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VOL. 52 NO. 40
SEPTEMBER 26, 1974 - TISHRI 10
NEW YORK (WNS) - The National Geographic
Magazine has promised to correct a highly distorted
presentation of the condition of Syrian Jewry which
appeared in its April issue.. Phil Baum, associate
executive director of the American Jewish Congress,
which coordinated a protest of the article including the
first picketing of the magazine's headquarters in
Washington, said he received a letter from Joseph R.
Judge, the magazine's assistant editor, stating that the
AJ Congress' concern about the article "will be amply
demonstrated and acknowledged in our November
issue." Baum said the agreement, to modify the
original article was "a victory for the cause of Syrian
Jews, whose fight for freedom -was gravely jeopar¬
dized by the distortions in the April issue". The AJ
Congress had charged that the article by Robert Azzi,
a free-lance writer "left the clear impression that Jews
In Syria are treated decently and that the Syrian
government maintains a tolerant and even benign
attitude toward them.". Baum said thousands of
American Jews and other readers wrote to the editor of
the magazine threatening to cancel their subscriptions
unless a correction was printed.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WNS) - The first day of
Rosh Hashana was marred here when swastika
markings were found dabbed on Temple Beth Am and.
Temple Shalom here and obscenities painted on the
sidewalks. The synagogue desecrations came two days
after a building housing the offices of the Jewish
Federation and, Jewish community center and a gift
shop featuring Israeli products was bombed causing
extensive damage to the gift shop. The local police
have increased surveillance and federal and state
agencies'^are«lso investigating. . •'   £? ■ ■;: 7U?j
NASSAU,^^BAHAIrtAStWNS) — Jewli* passengers
aboard the Soviet Iust^ uner "Maxim Gorky",
docked in Nassau harbor, held a Rosh Hashana service
- in the ship's chapel. The formal celebration of the New
Year aboard the liner was the first for the Black Sea
Shipping Company which runs the cruise ship between
Nassau and New York. Several Russian Jewish
crewmen attended the religious rite which was the idea
of one of the passengers, Dr. Barry C. Shapiro of
Massachusetts, and the ship's purser.       ,
Settlement On Soviet Emigration Issue Within
Sight Says Secretary Henry Kissinger
by Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Secretary of State Henry- A.
Kissinger said last week that
a settlement of the Soviet
emigration and trade issues
is within sight and expressed
confidence that the basis for
an agreement could come as
early as this week. Kissinger
spoke in reply to questions
by members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee after delivering a 6000
word report on- U.S.-Soviet
detente in which he stressed
theoverriding importance of
detente, especially its goal of
eliminating the possibility of
nuclear war.
Kissinger's optimism was
not shared by Sen. Jacob K.
Javits (R.NY) one of three
key Senators with whom the
Administration has been
negotiating for a com¬
promise on the Jackson-
Mills-Vanik legislations.
"Wedonot wish the signal to
go tip-that we have changed
course on the Jackson
Amendment," Javits said.
Apparently in reply to the
'. point made by Kissinger In
his prepared report that "the
economic bargaining ability
of most favored nation
(MFN) status is marginal"
in dealing with the Soviet
Union,   Javits   observed,
"You can't ha,ye it both ways
In that economics does not
give us economic leverage or
that we can kick moral
concerns outof the window."
Kissinger warned in his
prepared report that raising
issues of Soviet domestic
political practices might
jeopardize arms limitation
agreements between the
U.S. and the USSR. "MFN
New Reform Judaism Group Organized
In Opposition To Established Organizations
CINCINNATI (WNS) -
Claiming an "increasing
preoccupation" by Reform
organizations "with ap¬
peasing the Orthodox and
Conservative establish¬
ments", more than 100
Reform rabbis have
organized in a new group
called an Association for a
Progressive Reform
Judaism .The new group,
organized at a meeting in St.
Louis, derives from a
dissident group formed in
Atlanta in June 1973 in
protest against a resolution
adopted by the 1973 con¬
vention of the Central
Conference of American
Rabbis, the association of
Reform rabbis, which'op¬
posed participation by CCAR
members in mixed
marriages. Dr. Eugene
Mihaly, professor of rab¬
binic literature at the
Hebrew Union College •
Jewish Institute of Religion,
the Reform seminary, has
been elected president of the
new group.
