' Fir ft THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 20 Friday, May 16, 197S Israel-Romania Ties Seem Firm, But U.S. Jews Knock Trade Pact JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign Minister Yigal Al- lon will visit Romania shortly — possibly before the end of this month — to return the visit to Israel last September by the Roman- ian Foreign Minister George Macovescu. An official announcement of the visit is expected here and in Bucharest shortly. Allon received the Ruman- ian Ambassador, Ion Covaci, at his office last week and they are understood to have finalized details of the trip. Romania is the only Com- munist bloc country to maintain normal diplomatic relations with Israel al- though they diverge sharply on most aspects of the Mid- dle East conflict. The two countries also maintain trade relations and have PASSPORT PHOTOS all nations, all types of identification photos fast service at these SS KRESGE STORES ONLY Northland Cents 1 Oakland Mall Troy Sfld. El 6-0733 1-75 at 14 Mile 585-6200 Det. 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Meanwhile, in Washing- ton, two Jewish leaders asked a House subconunit- tee to withhold "most fa- vored nation" trade status for Romania, which has been requested by Presi- dent Ford, until the Ro- manian government dem- onstrates "convincingly that it is moving toward a freer emigration." Rabbi Israel Miller, chair- man of the Conference of Presidents of Major Ameri- cdn Jewish Organizations, and David M. Blumberg, president of Bnai Brith claimed, in testimony be- fore the House Ways and Means Committee's sub- committee on trade, that Jewish emigration from Romania had diminished to less than 100 a month al- though "Many thousands" of Romania's estimated 100,000 Jews have "signified a desire to emigrate." Assistant Secretary of State Arthur Hartman, re- sponding to questions from sub-committee chairman William Green ,(D-Pa.) conceded that the present emigration rate-from Rom- ania was negligible and as such was not in compliance with the requirements of the 1974 Trade Act But he said he anticipated "sub- stantial improvement" and offered assurances that the Administration "will not accept a static trend" as compliance. . Miller and Blumberg, in a joint statement said they opposed the White House request that Romania be granted concessions under the 1974 Act with waiver of the Jackson Vanik amend- ment. The legislation permits waiver when the President has "assurances" that a "favored" nation will "sub- stantially" liberalize its emigration policies. "If the Jackson-Vanik amendment means any- thing — and we insist that it means a great deal — it means that Romanian emigration practices must change substantially for the better, not the worse," the statement said. They suggested that the House postpone a decision on the trade agreement un- til just before the statutory limit of 60 days for Congres- sional action expires, during which Romania could dem- onstrate its willingness to accelerate emigration. `Kruschev Ordered Trials' Former Romanian Charges JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nikita Krushchev ordered the holding of show trials against Jews on trumped-up economic charges in Ro- mania in 1958, it was re- vealed here by Mirzia Ofri- shan, a former Romanian minister of foreign trade. According to Ofrishan, many of the Jews charged were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment. They were later paroled and subjected to heavy fines. (Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen of Romania, said he was "astonished with Ofrishan's statement. He never had anything to do with Jewish life in Romania. racity of his story.") Ofrishan represented Ro- mania in COMECON and made aliya five months ago. "Indeed, he went so far as to change his original Jewish name and now I see he is suddenly speak- ing of Jewish problems after all these years. All of a sudden Ofrishan ap- peared in my office 18 months ago asking me to help him emigrate. Until then I never even knew that he was a Jew. I am very doubtful as to the ye- Ofrishan was one of the political-economic elite in Romania at the time. He traveled to the People's Re- public of China and North Korea in his official capac- ity and twice visited Israel as a member of Romanian trade delegations. dent, Adrian Dumitriu later became Justice Min- ister and is presently chairman of the Romanian Bar Association. Asked why he was not among those tried in 1958, Ofrishan replied that he didn't know, and that he knew nothing about the af- fair until years later. Only a few interior and justice ministers knew about it, he added. Romania at that time was not independent of Moscow as it is today, Ofris- han noted, but very much a satellite. • Ofrishan said the then- Interior Minister, Dragh- itz, personally supervised the trials. The court presi- Chyet, Gutmann Compile Historic Ezekiel Memoirs - Tours available in connection with this conference including: 10 days July 12 - 22 $ 925 For reservations , July 13 - 23 and information contact: 2 weeks July 7 - 21 , $ 985 July 13 - 27 3 weeks July 6 - 27 - $1095 23125 Coolidge July 13 - Aug 3 Oak- Park Flight only — $775 Mizrachi Tours 398-7180 100's of other trips available e . m SOY Be 'Tank-Fur Only 5 gallons of gas gets you to Nippersink CHICAGO - 65 miles 'MILWAUKEE - 45 miles 114, ,• •• • Planned programs for teens and children! 