Brodhead Scores UN Unit

Butzel Award for Berman

Rep. William Brodhead (D-17th District), in a speech to
the U.S. House of Representatives last week, spoke out
strongly against the UnitedNations Special Unit on Pales-
tinian Rights. In his speech, Brodhead stated:
"In December 1977, the United Nations General Assem-
bly approved a resolution establishing within the UN
Secretariat a Special Unit on Palestinian Rights. Over the
past year, this special unit has acted as a UN-sanctioned
propaganda arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organiza-
tion, a terrorist group dedicated to the destruction by force
of our longtime friend and ally, Israel. It should be pointed
out that Israel is also a member of the United Nations.
"The PLO has the distinction of not only being the sole
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Mandell L. Berman will receive the Fred M. Butzel
Memorial Award for outstanding community leadership at
the Jewish Welfare Federation's 52nd annual meeting,
Nov. 6 at Adat Shalom Synagogue, Federation President
Martin E. Citrin has announced.
Berman, who served as Federation's president from 1972
through 1975, has been active in Federation and the Allied
Jewish Campaign since the 1940s, when he was a member
of the Junior Service Group (now Junior Division). He
currently serves on numerous Federation boards and com-
mittees and the boards of several national Jewish and non-
sectarian organizations.
The Butzel Award, named for Federation's first
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I.B. Singer's
Nobel Award
and Recognition
of Yiddish

Cracow Reminiscence
and New Pope

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Oct: 27, 1978

On the Threshold of Peace!

Arab States Rallying to Join
Sadat Move to End Warfare

Israel's approval of the formula for peace, adopted by the Cabinet Wednesday,
and the apparent enthusiasm for the peace plan in Egyptian government circles
appear as an assurance that Egypt and Israel will conclude the anticipated pact
in a matter of days.
It now appears to be a certainty that a peace pact may be signed, either at a
point in Sinai or in Cairo, on Nov. 19, the anniversary of Anwar Sadat's
Jerusalem visit.
Many points of evidence added to the view that the negotiators are on the
threshold of peace.
Sudan is the first Arab state to endorse Sadat's peace moves and Saudi Arabia
reportedly now favors it.
Also, although unconfirmed, there is a report from Cairo that Pope
John Paul II has indicated he will accept an invitation to attend the
signing of a peace treaty in Sinai.
But in the intransigent Arab ranks there continues the antagonism toward
Sadat, who is threatened by Yasir. Arafat "to the end" with repeated aims to
destroy Israel. Another sign of enmity came with the announcement that after
nine years Syria and Iraq will resume diplomatic relations and will permit air
traffic between the two countries. This is viewed as the result of the anti-Israel
policies of the two nations.
In Jerusalem, the marathon 17-hour, three-day Cabinet session came to a
close late Wednesday afternoon, with a majority of 15 ministers approving the
drafts. Abstentions were voiced by Health Minister Eliezer Shostak and Energy

Minister Yitzhak Modai.
Speaking to reporters following the session, Prime Minister Menahem Begin
issued the following statement: "The government approves on principle the
peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brought here by the delegation to the
peace conference in Washington. The government approves the alterations to
the peace treaty as proposed by the Prime Minister. In accordance, it has
directed the delegation and authorized it to continue negotiations until the
signing of the peace treaty."
Begin also noted that alterations in the peace draft had been made
upon the request of Justice Minister Shmuel Tamir, who had previously
voiced his concern over several legal aspects of the document.
Meanwhile, Begin briefed the Likud parliamentary faction Wednesday eve-
ning, in an attempt to pacify anxieties which have arisen among Likud members
over the peace draft. Earlier in the day, members of the Laam faction of the
Likud Party called on their colleagues, Shostak and Zalman Shoval, to resign
from their respective positions if the Blair House accords are approved. Shoval
presently serves as chairman of the Foreign Ministry's information department.
The other Laam member, Yigael Horovitz, resigned from his position as Minis-
ter of Commerce and Industry last month when the Camp David talks con-
cluded.
Egypt's desired alterations to the tentative agreement reached with Israel
were given Tuesday to the United States, and were discussed at a meeting at

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Soviets Give Levich Permission to Emigrate,
But Begun and Slepak Harassed in 'Exile'

NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish dissident Benjamin Levich, a well-known Soviet physicist, was granted permission Monday
to emigrate, according to reports from Moscow.
The 61-year-old scientist told reporters in Moscow, "I was assured by Academy of Science officials that I have permission to
emigrate and this was confirmed by Interior Ministry officials." The case of Levich, who applied almost seven years ago for an
exit visa, received speCial attention last month by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Kennedy brought up the case of
Levich during a two-hour conversation the Senator had with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in the Kremlin. Five of the 18
families Kennedy mentioned have now been granted permission to emigrate.
Levich and his wife, Tanya, were refused permission to emigrate on the grounds of state secrecy. The Leviches said they
intend to live in Israel, although Levich has received offers from more than two dozen American universities for teaching
positions. The couple's two sons, both scientists, were allowed to leave the Soviet Union three years ago.
But, while some "refuseniks" are being released, Soviet authorities have apparently disregarded their criminal
code by adding new restraints to the terms of a Prisoner of Conscience exiled to Siberia, according to information
received by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry.
Iosif Begun, arrested in May for violating internal passport laws, was exiled for three years to the infamous Magadan
region of Siberia. Begun had recently started to seek work as a professional engineer in Susman, a town well within the
allowable limit of 100 kilometers from his place of exile. Police have now forced him to return to his exiled location and have
given no reason for the action.
An engineer with a doctorate in science, Begun had been offered only employinent as a high voltage engineer, a dangerous
This poster, "Free Me!", part of an exhibit of
USSR political propaganda displayed in a Lenin- job for which he has no training. Prior to his arrest in May, Begun served a two-year sentence in Magadon for "parasitism."
grad foreign tourist hotel, has unintended strong Bowing to world concern over his well being, the Soviet Jewish activist has ended a hunger strike he began Oct. 3. In the
meaning for the city's many Jewish "refuseniks" spring of 1977 he spent more than 100 days on a hunger strike.
The National Conference also reported that Vladimi - • Slepak, who has waited longer than any other Soviet Jew to receive
and the Prisoners of Conscience still suffering in
labor camps from the 1970-71 Leningrad Trials, ac- an emigration permit, has just been set to work as an oven stoker in the Chita region of Siberia. He was recently given a
cording to the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry.
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