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VOL. 53 NO. 1
JANUARY 2, 1975 - TEVETH 19
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Glenn Richter, national
coordinator of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, ..
and Morey Schapira, coordinator for the New England
SSSJ, reported that "there is not one iota-of change in
the anti-Jewish policies of the USSR since the an¬
nounced Jackson Amendment 'agreement.'" -The two,
who just returned from a week of intensive discussions
with activist leaders in Moscow and Leningrad, said
they found the activists "extremely concerned about
the Jackson Amendment and urged concerned
Americans to do all they can to insure implementation
by Congress. A major concern of the activists, Richter
and Schapira said, was the desperate condition of the
POCs.
COPENHAGEN (JTA) — The famed Jewisli refugee
ship, Saint/Laurence, which was the temporary home
of 2000 Jewish refugees during 1969-.70; may soon
become a floating hotel in an Arab country. The ship,
docked in Copenhagen's harbor since 1967, became
famous during the great refugee movement from
Poland beginning in 1969. Polish Jews coming to
Denmark lived aboard the ship while awaiting im¬
migration. Negotiations ate now under way to sell the
ship to Arab interests and remove it to the Persian Gulf
harbor of Abu Dhabi. The ship was originally-a
pleasure shjlp, launched nearly 50 years ago from
Canadian shores.
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The Philaldelphia AFL-
, CK) several days ago adopted a resolution, endorsing
me statement on the Palestine Liberation Organization
adopted,by the. AFL-CIO Executive Council in
Washington last month. The statement .described as ah
outrage the^UN General Assembly'decision to give the
PLO observer status.and criticized the Assembly for
inviting thepLO to-participate in'the debate on the '
Palestine issue. The Philadelphia resolution. also
declared that "the Palestinians never chose this band
murderers' (the PLO) whose avowed aim is the
destruction of Israel as a sovereign nation to represent
them in the first place."
Gromyko Repudiates Soviet Emigration Letters:
Says They "Distorted" Soviet Position
WASHINGTON, (WNS) -
Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko has denied
giving the United States any
assurarice that the Soviet
Union will ease emigration
restrictions " in return for
U.S. -trade benefits and,
credits. The denial came in
the form of a release by
Tass, the official Soviet
News agency, of a letter sent
to Secretary of State Henry
A. Kissinger (Oct.- 2&) in
which he repudiates the
letters of understanding
between Kissinger and Sen.
Henry M. Jackson on Soviet
* emigration practices. The
Gromyko letter said .the
Kissinger-Jackson exchange
creared a "distorted im¬
pression" of the .Soviet
position and declared that
the USSR Expects American
restrictions on trade to be
, lifted unconditionally.
Gromyko's letter said that in
contacts with the U.S. on the
emigration issue, the Soviet
Urtftm "underlined that this
internal affairs that are
entirely the concern of the
Soviet State, and no one
else," the Tass release said..
The Gromyko letter also
claimed that Kissinger had
been told by the Soviets that
there was "a tendency
toward a decrease in the
number of persons wishing
to leave the USSR."
Kissinger, who made no
mention  of   the   .Gromyko
letter in his appearance
before the Senate Finance
Committee .earlier this
month, told the committee
that the U.S. understanding
with the Soviet Union had to
be taken on "faith." He told
the Senators that if he were
to say specifically that an
agreement had5 been
reached, the Soviets would
repudiate it.
Later  State  Department
spokesman Robert Anderson
said Kissinger "stands by
his letter of Oct. 18" to
Jackson. Congressional
leaders ignored the
Gromyko letter and push
ahead for the enactment of
the Ford Administration's
Trade Bill with the Jackson
Amendment intact. Jackson,
in .a telephone interview
broadcast over Kol Israel,
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Ellman To Head Special Israel Bond Drive
A  special  program   has
been created to encourage
self - employed persons who
are ^eligible   to   set   up
retirement plans to finance
these trusts with Israel Bond
investments as a means of
building up an annuity which
has substantial tax savings.
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cmestion relates totally to the ^ S^'j
infernal competence of our *A>
Stat£?. . Tass is authorized
to state that leading circles
of the SSviet Union flatly
reject as' unacceptable' any
attempts from whoever they
may come to intervene in the
Probe Mafia Links To Bergman
Edwin Ellman
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NEW YORK, (JTA)-The
federal^ New York State
investigation into alleged
fraud and other illegal ac¬
tivities in the network of
nursing and old aged homes
owned by Rabbi Bernard
Bergman, a leader of the
American and World
Mizrachi Movement; will
also look into possible ties
with" the upderworld. - In
particular, the probe will
check a report that an
alleged associate of reputed
underworld figure Joseph A.
Colombo Sr. had lived in a
penthouse at one of Rabbi
Bergman's • nursing homes
for the indigent.
Sen. Charles H. Percy (R.
111.), a member of the Senate
subcommittee on long-term
care; has asked the New
York Temporary State
Commission on Living Costs
which has scheduled a
hearing for Jan. 21 to look
into the matter. Percy acted
on allegations by Rep.
Edward I. Koch (D. NY),
who charged underworld ties
and political protection.
Assemblyman Andrew J.
Stein ' (D. Manhattan).,
chairman of the com¬
mission, to)d a news con¬
ference yesterday, "It is our
information that there are
connections between ,the
Bernard Bergman empire
and organized crime."
Steih said that' Rocco
Scarfone, considered a
former advisor to Colombo,
had been on the payroll of
the Towers ^Nursing Home
and had used a penthouse in
the Park Crescent Nursing
Home, both Bergman
facilities on Manhattan's
Upper West Side.
