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Family Finds Its Roots
In Saginaw Commune

ROBIN FREEDMAN

Jewish News Intern

t the height of the De-
pression, Paul Yelen-
sky's parents aban-
doned the city for a life closer
to nature. Rather than set-
tling in one of the many kib-
butzim that were then form-
ing in Israel, they joined an
agricultural commune closer
to home — near Saginaw.
The commune was called
the Sunrise Cooperative
Farm Community. It existed
only five years, but the effect
it had on the lives of those
who lived there lasted much
longer. The impact was so
great that 50 years later
descendants like Paul Yelen-
sky are still drawn to the site.
"When we were younger,
the farm was always talked
about in capital letters,"
Yelensky said.
With the help of an album
containing photos of those
days, Paul, the son of Leon
and Anne Yelensky, his
brother Alan and cousins Joel
Bussell and Judy Schmidt,
recently took a trip back in
time to see the site of the col-
lective farm.
Originally a four-square-
mile tract of land, the area
has been divided into a
number of independent
farms. Only two of the
original buildings remain.
They hold some of the equip-
ment used on the collective
and stand as a reminder of a
group of people that tried to
build on a dream.
Sunrise was founded in
1933 by Joseph Cohen, an
anarchist from New York.
The colonists who joined him
from Chicago, Detroit and
New York were people who
wanted to escape the despair
of the Depression and live in
a communal system where
the land was owned by all.
The children of these col-
onists have warm feelings
about what they call the best
part of their parents' lives.
They ventured back to the
farm to try and capture a
glimpse of history.
"It brings our family closer
together and gives us some
insight about ourselves,"
Alan Yelensky said.
Although the farm is no
longer in existence, the ex-
perience has left a legacy the
children have inherited.
"We are all really in-
terested in the earth. We're
what you would call earthy
people," Yelensky said.
The family looks at the ex-
perience as a link to hold all

of them closer together. They
hope to make future trips to
the site of the farm and in-
clude more descendants in
the adventure.
The founders had a reunion
of their own on Wednesday in
Carmel-Monterey, Calif.

Awad Threatens
Return To Israel

New York (JTA) — Palesti-
nian activist Mubarak Awad
vowed Tuesday to influence
American and worldwide
public opinion in his efforts to
return to Jerusalem.
The Palestinian advocate of
non-violence, who was
deported from Israel on Mon-
day, did not rule out the
possibility of converting to
Judaism and returning to
Israel under the Law of
Return, as he has threatened
repeatedly.
But he indicated it would be
a last step after he made ap-
peals to the United Nations,
American legislators, Euro-
pean parliaments and the
next Israeli government.
Awad said that he ad-
vocates sabotage of electrical
lines and water lines, but on-
ly when such sabotage is
directed against planned
Jewish settlements on Arab
land.
He said he continues to de-
nounce violence, however, and
that he opposes the throwing
of stones, the setting of forest
fires or "injuries to anyone."

Television Lets
Waldheim Go

Vienna (JTA) — President
Kurt Waldheim is understan-
dably pleased by the "not
guilty" verdict reached by a
panel of judges in London
after his recent "trial" on
cable television. And he ap-
parently expects the world to
take it seriously.
"I hope everything will die
down now," Waldheim told
Austrian reporters in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, where he is on
a state visit.
But legal experts and
Jewish groups believe the
Thames Television-Home Box
Office collaboration, "Wald-
heim: A Commission of In-
quiry," may have been good
TV theater, but legally a
farce, and dangerous because
of the credulity of television
audiences.

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