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Page 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 19, 1986 Dissident Marchenko’s death shocks Soviet Jewry activists LONDON (JTA)-Interna- tional Human Rights Day was marked here Dec. 10 by protests against continued Soviet perse cution of dissidents and the con tinuing difficulties refusniks face in trying to obtain exit visas. The temperature of the pro tests was raised by reports that one of the best know n Soviet pol itical dissidents, Anatoly Mar chenko, had died in the notor ious Chistopol prison in the Tartar Republic while serving a 10-year term for “anti-Soviet agi tation and propaganda.” He was 48 years old. His Jewish wife, Larissa Bo- goraz, whom he met while both were serving internal exile terms in Siberia, told reporters in Mos cow that she had received a tele gram Dec. 9 from the prison warden saying that her husband had died in a hospital. The tele gram gave no date nor cause of death. On Nov. 21, Bogaraz was summoned by security police and told to apply for the family to emigrate. She and Marchenko have a 12-year-old son, Pavel. Bogoraz said the last letter she received from her husband was dated Nov. 28, asking that she send a food parcel. The request indicated that Marchenko has abandoned a hunger strike he began Aug. 4 to protest his treatment in prison, where Ana toly Shcharansky had also been incarcerated. Two weeks earlier. Bogoraz said, a KGB officer told her that her husband was “feeling wonderful." She added that she had heard the authorities were force-feeding him. Marchenko, a Ukrainian non- Jew, had spent a total of 20 years in Soviet prisons since first being arrested in 1960. Following his first six-year incarceration, he wrote “My Testimony,” a pano ramic description of Soviet pri son life which became a best seller in the West. In 1968. during one of his periods out of prison, he spoke up in defense of a group of Soviet youths who had been arrested for protesting against the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia. In 1981, having spent 15 years in prisons and labor camps, Marchenko was given a 10-year sentence for anti-Soviet agitation. It resulted from his membership in the Helsinki monitoring group, established to record Soviet com pliance with the Helsinki human rights agreements. Shcharansky and Yuri Orlov were his colleagues in the Hel sinki monitoring group. Both have been permitted to emigrate after lengthy terms in captivity. Marchenko's death leaves Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov as the last prominent human rights fighter still visibly victim ized by the Soviet authorities. However, many lesser know n ac tivists are fast coming to the fore. Some 26 Jewish refusniks are currently in prison or labor camps; 25 more have served time on charges of “slander” or mali- ciois hooliganism; and some I (),()()() others undergoing various forms of pressure still wait for exit visas. AJF’s ’87 campaign gearing up Atlanta Jewish Federation’s 1987 Annual Campaign will be off to a strong start Jan. I, 1987. Gerald Horowitz, general cam paign chairman, has appointed Harriet Zimmerman and Bobby Rinzler to spearhead the Major Gifts team. In August and September, At lantans participated in the Prime Minister’s Mission and the Pres ident's Mission to Israel. Eigh teen of them visited the Soviet Union prior to arriving in Israel. In early November, the Fly-in program, chaired by Elliott Co hen, closed 23 leadership gifts yielding an increase of 37 per cent. This successful effort laid the groundwork for the Major Gifts dinner held Dec. 4 at the home of Janet and Chuck Wolf. The dinner program featured Marvin Lender, a national vice chairman of UJA. Over 40 men and women attended the event for those who give a minimum of $25,000. Rinzler, who introduced Lender, said. “The evening ful filled our expectations in every way. Marvin Lender, by his per sonal story, was an inspiration to us all. His message, which enu merated the remarkable achieve ments of the Jewish communities of America, both in their own cities and on behalf of Jews all over the world, set the tone for the evening.” Zimmerman introduced the fundraising segment of the pro gram. She spoke of the freedoms we enjoy as Jews in the United States and compared our situa tion with that of our brethren in other countries whose rights are seriously limited. Those in attendance pledged well over $2 million to the 1987 Campaign. The leadership was unanimous in applaudingthe suc cess of the event. Horowitz said, “I arn confident, that, based upon these pre-campaign Major Gift results, we will indeed achieve our most ambitious goals for 1987.” Q f *>>. 