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Shcharansky Hunger Strike Reported Over
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Imprisoned Soviet Jewish
activist Anatoly
Shcharansky, currently
completing the fifth year of
a 13-year sentence at the
notorious Chistipol Prison,
has ended his nearly five-
month hunger strike to pro-
test the denial of mail and
visits from members of his
family, privileges allowed
to other prisoners, the Stu-
dent Struggle for Soviet
Jewry (SSSJ) and the Union
of Councils of Soviet Jews
(UCSJ) confirmed.
According to the SSSJ,
this information was re-
vealed in a letter
Shcharansky wrote, dated
Feb. 7 and received Tuesday
by his mother, Ida Milgrom,
in Moscow, that he had re-
sumed eating on Jan. 14.
Since then, the letter
said, he had been receiving
food with vitamins and
slowly regaining some
weight, but Shcharansky
wrote that he continues to
suffer from severe heart
pains and is unable to par-
ticipate in the half hour of
daily exercise in the prison
courtyard, which is the only
exercise- the inmates re-
ceive, the Soviet Jewish
groups reported.
Shcharansky ended his
hunger strike, which he
began on Sept. 27, after
he received two heavily
censored notes from his
mother who in January
tried in vain to see him
personally.
According to published
reports today, Mrs. Milgrom
was denied access to her son
because Shcharansky was
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ANATOLY.
SHCHARANSKY
still on a hunger strike, but
on Jan. 14, the prison offi-
cials permitted an exchange
of notes, and it was this ex-
change that is reported to
have prompted the Soviet
Jewish activist to end his
hunger strike.
There have been recent
reports that Shcharansky
had ended his hunger
strike, notably through a
letter from Yuri Andropov,
first secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party.
Andropov wrote to French
Communist Party Secre-
tary General George Mar-
chais - stating that
Shcharansky ended his
strike, was in contact with
his mother, and that "he is
in satisfactory condition
and nothing seems to
threaten his life." The letter
was published on Jan. 24 in
the French Communist
Party organ, L'Humanite.
Shcharansky's wife, Avi-
tal, now in Paris campaign-
ing for her husband's re-
lease, said: "I am extremely
concerned about my hus-
band's condition. I ask the
Soviet government to im-
mediately release my hus-
band to permit him to re--
cover from his greatly deter-
iorated condition."
Andropov hinted in his
letter to Marchais that,
Shcharansky's sentence
might be reduced were it
not for the "stormy cam-
paigns and foreign pres-
sures" on his behalf.
In London, the British
Foreign Office took a virtu-
ally unprecedented step in
summoning the Soviet Am-
bassador to discuss the
plight of Shcharansky.
Foreign Secretary Fran-
cis Pym told Ambassador
Viktor Popov that
Shcharansky should be re-
leased immediately, and
expressed concern about the
effect of his hunger strike
and forcible feeding.
The British appeal was
timed to coincide with last
week's reopening in Madrid
of the two-year old Euro-
pean Conference on Coop-
eration and Security.
Two weeks ago, Prime
Minister Margaret
Thatcher granted an
interview to Shcharans-
ky's wife, Avital, and
publicly supported her
single-handed campaign
for his release. Pym
raised the Shcharansky
case with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei
Gromyko at the United
Nations last September.
Meanwhile, a record 800
college studnets are ex-
pected to converge on the
nation's Capitol Wednesday
for the seventh annual In-
ternational Student Sol-
idarity Day to lobby Con-
gress on behalf of Soviet
Jews. The event will kick off
a month-long, worldwide
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Harold Berry was elected
president of the Michigan
Chapter of the American
Friends of Hebrew Univer-
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Elected with him were:
Dr. Eli V. Berger, Miriam
Hamburger, David B.
Hermelin, David B.
Holtzman and Dr. Mayer
Subrin, vice presidents;
Anna Levin, secretary; Yale
Levin, treasurer; and Erwin
C. Ziegelman, chairman of
the executive board.
