THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Rosen Reports on Romania Jews

NEW YORK (JTA) —
During 1980, 1,084 Roma-
nian Jews went on aliya to
Israel and presently there
are 509 Jews in Romania
who are waiting to receive
exit visas to Israel, accord-
ing to Romania's Chief
Rabbi Moses Rosen.
Addressing a recent press
conference at the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee's
headquarters, Rosen said
that an exit visa's applica-
tion takes between four to
eight months until it is ap-
roved, which is "a short
,Jeriod" in terms of Corn-
munist countries' bureauc-
ratic procedures. Rosen
added that any Romanian
Jew who desires to go on
aliya is free to do so without
fear of harassment or the
threat of being fired once
the intention to emigrate is
declared.
Rosen; who was in New
York to discuss the JDC's
1981 aid for Romania, de-
scribed the 35,000-member
Romanian Jewish commu-
nity as a minority that
enjoys full . religious, cul-
tural and social freedom.
"We are free to state
our love for Jerusalem
and proclaim that we are
part of the Jewish
people," Rosen said. He

Code-Breaking
Couple Played
Key WWII Role

NEW YORK — The death
of Elizabeth Smith Fried-
man last Oct. 31, served as a
reminder of her important
role during World War II.
A story in Parade Maga-
zine (Dec. 28) tells how Mrs.
Friedman, a cryptanalyst
for the Navy, was credited
with breaking the Japanese
"Doll Woman Code" in 1944
which solved espionage
mysteries concerning dis-
position of Allied warships.
Her husband, Lt. Col.
William Friedman, who
died in 1969, was the chief of
the army's cryptanalysis
bureau during the war and
was responsible for break-
ing Japan's infamous "Pur-
ple Code," which led to the
American victory at the
Battle of Midway.
Following the war,
endeavors by the couple in-
cluded collaboration on a
book, "The Shakespearean
Ciphers Examined," which
proved by cryptanalysis
thatit was indeed Shakes-
peare, and not Francis Ba-
on, who wrote the works
attributed to Shakespeare.

added, however, "At the
same time we are devoted
citizens of Romania" and
"we have to be loyal to
the government." He said
that "a climate of confi-
dence" exists between
the Jews of Romania and
the government.
In reply to a question cit-
ing recent reports of an
anti-Semitic article in one
of Romania's newspapers,
Rosen confirmed that last
Sept. 5 an anti-Semitic arti-
cle was published in the
Bucharest weekly, "Sep-
temena" (The Week), by an
unidentified author. Rosen
said that anti-Semitic arti-
cles have been rare in the
Romanian press in the last
30 years and that the article
in September was an "ex-
ception."
Turning to the issue of
Jewish life in Romania,
Rosen warned that Roma-
nian Jewry is facing "a
leadership crisis." He noted
that half of the members of
the Jewish population in
Romania are over the age of
65.
According to Rosen, there
are presently 61 function-
ing synagogues out of 120
synagogues in the country,
and 24 Talmud Torah
schools. "We do everything
we can to maintain
Judaism," Rosen declared,
stressing that "there is a
danger" to the continuation
of Judaism in Romania.
Ralph Goldman, execu-
tive vice president of the
JDC, said his organization's
budget for Romania in 1981
will amount to $3,808,000.
He said that JDC programs
provide as stance for the
many Jewish aged in
Romania and inclu,de cash

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