THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

38 Friday, February 16, 1919

Students Report New Soviet Book Attacks Jews, Zionism

NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Jewish Telegraphic
Agency office in Paris,
Simon Wiesenthal's
Documentation Center in
Vienna and the Weizmann
Institute of Science in Re-
hovot are attacked as
"Zionist centers" in a new
anti-Semitic book published
in Moscow by the Political
Publishing House under the
auspices of the Soviet
Academy of Sciences, it was
reported by the Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry.
The 270-page diatribe,
"International Zionism's
Ideology and Practices,"
was under the editorship of
academician Mark Mitin
who was notorious for sup-
porting Stalin's drive
against the "Doctors' Plot"
in 1953 which alleged that
Jewish physicians planned
to murder Kremlin officials.
The book, the SSSJ re-
ported, attacks Judaism
and Zionism as one: "Where
the rabbis and Zionists rule,
everything is subserviant to
one aim — serving the
interests of capital."
"Zionist centers" are
seen as exercising con-
trol of the Western media
and press. According to

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the book, "80 percent of
American and interna-
tional information agen-
cies are under the influ-
ence of the international
"Zionist centers," and
"Zionists" control half
the magazines and radio
stations in the U.S. and 75
percent of the foreign
bureaus of American
news organizations. In
addition, the book as-
serts, Jewish organiza-
tions seek to subvert the
USSR,
In Dallas, members of the
Dallas Jewish community
who have been regularly
writing to refusniks in the
Soviet Union have recently
received letters that indi-
cate their mail to the refus-
niks has been intercepted
by Soviet authorities.
According to a spokesman
for the National Conference
on Soviet Jewry in New
York, the letters to the Dal-
las writers are part of an
"orchestrated letter-writing
campaign" in the Soviet
Union.
Leo Laufer and his fam-
ily, of Dallas, shared with
the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency several letters bear-
ing Tbilisi (Soviet Georgia)
postmarks and sent to them
special delivery, return re-
ceipt requested. The Lauf-
ers have been writing reg-
ularly to Tbilisi refusenik
Isai Goldstein.
Although the letters
from the USSR are not

