26 Friday, March 3, 1978
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Soviets Release Jewish Refusnik
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Soviet Jewish prisoner of
conscience Iosif Begun, who
was sentenced to two years
in exile in Siberia for
"parasitism," has been re-
leased, it was reported by
the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry and the Grea-
ter New York Conference on
Soviet Jewry.
In another development,
the New Y'Ork Conference
said it learned that Ilya
Glezer, a former prisoner of
conscience, has been prom-
ised permission to emigrate
to Israel, where he will be
rejoining his 20-year-old
daughter.
Meanwhile, Grigory
Chudnovsky, whose Feb. 12
arrival in the U.S. was de-
layed owing to illness, was
rescheduled to arrive in
New York Feb. 26.
.
In Washington, 64
members of Congress
have asked Soviet in-
terior Minister Nikolai
Sholokov to allow Soviet
engineer Isaac Zlotver,
who is dying of cancer, to
join his two children and
grandchild in Israel.
Moscow Jew seeking to
emigrate, is also being
threatened by the Per-
vomalsky district of the
militia in Moscow with
being put on trial for
parasitism. Abramovich
has a job but refuses to
reveal its location to the
Militia for fear of being
fired. He also works
part-time as a tutor of
Hebrew. He has been or-
dered to report to the
militia district.
In New York, several
hundred New Yorkers
marched to the Soviet Mis-
sion to the United Nations
Sunday to protest the im-
minent trial of Soviet-
Jewish activist Anatoly
Shcharansky and the re-
fusal by Soviet authorities
to allow him to be rep-
-resented by an attorney of
his choice. ,
Shcharansky has been
charged with treason which
The Moscow activists also
carries a possible death sen- told the Canadian Commit-
tence. Allegations in the tee that Constantine Ivan
Soviet press that Zotov, head of the All-Union
Shcharansky had worked Ovir, has offered to meet
for the CIA were specifically with 12 women seeking
denied by President Carter
emigration visas,
four at a
.
last July.
time:
In Toronto, it was re-
It • was reported in Bonn
ported that Grigory Golds-
that in a dramatic bid to aid
tein, a 46-year-old Tbilisi jailed SoYiet Jewish dissi-
physicist, may be put on dents, Israeli Knesset
trial for parasitism, accord-
member Samuel Flatfo-
ing to the Canadian . Com- Sharon is seeking to ar-
mittee for Soviet Jewry.
range for the exchange of
The Canadian Commit- such prisoners in return for
tee also learned that Communist spies or politi-
„Pavel Abramovich, a cal prisoners jailed in the
West. The USSR is under-
stood to have hinted — via
an East German inter-
mediary — that it is willing
to carry out such deals.
Congressiona I Wives to Aid
Soviet Jewish Refuseniks
Paula Blanchard, wife of
Congressman Jim Blan-
chard (D-Pleasant Ridge) ;
has been asked to serve as a
co-chairwoman of the newly
formed Congressional
Wives for Soviet Jewry.
Among those serving as co-
chairwomen with Mrs.
Blanchard is Helen
Jackson, wife of Sen. Henry
Jackson (D-Wash.).
In coordination with the
National Conference for
Soviet Jewry, these wives of
Senators and Representa-
tives hope to help further
the cause of human rights
for Jews in the Soviet Un-
ion.
The group plans to con-
The go-between is the
prominent East German
lawyer, Wolfgang Vogel,
who helped arrange the
famous exchange bet-
ween jailed Chilean
Communist leader Luis
Carvallo and Soviet pris-
oner Vladimir Bukovsky.
He has also secured the
release of hundreds of
East German political
prisoners and their right
to emigrate to West Ger-
PAULA BLANCHARD
many in return for cash
payments by the West
German government.
ZOA Will Cite George Meany
NEW YORK-f---1 The high-
est honor of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, the
Theodor Herzl Award Gold
Medal, wiIl be presented to
George Meany, president of
the American Federation of
Labor-Congress of Indust-
rial Organizations, "in
honor of his lifelong com-
mitment to the cause of so-
cial justice, for his support
in helping establish the
state of Israel and for his
continued unstinting devo-
tion to its viability."
