Martin Gilbert
"This lawyer's with the CIA!
You'll be going to jail for a
long time!" We told her I
would come back in several
days to see if she had an-
swers.
hotel,
Mr.
the
At
Shcharansky told me of his
friends on trial and in labor
camps. "Many of them told
the authorities they could be
rehabilitated." With sureness
and sadness, he said, "I won't
let that happen to me." He
didn't.
The same freedom he felt
on Moscow streets, and in the
prosecutor's office, he
demonstrated in the camps.
His sense of self and internal
freedom were extraordinary.
He has set a standard for all
people to•respect and follow.
Men like him, of heroic prop-
ortions, can help change the
world.
The courage of Natan
Shcharansky provides for him
an inerasable place among the
modern Jewish heroes. Now he
is the symbol of continuity in
the demand for freedom for the
hundreds, the many thousands,
of his fellow Jews who are de-
manding release from the Soviet
imprisonment. All freedom lov-
ers, everywhere, are obligated to
continue to share in this strug-
gle against tyranny.
Stormy Philippines:
Tiny Community
Has Stained Past
Even if there were only a mi-
nyan of Jews in the Philippine
Islands, the turbulence of the
current situation draws atten-
tion to their status, historical
record and an interest in their
continuity.
Israel has ambassadorial ex-
changes with the Philippines,
otherwise there seem to be few
connections with the rest of
world Jewry. Nevertheless, the
historical reminiscences are
unique. Jews were first in the
Philippines as Marranos. Then
there was a sad period during
World War II when they • were
expelled. Their absence was
brief.
There are reportedly 500 Jews
in the Philippines, 200 of them
in Manila. Very interesting ac-
counts about the Jews there
should be read in both the Uni-
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