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identical, they all carry from them a "White Paper
of Hope and Despair" on be-
the message that the
half of the Moscow women
United States is sup-
who have been refused visas
posedly greatly con-
cerned about human to go to Israel.
Mrs. Carter responded to
rights, but a former Nazi
is representing the U.S. in the presentations by saying
she was "moved" by Soviet
the United Nations Edu-
Jewry's situation and
cational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization lauded Americans who are
involved as U.S. citizens to
(UNESCO).
The NCSJ has confirmed help Soviet Jewry.
Meanwhile, in reaction to
that other people through-
a flood of Jewish emigration
out the U.S. who have writ-
ten to refusniks or have requests, the Kremlin is
travelled to the USSR have "persecuting applicants,
received similar letters. The emigration activists are
NCSJ has asked that any- being sentenced to long
one receiving such a letter years of imprisonment or
contact them at 10 E. 40th exile, many are arbitrarily
Soviet Jewish refusenik Pavel Abramovich, left,
refused permission to leave
St., New York, N.Y., 10036.
The UNESCO represen- for many years, and a whole visits prisoner of conscience Dr. Joseph Begun, who
tative referred -to in the let- series of refusenik families has been exiled to Siberia for teaching Hebrew. Rus-
ters is identified as is being kept back in the sian Jewish activists make trips to visit Dr. Begun to
Konstantin Varvariv who, USSR," according to a re- boost his morale.
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one letter claims, "took part view of last year's events in
the
USSR
compiled
by
a
in the execution of 17,000
Jews in Rovno." According group of leading activists,
to another letter, "In 1941 to which has been translated
1944 he (Varvariv) served into English by Michael
as a Nazi and was seen in Sherbourne of London and
Two symposia have been sponsored by the Bnai
the black uniform in the city published as "Message
of Rovno. He, himself, shot From Moscow III" by the scheduled to disseminate Brith Hillel Foundation,
more than one dozen Soviet Union of Councils for Soviet information on human the Detroit Committee for
rights in the Soviet Union. Soviet Jewry, Judaic
citizens, and took part in the Jews and the SSSR.
AKTSIA_ — Action for Studies Department of
execution of 17,000 Jews."
The review is quite
The letters refer to an ar- frank in criticizing the Soviet Jewry and Human the U-M, Michigan Stu-
ticle in the Oct. 24 issue of lack of a strong Western Rights — will conduct a dent Assembly, Litera-
Komsomolska Pravda campaign to break the symposium Monday, Tues- ture, Science and Arts
which was entitled, Soviet blockade of com- day and Wednesday in the Student Government and
"Fighter for Human Rights munication with Russian amphitheater in the Rac- the Jewish Community
kham Building on the Uni- Council.
From Gestapo."
Jews, "the very low pro-
In Detroit, Goodman will
The Soviet allegation fessional level" of Israeli versity of Michigan campus.
At 7:30 p.m. Monday, address a special meeting of
that Varvariv was in- broadcasts to the USSR,
volved in this atrocity "the sharp curtailment of Jerry Goodman, director, the Jewish Community
had been circulated as Voice of America trans- National Conference on Council and Jewish Welfare
early as last July in a missions about Jewish Soviet Jewry, will speak on Federation leadership 12:45
press review issued by emigration" and the "An Encapsulation of the p.m. Tuesday in the Butzel
the Soviet Mission to the timidity of foreign Year's Events." At 8:30 Building, 163 Madison, De-
United Nations. The tourists and Moscow- p.m., David Chudinovsky, troit.
Goodman will speak on
Soviet report said Var- based Western jour- professor, Columbia Uni-
versity, will speak on "The "Emigration, Anti-
variv "was identified as a nalists.
Effect of Pressures from the Semitism and Trade —
Nazi accomplice" when
The review makes several
What Is the Connection." -`
West."
he attended a UNESCO additional points:
Igor Yefinov, writer
conference in 1977 as a
• The Odessa OVIR and recent emigre, will
U.S. delegation member.
(emigration office) periodi- speak 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
However, in a letter dated cally refuses to accept appli-
Oct. 27, Undersecretary of cations from young men on "Censorship in Soviet
State Ben Read wrote to under draft age, insisting Literature and Media."
Varvariv that "the depart- they must first serve in the At 8:30 p.m., Alan Alter, a
ment's investigation found Red Army. This would delay graduate history student
at the U-M, will speak on
no evidence whatsoever to their exit many years.
"Anti-Semitism in the
support the allegations and
OVIR
offices
in
Mol-
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charges against you" and davia and the Ukraine now Soviet Press."
George Ginsburg, profes-
that "the department reaf- deliberately work so slowly
sor, Rutgers Law School,
firms the confidence in your
that "thousands" must will speak 7:30 p.m. Wed-
loyalty and character as re-
stand in line for several
presented initially by your months merely to submit nesday on "Soviet constitu-
tion and the Rights of the
commissioning as a foreign
application forms.
Individual."
service officer of the United
• The Shcharansky trial
The public is invited to
States."
"was originally planned as a the lectures free of charge.
grandiose group anti-
Nevertheless, a spokes-
The symposium is co-
man for- the House Jewish process, but because
Judiciary Subcommittee on of world protests and Libyan Threatens
FRANK LAUTENBERG
Immigration, which is in- mainly the heroic conduct of
vestigating alleged Nazis Shcharansky himself, the to Cut Oil Exports
ITEW YORK — Frank R
who entered the U.S., said authorities were compelled Because of Israel
Lautenberg of Montclair,
last November that the case to present it as a case of es-
c
WASHINGTON — The N.J., president of
pionage and dissidence." In
was not closed. This status
d
United Jewish Appea
head
of
the
Libyan
delega-
the labor camps, "living
is still in effect.
general chairman of
Varvariv emigrated to conditions have recently tion touring the U.S. said
1975-77 UJA campaigns,
his
country
may
end
oil
ex-
worsened;
Semyon
Gluz-
the U.S. under the Dis-
will be honored by the New -
ports
to
the
U.S.
unless
the
placed Persons Act from man was put in a punish-
U.S. ends its "pro-Israel Jersey Chapter of the Na-
ment cell for six months."
Germany in 1948 and joined
tional Conference of Chris-
the State Department in
• "Soviet authorities use foreign policy."
tians and Jews on Thursday j
Ahmed
Shahati,
who
more and more frequently
1962.
at its annual Brotherhood`
In Washington, Mrs. the excuse of 'secrets' in along with Billy Carter has Award Dinner.
been
embroiled
in
disputes
Rosalynn Carter person- their politics of refusal" of
Lautenberg is being hon-Th
throughout the trip for
ally joined in the move-
visas.
ored "for his many years of
anti-Semitic
statements
There
is
vast
ignorance
ment to relieve the plight
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distinguished public service
and misinformation about said, "The relationship be-
of Soviet Jewry.
in the community and
tween
the
U.S.
and
Libya
America's First Lady life in Israel; "frequently
his philanthropic activities
has
been
strained
by
Zionist
olim
leave
not
having
the
welcomed to the White
on behalf of secular and
pressure."
House some 30 - wives of most elementary informa-
Jewish causes."
Libya
supplies
as
much
Senators and Representa- tion."
The honor follows his apr ,
For copies of the review, oil to the U.S. as Iran did pointment last December to_
tives who are members of
(seven
percent
of
U.S.
im-
the Congressional Wives write the SSSJ, 200 W. 72nd
President Carter's Commis---;'
Group Concerned About St., Suites 30-31; New York, ports) before the turmoil in u pon 9]L rthe Holo uLst.
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U-M, Local Symposia
on Human Rights in USSR

UJA President
to Be Honored

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