April 30, 1976 19
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Soviet Jewish Activist Yefim Davidovich Dies
In New York, Prof. Alex-
ander Luntz, noted Soviet
Jewish mathematician who
recently emigrated to Israel,
sa i d at a memorial service
on behalf of Col. Davidovich
that "There are many ways
to kill people. The KGB uses
all of the them. Everybody
should know that Col. Ye-
fim Davidovich was killed
by the KGB."
The memorial service,
held in front of the Soviet
Mission to the United Na-
tions, was sponsored by the
Greater New York Confer-
ence on Soviet Jewry and at-
tended by more than 30 peo-
ple, among them Kings
County District Attorney
Eugene Gold, who is also
the GNYCSJ chairman.
Standing in front of an
empty wooden coffin, cov-
ered with the flag of Israel
and a photo of Davidovich;
Gold accused the Soviets
of "murder by degrees" in
the death of Davidovich
and demanded that his
body be sent to Israel for a
dignified burial.
In other reactions to the
death of Davidovich, the
Student Struggle for Soviet
Jewry sent a cable to the So-
viet ovir chief Vladimir Obi-
din asking that the Jewish
activist be buried in Israel.
In a related development,
the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews and the Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry
have obtained and published
a major, 5,500-word docu-
ment from eight top Soviet
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COL. DAVIDOVICH
Jewish activists detailing
what the "refuseniks" call
the "increase in repression
and various kinds of perse-
cution against those desir-
ous of emigrating."
entitled
text,
The
"Message from Moscow,"
seeks to refute Soviet Inter-
nal Affairs Deputy Minister
Boris Shumilin's widely-cir-
culated contention that the
drop in Jewish emigration
to 13,900 last year occurred
because fewer Soviet Jews
sought to leave.
"Message From Mos-
cow" describes in detail
distinct methods of intimi-
dation of would-be appli-
cants. They are: refusal to
grant emigration permis-
sion; army call-ups of per-
sons requesting permis-
sion to emigrate; judicial
prosecution; action
against Jewish activists;
attempts to isolate the in-
vestigation against the
journal, "Jews in the
USSR"; and the anti-
Semitic and anti-Zionist
campaign in the press.
"A completely new phe-
nomenon has been the pub-
lication in many newspaper
articles," the activists say,
whose purpose is "not
merely a means of ',intimi-
dating Jewish activists but
isolating such Jews from all
other Jews."
The authors of "Message
From Moscow" are Dina
Beilina, Vladimir Slepak,
Ida Nudel, Vitaly Rubin, Al-
exander Luntz, Eitan Fin-,
kelstein, Alexander Lerner
and Anatoly Sharansky.
),Meanwhile, in a rare dis-
play of utility, two Republi-
can and five Democratic
Senate hopefuls stood in the
shadow of the United Na-
tions and, issued a call for
all-out support for "Soli-
darity Sunday for Soviet_
Jewry," this Sunday.
Sen. James L. Buckley
(C-R), Representatives
Bella Abzug (D), Mario
Biaggi (D), and Peter Pey-
Mapam May Leave Labor
Alignment; Rabin Blamed
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Dis-
cussions have begun be-
tween Mapam and the,La-
bor Party that are expected
to determine whether Ma-
pam remains part of Pre-
mier Yitzhak Rabin's Labor
Alignment or strikes out on
its own in the next elections.
Mapam itself is split.
A majority of its mem-
bers, including veteran lead-
ers like Yaacov Hazan. want
the faction to continue its
alignment with Labor so as
to work for changes from
within.
But there is growing mi-
nority sentiment in Mapam
favoring a break. This group
is totally disillusioned with
the Labor Party's policies in
the political, social and or-
ganizational spheres and is
disappointed with Rabin's
leadership.
Mapam was totally be-
hind the premier when he
was elected in 1974. They
believed his views coin-
cided with the "doveish"
leanings of Mapam. But
several developments al-
tered that opinion.
One was Rabin's appoint-
ment of the right-wing Gen.
Ariel Sharon, founder of the
Likud opposition, as his spe-
cial adviser. Sharon has
since resigned that post.
Another was the govern-
ment's vacillation in face of
the militant Orthodox Gush
Emunim's defiance of gov-
ernment policy barring un-
authorized Jewish settle-
ments on the West Bank.
Many in Mapam are also
disturbed by the Rabin gov-
ernment's apparent lack of
a peace plan and its failure
to take any new peace initia-
tives. In the social arena,
Rabin is faulted for lacking
a plan to close the social and
economic gap in Israel by
raising the living standards
of the poor. Some of his crit-
ics say the gap between the
privileged and underprivi-
leged classes in Israel is
widening. ,
Mapam also has com-
plained bitterly that Rabin
and his closest associates
ignore the democratically
elected bodies of the Labor
Alignment when basic pol-
icy decisions are made.
ser (R), City Council Pres-
ident Paul O'Dwyer, As-
semblyman Andrew Stein,
former Attorney General
Ramsey Clark and Abe
Hirschfeld gathered in
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
where the solidarity rally
will be held.
On hand also was Aviva
Gendin, a 24-year-old Soviet
Jew who has not seen her
husband Lev for four years,
since she was ordered out of
Russia and he was forced to
remain behind.
In Tel Aviv, Dr. Anatol
Galperin, a Soviet Jewish
activist who recently re-
ceived an exit 'visa after
years of struggle, arrived
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