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PAGE 20 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 16, 1986
Shcharansky
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his,” Yates said.
In concluding the program. Sen.
Robert Hasten (R-Wis.) recalling
that “Next Year in Jerusalem,” had
been fulfilled by the Shcharanskys,
said. “The miracle of your release
will be followed by another mira
cle, the birth of your first child. He
will be a child born in freedom,”
and “in the land promised them
(Jewry) long ago.”
Shcharansky, standing on a box
to reach the microphone and wear
ing a blue suit and a blue and white
tie (“The first tie he has worn in 20
years,” a USA Today reporter
seriously observed), thanked the
Congress and all Americans for
their support of Avital and him,
Soviet Jewry and other dissidents.
Pleading for continued support, he
urged measures that would help
the 400,000 other Jews in the Soviet
Union seeking to emigrate to Israel.
Clenching his right hand in a fist
and moving it up and down, Shcha
ransky said, “Trust” between the
Soviet Union and the United States
“means all understandings between
East and West must guarantee the
rights of man” in the U.S.S.R. as
well as release of Jews.
Noting his conversation with
leaders of Congress before the
program began, Shcharansky said
they had given assurances of main
taining the fight for human rights
in the Soviet Union. “I am very
grateful for this," he said. A replica
of America’s Liberty Bell, he
commented, is in Jerusalem em-
Honey-Garlic Chicken
by Norma Barach
11 \
Whole baked chicken is easy to
make and something enjoyed by
young and old. Place whole
scrubbed unpeeled sweet potatoes
in the oven together with the
chicken. Add marinated vegetables
and a relish tray to complete your
menu.
1 capon
paprika
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup catsup
2 cloves minced garlic
1 /4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp. brown sugar
Rinse chicken inside and out.
Place in an open roasting pan with
a little water on the bottom. Sprin
kle liberally with paprika. Bake
uncovered at 350 degrees for 30
minutes. Combine remaining in
gredients in a saucepan and stir
while it is being heated. Heat
enough for all the flavors to blend.
Brush the sauce on the chicken and
bake another 40-50 minutes or
until chicken is tender. Baste sev
eral times during baking. Cover
chicken with foil while baking.
Serves five to six.
blazoned with the words from
Leviticus: “Proclaim liberty
throughout the land.”
House Speaker Thomas O'Neill
(D-Mass.) told Shcharansky: “You
have become a symbol around the
world” for individual liberty, and
“you have opened the eyes of the
Western world to violations of
human rights" in the Soviet Union.
“People rejoice in the release of
Anatoly Shcharansky, and the
Congress of the United States
honors you.”
Introducing Shcharansky, Senate
Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-
Kan.) said, “1 present to you a man
who lends heroic stature to this
old, proud citadel of human free
dom—a free man, and a citizen of
the world."
Dole acclaimed Shcharansky as
“an idealist whose ideals landed
him in prison—for lighting Han-
uka candles and reciting Hebrew
Psalms. “We would do strange
honors indeed,” for Shcharansky,
Dole said, “if we were to forget the
thousands who seek nothing more
than the chance to emigrate to a
land where they can worship their
God as He would have them.”
Speaking of the private congres
sional meeting with Shcharansky,
O’Neill said, “We pledged to win
freedom for all” Jews who wish to
leave the Soviet Union. Shcharan-
sky’s release, he said, “means we
must do much more. It is not true
that we have done enough.”
Yates appealed for continuation
of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment
that ties Soviet emigration to U.S.
Chicken Stuffing
For a special treat, try making
chicken stuffing “just like mother
used to make." (P.S., it's also a
good way to get rid of leftover
challah.)
3/4 of a challah
3 small onions
1/2 cup mushrooms (chopped)
salt, pepper, paprika (sprinkle)
garlic powder (to taste)
2-3 eggs
2 tbsps. oil
Break challah into small pieces
and place in hot water. Squeeze
out excess water. Fry mushrooms
and onions in two tbsps. oil. Mix
fried mixture with challah, then
add eggs and spices. Mix all together
and stuff into two small chickens
or one large one and sew shut.