The sponsors asserted that
there was a "tendency" in
some Reform organizations
to "restrict the freedom
which Reform Judaism
came into being to promote
and preserve "and that these
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grants no special privilege to
the USSR," Kissinger said.
"The significance of trade is
inflated out of all propor¬
tions."
Kissinger's expression of
confidence that the trade
and emigration issues would
soon be settled came after.
Sen. John J. Sparkman
(D.Ala.), who is slated to
succeed   Sen.   J.   William
Israel and Edna Rosen, "The Kol Golan Duo", will
be the featured entertainers at B'nai B'rith Women's
annua.1 Menorah Luncheon to be held Oct..29 at Beth
Jacob Synagogue.
B'nai b'rith Women Announce
Plans For Menorah Luncheon
B'nai B'rith Women are
delighted to announce the
plans for their annual
Menorah Luncheon. The
luncheon will be held oh
October 29th at Beth Jacob
Synagogue at 11:30 a.m.
"Giving is Uving" has
been chosen for the theme of
this year's event BBW give
to many worthy philan¬
thropies including B'nai
• B'rith Women's Children's
Home in Israel. Mrs.
Charles Petersy BBW
District 2 Director from
Cleveland, Ohio, recently
visited the home. The
organization is honored that
she will attend the luncheon
and share, her personal
experiences and an in¬
teresting slide presentation
of the Children's Home.
The elegant luncheon will
be catered by Progressive
Caterers. Mr, Vannerson has
planned a delicious gourmet
menu. The cost of the affair
is a minimum $25 con¬
tribution or a donor
equivalent which is used to
help support BBW philan¬
thropies. In addition, the
lunch charge is $7. All out of
town guests 'are 'welcomed
for the cost of thfi lunch.
The afterrioo^v. will
culminate with some very
exciting entertainment. The
Israeli born, Kol Golan Duo,
Israel and Edna Rosen, sing
folk songs from many lands.
Their repertoire include
songs in English, Greek,
Italian, Russian as well as in
Hebrew and Yiddish.
Israel Rosen was born and
raised in Tel Aviv. While
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Fulbright (D.Ark.) as
Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee chairman next Jan.,
observed that satisfactory.
progress has been made on
the trade bill. "I am very
optimistic", Kissinger said,
'lliat with good will on both
sides - and I think there is
good will on both sides - we
can work something out. We
hope this will be evident
within a week."
Capitol Hill sources close
to the Jackson-Mllls-Vanlk
legislation indicated today,
however, that no further:'
progress has been made in
the regular discussions of
the issue that Kissinger is
holding with Sens. Javits,
Henry M. Jackson
(D.Wash.) and Abraham
Ribicoff (D.Conn.) aimed at
a compromise. Kissinger
met with the Senators this
week, and, according to the
sources, got no further than
they were two weeks ago.
Javits took sharp ex¬
ception today to Kissinger's
warning that the "sudden
exposte facto form of
linkage'' of trade with the
Soviet domestic order
"raises serious questions,r.
The Secretary claimed, "at
-not time were issues
regarding Soviet domestic
political practices raised ...
indeed, not until after 1972
was the Soviet domestic
order invoked as a reason for
arresting or reyersing the
progress so painfully
achieved."
Javits said that statement
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 14)
USSR Sending Substantial
Military Hardware To Syria
by Joseph Polakoff   ''
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -*-
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger conceded last
week that the Soviet Union is
sending7 "substantial
military shipments" to
Syria, but said this aspect
has to be seen in the context
of the overall situation. He
maintained, in reply to
questions by members of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, that the purpose
of the shipments was to
improve the quality of
Syria's weapons systems
rather than increase its
quantity.
However, Kissinger ad¬
ded, "We believe restraint in
military shipments should
go side by side with political
progress in the Middle
East." He warned that
"progress in the Middle East
will be very difficult if not
impossible, without at least
the acquiescence of the
Soviet Union." The
Secretary concurred when
Sen. Jacob J, Javits (R.NY)
asked for an executive
session of the. Foreign
Relations Committee on
Soviet arms shipments to
Syria and OPEC nations'
"intractability" on oil
production and prices.
Kissinger said, in reply to
questions by Committee
chairman Sen. J. William
Fulbright that his round of
talks with Arab leaders in'
Washington during the past
months were "constructive
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