78 Friday, February 22, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS The husband, sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren of the late NEWS SADIE GOTTLIEB Policies Scored Continued from Page 76 to generalize about human rights conditions in the Arab countries since the level of abuse ranged from Jordan and Egypt, where there was little abuse, to Syria and Iraq which had complete one-man rule. However, he noted that Egypt is the Arab country with the greatest trend toward liberaliza- tion. "Egypt is a developing coun- try moving toward political liberalization and greater free- dom of expression," the report said. Several of the accounts of coun- tries gave the conditions of their Jewish communities. In Egypt, the report simply notes that most Jews "emigrated many years ago and those few who remain appear to practice their faith without re- striction or harassment from any source." In Iran, the report, as it did last year, states that the persecution of Jews that existed in the early ,flays of the Khomeini revolution has abated as it has for Christians and Zoroastrians. However, "they continue to have problems with the regime over religious prac- tices, and some members of all three groups suffer officially sanctioned job discrimination," the report said. Iraq's Jewish community "is be- lieved to have decreased from 150,000 following World War II to go about 400," the report notes. "It was severely persecuted in the past, but there is no evidence of recent persecution. In 1983 and in late 1984 Western journalists visited the last known synagogue in Baghdad and confirmed that it is still functioning. Only a hand- ful of people, mostly older men, were seen attending services led by two rabbis." In Syria, "the 3,000-4,000 Jews are free to practice their religion," according to the report. "The situ- ation of the Jewish community has improved in recent years, de- spite continuing uncertainty over the community's future, and today it enjoys a relatively good standard of living, access to higher education and entrance into the professions." But the report notes that only Syrian Jews are routinely re- quired to post a bond of $250 to $10,000 if they want to travel abroad. "In recent years, Jews have found it somewhat easier to travel overseas, although an offi- cial ban on their emigration has continued. The government con- tinues its policy of not issuing passports to all members of a Jewish family at the same time, although there have been some recent exceptions." In the Yemen Arab Republic, from where most of the once-large Jewish community emigrated to Israel, "the number of remaining Jews live in peace with the Mos- lem majority," according to the report. "They practice their religion freely, suffer no unusual economic hardships" and while they main- tain contact with Jews from out- side Yemen, they may not do so with those in Israel. The report puts the number of Jews in Morocco at 11,000-14,000, most of them in the major cities. "The Jewish community operates schools and social institutions, as well as 20 major synagogues," the report said. "Publications in Hebrew are permitted," and "the Jewish community has close ties to com- munities in other nations includ- ing Israel." In Ethiopia, the report noted the "considerable illegal emigra- tion" by Jews during 1984. (Legal emigration is restricted for Jews and other Ethiopians.) The report points out that access to the Jewish villages of the Gondar region by foreign Jews and Is- Radio-TV Listings and her son, Rick, discuss the Sephardic community; Dr. Ralph Cash of Sinai Hospital Tay-Sachs disease with Mark Goldsmith; Robert Oppenheimer tells Chasidic stories. THE JEWISH SOUND: 6:15 a.m. Sunday, WMJC-FM (95) and 11 p.m. Sunday, WNIC-AM (1310). Rabbi Yitzchak Kagan is the moderator. OPEN DOORS: 7:30 a.m. Sun- day, Channel 4: Rabbi James I. Gordon of Young Israel of Oak- Woods will discuss the impor- tance of the State of Israel to Jews. A film on the current economic and political status of Israel will be shown. Sheri Terebelo-Schiff will be the moderator. RELIGION IN THE NEWS: 9:05 a.m. Sunday, CKWW (580), Rabbi Jonathan V. Plaut is the moderator. NATIONAL JEWISH TELE- VISION: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Cable Channel 47, a program of interest to the Jewish community. (Pro- gram time is subject to change without notice.) HA-KOL: THE JEWISH VOICE: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, WDET-FM (101.9), Shirley Behar 411. 