Friday, Ilarck 17, 1978 21
THE DETROIT. JEWISH NEWS
Christians Send Jewish Bible
to Jailed Anatoly Shcharansky
SEATTLE (JTA) — The
Church Council of Greater
Seattle, a body representing
all the Christian denomina-
tions in the area, recently
sent a copy of the Jewish
Holy Scriptures to Anatoly
Shcharansky, the Soviet
Jewish dissident.
"By sending him the
Scriptures, the local Christ-
ian community is attempt-
ing to make Soviet officials
aware that American
Christians, as well as
American Jews, are con-
cerned about the lack of re-
ligious freedom in the
Soviet Union:, said David .
Stahl, Pacific Northwest
regional director of the
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith.
"The Soviet authorities
may not let him receive the
Scriptures," Stahl added,
"but they will recognize the
concern of American Christ-
ians for the plight of Soviet
Jews. Hopefully this move
will be followed by similar
actions on the part of Chris-
tian communities through-
out America."
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Meanwhile, in Michi-
gan, Mayors Donald F.
Fracassi of Southfield,
David H. Shepherd of
Oak Park and Governor
William Milliken proc-
laimed March 15 as
Anatoly Shcharansky
Day, commemorating the
first anniversary of the
Soviet Jewish activist's
arrest and incarceration.
In Moscow, Andrei D.
Sakharov, the physicist and
civil rights advocate, said
that the Soviet authorities
had cut off his telephone
service for the first time.
The action against Dr.
Sakharov came one day
after he had led a demonst-
ration near the Kremlin ac-
cusing the Soviet leadership
of supporting the Palesti-
nian terrorists who killed
32 persons in a raid in Israel
last weekend.
Dr. Sakharov said that a
woman had telephoned his
apartment and told his wife
that the telephone was
being disconnected because
they had not paid for long-
distance calls. Mrs.
Sakharov said she had re-
ceipts for all long distance
calls, but the woman, who
refused to identify herself,
hung up.
Sakharov said he and
his wife went to the inter-
national telephone ex-
change where an official
checked their receipts
and told them she knew
of no reason for their
telephone to be cut off.
Phone service was re-
stored after three days.
In a related development,
it was reported that more
matza will be baked in Mos-
cow this year than last year,
according to Solomon
Kleinman, chairman of
Moscow's Jewish commun-
ity. In the U.S., Rabbi
Moshe Sherer, executive
president of Agudath Israel
of America, met with Sec-
retary of State Cyrus Vance
on the shipment of matza.
In Jerusalem, the pres-
idium of the Brussels Con-
ference on Soviet Jewry,
meeting in Israel, decided to
launch a world-wide cam-
paign against anti-Semitic
propaganda.
Leon Dulzin, chairman of
the World Zionist Organiza-
tion, speaking at the closing
session, claimed that Mos-
cow has become an interna-
tional center for the dis-
semination of anti-Semitic
materials in various lan-
guages to many parts of the
world, specifically the Arab
countries. He said Soviet
television has joined the
process of late, concentrat-
ing its attack on aliya ac-
tivists in the USSR.
Dr. Raphael Nudel-
man, a Soviet immigrant,
told the presidium that a
series of anti-Semitic ar-
ticles appeared recently
in Ogoniok, a popular
magazine in the USSR.
One article alleged that
the Eichmann trial was
staged to conceal collab-
oration with the Nazis by
such Jewish leaders as
Chaim Weizmann, David
Ben-Gurion, Moshe
Sharett and Levi Eshko/.
A pamphlet written by
Soviet Jews describing their
plight will be published in
several languages shortly,
the presidium was told.
The New York Associa-
tion for New Ameri-
cans this week treated
newly arrived Soviet
Jewish immigrants to the
U.S. to a Purim workshop
where they were taught
about the observance of
Purim and were served
traditional refreshments.
At the same time, the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Soc-
iety (BIAS) lauded U.S. At-
torney General Griffin Bell
for approving parole last
December for 5,000 Russian
refugees in Italy.
Acting President
Named by LZA
NEW YORK — Israel K.
Goldstein, administrative
vice president of the Labor
Zionist -Alliance, has as-
sumed the duties of presi-
dent of the LZA.
Dr. Judah J. Shapiro,
president of the Alliance,
has relinquished his active
role for personal reasons,
according to Bernard Weis-
berg, LZA executive direc-
tor.
Goldstein will serve as
acting president until the
national convention of the
LZA in early 1979.
Goldstein was elected to
the Actions Committee of
the World Zionist Organiza-
tion at the 29th World
Zionist
Congress
in
Jerusalem.
AN URGENT CALL FOR COMMUNITY
COOPERATION: KEEP NOV. 12TH
OPEN FOR ANNUAL BALFOUR CONCERT
REMEMBER
Bert Lance, Arabs Accused
of Illegal Bank Take-Over
WASHINGTON — Pres-
ident Carter's former direc-
tor of the budget, Bert
Lance, was charged in a
Federal court suit with
fronting for the chief of the
Saudi Arabian secret ser-
vice and the crown prince of
Abu Dhabi in an attempt to
Happiness
A merry heart maketh a
cheerful countenance; but
by sorrow of heart the spirit
is broken. A merry heart is a
good medicine; but a broken
spirit drieth the bones.
—Proverbs 15:13; 17:22
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week.
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major bankholding corpora-
tion.
Officers of Finance Gen-
eral Bankshares, Inc.,
which controls banks in
New York, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, Maryland, and in
Washington, D.C., said
Lance and his wife and the
Arab investors violated
Federal laws in acquiring
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The Zionist Organization of Detroit is pleased to announce that its annual Balfour
Concert will be held on Nov. 12, 1978 at Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
In the interest of cooperation to assure success for the Zionist activities in this
community, and in support of our projects in Israel, we ask for copunity-wide
cooperation to keep this date to avoid conflicting functions.
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President, Zionist
Organization of Detroit
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Balfour Cori—d
Chairman