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AJCongress Head Urges Giving Roy Scheider Stars
Soviets MFN on Trial Basis
in Romance-Mystery
JERUSALEM (JTA) — president of the American
-
Howard
Squadron , Jewish Congress, believes
that the U.S. should agree
to grant most-favored-.
nation trade status to the
Soviet Union for a trial
period of one year to see if
in an old- fashioned
the Soviets live up to their
mounting.
pledges on Jewish emigra-
. tion.
Have a new and
Squadron attended the
exciting ring
15th annual American-
created
Israel Dialogue in
especially
Jerusalem, sponsored by
the AJCongress.
for you.
He stressed that the one-
Opening second
year MFN grant would not
be extended automatically
location at
but only after Washington
Renaissance Center soon.
reviewed the situation. In
addition, he insisted that
the trial period be under-
taken only when and if the
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The promise to Hawke,
Squadron said, must be
seen as a test of Moscow's
good faith. Hawke was
given the commitment
last spring by a member
of the Soviet Politburo.
Such persons do not'talk
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out of turn or unad-
visedly, Squadron said.
Therefore, failure ' to
carry out the commit-
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ment would be a breach
of pledge.
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He said that Rep. Charles
Vanik (D-Ohio) was more
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receptive" to the one-year
trial idea than Sen. Henry
M. Jackson (D-Wash.), co-
- author of the Jackson-
Vanik Amendment linking
U.S.-Soviet trade with
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Soviet emigration practices.
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Jackson's position must
be seen within the
framework of his across-
the-board suspicion of the
Soviets and opposition to
the SALT II Treaty, Squad-
ron said. "It is not as simple
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triangle set against the
Squadron said his opinion
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backdrop of the turbulent
was that HIAS and the
HOLLYWOOD — "Last 1960s, the film stars Brad
Joint Distribution Commit-
Embrace," labeled by direc- Davis ("Midnight Ex-
tee should perhaps be asked tor Jonathan Demme "a press").
to decide for themselves on dark romance," is a fas-
Richard Lester, the
their future policy towards cinating mystery thriller
Jewish emigrants of differ- keeping the audience Philadelphia-born film
director who made him-
ent categories.
spellbound to the very last self a name in England
On another controver- moment.
with the Beatles pictures
sial issue currently pre-
Sensitively
lit
by
occupying leaders in Is- Japanese camera man Tak and recently shot in Hol-
rael and the U.S., settle- Fujimoto, staged by Demme lywood and western loca-
ments on the West Bank, in bold cinematic strokes, tions, "Butch & Sun-
Squadron warned "Last Embrace" reveals for dance: The Early. Years,"
against American Jews the first time the full acting has now completed a pic-
"getting into a dispute of scope of Roy Scheider who ture entitled, "Cuba,
this kind." A debate heretofore always had to written by Charles Wood.
within U.S. Jewry gives play second fiddle to the It stars Sean Connery
(away from his James
the Washington Adminis- hero or heroine.
Bond characterization)
tration the impression
Janet Margolin who had
that the .community has shown great promise when in a love story set against
no position and therefore she made her debut in the final days of the
need not be taken into Frank Perry's "David and Batista dictatorship and
account in the whole LiSa"> as a very young girl, the early months of the
process of the autonomy and last year was seen in Castro regime.
Bob Rafelson will direct
negotiation.
Woody Allen's "Annie
Therefore, he observed, Hall," reemerges as a pow- and Andrew Braunsberg
the U.S. Jewish leadership erful performer in a many- :;f will produce a remake of the
1945 movie, "The Postman
should go "public" only on faceted role that ranges
issues on which there is from wholesomeness to be- Alwaiys Rings Twice," from
unanimity — such as the re- guiling cunning. , Sam James M. Cain's classic
cent rebuttal by the Confer- Levine is a bearded old Jew novel of love and .betramal.
ence of Presidents of Major who unravels the strings to Oscgr-stinnet Ai&
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American Jewish Organ-, the knotted yarn. -
izations of the Administra-
Lou Gilbert made his
tion's charge that the West final screen appearance
of an Academy Award in
Bank settlements are "il- in the cameo role of an
1971 for his direction of .
legal."
