THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 20, 1970-35

Accomplishing Impossible
"Why now, of all times, do we
ask Jews in the United States
and all over the world for an effort
that is, on the first look, almost
impossible? Since I know you—
it will be possible, like everything
elst about Israel. The greatest
thing about Israel is that the
impossible has been accomplished."
Golds Meir, Israeli Prim Minister.

Detroiters Back From Iron Curtain Countries
Offer Varying Views of Life Among Jews There

By ESTRER ALLWEISS
looked like "an army base," she
In Budapest today, some Jews said.
have learned it's best not to rock
Miss Bader enjoyed her "rap"
the boat:
sessions with Gilds, George and
"Since World War H, Hungarian two other new friends from New
Jews have learned that the way York, freely discussing the ills of
to survive, to get things, is to join America from "riots, campus un-
the Communist Party."
rest to the assassination of the
That was the impression left with Kennedys." Still, she thought the
Sharon Bader, 24, who had the op- Czech papers made a point of play-
portunity to meet several young ing up American problems.
Hungarian Jews while on tour with
Despite the general friendliness
her family there last August.
of Hungarians, an unfortunate in-
Dr. Ben Bader; his wife, Ida; cident occurred while the Baders
Diane, 20; and Sharon also visited spoke with a long-bearded Jewish
Nov. 8—To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moscow, Leningrad and Vienna beggar.
Wattel (Rosalind Rom of Detroit) with a party of 115 medical con-
"A Hungarian woman came by
ventioneers — including Dr. and and spit at us. I don't look par-
of Skokie, a son, Michael Jack.
Mrs. Max Wainger of the Detroit ticularly Jewish — none of us
• • •
Nov. 7—To Mr. and Mrs. Julian
(Baden) do. Realizing we were
Zelenko (Ellen C. Panush), for-
with the man, she must have
mer Detroiters of St. gland, Minn.,
decided we were Jewish too,"
a son, Jeremy Avram.
Dr. Bader said.
• • •
That, and the occasional rude-
ness of Moscow taxi drivers —
Nov. '5—To Mr. and Mrs. How-
mostly the fault of a language bar-
ard Katz, (Judy Goldberg), 29608
rier — was countered by many
Marshall, Southfield, a son, Jason
acts of kindness, Miss Bader said.
Michael.
• • •
From their admitted limited ex-
perience, the Baders concluded
Nov. 5—To Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
that the traveler is free to do al-
liam R. Katz, (Barbara Burston),
most anything he wishes in the
32286 Tall Timber, Farmington, a
Communist countries. Aside from
son, Dale Loren.
certain restrictions on picture tak-
• • •
ing, the Baders found they could
Nov. 5—To Dr. and Mrs. Harvey
"walk the streets, even Red Square
Sabbota (Elaine Platt), 21663
at night, with no problems."
Stratford Ct., Oak Park, a daugh-
"I didn't feel our things were
ter, Beth Robyn.
ever
gone through," Mrs. Bader
•
• •
DR. AND MRS. BEN BADER
said.
"All in all, it (the trip) was
Nov. 1—To. Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
area—to compare scientific meth- a very pleasant experience."
dore Kahn (Rhoda Gold), 15220 ods with doctors abroad. Only
Still,
the Baders are lukewarm
Lincoln, Oak Park, a daughter,
Diane, who attends the University about ever returning — daughter
Cynthia Rose.
of Michigan, could not be present Diane is now said to be glad she
• • •
to give her views of the trip for turned down a six-week college
Oct. 31—To Dr. and Mrs. Ernest The Jewish News.
study program in Moscow. But her
J. Ring (Phyllis Ginsberg), former
..Sharon Bader considered her
sister, who was an art major in
Detroiters of Brighton, Mass., a
Hungarian friends, brother and college,' would like to tour Lenin-
son, Jonathon David.
sister George and Gilds, typical grad's famous Hermitage Museum
•
• •
of Jewish youth in Budapest.
again and revisit the old Czarist
Oct. 26—To Spec. and Mrs. Ivan
They called themselves "Jewish palaces being restored to their
J. Valentine (Nanci Kahn), 20121
by birth" rather than by reli- former splendor.
Mark Twain, a son, Marshall Ross.
gion, and while they knew where
The substance of everyday life
•
• •
in Communist nations may not
Oct. 23—To Mr. and Mrs. Jack the nearest synagogue could be
glitter, but the Baders found no
Zwick (Shifra Nulman of New found, neither they — nor their
mother, a Communist party reason to believe that the Hun-
York), 15221 Dartmouth, Oak Park,
member — attended.
garian people — including Hun-
a son, Michael Jay.
* • •
From this, Miss Bader deduced garian Jews — are not happy with
Oct. 23—To Mr. and Mrs. Terry that "Jews are discriminated their lot in life.
Dr. Bader asked an East Ger-
Leebove (Linda Lober), 1713 Gar- against if they practice their reli-
denia, Royal Oak, a daughter, gion, not if they are just Jewish man boy he met in Budapest why
hadn't he defected while on a re-
by birth."
Lisa Jennifer.
• • •
"Yet there is still a common cent trip to London.
The boy told him, "Why should
Oct. 21—To Dr. and Mrs. Wil- bond that you're Jews and they're
I? East Germany is my home. I'm
liam Levin (Linda Smith), former Jews," added her father.
Jewish, my parents are Jewish
Detroiters of Los Angeles, a son,
Dr. Bader disagreed that religion
and my mother has a high post in.
Carl David.
was languishing under the Hun- the Communist Party. And, I am
garian government. He visited the able to go to college here."
Sept. 7—To Mr. and Mrs. Mason 3,000-seat Budapest Synagogue
•
Irunelhoch (Anna Cannon), 17000 and was impressed by "the size of
Jill, Southfield, a daughter, Renee it, people there and state of up-
Esther.
keep."
•
• •
Mrs. Bader, noting the new 1970
To Dr. and Mrs. Robert R.
Wolfe (Mary Jo Harris), 12727 sidurim arrived from Israel — ap-
By DAVID SACHS
parently
without interference from
Elgin, Huntington Woods, an
the government — said, "From the - On Simhat Torah, Detroit real
adopted son, Jordan Daniel.
looks of things, people are able to estate investor Harold Berry car-
practice religion." However, like ried the Torah Scroll among a
RABBI LEO
her daughter, Mrs. Bader felt re- throng of 12,000 worshipers at the
ligious attendance was low among Central Synagogue in Moscow.
"Absolutely fantastic," he called
GOLDMAN
the young. The average age of
it.
worshipers she saw was 60.
Expert Mohel
"In fact, I feared being crushed
Serving Hospitals and Homes
Dr. Bader contrasted the well-
to death."
.L1 2-4444
equipped Budapest Synagogue
LI 1-9769
Berry,
his wife, Barbbra and an-
with one he had attended in
Moscow. The need of the latter other couple spent more than a
week behind the
was apparent, said the doctor,
Iron Curtain,
when the shames greeted him by
commencing
with
asking if he'd brought any talei-
,Yom. Kippur in
sim or sidurim.
Bucharest a n d
Learning Dr. Bader had not, the
continuing in
shamas then insisted, "We don't
Dubrovnik (Yugo-
need anything. We h a v e every-
slavia), Lenin-
thing."
grad and Mos-
Dr. Bader asked the shamas if
cow. In some
•• RABIN SMALL
matzot had been available for the
places, he felt
Passover sedorim that year. In re-
the despair of a
sponse, he said, he was shown to
Berry dying Jewish
an empty room with pictures of community. In others, he found
past seders.
a hope and spirit.
"But I noticed the pictures went
Berry urges that Jews "not hesi-
up to only '67 or '68. There was no tate" to aid Russian Jews. He sees
evidence of matzot" he concluded. as most important letting Soviet
The family found the Hungar- Jewry know that there is an out-
ian people to be more friendly side Jewish community that cares
than the Russians. Dr. Bader said about it and wishes to help.
Southfield
this was the result of greater per-
Protest, he says, should be
Certified Mehol
sonal freedom allowed in Hungary.
aimed at the Soviet government
His daughter concurred: Moscow,
where it deserves to be criti-
with its large soldier population,
cized. Berry cautions, however,

