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Agreement Could Lead
To Improved Human Rights In U.S.S.R.
WASHINGTON (JTA)-Max Kampelman, the chief United
States delegate to the MadricTConference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, declared here that he was hopeful,
though not expectant, that the "provisional agreement"
reached in Madrid last month would lead to the improvement
of the human rights situation in the Soviet Union. "We like
the agreement," Kampelman said at a briefing for foreign
correspondents recently. But he said signing an agreement is
not enough. "Agreements are more important when they are
lived up to," he said. The agreement is expected to be signed
inSeptember.
MacFarlane Says First Round Of Talks
In Israel Holds 'Promise Of Progress'
U.S. Charges PLO Active In Central America
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Reagan Administration has
charged that the Palestine Liberation Organization "is an
active ally of Communist revolutionaries throughout Central
America." This charge was contained in the July 20 issue of
the "White House Digest," a service provided by the White
House Office of Media Relations and Planning. According to
the Digest, the PLO is supplying training and material to the
Sandinista government in Nicaragua and to the anti-government guerrillas in El Salvador. The report noted that "since
being introduced to the region by (Cuban President Fidel)
Castro, the PLO has developed ties with revolutionary
groups in nearly half the countries in the region."
Bank Fined For Alleged Boycott Violations
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Commerce Department
announced last week that the BankAmerica Corp:,'one of the"
nation's largest banks, agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing, to pay a $108,000 fine stemming from charges it violated federal regulations banning aid to the Arab boycott of
Israel.
JERUSALEM (JTA)-
Robert McFarlane, President Reagan's special envoy
to the Middle East, ended his
first round of talks with
Israeli leaders last week,
saying that he was leaving
for Beirut with ideas which
he heard in Israel. He met
with Premier Menachem
Begin and with foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and
Defense Minister Moshe
Arens.
After meeting with Begin,
McFarlane said his talks
here were? "very useful"
because it gave him "a good
understanding" of the different approaches between
Israel and Lebanon. This
understanding, he said,
"held a promise of progress." The most "urgent priority" was the withdrawal of
all foreign troops from
Lebanon, McFarlane said.
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House Committee
Hears Testimony
Scientists Urge Tarnopolsky Release
NEW YORK (JTA)— More than 15 participants at the 35th
annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical
Chemistry sent a petition to Soviet authorities appealing for
the release of Dr. Yuri Tarnopolsky, a 47-year-old chemist
from Kharkov, it was reported by the,Committee of Concerned Scientists, an independent organization of 4,000
American scientists dedicated to advancing human rights
and scientific freedom of colleagues worldwide, tarnopolsky
was sentenced on June 30 to three years in a labor camp, the
maximum penalty for "defaming the Soviet state." The sentence capped the Soviet authorities' longstanding campaign
to silence the emigration activist in his eight-year quest for
an exit visa, the Committee said.
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews
from the Nazis during World
War II, would have been 71
years old Aug. 5 if he were
still alive in the Soviet Union
where he has been imprisoned for more than 38 years.
Belief that he is alive was
expressed by those testifying
last week in a hearing on
Wallenberg held by the
House Foreign Relations
Committee's Subcommittee
on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Heritage Village Board Receives
President's Volunteer Action Award
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The return address on the
envelope was "The White
House, Washingtoh." Inside,
signed by President Ronald
Reagan, was a note
addressed to the Heritage
Village Board of Trustees:
"Congratulations on your
nomination for the 1983
President's Volunteer Action
Award. Your dedication to
serving your community and
your fellowman have helped
to revitalize the spirit of
volunteerism in our Nation. I
commend the way you have
shared your time and
talents. Nancy joins me in
expressing our heartfelt
appreciation and good
wishes."
The President's Volunteer
Action Awards were created
in 1982 to honor those individuals and groups who make
unique contributions to their
communities through volun
teer service and. to focus
local and national attention
on these outstanding and
innovative volunteer efforts.
In his two days of talks
here, the U.S. envoy tried to
convince the Israelis that the
U.S. has no intention of
exerting pressure on Israel
for a unilateral withdrawal
of its forces from Lebanon or
for a change in its agreement with Lebanon which
both countries signed last
May. McFarlane said that he
would also visit other Arab
capitals.
