The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1971 Page: 14 of 18
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The JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
Chanukah—The Feast of Lights: ADL,
JCCenter Exhibit of Soviet Jewry
Channukah, the Feast of the project are B’nai B’rith
Lights, the time of religious Lodges and Chapters, the B’nai
rededication, the holiday B’rith Youth Organizations and
celebrating religious freedom, the Public Affairs Committee of
contemporary Soviet society,
and that the only place she
could serve her Jewish national
goals was in Israel, which she
considered to be her homeland.
Forced to reject life in a Soviet
society, which was hostile to her
beliefs, and to Jewish tradition,
she clung to that desire even
AVODAH CHAPTER BBW
the luncheon, will be assisted by
the commemoration of the saga
of the heroic Maccabees, this
'year Channukah will take on
the Center.
December 15, the third day to prison.
of Channukah, will mark the
additional meaning to Jews who anniversary of the first
already enjoy religious freedom Leningrad Trial (1970), which
and the right to worship and to was followed by a series of nine
when sentenced by a harsh court
In her final testimony she
said: ‘‘I am stunned by the
HONORS CHARTER MEMBERS Mrs. Jack Mucasey, Hospitality
A special program honoring Chairman, and Mrs. Hyman
all Houston charter members Peretz., ,..
will be presented December 16 All members of B nai B nth
by Mrs. Jerry Ribnick, publicity and their friends are cordially
chairman of District 7 B’nai invited. Call your reservations to
B’rith Women. The event will Mrs. Mucasey, 664-2470, or Mrs.
take place at the home of Mrs. Peretz, 667-4716
Hyman Peretz, 4010 Grennoch. Be sure to mark the date on
Luncheon will be served, your calendar - Dec. 16.
Couvert is $1.50.Why is it that the people
Mrs. Esther Levy, hostess for who should listen always talk?
penalties the prosecutor had
demanded for us. I do not think
Soviet law should regard
anyone’s intention to live in
another country as treason and 1
am convinced that under the law
forty Jewish political prisoners it is those who are illegally
in the Soviet Union serving trampling our right to live where
political trials, various terms and under a we wish who should be put to
Beginning the first day of variety of harsh conditions, trial . . . Israel is the land to
Channukah there will be at the Typical of those Soviet Jews which we, as Jews, are tied
Jewish Community Center a imprisoned in the USSR for spiritually and historically. We
display relating to the Jews in ‘political’ crimes' is Sylva will never give up our dream of
the Soviet Union imprisoned on Zalmanson, sentenced to ten joining our ancient homeland,
political charges. Photographs of years in prison December 25, Even now 1 do not doubt for
these men and women, together 1970, for the crime of one moment that I will
with their prison addresses will attempting to flee the country nevertheless live one day and
be on hand. The people of illegally, a treasonable offense in will live in Israel.
Houston, Christian and Jews are the USSR. The Soviet state Ted Dinerstein, Chairman of
urged to write personal letters to sentenced her for a dream, not the Houston B nai B rith ADL
those prisoners to let them know for a real criminal act. As a Council, has urged that all
that they have not been result she is separated from her Houstonians plan to visit the
forgotten. This project is husband, who is also in prison. Center during Channukah and
sponsored by the Houston Her health is deteriorating plan to write at least one letter.
Council of the Anti-Defamation rapidly and she believes she will Mr. Dinerstin said that each of
League of B’nai B’rith in not survive a sentence that could us has the opportunity of
cooperation with the Jewish mean her death. Despite providing that ingredient of
Community Center. Air letters, inferences at her trial, Sylva hope so essential in keeping the
postcards and pens will be Zalmanson never believed that spirit of those unjustly
available for people to write she was “anti-Soviet.” To the imprisoned alive.
letters of support and end she clung to her belief that epEnLES
encouragement. Cooperating in there was no place for her in OARER • • •
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presently a member of the Board
of Trustees of Temple Israel
Center in White Plains, New
York, and the Board of
Overseers of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America. She has served as
Chairman of the Women’s
Organization Services of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
and presently serves on the
Board of Directors of the
organization. She is also on the
Boards of The Jewish Braille
Institute and RIAL - Religion
in American Life.
While in Houston Mrs.
Rapaport will meet with the
members of the Southwest
Branch Board residing in the
Houston Area at the home of
Mrs. Herman Berger, Dec. 9, at
8:00 p.m. December 11 at 8:00
p.m. she will be a guest on the
pulpit of Cong. Brith Shalom.
Saturday at 10:15 a.m. she will
be the guest on the pulpit of
Cong. Beth Yeshurun. At 3:00
p.m. Dec. 11, there will be a
general meeting at Beth
Yeshurun at which time Mrs.
Rapaport will address Sisterhood
members in Houston and the
surrounding area. This meeting
will be followed by Evening
Services and a Seudas Shlisheet
in her honor. All Sisterhood
members are urged to attend.
FURTHER DEFENSE BUDGET
CUTS SOUGHT
JERUSALEM, Nov. 29 (JTA)
— The Finance Ministry has
asked the Defense Ministry to
reduce its 1972 fiscal budget
from an original estimate of
$1.54 billion to $1.25 billion, it
was learned from reliable sources
today. The Defense Ministry had
voluntarily reduced its budget
request to $1.30 billion. The
Treasury insists further cuts are
possible.
live as Jews. This year
Channukah will be a time of
rededication of thought to the
Jews in the Soviet Union
imprisoned in the infamous
Leningrad and subsequent
trials aimed at destroying the
will of the activists among Soviet
Jews. As a result, and because of
earlier trials, there are now over
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