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Meanwhile, Yelena Bonner, wife of Soviet dissident scientist Andrei Sakharov, visited a synagogue in Newton, Mass. dur- ing Sabbath services last weekend and expressed hope that "all the prisoners of Zion will be free as well as all my friends of different nations and religions." Bonner's husband, a Nobel Laureate in physics, is in exile in Gorky for his outspoken criticism of Soviet violations of human rights, in the category of "prison- ers of Zion." he is considered by many Israelis to be a "prisoner of Zion" because of the help he has given Jews who are unable to leave the Soviet Union, she said. Sakharov's family are of the Rus- sian Orthodox church. Bonner, whose mother was Jewish and father Armenian, made clear she was not a believer nor does she consider herself a Jew. "My upbringing gives me deep respect toward all beliefs, all religions," she said. She is in the U.S. for medical treatment. The Soviet authorities allowed her 90 days' leave to seek treatment in the West for eye and heart ail- ments with the proviso that she would not talk to reporters. She came to Newton, a town in western Massachusetts where her son, Alexei Semyonov, and daughter, Tatiana Yankelevich, live. She visited Cong. Mishkan Tefila, a Conservative congrega- tion, at the invitation of its rabbi, Richard Yellin. She spoke from the pulpit. Her remarks were translated by her son. In expressing hope for freedom for those refused exit from the USSR, Bonner referred to "My many personal friends, like Anatoly Shcharansky, I hope will be reunited with their relatives." She said she accepted the invita- tion to the synagogue "especially because there is anti-Semitism in the world. I find it impossible not to come to a synagogue." It was not clear whether her public remarks violated the con- ditions imposed by the Soviet au- thorities, under threat that she would not be permitted to return to the Soviet Union to re-join her husband. Rabbi Yellin permitted journalists to be present but in- sisted they did not take notes in the synagogue. He excluded Jewish journalists in their profes- sional capacity because they would be violating the Sabbath by working. Yellin gave Bonner several gifts, including a Bible in Russian and Hebrew and a beginning grammar in Hebrew such as Soviet Jews study clandestinely in preparation to emigrate to Is- rael. In Washington, 30 members of the House of Representatives have put their names on a prop- osed resolution calling on Presi- dent Reagan to pardon five rabbis who chose to go to prison to dramatize the plight of Soviet Jewry. The five rabbis were convicted earlier this month of violating a District of Columbia statute that prohibits demonstrations within 500 feet of the Soviet Embassy. Disturbed that the 132 rabbis, ministers, Hebrew teachers and others who have participated in planned arrest rallies since last May have been subjected to what they say is selective prosecution — no charges have been pressed against those arrested at similar protests in front of the South Afri- can Embassy — the five rabbis opted to dramatize the issue of Soviet Jewry by going to jail rather than accept a suspended sentence, probation and a fine. Maintaining that their oppressed brethren in the Soviet Union had no option of freedom, they began serving their fifteen-day sentence at the minimum security prison in Petersburg, Virginia Dec. 13. The day before the rabbis were to report to prison, Rep. Michael Barnes (D-Md.), sent a telegram to the President urging him to pardon the five as "a real life "Because there is anti-Semitism in the world, I find it impossible not to come to a synagogue." — Yelena Bonner example" to the Soviet Union "of what true justice and compassion in this holiday season mean." Barnes maintained that the rab- bis — four of whom are his con- stituents — had been sent to prison during the last days of Channukah and before they had a chance to appeal their case or set- tle their efforts. He called the "unusually harsh sentence and its excessively swift execution" an "outrage." The Washington office of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith has announced that it will pay all legal costs and provide free legal counsel for anyone arrested during peaceful Soviet Jewry pro- tests at the Soviet Embassy here. "This offer is effective im- mediately, and will be extended not just to those already arrested, but to those who may be arrested at future protests outside the Em- bassy," Edward Leavy, the ADL's regional director, said at a press conference at the Washington- Maryland Regional office last week. Funds Earmarked For Ethiopia New York — The American Jewish Joint Distribution Com- mittee, Inc., has committed nearly $900,000 from its 1986 regular budget for programs in (/ the Gondar Region of Ethiopia. \ The public can send funds for , aid to Ethiopia's hungry by writng Open Mailbox for Ethiopia, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 711 Third Ave., New York 10017. • /