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By Bill Cohen
Chronicle Special Reporter
In what was billed as their
only press conference during
their current American tour,
ballet stars Valery and
Galina Panov said they do
not want to be seen as
symbols of the political
resistance within the Soviet
Union.
But the Panovs did give
some clues of their
unhappiness with oppressive
Russian policies, despite an
obvious reluctance to
respond to reporters'
questions about the political
situation' there.
The couple spent nearly
two years under virtual
house arrest in the Soviet
Union, after they applied for
a visa to leave for Israel.
Although they were stars in
From All Sides
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We Kindle These Lights
"   By Ben Shahn (American, 1898-1969)
Hanukah, the Jewish "Feast of Lights" or "Feast of Dedication," commemorates the
Maccabean" victory over the Sjfrians in 165 B.C. and the rededication of the Ternple which
had been defiled by the KingAntiochus of Syria. Since the days" of JUdas Maccabeus,
Hanukah has been celebrated by lighting candles on a Menorah for eight days as a reminder
of themiracle of the cruse of oil in the temple which burned for eight days instead of one.
This painting, done by the late American artist Ben Shahn in 1961, is a gift of the Mr. and
Mrs. Albert A. List Family to the collection of the Jewish Museum, New York.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Courtesy Jewish Museum, New York
ntnesty International Report Confirms
isti Prisoners Singled Out For Abuse
LONDON (JTA) - A
damning report by Amnesty
International on conditions
in Soviet prisons and forced
labor camps where at least
10,000 political and_religious
dissenters, including Jewish
"prisoners of conscience"
are currently incarcerated,
confirms charges that
"Jewish prisoners are
frequently singled out for
special abuse" and that
prison authorities
deliberately provoke anti-
Semitic acts against them by
non-Jewish inmates.
The 154-page illustrated
report titled "Prisoners of
Conscience in the USSR,"
was released here last week
and' was - published
simultaneously in Dutch,
German, French and
Swedish". Amnesty
International is a London-
based nonsectarian
organization that monitors
the condition .of pohtical
prisoners all over the world.
The report said -that
conditions in Soviet penal
institutions "not only violate
international standards for
the treatment of prisoners,
but fail to achieve the
standards established in
parts of domestic (Soviet)
corrective labor legislation
and "theory." The report
urges the Soviet authorities
to undertake a program of
penal reform and warns that
as long as the day-to-day
working of the Soviet penal
system is treated as a state
secret, it will continue to
"generate suspicion and
mistrust, certainly  abroad
(CONTINUED ON PAOF IS)
By Jack Siegel
(A Seven Arts Feature)"
Israel is beleaguered from
all sides ...
Not even at the height of
the cold war, when the UN
was in control of the Western
Powers, was the- Soviet
Union as isolated. Moreover,
it was a vast power still
possessing the prestige of an
allied nation which played a
major role in- defeating
Nazism and it had fraternal
states- which professed a
similar ideology. Israel is
small, its power compact but
supplicatory, and is
surrounded immediately by
hostile states. Now that the
hechshar of the UN has been
stamped against it, Israel
can only cry out against a
moral wrong.
How has it come about,
from the very heights in 1947
when the - UN t partition
favored an Israeli state,
when the world's sympathy
was with the Jews and
Jewish state, that Israel is as
isolated as it- now has
become? Was it because of
Israel's policies, was" it due
to any one or series of
mistakes  it has  made  in
international relations, was
it due to anything it did
incorrectly or indiscreetly or
even without the elegance
Kissinger speaks of as
lacking in his own behavior
towards a former deiense
secretary? Whirr do we look
for the reasons I Or this
onerous situation, in oi <iw to
determine methods of
overcoming it? To equate it
with other periods of history
can-be stimulating but not
productive; to speak of the
Maccabees or any ancient
Jewish state which fought
against huge odds is, again,
stimulating but not
productive. The situation
must be dealt with in its
present permutations,
nations  against  nations.
(CONTINUED ON PaGF   "•
the Kirov Ballet, they were
not allowed to perform with
the company during that
period. In 1974. they were
finally allowed to leave, and''
they have made their home
in Israel.
The Panovs performed in
Columbus last Saturday and
Sunday.
Before-their performance,
the couple was-asked why
they do not'want to be seen
as symbols of resistance
within Russia.
"We are first of all human
beings and artists, not
politicians." Valery said.
Speaking through an
interpreter, he spoke only
very generally about why
they wanted to leave their
mother country.
"We could live neither
politically nor artistically,"
he explained. "I did not want
to be a prisoner constantly,
and I did not want to think in
the way I was asked'to."
Comparing his new home
to his 'former homeland,
PanoV said that "Jews in
Israel live as "if they are at
home, and in Russia, they
are'guests." '
"Israel is one of the most
free   countries.   The   only
- thing is that it is dangerous
to live there," he added
Valery PanO\ sjid he sees
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25 House Memners File Suit Charging
Failure To Enforce Anti-Boycott Policy
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Twenty-five members of the
House filed suit last week in
Federal District Court here
charging Secretary of
Commerce Rogers "Morton
and Secretary of the Interior
Thomas S. -Kleppe with
having acted to "hinder,
impair or frustrate" the
anti-boycott policy of the
United States.
At a news conference in
the Rayburn Building
following theJ filing of the
suit, Rep. Robert F. Drinan
(D. Mass.) — one of the 25
complainants — said the two
Cabinet officers had "failed,'
neglected and refused to
implement the 1965 Export
Administration Act, which
states in part: "It is the
policy of the United States to
oppose restrictive trade
practices fostered or
imposed by foreign countries
against other countries.-"
friendly to the United States
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Drinan charged that
Morton and Kleppe had
disregarded the law by
"failing actively to oppose
the ' restrictive trade '
practices and" boycotts
carried out by 14 countries-in
the Near East and North
Africa 'against Israel and
against American
companies that trade with
Israel."
Leo Pfeffer of New York, a
constitutional lawyer who is
also special counsel of the
American Jewish Congress,
"is serving as attorney for the
25 ■ House members. He,
explained that the complaint
charges Morton and Kleppe
with ' violating ' • the
Constitution by neglecting to
• meet their responsibility
under Article II "that the
laws be faithfully executed."
'   Pfeffer told reporters the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
. Left to right: Mrs. Mac Haas, Candle Chairman:
Mrs. Phillip Beckman, Reservations; Mrs Nate Katz,
Precious Jewel Chairman; Mrs. Martin Hoffman.
Chairman; Miss Lana Zetsman, Publicity. Not
pictured is Mrs. Bernard Hirsh, in charge of
Decorations.
Plans Set For BJ Dinner Dance
A delicious catered
champagne dinner; the
Grandview High Singers'
thrilling revue; and Jerry
Wolf's dancing music will fill"
the festive evening at the
Beth Jacob Chanukah affair
on Saturday, Dec. 6. The
entire community is invited..
Mrs. Martin Hoffman with
her co-chairman, Mrs. Mac
Haas and various
committees under the
supervision of Mrs. Nate
Katz, Mrs. Phillip Beckman
and Mrs; Bernard Hirsch.
have conscientiously
planned an outstanding
holiday affair which is the
sisterhood's only annual
money raising project for
maintenance of the religious
and Sunday schools as well
as the synagogue's many
other services.   * „,. ■
Checks should be mailed to
Mrs. Phillip Beckman. 2JB9
Brookwood Road, Telephone
231-0764.
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