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Shalom, arhim va chot Dear Irwnd- i .•m -,(F.-.mMi)( m \im an the very liml day ol Ihe Jewish .New yrur And Ibis year. I went wilh the ium«- hi)p«- which I wvnl with llie prt-vMiuj. vfar Ihal I urn out ol priium «ind l»(i yrars au«,l went with (IM- same hope thai this year I »||| IM- m Jt'iusalt-iii H nhuna I ml H ^ crii itulaylm I hope In |oin mv wife .illdKl aiMl my friend'* andthiMi lamilM-s and sisters, brothers 'ind molhers as .ill ul us hope In joio our people WeareoptlmKt', in ^pitp of the farl Ih.il ih«danflerou' days ago. •' An« was aenlen<' It
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•They wer» «a»fh(n|i uj •' Mn flolilslrin notnl ii- -.hr itracntwrt Ihr tu, . .„4iy s a conslanl l«n. was made i•gaiflsl Rhchiran'>.. ,.^ rarl thai hr »a>brina »'(•'M-'l Mr Sorrnam »h« mrl .S/u luranalivin IK* mMiHonwl thai' III* alli ludr was vrry aoud <lbvi||tsly hi' ttjuJrd up oilh iH'ina undrr survril U«r» tNtI hr Irll Ihrrr »a» lllllr hr could <ki alKml il Hr Kill m«na((r<t Id kecti a geod aenar of humor MdMraflaky did not mrounirr ihr inlrnur haraMinrnl and surtril laMTwtilrhlediiplohi>""'"""'••"'' '"" >i.>..ii MCMS ed hy a KfiH inlorman' ,i«Jli Stair wrrrlt III a rrpor, h Mfl (Mildslrin nntrd fh«( (hr uvr iil inlnrmanlt h) Ihr hi.H In Kain in lormalinn it nurunrnnmHin and ik *iiWy praclicrd In Ihr laar ul Shrha ransty hitronmmalr llr Sanv a l.lpafay provided Ihr K(;NwHli ihr in
hy which Ihry »anl tolrighli'n allot us Kvrry lime when Ihe .Soviet I nton lakes the new obllgalions international obligations suth as nov» in M<>Mnkl Ihe aulhori
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Impnwmed ber/iuw after hr .ipplicrl fnr a VIMI. ami he Is rather young only I'' hr ..pplifd lor a visa, he wan riipp||e<t : ,• ol ihiv ap lllon and bname availalili' i.n iiu- ,iriii> .mil *m riillitl lo larmy bul/efu«ed and *»» kenteiKi-d lo ihfw year*
n'lthalwun't (he only trial In the laM days InOdpiu. Zav iUdM was lentenred (• two yean Impriaonment only lor Ms aUwnpt lo rrarh Moacow when tM heard thai Am«rtcani met m. We met him in Moacow, Moacow Jewi met In Motcow. and wanted to K**" u*- ^^ t** illuallon Influrncn are I more nw^i In Mowtw He wai warned by ihr K(iB not to do tt and when he irtol,' he wa* impriaonad and now sentenced to ^ Iwoyeanlnptlaon ^HpHrtlC lilt laal dayt. a id of Jews. IS Jewish families all In ^^•BMI durtaf Ihe last lew days to( refusals It's new Refunr nlU Manyof Uie old Refusenlki who have haen waiting to emi (rate lor iwo, three, fow and five years, got new refusals In the laal days I of pMpte art taken lor Interrogations, they are ques lloMd aboul our Semitic centers, about our Jewish magazine IHt aallHrHlMi are tryIng to destroy all kinds of Jewish life now kara Sunly II Is a demonairatlon of the power ol the authorities
f pnn fm-nrmyi ul shch<inin>liv • '»Wrmin(! Mrs (;alda<rin and .Mr I Ihink thr srnlrncihH IK ' aijlhonlirs *rrf Untktnti ^•"-' ••»^' I" " |,,. m,. MIS (iolllKlnn rrplinl Sh rharan.tkv »as Ifiitg Iriwl inr imlhinK H<- w»,i mnuirnl II s loovv' Kiillo's inn i» Ihr iiimplrlc nirssdur «hiih Anatol) Nhi haran-J(> fr corrkfl (in Kosh flasliarwh )y7'< al ahich limr hr prai.srd Hu.'iAian and Am^ruan Jrwti lur cnnlmuinH thr itruKKlr (i>r human nithls insidr Ihr SOVMM t'nun
