The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1973 Page: 1 of 16
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c INTERFAITH PRAYERS
Ml BHK On City Hall Steps
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BREZHNEV, NIXON AND THE JEWS
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SOVIETS AGAINST SOFTENING
EMIGRATION FOR FAVORED
NATION TREATMENT
replied
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“hardly any
necessary.
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Cantor George Wagner tings "The
Sounds of Silence " in keeping with
the spirit of Soviet Jews seeking visas
to emigrate.
Rabbi Kahn Elected President Cen
Conference Of American Rabbis
Soviet Jewry, the service opened
with songs by Cantor George
Wagner of Temple Beth
Yeshurun. With guitar
accompaniment the cantor sang
“When Israel was in Egypt’s
Silence” —
spirit of_j
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Sponsored by the HouitoU Wkrreaj-
Committee, Nati oaifT cgghanJnar
Interreligious Task Forcej on
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prominent members of the
American Jewish community,
Jacob Stein and Max Fisher
They both met briefly with
Brezhnev and later indicated
optimism that the
Nixon-Brezhnev summit
conference may ultimately yield
results beneficial to Soviet
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New President Named
For Jewish Federation
And Welfare Funds
CHICAGO - Raymond
Epstein, prominent Chicago
business and communal leader
has been elected President of the
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welare Funds (CJF) at the
national organization’s quarterly
Board of Directors meeting held
here. Mr. Epstein, a CJI
Vice-President, succeeds Irving
Blum of Baltimore, who resigned
the presidency because of ill
health.
The new President is
Chairman of the Board of The
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Left, seven-year-old Sissy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arthur
Beck, holds a hand-painted sign
expressing the sentiment of all
those present, protesting Soviet
policies toward the Jews "let
my people go " Below, prominent
members of the Houston
community join in the prayers fl
to r) Mrs. l.eon Weiner, city
comptroller Leonel Castillo,
school board president HISD, Mr
and Mrs George Oser and Mrs
David Askanase
beh ind
program
includes
festival
revised edition since 1940, and a
new Haggadah for the
observance of Passover, which
will be illustrated by Leonard
Baskin, internationally
renowned artist and sculptur.
Both works should be completed
during Rabbi Kahn’s two years
in office as CCAR president.
Also elected as officers were;
vice presidents, Rabbi Arthur J.
Lelyveld, Cleveland, Ohio;
treasurer. Rabbi James A. Wax,
Memphis, Tenn.; recording
secretary, Rabbi Wolli Kaelter,
Long Beach, Calif.; and financial
secretary, Rabbi Harold Silver,
W. Hartford, Conn.
Rabbi Kahn came to Houston
to be assistant rabbi of Temple
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judge? It is difficult for me to
believe even our own budget.”
Fulbright said, however, that the
U.S.-Soviet trade bill should not
be held up for every’ individual
report of harsh treatment for a
Soviet Jew. The figures Brezhnev
gave the American lawmakers
are open to questions — even
such basic figures as the total
Jewish population of the USSR
which the Soviet leader put at
2,151,000. American specialists
on the Soviet Union said the
figure was about one-third short
of the total of more than 3
million Jews in Russia.
They based their higher
Soviet
Counsellor, vehementaly
denouced Soviet Jewish efforts
to emigrate. “We regard those
who want to leave our country
as traitors,” he said. He called
Prof. Benjamin Levich, a Soviet
scientist who has applied for
permission to emigrate, a “louse'
for “spreading lies about us.”
Among those who attended the
White House dinner were two
Ci^mige^
praversTm
Jews. “W,
Almighty
hearts of men who are in control
of people’s lives in totalitarian
countries,” the rector of St.
Mary’s Seminary began
“The fact that we can gather
like this in peaceful and free
assembly is an important
demonstration of our freedom in
this country, and is in contrast
with the lack of freedom in
other countries of the world,"
Rev. Dicharry said.
The prayer service consisted
of three versions of the same
blessing, asking God’s help and
the cooperation of Mr. Brezhnev
in freeing the Russian Jews.
Pastor Edwin D. Peterman, of
Christ the King Lutheran
Church, recited the prayer first
in English. Rabbi Moshe Cahana,
of Brith Shalom Congregation,
followed saying it in Hebrew.
