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Alexander Slepak (left) with parent!, Vladimir and Marie, and
Ida brother, Leonid.
Slepak to tell about
family left in Russia
Alexander Slepak, ion of Soviet
Jewish refusniks. Vladimir and
Maria Slepak, will be in Atlanta
Sunday, Dec. 4, to launch the
Jewish community’s observance of
Solidarity Week. Slepak will speak
for the Atlanta Jewish Welfare
Federation on behalf of his family
and other Soviet Jewish activists
still in the USSR.
Participating in a candle lighting
ceremony at the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center on the eve of
Hanuka, Slepak will light the
eighth candle on the menorah at
the conclusion of the BBVO-
Hashachar “Run for Freedom."
Members of these youth
organizations, carrying a freedom
torch, will begin their run at the
Governor’s Mansion at 1:43 p.m.,
and will arrive at the steps of the
AJCC in time for the special
menorah lighting at 3 p *
The twenty-five-year-old son
has served various prison
sentences in the USSR for
emigration-related activities along
with his father, Vladimir, between
1972 . and 1977. Alexander was
allowed to emigrate to Israel in
October, 1976, to rejoin his
American wife, Elaine. *At the
same time, his younger brother,
Leonid, refused induction in the
soviet Army in Moscow and faces
a possible trial and prison
sentence.
While a candidate for President,
then Governor Jimmy Carter
spoke out on behalf of the Slepak
Awm/tuty
BuckUead
family before the B*nai B'rith
International Convention in
September, 1976, shying that “if I
become President the fate of such
men as Slepak will be very much
on my mind as I negotiate with the
Soviet Union."
Since first applying in 1970, the
entire family has been under
constant watch by Soviet secret
police (KGB). Both parents,
dismissed from their jobs in
Moscow, have signed numerous
petitions on behalf of Soviet
Jewish activists. Refused
emigration permits because of
alleged secret work, Vladimir
Slepak has admitted that his work
has long ago become obsolete.
“Twenty years ago we would have
shot you," the family was once told
by an agent of the OV1R (Office of
Visa Registration), “so just be
content that you are alive. -
World Solidarity Week is being
observed by Jewish communities
around the world. Solidarity Week
will conclude on the last night of ■
Hanuka with an all-night vigil
sponsored bx lh*, W<Wfl»’s Plea
for Soviet Jewry at the First
Presbyterian Church on Peachtree
Street, and will conclude with a.
mass rally at 10 a.m. Monday, at
the Temple on Peachtree Street.
Atlanta Hiliel Federation will
hold Hanuka menorah lighting
ceremonies and Solidarity Week
discussions at Emory, Georgia
Tech and Oglethorpe. Information
as to times and locations is
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