8 Friday, May 27, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Love ye truth and peace.
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Soviet Jewry Group Sponsors Washington Rally on June 12
NEW YORK—Leaders
from Washington's political
scene will join hundreds of
representatives from Amer-
ica's Jewish and non-Jew-
ish communities at the Na-
tional Solidarity Sunday pro-
gram June 12 in Washing-
ton, D.C.'s Constitution
Hall. The evening's pro-
gram will coincide with
demonstrations in support
of Soviet Jews taking place
across the 'United States.
The Sunday program, co-
sponsored by the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
(NCSJ), and the Jewish
Community Council of
Greater Washington will be
followed by the NCSJ Lead-
ership Assembly which will
take place June 13-14 in
Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, the long
journey of former Soviet
Jewish Prisoner of Con-
science Lazar Liubarsky,
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Beltsy in Moldavia. to
Odessa and Moscow, four
years in a Soviet prison
camp and finally his long
awaited visa to Israel in De-
cember, 1976 will be one of
the topics he will discuss on
his United States tour being
sponsored by NCSJ.
Among Liubarsky's ap-
pearance will be an address
at the national Solidarity
Sundiy program in Wash-
ington. Liubarsky's U.S.
tour is being coordinated
with the National Jewish
Community Relations Advi-
sory Council.
Last week, recent devel-
opments in the Soviet Union
and their affects on Jewish
migration, resettlement of
Soviet Jews in the New
York area, and prospects
for their active participa-
tion in Jewish life were dis-
cussed at the 28th annual
meeting of the New York
Association for New Ameri-
cans (NYANA) at the Har-'
monie Club.
NYANA, which provides
initial resettlement assist-
ance to Soviet Jewish immi-
grants in the metropolitan.
area, receives its funds
from the United Jewish Ap-
peal.
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said that the Soviet Union
was using the Jewish
people to test President Car-
ter's seriousness on the
human rights issue. "To the
extent that the governmerit
of the United States will .
forcefully express its com-
mitment to freer emigra-
tion, the number of Jews
permitted to leave the So-
viet Union will increase,"
Pollack said.
In Washington, a medical
study of the health condi-
tions of Jews in various
parts of the Soviet Union
who have been denied emi-
gration visas shows that
they "are in serious medi-
cal condition." The Wash-
ington Committee for So-
viet Jewry said that the re-
port it received - from Mos-
cow was based on a study
headed by Dr. Ernest Ax-
elrod, himself a refusnik.
"The hardships of the re-
fusnik's life, especially
among aged persons, result
in the worsening of existing
ailments and development
of new ailments," accord-
ing to the report. "With
every day the number of
Court Blocks
fatal cases increases." The
study, which was conducted
Leftist Lawyer
by Jewish doctors who are
JERUSALEM (JTA)— refusniks, said that in 1976
Leah Zemel, a Jerusalem
several refusniks died be-
lawyer, has been forbidden
cause of undue stress.
The committee reported
to defend- soldiers on _mili-
tary trial. The decision was that Dr. Axelrod declared
made two weeks ago by a he was confident the only
way to help these patients
committee of senior jurists,
was to insure their prompt
on the grounds that she is a
release from the Soviet
member of a Marxist organ-
Union which would remove
ization which supports the
Palestine-Liberation Organi- the socio-psychological
zation and its ideology ,and stress which he said is the
reason for their ailments.
is .. thus considered a "defi-
In a related development,
nite security risk."
an Orthodox Jewish Prison-
The committee chairman
er of Conscience who, since
is Justice Meir Shamgar
1970, has been serving a 12-
and its members are At-
year prison sentence in a
torney Genet-al Aharon
strict regime Soviet labor
Barak, the chief army coun-
camp, may be transferred
sel, and two civil lawyers.
to the most infairious Soviet
penal institution because he
Ina previous decision the
refused to work on the Sab-
committee decided to ban
bath, the Greater New -
another left-wing lawyer,
York Conference on Soviet
Felicia Langer, from ap-
Jewry has learned.
pearing before military
Iosif Mendelevitch, a 29-
courts for the same reason.
year-old
student engineer
She met several times this
from Riga, has steadfastly
year with PLO delegates in
tried to maintain Orthodox
Europe, as did Sheli lead-
Jewish practice within the
ers Arye Eliav, Uri Avneri
labor camp to which he -
and Matityahu Peled. Lang-
er appealed the decision be- - was originally imprisoned.
Meanwhile, the Student
fore the Supreme Court but
Struggle for Soviet Jewry
it is still pending.
haS be
a "Freedom Let-
ters" letter-writing cam-
Call Made
paign to Soviet Jewish dis-
sidents.
For information,
for Syrian Jews
write the SSSJ, 200 W. 72nd
St., Suites 30-31, New York,
NEW YORK (JTA)—Abe
Dwek, president of the Com - N.Y., 10023.
In a related development,
mittee for the Rescue of
Michigan Rep. William
Syrian Jewry, has asked
Brodhead (D-17th Dist.)
the. Carter Administration
last week introduced House
to inte,rvene on behalf of
Joint Resolution 475 to pro-
the 4,506 oppressed Jews in
vide for the designation of
Syria. "In view of the Car-
June 12 as "National Day
ter Administration's out-
for Solidarity with Soviet
spoken policy on human
Jewry."
rights around the world, we
wonder why it has failed to
speak out on the plight of
Family Reunited
Syrian Jewry," Dwek said.
.
He noted that "Syria is
Victor Herman, a Detroit_
the Only country in the Jew who went to Russia in
world which maintains a 1931 with 300 Detroit fami-
total ban on Jewish emigra- - lies to build an auto plant
tion while non-Jewish Syr- and eventually was jailed
ians are readily able to emi- for 18 years, was reunited
grate."
with his daughters this
week.
Accusing the Syrian re-
Herman was arrested in
gime of "flagrant disregard
1938 without explanation
of the Universal Declara- and spent 18 years in prison
tion of Human Rights,"
and labor camps.
Dwek declared:
His wife divorced him so
as not to be involved in his
"It is high time for the request to leave Russia, but
leading nation of the free Herman said this week that
world to express concern the family will work to
over this legitimate human- bring her to the U.S.
itarian issue and to call on
Herman may have partici-
the Syrian government to
pated in the Ford Motor
permit these hapless people project which was con-
to emigrate to the United ducted by Moritz Kahn for
States".
the Albert Kahn Co.
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