Father Mikael Solovney, of St.
Pius X Ukrainian Catholic
Church, concluded the service in
Russian. The prayers expressed
concern for Prisoners of
Conscience in the Soviet Union.
“There are 120,000 Jews
awaiting emigration in Russia,”
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ATLANTA, GA. - Rabbi
Robert I. Kahn of Congregation
Emanu El, Houston, was named
as the new president of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis, the Reform rabbinic
association in North America
consisting of 1100 members
serving 1.1 million congregants.
Rabbi Kahn succeeds Rabbi
David Polish of Evanston, Ill.
The new CCAR president has
Israeli Officials Says
Security Council Debate
Is “Anti-Climax”
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Leonid Brezhnev’s presentation
of the Soviet emigration issue to
the 21 Senators and two
Representatives who were his
luncheon guests at Blair House
on June 19 is more important
for what it concealed than for
what it actually revealed. The
lawmakers said the Communist
Party Secretary dealt with the
subject seriously and candidly,
but they reserved judgement on
the statistics he offered on
Jewish emigration from the
USSR, the number of exit visas
requested and the number
granted. As Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey (D.Minn.) put it after
emerging from Blair House,
“Both the figures and
interpretation are theirs.” Sen. J.
William Fulbright (D.Ark.) who
is chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
and an ardent advocate of an
end to the Cold War, was
skeptical. Asked by a reporter if
he believed Brezhnev’s figures,
Fulbright replied. “How can 1
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JERUSALEM, (JTA) Israeli
officials believe the Security
Council debate on the Middle
East has proved an anticlimax so
far and has disappointed the
hopes of Egypt, whose Foreign
Minister Mohammed el-Zayyat
initiated it. Egypt hoped for a
dramatic debate resulting in a
re-definition of Resolution 242
along Arab lines of
interpretation or a new UN
peace-making machinery being
established, but the firm
American stand coupled with
the lack of enthusiasm shown
even by the Soviet-Arab bloc has
resulted in the current situation.
Officials here believe that the
council will finally decide, after
its month recess, to send
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim to the Mideast. Other
diplomatic reports say there will
be no substantive resolution at
all and the council will adjourn
on a procedural point.
Israeli officials are by no
means minimizing the fact that
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of the Houston
introduced the
jehalf of the Soviet
are pleading to
jod to move the
estimate on previous statistics
and on the apparent rate of
assimilation of Jews into the
Russian and Ukrainian
nationalities. Brezhnev told the
Senators on June 19 that 61,000
Jews had applied for exit visas,
apparently since 1970 and that
of these 60,200 had been
granted.
The latter figure tallies with
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earned a distinguished
reputation during his 35 years as
a leading spiritual leader in his
community.
He has been the guiding force
‘ ' the new liturgical
of the CCAR which
a new sabbath and
prayerbook, the first
WASHINGTON, (JTA)
Soviet leaders and top aides have
publicly taken a firm stand
against softening Soviet
emigration policy in return for
most favored nation treatment
in trade with the United States.
Community Party Secretary
Leonid I. Brezhnev personally
gave this information on June 18
when questioned by a Jewish
Telegraphic Agency
correspondent at the White
House dinner. The Soviet leader,
who was chatting briefly with
reporters, replied when
questioned about the
Mills-Vanik bill
compromise is necessary. All
that is necessary is a plain
decision. This (most favored
nation) treatment is an idea in
the interest of both.” (U.S. and
the Soviet Union). At that point
aides urged Brezhnev away
before the JTA could followup
with further questions. Earlier in
the day, Leonid Zamyatin,
spokesman for the Brezhnev
party, declared “trade cannot be
conducted on a basis of
discrimination.” Other Soviet
officials questioned by the JTA
at the White House dinner
responded with similar
statements.
Alexander Yefstafyev, the
Embassy Press
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PLEAD For SOVIET JEWS
Houston joined many
communities across the natioh
this week in protesting the plight
of Soviet Jews in the Soviet
Union, as 300 persons gathered
E on the steps of City Hall last
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■ marking “Freedom Assert t>ly
* Week”. The activities were 1 eld
in conjunction with So
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