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The_ Energy Savers ALLEN'S HEATING & COOLING 30035 Greenfield Southfield, Michigan 48076 557-0988 News agency several days ago, Morris Abram, chair- man of the National Con- ference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) said it was "a blat- ant example of Soviet hypocricy." Herbert Kronish, chairman of the Greater New York Confer- ence on Soviet - Jewry (GNYCSJ), called the letter an "absurd and tragic lie." The signatories are as- sociated with the "Anti- Zionist Committee of the Soviet People." Their letter said, "We understand that it may be difficult for some American Jews whose fatheri and grandfathers fled from Czarist Russia to escape -pogroms to realize that the roots of national discord have long been eliminated in the Soviet Union. "The letter claimed further that the Soviet Union has been "falsely reported as being hostile to the existence of Israel" whereas it opposes only Zionist policies. Ameri- can Jews. were urged to work with the Soviet people for world peace. Abram observed that the letter "was a propaganda of- fensive tailored to Western readers . . . couched in ap- peals for 'world peace' from selected Jews, and used the standard line that the Soviet Union has nothing against the state of Israel except its 'Zionist Policies.' " He added, "To claim that one is not anti- Jewish or anti-Israel while conveniently designating as `Zionist' a myriad of evils as Orwellian 'double-think' that fools no one." Kronish - • declared: "Claims that anti-Semitism have been rooted put of Soviet society are absurd and a tragic lie. Visitors to the USSR, including my wife and myself, in 1977 and again in 1982, can testify to collectively meeting thousands of Jews who are regularly subjected to KGB violence, denied access to higher education, pre- vented from studying and teaching Hebrew, and are targeted by blatant anti- Semitic attacks." Both Abram and Kronish suggested that the letter carried by Tass was an attempt to coun- teract the world-wide outcry which arose when Soviet Jewish activitist Iosif Begun was sen- tenced to 12 years' im- prisonment and internal exile because he taught Hebrew and sought to emigrate to Israel. Meanwhile, Israel's Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu led a prayer rally for Soviet Jewry in NeW York last week. The rally, sponsored by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry (GNYCSJ). was held on the street where the Soviet Mis- sion to the United Nations is located. A few hundred people, mostly students of Hebrew schools in the met- ropolitan area attended. In a related development, Vladamir Livshits of Leningrad, a scientist of applied mathematics and economics, and his wife, Anna, an engineer, have begun a strike "to let the world know of the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union," it was reported by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ). The couple first applied for exit visas to immigrate to Israel and join their family there in 1981. Both have appealed to Soviet authorities, in- cluding President Yuri Andropov, for visas to emigrate, but have been continually rebuffed. It also was learned that Soviet authorities have dropped drug smuggling charges against Jewish ac- tivist Lev Elbert who is serving a one-year sentence for draft evasion. In New York, the interna- tional officers of United Synagogue Youth have ap- pointed two Soviet teena- gers who are refusniks to serve as members of their international board. The two Soviet teens, Pavlik Ploschansky of Vinnitsa and Larissa Kaliushny of Odessa will be regarded as full members of the board. In taking this action the International Board and Of- ficers of USY have declared their ongoing commitment to the cause of Soviet Jewry. Adam was created single, to teach us that to destroy one person is to destroy a whole world, and to preserve one person is to de- story a whole world, and to preserve one person is to preserve a whole world; that no man should say to an- other, "my father was superior to yours!" Camp Maas Is Highlighted in JWB Circle Magazine FOR THE HOLIDAYS! THREE PAINTINGS FOR ONE SALE STEPHEN WOOD GALLERY 76 ADAMS WEST, DETROIT #1004 (313) 963-0072 MON.-FRI. 9-5 The Fresh Air Society's Camp Maas was among four camps highlighted in the recent issue of JWB Circle magazine. These two photographs show a Fresh Air Society outing on Belle Isle in 1905 and campers this summer at Camp Maas.