3 Leningrad Trial Defendants Still Languish in Soviet Prison NEW YORK — Ten years after their trial on charges of treason, when their only crime was a desire to emi- grate to Israel, three Soviet Jews are languishing in Soviet prisons. They are Yosef Men- delevich, Yuri Federov and Alexei Murzhenko, who with eight other Soviet Jews were tried in a closed Leningrad courtroom 10 years ago Monday. The other eight have completed their sentences or have been 'eleased early. Mendelevich, an obser- WILLIAM BRODHEAD vant Jew, has been sub- rent conditions sur- jected to the most extreme persecution due to his at- rounding Soviet Jews. "The level of emigration tempts to practice Jewish from the Soviet Union drop- traditions. Meanwhile, at the Hel- ped dramatically this year, sinki Conference in Mad- after peaking at over 50,000 rid, Rivka Drori, Men- in 1979. At the same time, delevich's sister, lit a many reports indicate that candle in honor of her the level of anti-Semitism brother. Max Kampel- and political repression has man, U.S. emissary to the increased. Such reports, and conference, lit candles the recent arrest of the sci- entist Viktor Brailovsky, for the other two. Under the auspices of the form an ominous backdrop Union of Councils for Soviet to the ongoing Madrid con- Jews, Kampelman called ference on the progress of long-term refusniks Dr. the Helsinki Accords. "I am pleased that the Alexander Lerner and Abe Stolar during a Hanuka United States has taken a candlelighting ceremony at strong stand in support of human rights at Madrid. I the conference. am hopeful that the cause of In a related development, human rights will not fall Dr. William Korey, director from the high place it has of international policy re- achieved in our nation's search of Bnai Brith, gave a foreign policy over the past report of developments at -four years. I will be continu- the Madrid meeting. ing my own efforts both to Korey, an international draw attention to the prob- authority on Soviet Jewish lem and to work for the re- affairs and human rights, lease of families and indi- told an audience at a Bnai viduals who have been re- Brith luncheon that "pro- fused permission to emi- gress has been made" and grate." "Madrid has achieved an Four generations of Rus- historic breakthrough." sian Jews who have arrived Korey said he felt that the conference was suc- recently from Kishinev, cessful because Soviet ef- attended a morning service forts to keep human at Shaarey Zedek on rights off the agenda Thanksgiving Day at which Mikhael Stern, son of Anna were defeated. He noted that the cases of and Simone Stern, became nine of the foremost refus- Bar Mitzva. niks and prisoners-of- conscience in the Soviet Union were mentioned in specific discussions; the presence of the wives and TEL AVIV — Israeli mothers of the prisoners at the conference; and the ,_ Arab political leaders and huwer strike by Jews in several leftwing Jewish several Soviet cities that Knesset members joined in coincided with the confer- a peaceful demonstration here Saturday to protest the ence opening. He also said it had been government's ban of an an important objective of "Arab Congress" that was to the U.S. to link Spain, the have taken place in Nazareth. host country, with NATO. "Spain is not part of The demonstration, held NATO and it was important in a local theater, heard to the U.S. government to Meir Payil of the Sheli fac- involve Spain in a direct tion call the ban "stupid and way; to isolate the Soviet wicked." Communist MK Union and to establish Meir Wilner noted that rather clearly and distinctly many Jews and Arabs in Is- that there would be a third rael believe that a separate review conference from Palestinian state on` the which the Sol/let Union West Bank and Gaza Strip cannot escape," Korey said. would provide' a peaceful In Washington; on the solution of the Arab-Israeli occasion of a hunger conflict. strike begun by Soviet Jewish refusniks at the Fire and sword are but opening of the Madrid slow engines of destruction assembly, Congressman in comparison with the bab- William Brodhead (D- bler. Mich.) described the cur-, —Steele Rabbi Irwin Groner and humorist Max Sosin spoke to the Bar Mitzva and his family of the significance of the occasion. For. Ahem, it was the fulfillment of a dream. It had been Mikhael's grandfather's wish before he died that Mikhael be- come Bar Mitzva. Mikhael's 90-year-old great- grandmother recited all the prayers from memory. Leonard Baron, who with his brother Irving and their mother, Mrs. Marion Baron, observed the yahrzeit of their late father and hus- band, Morris, hosted a brunch in honor of the Sterns. * * * In Absentia The Bar Mitzva in absen- tia of Soviet Jew Vladmir Fradkin will be marked at 8:30 p.m. Shabat services today at Temple- Beth El. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 12, 1980 2/ •• • • • IVO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ENT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 500 When you join our-V.P. Club Membership NOW ONLY '35" Complete Video Library. 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