11 JI ■ • Vh 411, 11 -IS 11. RELIGION ON THE LINE: 10 p.m. Sunday, WXYT-AM (1270), Chaya Sarah Silberberg and Joce- lyn Ruth Krieger will speak on "The Woman's Place in Judaism — Lofty or Lowly." COFFEE WITH HY: 8 p.m. Monday, WCAR (1090), a pro- gram of community interest mod- erated by Hy Shenkman. YIDDISH IS HEIMISH: 8:30 p.m. Monday, WCAR (1090), an all Yiddish program of music, news, interviews and other fea- tures with Hy Shenkman. CAFE SHALOM: 9 p.m. Mon- day, WCAR (1090), music, news and features from Israel plus community announcements, with Bella Greenbaum, Fay Knoll, Masha Silver and Marilyn Smith. , .. raelis which was allowed in 1983, was shut off for most of 1984, al- though re-opened to some extent in December. The human rights report, as in other recent State Department reports charged that in the Soviet Union, "the Jewish community faced an exceptionally difficult year in 1984 which saw a sharp increase in anti-Semitic prop- aganda thinly veiled as anti- Zionism" as well as increased dis- crimination against Jews. The re- port speculated that there may be "pressure from some quarters to end Jewish emigration com- pletely." Abrams said that he did not be- lieve that the urging by Reagan Administration officials at their meetings with Soviet officials or improvement in human rights conditions of Jews and others in the USSR has so far had any effect but, "it is hard to measure," he said. OBITUARIES M.S. Arnoni Amsterdam (JTA) — M.S. Ar- noni, the journalist perhaps best remembered for his lively one- person left-wing periodical The Minority of One, which appeared in the U.S. in the 1960s, died here at age 63. Menachem Samuel Arnoni was a native of Lodz, Poland, and a survivor of its ghetto, about whose horrors he wrote the novel Fela. He settled in Israel after the es- tablishment of the state, but later emigrated to the U.S. In his publication, Mr. Arnoni exposed oppression and persecu- tion of minorities all over the globe. When the Six-Day War broke out in 1967, he devoted sev- eral issues to defending Israel's right to exist and to protect itself. After settling in Holland in the 1970s, he published another one- person periodical, In Search after working for a short while as a political commentator on Dutch television. Lawrence Emmer Lawrence H. Emmer, a phar- macist and owner of the Ferndale Pharmacy for 32 years, died Feb. 17 at age 56. A native Detroiter, Mr. Emmer was a member of Cong. Beth Ab- raham Hillel Moses, Maurice C. Zeiger Lodge of B'nai B'rith and Alpha Zeta Omega National Pharmaceutical Fraternity. He leaves his wife, Marlene; a son, Curtis, and a daughter, Natalie. Dr. Emil Lengyel New York — Dr. Emil Lengyel, historian who specialized in World War II Europe and the rise of Nazism, died Feb. 12 at age 89. He had worked for the New York Times and had written 20 history books during his career. He also was a professor at New York University. Wish to acknowledge all the kindness and sym- pathy shown to them dur- ing their recent bereave- ment. The Family of the Late LAJOS LONYAI Acknowledges with grateful appreciation the many kind expressions of sympathy extended by relatives and friends dur- ing the family's recent be- reavement. A sincere thank you to all our friends and family who helped us through our bereavement on the pass- ing of our beloved EVELYN SCHWARZBERG • Wife, Mother, Sister and Grandmother The Simon Schwarzberg Family IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of The Family Of BEN GOLDSTEIN ARLINE G. SCHAFER Who passed away March 12, six days into Adar. He will never be forgotten by those who loved him. His wife, Rebeccah Irma; and sons, Melvyn & Mark Fondly remembers her love and kindness on this her yahrzeit. Max J. Schafer In memory of our dearly beloved father, who passed away Feb. 26, 1984 LOUIS BELLER Who is sadly missed and will always be remem- bered by his children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren. EDITH LUBLIN Feb. 22, 1984 Remembered and sadly missed by the Lublin Family. let your words do the talking in the JEWISH NEWS Call The Jewish News Advertising Department at 354-6060 Asimw.romapOSIONWAVA.4.41440:=- war..