10 Friday, December 7, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOCAL NEWS Continued from preceding page 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." In order to facilitate action on the part of those at the gathering A tribute: the gift that brings joy before it's ever received. 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MICS 4206 • 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- lic health. HOLIDAY Mon.-Fri. 10-8:45 10-5:45 HOURS: Sat. 12-4:45 Sun. • %-11 6-74■11,-Ii-a-a- .gi, niAme!'•‘'..-, 1W:fano' ■ 9 4.'1,11 IL IL A Me pi 19..,04% 1111C •t_ 4. ,IGAL It...11 ORAL IL 11. I. IL. ac. MLA. A. $ 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 $. irt s ei• ILA. 11,...1g, 'if L. 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.