r'='••111wwwwwww. ft iii . ., ■ 1 ••10111*A•010- • HA! rrfi E 1 H' THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12 May 7, 1976 Many Non-Jews Join Solidarity March remember Sunday in New York for Soviet Jewry MOTI1ER's DAy m Ay 9 WITH A SYMBOL OF LIFE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND TREE CERTIFICATE PLANT TREES IN ISRAEL in her name Why not stop in and pick up a certificate? Office will be open this Sunday 10-2. nrill z r JEWISH NATIONAL FUND, 22100 Greenfield Rd. Oak Park, Mich. 48237 11 • ,•••••1 1N Lt MILAIt 968-0820 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. . So,what's new? New Instant Maxwell House® This broken tombstone is typical of the vandalized Jewish cemetery of Minsk, shown in a photo obtained 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- tisin he fought all his life. Katzir Cancels French Visit, Criticizes Country's Protocol Discover its new fresh aroma -fresher flavor Have we got delicious news for you! Now, your old friend—Instant Maxwell House coffee—has a new fresh aroma, fresher flavor. So the moment you open the jar you smell fresh coffee. And the moment you stir up a cup you discover fresh flavor. Every cup of new Instant Maxwell House coffee tastes just as fresh as your first cup in the morning. And that's big news. Try a jar of new Instant Maxwell House soon. It's more of a good thing. K CERTIFIED KOSHER GENERAL FOODS 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." 50 000 Dunams , 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.