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Friday, April 5, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Detroiters Share Concern
For Refuseniks With Soviet
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Joel Gershenson, chairman of
the Jewish Community Council's
Detroit Soviet Jewry Committee
(DSJC), hand delivered a letter
expressing deep concerns with re-
gard to Soviet Jews, to Oleg Be-
nyukh, a senior editor-in-chief of
Soviet Life and Culture.
Rabbi Efry Spectre of Adat
Shalom Synagogue and a national
board member of the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry
(NCSJ) accompanied Gershenson
in presenting the letter to Be-
nyukh, who was in Detroit par-
ticipating in a forum on "The U.S.
and the Soviet Union: The Quest
for Peace." The session was or-
ganized by the Center for Peace
and Conflict Studies at Wayne
State University.
Members of the DSJC were pre-
sent to distribute flyers which
compare anti-Semitism in Nazi
controlled Europe during the
1930s to anti-Semitism in the
USSR from the 1970s to now.
In expressing concern to Soviet
Joel Gershenson
General Secretary Mikhail Gor-
bachev, Jewish Community'
Council President David Leben-
born wrote, in the letter given to
Benyukh by Gershenson and
Rabbi Spectre, that "We have
seen a crackdown on the Soviet
Rabbi Efry Spectre
Jewish cultural movement. The
recent sentences imposed upon
Yakov Levin, Yuli Edelshtein,
and Aleksandr Kholmiaansky, to
name but a few, are the harsh
reality of this crackdown.
"In addition, Soviet anti-
Semitism appears to be on the up-
swing. The program Hirelings
and Accomplices, which was
shown on Leningrad television in
November, was a grotesque
example of the encouragement of
anti-Semitic feelings.
"As citizens of this world, we
share your desire for peace. Our
countries are striving to reduce
tensions, in a new spirit of ac-
commodation, which pleases us
greatly. The United States gov-
ernment had gone on record with
its concern for Soviet Jewry. A
welcome gesture of goodwill on
the part of the Soviet Union would
be to open wider the gates of emig-
ration for those Soviet Jews who
wish to leave; and to allow those
who wish to remain in the USSR
the opportunity to embrace their
Jewish culture and traditions."
Program On Aging Due
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The education department of
National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section,
will present a program, "The Joys,
Benefits and Privileges of Grow-
ing Older" at 11 a.m. April 16 at
the NCJW offices, 30233 South-
field Rd., Suite 100, Southfield.
Cost for the day includes a box
lunch. Pre-paid reservations are
due by Thursday.
Subtitled "Keeping Healthy,
Keeping Happy, Keeping Busy"
and "Age is not a Number!" the
program will feature a panel dis-
cussion with Evelyn Kasle and
Dr. John Flatter. Josephine
Weiner will serve as moderator.
Mrs. Kasle whose topic is "Lei-
sure Activities and Creative
Entrepreneurships," is a geron-
tology consultant. She speaks on
pre-retirement and retirement for
the Tri-County Mental Health
Clinic and has spoken to temples,
synagogues and the Jewish Home
for the Aged in conjunction with
the Jewish Community Center.
Currently, she is a consultant in
gerontology at Harper-Grace
Hospital.
Dr. Flatter is a senior psychol-
ogist with the Problems of Daily
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Living Clinic, department of psy-
chiatry, Sinai Hospital. A
graduate of Wayne State Univer-
sity and member of the graduate
adjunct faculty of the College of
Education at Wayne State Uni-
versity, he has appeared on local
radio and TV shows including
"Good Morning Detroit," the
"Sonya" show and "Kelly and
Company."
A "Showcase of Ideas," high-
lighting NCJW's many commu-
nity services and offering mem-
bers and guests an opportunity to
enroll in activities, will be fea-
tured.
For reservations and infor-
mation, call the NCJW, 258-6000.
Sandra Leshman is president,
Joyce Sosin, public affairs vice
president; Judy Marx, chairman;
Phyllis Young, vice chairman;
and Mary Schwartz, chairman of
Program on Aging. Committee
members are: Anne Caplan, Ada
Feldman, Mary Lakoff, Ann Ru-
bin, Freddy Shiffman, Ms.
Weiner, Zivia Grekin, Phyllis
Schwartz, Fran Wigod, Rissa
Winkelman, Nena Dillick, Bar-
bara Kuhlik, Ruth Savage and
Marilyn Silver.