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other oppressed peoples for more
than a decade.
She described the task force as a
"post-Holocaust phenomenon"
and admitted that the lack of a
Christian effort to halt the at-
rocities perpetrated by Hitler is
probably one of the reasons for the
recently heightened gentile
interest in the plight of Soviet
Jewry.
"We know the Christian com-
munity did too little and came too
late to make a difference in what
happened to the Jewish people
during the war. I think of the
people we have helped, and the
thousands of people who are now
waiting to be helped, and I am
grateful to have had this opportu-
nity to change the direction of his-
tory.
While the executive director of
the Soviet Jewry task force pro-
vided the audience with hope,
Shtern, in his emotional address,
gave them reason to think when
he questioned the American
commitment to Jews in the USSR,
both at public and official levels.
"How important is this to us?"
Shtern asked. "Where do our
priorities lie? If one rather
affluent Jew recently gave $5 mil-
lion to Israel for a campaign to
stop smoking in that country,
where is the Jew who will give $1
million for your campaign to aid
Soviet Jewry?"
Shtern cited the Reagan Ad-
ministration as being sympathe-
tic to the issue, but told The
Jewish News "they could be doing
more." He expressed regret that
the President did not seem in- ,
dined to link trade between the
United States and the USSR with
Soviet emigration policy, as it was
during the Carter Administraton
through - the Jackson-Vanick
Amendment,
Sister Ann also urged the
gathering to play an active role in
determining the fate of Soviet
Jews. The Helsinki Accords
created a wave of hope across the
Soviet Union," she said. "Now,
nine years later, we can't let that
hope fade."
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the part of those at the gathering
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while the speakers' thoughts were
still fresh in their minds, the
sponsoring organizations-set up a
table with tee shirts, petitions and
postcards at the rear of the hall.
The postcards, which were pre-
addressed to refuseniks and gov-
ernment officials in the USSR, are
part of an on-going effort to press
for the release of Soviet "Pris-
oners of Conscience" and to return
emigration to the 1979 level,
when 51,320 Jews were allowed to
leave in a single year.
In addition to the sending of
postcards and petitions, other
courses of action _outlined for the
audience by Betsy Winkelman
were the wearing of bracelets
engraved with the names of var-
"The Helsinki
Accords created a
wave of hope across
the Soviet Union .. .
We can't let that hope
fade."
ious refuseniks and participation
in the b'nai mitzvah "twinning"
progam administered by the De-
troit Soviet Jewry Committee of
the Jewish Community Council.
Sunday's program, which was
chaired by Shelby Tauber, was
rounded out with musical selec-
tions performed in Russian and
Yiddish by Geri Levit and Janet
Pont and the presentation of
prizes to five area students who
participated in a recent essay con-
test to alert young people to the
struggle of Soviet Jewry.
The winners in the high school
division were Abby Guyer of
Akiva Hebrew Day School, and
Laura Dembs of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek. Junior high winners were
Jeff Berdy, Akiva; Nataly Cher-
nomordik, Ann Arbor Hebrew
Day School; and Amy Selik, Hillel
Day School. The winners received 1
U.S. Savings Bonds.
NEWS
Israel Prizes to 2 TAU Profs
Tel Aviv — Two Tel Aviv Uni-
versity scientists have been
awarded the 1985 Israel Prize in
medicine. The laureates are Prof.
Henry Neufeld, selected for his
achievements in cardiology, an
Prof. Baruch Padeh for his
pioneering achievements in pub-
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Prof. Neufeld helped develop
the cardiology department at Tel
Aviv University's Sackler School
of Medicine and served as de-
partment chairman. He is vice
president of the International
Society of Cardiology, served as
chief scientist of Israel's Ministry
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of Health, president of the Israel
Heart Association and president
of the Asian-Pacific Society of
Cardiology.
Prof. Padeh also helped develop
Tel Aviv University's medical
school and served as chairman of
its department of genetics. He was
a founder of the medical corps of •
Israel's Defense Forces and the
Institute for Chromosome Re-
search. During the 1930's he was
active in the Haganah and served
as physician for the "tower and
stockade" settlements of Masada
and Sha'ar Hagolan. In 1971-74,
he was appointed director-general
of the Ministry of Health.