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1983
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Court Convicts Holocaust
Reagan Blamed, Defended
Revisionist Rene Faurisson on Soviet Jewry Emigration
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PARIS (JTA) — The
French Court of Appeals on
Tuesday confirmed the sen-
tence imposed by a lower
court on Rene Faurisson, a
senior lecturer at Lyon
University who has denied,
in public speeches and writ-
ings, that the Holocaust
ever took place. He had been
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sued originally by several
Jewish organizations.
Faurisson, convicted by a
Paris court in July 1981 of
"insulting the memory of
Nazi victims" was ordered
by the Court of Appeals to
pay one Franc (15 cents) in
damages to organizations of
former deportees and resis-
tance fighters plus 14,000
Francs (about $2,000) in
legal costs to the plaintiffs.
Although the fine is a
symbolic token, the ver-
dict was hailed as a
timely reminder to other
apologists for the Nazis.
The Court of Appeals
stressed in its ruling that
the defendant and other
persons un-named were try-
ing to deny wartime Nazi
atrocities.
No Injuries in
Lebanon Attacks
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
raeli army patrols in south
Lebanon were attacked by
Palestinian terrorists this
week-in several separate in-
cidents, but there were no
casualties.
On Sunday night a bomb
was exploded by remote
control on the coastal road
north of Sidon as an IDF
convoy passed by. Small
arms fire was also directed
at the vehicles. An IDF con-
voy was also fired on in an
attack inland later in the
day.
SPOIL HER FOR MOTHER' S DAY
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A State Departme_ official
rejected the argument that
the Reagan Administra-
tion's anti-Soviet rhetoric is
partially responsible for the
decrease in the emigration
of Soviet Jews.
"You don't help Soviet
Jewry by being quiet or ton-
ing down criticism or refus-
ing to say exactly what is
happening to them," Elliott
Abrams, Assistant Secre-
tary of State for Human
Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs declared. "If they
are going to tell lies about
Jews, as they do every day,
let all Jews and let all
Americans respond by very
loudly telling the truth
about them."
Abrams spoke at a human
rights session at the annual
three-day leadership con-
ference of the National Con-
ference on 'Soviet Jewry
(NCSJ) which began
Monday night. He was in-
troduced by Stanley Lowell
of New York, a former
chairman of the NCSJ, who
noted that during the first
three months of this year
only 306 Soviet Jews emi-
grated.
Lowell said that when a
delegation of former
NCSJ chairmen met with
Soviet Ambassador
Anatoly Dobrynin two
years ago, he said that
emigration would only
improve when relations
between the USSR and
U.S. improved. Lowell
blamed the deterioration
in relations on the "harsh
or undiplomatic words"
used by the Reagan Ad-
ministration against the
Soviet Union which he
said feeds the "mutual
paranoia" of the leaders
of both countries.
But Abrams said that de-
creased emigration began
in 1979 during the Carter
Administration which he
said had been reluctant "to
go public" with criticism of
the Soviet Union. He said
the Soviet Union considers
the emigration of Jews and
others as "chattel" to be
used to trade for objectives
which they want from the
West. He said emigration
began dropping in 1979
when the Soviets realized
they would not get the
SALT II treaty ratified,
they would not get trade
benefits in the U.S. and the
invasion of Afghanistan
turned public opinion
against the USSR.
But Abrams said the
Soviets are "conscious of
their image" abroad and
"we can use their concern
for public opinion to pres-
sure them and embarrass
them into more civilized be-
havior," improving human
rights and increasing emig-
ration.
Abrams was critical that
the European countries
have not made human
rights in the Soviet Union a
major concern.
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Refusenik Jailed
NEW YORK (JTA) - -Lev
Elbert, a 34-year-old
engineer of Kiev, has been
arrested and charged with
failure to report for Red
Army reserve duty, accord-
ing to the Student Struggle
for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) and
the Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews (UCSJ).
The nine-year refusenik
had declined to report on the
grounds that further mili-
tary service would again
subject him to a "secrecy"
designation which would
deny him emigration to Is-
rael, the two Soviet Jewry
groups said.
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"The Book of Jewish
Lists" (Stein and Day), re-
viewed last month in The
JewiSh News (March 18,
Page 4), contains the names
of several prominent De-
troiters not mentioned in
the article.
In a list of "52 Jewish Od-
dities," author Ron Landau
cites the youngest Ameri-
can soldier in World War I,
a 15-year-old Detroiter
named Benjamin Edelstein.
According to Landau,
Edelstein lied about his age
when enlisting.
The Volume also lists
Phillip and Max Stollman
among "106 Jewish In-
novators and Leaders in
Business." The Stollmans
were the builders of the
Somerset Apartments,
the largest apartment
complex in the Detroit
area.
Landau, in a list of "11
Jews Involved in Ice Hockey
and One Hockey Executive
Involved with Jews," re-
lates the story of Alan
Ishakis, a Detroit account-
ant and Red Wing fan who,
because he was strictly Or-
thodox, was not able to pur-
chase play-off tickets in
1978 since they were being
sold on a Saturday. Red
Wing General Manager Ted
Lindsay intervened on
Ishakis' behalf, reserving a
pair of tickets for him,
which the accountant
picked up the following day.
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Album Honors
Survivor Parley
MIAMI BEACH — A
commemorative album
honoring the American
Gathering of Jewish
Holocaust Survivors held
this month in Washington,
D.C. has been published by
the American Anti-Nazi
Association.
The Album will be sent
free to all who request it, ac-
cording to Rabbi Rubin R.
Dobin, association chair-
man. All requests would be
accompanied by a long,
stamped, self-addressed
envelope and sent to Rabbi
Dobin, American Anti-Nazi
Association, Gathering Al-
bum, P.O. Box 6194, Miami
Beach, Fla. 33154.
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