8—Friday, August 24, 1973
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
UN Chief to Meet Jarring
Before Waldheim Trip to M.E.
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)
The United Nations an-
nounced Tuesday that Secre-
tary General Kurt Waldheim
will fly to Geneva Sunday to
confer with Ambassador
Gunnar V. Jarring, his
special representative to the
Middle East, before embark-
ing on a five-nation tour of
the area next Tuesday.
According to the UN an-
nouncement, Waldheim will
ring's mission" and "Jar-
ring's feelings about the
trip."
The Jarring mission — an
effort to bring the parties to
the Middle East conflict into
negotiations for peace — was
mandated by the Security
Council's Resolution 242 of
Nov. 22, 1967, and began in
1968. For two years there-
after, the Swedish diplomat,
acting as special representa-
tive of the secretary-general,
shuttled between Israel,
Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon
in an attempt to accomplish
the UN objective but with no
visible results. The Jarring
mission, however, was never
officially terminated.
Observers here noted that
Dr. Waleieim will be con-
ferring with the leaders of
Syria, a country that never
recognized the Jarring mis-
sion and was not visited by
Ambassador . Jarring. The
UN spokesman said the sec-
retary general's visits to
Middle Eastern countries
would be by both private and
commercial airliners.
After visiting the Middle
East, Waldheim plans to at-
tend a conference of non-
KURT WALDHEIM
aligned states in Algiers dur-
ing the first week in Sep-
meet with Syrian officials in
tember.
Damascus on Aug. 27-28,
with Lebanese officials in
Beirut Aug. 28-29 and with 17th Century Carpet
Israel officials in Jerusalem From Greece Given
Aug. 30-31. He will visit
Egypt Sept. 1-2 and Jordan to Israel Museum
JERUSALEM — A 300-
Sept. 3-4, the UN spokesman
year old carpet from a syna-
said.
gogue in Chalkis, Greece,
Waldheim's original invita-
was given to the Israel Mu-
tion to visit the Middle East seum and is displayed as a
to attempt to break the cur- special exhibit.
rent impasse came from
The carpet originally was
Cairo and was followed by donated to a synagogue called
invitations from the four "Hekedesh of Don Yoseph
other nations.
Nasi to the Holy Community
of Nefre Ponte". Don Yoseph
Nasi, after whom the syna-
gogue is named, was the
famous financier and states-
man. made Duke of Naxos by
Sultan Selim II, and he re-
newed the Jewish settlement
in Tiberias in the 16th Cen-
tury.
In the carpet are inscrip-
tions and ornamentations in
a style similar to 17th Cen-
tury Turkish prayer carpets.
The inscription tells that the
carpet was donated in me-
mory of Kosta (father of
Moshe, who wove the carpet).
GUNNAR JARRING
The carpet is a gift of Rob-
The UN spokesman said ert Franses and Sons, Lon-
the secretary-general would don, through the Friends of
discuss with Jarring "the the Art Museum of Israel in
latest development of Jar- Great Britain.
Good '74 Start for UJA Reported
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migrants of earlier aliyot
who have not been able to
break the poverty barrier.
"I am delighted that the
leaders of the American
Jewish community ha v e
once more reaffirmed their
unwavering support of the
humanitarian programs in
Israel which depend so
heavily on the partnership
of the Jews of the United
States," said Ambassador
Dinitz.
Ambassador Dinitz report-
ed on the status of immigra-
tion to Israel and reviewed
the social and economic sit-
uation in his country.
"Even though we have just
concluded another record-
breaking campaign, the im-
portance of the tasks we have
committed ourselves to is so
great, that we cannot relax.
Jewish families need our
help, and we must face the
fact that the humanitarian
programs we support must
be funded in 1974," Zucker-
man declared.
"Every day new arrivals
enter Israel. They have
shown unbelievable courage
and determination in getting
out of the Soviet Union.
They are seeking a life for
themselves and their fami-
lies as Jews, and in freedom.
. And they depend on us to
make this possible," the UJA
general chairman said.
