THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Soviet Jewry Conference Demands Russia
Honor Helsinki Accord, Let Jews Emigrate

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The third World Conference
on Soviet Jewry called on
the Soviet Union to honor
its commitment to the Hel-
sinki Final Act and "reopen
the gates and permit the de-
parture of Soviet Jews,
allow their repatriation to
Israel, the national home-
land of the Jewish people
. . .
The resolution also called
for the immediate release of
the prisoners of Zion," an
end to the government -
sponsored campaign that is
fanning the flames of anti-
Semitism and hatred of the
Jewish people" in the
USSR.
Another
resolution
adopted by the 3,000 dele-
gates from 31 countries
attending the conference
was addressed to Soviet
Jews. "We take upon our-
selves a personal vow that
your struggle is our strug-
gle, that we are at one with
you in your dreams and as-
pirations. In this struggle
we are joined by men and
women of many creeds and
races and nationalities who
cherish human dignity

The resolutions were
adopted as the confer-
ence received futher re-
ports of the alarming de-
terioration of the situa-
tion of Soviet Jews.
According to information
reaching here, Yuri Tar-
nopolsky, a leading re-
fusenik, was arrested by the
KGB last week in Kharkov.
Tarnopolsky, 48, a
chemist by profession, was
refused an exit visa in 1979.
He began a hunger strike on
Oct. 1, 1982 which he con-
tinued until Nov. 9.
Other reports to the con-
ference by Soviet Jewish
emigres living in Israel and
delegates who recently vis-
ited the Soviet Union spoke
of worsening conditions, in-
creased surveillance of
Jews, particularly re-
fuseniks, wider dissemina-
tion of anti-Semitic prop-
aganda, increased har-
rassment and overt anti-
semitism by ordinary Rus-
sians who shout "Kill the
Jews and Save Palestine."
In a brief speech at the
closing session of the
conference, Premier
Menahem Begin said the
awakening of Soviet
Jewry is "irrepressible."
He added: "We here in Is-
rael will never give up
hope that they will come
home to Zion."
Meanwhile, the president
of Bnai Brith International
Gerald Kraft, told the con-
clave that, "In 85 com-
munities around the globe,
actions are now being taken
to sensitize the public to the
plight of Soviet Jews and to
extend the bond of human-
ity to them."
The activities, organized
by Bnai Brith in coopera-
tion with other Jewish and
non-Jewish groups, ran the
gamut from demonstrations
and teach-ins to candlelight
ceremonies and balloon
launchings — anything,

Kraft said, that could mean-
ingfully dramatize a com-
munity's concern for the
Soviet Union's Jewish pris-
oners of conscience.
In a related development,
in Paris, a Christian organ-
ization, the International
Christian Embassy,
Jerusalem, has called for a
mass demonstration in sol-
idarity with the Soviet
Union's oppressed Jews.
The group plans to hold its
meeting at the Soviet Em-
bassy in Paris.
It also was learned that
a 37-year-old woman,
serving a five-year sen-
tence in internal exile for
her efforts to expose
Soviet psychiatric abuse,
has been told by a KGB
doctor to terminate her
pregnancy, the Bay Area
Council on Soviet Jewry
reported.
Irina Grivnina, who is
Jewish and six months pre-
gnant, was ordered to see
one of the few doctors in
Krasny Yar, her village of
exile. After a brief examina-
tion, the doctor told her she
was suffering from acute
kidney inflamation and
that the pregnancy should
be immediately terminated.
Grivnina, who felt perfectly
healthy, refused.
She later went to another
doctor under an assumed
name. The second doctor
examined her and said she
was in excellent condition.
Grivnina, who is due to
give birth in early June, is
scheduled to be released
from exile in late June. The
Soviets have recently been
re-arresting many indi-
viduals upon completion of
their sentences, trying
them on trumped-up
charges, and keeping them
in prison, labor camps, and
exile for additional periods.
It is presumed that the birth
of a child would have made
re-arrest of Grivnina more
difficult.
A few days after her
examination, Grivnina
was called to the local
police station and told
she was to begin work at
a construction site. She
was told that if she re-
fused, she would face
charges of "parasitism"
or be transferred in exile
to the worst place in
Siberia. Grivnina re-
jected the construction
job, claiming she already
worked and paid appro-
priate taxes from the
knitting of sweaters she
took on commission.

Optimistic Poll

JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Despite 133 percent infla-
tion in 1982, 51.3 percent of
all Israelis believe that
their personal economic
situation will improve in
1983.
According to a Public
Opinion Research Institute
poll, 30.7 percent thought
the country as a whole
would do better eco-
nomically, 23.5 percent
thought it would do worse,
and 27.4 percent forecast no
change.

Assuming Grivnina is
permitted to carry the child
to term, she will have to
give birth in Krasny Yar,
where there is no hospital
and the only doctor who is
officially allowed to help her
has said that because she
did not heed his advice, she
could not count on his medi-
cal assistance in the future.
Ten years ago, when
Grivnina's first child was
born — in a well-equipped
Moscow hospital — both
mother and child nearly
died. Due to the placement
of her womb, childbirth is
extremely dangerous for
Grivnina. Without the
necessary medical facilities,
prospects for a healthy de-
livery appear grim.
Grivnina was a member
of the Moscow-based "Work-
ing Commission to Investi-
gate the Use of Psychiatry
for Political Purposes in the
USSR." She forwarded food
parcels to political prisoners
and travelled throughout
the Soviet Union offering
moral and material support
to dissidents and their

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families. She was arrested
in September, 1980 and
charged with "anti-Soviet
slander."
The Soviet Union, mean-
while, announced it was
withdrawing from the
World Psychiatric Associa-
tion.

nancy

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