Sprinkle chicken with spices, then
bake in oven at 350 degrees for
approximately two hours.
trade policy. “Please, please,” Yates
said, “do not repeal Jackson-Vanik.
We need pressure like that.” When
applause subsided, Yates said, “I
want Mr. Shcharansky to know
that the Helsinki Watch (obser
vance of the Helsinki Accords that
the Soviet Union had signed) goes
on. There is no Helsinki agreement
without the provision granting
human rights,” Yates said to
applause.
Shcharansky was escorted to the
White House by Secretary of State
George Shultz, who had welcomed
him earlier at the State Depart
ment. Edward Dejerjian, deputy
White House spokesman, said that
the president and Shcharansky had
Mrs. Ethel Lieberman Myers, a
resident of Atlanta for 104 of her
106 years, died Tuesday, May 6, in
Savannah.
Graveside service was held Fri
day, May 9, at Crest Lawn Ceme
tery in Atlanta, with Rabbi Alvin
Sugarman officiating.
On the occasion of her 100th
Mrs. Sydell Halbreich
Mrs. Sydell Mittman Halbreich,
76, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., for
merly of Ozone Park, N.Y., died
Thursday, May 8.
She was the mother of Ivan Hal
breich of Atlanta.
Graveside service was held Sun
day, May 11, at New Montefiore
Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long
Island, N.Y.
She was a member of the Sister
hood of Temple Beth Israel in
Deerfield Beach and a member of
Kadima Hadassah.
Other survivors include her hus
band, Harry Halbreich; daughter,
Esta-Ann Schapiro of Warren, N.J.;
and four grandchildren.
Donations can be made to Ha
dassah, B'nai B’rith Youth Organi
zation, or the American Cancer
Society.
Sol M. Cohn
Sol M. Cohn, 77, of Columbus
died Thursday, May 8. He was co
owner of Sol & Harry clothing
store for 51 years.
He was the father of Jerald Cohn
and Sanford Cohn, both of Atlanta.
Graveside service was held Fri
day, May 9, at Riverdale Cemetery.
His father. Max Cohn, estab
lished the family in the retailing
business in Columbus in 1900. His
sons, Sol and Harry, opened their
own store in 1923. They operated
Sol & Harry until its sale in 1974.
Mr. Cohn was a member of
Shearith Israel Synagogue in
Columbus. He belonged to B’nai
B’rith and was a life associate of
Hadassah.
Other survivors include his wife,
Marlene Cohn; brother, Harry
Cohn of Columbus; sister, Ida
Friedman of Port Salerno, Fla.;
and four grandchildren.
Donations can be made to Shea
rith Israel Synagogue in Columbus
or a favorite charity.
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“a good exchange" in a “very warm
meeting" that lasted 30 minutes.
“Shcharansky had a real under
standing of the president’s position
and basic approach to the human
rights issues in the Soviet Union,”
Dejerjian said. The president, he
said, reiterated that he would do
everything possible for those in the
Soviet Union striving for human
rights.
Afterwards, while meeting with
an unusually large crowd of news
persons outside the White House,
Shcharansky was asked if he was
encouraged by the president’s re
marks. “Very much,” he replied.
Responding in English and Hebrew
to questions, Shcharansky said.
birthday in 1979, Mrs. Meyers told
The Southern Israelite her secret
for a long life: “A good back
ground, good genes, living moder
ately, a happy childhood, three
good sons, and a good married
life.” She and her husband, Alfred
L. “Fritz” Myers, an Atlanta furni
ture dealer who died at 97, were
Mrs. Gussie Gottfelt
Mrs. Gussie Gottfelt, 86, of
Atlanta died Saturday, May 10.
Graveside service was held Sunday,
May 1 1, at Crest Lawn Cemetery,
with Rabbi Juda H. Mintz.
officiating.
