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Dr. Menahem Rebhun ❑ Beatrice Sensibar Professor of Environmental Engineering at Technion-Israel Institute of Engineering, Haifa, Israel. ❑ Executive Board member, Technion Research and Development Foundation ❑ Research: Water Quality Management and Treatment. Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes. Renovation and Reuse for Agriculture and Industry. ❑ Presently Visiting Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute topic .. . srael's Water Problem program chairman .. . EDWIN G. SIEGEL • • • • Consulting Mechanical Engineer, Buildings worked on the engineering design for the two Israel air bases in the Negev performed research on solar energy at the Technion recently served as a volunteer with the Israel army 7:45 p.m. - Wednesday APRIL 1 20 Friday, March 27, 1987 UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS on West 12 Mile Rd., East of Wiser Rd. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ment, Wallace spoke to a Soviet Jew who teaches English. The professor said that few Jews in the USSR want to study Hebrew, most preferring to learn Engish. Later, his students laughed at Wallace's question about discrimination against Jews. "We don't think about this problem because it doesn't exist for us," said one stu- dent. Wallace concluded that al- though there is a subtle form of anti-Semitism that exists in the Soviet Union today, those Jews who have not applied for emigration or are not refuseniks "apparently live more or less satisfying lives there." "How does he know that?" asked Korey. "There was no poll or computation con- ducted. He merely subtracts the number of 400,000 people who have made the first step in the emigration process and assumes that there are 1,500,000 Soviet Jews who accept the regime. It takes a lot of courage and determina- tion to apply for an exit visa, considering the situation in the Soviet Union. This kind of presentation is distorted." Korey also noted that in- terviewing 11 established Soviet Jews while talking with only a few activists also presents an unbalanced pic- ture. Rosenberg of the Union of Councils For Soviet Jews pointed out that no mention was made of the Soviet Jewish prisoners of con- science, or well-known dissi- dents such as Natan Shcharansky and Dr. Iosef Begun who suffered in pris- ons for years because of their feelings about their heritage. "Where was all of that? This show gave a cotton candy impression of the situ- ation," he said. To balance the story, Wal- lace said he presented the re- fusenik side by interviewing the Brailovskis. However, his goal, he said, was to deviate from the typical kind of coverage that the refuseniks "have received and deserve" and feature Jews who are liv- ing comfortably and succeed- ing in the Soviet Union. "Why isn't the other side of the story ever covered?" he said. "I deplore the Soviet Union's policy of denying exit visas. But as a reporter, I try to find interesting Stories and shed light on our society and world." Thus far, Wallace said re- sponse to the segment has been quite favorable. How- ever, he said, "We don't cal- culate what effect a story has with our audience. That's up to the public. We don't an- ticipate or second-guess." By embarking on a story with a foregone conclusion, said Jerry Strober of the NCSJ, Wallace presented a distorted perspective on Soviet Jewry. "There are many Jews in the Soviet Union who want to learn Hebrew," he said. "Be- gun was imprisoned for teaching Hebrew. Wallace doesn't talk about this. He doesn't talk about the penal- ties for learning or teaching Hebrew. "I don't deny there are Jews in the Soviet Union who are satisfied," said Strober. "But we all know that on the other side of the coin are hundreds of thousands of people who want to leave and aren't allowed to and are per- secuted for wanting to leave. It's ludicrous for CBS and Mike Wallace to broadcast that a million and a half Soviet Jews are satisfied. That's a preconceived notion." Israeli Company To Sue Army Tel Aviv (JTA) — An Is- raeli firm said Tuesday it would sue the U.S. Army for suddenly cancelling an $8 million order for gas masks after the first consignment was delivered. According to Menahem Kalir, general manager of Rabintex Industries in Bet Shean, the cancellation was a reprisal for Jonathan Pol- lard's spy activities in the U.S. Kalir denied as "base- less" the Army's claim that the contract was terminated because of late deliveries. He said the cancellation order was received immediately after the first batch of masks was received in the U.S. early in March. Kalir said his firm invested $2 million to produce the masks. Cancellation of the contract may force the plant to close down, adding mass unemployment to the trou- bles of Bet Shean, a develop- ment town, he said. Shcharansky Calls For Deal Jerusalem (JTA) — Natan Shcharansky proposed that the West offer the Soviet Union a quid pro quo for eas- ing emigration restrictions for Soviet Jews. For Jewish emigration of 10,000 a year, Moscow would be rewarded with a broadening of scien- tific and cultural ties. If 50,000 Jews are allowed to leave each year, the U.S. should cancel the Jackson- Vanik amendment which links Jewish emigration to most favored nation trade status for the USSR, Shcharansky told some 1,500 CN