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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12 Friday, July_221 1977
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Soviet Activist Sverdlin Receives Exit Visa to Israel
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Sverdlin has received an
exit visa to Israel, the Stu-
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Meanwhile, Jewish activ-
ists from six cities in the So-
viet Union have sent an ap-
peal to the 35 nations now
meeting in Belgrade to re-
view the Helsinki Agree-
ment. They charged that
"None of the points of the
accord to aid the emigra-
tion process is being ob-
served by the USSR," the
SSSJ and the Union of Coun-
cils for Soviet Jews report-
ed.
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YES—to the Jewish Na tiional Fund
The appeal, containing 19
signatures, accused the So-
viet authorities of seeking
"to destroy the movement
for emigration." It stated
that "having-signed the Hel-
sinki Agreement, the Soviet
authorities began a whole
system of oppression, red
tape, harassment and tyran-
ny over emigration. Thou-
sands of Jews are being
held who already applied
for exit."
The signatories include
Profs. Alexander Lerner
and Naum Meiman; Dr.
Eitan Finkelstein, Vladimir
Shachnovsky, Drs. Isai and
Grigory Goldstein; Col. Lev
Ovisisher, Vladimir Kislik,
Aba Taratuta and Alexan-
der Feldman. The latter is
a recently released prisoner
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Ito Hirschrnonn
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from cables sent to his
Western supporters.
The 36-year-old engineer
had recently been given a
one-year suspended sen-
tence following a police
search of his home last Au-
gust which uncovered sever-
al 18-year-old bullets he had
forgotten from the time he
was a student sportsman.
Sverdlin was a founder of
the "Shalom Club," a group
of young Jews who met on
the Sabbath to learn about
Judaism and Israel, which
had to be disbanded due to
official pressure.
of conscience.
In Washington, the U.S.
Senate passed a resolution
expressing its desire to in-
dicate to the Soviet Union
and other states represent-
ed at the Belgrade confer-
ence, the "official concern
of the United States over
the treatment of Anatoly
Sharansky, who has been
charged with treason, Yini
Orlov and others who
sought to monitor com-
pliance with the Helsinki ac-
cords."
The resolution was spon-
sored by Senators Edward
W. Brooke (R-Mass. ), Hu-
bert H. Humphrey (D-
11fmn.) and Clifford P. Case
(R-N.J.).
• How can Americans
promote peace in the
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All
Brusilovsky
had
known was that his father,
a major, had been killed in
mopping-up operations in
Austria near the end of the
war, two months before
Efim was born.
Attempts to find the
grave of his father were
stifled by Soviet authorities,
and inquiries through inter-
national tracing organize
tions drew a blank. How
ever, early in June, Efim
and his family arrived in
Vienna as Soviet Jewish
emigrants, and there he en-
listed the aid of the JDC to
find his father's grave.
JDC inquiries revealed
that Major Brusilovsky was
buried in the Soviet Mili-
tary Cemetery in Modlink,
15 miles from Vienna. Efim
was at last able to lay a
wreath on his father's
grave before traveling on to
the U.S. to join relatives.
Proceedings Dropped Against
Man Who Betrayed Jews
JOSEPH SHRAIBER
In a related development,
Soviet Jewish activist Jo-
seph Shraiber of Saratove,
an observant Jew, con-
sistently defies Soviet au-
thorities by wearing his yar-
mulka to demonstrate his
love of Judaism. Shraiber is
being refused exit visas to
allow him to join his par-
ents and fiancee in Israel.
In New York, Dr. Hayim
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the department of chem-
istry at the university:
"Tel Aviv University
calls on the goverment of
the Soviet Union to allow
Prof. Benjamin Levich, to
come to Tel Aviv Univer-
sity and assume the duties
of his post as professor of
physical chemistry in the
department of chemistry
and to commence teaching
at the beginning of the aca-
demic year 1977-78."
Early in 1972, Tel Aviv
University formally offered
and nominated Prof. Levich
for a post in the depart-
ment of chemistry, which
he accepted.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem,
a message from Prof. Lev-
ich in Moscow was read ear-
lier this month at the Hebr-
ew University convocation
in the Mount Scopus amphi-
theatre where he was
awarded an honorary docto-
rate in absentia.
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• more—Arab-Israeli
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From Vienna, the Joint
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last week that the univer- learned that Soviet emi-
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AMSTERDAM (JTA )-
The Hague Public Prose-
cutor will drop criminal pro-
ceedings against Johan A.
Van Tilburg who allegedly
betrayed wealthy Dutch
Jews to the Nazis during
World War II so that he
could appropriate their art
treasures when they were
deported to death camps.
The prosecutor concluded
after an investigation of
more than two months that
insufficient evidence exists
because none of the _ eye-
witnesses is alive. The case
file will not be closed.
In Seattle, there has been
concern over a proposed
"organizational meeting" of
the Nazi Party, advertised
in the University of Wash-
ington newspaper on June
30.
Local newspapers and
television news programs
gave the story wide cov-
erage and students at the
university staged an anti-
Nazi demonstration on
campus July 7. Apparently
fearful of the kind of riots
that took place at the KKK
rally in Ohio, on July 4, uni-
versity officials decided "to
postpone indefinitely" any
Nazi meeting on the univer-
sity campus.
The incident started when
a local Nazi, John
Voorhees, a student at the
university and son of Don-
ald S. Voorhees, United
States District Court judge
in Seattle, placed an an-
nouncement in the campus
newspaper, The Daily,
which stated: "SS and Nazi
Party organizational meet-
ing will be held July 7 at 8
p.m. to discuss the subject
"Can the declining West be
saved? Vietnam veterans
are particularly encouraged
to attend."
The younger Voorhees,
who owns a record store
near the university, said in
an interview that he wants
to start a paramilitary or-
ganization comprised
mainly of Vietnam veterans
who will act as shock
troops to maintain the su-
premacy of the white race
in America. The enemies of
the white races, Voorhees
said, are blacks, Asians and
"especially Jews" who con-
trol the media and haire too
much money and power in
the country."
Pro-Nazis Attack
Jewish Unit
PARIS (JTA)—The of-
fices of the Movement
Against Racism and Anti-
Semitism (MRAP) and
three lawyers who are
members of MRAP were
the targets of bomb attacks
last week.
The attack against the
MRAP office caused little
damage. Police at the
scene said they found a
note saying the attack was
to avenge the death of for-
mer SS officer Joachim Pei-
per who was killed exactly
a year ago in his home in
eastern France. Peiper had
been accused of mass mur-
ders in France and Italy
during World War II.
The bomb found in front
of a Paris building where
the three lawyers have
their offices only partly ex-
ploded. According to police,
the bomb, made of a pow-
erful rocket -attached to a
small explosive charg€
was intended to kill. A -note-- '
found near the scene identi-
fied those responsible for
the bombing attempt as a
pro-Nazi group. The note
was written in German and
read: "Peiper ern jahr"
(Peiper one year). This
was the ninth time since
the death of Peiper that the
MRAP has been the target
of pro-Nazi terrorists.
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