THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, Feb. 16, 1973-9

Israel Accused of ‘Judaizing' Old City,

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The the cultural patterns of its
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Congressional Action on USSR Jews Marred by Dissent

(Continued from Page 1)
after a week's stay in the
Soviet Union, Saxbe declared:
"If we set up a lot of artifi-
cial barriers" to Soviet-
American trade "someone
else could come along and
say, well, okay, you have let

habilitation of the Jewish
quarter destroyed under the
Jordanian regime.
The statement protested
the recent evacuation of
Arabs living on the border
between the Jewish and
Moslem quarters. The eva-
cuees received compensation
and alternative housing. A
spokesman for the Israeli
company said the evacuation
affected only the area where
the company had legal
powers to act. •
The Moslem Council also
protested the Israeli decision
to open a Moslem court un-
der Israeli jurisdiction in
East Jerusalem. It will be
run by Israeli Moslem judges
and will parallel the religious
courts set up under the for-
mer Jordanian regime. The

sell any wheat unless you let
the Baptists go. There are a
lot of Baptists over there
(in the Soviet Union) that
want out."
The legislation Saxbe re-
ferred to as "ridiculous" is
that proposed by Henry M.
Jackson, Wilbur Mills and
Charles A. Vanik which calls
on the U.S. government to
withhold credits and most
favored nation status as long
as the Soviet government
continues its restrictive emi-
gration practices against
Jews and other citizens seek-
ing to emigrate.
Last October Saxbe was one
of the sponsors of the Jack-

Israeli judicial system.

sented by Rep. Wilbur Mills

the Jews go so now we won't

move was taken after the son amendment to the East-
failure to integrate the for- West Trade Act.
mer Moslem courts into the
The legislation was pre-

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(D., Ark.) on behalf of him- so is opposed by most of the years in Soviet labor camps,

