— Friday, in 23, 1978 7 NE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FIRESTONE Bar-Ilan Academic Huppa for Max and Frieda Stollman (Continued from Page 1) the university and with the consent of the presi- dent, senate and board of trustees, I take special delight to confer upon each of you the degree of Doctor of Humane Let- ters honoris cause. "When the hoods of the university are draped over you it will symbolize an academic Huppa for a lov- ing and beloved couple. "I am pleased to hand you these diplomas." Participants in the com- mencement program in- cluded Bar-Ilan University President Emanuel Rackman. Phillip Stollman, brother of Max Stollman, is global chairman of the Bar-Ilan University board of trustees. Another brother, Rabbi Isaac Stollman, formerly of Detroit, now a resident of Jerusalem, was among the more than 40 mem- bers of the Stollman fam- ily who attended the commencement exer- cises. Others who received hon- orary Bar-Ilan University degrees were: world Sephardi leader Nissim Gaon of Switzerland, Los Angeles communal leader Abraham Spiegel and former Israel Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Kis- ter. ers in attendance, were 40 members of the Stollman family. The Stollmans and friends who made the pil- grimage to Israel for the oc- casion are: Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ginsberg, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Stollman and Karen, David and Daniel; Dr. and Mrs. Martin Hart and Stacey and Trevor; Mrs. Annette Ron and Gary, David and Lauren; Sam For the Stollmans, na- tionally and those in Israel, the Bar-Ilan commence- ment was a family event of memorable significance. In- cluded in the assembly of friends, with many Detroit- Nudel and Slepak to be 'Exiled' (Continued from Page 1) Jackson Amendment, is of the Soviet Jewish pris- "ill-timed at best and lack- oners of conscience, was ing in understanding of the arrested June 2. She and thrust of Jackson's legisla- 13 other Jewish activists tion." demonstrated against the The SSSJ stated: "We arrest of the Slepaks in cannot imagine how the Pushkin Square outside USSR is to be rewarded the apartment building with trade credits for a where the Slepaks live. small, artificial rise in All 14 demonstrators - emigration figures pre- were taken away from the cisely, at a moment when square by police but the human rights activist others were released ,and Yuri Orlov has been only Nudel was charged. harshly sentenced, Slepak, a 50-year-old Anatoly Shcharansky electrical engineer has been may be in the dock for his seeking a visa to emigrate life, leading refusniks to Israel _for eight years. He Vladimir and Maria is a member of the group of Slepak and Ida Nudel Soviet activists who are face imprisonment on monitoring Moscow's com- false charges, and former pliance with the human Prisoner of Conscience rights provisions of the Hel- losif Begun has been re- sinki Accords. Nudel has arrested." also been seeking an emig- Also on Sunday, Jewish ration visa for eight years. groups marked the eighth In a telephone call to the anniversary of the arrests of Canadian Committee for the Soviet Jews who became Soviet Jewry in Toronto, the defendants in the first Mrs. Slepak said that she Leningrad hijack trial of was in intense pain from an 1970. Most are still serving inflamed pancreas and sentences in Soviet prisons under severe duress from or forced labor camps. Soviet interrogators when At the same time, Abram she signed a false statement Balsham, , 69 and his wife, about the incident. Maria, 62, began a vigil at The statement repor- the Isaiah Wall across the tedly says the couple re- street from UN headquar- fused to remove their ters. They are protesting sign after repeated re- the refusal of the Soviet au- quests and that she had thorities to grant an exit- made threatening ges- visa to their son, Peter, and tures, anti-Soviet com- his wife and child who live ments and spat at the in Tashkent. When the Bal- shams were allowed to leave police. Last week, former Israeli Russia in 1976, they were Foreign Minister • Abba promised by officials that Eban and the SSSJ their son and his family pealed to the Carter Ad- could follow in a few ministration on behalf of months. the Slepaks, and Premier In London, more than 20 Menahem Begin made a prominent British writers similar appeal this week. delivered a letter to the At his press conference Soviet Embassy appealing last week, PreSident Carter for the release of Eduard said he does not consider the Kuznetsov, one of the first arrest of the Slepaks "a per- Leningrad trial defendants sonal response" by the who is serving a 15-year Soviet Union to his human sentence in a labor camp rights campaign but an in- and permission for him to dication "of whether or not join his wife, Silva Zalman- the Soviet Union can stand son, in Israel. internal dissension and monitoring of its actions by Grenade Blast private citizen groups." TEL AVIV (JTA) — A On Sunday, the SSSJ charged that the American hand grenade exploded last Jewish Congress' support of week near the National Re- the Humphrey-Dole-Finley ligious Party headquarters Bill, which seeks to extend in north Tel Aviv. There agricultural trade credits to were no injuries and dam- the USSR in defiance of the age was minor. In Paris, a group of Jewish community leaders, headed by Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan and Baron Alain de Rothschild, tried unsuccessfully to deliver a petition to the Soviet Em- bassy asking the release of Kuznetsov and Shcharansky. Katz and Miss Edie Katz; Dr. Leon Fill; Miss Julie Cohen and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz. Also, Mrs. Richard -Latessa and Gabriel, Gina and Rachel; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greenstone and Brian, Peter and Andrew; Rabbi and Mrs. Sam Stollman; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hochberg and- their daughter; Rabbi and Mrs. James Gordon and Phillip Stollman. • • • Stollman Recreation Area in Jerusalem Dedicated on Monday This will be Stollman week in Israel. In addition to the important occasion for them at Bar-Ilan Uni- versity, the family will be honored on Monday at the dedication of the Recreation and Camping Area in the American Bicentennial Park in Jerusalem. Keren Kayemet l'Yisrael, the Jewish National Fund, under whose auspices the Bicentennial Park was es- tablished, will participate in the dedication program. Government leaders and members of the Jewish Agency for Israel are ex- pected to be among the par- ticipants in the dedication of the recreation area, as they were in the Bar-Ban commencement program. JEWELRY Jo...1r, timm...4. venom.. M.Ir. A ■ ..M Ifryro•-•. 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