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against exaggeration. "The So-
viet Union is by no means a
Nazi Germany," he said, "and I
think that exaggerated protest
may backfire and jeopardize our
whole argument."
Berry arrived at the Choral Syn-
agogue in Bucharest in time for
Not Nidrs, and sensed himself
'right at home" in the crowded,
more than 50-year-old sanctuary.
At the service, he met Israeli dip-
lomatic corps members and Is-
raeli
legates to a local trade fair.
Later, Be'-ry visited Romanian
Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen in his
office. Rosen it "-ad of the Bucha-
rest Jewish Federation and holds
a seat on th'r Romanian National
Assembly.
Berry toured Joint Distribution
Committee facilities in Bucharest,
including housing for the elderly
and the canteen and community
center. "It's like our own Social
Security system," he explained to
a curious young gentile guide who
accompanied him.
With a good impression of
Romania's organized community,
Berry flew on to Yugoslavia. He
stopped over in Belgrade and
then proceeded to Dubrovnik, on
the Adriatic Sea coast. In the
1300s, Sephardic Jews from To-
ledo, including the Tolentino
family, settled in Dubrovnik. A
synagogue was built there on a
narrow road which is called
"Street of the Jews."
The 600-year-old temple is still
being used, and Berry spoke with
the shamas, a Tolentino. Only a
few hundred Jews remain there,
and the shamas said that some-
times compromises must be made.
"We consider our service as most
important — whether or not we
have a minyan," he said.
Berry was in Leningrad for the
closing days of Sukot and then
flew to Moscow for Simhat Torah
In Moscow, Simhat Torah is the
most joyful and spirited day of
the year. Many ytiung Jews, often
with no regard for religious prac-
tices, have felt a resurgance of
pride since the Six-Day War. They
flocked to the Central Synagogue
to demonstrate nationalistic spirit.

The enormous crowd, which
overflowed into the pouring rain
outside the synagogue, was indeed
spirited, Berry said. "It was so
crowded that I was afraid that my
suit jacket would be torn off." A
friend described the service as a
sort of Jewish revivaL
Despite this vibrant display of
enthusiasm, Berry said there is
actually no organized Jewish com-
munity in Russia, such as there is
in Romania. He stressed their need
for communication with Jews
abroad.
Berry also said that the Rus-
sian governments have tradi-
tionally been authoritarian and
anti-Semitic„ so a proper per-
spective of the situation must be
realized. He sees the Jews' in-
dividualism and the Soviets' au-
thoritarianism as a "built-in con-
flict, like a pacifist at West
Point." In urging a moderate
approach to protest, Berry
warned against, "making pawns
out of our kinsmen."
At the end of a service in Len-
ingrad, attended mostly by older
people, Berry asked a man how
life was for him.
The man replied, "I'm 57, and
I'm here and I have everything I
need."
At the Simhat Torah celebration
in Moscow, Chief Rabbi Yehuda
Leib Levin responded simply, "Tell
the Jews what you see here to-
night."
"Both responses are somewhat
puzzling," said Berry.

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