Survivors include daughters,
Mrs. Irving Stone of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Edward Neurohrof Dunwoody;
sister, Mrs. Mae Yellin of Garfield,
N.J.; six grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made to the
Jewish Home.
Mrs. Sylvia H. Blum
Mrs. Sylvia H. Blum, 72, of
Atlanta died Thursday, May 8.
She was the widow of Harry N.
Blum.
Graveside service was held Sun
day, May 1 1, at Crest Lawn Ceme
tery, with Rabbi Philip Kranz
officiating.
A native of Hartford, Conn.,
Mrs. Blum lived most of her adult
life in Williamsport, Pa., before
moving to Atlanta about 12 years
ago.
In Williamsport, she was a
member of Temple Beth HaSha-
lom and its sisterhood and was
director of its Sunday School for
30 years. She was Pennsylvania
state vice president of the National
Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
and a life member of Hadassah.
In Atlanta, she was active in
Brandeis Women and was a member
of Temple Sinai.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Sybil F. Stana of Marietta,
and Mrs. Glenda B. Minkin of
Atlanta; son, Stephen L. Blum of
Atlanta; sisters, Mrs. Esther Sez-
zan and Mrs. Mildred Honig, both
of New York City; and six grand
children.
Donations can be made to the
Harry N. Blum Memorial Fund of
the Atlanta Jewish Federation.
“We discussed the best ways of
dealing with the Soviet Union. 1
was surprised at how deeply Presi
dent Reagan understands that
(Soviet) system and how to deal
with it. And, of course, I am grate
ful for this.”
Responding to a question whether
the administration should pursue
“quiet diplomacy,” Shcharansky
said, "Quiet diplomacy only if
supported by strong public pres
sure—by strong diplomacy—so that
the Soviet Union is under no il
lusions that the question of human
rights, the question of Soviet Jewry,
the question of free emigration, are
closely connected with the basic
economic and political interests.”
married for 73 years.
Ethel Lieberman was born Dec.
1, 1879, in Atlanta. Her family
were pioneers of the Jewish com
munity. “The Jewish people in
Atlanta are so scattered now,” she
said six years ago. “We never really
had what they call a Jewish ghetto,
but Jews followed Jews.”
Mrs. Myers was an honorary
member of the Georgia Historical
Society. She was a member of The
Temple in Atlanta and belonged to
the Georgia Association for the
Blind. She was a former president
of the Atlanta Council of Jewish
Women in the 1930s.
Looking back at a century of
life, she commented, “I’ve seen us
go from the horse and buggy to a
man on the moon. That (a man on
the moon) was somebody’s dream
that they made come true.”
Survivors include three sons,
Robert B. Myers of Savannah,
Frank J. Myers of Naples, Fla.,
and Alfred L. Myers of Dallas; five
grandchildren; and nine great
grandchildren.
Jack E. Orenstein
Jack E. Orenstein, 62, of Atlanta
died Tuesday, May 6.
Graveside service was held
Friday, May 9, at Crest Lawn
Cemetery, with Rabbi Harvey J.
Winokur officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Jackie Orenstein; son, Stuart
Orenstein of Atlanta; daughter.
Miss Robbin Orenstein of Los
Angeles; brothers. Max Orenstein
and Irving Orenstein; and sisters,
Mrs. Cele Simon, Mrs. Max Rit-
tenbaum, Mrs. Ernest Janko and
Mrs. Melvin Rainbow, all of At
lanta.
David Joseph
David Joseph, 48, of Kansas
City, Mo., died Saturday. May 10.
He was the brother of Larry Joseph
of Atlanta
Graveside service was held
Monday, May 12, at Chesed Shel
Emeth Cemetery in Kansas City.
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman officiated.
Other survivors include another
brother, Darrell Joseph of Jackson
ville, Fla.; and a sister. Mrs. Barbara
Orenstein of Jefferson City, Mo.
Donations can be made to Penn
Place Independent Living, P O.
Box 10381. Kansas City, Mo. 641 I I
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Obituaries
Ethel Lieberman Meyers dies at 106