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Sen. Exon 'Adopts' Russian Ref usenicks rJ Jamei E«oii haa adopted' a KuMUn tUlmtnick (amily. and already haa wrtllcn l*U»r» lo SovW olll riali rxpmaing hu concern Tlw procedure lor racocnltinC a (anUy and kacplnc In UMCh wtUi Ui«n by mall waa recommemM U San Rum by Ally Mlldw in behalf of Ihe Omaha CommMtec for So\lH Jewry, a member Union of CouncUa for Soviet Jewry Saaator Rion'i Mter (0 U» nid BmlMev 18 a* lollowi HIi
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Chairmaa. PnMtum of ihe iovlBloftheUSSR Moacow.USSR Dear Prealdml Brezhnev The plt|M of Ghcory AIek
Vbhing Omaha YaiM BoM ind Y«Mh Autaon, mamiiari of ChabttfLubavKch, * worldwide nwvefflant IM promotea otv aarvMnof aiUvol. wUI be In Ikmitft Au« 2 Ap^ ,jid» may bf »•*• bji !tliic Be4h lirari tf»
aandroviah Vlndorov haa been ealM lo my attention and I r^ queat that thla caie be af lordad renewed oooatderitton byyourgovcmaant Mr VlKdorov,aloni{wllhhls
sesaed with the hope of favor able dlspoitllian of their re«|tM><(t The Vigdorov's re side at Malakhilovaya 10/2/165. Moscow. RFSH. tJ .S S R With best wishes Sincerely J James Exon United Stales Senator
entire family. applW for an flit viM U> Israel in March. \m In Jurx • ' •ar his fldefly par. I per mlatMNI In rinigr.iir .IIHI set tied In Israel, however. Ihe viaatorMr Viitdorov.huwilr and children wa> refuie<1 Umi and on at least two nibsequeni eccaaiens It hw Iweti report •d to me that because of his deaira to •migrate, be has been unable lo find acceptable work and that eommunlcs (kMS with hu family has been restricted Reportedly, the reason for refi«al of hu visa haa been prior scrvirf tti the Army, even Ibough he did not totd a poaillon involving knowledge of claasified infor mallon Tlie Unllad Stataa Depart MOl of State pwwnlwl this caae lo your (wcmnwat for favorable comldtrattoa in AprU. im In Uw Inlemt of eoatlniMd cooperation be IwMii our two govenuiMOU. I lat that the caae of Mr Vlgdo^ rov and hU family te rear
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The Red Carpet Out-of-town vWton to the Jowlab Coaumailty Caalar can count oa a ipKtal watoma when CMM to aoelallac witb MolUa Daiman and har aaator dtlaana'pTMp Thla group arrtvad froa laa City last week and itappad from the bus onto a red carpet
The Ninth of Av-Tisha B'av ByDr SbumdHlaMMata Edllor'iNole Tlaha B'Av falls Ibis year (imonAuc »I In seeking il> significance, writer Shumel Himelstein does not restrtcl himself to the Destruction of the Klrsi and Second Templea. but hMka at other dates In vahoua pertoda of Jewtah history, when he notes the calamlUct wtaich befell the Jewiah paople Rabbi Dr HbnaMsIa cane to Israel from America and haa worked In rallgloui primary schools as a teacher and principal He U now Involved In rtllglaua affairs In the Israel MIniatry of Edtxathm in Janaaleni
We are all familiar with the RIMIral account of the 12 spies !'H«es to investigate ns In Canaan, and how ttH'ir negative report resulted in the Jews being pun Ished by having to wander In the deaert for 40 years Leaa famllUr la the Mldraahlc comment on the wMe episode The MMraih ralataa that tbe aples returned on the nliitk day of the month of Av, and when the people heard their ropon they all began weep.ng and walling At that time the Midrash relates, God lold them "On thu ninth day of Av you have mounwd without cauae la htture gmeratlons I will give you caiaM to Indeed niBum on
this day " And historically, we know that both the First and Second Temples fell on the unie day. Ihe ninth of Av Both of our Kxlles. the short one of 70 years, and the long one lasting cloae to two thousand, fol lowed tboac ninth days of Av But theac were not the only
icholars and statesman, its glory and splendor, suddenly came to an abrupt end WlU one stroke of hu pen. Kla Ferdinand gave all the Jews <
ralamltlaa that befell lu on that fateful dale Let us exam Ine a few examplea of events that affected ua on Ihe ninth day of Av Seme of litem are nrare known than other*, but they share a commoa cbarac lerlstic - all were sources of mourning for Ihe Jewish people
small boats they were forced lo use to leave the country at the last moment.
In I4«. the Golden Age of Spain, wHh all lU great Jewtah
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Spain the option of ronvertlnC or leaving the country Ijterallv hundreds of Jew* fled, many (alling prey to brlgniands or belntl drowned In the
The wclHatiMliiMil Spanish Jews who IM ware In almost all caaea reduced to abject poverty In tbair new (wuntrles of raaMence. When was the day when Ihe decree came Into effect? The ninth of m