THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 14 Friday, September 28, 1919 Soviets Harass Two Samizdat Writers NEW YORK (JTA) — Dr. Tzilya Raitburd Mendzheritzky, a 54-year- old Moscow Jewish activist involved in the publication of the "samizdat" journal, "Jews in the USSR," was de- tained and then released by the KGB and told that a case was being prepared See "THE LEADER" Today Morris Buick IS THE GUY IS THE BUY OPEN MON. & THURS. 9 P.M. WHERE EVERY DAY IS SALE DAY W 7 Mile At Lodge X-Way 342-7100 against her on a charge of "anti-Soviet activity and agitation," according to in- formation received by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Mendzheritzky was taken to Dmitrov, a city about 40 miles north of Moscow, and released after three days of interrogation and ordered to return for further ques- tioning. This is the second recent action against a participant in the publication of the un- derground chronicle. Igor Guberman, 43, an -editor of "Jews in the'USSR," was ar- rested recently on what are believed to be trumped up charges of dealing in stolen religious icons. The arrest on Sept. 14 of Mendzheritzky fol- lowed a search of her apartment at the end of August in which a A Healthy & Happy 75th BIRTHDAY TO OUR FATHER & GRANDFATHER AARON. ROSE Love Dave & Ellen Mark, Alan, Linda & Cash • • • • ••-• • •• • • •• • • • •••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • number of books and ar- ticles on Jewish culture and religion were confis- cated. She was dismissed from the Institute of Geology where she had worked for 20 years soon after her daughters applied to emigrate. Dr. Alexander Tiemkin reported from Israel that his 82-year-old mother had suf- fered a stroke in Moscow. She has been prevented for six years from joining her son in Israel and her 20- year-old granddaughter in Moscow, Marina, has been prevented from visiting her. Leaders Rap Jerusalem Rabbis NEW YORK (JTA) — Leaders of American Con- servative Judaism at- tacked Jerusalem's two chief rabbis, Bezalel Zolti and Yosef Mashash, for for- bidding participation in the High Holy Day services conducted by the Conserva- tive movement. The two rabbis, in a statement Mon- day, said that any services held in the Conservative style would not be consid- ered valid. 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SMITH-CORONA ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS Corner Buckingham, 8 Blocks E. of Greenfield Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. BIG `Between You • . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) COMMUNITY TRENDS: Increasing inflation will be affecting the budgets and programs of many Jewish organ- izations and institutions in the Jewish year which just started. Jewish federations are nevertheless entering the new year determined to provide new services in a number of major areas. These include Jewish education, aid to elderly Jews and Soviet Jewish resettlement. These three fields are developing into priorities for the American Jewish community, in addition to the major obligation of providing financial aid to Israel through the United Jewish Appeal and to needy Jewish communities overseas through the Joint Distribution Committee. Jewish education — which does not benefit from fed- eral funds — will this year generally get more attention from federations than ever before. The importance of the Jewish school system in implanting Jewish knowledge and a Jewish spirit in children, thereby strengthening Jewish continuity, is now being acknowledged by all federation leaders throughout the country. The continuing growth of the number of Jewish day schools of all religious denomina- tions has fortified the conviction that systematic Jewish education is of prime importance for the American Jewish community. A national study, laying a strong foundation upon which the American Jewish community will build crucial educational services needed for its future survival, has now been completed by the American Association for Jewish Education in cooperation with the Council of Jewish Fed- erations. More than 500 federation and Jewish education leaders in more than 30 communities had been consulted in the course of this study. The maintaining of the Jewish school system now costs many tens of millions of dollars a year. The cost is covered primarily by tuition from parents. The federations — which are increasing their allocations for Jewish education with every year — last year contriblited about $30 million for local educational programs. * * * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,• • • • • • • • • • • • 1 717"-Hit What more can you ask for than a Sony Trinitron? A Sony Trinitron with remote control, of course. This RV-1943R, a 19" (diagonally measured) color TV, comes with the brand new Express Commander' remote control. • • 11 111111 111111111111111111111 11 Boris Smolar's • • • • • • • • • • 14K-GOLD • CHAINS • CHARMS • DISCOUNTS PHONE 40 % • • ANSWERING OFF • • MACHINES - - EUREKA VAC'S • aa••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PROBLEM OF THE AGED: Planning also to expand this year their aid to elderly Jews, the federations are aware that the percentage of aged among Jews is larger than among any of the religious, racial and ethnic groups in this country. The federal government is helping in the relocation of poor and aged Jews in New York, but the relocation process cannot be handled by the elderly alone. The Jewish com- munity must take a hand in helping in the relocation, with- advice and also with funds. In a number of cities the Jewish community is also deeply involved in providing mental health services as well as a variety of other services for the lonely and sick aged Jews. The Jewish aged problem is gradually becoming more and more one of the major problems of the organized Jewish communities. With every year this problem grows more complicated because of the constant increase in the number of feeble and helpless who live in poverty and must depend on communal aid. Some federations foresee the 1980s as a decade in which care for the Jewish aged will supercede the support given even to Jewish hospitals. The latter are re- ceiving federal and municipal financial assistance, in addi- tion to their income from other sources. * * * SOVIET IMMIGRANTS: CJF leaders anticipate that at least 30,000 Soviet Jews will be coming to the United States and Canada in the next year, and possibly more. Anticipating such an increased immigration, the CJF has now submitted an application for a federal grant of $36 million. At the same time, it will take steps to economize the resettlement costs of the immigrants in every possible way, and is developing guidelines for communities for such economies. The special federal funds — which are given on a matching basis — will allow the CJF to aid selected communities in developing new, cost-effective demonstra- tion programs which can then be adopted nationally. A special CJF body on Soviet Jewish resettlement has been established. It will operate from a special administrative office with its own staff and budget. To get an idea of the extent to which inflation has affected the resettlement of Soviet Jews in this country, it is only necessary to look at the figures of NYANA, the agency which helps to absorb Soviet Jewish immigrants in New York. In 1973, resettlement of a family of four (parents and children aged 10 and 8) until they became self-sufficient averaged $1,500. Today it averages $5,500. The same situ- ation prevails in the more than 150 communities through- out the country which are accepting Soviet Jewish immig- rants for absorption.