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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12 May 7, 1976
Many Non-Jews Join Solidarity March
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Sunday in New York for Soviet Jewry
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NEW YORK (JTA) —
More than 150,000 persons
— Jews and non-Jews,
young and old — marched
down Fifth Avenue Sunday
to express their support for
the efforts of Soviet Jews to
emigrate to Israel. Thou-
sands of others lined the
parade route from 72nd St.
to 47th St. where the march-
ers turned east for a mas-
sive rally at Dag Hammar-
skjold Plaza across from the
United Nations.
The annual "Solidarity
Sunday for Soviet Jewry" is
sponsored here by the
Greater New York Confer-
ence on Soviet Jewry. Other
events were held across the
country under the auspices
of the National Conference
on Soviet Jewry.
Mayor Abraham Beame,
who was the principle
speaker, received a replica
of the Soviet Jewry
"Freedom Flag" that was
recently smuggled out of the
USSR. The flag was dis-
played at the demonstra-
tion.
The marchers repre-
sented synagogues, Jew-
ish organizations and
themselves. There were
also many Christians in
the march.
A message of support
from President Ford was
read to the rally by Richard
Rosenbaum, New York
State Republican Party
chairman. Messages were
also sent by Cardinal Cooke,
AFL-CIO president George
Meany and other prominent
figures.
The House of Representa-
tives unanimously approved
a resolution urging the So-
viet Union to "remove all ob-
stacles to free emigration of
Soviet Jews and others who
wish to live in other coun-
tries." The resolution, intro-
duced by Rep. Bella Abzug
(D-L NY) and co-sponsored
by 26 other members of the
New York delegation in the
House, was in conjunction
with "Solidarity Sunday."
The plight of Soviet Jewry
was also discussed by Israeli
Ambassador Chaim Herzog
at the. United Nations Eco-
nomic and Social Council.
Noting that last year the
Soviet Union attended the
Helsinki conference and
signed an agreement un-
dertaking to be forthcom-
ing in dealing with the
problem of the reunifica-
tion of families, the envoy
declared: "I am sorry to
report that since the sign-
ing of that agreement
there has been a marked
deterioration in the situa-
tion of Soviet Jews and the
campaign of harassment
of those who have applied
for permission to immi-
grate to Israel has been
intensified."
Several hours before the
parade began, five bombs
went off in Manhattan. A
telephone call to the news
media said the pipe bombs
were planted -by the Jewish
Armed Resistance Strike
Unit "as, a protest against
the treatment of Soviet
Jews." -
In Detroit Sunday, Je-
anette Mager, wife of op-
pressed Soviet Jewish pris-
oner of conscience, Mikhail
Mager, joined that city's
march for Soviet Jewry to
appeal for her husband's
release.
Mrs. Mager, with the help
of Jewish organizations, is
touring the United States
seeking support from citi-
zens, congressmen and
other officials to get her
husband out of the Soviet
Union.
Mrs. Mager said Rus-
sian authorities granted
permission for her, her
family and her husband's
family to emigrate to Is-
rael. They were assured
Mager would soon follow.
Mager, however, who
served in the Russian army
from 1968 to 1970, was then
told by officials he was re-
quired to serve a five-year
waiting period from his
army discharge date to for-
get any "military secrets,"
she said. That period was up
in October 1975.
The fund-raising aspect of
the march proved disap-
pointing since rain kept at-
tendance low. The march
netted more than $500,
much less than the $750
needed to cover expenses.
(Detroit also reported
that 60 recently arrived So-
viet Jews enjoyed a seder in
private homes or in syn-
agogues during Passover.
For many of them it was
their first.)
In Newton, Mass., Ac-
tion for Soviet Jewry, Inc.,
chairman Robert Gordon
announced the completion
of the first computerized
list of 1,000 Soviet Jewish
families who haiie applied
to leave but have been re-
fused.
The organization also is-
sued a pamphlet on how to
address mail to Soviet Jew-
ish prisoners of conscience,
prepared by the Washing-
ton Committee for Soviet
Jewry, under the auspices of
the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews.
For copies of the compu-
terized list or pamphlet on
mailing, write Action for
Soviet Jewry,
Inc., 32
Adams St., Newton, Mas
s.
02158.
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from Russian Jewish activists by the Student Strugg10
for Soviet Jewry. The SSSJ has demanded that Col. Ye-
fim Davidovich, Minsk's top "refusenik" who died after
intense official harrassment, be buried in Israel rather
. than in the cemetery which bears scars of the anti-Semi-
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PARIS (JTA) — A new
source of friction between
France and Israel developed
over the weekend. Israeli
President Ephraim Katzir
called off a visit to Paris
scheduled for next month
because French authorities
would not accord him the
kind of welcome demanded
by diplomatic protocol.
Official circles here in-
sisted that Katzir would
have been received "with all
the honors due his rank."
They said the Israeli Em-
bassy was informed that
protocol would have been
"fully implemented" for
Katzir's visit.
The intended visit was a
private one. Katzir, an inter-
nationally known bioche-
mist, was invited to attend a
scientific symposium here
in memory of his late
brother, Aharon Katzir,
who was a victim of the 1971
Lod Airport massacre. -He is
also to attend a similar
event in Britain.
Israeli authorities main-
tained that even a private
visit by a head of state re-
quired a measure of cere-
monial pomp by the host
country.
They said that President
Valery Giscard d' Estaing
was prepared only to receive
Katzir in his office for a talk
and did not plan to tender
dinner or even a luncheo
for him. Katzir's office in
Jerusalem issued a brief
annouricement that "In view
of the circumstanceEft
created, the president ha0111/
decided, upon the foreign
minister's recommendation,
to travel only to Britain."
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JERUSALEM — Plans of
the Jewish National Fund
include the development of
more than 50,000 dunams of
wasteland and desert which
are to serve as agricultural
areas, according to Meir
Shamir, director of the
fund's Land Development
Authority.