Kissinger Is 'Pursuing Matter' of Sovet
Jewry, He Tells Fisher and Rabbi Miller

Bulgarian-Jewish Economist
Tried on Alleged Second Offense
as Death Rule Appeal Pending

WASHINGTON (JTA) — the senators that Soviet lead- queline Levine, president of planned to file a protest with
Secretary of State Henry A. ers had informed President the Metropolitan New Jersey the U.S. Embassy.
Dr. Louis Rosenblum told
Kissinger told American Jew- Nixon during the Moscow Conference on Soviet Jewry,
ish leaders Tuesday that he summit meeting they were and Meyer Fine, the Confer- the Jewish Telegraphic
understood their concern for willing to work out an agree- ence program coordinator, Agency by telephone fro m
Soviet Jews who seek to emi- ment which would not em- presented the Hurok official Cleveland that his daughter
with a letter of appeal on be- Miriam and Benjamin, both
grate to Israel and that he barrass them.
was actively persuing the
Jackson said, "The Rus- half of the 17 Soviet Jewish students at the University of
matter.
sians want to do something artists who have been con- Cincinnati, were trying to
Kissinger met with Rabbi but their biggest problem is sistently refused exit visas. find out the needs of Soviet
The meeting was held at Jews who are studying He-
Israel Miller, chairman of the `face.' We have to find a way
the
Garden State Arts Center brew at ulpanim throughout
Conference of President of to improve emigration with-
Soviet Union.
Major American Jewish Or- out the Russians losing face." in Holmdel, at the opening the After
their release, they
night of the Moiseyev dance
ganizations; Max F i s he r,
He added that the basic troupe's appearance in New were allowed to rejoin their
chairman of the Board of issue was not the number of
tour group which left the
Governors of the Jewish Jews the Soviet Union is will- Jersey.
The letter, addressed to Soviet Union for London. Both
Agency; and Stanley H. Low- ing to allow to leave. He Igor Moiseyev, director of were on their way to Israel
ell, chairman of the National declared that "the heart of the dance company, urged to work in kibutzim.
Conference of Soviet Jewry. our problem is harassment him to intercede on behalf of
Security police produced
The meeting in Kissinger's and to work out an agreement his fellow artists—musicians, an alleged statement from
inner office was held prior on this issue, not just num- poets, movie cameramen, another guest claiming that
to a meeting with 17 Ameri- bers."
painters and sculptors — who several documents, a camera
can Jewish leaders in which
He said he believed "we have consistently applied for and a ring had disappeared
the over-all situation in the can resolve the numbers is- and been denied permission during the party for Zolo
Middle East, continued sue satisfactorily" but the to emigrate to Israel.
Torevsky. The students re-
American economic and mil- "harassment is another mat-
fused to answer any questions
* * *
itary support to Israel, the ter."
and were freed after being
concern over over the fate of
Meanwhile, a proposal by Russians Give Exit
searched, ,the sources said.
Syrian Jewry and other mat- Rep. Edward I. Koch (D. Visa to Pharmacist,
Dr. Rosenblum said the two
ters of what was described N.Y.) to forbid the Export- Seize Activist
students were charged with
as mutual interest were dis- Import Bank from granting
stealing several items from
NEW YORK (JTA)—Paul- the
home, but the r e was
the Soviet Union any loans
cussed.
ina
Epelman,
a
Jewish
phar-
Rabbi Miller and Fisher or credit until the trade bill
nothing in the apartment
characterized the meeting as- is adopted was approved by a macist in the Soviet Union since everything had already
comprehensive, candid, con- 9-3 vote in the international who has been seeking permis- been shipped to Israel. Dr.
structive and friendly. Leon- trade subcommittee of the sion to emigrate since April - Rosenblum said the students
ard Garment, council to pres- House Banking and Currency 1972, was recently granted had been "roughed up some."
that permission, according to
ident Nixon, attended both Committee.
Dr. Rosenblum, a former
The trade bill has been information provided to the president of the Union of
meetings.
Student
Struggle
for
Soviet
At the meeting on Soviet blocked in the House and Jewry by the Union of Coun- Councils for Soviet Jewry,
said the arrest was part of
Jewry, the three Jewish the Senate because of the cils for Soviet Jews.
the Soviet policy to try to
leaders said that the Ameri- Jackson/Mills-Vanik amend-
Mrs.
Epelman's
husband,
discourage tourists from
can Jewish community wants ments.
However, the Export-Im- Michael, a professor of math- meeting with Soviet Jews.
to see an end to the continued
ematics at the University of
harassment of Jews who want port Bank has been making the Negev, left in 1972. She The two students are now
going to Israel to work on
loans
to
the
USSR.
A
pro-
to emigr ate.
will leave the USSR soon
They said the 40 per cent posal to grant a loan to with her 11-year-old daugh- kibutzim.
