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VOL.52 NO.35
AUGUST 27,1974-ELULI1
UNITED NATIONS (WNS) — Ambassador Jacob
Barmore, Israel's observer to the Sub-Commission on
Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities, was not permitted to complete his
statement on the plight of Soviet Jews and the per¬
secution of Syrian Jewry. Rudolph Carter, advisor for
political and security affairs to the U.S. Mission* was
the only representative on the sub-commission to
refuse to allow Barmore an extension of one or two
minutes. Carter also was the only delegate to object to
Barmore's right to reply after the Soviet and Arab
delegates launched a vitriolic attack against Israel.
Oddley enough earlier Carter and other delegates used
their influence to allow Barmore to make his
statement over Soviet objections.
NEW YORK (WNS) — The American Jewish
Congress has denounced as "morally, indefensible"
plans by the first film festival inTelluride, Colorado, to
honor Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Rabbi
Yaakov Rosenberg, chairman of the Congress'
Commission on Jewish Affairs, said Miss Riefenstahl's
most famous film, the Nazi propaganda epic "Triumph
of Will" which was commissioned by Hitler "could
only have been created by a Nazi fanatic." The
AJCongress urged the others being honored, including
the director Francis Ford Coppola and movie star
Gloria Swanson, to withdraw from participation in the ■
festival.
LONDON (WNS) — Col. Yefim Davidovich of Mjnsk,
a much-decorated her© of World War II has lost his
army pension because he applied for an exit visa to
Israel, according to Jewish sources in the Soviet
Union.
District Attorneys Request'
Presence At Syrian Trial
Kennan Attacks Use Of Trade Legislation To
East Soviet Restrictions On Emigration
By Yitzhak Rabi
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Thirty' district attorneys
from throughout the United
States sent a letter Aug; 21 to
President Hafez Assad of
Syria requesting that a
delegation representing the
National District-Attorneys
Association be permitted to
attend the trial of four
Syrian men, two of them
Jewish, accused of mur¬
dering four young Jewish
women who tried to escape
from Syria. The trial is
scheduled to begin Aug. 25.
(Meanwhile, sources in the
Syrian Jewish community in
New York said that the
Damascus authorities have
dropped murder charges
against Yussuf Shaluh and
Azur Zalta in connection
with the rape slayings of the
four Syrian Jewish women.
Shaluh and Zalta and two
-Syrian jion-Jews wereVac-
cused originally?qf murder
and of attempting to
smuggle Syrian nationals to
a foreign country. The
smuggling charges have
been continued however
against the two, Jews.)
Theiletter was,handed to
"the Syrian United Nations
Mission by Robert F.
Leonard, District Attorney
of Genesee County, Mich.,
vice-president of the NDAA,
According to Leonard; who
addressed a .press con¬
ference immediately af¬
terwards, the letter was
accepted   by   a   Mission
secretary who promised that
it would be forwarded to
Assad in Damascus. The
district, attorneys also
requested in their letter that
the Syrian government
"formally sanction the
admission of, the in¬
ternational press to observe
and attend the trial" and
that the NDAA delegation
members be allowed to
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By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA-) —
George F. Kennan, former
U.S. Ambassador to the
Soviet Union and a long
leading American expert on'
Soviet affairs, attacked on
Aug. 26 the use' of
congressional trade
legislation to ease Soviet
restrictions on emigration
and speficiaUy challenged
any use of this method to
help Soviet Jews in their
efforts to emigrate. Kennan
made his remarks before the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. While
cautioning against pitfalls in
Soviet-American trade
relations, Kennan declared
he has "no sympathy" for
denying most favored nation
treatment to the Soviet
Union to bring about "an
alteration" of Soviet'policy
"with respect to the
emigration from Russia of
its Jewish citizens." Such
legislation, he said, is not a
"suitable or desirable means
of exercising pressure on
• another government." He
also found it "difficult" to
understand why the U.S.
should make "exit visas to
Soviet citizens of Jewish
origin the touchstone of our
entire commercial policy
towards that country." In
this connection he
questioned "why we should
suddenly" now make it a
"major issue" when Soviet
practice, "especially with
relation to Jews is greatly
more liberal than it has been
for decades in the past."
