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Uris, whose 1957 novel Exodus is widely credited with helping to spark the post-1967 revival of Jewish consciousness in the Soviet Union, went to the USSR under the sponsorship of B'nai B'rith International. He was accompanied by Dr. Michael Neiditch of the B'nai B'rith International staff. Uris repeatedly refused to give details of the "unpleasantness" he en- countered, apparently fear- ing surveillance. But he ac- knowledged that reported increases in anti-Semitism were "absolutely" a factor in his gloomy assessment. He also said that during the course of his lecture tour, which covered Riga, Len- ingrad and Moscow, "our halls grew smaller and fur- ther out of the center, for reasons that were not clear and probably never will be. I think the audiences were kept small." At the same time, Uris said the trip was deeply gratifying for him personal- ly, because of the influence of his popular novel. For many years, typewritten copies of illegal translations of Exodus were passed from hand to hand throughout Russia. "It's the most tremendous experience a writer can undergo, to realize that his work has been that far- reaching," said Uris, adding that he was "exhilarated" to learn that his book "has changed a lot of people's lives." "The accolades have been tremendous," he said. "They call it a 'bible' of truth -- not J.J. Goldberg is associate editor of The New York Jewish World. in a religious sense, but it's a textbook that bridged their isolation over the last 70 years." In much of the Soviet Union, said Uris, "Jewish life has been pretty well eradicated.' We found a lot of intermarriage." "We have seen a whole range of attitudes," added Neiditch, "ranging from ap- prehension and fear to extraordinary': optimism in Riga," the capital of the Latvian republic. "I think that what is happening in Riga is something the Jewish world has got to pay attention to." "They seem to be estab- lishing Jewish culture in the Riga community," said Uris. "We found they were breathing a little easier." The novelist described the Riga Jewish community as going through a "revolutionizing" process, with an active Jewish cultural center, senior choirs and a Jewish day school -- 1 the first in the Soviet Union -- with 400 students in its first year. "The most heartwarming moment in the trip was when we walked into the day school and the kids got up and sang to me in Yiddish and Hebrew. They were very happy, very open and very Jewish," he said. Uris said that after leav- ing Moscow, he would be visiting Poland and Hungary, under the spon- sorship of the United Jewish Appeal. Among the activities planned for him were a visit to Mila 18, the Warsaw street address immortalized in his novel of the Warsaw Ghetto, and participation in a ceremony in Budapest to. mark the first legal publica- tion of Exodus in an East- bloc country. Jewish Telegraphic Agency Pro-PLO Israeli Is Sentenced Jerusalem (JTA) — An Israeli accused of disseminating propaganda for a Palestinian terrorist organization was sentenced to 20 months in prison Tues- day. Michael Warshawsky, di- rector of the Jerusalem- based Alternative Informa- tion Center, was arrested in February 1987, But Warshawsky was ac- quitted of charges that he was a member of the PFLP.