drop in emigrants in recent build a gas pipeline in the ter, Julia.
months must be reversed and USSR was recently blocked
The 33-year-old woman
free emigration must be by Congress.
and
her daughter have been
In the Senate, Jackson and
available to those Jews who
subjected to repeated harass-
Acllai
Stevenson
III
(D.
Ill.)
wish to leave the USSR. They
ment by Soviet authorities,
also said that the "Prisoners have also introduced an said the SSSJ, and her daugh: By DANIEL PESSELNICK
of Conscience," those in amendment seeking to pre- ter, even developed severe
The aroma from souvlakia
prison only for the "crime of vent loans from the Export- nervous symptoms from the (shish kebab), subergines
Import
Bank
to
the
Soviet
wishing to leave," must be
pressures of that harassment. (eggplant), mint soup, onion
Union.
released.
Meanwhile, t h e Greater and olive salad, baklava
While repeating their sup- Rules Issued to Discourage
New York Conference on (pastry) and other exotic
port for detente and improv- U.S. Firms From Selling Law Soviet Jewry received a des- foods filled the air during the
ed trade relations, the three Enforcement Devices to USSR perate appeal from Esther annual Greater Detroit Se-
spokesme n emphasized that
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Tartakovsky, asking that ef- phardic Community picnic
detente was a two-way street The Nixon administration forts be coordinated on be- held last Sunday at Stoney
and that continued Soviet re- has issued rules to discour- half of her son, Yuli, a key Creek State Park.
Nearly 200 people (many
pression of Jews must not age American firms from activist of Kiev who was
be permitted to continue.
selling sophisticated law en- forcibly taken from his home non-Sephardic) attended the
The Soviet authorities must forcement devices at a Mos- on July 9 by KGB officials gathering—dancing and sing-
recognize that American Jew- cow trade fair in August and has not been heard from ing to traditional songs, play-
ing games and catching up
ry, indeed all of America, is which critics said could be since.
Mrs. Tartakovsky does not on the latest news. The pic-
firm in its commitment to used by Soviet secret police
ease. the plight of Russian against Jewish and other dis- know the whereabouts of Yuli nic resembled a large fam-
and fears that he has been ily reunion as many proud
Jews, they stressed.
sidents.
Kissinger briefed the three
The effect of the new rules, arrested and a case being mothers showed off their
new-born.
Jewish leaders on his talks sources here said, was to prepared against him.
* * *
with Soviet officials and Sens. make it highly unlikely that
Conversations could be
Henry Jackson (D. Wash.), any American firm would ex-
heard in Arabic, Persian,
Soviets
Detain
2
Abraham Ribicoff (D. Conn.) hibit or try to sell its pro-
Spanish, G r e e k, Cuban,
and Jacob Javits (R. N.Y.) ducts to Soviet authorities:
French and Hebrew. First-,
U.'S. Students on
secand- and third-generation
on this issue.
Commerce Secretary Fred-
Charge
of
Theft
Sephardic Jews from many
Progress toward working erick Dent said specific lic-
LONDON—Two University Middle Eastern countries
out a formula to speed Jew- ences would be required for
ish emigration linked to con- the sale to Russia and other of Cincinnati students have were represented at the out-
gressional passage of the Communist nations of "any been released by Soviet sec- ing.
Nixon administration's Trade instrument s and equipment ret police who searched them
The traditional e Vent
Reform Act was reported by particularly useful in crime after they attended a party brings the Sephardic com-
in Kiev given by a Jewish munity closer together and
Kissinger and Jackson after control and detection."
their breakfast meeting at the
Dent said the decision had film director about to emi- introduces others to its cul-
State Department.
ture. The Detroit Sephardic
the approval of Secretary of grate to Israel.
The students, Sheldon Ben- Community has more than
Jackson is the author of State Kissinger.
jamin, 18, of Canton, 0., and 100 families, holding relig-
an amendment, which has Appeal on Behalf
wide-spread support in the of 17 Soviet Jews Presented Miriam Rosenblum, 20, of ious, social and cultural
Cleveland, reportedly were gatherings.
Senate, to the trade measure to Hurok Official
Those attending the pic-
which would ban most-favor-
EAST ORANGE, N.J. told they were suspected of
ed-nations status to the Soviet (JTA)—At an unprecedented stealing valuable items from nic in cluded Sephardic
citizens to emigrate without meeting with George Perper, guests at the party. Sources community leaders David
harassment.
executive vice president of said the two were not allow- Chicorel, president; Rabbi
Kissinger reportedly told Hurok Concerts, Inc., Jac- ed to contact the American Samuel Betsalel, vice presi-
Embassy in Moscow.
dent; and Marcel Behar,
In London Thursday, they scholarship chairman.
12 Friday, July 26, 1974
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

