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Friday, September 3, 1982
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
'Be Active' Message from Begin to ZOD Balfour Concert
Workers; Lebanon Visitors Assail Distorted Reports
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Trojan
A message from Israel
Prime Minister Menahem
Begin to the Detroit District
of the Zionist Organization
of America, cheered in-
itiators of the annual Bal-
four Concert into action
Sunday.
The message was brought
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Lebanon. The mission was
headed by Ivan Novick,
president of the Zionist
Organization of America.
That delegation of 18 repre-
sented 15 of the major
Jewish communities in this
country.
Silverman brought his
taped message from Begin
to the meeting of 75 workers
for the Balfour Concert,
held Sunday evening at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Sidney
Leib.
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Shown at the planning meeting for the 49th annual Balfour Celebration are,
from left, Judge Ira Kaufman, Max Sosin, Mrs. Kaufman, Dr. Lester Zeff, Mrs.
Sidney Leib, Irving Laker, Dr. Leib, Lawrence Jackier, Mrs. I. Walter Silver,
Cantor Chaim Najman, Silver, Sidney Silverman and Mrs. Norma Hudosh.
Lawrence Jackier, who
also returned recently
from a similar visit,
joined Silverman in a
presentation of facts to
show that the Israeli
soldiers had pursued
every effort to avoid un-
necessary civilian
casualties.
Silverman related that on
the delegation's visits in the
cities of Nabatiyeh, Tyre
and Sidon they found popu-
lations greeting them and
indicating the happiness of
having been rid of the PLO
occupiers who created mis-
ery for them. He pointed out
that these cities had been
depopulated by the horrors
created by the terrorists and
upon arrival of the Israeli
army the cities again began
an active existence, the tens
of thousands who had fled
the PLO returning to re-
sume a normal life.
"We did not see an oc-
cupying army, only an occa-
sional Israeli soldier doing
some shopping," Silverman
said. "We were greeted with
smiles. There was no evi-
dence of animosities, rather
the proof that Israel's
presence had freed them
from an oppressor."
Silverman said that on an
overnight stay in Kfar
Hagoshen, the Israeli
northern Galilee settlement
on the Lebanese border, the
Zionist delegation saw the
massive arms cache which
Israel captured from the
PLO. He said there are
thousands of tons of muni-
tions, much still crated,
most having been shipped
by the Soviet Union, a great
deal from Saudi Arabia, un-
packed, with indications
they were American muni-
tions provided by the
United States and turned
over to the terrorists.
Jackier gave a lengthy
account of the manner in
which journalistic distor-
tions have been spread
from Beirut. He de-
scribed how the news-
men spreading the
exaggerations maligning
Israel were kept under
control by the PLO, some
under threats to their
lives if they dared submit
proper news accounts.
Analyzing the attitude of
the press, Jackier pointed to
the hatred of Menahem
Begin as a basic cause for
the spreading distortions.
He protested against the
villifications and urged con-
tinued efforts to expose the
lies, to condemn the injus-
tices in the treatment of Is-
rael, and joined Silverman
and his associates in sup-
port of all aims to support
Israel, including the causes
supported with Balfour
Concert funds.
Jackier made a strong
plea for unimpeded tourism
to Israel. "Go there, show
your interest, encourage the
Israelis in a struggle for
life," he said. "They are anx-
ious for our friendship and
support and we owe it to
them and to ourselves."
The workers' initial rally
was featured with a musical
program presented by Can-
tor Chaim Najman of Cong.
Shaarey Zedek, with Eric
Rosenow at the piano.
Max
Sosin,
co-
chairman of the Balfour
Concert Committee,
alternated with his co-
chairman Lester Zeff in
presiding at the session.
Participants in the pro-
gram included leaders of the
women's division supervis-
ing the concert plans, Ma-
rian Leib and Anne Silver;
and Dr. Joel Dreiser.
An address urging un-
stinted efforts to make the
concert the success merited
by the current needs for
funds was delivered by Irv-
ing Laker, president of the
Zionist Organization of De-
troit.
Refusnik Permitted to Leave
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)
— The Bay Area Council on
Soviet Jewry reported that
it had learned that Lenin-
grad refusnik Irina Jacob-
son has received permission
to leave the Soviet Union.
Mrs. Jacobson, the widow
of the famed choreographer
Leonid Jacobson, worked
with the Kirov Ballet Thea-
ter until her husband's
death.
A refusnik since 1980,
Mrs. Jacobson will leave the
Soviet Union with her 28-
year-old son Nikolai on
Sept. 10, the Bay Area
Council reported. The coun-
cil is a member of the Union
of Councils for Soviet Jews.
Meanwhile, Soviet
Jewish "Prisoner of Con-
science" Ida Nudel re-
ceived a letter of support
from New York State
Sen. Norman Levy, ac-
cording to the Student
cC
1DA NUDEL
Struggle for Soviet
Jewry.
It also was learned that
Jewish cultural activists in
the Soviet Union are pre-
senting many Leningrad
Jews information about
their heritage in perform-
ances of the play "Massada"
in programs conducted in
private homes, the SSSJ re-
ported.
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New Year Cards Available
to Send to Russian Jews
The Detroit Soviet Jewry
Committee of the Jewish
Community Council has
prepared a special Rosh
Hashana card to be sent to
Soviet Jews.
The card bears a New
Year greeting, a calendar of
Jewish holidays, Russian-
Hebrew alphabet and a
drawing of Jerusalem:
Cards can be sent to indi-
viduals adopted by local
organizations, to Jewish
"prisoners of conscience" or
to refusniks Vladimir
Prestin and Emmanuel
Smeliansky, who have been
refused permission to emi-
grate since 1970.
Cards for Prestin
should be sent to him at
Uralskaya 6-4011, Mos-
cow B-207 RSFSR, USSR;
and to Smeliansky at
Tashkentskaya 17-1-42,
Moscow 109444 RSFSR,
USSR.
There is a charge for the
cards and postage. For de-
tails, call the Jewish Com-
munity Council, 962-1880.