THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Mitterrand Says He'll Intercede
on Behalf of Shcharansky
PARIS (JTA) — French
President Francois Mitter-
rand has promised to inter-
cede with Soviet authorities
on behalf of Jewish prisoner
of conscience Anatoly
Shcharansky who began an
indefinite hunger strike on
the eve of Yom Kippur.
Government sources said
that Mitterrand was "de-
eply moved" by the plea of
Shcharansky's friends in
France and also fully
realized the "symbolic im-
portance" of the case.
The president last week
met with some of
Shcharansky's supporters,
a group of scientists and in-
tellectuals led by math-
ematician Laurent
Schwartz, who described in
detail the condition of
Shcharansky's imprison-
ment, his hunger strike and
his rapidly deteriorating
health.
Several French politi-
cal parties, including the
Socialists, the Gaullists
and the main trade
unions, have appealed to
Mitterrand to inform the
Soviet Union of France's
concern about
Shcharansky.
The Catholic Church and
the Protestant Federation
joined France's chief rabbi
in asking for the French
government's intervention
on the Jewish prisoner's be-
half.
At the same time, the
Communist Party Secre-
tary Gen. Georges Marchais
announced that he is "fully
conscious" of Shcharansky's
serious condition and said
that he and the party are
acting on behalf of
Shcharansky.
It is believed that Mar-
chais had personally ap-
pealed to Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev, warning
him that the Shcharansky
case is seriously harming
the Communist cause in
France and in the rest of
Western Europe.
Meanwhile, Soviet
human rights advocate
Andrei Sakharov has ap-
pealed to Pope John Paul
II, Italian Communist
Party leader Enrico Ber-
linguer and Mitterrand to
assist in saving
Shcharansky's life.
In a related development,
a fast in solidarity with
Shcharansky ended in New
York last Friday after six
days.
The fast was held in front
of the Soviet Mission to the
United Nations by students
and faculty members from
Yeshiva Yeshiva Univer-
sity and Stern College.
Meanwhile, the SSSJ re-
ported that the • Canadian
Parliament passed a resolu-
tion in support of
Shcharansky last week. The
measure was sponsored by
former Foreign Minister
Flora MacDonald.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Al-
though still not passed by
the theater and film censor-
ship board, Hanoch Levin's
controversial play "The
Patriot" was staged at the
Neve Zedek Playhouse last
week — but without the ac-
tors speaking the lines the
censor wants deleted.
But the audience knew
exactly what the censor
wanted to cut. The theater
director stepped onto the
stage at two points in the
satirical cabaret-type prod-
uction as the actors fell si-
lent, to announce: "And
here the censor deleted the
following . . ."
The management de-
cided to stage the show in
this manner after a meet-
ing of the censorship
board was postponed.
In Jerusalem, Mayor
Teddy Kollek and the
Jerusalem Theater have re-
jected a demand by the
Jerusalem Religious Coun-
cil that they halt the pre-
sentation in the capital' of
another controversial play
— the Haifa Theater prod-
uction of Yehoshua Sobol's
"Soul of A Jew," depicting
the last hours of Otto
Weininger, a Jewish anti-
Semite who committed
suicide in Austria in 1903 at
the age of 23.
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Israeli Hits British Criticism
London (jta) — The an- which a post-colonial .
niversary of the Balfour Britain and its media
Declaration, usually an oc- were applying to the state
casion for warm fraterniza- of Israel.
tion by- Britain and Israel,
While emphasizing Is-
was marked lass week by an
TEL AVIV (JTA) — attack on the way Britain rael's horror over the Beirut
Wives of policemen caused has treated Israel over re- - refugee camps massacres
chaos to Tel Aviv traffic cent events in Lebanon.
and her commission of in-
when they demonstrated
quiry into them, he noted
A distinguished audi- that no such inquiries had
outside the main police sta-
tion on busy Dizengoff ence, including several been made, and there had
Street.
former British ambassadors been no wave of outrage,
The women, shouting slo- and colonial officials, sat in when Jews had been mas-
gans and waving banners,. stunned silence while David sacred four decades earlier
were demanding higher Kimche, the British-born' in British-ruled Arab coun-
salaries for their husbands director general of the tries.
who, as unformed police,: foreign ministry of Israel,
men, are not allowed to or- gave a quiet, scholarly de- Iraq Harboring
scription of a forgotten
ganize or go on strike.
They had obtained a series of anti-Jewish at- a Terrorist?
license to hold a quiet rocities which had been car-
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
demonstration on the ried out 40 years ago in The State Department ex-
sidewalk outside the police Arab countries ruled by pressed concern about the
station. But they began Britain and in some of presence in Iraq of Abu Ni-
crossing the roadway on a which British forces had dal, an Ar terrorist be-
pedestrian crossing and taken part. lieved responsible for the
would not allow traffic to
Kimche, addressing the attempted assassination of
move on the roadway.
Royal Institute of Inter- the Israeli Ambassador to
The women were finally national Affairs, made London, Shlomo Argov, last
persuaded to leave the cros- only a passing reference June.
sing by a group of senior to Lord Balfour's famous
The 43-year-old Palesti-
police officers, who admit- promise in 1917 of a nian, whose real name is
ted they found removing the Jewish national home in Sabri Banna, is also be-
wives of colleagues a most Palestine. Instead, 'he lieved to have been behind
unpleasant business.
concentrated on Britain's the attempted assassina-
subsequent colonial tions of other diplomats in
Aramaic is- used in the presence in the Middle Europe and attacks on
Bible and widely in the East to highlight the synagogues in several west
Talmud.
"double standards" European countries.
Police Wives
Protest for
Higher Pay
`Censored' Play Is Staged
Two months ago, mem-
bers of a delegation she
headed to the Soviet Union
were beaten by KGB agents
as they attempted to visit a
Leningrad refusenik, the
SSSJ reported.
It also was learned that
a five-member Dutch
delegation visited the
Soviet Ambassador in
The Hague last week to
ask for visas to visit
Shcharansky for
humanitarian reasons.
They were turned down
on grounds that convicted
spies may not receive vis-
itors from abroad.
In Geneva, meanwhile,
three Swiss groups sent
messages to Soviet
President Leonid Brezhnev
expressing concern that
Shcharansky's hunger
strike would cost him his
life.
Canada Orders
The groups are the Swiss
League of Human Rights, Nazi Extradition
TORONTO (JTA) — An
the Supporters of East
European Dissidents and order for the extradition to
the Uri Orlov Committee.
West Germany of a former
* * *
gestapo officer accused of
the wartime murder of more
than 11,000 Jews in occu-
pied Lithuania, the first
Canadian action to extra-
dite a war criminal, was is-
When Brian Rosenblatt is with his parents and sister sued here last week against
called to the Torah as a Bar and brother.
Albert Helmut Rauca by
Mitzva this Shabat at Adat
Chief Justice Gregory
Adat
Shalom
continues
Shalom Synagogue, he will
Evans of the Ontario Sup-
this
ceremony
to
demon-
acknowledge his sharing
reme Court.
the honors that morning strate the solidarity of
American
Jewry
with
"our
with Alexander Pekar of
Moscow, who will celebrate Soviet Union Jewish
brothers and sisters and to
the occasion in absentia.
Alexander's father, urge all to continue a strong
Yosef, is a refusenik who protest against such • injus-
has been denied permission tice."
to leave the Soviet Union Brian is the son of Mr. and
because of "state security Mrs. Gary Rosenblatt of
reasons." Alexander lives Farmington Hills.
Detroiter Shares Bar Mitzva
With Soviet Jewish Teen
Friday, November 12, 1982 19
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