The three Jews who were given prison sentences by the Soviet authorities last month, for allegedly selling home-baked matzoh before last Passover, have lodged an appeal against the sentences in a Moscow court, it was reported here today from Moscow.
The three, appealing the sentences for alleged profiteering in the sale of matzoh, are: Golko Bogomolny, a shochet, who was given one year in prison; and two women, Mrs. Klavdiya Blyakhman and Mrs. Malka Brio, who were sentenced to six months each. A fourth Jew, Emil Katz, 82, was convicted along with the others, but was set free because of his state of health and his age.
Judge N. A. Ryasky, deputy president of the Moscow court, declined to reply to inquiries by newsmen over the appeal.
The Jews were compelled to bake matzoh at home for last Passover because of a ban issued two years ago by the Soviet authorities preventing the public bakeries from producing matzoh.
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