LONDON (JTA) — Dr.
Heinrich Spetter, the 55-year-
old Bulgarian-Jewish econo-
mist who was sentenced to
death on May 31, was dis-
closed Wednesday to have
been charged and tried in So-
fia on July 17 for an alleged
second offense while his ap-
peal from the death sentence
is pending.
The appeal against the
death sentence, for alleged
espionage, will be heard in
Sofia on Aug. 5. Information
about the second trial has
not yet reached the West.
Efforts to save the Jewish
economist, which began as
soon as the first sentence was
imposed, are continuing. Ob-
servers here said the spying
charge appears to be com-
pletely without foundation and
that the circumstances of his
arrest and first trial indicate
a monstrous miscarriage of
justice.
As a representative of Bul-
garia on the United Nations
Industrial Development Or-
ganization (UNIDO), he serv-
ed for two years in New
York and for five years in
Vienna, to which UNIDO
transferred his office.
During his Vienna tour of
duty, he visited Israel for
the first time in 1972. It was
reported that the spy charges
were developed from that
visit.
Before his return to Bul-
garia at the end of 1972, he
received a $5,000 prize from

War Dead to Get

Separate Funerals

TEL AVIV (JTA) — In
complying with requests of
bereaved families and the
Bereaved Parents Associa-
tion, the army has decided
to hold separate funerals for
each of the 3,000 Israelis who
died in the Yom Kippur War
now buried in temporary
cemeteries.
There will be seven
funerals a day — with four
funerals on Friday — at each
of the large central military
cemeteries. The funerals will
start Aug. 6 and are expect-
ed to be concluded toward
the beginning of October.
The army chaplainship has
made arrangements for
carrying out the reburial
services throughout the coun-
try.

There are letters showing

Sephardic Picnic Blends Cultures
of Mideast in 'Family Reunion'

—

he planned to use the award
money to buy an apartment
in Sofia, but he was neverthe-
less charged with a currency
offense, for which he was
tried July 17.
Amnesty International's Sec-
retary General Martin En-
nals, has appealed to Todo
Zhivkov, the Bulgarian head
of state, to spare Dr. Spetter
but no reply has been re-
ceived. Dr. Spetter asserted
his innocense throughout. He
said "I am innocent' to a
visitor who recently spoke
to him in his jail cell.

The designation Sephardic
was taken from the refer-
ence to "sepharad," made
bay the prophet Obadiah.
Sepharad referred to the
Jews inhabiting the Iberian
Peninsula, and thus Jews re-
siding in Spain and Portugal
became known as Sephardic.
In 1942 the Jews were ex-
pelled from Spain and re-
grouped themselves into oth-
er Middle Eastern countries.

Youth Exchange Set

BONN (JTA)—The Bonn
youth office is planning a
youth exchange trip to Tel
Aviv in October to study
youth and social work in Is-
rael.

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