Zuckerman stated that the
1974 campaign must raise
far more than the record
1973 total to meet human
needs in Israel and the min-
imal budget of 25 other
countries, and in Jewish
communities throughout the
U.S.
Demolition of Kishinev Cemetery Assailed
LONDON (JTA) — Jewish
sources in the Soviet Union
report that a systematic
demolition of tombstones at
the Jewish cemetery in Kish-
inev has been taking place
during the last few months.
The tombstones are being
removed by municipal work-
ers who are clearing the area
for building sites.
Among the tombstones de-
molished were some .of the
victims of the Kishinev po-
grom in 1903 and also of
martyrs of the Holocaust.
The Jewish cemetery is
badly neglected. Tombstones
still standing are defaced by
anti-Semitic slogans.
A group of Kishinev Jews
has written to the mayor, de-
manding that the desecration
of the Jewish cemetery cease,
and asking to clean the place
up. Twenty-one signatures
were appended to this letter,
most of them those of Jewish
activists but also a few be-
longing to hitherto inarticu-
late local Jews.
At the beginning of last
January, the local authorities
;n Tashkent began the demo-
lition of the synagogue. Pro-
tests by local Jews caused a
break in the demolition work.
But last week, the municipal
workers returned and began
to dismantle the walls. It was
stated officially that the site
was wanted for a housing
estate.
The local Jews collected
money to buy a house and
convert it into a house of
prayer, but so far no vendor
has agreed to sell them a
house for this purpose.
The Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of
America reported a protest
to Soviet officials over the
"elimination of the Jewish
identity of the Jewish ceme-
tery in Malakahovka" which
is about 15 miles from Mos-
cow.
Harold Jacobs, president,
sent telegrams of protest to
Soviet ambassadors Anatoly
Dobrynin in Washington and
Yakov Malik in the United
Nations.
Soviet Emigration
Down 7 Pct. From '72
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Soviet Jewish emigration for
the first seven months of this
year is about 7 per cent less
than in the corresponding
period in 1972, the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency learned
from an American source.
Through July of this year the
emigration totaled 16,469,
compared with 17,659 last
year.
Most of the drop took place
during June when Soviet
Communist Party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev was visit-
ing the United States. The
June total was 1,922, almost
1,000 less than in June 1972
when it totaled 3,070.
The last available figure
was for the week ending
Aug. 4, in which 471 emi-
grants were recorded. This
would indicate the emigra-
tion rate is about the same as
for July when 2,146 were
listed. In July 1972 the total
was almost the same, 2,163.
Russian Jews in Vienna
Protest Against USSR's
Refusal to Grant Re-Entry
VIENNA (JTA)—A group
of Soviet Jews who want to
return to the USSR from
Israel protested against the
Soviet Union's refusal to
give them re-entry visas, a
Vienna police spokesman
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. The group staged a
sit-in in a Vienna suburb.
Earlier, Vienna police
barred a protest march to
the Soviet embassy and the
Soviet memorial in downtown
Vienna.
There are more than 100
Soviet Jews residing in
Vienna slum dwellings want-
ing to return to the Soviet
Union. Some of them have
been waiting up to two years
for re-entry visas. Only 35
Soviet Jews were so far
given re-entry visas.
* *
Soviet Jew Explains
Why Many Fail to
Reapply for Visas
A Soviet Jew, speaking on
the phone to a caller for the
Detroit Action Committee for
Soviet Jewry asked that she
discount reports of Soviet
Jews losing interest in ap-
plying for emigration visas
to Israel.
The Soviet Jew said that
he and many others do not
renew their applications be-
cause their position has be-
come well known since first
applying at the ovir office.
"And another reason," he
said, "is that nothing changes
in our positions, so why
should we do this (reapply)?
It is a very difficult and
complex procedure, to apply
again. You must prepare so
many documents, and for us
it is very difficult. We don't
want and we won't do it."
He said he knew of only two
to three visas per month
granted to Soviet Jews seek-
ing to emigrate.
He told his caller that he
has received no letters from
sympathizers in the U.S.,
despite the fact that the De-
troiter knew of many let-
ters being sent to him and
his family.
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