prof.
scientist in the department of elee- deal with rent cases and landlord-
tenant disputes. The court was in-
strumental a year ago in settle-
ment of a dispute involving 40
buildings in the south end of Bos-
-
ton.
Under the proposed plan, the ma-
jor religious denominations in
Massachusetts would name a panel
of 50, three of whom would be as-
57th
signed to each community to act as
ANNUAL
an arbitration board. The board's
DINNER-
decisions would have legal au-
DANCE
thority.
do care fear economic reprisals,
since the government controls vir-
tually all employment.
Discussing widely-reported asser-
tions by other visitors that Russian
Jews lived in an atmosphere of
fear, particularly in regard to talk-
ing to foreign Jewish visitors, Rab-
bi Trainin said it was his impres-
sion that the average Russian Jew ;
in the synagogue and on the street !
shared with Russians generally
fears of being seen talking to for-
eign visitors.
He said he had completed his
visit with a feeling that there
was discrimination against Jews
in government and industry but
that he felt there was no official
government anti-Semitism as dis-
tinct from the official policy of
opposition to all religions.
He agreed, however, that while
other Soviet minorities had oppor-
(by
incitation
way)
Sunday,
October le
Detroit
Businessmen's
Group
Harry Goldberg
"Homan Dignity is
Man's Richest Possession"
Argentine Writers Urge
Rights for Soviet Jews
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—A group
of leading Argentine writers de-
. manded here that the Soviet Union
extend full rights to Russian Jewry.
The writers took part in a round
table organized by the DAIA, the
central representative agency of
Argentine Jewry, to mark the 17th
anniversary of the liquidation of
Soviet Jewish writers by Stalin.
Gregorio Faigon, DAIA president,
was chairman.
Detroit Youth Set
March on Behalf
of Soviet Jews
The Jewish Youth Council, in
conjunction with all Jewish youth
organizations in the Detroit area,
is planning a march Oct. 12 to
protest the conditions of Jews in
the Soviet Union.
Tentative plans are for par-
ticipants to march from the 10
Mile branch of the Jewish Center
to the Center main building.
For information, call Fran
Pfeffer, 8612153.
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religious expression was denied to
them or made difficult, Jews were
denied those other cultural avenues
as well.
Rabbi Trainin said his question
at the Leningrad synagogue as to
whether there was ever a Bar
Mitzva there was greeted with
sorrow. One worshiper told him
there were neither Bar Mitzvas
nor circumcisions. He said "We do
get kosher m e a t, but for how
long?" as he pointed to the only
ritual slaughterer, who is 80 years
old.
Cultural genocide of the Jews is
well under way, Rabbi Trainin con
eluded. A worshiper in one of the
synagogues. who was 81 years old,
told him: "You see this synagogue.
The government won't close it. In
10 years, it will close by itself."
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