Many Jews, including rabbis and community leaders, were recently arrested in Rumania and some of them have already been tried on charges of illegal Zionist activity, it was reported here today.
Reports, which have been arriving over a period of weeks recently, say that among those tried were Dr. Miklos Feinfeld, identified as the Chief Rabbi of the city of Arad, and Stefan Krois, Ludwig Gardos and Moshe Weissberger, who are otherwise not identified. The sentence passed on Rabbi Feinfeld is not known, but Krois is reported to have been sentenced to a three-year prison term while each of the other two defendants have been sentenced to 12-year terms.
An appeal to American Jews of Rumanian descent to aid recent Rumanian Jewish immigrants to Israel so that they do not have to return to Rumania because of their inability to make a new life for themselves in the Jewish State, was voiced here today by Idov Cohen, Progressive Party deputy in the Knesset. Speaking at a meeting of Israelis of Rumanian origin, Mr. Idov criticized former immigrants from Rumania for not aiding the newcomers.
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