- President Reagan Proclaims Brotherhood Week N EW YORK — President Ronald Reagan has cited National Brother- F' hood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, as a time to remind Americans "of the need for a national commitment to - brotherhood and to the elimination of all forms of prejudice and discrimina- -tion in American society." National Brotherhood Week will be celebrated Sunday through Feb. 20. In a message celebrating Brotherhood Week, which has been sponsored ;-=-) --2 One-Sided Manipulation Garnering Hatreds Toward Israel Diminish Values of Interpretive r-"Ai_ms in the Media CO-Liiinentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review - VOL. LXXX,_No. 24 by the NCCJ since 1934, President Reagan pointed out that one of our nation's greatest resources is the diversity of our people. "Though we differ in many respects, we share a love of this country and the freedom for which it stands," he said. "Throughout the year, let us join together as brothers in the family of man and reach across the religious and racial boundaries which unneces- sarily divide neighbor against neighbor." Copyright (C) of Jewish Events `Invectives' and `Pariah' as Symbols Leading to Destruction of Ideals Ascribed to UN Editorials, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c February 12, 1982 'Rising USSR -Anti - Semitism Is Undermining Human Rights : Heart of Gold Honors for Greenberg Simons 1') Two distinguished per- sonalities in the Metropolitan De- troit Jewish community were among selectees for the 1982 Heart of Gold awards of the United Foundation. Mrs. William (Rose) Greenberg and Leonard N. Simons were among the nine honorees on Tuesday. Mrs. Greenberg was cited for her volunteer activities, particularly with the sick and el- derly. Having worked with United Community Services of Met- ropolitan Detroit and several area hospitals, especially Sinai Hospi- tal, she was instrumental in de- ROSE GREENBERG veloping the "Service With Love" program. Through this program, 250 volunteers help nearly 500 elderly shut-ins daily, providing them with transportation, food, housing, nursing care, homemaker services and emer- gency medical services. "Service With Love" has served as model for similar programs throughout the country. LEONARD SIMONS In addition, she is a founding member and past-president of Temple Israel and has taken the responsibility for many educational programs at the temple, serving as chairman of the Sunday school board, chairman of the music de- (Continued on Page 5) By HELEN SILVER WASHINGTON (JTA) — Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union has increased since the signing of the Helsinki Accords, instead of decreasing as was promised by the signatories, according to Max Kampelman, chairman of the U.S. delegation to the Madrid Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. "We have noted on several occasions during the past year that harassment and mistreatment and repression have intensified in the Soviet Union," he said. "There is persecution of individuals and persecution of groups. Many ethnic and religious minorities have been particular victims." Kampelman said that officially-sanctioned patterns of ethnic and religious oppression include repressive legal restrictions on Crimean Tatars prohibiting them from returning to their historic homeland; forced Russification of the Baltic states; biased employment practices against Evangelical Christians; and prohibition against manifestations of Ukrainian culture. The Soviet anti-Semitic campaign "has become more fearsome during our meeting here in Madrid," Kampelman said. "This latest surge, I assert without hesitation, is an officially- sanctioned campaign, stimulated by state-controlled publication and exhibition of overtly anti-Semitic books, articles, cartoons and exhibitions." He provided details about a number of cases of blatant anti-Semitism selected from hundreds of recent examples — books, car- toons, paintings, television pro- grams, and the Soviet press. Instances of anti-Semitism abound in the official Soviet press, including derogatory By DAVID FRIEDMAN references to persons with obvi- WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Reagan Administration, in its first ous Jewish ownership of "death annual report on human rights in 158 countries, continued the Carter concerns"; "growing financial Administration's assertions that the ArabS on the West Bank and Gaza might"; the "Zionist Mafia of Strip do not enjoy all the democratic rights that exist in Israel itself. death"; and Jewish control of "The report on Israel says that Israel is a democracy" which has maintained its democratic institutions despite the heavy "pressures" it media and banks, crime, multi- has been under since the establishment of the Jewish state, including laterial corporations, govern- the pressure of war, Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for ment and the theater. Human Rights, said Tuesday. He noted that under much less pressure, Articles have appeared many countries have excused the elimination of democratic practices. widely which even accuse Jews But Abrams, who was explaining the 1981 report which was of collaborating with Hitler to made public said the report was critical of Israel's practice on destroy the European Jewish the West Bank. "It notes that "the full democratic protections community, to - destroy the that are available in Israel are not available" in the occupied Soviet Union, and to strengthen territories, he said. The State Department report lists East a Jewish state. The Soviet press Jerusalem as part of the occupied territories. has also accused Jews of The report, which must be submitted annually to the Senate stimulating anti-Semitism and Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Commit- (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 6) U.S. Is Critical of Israel for Its Treatment Arabs Soviet Jews Converting in U.S. NEW YORK — Conversion to Christianity among Russian Jews newly arrived in America has become a problem which warrants the highest priority by the American Jewish community, a Jewish Agency spokesman said last Friday. Efraim Tzal, director of the Agency's Russian Department in North America, said he was "shocked" when he witnessed conversion ceremonies last month for seven Russian : Jews at a Manhattan Orthodox church. Tzal said he had been informed in advance of the ceremony and attended "as one of the more than 100 onlookers" at the Christ the Savior Orthodox Church located on East 71st St. "I couldn't believe my eyes," Tzal said. "I wanted to stand up and shout: 'You - left Russia to save your Jewishness. Another Jew languishes in Russia because you were released. Is this what saving a Jew means to you?' According to Tzal, the New York episode is not an isolated case. In his travels around - the U.S., Tzal has found increased activity among Christian missionary groups in their dealings with recent Russian Jewish emigres. In Chicago, he claims a Russian Christian (Continued on Page 12) F 0 ADL Blocking Bequest to PLO NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith has asked a New York court to prevent the Palestine Liberation Organization from receiving approximately $25,000 willed to it by a journalist who died a year ago. In an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief filed with the New York County Surrogate Court, ADL said the bequest to the PLO by Fred Sparks, a columnist and reporter who wrote for various newspapers and news syndicates, was illegal on two grounds: • Aiding the PLO, an organization which practices murder and terror and which seeks to destroy the state of Israel, a government friendly to the U.S., runs counter to public policy; • Under New York State law, since the PLO is reportedly an unicorporated associa- tion, it is incapable of "taking and holding real or personal property, nor can it take or accept such property by devise or bequest." At a hearing Feb. 1 in Surrogate Court, the case was adjourned for trial on (Continued on Page 13)