About 20 Cincinnati Jews will begin a hunger strike here tomorrow in sympathy with the family of Vladimir Slepak. A fast in Moscow is being conducted by Vladimir and Maria Slepak and their son Aleksandr; Aleksandr Lunts and Vladimir Prestin. Jews and non-Jews are also conducting sympathy hunger strikes in Miami, Chicago and Philadelphia.
The hunger strike here also is in solidarity with Mark Nashpitz and Boris Tsitlionok, who were tried recently in Moscow and sentenced to five years in exile. Rabbi Uri Herscher, assistant to the president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, one of the institutions sponsoring the hunger strike, will speak with the hunger strikers Monday morning.
The hunger strikers will assembly at the Jewish Community Center tomorrow and a each following day at noon, will gather at Fountain Square in downtown Cincinnati. They said they would try to continue their fast at least as long as the Soviet Jews continue theirs. Three Russian Jews who have settled here will be among the hunger strikers.
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