Kennan said he was
"troubled by the fac t that the
pressures we are urged to
exert appear to relate
specifically to people of one
single ethnic-religious
background. I am sure that
we do not wish to convey the
imprission that our concern
for persons restricted in the
freedom to leave their
country of origin is in some
way racially conditioned,
and that the treatment of
others than Jews in this
respect would leave us in¬
different." The Jackson'
Amendment to the trade bill
pending in the Senate does
not. mention "Jew" or
"Jewish" in any aspect. It
speifically  refers  to  all
Dr. Gurevitz Elected To BB
District Board of Governors
Dr. Richard H. Gurevitz, a
past president of Zion Lodge
No. 62, was elected to the
Board of," Governors of
District Grand Lodge No. 2
which comprises an eight
state area from Ohio to New
Mexico. %■
The Board of Governors is
the governing body of the
District and responsible to
162 lodges and over 25,000
Soviet citizens. However,
comments on the Jackson
Amendment, usually refer to
Jewish emigration ev<?n
though Sen. Henry Jackson
(D.   Wash.)   himself,   in*
speeches, has pointed out
that the legislation bearing
his name is intended to lielp
-any" Soviet/ citizen ' to
emigrate without
harassment.
Jewish Leaders Enthusiastic
On Rockefeller Nomination
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
Former New York Governor
Nelson A. Rockefeller,
nominated by President
Ford to be Vice-President, is
considered a friend of the
Jewish people and has long
been firmly committed to
the security and survival of
Israel. At a White House
press conference following
his nomination, Rockefeller
did not discuss international
matters except to say that he
looked forward to efforts "to
face the tough realities in
our   country, and   in   the
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Dr. Richard H. Gurevitz
members. It is also
responsible for the programs
of the organization.. Dr.
Gurevitz was also appointed
an area Vice Chairman, and
in that capacity will direct a
corp of volunteer consultants
whose job will be to help in
carrying out the programs
and dictates of the District.
Mr. Lawrence Peizer,
President of the District
from Cleveland, stressed the
need for the dedication and
leadership qualities in his
selection of Dr. Gurevitz.
Dr. Gurevitz, a
veterinarian, is a graduate
of Ohio State University and
is the immediate past
president of the Columbus
Academy of Veterinary
Medicine. He is a life long
resident of Columbus and is
married to Marcia (Rado) v.
and they have two , sons,,'
Michael and Andrew. Dr.
Gurevitz is the Membership
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Beth Jacob Holds 13th Torah Day
The Thirteenth Annual Torah Day for teenagers of the Beth Jacob"Congregation was held
thisyear on August 11,1974, at the Yenkin Farm. Fifty two teenagers participated in the all
, day event which began with the Talis and Tiphilin Shachris service, and ended with a
cookout and bonfire at sunset. Mr. Richard Lapine, Youth Advisor, to the group, led the
faculty staff which included Rabbi David Stavsky, Danny Butler - Regional Director of
N.C.S.Y.,Lori Greenberg, Michael Rosen, Charles Schiffman, C Hayim Rosen, and Jackie
Rabenstien of Cincinnati, Ohio. The keynote address was given by Rabbi Stavsky, who just
'returned from a j study mission of the Holocaust cities in Europe. He spoke on the theme
"The World'Stands on Three Things, Torah, Avbdah (service) and Gemela& Chasidim
(human welfare). Included in the day long events were ruach sessions and music provided
by the teens themselves, an exciting,baseball game, and.a havidahah candle making
workshop led,by Lori Greenberg, a Shpfar blowing learning skill workshop led by Rabbi
Stavsky, and group identity sessionsled by Charles Schiffman.
■ Dina Seidemann; president of The Beth Jacob Youth Group, N.C.S.Y. chapter, expressed
her appreciation to the-followihg parents for their help and in spending the day with the
teens: Mrs. Faye Grinblatt, Mrs. Ruth Stavsky, Ruth and Michael Seidemann, Tina and
Keve Zians, Mrs. Lillian Lessem, and Mr. Morris Weinstpck.
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