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...Bucharest's 50,000 Jews. "We have problems in Israel," she told them in Yiddish, "but it is better to have problems in your own land than to be without a land of your own." After the 2½-hr. service, Mrs. Meir broke away momentarily from her Rumanian bodyguard outside the synagogue to exchange Sabbath greetings with some of the thousands of Jews who had gathered behind police lines to catch a glimpse...
...until the rise of Nazism in Europe did yet another group of Orthodox Jews arrive in the U.S.-the followers of HASIDISM, a movement of mystical enthusiasm that sprang up in Eastern Europe in the 18th century. Among them were the Satmar Hasidim, named after the Rumanian town of Satmar, and the Lubavitch Hasidim, named after the White Russian town of Lubavitch. The Satmar sect is fiercely loyal to the U.S. but anti-Zionist because only the Messiah can re-establish Israel. They remain small (about 5,000 families), but the Lubavitcher, who accept Israel and are also staunch...
Strange stories were circulating last week about mysterious events in Bucharest. One of them centered on the supposed execution of a Rumanian general named Ion Serb who reportedly was shot by a firing squad for handing over defense secrets to the Russians. There were also reports of sudden demotions. One of the country's most powerful leaders, Vasile Patilinet, lost his important post as the Central Committee Secretary in charge of defense and internal security, and was relegated to the minor job of Minister of Forestry. Two other officials, including the country's propaganda chief, have also been...
What was happening? Many foreign experts believe that Rumanian President and Party Leader Nicolae Ceauşescu was punishing a group of opponents who last summer had participated in an unsuccessful plot to oust him. After Ceauşescu returned from an extended tour of China and the Far East last June, there were rumors about coup attempts in Bucharest. At an all-day meeting of regional party leaders, Ceauşescu was criticized -and reportedly even booed-for having made passionately pro-Chinese statements during his trip that unnecessarily annoyed the Russians. For the moment, Ceauşescu remains...
Conductor James Yannatos presented an unusually vigorous selection of works, fortunate in view of the late hour. The program opened with a Bela Bartok suite of Rumanian folk dances orchestrated in 1917 by the composer from the piano solo version. The orchestral playing was excellent; big, clear, and confident. The pizzicato passages were especially impressive for their precision of execution by such a large group. But for content, the Bartok was not satisfying as an opener because the sketches are extremely short and lack formal compositional unity...