ties rtiiikc ihrir iicsi In in^iilcri ,iil IIH- (XHipIr wtMi can use the fact III Itjest'oliliKationh lorlhrir imii First o| all Ihey try to Irighlcn the .lew-,, who are lighting lor llx-ir righl lo live a .fruish life here and lo emigrate lo hrael, bul 11 IS not only a d<-miinslrati<m lor us surely il is a deinonslra liorfnryou our American Jewish brollier'. and sisters TiM'y \»,inl III show you that your help doi'sn I work bul I want In assure jou Ihal vimr support and vour liRhl is the only nindilIon III our siir\ nal The very lact IhaV wecm continue our light now Ihe uT\ lact Ihat IK) (Mill dews hale eniiKrati-d and this eniinralKin Hint inues The very lad that many young Jew, ran \ltiil\ Hebrew now that we can allow <Hir own scientific serum.ii~ iiur existence is just l>e('aus«> of yiajr support
In the em! 1 w ant lo .send la-st regards to all ol our American Iriends Irom us. Irom those ol us who are in Silieria like Mark Nashpitz and Buly/ Sapyiklonik Irom those of us who are In prison lilu- Anatoly Malkin Zev Kadrol and many others
As f (old you. Anatoly Malkin uas very young he was onU IM years old. and he deride<1 againsi Ihe desire ol his parents
They came to Ihe synagogue lo irletirair Jv* ish • New J Year tofether with us and Ihey were fighting wilh ihe police and wMh the trucks which the police send to prevent us Irom celebralion Thihr were gefting their first lessons of Jewish life in Ihe Soviet Ihil^n L^ ua assure i you > that many of them will join our light
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The Soviet In ion h.is taken some vniius international otili gallons now and I in sure Ihal Ihe pressure you can munnuf Irom America and Irom inlernalional organizations will work and will help us lo rotnniunicale wilh vou and Ihe (ighl for our sights I am sure Ihal our firm delermmalion to continue our iVkht ami your supimrl arc just two things which will help .Soviet Jewry lo lie save<1
Wr know many young Ji-ws who are mm hidinK from ifM- au thonlifx liMauw Ihey are threalrned wilh linprivmmi-nt Wiknow hundreds ol young prapir wN> arc .ili.iid .md *)w *t\\ agracloip Into the army Wpkn<m IIHMIS.IIIIIMII ^icopli'vtlin n fuse Ihe rtr--— ••• -v be<au»e Ihey art' alraid thai wilh Ihem or » iclr brother!) will meel Ihe sainr (air aalt was A..:. , , .,..,kin
He was in lact. a very courageous young man But yesterday evening, al Ihe start ol the Jewish .New Year I note so many olher young Jewish people going to the synagogue may Ix' lor Ihe first lime In Ibeir lile and maybe also agalnsi the il«-sirr ol ihnr parents
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The aulhorllies und«'islaiHl Ihat our ciimmumcaHons willi you are very iinportanl (or i» Thai is why lh«-y make Iheir best lo ik'slmy ItM'in Kor mans months we couldn't gel on* tele phone talk with Israel and OIK- telephone talk with .America We ' don't receive yiMir letters and you don t leveive ours
With this Irlal. Iiu- aulhorilie* want lu Inghlen iiiaiiv Mionk' Jews who haW Ihr samr (hone logo into Ihr army aiul'iu Kn ' lo iTiiiKratr lo (.sf a<-l lor many years, lor Id or maybe morr or they <'an go lo prison
Md die desire of all ol ihose around him and in spile ol iheir pri) lasts, decided to sludy Hei>rew. to study N'ehadul
larmalHm which Ird Inhlsarrest amlrvrnlual trial Thr tunii ruad ol arrest lri.)l and di'lrnliim i amr l» an md last wrrk lor Mr Sh< hfirunsky »hrn a KUHM.III < uurl wnlmcrO him lii i;i years im ,I ihinr vrars will lir'>prni al hard lalxir undrr ciwidi •'.Ir'-•'"••' ' "Ml inlrmal'•»•' --'.....- ••••Kimis Imn ,,r jinv «l lh» • • dr •l|C) ' ' livr Th»'V ^iri .nlH-r
