40 Friday, July 29, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Commission to Hear Testimony Supporting Sharansky
NEW YORK (JTA)—Tes-
timony on behalf of Soviet
Jewish emigration activist
Anatoly Sharansky, pres-
ently being held in Mos-
cow's Lefortovo prison, and
under investigation by So-
viet authorities on a trea-
son charge, has been
brought out to this country
to be read at an in-
vestigatory
commission
scheduled for mid-Septem-
ber in Washington, it was
reported by the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
(NCSJ).
The commission will lis-
ten to witnesses and eviden-
tiary material at a public
hearing in the nation's capi-
tal. Prof. Alan Dershowitz
of Harvard University and
Jack Greenberg, director-
counsel of the NAACP
Legal Denense and Educa-
tional Fund, have agreed to
as co-counsel for the
ings, the NCSH said.
Zearings,
ear
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The documents from the
USSR consist of a series of
depositions citing the "ab-
surdity" of the charges
against Sharansky and his
actual activities. They were
obtained by the NCSH for
the fall commission. All
those signing the docu-
ments have previously ap-
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Tesker. Sharansky was ar-
rested in Moscow March 15
after the Soviet government
newspaper Izvestia had ac-
cused him and several
other Jewish activists of
working for the CIA along
with some American diplo-
mats and journalists in Mos-
cow.
Meanwhile, between 150
and 200 people held a
Minha service Sunday
across the street from the
Soviet Mission to the United
Nations, to protest the im-
prisonment of Sharansky.
In Philadelphia, Mayor
Frank L. Rizzo proclaimed
July 21-22 Anatoly Sha-
ransky Freedom Day to pro-
test the imprisonment of
the Soviet Jewish activist.
The, day coincided with a
24-hour Sharansky Freedom
Fast-Vigil sponsored by the
Soviet Jewry Council of the
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council.
In London, it was report-
ed that Prof. Benjamin Lev-
ich was questioned by the
KBG for seven hours in Le-
fortovo Prison.
It was reported that the
questioning focused on his
relationship with Sha-
ransky. Levich, a leading
physicist, was reported to
have told his secret police
interrogators that he knew
Sharansky and was con-
vinced that he was not
guilty of any crime. But he
refused to answer many
questions, according to the
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reports.
It was learned in New
York that Lev Furman, one
of two licensed Hebrew
teachers in Leningrad, was
arrested on July 15, during
a Hebrew class and sen-
tenced to 10 days, imprison-
ment on grounds of "dis-
obedience," the Greater
New York Conference on So-
viet Jewry reported.
Furman, recipient of the
Chazar Bible Prize from Is-
rael, now earns his living
as an official Hebrew teach-
er after having unsuccess-
fully struggled for legal rec-
ognition with the Soviet au-
thorities. The 30-year-old en-
gineer was dismissed from
his job after applying for a
visa in 1974._ His application
has been refused on
grounds of his knowledge of
state secrets.
Furman's father, Mikhail
Furman, a Communist
Party • member, was ar-
rested two months ago and
warned to convince his son
to cease his refusnik associ-
ations and activities. When
he refused, he was sen-
tenced to 10 days in jail for
allegedly "breaching public
peace." Mikhail Furman
consequently resigned his
party membership.
In a related development,
the Conference reported
that two Moscow activists
were told to' appear before
the KGB in separate in-
vestigations last week.
Observers said they feel
that this large group of in-
vestigations is tied in with
the Sharansky case. In the
past few months, friends
and acquaintances of Sha-
ransky have been called in
for the investigation.
In a related development,
it was reported from Mos-
cow that the parents of
mathematician
Grigory
Chudnovsky were assaulted
as they were strolling
Moscow.
The younger Chudnovsky,
bedridden with myasthenia
gravis, had applied with his
aging parents in January to
emigrate to Israel where he
could receive proper treat-
ment for the disease. The
request has been denied.
According to Andrei D.
Sakharov, a leader of the
Soviet human-rights move-
ment, the beating may have
been a form of official in-
timidation, especially since
it happened after world-
wide attention was brought
to the Chudnovsky case.
Meanwhile, Dina Zlotver,
a Soviet Jewish activist
who had petitioned Soviet
authorities to emigrate to Is-
rael with her husband since
December, 1974, to rejoin-
her son and daughter, died
of cancer in her hometown
of Sverdlovsk, according to
information reaching the
NCSJ.
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Bob's Market Opens 2nd Store
Bob's Indoor Traveling
Market opened its second
store Thursday at 30002
West 12 Mile Rd., Farm-
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dlebelt and Orchard Lake
Rds.
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plied to emigrate to Israel
and have been consistently
denied.
"Because of his excel-
lent knowledge of English,
and his grasp of Soviet law,
Sharansky often gave lectur-
es, translated and inter-
preted for foreign journal-
ists, visiting politicians and
friends," wrote Dr. Alexan-
der Lerner.
Lerner, a resident of Mos-
cow who first applied to
leave in 1971 said that Sha-
ransky's activities were
both "open and legal. He
was never involved in se-
cret work or had any of the
information which he is ac-
cused of passing on to for-
eign correspondents. Such
conversations were always
and solely connected with
emigration matters. It has
to be pointed out that our
struggle for the right to emi-
grate has nothing in com-
mon with anti-Soviet activi-
ties and is not aimed at
damaging the Soviet sys-
tem."
A group of Jewish activ-
ists in Minsk, all of them re-
fusniks, expressed fears in
their deposition that Sha-
ransky, a 29-year-old com-
puter specialist, may_ not
get an open and fair trial,
should the Soviets decide to
prosecute.
Other
refusnik-activists
sending testimony included
Alexander Slepak, Dina
Beilina, Arkady May, Felix
Kamov-Kandel and Zakhar
brought in fresh daily, and
hand-sliced lox and break-
fast items.
In addition, the new store
will have a carryout
counter for corned beef, pas-
trami and other deli items
using Oscherwitz products
made by Best Kosher
Meats.
Israeli WZO Cuts Delegation
JERUSALEM (JTA )- ington for the biennial
Only six of the 12 represen- World Jewish Congress gen-
tatives of the World Zionist eral council meeting Oct.
across from F&M
Organization's Israel Execu- 30, the WZO Executive an-
tive will be _going to Wash 7 ._ nounced.
The other six WZO repre-
sentatives will be enlisted
from among its American
section—in order to save on
travel expenses. The an-
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Fresh Air Society Executive Vice President Sam
Marcus, left, shows 11-year-old Jay Bressler how the
newly acquired camp dialysis unit works. The unit will
make it possible for nine young dialysis patients to attend
summer camp.
Nine young dialysis
patients will be able to par-
ticipate in three-week camp
sessions at Camp Tama-
rack this year as a result of
the efforts of the Kidney
Foundation of Michigan and
Children's Hospital.
A dialysis unit built into a
motor home will be on the
camp premises to service
the patients. ► registered
nurse from Children's Hospi-
tal will head the dialysis fa-
cility, staffed by hospital
workers.
Each youngster will be di-
alyzed every other .day.
When they are not under-
going dialysis, the children
will be able to . participate
in all camp activities, swim-
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crafts, overnight trips, and
they will be housed in regu-
lar cabins with the other
campers.
The dialysis unit was fun-
ded by grants from District
29, United Steelworkers of
America's Charles G.
Younglove Golf Day; Gener-
al Motors Truck and Coach
Division; the Jackson Wel-
come Wagon ; Royal Oak
Junior Women's Club and
Randolph W. Wallace Kid-
ney Research Foundation.
La-Z-Boy Co. provided the
special chairs needed for
the treatment.