Jews in the Soviet Union
Sir, —M. Creel denies the existence of anti-Semitism in the U.S.S.R. Perhaps he could explain why since the Communist take-over in 1917 no Hebrew Bible has been printed, and why
no ’’religious" periodical is available to the Hebrew community. In 1932 there were 1400 Jewish schools with 150,000 pupils, but not one school operates today. No public school has in its curriculum Jewish history or culture. To study, speak or teach Hebrew is equivalent to saying that one is religious or worse, a Zionist. On March 17, 1962, the malzoh, or unleavened bread, was banned in the U.S.S.R. The bread calls to the minds of Jews their deliverance from slavery. Small wonder the Communists banned it. — Yours, etc., R. A. DOW. January 27, 1986.
Sir,—Like M. Creel, I distinguish between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Like him (and undoubtedly Marx), I am obviously anti-Zionist. But I defend the right of Zionists, however reactionary, to free expression. This right would be guaranteed in a genuine socialist democracy, which the U.S.S.R. is not. I salute Mr Creel for consistently defending Soviet society against slanders from people who are usually totally uncritical about their own society; but I am not blind to the seamy side of Soviet life, including anti-Semitism masquerading as “anti-Zionism.” To advance the socialist cause, Mr Creel and his co-thinkers would do well to concentrate their fire on racism and Rogemomics at home, instead of apologising for the Soviet bureaucracy. — Yours, etc.,
JURRIAAN BENDIEN. January 27, 1986.
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