American Zionist Federation Prepares
for World Zionist Congress; Appeals
for USSR Jewry, Endorses JNF Program
By Jewish News
Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prepar-
atory steps for the popular election
of delegates to the 28th World
Zionist Congress were taken at the
semi-annual meeting of - the na-
tional board of directors of the
American Zionist Federation, at
all-day sessions held here Sunday
at the Detroit Hilton Hotel.
Aryeh L. Pincus, chairman of
the Jewish Agency Executive, an-
nounced in Jerusalem last week
that the WZCongress sessions will
commence in Jerusalem on Jan.
17, 1972.
With Jacques Torczyner, chair-
man of the board, presiding, the
AZ? sessions were devoted to an-
alyses of Zionist actions in the
past six months.
Emphasis was given in the
deliberations to the position of
Russian Jewry and the president
of the AZFederation, Rabbi Is-
rael Miller, made known a plea
he had addressed to Leonid I.
Brezhnev, general secretary of
the USSR Communist Party, urg-
ing that the 24th Communist
Party Congress, which opened
on Tuesday, should take steps
towards directing "a change in
government policy towards
Jews."
The cabled appeal stated that
anti-Semitism is "against the tra-
dition of avowed Communist doc-
trine" and expressed the hope that
the "change would call for the
release of 39 imprisoned Jews,
would permit Soviet Jews who so
desire to emigrate to Israel, and
would restore to Jews remaining
in RuiSia the right of cultural and
religiouS, expression granted to
other Soviet -nationalities." The
appeal also expressed the hope that
the Soviet- Union would heed the
views- "expressed by influential
leaders outside of 'Russia critical
of the Soyiet geiireinment's handling
of 'questions affecting its Jews."
The cable ,"Rotecl,.that the - Soviet
Union, thrviliOik:Affirrnative vote
in the UniteCI•Tations: of the Uni-
"-versal Declaration of Human
Riihts, is on -record . as having
agreed-to. the - fundamental rights
of Jews _to` emigrate."
Rabbi Miller deplored recent
Soviet government policy which
, he termed "most harMful, not
only to Soviet Jewry, but also
against Zionism, Judaism and the
Jewish people." He also stated
that the policy "has fostered anti-
Semitism both within and outside
the Soviet Union." Rabbi Miller's
appeal was based on the hope that
the attendance at the Congress of
80 Communist Parties throughout
the world represented by fraternal
observers and participants would
have the effect of influencing Sov-
iet officials that a review of its
Jewish policy would be beneficial.
In a major address to the
board, Torczyner expressed sup-
port for President Nixon's warn-
ing against neo-isolations and he
identified Senator J. William Ful-
bright, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, as
the "leading spokesman for neo-
isolationism."
Warning against appeasers in
the government, Torczyner said:
"It is very strange that men who
disagree with the administration
on our foreign policy suddenly
support the Secretary of State on
his Israel policy. While we are
taking a strong position against
the Soviet Union elsewhere, the
appeasers are now concentrating
on weakening Israel and the Wes-
tern position in the Middle East.
We support President Nixon in his
warning against American neo-iso-
lationism of which Senator Ful-
bright is the leading spokesman."
Torczyner was referring to Rog-
ers' statement to the Senate last
Thursday when he told the 67 Sen-
ators present at the closed hearing
that the U.S. was not pressuring
Israel into withdrawing from terri-
tories but only requesting that Is-
rael accept the principle of with-
drawal. Rogers' appearance before
the Senate followed an attack two
days earlier by a number of Sen-
ators of his plan calling for Is-
rael's withdrawal to its pre-1967
borders. Rogers' plan was defend-
ed by Fulbright.
During the meeting it was an-
nounced that eight prominent Am-
erican Jews have responded "to the
1,000,000 member roll call of the
American Zionist Federation by
joining as members-at-large." The
eight are: Dr. Abraham J. Hes-
chel, theologan; Isaac Beshevis
Singer, author; Arthur J. Goldberg,
former Supreme Court Justice and
U.S. ambassador to the UN; Rich-
ard Tucker, opera star; Elie Wies-
el, writer; Dr. Hahn Ginott, child
psychologist; Herman Wouk, auth-
or; and Chaim Gross, sculptor.
Rabbi Miller said the eight had
joined because they, like others
who are joining the AZF member-
ship- "roll- call," recognize that
"anti-Zionism is fast becoming a
code -word for anti-Semitism and
anti-Israelism." He added that "it
is most encouraging that many
American Jews in this time of
peril for ,Israel, recognizing the
need for Jewish solidarity, have
made the decision to stand up and
counted for all positive values
in Jewish life."
- A major resolution adopted by
the national AZF board strong-
ly endorsed the program of the
Jewish National Fund and its
role as administrator of land
acquired as the inalienable prop-
erty of the entire Jewish people.
Reports on activities of newly
formed community Zionist Feder-
ations, including the Detroit Zion-
ist Federation were submitted by
board members from Chicago, De-
troit, Philadelphia, Rochester and
Cleveland. The Detroit report was
given by Philip Slomovitz. Presid-
ing at that session was Mrs. Max
Matzkin, co-chairman of the AZF
national board.
Speakers at the sessions included
Alfred L. Atherton, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern Affairs, and Zvi
Brosh, minister of information of
the Israel embassy.
Reports on various other AZF
activities were submitted by the
federation's directors Harry Stein-
berg and Daniel Mann, and rep-
representatives of national Zionist
organizations.
A resolution adopted at the con-
cluding session of the AZF meeting
declared that a Middle East peace
"guaranteed" by a Big Four-spon-
sored security force "will guaran-
tee further trouble, not the peace
to which we aspire," that "there
must be a formal recognition of
Israel and its right to survive."
It praised the Nixon administra-
tion's promise to maintain "Israel's
military equality with Egypt" and
noted that President Nixon has
"recognized the fact that peace can
be achieved in the Middle East
only by direct negotiations ...
without any preconceived defini-
tions of withdrawal."
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