Russian Jewish
Children Attend
Missionary Camp
NEW YORK (JTA)—
More than 100 Russian Jewish children are attending a
Connecticut camp operated
by missionaries, according
to the Task Force of Missionaries and Cults of the Jewish
Community Relations Council of New York. ,
Seymour Lachman, Task
Force chairman, said, "We
have found that? some; jnis-
siohafy groups are engaging
in a concerted outreach campaign to persuade Russian
Jewish families to send their
children to Christian sum-
•mer camps, where children
are inevitably more susceptible to indoctrination."
He said such recruiting is
particularly .strong in the
Brighton Beach area of
Brooklyn, where new Russian Jewish settlers are
approached on the boardwalks, in the parks and even
, in their homes. He said parents calling for more information can be connected
with Yiddish-speaking staff
members and the parents
are told the camp is Jewish.
He said the fees charged by
the camp are as little as
$5-$i0a week.
From a teenager who
posed as a camp counselor,
the task force learned that of
the 200 Russian Americans
attending the camp, more
than half are Jews. Nine of
them were baptised on July
3, Lachman said.
Notification of the Heritage Village Board's nomination for the President's Volunteer Action Award is reviewed by Gerald N. Cohn, executive vice president;
Sanford Goldston, president, Heritage Tower and
Morris Skilken, president.
There was some indication
here when McFarlane
arrived, that the U.S. was
seeking more concessions
from Israel to help solve the
crisis in Lebanon where
Christian Phalangists and
Druze have been fighting
each other and where battles
have been raging between
Palestine Liberation Organization factions, v
Israeli circles felt the U.S.
was applying pressure on
Israel to publish a comprehensive timetable for the
withdrawal of its forces from
Lebanon. McFarlane told
Shamir and Arens that
President Amin Gemayel of
Lebanon had raised this
issue with him. The envoy
said Gemayel made it.clear
that he does not believe
Israel wants to partition
Lebanon, but public opinion
in Lebanon is seeking assurances to this effect and a
published timetable would
be reassuring,
Shamir and Arens both
rejected this concept, and
reiterated Israel's position
that it has no intention of
remaining in Lebanon longer
than necessary, that its
forces would leave as soon as
the Syrian and PLO forces
left. They also reiterated
Israel's position that the
redeployment of its forces in
southern Lebanon was part
of a phased withdrawal.
B'nai B'rith Aiding in Search
For Girl Believed Abducted
She's only five feet tall and
weighs just 80 pounds, but if
you ever saw this beautiful,
12-year-old red-haired girl,
you -would not forget her.
Her parents, the.FBIand the
Louisville,5 Ky., police hope
you have seen her.
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Ann Gotlib
She is Ann Gotlib, a Soviet
immigrant, who disappeared on June 1. Police and
her family believe she has
been abducted.
To date, police say,* all
leads in the case have fizzled
out. And this has happened
despite a $15,000 reward for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of her
abductor.
The Gotlibs came to the
United States from the
Soviet Union in 1980:. Like
thousands of other Russian
Jews, they were searching
for freedom. They settled in
Louisville because they had
heard that it was a "safe"
community. Ann's father,
Anatoly, a mining engineer
in Kiev, how works as an
engineer for Bechtel
Petroleum. Mrs. Gotlib is an
assistant teacher.
Ann, who is their only child
and who speaks English and
Russian fluently, was
described by her father as a
published poet and music
composer who also has a
great interest in natural science. "With all the opportunities in this free country of
ours, she could do whatever
she wants to do," her father
told the Louisyiile fourier-
Jourrial.
B'nai B'rith as helping in
the search for Ann. Anyone
with information about Ann
should phone Si Cohen, Community Volunteer Services
national director, at (202)
857-6580 or phone the Jefferson County police, (502)
588-2105.
Seminar On Cults, Arab Propaganda Scheduled
For August 21 At Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center
"Get ready—not everyone
at school this year will have
your best interests at
heart..."
So reads the invitations
and posters prepared for the
Sunday, Aug. 21, seminar on
anti-Israel Arab propaganda
and cults on college campuses. Invitations were mass
mailed early this month-
The 5-8 p.m. seminar,
scheduled for the Leo Yas
senoff Jewish Center, 1125
College Ave., is being sponsored by the Community
Relations Committee of the
Columbus Jewish Federation.
AH area Jewish college
freshman and high school
seniors and their parents are
especially invited to attend—although the seminar
is open to all students. A $5
deli dinner is optional.
Expert speakers on both
topics will discuss how Jewish students can identify and
combat the twin campus
threats of Arab propaganda
and deceptive religious
cults.
Anyone who did not receive an invitation and is
interested in attending the
seminar should contact the
C.R.C. office at 237-7686.
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