self and Rep. Vanik (D., 0.) j Republican leadership in the was arrested Friday after-
who first proposed it in the House, noted that the Soviet noon in front of the Soviet
House last autumn. and 257 Union published the educe- embassy in Washington in an
other Congr, ssmen represent- tion tax decree after Nixon apparent test of city regula-
ing 46 of the states and more had expressed his "quiet di- tions which bar public
than half of the 435 members plomacy" line of action. ;.!We speeches or sermons, without
of the House. j have noted the publication of a police permit. The 49-year
Before going on the House the decree," Bray desponded. old Israeli was talking to
floor, Mills clearly expressed "I simply must repeat on our newsmen when he was ar-
determination to newsmen behalf that this matter can rested. He was freed on $10
that the legislation will be most efficaciously be pur- bond for appearance in court
adopted if the Soviet policy sued through diplomatic on Feb. 20. Shifrin testified
last week before the Senate
remains unchanged. "I'm channels."
subcommittee on internal se-
committed to this • " he said. Dancer Panov and Wife
curity
at which he said that
"There will be no trade bill Are Denied Exist Visas
without this measure on it."
NEW YORK (JTA)—Soviet the camps remained un-
Shortly after the presenta- authorities have once again changed 'and that they con-
tion, the State Department denied exit visas to Valery tained som e 5,000.000 pris-
declared opposition to it. Panov and his wife. Galina, oners.
Spokesman Charles Bray, in both members of the Lenin- Vilna Jews Protest
response to newsmen's ques- grad's Kirov Ballet company, Interception of Mail
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
tions, said the Department the National Conference on
Twenty-six Jews from Vilna
regarded "quiet diplomacy" Soviet Jewry reported.
have
protested to the Interna-
They
were
rejected
be-
as the best means of achiev-
ing emigration results from cause Galina's mother re- tional Postal Union that So-
the Soviet Union. "Quiet di- fused to give permission for viet authorities were inter-
plomacy" was the phrase her daughter, 23, to leave the cepting mail, addressed to
used by President Nixon last country. Soviet law requires them from Israel. They de-
autumn when he discussed parental permission to leave manded an investigation of
Soviet emigration policies even when the applicant is no this alleged violation of inter-'
national postal agreements.
with Jewish leaders in New longer a minor.
Israel Transport and Com-
Some 15 members of the
York.
Jewish D e f e n s e League munications Minister Shimon
The trade agreement. an-
staged a demonstration Feb. Peres received a copy of
nounced by the White House
11 atop the balcony of hte the letter. Another copy
last September. includes set-
Park East Synagogue direct- j was sent to the Lithuanian
tlement of the Soviet Union's
ly
opposite the Soviet mission ! minister of posts. The signers
lend-lease debt and also
to the United Nations, pro- said that each one of them
would grant it most favored
testing the oppression of So- had definite proof that mail
nation treatment. Both fac-
viet Jews. Rabbi Arthur from Israel was interceptel
tors are subject to approval
Schneier of the Park Fast and offered to turn over their
by the Congress. The signifi-
Synagogue said he deplored evidence to any committee
canoe of Mills as the leader "the invasion and takeover the
ll'U might set up to in-
for the legislation in the
of our synagogue" and con- vestigate the charges.
House is that the powerful
demned
Thousands of parcels, in-
the irresponsible
Ways and Means Committee
tactics of the self-appointed cluding matzot and clothing.
he heads handles all trade
defenders of Soviet Jewry" destined for Soviet Jews.
legislation. Fifteen of the
which he said are geared "to were accumulating in the Tel
Committee's 25 members .
project the Jewish Defense Aviv post office. Unless they
have sponsored the legisla-
League and not the problems are sent within a few days
tion.
of our brethren in the Soviet to their destination they may
The trade agreement itself
not reach the Soviet Union
Union."
has not yet been sent to the
Avraham Shifrin. an Israeli in time for Passover which
Congress for ratification.
who claims to have spent 14 begins April 17.
Bray said he did not know
when it would be offered.
Senator Henry M. Jackson
(D., Wash.), who proposed
legislation last October, iden-
tical to that presented by
Mills and Vanik, said that WASHINGTON (JTA1—To nually on education—making
he will hold in abeyance re- help close the educational it second after defense in the
introduction of his measure gap between Israeli youths country's budget — the gov-
until after he sees the agree- of Western and Afro-Asian ernment is currently able to
ment submitted by the ad- backgrounds, the Zionist Or- subsidize free schooling only
ministration. ganization of America has through the ninth grade,
Jackson emphasized that announced the establishment Weisman said. As a result.
"There are thousands of gen- of a technical high school at he said, Israeli parents who
tiles, too, in the:Soviet Union its educational center near want their children to go on
to high school must pay for
who want to get out—espe- Ashkelon.
cially from the Baltic states
Herman L. Weisman, ZOA their ecracation.
and the Ukraine." He added, president, said the school is
"Jewish youths from him --
"If the Soviet Union cannot the first venture in a $10,000.- "lies of Middle Eastern and
understand the signal implied 000 program to provide a North African backgrounds
in this legislation, there is no secondary education for up are most disadvantaged by
hope for future Soviet-Ameri- to 1,000 teen-agers annually, this expense," he said. "Only
can negotiations."
primarily those whose par- 38 per cent of these children
The makeup of the Heine ents come from Middle East- attend high school In Israel,
spoesorship Includes the IS ern or North African coun- compared to nearly
two-
members of the sil-Demo- tries.
thirds of those whose par-
cratie Black Csegressional
He outlined details of the ents are sabres or of Ameri-
Caucus Including Rep. Char. program in • report to the can or European origin.
hes Diggs of Michigan, who national executive commit-
Welant•n said the new fa-
had eoeposwored the Venda tee, the ZOA's highest policy cility, Kfar Silver Technical
measure last antenna.
body, which held Its annual Bitch School, began operation
Newsmen questioning Bray midwinter meeting here.
last fall to commemorate the
Although Israel spends start of the ZOA's 75th anni•
on the State Department's
position on the bill, which al- more than 111,200,000,000 an- versary year.

New ZOA Hiatt School to Aid
Poor Youth From N. Africa, M. E.

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He said that the ZOA plans
to add at least two additional
schools on the 520-acre cam-
pus which would offer in •
struction in laboratory sci-
ences and constructIon
try skills. The pro;•ram will -
provide scholars:-.‘, for Is
raid' students
A gift of $187.500, contrib-
uted by Sylvia and Alexan-
der Hassan of Washington,
D.C., will b. iitiiiied to erect
the first g of the tech-
nical high sehooi. The Israel
Ministry of Education will
match the Hassans' gift with
a 8187,500 grant toward. con-
struction of the building.