Orthodox rabbi praying "The French Connection" is
At the same time, how- in the synagogue.
preparing for MGM "Mortal
ever, Squadron said the
The movie is based on a Friends," based, on James
Jewish organizations had a
Carroll's bestselling novel,
novel by Murray Teigh
duty to convey to the Israeli Bloom.
the story of an Irish immig-
government the fact of the
"Moments," a French- rant's rise to power in Bos-
situation inside America, Israeli co-production ton.
namely, that "public opin- headed by Moshe Mizrahi,
ion regarding Israel is not deals with the delicate rela- Degree Given
good . . . Congress is be- tionship betWeen two
HAIFA — Colonel Jehiel
ginning to respond unfavor women and was written by Raphael Elyachar, one of
ably to the apparent appro- Michal Bat Adam (Mrs. the founders of the Ameri-
priation of private lands." Mizrahi), and directed by can Technion Society, has
The Jewish groups could her with the artistic collab- been awarded an honorary
offer useful advice on how to oration of her husband.
. doctorate by the Technion-
present the Israel govern-
Rob Cohen, the youthful Israel Institute of Technol-
ment's position in the most producer - turned - director,
favorable way, Squadron has completed principal ogy.
The degree was conferred
said. .•
photography on "A Small as part of a Technion
He contended that Jewish Circle of Friends," produced graduation ceremony in
political influence contin- by Tim Zinnemann (son of which 255 master of science
ued to be strong and grow- Fred Zinnemann) and writ- and 71 doctorate degrees
ing in the U.S.
ten by Ezra Sacks. A love were presented.
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Jewish, Gentile Groups to Honor Korczak
With Literary Prize Pope Pledges Aid
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Pope John Paul II has as-
sured the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith and
the Polish-American
Catholic Committee of his
"special interest and sup-
port" for their joint project
to honor the martyred
Polish-Jewish humanita-
rian, Janusz Korczak.
Officials of the ADL, the
Polish-American Congress,
the American Council of
Polish Cultural Clubs and
the North American Study
Center for Polish Affairs
met with the Pope to an-
nounce the establishment of
an international Janusz
Korczak Literary Prize for
children's books.
A physician, educator and
pioneer in child welfare,
Korczak, though offered
refuge for himself in Au-
gues, 1942, chose to perish
in the Treblinka concentra-
tion camp with children
from his orphanage, rather
than abandon them.
Describing Korczak as
a "rare human being,"
the Pope told the 14-
member group assem-
bled in his private study
that "he was a worthy
symbol of the work _of
brotherhood you are un-
dertaking." -
According to Nathan
Perlmutter, ADL's national
director, the prize, an an-
nual event, will be pre-
sented in two categories —
the first for literary works
written for children, and
another prize for a book
about children but written
for adults.
The Pontiff praised the
delegation for its selection
of Korczak, who would have
been 100 years old this year.
"Korczak is an ideal symbol
of morality and religion,"
the Pope said. "And you
have my admiration, devo-
tion and my blessing in this
important work."
According to Perlmutter,
the first Janusz Korczak
Prize will be awarded in
November. "Selection of the
winners will be made by a
committee of scholars,
editors and literary critics,"
he said, "with Pope John
Paul II invited to serve as
Honorary Chairman."
,
Awards in the amount of
$1,000 each will be made in
one or more of the following
categories of published,.
works: The trade book writ-
ten for children, best
exemplifying the principles
of selflessness and human
dignity by which Dr.
Korczak lived and died; the
most exemplary book writ-
ten about the welfare and
nurturing of children di-
rected to parents, teachers,
physicians, counselors or
other members of the help-
ing professions. Books pub-
lished anywhere in the
world, Perlmutter said will
be eligible for the competi-
tion.
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