New Repression Is Feared Against Soviet Jews intimidation of Soviet Jews," he continued. "In the begin- ning we saw the imprison- ment, of up to 15 days, on minor charges, and the iso- lating of Jews by disconnect- ing phones. More ominous is a series of trials just an- nounced, in different parts of the Soviet Union, aimed at intimidating Jewish activists and discouraging applicants for emigration." In what he termed a re- turn to the mood prevailing before the Nixon-Brezhnev summit meeting in June, Maass noted that the new trails are "an affront to ef- forts for detente." Especial- ly significant rae the two tri- However, the Soviet-sup- als of Soviet Jews on trump- ported war against Israel ed-up charges, he stated. "marked a new stage in the One of them has been sen- tenced to five years in a THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS forced labor camp. Petya 12—Friday, Nov. 23, 1973 Pinchasov of Derbent, on the Caspian Sea, was tried Nov. 13. A NCSJ spokesman said there was no information im- mediately available as to the charges on which he was sen- tenced. It had been reported ear- lier that Pinchasov, a car- penter, was arrested on cahrges of having done some free-lance carpentry work several years ago, and act considered illegal in the USSR. He was arrested after he and his wife and six,children received their visas and were preparing to leave for Israel. Irving Lober His family arrived recently Suite 202 in Israel. NEW YORK (JTA) The National Conference on Sov- iet Jewry reports that Soviet authorities apparently used the war in the Middle East as a cover for the escalation of harassment of Jewish ac- tivists. Richard Maass, chairman of the NCJS, stated that "pet- ty harassment during the past month had become the norm for many Soviet Jews. The beginning of new repression is seen by Soviet Jews as starting with the Arab ter- orist attack on Soviet Jew- ish emigrants aboard a Vien- na-bound train in Czechoslo- vakia." AIM HIGH 18444 W. Ten Mile Phone 355-5535 already have threatened to put him in the Pavlov phy- chiatric hospital near Keiv. Thus far, no attorney has agreed to defend Feldman. His friends are desperately seeking one. In another development re- ported by the NCSJ, 13 Mos- cow Jews warned that they would protest by "all legal means" if they do not receive an answer to their visa appli- cations by Dec. 1. Maass also cited the case of Saul Raslin, a 28-year-old Kiev activist, who was put under surveillance by the KGB on Nov. 6 and who dis- appeared that day and has not been heard from. Leonid Zabellshensky, 32, of Sverdlovsk is now being investigated on criminal charges of alleged "parasit- ism" having been unem- ployed for several months. He was an electrical engi- neer who taught at the Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sver- dlosk. Aleksandr Levinson of the Moldavian SSR, is under in- vestigation for "parasitism." He applied for emigration in 1972 and renounced his citi- zenship last August. A trial is immenent, the NCSJ said. The Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry warned that an upcoming "conspiracy" trial forming against Moscow Jews is "a deadly probe by the Kremlin to see if it can pro- ceed to decimate the Soviet Jewish resistance movement while Western attention is focused on the problems of the Mideast. "The Soviet noose is slow- ly being drawn around wom- en activists Dina Beilina, an engineer, and Tamara Gal- perina, a translator. Other activists such as Boris Or- ley, David Azbel and Mark Nashpitz might soon also be in danger." An SSSJ spokesman ex- plained that on Oct. 1, So- viet secret police raided the apartment of a Moscow Jews, A. I. Galich, confiscating Soviet Jewish activists in four Soviet cities went on a hunger strike Monday to pro- Protection of family is test the trial of Alexsander Feldman in Kiev. Feldman, life's highest ideal, the who had applied months ago mainspring of a loving for a visa to Israel, is charg- populace. It is also the ed with "malicious holligan- ism." His trial was set for Gleaners' prime purpose. Monday. The NCSJ said the Think about that. 24 hunger strikers in Mos- cow, Leningrad, Novosibirsk and Tblisi issued a statement charging that Feldman was brought to trial only because of his desire to live in Israel. On Oct. 18, authorities LIFE INSURANCE searched his apartment and Cool Welcome to U.S. SOCIETY 1600 N. Woodward Ave. he was subsequently taken Ends Happily for 5 into custody and charged Birmingham, Mich. 48012 NEW YORK — Cali C, a with assaulting an as-yet- unidentified woman. Officials graduate in neurology, ar- rived here from Romania with his wife. two children and mother-in-law — only to have his suitcases stolen while the family was being reunited with relatives. The day after their arrival, when the newcomers check- ed in with the New York Association for New Ameri- cans, they had to explain that their clothing was stolen. they would need more finan- cial assistance than they had anticipated. But the migrant absorp- tion agency, which assists Jewish newcomers to the New York City area with United Jewish Appeal funds, took the crisis in stride. In MARK S. STERN addition to the standard financial assistance given to • MARK IV • CONTINENTAL Most newcomers for living World's Largest expenses, NYANA provided • MERCURY • MONTEGO Mark IV-Continental the C. family with a special • COUGAR • COMET DEALER grant for clothing. • PANTERA • CAPRI Next, NYANA set up ap- pointments with Mr. and STAN WILK'S Mrs. C. to determine whether they needed help in finding jobs. But both he and she, who has a degree in bio- E 5R 0 C WU1R 2 Y mi. Rd. chemistry, found employment in New York City hospitals. Shortly thereafter, they al- AT ready had begun to plan re- payment of the funds ad- Telegraph vanced by NYANA. SEE MARK FOR YOUR NEW MARK 2 4 3 STARM 354-4900 LINCOLN manuscripts about his 13 years in Russian labor camps. Galich's daughter - in - law, Alla Miasoyedova, who was staying in the apartment since her husband was per- mitted to leave for Israel, has been repeatedly interro- gated for hours on end by the KGB to "confess" that Dina Beilina, Tamara Gal- perina and the others had conspired to send these docu- ments abroad. Alla has sent out an ap- peal: "Now I am told that if I remain silent they will question my sick, aged par- ents—my father, 79, and my mother, 72. My father is now hospitalized from a fourth heart attack. Every minute I expect I'll be taken away for questioning again. I am afraid that under these circumstances I will not be able to state the truth for long and will be forced to agree to any version pre- sented to me." The SSSJ spokesman de- clared that an ominous sign is the disconnection of almost all phone service between Moscow activist Jews and their friends in other regions across the USSR. Charles S. Zimmerman revealed in New York that the USRR was sending Aaron Vergelis, editor of "Soviet Homeland," to the U.S. "in an attempt to placate the American Jewish community with regard to Soviet policies against Jews." Zimmerman told a Jewish Labor Committee 40th anni- versary luncheon audience that "our information is that the Soviets believe that by sending him they will be able to explain away Soviet re- pression of Jews and Soviet incursions into the Middle East." Americans for Democratic Action Backs Jackson-Mills At its recent national board meeting in Washington, the Americans for Democratic Action reaffirmed its support of the Jackson-Mills/Vanik Amendment and urged that it be enacted by Congress. 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