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THE JEWISH NEWS
A Week1N Review
of Jewish Events
VOL. LXXVIII, No. 21
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January 23 1981
World Reaction Is • Mobilized
In Wallenberg Rescue Effortt
Orthodox Jews Continue
1-696 Freeway Opposition
By ALAN HITSKY
Rabbi E.B. Freedman, executive director of the Kollel Institute
who, along with Rabbi Feivel Wagner of Young Israel of Greenfield has
been representing the Orthodox Jewish community's interests in the
proposed extension of the 1-696 freeway through Oak Park and South-
field, told The Jewish News this week that the community remains
opposed to the freeway extension and is considering what steps to take.
Rabbi Freedman said, "Those that have opposed the building of
this link of I-696 for the past 25 years, including representatives of the
Detroit Zoo, Lathrup Village, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak Township,
subdivisions in Southfield and the Orthodox Jewish community will be
assessing the provisions of the Environmental Impact Statement
(signed last week by U.S. Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt).
There have been some very impressive mitigations proposed to limit
disturbance to these communities and facilities. However I'm sure
many people will want to take their cases to court. Right now, a careful
review of the entire EIS is taking place."
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By MAURICE SAMUELSON
STOCKHOLM (JTA) — New evidence is emerging about the
fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat missing in the
Soviet Union after helping to save thousands of Jews in wartime
Hungary.
An international tribunal hearing evidence in the case heard a
hitherto unknown witness claim that he met Wallenberg in the
Lubyanka Prison months after July 17, 1947, the date when the
Russians say that he died. Another witness says that he heard about
Wallenberg in the early 1960s in Vladimir Prison.
The international hearing of the case was organized by Wal-
lenberg's sister and brother, and supported by sympathizers from
Israel, Britain, the U.S., France and Austria.
The first witness was Andre Lipchitz, step-son of the late
Jacques Lipchitz, the famous Lithuanian-born Jewish
RAOUL WALLENBERG
sculptor. Andre, a bachelor in his late 60s, gave his evidence at
the hearing where he spoke under the assumed name of Andre Shimkevitch.
He said that he was Wallenberg's cellmate for two days in Moscow's Lubyanka Prison
shortly before Christmas in 1947. If true, his statement further discredits Moscow's contention
that Wallenberg had a fatal heart attack in the Lubyanka jail on July 17, 1947. It also boasts the
plausibility of witnesses who say they have seen Wallenberg long after that date.
Another man, who said he heard about Wallenberg in the early 1960s, is Dr. Marvin Makin-
en, a Finnish American who spent two years in Vladimir Prison at the same time as Francis
Gary Powers, the famous U2 pilot. Dr. Makinen had been accused of espionage while visiting
Kiev. He is now a biophycisist in the U.S.
Another report about Wallenberg was
given by Simon Wiesenthal, the war
crimes investigator who helped to trace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset on Tuesday
Adolf Eichmann in South America. He
began a first reading of the government's bill setting
quoted an unnamed witness as saying that
election day for July 7, but parliamentarians pre-
General Gennady Kuprianov had
dicted that there would eventually be a Likud-Labor
encountered Wallenberg in 1953 and
agreement on an earlier date, possibly June 23.
Among those making this prediction was MK
1954.
David Glass, chairman of the Law Committee to
In addition to Wiesenthal, partici-
which the bill was referred after passing its first
pants included Mrs. Elizabeth Moyni-
reading.
han, wife of U.S. Senator Daniel Pat-
Behind the scenes, discussions are proceding be-
rick Moynihan, MP Greville Janner,
tween coalition and opposition leaders on a possible
president of the Board of Deputies of
date. Labor chairman Shimon Peres was quoted
British Jews; Elie Wiesel, the
Tuesday as saying the July 7 date was a "whim" on
Elections Debated
Shown discussing the Jewish community's concerns about
the proposed 1-696 freeway are, from left, Rep. William
Brodhead, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Neil
Goldschmidt, a Goldschmidt aide and Rabbis E.B. Freedman of
the Kollel Institute and Feivel Wagner of Young Israel of Green-
field .
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*Super Sunday: Increases from 3,200 Contributors
Super Sunday, an innovation introduced nationally by the United Jewish Appeal,
observed here simultaneously with 69 communities throughout the country, registered a
new record for generosity to the Allied Jewish Campaign, in which the UJA is the major
beneficiary. The 300 volunteer workers who conducted the telethon at the United He-
brew Schools on Sunday reached 3,200 contributors who pledged nearly $350,000. Their
gifts mark a 35 percent increase over their gifts in 1980. Nationally, 7,538 volunteers
solicited 90,480 pledges totaling $11,687,278.
A local follow-up telethon to contact all prospective Campaign contributors
who could not be reached on Super Sunday will take place from 7-10 p.m.
Thursday.. Fifty volunteers will phone from the United Hebrew Schools.
Sol Cicurel, Detroit chairman of Super Sunday, said the total far exceeded expecta-
tions, particularly because many potential contributors were away from home.
Volunteers, however, spent the day by the telephones, working in two-hour shifts.
Every shift was preceded by a 45-minute briefing.
The needs to be met through the Campaign were brought home again and again
throughout the day. Super Sunday workers reported conversations with the elderly, the
unemployed and even, on occasion, with a Russian immigrant.
Campaign general chairmen Marvin H. Goldman and David S. Mondry cre-
dited the day's success to the enthusiasm of the volunteers and the efficiency of
the Super Sunday committee, led by Cirurel and co-chairman Janice Schwartz.
Jane Sherman coordinated the worker briefings with Linda Lee, while Shelby
Tauber was in charge of resource aides. Harriet Colman and Harriet Dunsky chaired the
clerical effort, Jonathan Jaffa headed volunteer recruitment and Morton Zieve chaired
promotion.
Among the volunteers were a group of high school students from Bnai Brith Youth
Organization and the United Hebrew High School, who served as runners for the clerical
committee.
Nationally, participants included representatives of government, show business and
sports, including Mayors Kevin White of Boston and William Greene of Philadelphia,
New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), actor William Shatner
of "Star Trek," Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team and cowboys
from a local rodeo in Denver.
Radio and television stations in Dallas, Denver, and Worcester, Mass. do-
nated air time and facilities. The phone companies in Baltimore and Buffalo
contributed equipment and services.
Many communities awarded door prizes to their volunteers; others provided kosher
lunches and ice cream "super sundaes."
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