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tive director of the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
suggested that American
Jews would support "flexi-
bility" in U.S.-Soviet trade
relations if the USSR would
"standardize and
humanize" its treatment of
its Jewish population.
Goodman told several
hundred Jewish community
leaders at a program plan-
ning session of the National
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council's
plenary meeting, "If the
harassment of new (emigra-
tion) applicants does not
mount again, and if the
1979 level continues to re-
main relatively - high .. .
(we) will be asked to be flex-
ible on the linkage of trade
to emigration. We have in-
sisted that when the time is
appropriate we would be
flexible in the matter of
trade relations."
Goodman's remarks were
contained in a major policy
paper outlining the tactics
and objectives in 1979 for
the Soviet Jewry movement
ii the United States.
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Nearly 29,000 Jews left
the USSR last year, the
highest annual total since
35,000 left in 1973. The
U.S. trade policy now of-
fers credits and Most Fa-
vored Nation status to
Communist countries
that allow freer emigra-
tion. The major piece of
legislation in this area is
the 1974 Jackson-Vanik
Amendment, principally
intended to promote in-
creased Jewish emigra-
tion forrom the Soviet
Union.
"We are for detente and,
of course, peace," Goodman
said, "but detente requires
reciprocal obligations. It is
not a one-way street." The
Soviet Union, he said, must
alter its emigration policy,
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have "the full rights of
every other Soviet national-
ity — the right to their cul-
tural, historical and religi-
ous heritage, the right to
have Hebrew books and
newspapers printed,
synagogues open and func-
tioning and trained rabbis
and teachers available.
Sirriply put, we want the
Jews who remain to survive
as a people; and to have the
means to do so as part of
their daily lives."
In conjunction with Pre-
mier Menahem Begin's
reiteration of Israel's recog-
nition of the Falasha Jews if
Ethiopia as "Jews in every
respect," the National
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Advisory Council
(NJCRAC) will make a spe-
cial effort to bring the situa-
tion of the Falashas to wider
attention and to support
agencies involved in trying
to save them from chaotic
conditions in Ethiopia.
end anti-Semitism and
allow its Jewish population
the freedom to satisfy their
religious and cultural de-
sires.
"The achievement of an
increased rate of emigration
which could reach its own
level, not abstructed by re-
strictions, is critical. The
process must be standar-
dized and humanized. If de-
nials by reason of "_state
security" are to be consi-
dered valid, these should be
defined and made known in
advance so the arbitrari-
ness can be removed," said
Goodman.
Hard core refusenik cases
should be processed ex-
peditiously, said Goodman,
and Prisoners of Conscience
should be freed from Soviet
prisons, labor camps and
exile as soon as the law al-
lows.
"It would be a signific-
ant gesture if the POC's
were released within the
next few months. Since
nearly- all of them have
wives and children, such
an act of humanity and
compassion would be
well received in the Un-
ited States," he said.
Goodman added that
those Jews who remain in
the Soviet Union should
The announcement came
following a report made by
Benjamin Abileah, direc-
tor of Israel's Information
Center in New York, to a
session of the NJCRAC's
plenary. Lenhoff, president
of the American Association
for Ethiopian Jews, also ad-
dressed the meeting.
Meanwhile, in New
York, 13-year-old Baruch
Begun of Moscow, whose
father, Iosif, has been
exiled to Siberia, was Bar
Mitzva in absentia at the
Lake - Success Jewish
Center on Long Island.
His coming of age was
celebrated by an esti-
mated 70,000 attending
parallel Sabbath services
at synagogues in New
York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
At the same time, The
Student Struggle for Soviet
Jewry announced that it is
making available free post-
ers of Iosif Begun, Ida Nudel
and Vladimir Slepak to
maintain interest in , their
plight as "internal exiles" in
the Soviet Union.
Single copies of the indi-
- vidual posters are available_
free of charge by writing the
SSSJ, 200 W. 72nd St.,
suites 30-31, New York
10023.
The script for "The Cup of
Fury," a play based on the
interrogation and- trial of
Anatoly Shcharansky, is
now available for a fee from
the American Jewish Thea-
ter, 466 Grand St.," New
York 10002. The production
was recently staged in as-
sociation with the SSSJ.
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UN Singles Out Israel on Africa
UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — Israel was con-
demned last week by the .
General Assembly in one
resolution for its "continu-
ing and increasing collab-
oration with the racist re-
gime of South Africa" and in
a second resolution for its
alleged nuclear collabora-
tion with the Pretoria gov-
ernment. While the first re-
solution was exclusively
devoted to Israel, the "nuc-
lear collaboration" resolu-
tion cited also the United
States, France and West
German.
The vote on the first re-
solution was 82-18 with 28
abstentions. The United
States and other members
of the Western bloc voted
against the resolution. The
vote on the second resolu-
tion was 19-5 with 23
abstentions. Israel did not
participate in the vote of
either resolution.
Yehuda Blum, Israel's
Ambassador to the Un-
ited Naitons, in explain-
ing Israel's position be-
fore the vote, declared:
"Because Israel has been
singled out as the only
country in the world for
specific condemnation
on its own in a special re-
solution, my delegation
will not participate in the
voting on the issues be-
fore us. I request that this
non-participation be
duly reflected in the re-
cord.
"We take this stand to ex-
press our abhorrence at the
cynical debasement of this
entire discussion.".
The resolutions were part
of the Assembly's vote on
policies of apartheid of the
South African government.
Israel, which recorded its
opposition to apartheid
numerous times before,
voted in favor of another re-
solution adopted by the As-
sembly last week which of-
fered tribute to the memory
of leaders and outstanding
personalities who contri-
buted to the struggles
against apartheid and other
forms of oppression.
Hebrew U. Cites Ford
'
Former U.S. President Gerald Ford received an
honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem during his January visit to Israel and the
Middle East. Shown at the university ceremonies are,
from left, Ford, Prof. Michael Rabin, university presi-
dent Avraham Harman and university vice president
Bernard Cherrick.
Sen. Javits Hits Jimmy Carter
for Not Understanding Israel
NEW YORK — Sen.
Jacob Javits (R-NY) says
Presidenf Carter does not
understand Israel's concern
about the West Bank be-
cause "What do they know
'about Jews where he comes
from?"
Javits said Carter should
not be held responsible for
his brother Billy's anti-
Semitic remarks but "it is
an indication of where he
comes from."
Javits says Carter is un-
able to understand the im-
portance of Israel's insis-
tance on a West Bank buffer
zone for itself. He added
that President Lyndon
Johnson came from a small
town, but lived in
Washington many years
"before becoming President.
He had experience," Javits
said.
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