The award will be pre-
sented at a banquet at the
• Sharon is seeking to aid
Shcharansky and Edward
Kuznetsov.
• Others of the 32 Soviet
dissidents that Israel de-
scribes as "prisoners of
Zion" could be included in
the swap.
In Geneva, Israel charged
the Soviet Union with con-
ducting an anti-Semitic
campaign and Syria with
holding its Jewish residents
as hostages.
The charges were made
by Israeli Ambassador Yoel
Barromi to the United Na-
tions Commission on
BEERSHEBA (JTA) —
Human Rights which had Ben-Gurion University of
earlier passed resolutions the Negev has announced
condemning Israel.
the establishment in per-
Humphrey Honor
He charged, the USSR ,
with having "deliber-
ately created an obstacle
course for prospective
emigrants."
As to Syria, Barromi said
the 5,000 Jews left in Syria
"live in ghetto conditions,
they are subjected to severe
disabilities. They are de-
nied their freedom 'of
movement within Syria
and, above all, the right - to
emigrate abroad. They are
kept as hapless hostages of
the Middle East conflict.
Justice and humanity de-
mand that they be given
freedom and dignity."
The Syrian delegate re-
plied that Jews in Syria
have full rights and that
there were eight
synagogues in Damascus.
He charged that it was Is-
rael that was persecuting
Jews from Arab countries.
petuity of a Hubert H.
Humphrey Center of Social
Ecology on its main campus,
to honor* the memory of the
late Senator in a field that
was his primary interest.
conclusion of the ZOA Na-
tional Executive Commit-
tee meetings June 6 in
Washington. ,
Students Plan
a Sleighride
The Hillel Foundation on
the Wayne State University
campus, the Oakland
Community College Jewish
Student Association and the
Kssociation of Jewish Stu-
dents of the University of
Windsor will have
sleighride-square dan
March 11, meeting 8 p.m. a
the Hillel House. The
sleighride will take place at
Roy's Ranch, West Bloom-
field, with the square dance
at Temple Kol Ami.
Refreshments will be
served, and there is a
charge. For information,
call the WSU Hillel office,
577-3459.
In Kentucky it is illegal to
sleep in a restaurant.
Wife of Soviet Dissident Due
Here on Behalf of Husband
sider new avenues of effec-
Avital
(Natalia)
tive support for Soviet • Shcharansky, wife of im-
Jewish "refusniks" who prisoned Soviet activist
have been separated from Anatoly Shcharansky, will,
their families and prisoners be in the Detroit area
Having An Affair?
who have been jailed be- through Sunday as part of a
cause of emigration ac- nation-wide tour to gain
tivities. The group hopes to support for the release of
publicize the plight of those her husband.
27701 Grchard Lake Road
seeking to emigrate from
An international student
Near 12 Mile
553-2191 the Soviet Union.
hunger strike is set' for
March 15, the anniversary
SAM PANZICA'S
of Shcharansky's arrest by
the KGB.
Shcharansky was ar-
rested last March after the
official Soviet news agency
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being jointly co-
ordinated nationally by
the Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry and the
Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews. Local ar-
rangements and spon-
sorship is by Adat
Shalom Synagogue, who
has "adopted" the
Shcharansky family; the
Detroit Committee for
Soviet Jewry and the
Workmen's Circle.
For information, call
Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom
at Adat Shalom at 851-
5100: Rae Sharfman of the
Detroit Committee an
AVITAL SHCHARANSKY
Soviet Jewry, 352-7,123:
Harriet Arnowitz of Work-
men's.Circle, 626-6016.
Mrs. Shcharansky will
speak at a press conference.
10:30 a.m. today at the De-
troit Press Club. At 8 p.m.
she will address an oneg
Shabat gathering of the
Adat Shalom youth group in
the home of Cantor Larry
Vieder.
She will speak at Shabat
morning services 9 a.m.
Saturday at Adat Shalom
Synagogue and be .tendered
a reception by Congressman
William Brodhead at 8 p.m.
At 9 p.m. Saturday, Mrs.
Shcharansky will speak at
the Hillel House in Oak
Park, arranged by Rabbi
Howard Addison, director of
the Bnai frith Hillel Foun-
dation at Wayne State.
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