Honorary chairmen are:
William G. Milliken and
Max M. Fisher. Honorary
COFFEE WITH HY: 6
p.m. Monday, WCAR AJCommittee
(1090), a program of com-
Meeting at UHS
munity interest, moderated
Detroit Chapter, Ameri-
by Hy Shenkman.
can Jewish Committee, will
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meet 8 p.m. Wednesday at
YIDDISH IS HEIMISIE the main United Hebrew
7:30 p.m. Monday, WCAR Schools building.
(1090), an all-Yiddish pro-
Topic of the meeting will
gram of music, news, inter- be "Christian-Jewish Rela--
views and other features tions After Lebanon." Guest
with Hy Shenkman.
speakers will be Rabbi A.
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CAFE SHALOM: 8 p.m. rector of interreligious af-
Monday, WCAR (1090), fairs for the AJCommittee;
music, news and features and Rev. James R. Lyons,
from Israel plus community director of the Ecumenical
announcements, with Bella Institute for Jewish--
Greenbaum, Fay Knoll and Christian Studies.
Masha Silver.
The public is invited.
demonstration.
Organized by the Student
Coalition for Soviet Jewry,
most of whose members are
connected with their uni-
versity's Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundation, the rally will
be co-chaired by Sens. Gary
Hart (D.-Colo.) and Lowell
Weicker (R.-Conn.) and
Reps. John Porter (R.-Ill.)
and Stephen .Solarz (D.-
N.Y.)
Highlighting the pro-
gram will be briefings by of-
ficials of the U.S. State De-
partment, the National Se-
curity Council and the Hel-
sinki Commission and
meetings of the students
with their home Senators
and Congressmen.
Simulataneous rallies
are expected to be held
by thousands of other
students across the
United States and in
numerous other coun-
tries.
The program will be the
first of many that will cli-
max March 15-17 with
worldwide demonstrations
and activities designed to
let Soviet Jews know that
they have not been forgot-
ten.
The focal point during
March 15-17 will be the
third World Conference on
Soviet Jewry in Jerusalem,
sponsored by Bnai Brith In-
ternational, the World
Jewish Congress, the World
Zionist Organization and
other groups.
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JNF Board Meeting Tuesda3
The Jewish National
Fund will hold a board of di-
rectors meeting 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the Zionist Cul-
tural Center. Guest speaker
will be Henry 0. Shor of
Baltimore, JNF national
board and executive com-
mittee member.
Active in the United
Synagogues of America,
Shor is the national chair-
man for both the JNF and.
United Synagogues in their
joint Israeli afforestation
project, the United
Synagogue Park at Safed.
Shor serves on the na-
tional JNF board and
executive committee na-
tional leadership council.
He is past president of the
JNF Maryland council
and past national chair-
man for major gifts and
bequests.
Shor is president of
United Synagogues of
America's Seaboard Region
and its national board and
executive committee.
Social Club Has
New Officers
Hunters Ridge Social
Club elected Helen Atler
president at its recent elec-
tion meeting.
Elected with her were:
Gerald Sparr, vice
president; Kaye Stapleton,
secretary; Judy Robinsin,
treasurer; George
Hirschfield, membership
chairman; and Ida Lieber-
man, hospitality chairman.
HENRY SHOR
The agenda for the board
meeting includes a report
on national JNF events, a
slide presentation on the
United Synagogue Park, fi-
nance report and review of
planned council activities.
For reservations by Mon-
day, call the JNF, 557-6644.
College Students
to Visit Temple
The Jewish Students
Organization at Oakland
University will sponsor a
temple caravan Saturday.
Students and interested
faculty will visit Temple
Beth El and attend services.
Lorraine Alkon will lead
the tour.
Reservations are re-
quired. For reservations,
call Elliott Rosenbaum,
president of the JSO at the
CIPO office, 377-2020.
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