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Ezekiel, who came of a partially Sephardic family which had migrated from Holland early in the 19th Century, was born in Rich- , mond, Va. He offers a color- ful picture of the ante bel- lum life of a Jewish family in what was to become the Confederate capital. When the Civil War broke out, Ezekiel went to the Virginia Military In- stitute. He took part with his fellow-cadets in the Battle of Newmarket and vividly recounted the ad- ventures and tragedies of the war years, the hard- ships endured by Southern families, and his relations with the Robert E. Lees after General Lee returned to civilian life. When the war ended, the Ezekiels found it economi- von Hohenlohe, Franz Liszt, Hebrew Union College. cally necessary to leave Gabriele D'Annunzio, Pie- While visiting Cincinnati in Richmond for Cincinnati. tro Mascagni and Queen 1899, the younger Ezekiel Ezekiel studied medicine in Margharita. Ezekiel's out- executed the bust of Isaac Richmond for a time, but put as a sculptor was exten- Mayer Wise which is now a soon turned to art. His ar- sive, and examples of his valued part of the HUC- tistic abilities had long work' are found in many JIR's Museum collection. shown themselves, and, in countries. Ezekiel recalls his con- 1869, having raised a little - They include a marble money by selling a diamond group; "Religious Liberty," versation with Wise while he was modelling the -bust pin, he set out for Berlin commissioned by the Bnai where he gained entry into Brith for the national Cen- and describes how he urged on Wise the view the Royal Art Academy. tenary of 1876 and installed Ezekiel tells of the -diffi- in a Philadelphia park, and that a Jewish state would culties besetting a strug- the monument to the Con- be re-established one day. gling art student in-the un- federate dead at Arlington Wise was antagonistic, familiar surroundings of National Cemetery. His but Ezekiel had long been the Prussian capital. A year work is well represented in interested in reviving Jew- after his arrival, the Franco- the Hebrew Union College's ish life in what was then Prussian War broke out in Skirball Museum in Los still Ottoman Palestine. 1870. Angeles as well as on the The Ezekiel volume, enti- He tried to earn a little Cincinnati campus of-the tled "Moses Jacob Ezekiel: HUC-JIR, money as a war correspond- Memoirs from the Baths of ent for the New-York Her- Some years after Ezek- Diocletian," derived much of ald, but his journalistic ac- iel's family moved to Cincin- its material from the files of tivities were cut short when nati, his father, Jacob, be- the American Jewish Ar- - the suspicimis Germans ar- came the first secretary of chives on the Cincinnati rested him as a French spy. the governing board of the campus of the HUC-JIR. For a time, Ezekiel lan- guished in a military prison NY Women's Grou p Aids Elderly Jews at Koenigsberg, haunted daily by visions of being NEW YORK (JTA) j- A shot for espionage. Federation's Jewish Asso- new Jewish women's com- _ ciation for Services for the The prowess which mittee is helping to educate Aged. Members also cover Ezekiel showed at the Ber- elderly New York Jews on special telephones at the lin Academy won him a limited incomes on means of Women's Organization prize enabling him to con- stretching their dollars by headquarters to help clients tinue his studies in Rome. learning how to protect confronted with consumer Though he returned to the their rights as consumers. deception or fraud. United States several The committee consists of times, he made Rome his 20 women volunteers, headquarters for the rest The committee has ar- trained at the Federation of ranged refunds for damaged of his life, and his recollec- tions reflect the fact that Jewish Philanthropies by merchandise, persuaded his studio in the Baths of the New YOrk City Con- stores to honor "rain-check" sumer Affairs Department. agreements on advertised Diocletian became a rec- Committee members products not available, ognized rendezvous for the cosmopolitan society of the provide slide-lecture presen- helped to restore heat and tations at Federation Ys hot water for residents of Eternal City. and Jewish community cen- old tenements and corrected In Rome he enjoyed the friendship of such diverse ters and at senior citizens deceptive food pricing in figures as Gustav Cardinal centers supervised by the supermarkets. - .