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24 Friday, November 12, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jews Charged With Hooliganism
NEW YORK — Two
Soviet Jews arrested dur-
ing a recent protest have
been charged under a sta-
tute that carries penal-
ties of one to five years in
prison.
The two, Boris Cher-
nobSrlsky, an electronics
engineer, and Dr. Iosif
Ahs, a physician, had
been refused permission
to emigrate and were
among a group that con-
ducted sit-ins at govern-
ment offices last month.
Chernobylsky and Dr.
Ahs were accused of
"malicious hooliganism."
Reacting to the arrests;
John H. Shepherd, presi-
dent of the Detroit Jewish
Community Council, sent
telegrams to Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger and
Soviet Ambassador to the
U.S. Anatoly Dobrynin,
deploring the harsh
treatment of Dr. Ahs and
Boris Cherobylsky.
Meanwhile, Monday's
edition of The New York
Times carried an adver-
tisement, sponsored by
the National. Conference
on Soviet Jewry, Greater
New York Conference on
Soviet Jewry and the
Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry, calling for a
public outcry on the ar-
rest of Anatoly
Sharansky who was de-
nied exit from Russia,
while his wife of one day
was given the ultimatum
to leave for Israel then or
she would never be al-
lowed to leave again.
The NCSJ has learned
that former prisoner of
conscience Yuri Vudka
has been told by the head
of the passport division in
Pavlograd that Wednes-
day he would be allowed to
go to Dnepropetrovsk to
pick up his exit visa.
Released from prison
just a few months ago,
Vudka has begun a
hunger strike to protest
the Soviet authoriites re-
fusal to issue him an exit
visa.
In Glasgow, Boris
Ponomarev, head of the
Soviet Communist Party's
International Depart-
ment, caused a political
storm here when he re-
vealed that Peter McCann,
Glasgow's Lord Provost,
had apologized to him for
angry demonstrations
against him by Jews and
other minorities.
In a related develop-
ment, Nahum Goldmann,
president of the World
Congress,
Jewish
American
criticized
Jewry for antagonizing
the Soviet Union over the
Jewish emigration issue.
He said that he agreed
with Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger that
the adoption of the
Jackson-Vanik Amend-
ment caused the present
decrease in Jewish emig-
ration from the USSR.
Goldmann's remarks
were made in response to
questions from Rabbi Wil-
liam Berkowitz during the
Dialogue '76 lecture series
at Manhattan's Cong. Bnai
Jeshurun. The WJC leader
said that the Jews in the
United States should con- many, picketing and vio-
tinue their propaganda for lence against Soviet dip-
the right of Jewish emig- lomats. He said that the
ration from the Soviet Soviet Union is still one of
Union as well as for Jewish the three major powers in
cultural, educational and the world and Jews must
religious rights within the maintain diplomatic rela-
USSR. tions with it. He said that
But, Goldmann stres- while the USSR could not
sed that he opposed such alone impose peace in the
"extreme" methods as Middle East it could
comparing the Soviet sabotage any peace at-
Union to Hitler's Ger- tempt.
BETH YEHUDAH SCHOOLS
62ND
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U.S. Officials in Brussels
to Monitor Helsinki Pact
WASHINGTON (JTA)
— Despite the refusal of
the Soviet Union and its
five Eastern European
allies to provide visas,
nine members of the 15-
member U.S. Commission
on Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe are in
Brussels to monitor and
evaluate the 1975 Hel-
sinki agreement that in-
cludes provisions bearing
on Soviet emigration pol-
icy.
commission,
The
headed by Rep. Dante
Fascell (D-Fla.), also had
a brush with Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
before its depature. Kis-
singer forbade the three
Administration members
to go with the commission
beyond Brussels, its first
stop on a 13-nation tour
lasting 18 days.
The commission con-
sists of six Senators, six
Representatives and
three Administration of-
ficials. Among those on
the trip are Reps.
Jonathan Bingham (D-
NY), Paul Simon (D-I11.),
Millicent Fenwick (R-NJ)
and Sen. Claiborne Pell
(D-R.I.).
In a rejoinder, the com-
mission said Kissinger's
"last minute decision" to
withdraw the executive
branch members is "a
deeply regrettable policy
reversal" and "will pre-
sent our allies and our ri-
vals with a confusing pic-
ture of divided counsel in
Washington on the impor-
tance and potential of the
Helsinki accords."
According to the com-
mission statement, Kis-
singer opposed the for-
mation of the Commis-
sion, but he was expected
to accept President
Ford's decision to imple-
ment it when the Presi-
dent signed the commis-
sion legislation into law
and the State Depart-
ment began cooperating
with the commission's
planning.
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The Fairlane Manor
(across from the Fairlane Town Center)
Sun. Evening, Nov. 21, 1976
GOLDEN TORAH
AWARD RECIPIENT:
Guest Speaker
CJF Annual Meeting Opens
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Jerold C. Hoffberger of
Baltimore, president of
the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare
Funds (CJF) said that the
CJF's 45th General as-
sembly in Philadelphia
this week represents a
mobilization of North
American Jewry to meet
the urgent needs of Jews
at home and abroad.
Hoffberger said the
Philadelphia agenda "re-
GEORGE ZELTZER
fleets our commitment to
the vital needs of Jews in
North America, Israel
and in every country
where Jews reside —
needs that deny so many
their right to live dig-
nified lives as Jews and
free men."
Hoffberger delivered
the opening address of
the Assembly on
Wednesday to 2,000 dele-
gates from the United
States and Canada. His
subject was "The State of
Our Federations."
George M. Zeltzer of
Detroit was named
chairman of the Large
Cities Budgeting Confer-
ence and was formally in-
stalled and honored at
the' luncheon meeting
Wednesday.
Rabbi Richard C. Hertz
of Temple Beth El, the
Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit's rabbinical
delegate, addressed the
convention on Thursday.
He said he firmly be-
lieved in improving the
relationship between the
synagogues and the local
federations. He em-
phasized the need for a
vibrant synagogue "to
develop our own people
Jewishly."
"The synagogue is
where the loyalties and
principles of young Jews
are generated. It is the
dynamo that generates
moral power and charges
up the spiritual batteries
of our people. That is its
purpose, its rationale, in
this age of self-
development of our
,Jewish identity.
"I came to you today,"
Rabbi Hertz said," to
plead for ever closer
working relationships
based on mutual respect
and dedication to the
cause of Klal Israel,
which, I am sure, is of
equal concern to the de-
voted leadership of the
Federations."
JOHN SCALI
SEYMOUR RABINOWITZ
Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and
ABC-TV Senior Correspondent. Topic;
Israel's position in the Mideast.
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