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After Four Years in Prison ISyiva Zaimanson is Free! ^^NEW YORK (JTA) - The Breat*r New York Con^rcnce on Soviet Jewry has tUed the release of Sylva Imanoon, who was senlanced 1010 years In prison in jitTO on charges of attempting |o hijack a Soviet aircraft. Misi Ziimanten was Wieascrf lait Thursday oaly IN baari after her fatfcer, lasepfe Zalmauon had been l^vea Botlce that his petition lar clemeBcy for Sylva. btbareersted and III In the patarloyi Potma labor camp, kad been rejected by the papremc SavleL Misi Zalmanson's plight had been the focal point of fciah groups throughout the Id. The Greater New York jptonfcrence held a "Free ijriva" rally only a few weeks ' Meanwhile in Moscow, Miaa iblmanaon aaid that while •migration lo Israel waa the "aim of my life" she did not qpant to leave Ihe country nnmediately, at officials are
insisting, without seeing her Iwo brolheri and her husband, who also were sentenced in Ihe alleged hijack allempi during the first Leningrad trial. She aaid she had not aeen them since Ihey were all arrested in June, 1V70 and would aak Soviet authorities to alao pardon them. Since her releaae, Mias Zaimanson has been staying at the summer cottage outside Moscow of Andrei D. Sakharov, the physicist and leading Soviet dissident. SaUiarov, who is not Jewish, told Western newsmen that Mias Zaimanaon was taken by KGB agents for a two-hour visit with her hust>and, Edouard Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov had originally been sentenced to death during the first Leningrad (rial but the sentence was later commuted to 15 years imprisonment as a result of worldwide outcry. Miss Zalmanson's brother, Israel,
was sentenced to eight years at the trial and her other brother, Vulf, to 10 years. The 30-year-old Miss Zaimanson is a mechanical engineer who formerly worked in a Riga factory. She married Kuznetsov In lt70 Struggle for Freedom The struggle for Sylva's release began almost as soon as she was sentenced. Protests and demonstrations were held regularly in many countries but were all futile. Political sources here suggested the surprise release might be a Soviet gesture to influence Impending discussion on the Jackson Amendment to the Trade Reform bill and also s form of support to President Ford who has given hints of s Soviet readiness to discontinue persecution of Jews wishing lo leave Russia.
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board member of Temple B'nal Jeshurun Sisterhood, B'nal B'rith Women, Iowa Jewish Home for Ihe Aged and Brandeis University for Women. A past chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Women's Division, in Des Moines, Mrs. Nussbaum visited Ihe Hadassah Hospital in Israel both in IMl snd again In 19S8. Hadassah members will model Ihe Israeli Fashions dealgned and executed by faahion students of the Hadassah Comprehensive High School. Mrs. Harry Jacobaon is the honorary chairman for the event and Mrs. James Gallnsky is chairman for.Ihe Israeli Fashton Show. Mrs. David Kaminaky ia president.
BombWrecks Tourist Bureau Mrs. Lsidi NassbauB
MVonMn Namad as ivMl Dally EdHor TEL AVIV (JTA) thmuel Schnllzer who viaited pmaha recently and Moshe Rak were named deputy Mtora of "Maariv." Israel's Iprgesi evening newspaper. : The Jsmaalem Post lirael's English language pally haa nauned Leah BenPor, a loag-time staff IMmber, lo succeed Ih late IW Uiric as editor-in-chief. lis. Ben-Dor, who has been pt Post's editor for news ^«m Ihe Knaaael, Joined the jiaff of that newspaper in UK. Since IMl ab« has been Iqmly editor.
BONN (JTA) — A tbne bomb exploded this week at the office - of the Israel Government Tourist Bureau In Frankfurt causing an estifflaled DM SO.OOO In dmanage and slightly damaging throe cars parked outside the ofBce. There were no casualtiea. German Federal police along with Ihe local Frankfurt police department have Joined together in the search for siBipects. According to police spokesmen, there waa no special guard at the tourist office. It was explained that special guards were put on only when the potilicsl situation demanded it. In the wake of the explosion, all other Israeli offices, banks and an laraell exhibit at the Frankfurt Trade Fair were put under ckiaar security.
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Registration Opens Wednesday For Fall and Winter JCC Classes OMAHA — Beginning next week, members of the Jewish Community Center will be able to sign up for a wide variety of courses which have been planned for fall and winter. The fall claases will feature an extensive dance program,
piano and voice lessons,and a JCC singers' chorus. The Health and Physical Education Department will offer an expanded program which will include judo, karate, wrestling, flag football, slimnasUcs, gymnastics and programs in which the entire family can participate, such as bicycling and jogging. The Aquatics department plans to offer scuba diving this fall and winter.
Mrs. Louis Nussbaum Named Hadassah Woman of the Year DB8W0INE8—Mrs. LMUS Nasibaan will be koasred st IPa Hadattah "Wmaea *l the y«ar" iHBcheon and fashioa MMW to be beM WedoMday. •sytembcr 4 at IZ:4S p.m. at fke DCS Metaies GnU and Caaalry Clab. Mrs. Nussbaum is a past Resident of Hadassah, Hebrew School Auxilary and Ike Jewish Women's FMeralion. She is also a past iacretary of Tifereth Israel Ifomen's League and a past
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A brochure listing all class information, will be mailed to all Center members. ReglstratlOB for Center classes must be made In person (by Center members s>ly> tm tk*. CaaUr
Aadltoriam, Wednesday September 4 and Thursday, September S from l-ll a.m. and T-t p.m. Regtstratlaa hours an Friday, September • will be from 2-4:M p.m. Ctasses will begin the week of October 13 and eoatlnne tbrougb December a. Classes will be limited in size and be closed when filled. Additional registrants will be placed on a waiting list. Refunds for classes will be made only for classes cancelled due to Insufficient registration. Fees must be paid at time of registration. Center meml>ership applications will be available at tbe registrar's «<tioe.
The Pool is Open! Israel Sends Aid to Cyprus TEX AVW (MDA) — Five and a half tons of emergency medicines and medical supplies were sent by Magen Pavid Adorn In Israel to aid war casualties in Cyprus. The supplies were air-lifted from Ihe Ben Gurion Airport in a special plane provided t>y the International Red Cross. The shipment consisted of blood and blood plasma, antl-biotics, bandages, transfusions and other medical supplies. Magen David Adom in Israel is the authorized national emergency medical, health and disaster service, equivalent to the Red Cross Societies throughout the world.
Capucci Confesses To Terrorist Charges JERUSALEM. <JTA) Archbishop Hillarlon Capucci, accuaed of smuggling arms to terrorists aa the envoy of the Fatah organization, will not be able to hire a foreign lawyer to defend him. Israeli law does not permit foreigners to appear as lawyers In a court trial except for cases in which tlie defendant may be facing a death sentence, such as waa the case in Ihe Eichmann trial when a German lawyer was permitted to defend him. Capucci, head of the Greek Catholic Church in Jerusalem and the West Bank, admitted
over the weekend that he acted as a courier for the terrorist group, sccordlng to government sources. The Archbishop made his admission not only to his Israeli Interrogators but also to the Apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and to the three Greek Catholic prelates who arrived last Wednesday in Israel from Lebanon. The prelates were representing the head of the Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Maximus V who resides In Beirut. The Greek Catholic Church nominally accepts the Pope's authority and is not part of Itie larger Greek OrtlKMlox Church.
OMAHA — The indoor pool at IM Jewish Community Center is scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Smday, September 1, fbr general swimming only. Those members planning to swim are advised however, to verify the schedule by first calling the JCC, 334-«200.
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