Shcharansky meets with other Relusenlks in a Moscow apart ment The picture was lakrn by Shirley (ioldstein during her l«76 visit to Kussia
To all ol you to all ol our Jewish brollM'rS and sisters in America we hope Ihal Ihe i^ay will ctime. we hopC'il will tie In Ihe new Jewish year wh«'n all ol us will lie able tu meet in Jcru salem B'Shanaharot H Verushalavim .Shalom I, llilraot
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Daub Launches Petition Drive for Dissidents By Stu Chapman A petition drive aimed al e« posing Ihe plight ol Russian dissidents on trial in llie Soviet Union was annouiKed by Ke puMlcan Second District Vgagresslunal nominee Hal Daub and Dr Kduard Kulylarov. associate professor of radlolo(y al Ihe University of Nebraska Medical Cenler At a press conference held last fiiday Mr Daub re ferred to the convictlona of Rtuslan dissidents Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander (Ilnsberg by staling thai. "Yesterday's convictions of memben of Ihe Heltinkl humanrlchts group are not the first of such actions nor will they be the last, unless the world community speaks out "
In mentioning (he reason for the petlllon drive. Mr Dauh cited a recent article written byl)r Kollyarov in the World Herald on the harassment and arrests ol Soviet dissidents and added Ihat ' the plight of .Soviet 'dissidents ix not something too distant lo mat ler lo us in Omaha " The petlllon. which will be circulated by the candidate's stall and volunteer organlza lion, will be presented lo the .Second InteratkNial Congress of the World Federation ol Nu clear Medicine and Biology by Dr Kntylarov The petition calls on .Soviet President L^o nki Brezhnev in " cease penecutlon ol Soviet cititens engaced in efforts lo secure l)i ternallonally recognized human rights " The petition
also asks ('resident f.'arler lo aaslst In aiding dlsslHenls by use of " any diplomallc. economic or commercial in fluence necessary " Dr Kollyarov. a radiologist, fiat sent letters lo his col leagues alioul the pelitlon el lort which said in part. " We can't do much, hut we can boycoll national and international scientific conferences and symposiums conducted in the Soviet In ion " A native ol Russia. Dr Kolylarov considers himself "A stateless person" bul men tinned lo reporters that he Is still considered a Russian <-|ti ten by Soviet officials When asked if hithoughl whellter or not he would return lo Russia, he replied "I would like In go back to Ihe Soviet Union when
Ihe .Soviet power and Ihe Com aqjin 1st regime wouldbeeli minaled " Mr Daub and Dr Kotylarovexpressed the hope Ihal the petition drive would serve as a message (or President l^arter lo use more than words In ad dressing the Issue ol human rights
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When questioned as to whether President Carter's human rights campaign was succeeding Mr Daub "I think they're laughing at us We don'l see any Jewish people Ireely emigrating from Moscow I think Ihal inolewl of a uniformly applied policy ol InlerrsI In humanitarian goals with respect to human rights, President Carter Is playing a ganteof sltuatkHi politics
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