1 TSI seeks first ’87 baby Will yours be the first Jewish baby born in the Atlanta metropolitan area in 1987? In our Jan. 9 issue. The Southern Israelite will highlight the family of the first arrival of the New Year. Send the date and time of birth, hospital, attending physi cian and photograph to; The Southern Israelite, P.O. Box 250287, Atlanta. Ga. 30325 by Jan. 6. In addition to the story, parents will receive a $50 savings bond compliments of TSI and additional gifts donated by community merchants. weekly specials Fresh Empire Chicken Legs 1.09 1b. Veal Chops Second Cut fresh or frozen . , , 2.99 lb. Ground Veal 2.29 lb. Chuck Roast blade cut 1.99 lb. Empire Potato Latkes 24 oz 1.29 Isaac Gellis Franks and Salami i2oz 1.89 pkg. O We have the largest selection of Kosher Wines and Hanuka Candies available. Happy Hanuka 215 Copeland Rd., N.E. 252-4396 2166 Briarcllff Rd., N E 634-6881 c kpshei meats &>deli Under Strict Orthodox Rabbinical Supervsmn mJ THIS WEEK 2ACH0R center opens photo exhibit II BBs Gate City Lodge seeks pinch hitters' ... 25 Singles 20 Arts & Entertainment 22 Business .24 Obituaries 28 Classifieds 29 10 & 25 years ago 31 Xvws Bncfs Holocaust Museum gets boost NEW YORK (JTA)—The United States Holocaust Coun cil has received a $3 million donation from the New York-based Helena Rubinstein Foundation toward the construction of a U S Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. I he sum was described as the largest single gift received to date in the campaign to raise $100 million to build the museum on federal land near the Washington Mall. Bnei Brak has ‘sweet’ sewers TEL AVIV (JTA)- Sanitation workers who were called to find out why sewers in the religious township of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv have been blocked for the past 10 days solved the mystery. Somebody dumped about a ton of chocolate syrup down the drain and it solidified. Bnei Brak Mayor Moshe Orenstein is trying to find out who to sue. The cost of removing the substance is estimated at about $100,000. Municipal officials speculate that the chocolate was found to be defective and the truck driver assigned to take it to a dump some miles away decided to pour it down the nearest manhole. The chocolate may or may not have come from the Elite Coffee and Confectionery Co. which produces most of the country’s chocolate. Its general manager. David Moshevitz, said he was “shocked.” He said tainted chocolate “is usually burned as a solid, not disposed of in solution.” Arens: Let Arabs into army JERUSALEM (JTA) Minister-Without-Portfolio Moshe Arens indicated Wednesday that Israel’s Arab citizens should be allowed eventually to serve in the country’s armed forces. He told a press conference it was difficult to envisage the ultimate complete integration of the Arab population into Israeli society without their participation in the country’s defense. Shut burners prison bound M W YORK (JTA) A Rumanian court has sentenced four persons to long prison terms for burning down a syn agogue in the Moldavian town of Behush on Oct. 30, the chief rabbi of Rumania. Moses Rosen, told leaders of the World Jewish Congress. The synagogue was burned to the ground after its janitor was stabbed. Rosen said that the court in the town of Bacau found the tour guilty and sentenced them as follows; Gheorghe Podo- leanu. seven years imprisonment; Florin Sandru and Vasile Popa Mnganu, each five years in prison; and Mihai Vatav, four sears in a reform school. I he lour, ranging in age from 17 to 28, were arrested on Nos. 9 and charged with arson and slabbing. They claimed they had come to rob the synagogue and asserted that the fire broke out accidently from two candles they had left burning. I he apprehension of the criminals and their sentencing demonstrates once again that religious denominations in Rumania are protected by lass and that no one can attack the Jews and go unpunished.” Rosen said. Palestinians deplore stabbing TEL AVIV (JTA)—The stabbing attack on 66-year-old Daivd Lipschitz in Jerusalem’s Old City last Friday night was carried out despite a heavy police presence and other civilians nearby. Police Minister Haim Bariev disclosed in an Israel Radio interview Monday. He insisted, however, that Jerusalem “is the safest city in the NV< ? r ar saFer than New York, Paris, London and many other big cities-despite the problems we have.” ipse itz, an Orthodox Jew, was assaulted near the Da mascus Gate on his way from prayers at the Western W'all to his no me in the Mea Shearim quarter outside the Old City walls. e was treated at Hadassah Hospital and is reported to be recovering. * p , M ,° re , than a doz en prominent Palestinians, including a s me i eration Organization sympathizers, issued a state- i i Sunday deploring the attack. They rejected “attempts by l C « sr , a , c 1 mc dia to link (it) to the Palestinian nationalist strug- T n ,nc signatories included faculty members of Bir Zeit 1 \ >IV!\ 111 tFlc ^ Cst iLink and Hanna Seniora, editor of the p, °- 1 l() F a ^ Jerusalem daily A1 Fajr.