,Rabbi Bergman, a former
president of the Religious
Zionist Organization of
America, heads the
Mizrachi's Religious
Education Committee in the
U.S. He' is also one of three
members of the World
Mizrachi Presidium which is.
closely connected to the
National Religious Party in
Israeli Another member and
associate of Rabbi Bergman
is Swiss - Jewish financier
Tibor Rosenbaum whose
financial troubles involving
millions of dollars in in¬
vestments by leading Israeli
firms has created, a major
scandal.
Rabbi Bergman repor¬
tedly - became a multi -
millionaire through . the
operatipns of nursing homes
in New York City and State
and In New'Jersey which
receive large sups of money
from Medicaid. The alleged
.misuse .pf these funds arid
. deplorable conditions' in
many of the toomes were
exposed in recent articles in
the New York Times and the
Village Voice.
To implement this riew
program, the Columbus
Israel Bond Committee has
re-established, an In¬
stitutional Sales Division
under the Chairmanship of.
Edwin M. Ellman, President
of Ellman Financial Ser¬
vices Corp. . 4
1<a£nnouncenient   of   Mr.
Rabin Challenges Sadat To
Meet Him To Discuss Peace
TEL AVIV, Dec. 22 (JTA)
— Premier Yitzhak Rabin
said here that he is readv to
meet , with Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat "any
time and any place" in "a
face - to - face discussion for
the purpose of peace talks
between the two countries.
Addressing the Commercial
and Industrial Club here
Friday, Rabin declared:
"We will-sit down together in
the presence of others when
you (SadatJ determine the
meeting and dialogue, which
will be peace between Israel
and Egypt.", .
The Premier made his
remarks following ' a
television interview
broadcast on American
ABC-TV Thursday 'night in
which Sadat said that the
United States and the Soviet
Union might jointly
guarantee both Israeli and
Egyptian frontier's.
Stressing that the next three
months was "a very crucial
time" to maintain the
"momentum of the whole
process of peace" started by
implementation of the troop
separation agreements in
the Sinai and on the Golan
Heights, Sadat said his
acceptance of the UN
Security Council Resolution
242 "means that I accept
Israel as a fact." ,
The one-hour interview
with Howard K. Smith and
Peter Jennings was taken
from six interviews held in
Egypt between September
and December, according to'
■ the American Broadcasting
Co. network, which noted
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Ellman's appointment to the
Israel Bond post was made
by Ben Goodman, General
Chairman Of the local Israel
Bond campaign.
Mr. Goodman pointed out
that, since the passagCSTthe
1974 Pension Reform Act last
September, most self -
employed persons are-'
eligible to set' aside 15 per¬
cent of their annual earned
income, but not more than
$7500 each year, as a tax -,
free contribution to their
Keogh Retirement Plan. He
asserted that the 5.5 percent
Fourth Development In¬
vestment Issue of State of
Israel Bonds- is a suitable
medium for the investment
of funds contributed to such
a retirement plan. .
The Israel Bond General
Chairman" stated that this
new element in the Israel
Bond program is expected to
intensify the drive to supply
Israel with vital investment-
capital to bolster its
economy at a time of serious
financial and political crisis.
Since 1951, he.,, emphasized,
the worldwide sale of Israel
Bonds has provided $3 billion
to strengthen every segment
of Israel's -economic
framework ahd,.to create
jobs for new immigrants
from Soviet Russia and other
countries.
Mr. Ellman is Treasurer of
the , Columbus Jewish
Federation, Chairman of its
Endowment " Fund and
Foundation Committee, past
recipient of the United
Jewish Fund and Council's
Theresa Stern Kahn Young
Leadership Award, and a
member of the Board of
Congregation Tifereth
Israel.
In accepting his post as
Institutional Sales Chair¬
man, Mr. Ellman asserted
that he and the members of
his committee will .un¬
dertake a special campaign
to encourage self - employed
individuals who are eligible
to create a Keogh'Plan for
retirement to direct. in¬
vestments in Israel Bonds
toward its funding.
' He explained that those
who are qualified to
establish such a retirement
plan are self - employed
individuals who own more
than 10 percetiLDf-their own
busines,,sg^f including
physicians, dentists,
lawyers, accountants, free -
lance writers ahd artists,
architects, store owners,
dealers, .retailers,
wholesalers and others
whose businesses are a sole
proprietorship or part¬
nership.
Mr. Ellman underscored
the fact that these in¬
dividuals are placed in the
preferred position of being
able to purchase the same 5.5
percent State; of Israel Bonds
which are available to
banks, other fiduciary in¬
stitutions and employee
benefit funds.
"By investing a per¬
centage of their earned in¬
come in 5.5 percent Fourth
Development Investment
Issue Israel Bonds every
year," Mr,.. Ellman stated,
"self-employed individuals
can accumulate a nest egg
for their retirement with
substantial tax savings. In
this way, they are provided
\ryith a unique opportunity to
help Israel while at the same
time building up an annuity
for their retirement which '
has the benefit of a tax
shelter."
He reported that "income-
derived from contributed
funds to a Keogh Plan is not
taxed during the years it is
received by the retirement
fund. The.tax is applicable
only at the time the benefits
are drawn from the fund on
retirement. At that time, the
individual may well be in a
lower tax bracket and thus
enjoy substantial tax
savings."
Readers interested in
receiving more information
on the 5.5 percent Fourth,
Development Investment
Issue should ask for a.
current prospectus from the
State of Israel Bond office,
2375 East Main Street,
".Columbus, 43209, tel: -239i
7212.
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