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Senate passes bill UNA executive holds first post-convention meeting

seniors' housing at Soyuzivka. dividends, which further lowered UNA
to facilitate emigration Approves resolution The officers met here at the UNA assets.
Collection of membership dues for
supporting formation of headquarters on Thursday, July 22. It
of the Siberian Seven new national organization
was the first meeting of the Supreme the first half of 1982 totalled 51,521,477,
Executive Committee elected at the the smallest such sum in the last six
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate JERSEY CITY, N.J. - At its first recent UNA convention held in May in years. After inspection of received
Rochester, N.Y. monthly bills, very large deductions
on July 13- unanimously passed a bill meeting since the 30th Regular UNA
which would allow seven Soviet Pente- Convention, the Ukrainian National In attendance were: John O. Flis, for debtors in almost every large branch
supreme president; Dr. Myron B. Kuro- were noted. Interest from bonds and
costals who have been living in the U.S. Association's Supreme Executive Com­
Embassy in Moscow for more than four mittee unanimously resolved "to con­ pas, supreme vice president; Sen. Paul mortgages was greater than that from
years to become resident aliens, report­ tinue to make all efforts to realize the Yuzyk, supreme director for Canada; the first six months of last year.
ed East/ West News. formation of a representative commu­ Gloria Paschen, supreme vice presiden- In expenses, the most noticeable
The action came just 16 days after nity organization, which will continue, tess; Walter Sochan, supreme secretary; growth was in cash surrenders. Signifi­
four members of the Vashchenko family in the tradition of the UCCA prior to Ulana Diachuk, supreme treasurer; cantly more than last year was paid out
the 13th Congress... to ensure the Stefan Hawrysz, supreme organizer. on mature endowment certificates pro­
— two inside the U.S. Embassy and two
others in the family's hometown of continued growth of our community." Also present was John Hewryk of the bably because, 20 years ago, 1962, was
Chsrnogorsk, Siberia — declared a The resolution also noted that the Supreme Auditing Committee. Svo- also a convention year during which a
hunger strike to press their demand for UNA would continue these efforts boda editor-in-chief Zenon Snylyk was larger number of new members, took
present at a portion of the meeting. out UNA certificates of the endowment
emigration. The fast was timed to "with the constant consultation and full
coincide with the fourth anniversary of cooperation of all other members of the After calling the meeting to order Mr. 'class. Total death benefits paid out this
Flis welcomed all newly elected and re- year were somewhat higher.
the day when five members of the Committee for Law and Order in the
Vashchenko family along with Maria UCCA, particularly the Ukrainian Fra­ elected officers. Reports were then The costs of the convention, at this
Chmykhalov and her son Timothy ternal Association,''and that in so doing delivered by each of the officers, with point, amount to 5348,129, Mrs. Dia­
rushed past Soviet guards and took the Executive Committee would be Mrs. Diachuk speaking first about chuk noted. These costs are being
refuge in the embassy. "fulfilling the mandate of the 30th UNA investments and other financial covered by the Fraternal Fund, which
Regular UNA Convention." matters. totals only 5210,338, thus leaving a
The Senate ЬШ, which was introduced deficit of 5137,791.
by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mch.), paves the The UNA executives also voted to
allocate S2.000 to the Committee for The per diem alone of those who took
way for the group, known as the Sibe­ Supreme treasurer's report
Law and Order in the UCCA part in the convention amounted to
rian Seven; to emigrate to the United 5267,500, while transportation costs
States. A parallel measure in the House In addition, the supreme executives Mrs. Diachuk reported that UNA were an additional 571,648, for a total
must first dear the Immigration Sub­ unanimously approved an or­ assets after thefirstfivemonths of 1982 of 5339,148. Participants contributed
committee before being considered by g a n i z i n g c a m p a i g n for the stood at 546,951,174. This sum, due to 58,660 to aid their brothers and sisters
the full body. remainder of 1982 and approved the costs of the 30th Convention, had in Poland, and 51,545 for the Legal
Meanwhile, the Soviet government the preliminary steps taken toward the decreased by approximately 5200,000.
continues to insist that it will consider construction' of condominium-type In June S580,179 was paid out in (Continued on дое 3)
emigration proceedings only after the
Pentecostals leave the embassy and
return to Siberia. Earlier this year, one
member of the original seven, Lydia
Vashchenko, 31, returned to Cherno-
gorsk after being transferred from the
embassy to a Moscow hospital because
of complications which arose following
a lengthy hunger strike. Last month,
Soviet authorities rejected her passport
application. She is now on a hunger
strike along with Vera Vashchenko,
who also -lives in Siberia, and their
mother and sister, Augustina and
Liuba, both still living'in the embassy.
The father, Peter, and another sister,
Lila, are not participating in the fast. .
East/ West also reported that Liuba
Vashchenko, in a recent telephone
conversation with Jane Drake, spokes­
person for the Society of Americans for
Vashchenko Emigration (SAVE), said
that members of the family in Siberia
wrote a letter to Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev on July 6 concerning
their struggle to emigrate. The text-of
the letter, which was signed by Lydia
and Vera, along with relatives Nadia,
John, Alexander, Jacob, Diana, Abel,
Pavel, Sara and Abraham Vashchenko,
follows:
"To the Soviet President Leonid
Brezhnev from the 12 Vashchenko
children of the Vashchenko family
residing at ul. 20 Let Khahasiy Dom 24, At the first post-convention meeting of the Supreme Diachuk, (standing) Vice President Myron Kuropas,
G. Chernogorsk 1, Krasnoyarsky Krai Executive Committee: (seated, from left) Vice Presidentess Director for Canada Paul Yuzyk, Auditor John Hewryk,
(Continued on pafi IS) Gloria Paschen, President John Flis, Treasurer Ulana Secretary Waiter Sochan and Organizer Stefan Hawrysz.
2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Samvydav grows in Hungary Despite repression, religion blooms
son of a former Hungarian foreign the growing number of Catholic groups among Kirghizia's Christians, Moslems
ORANGE, Calif. - The home of the mous author who is a member of one of
minister executed in 1949 has become a
major distribution center for under­
ground literature, which lately has
grown to include some 48 privately
produced publications.
According to a recent report from
Keston News, the home of Laszlo Rajk,
whose father, also named Laszlo, was
executed for allegedly conspiring with,
the late Marshall Tito to overthrow the
Hungarian government, has been a
clearinghouse for Hungarian samvydav
since January 1981.
The elder Mr. Rajk, who fought for
the Communists during the Spanish
Civil War and was a member of the
underground during the Nazi occupa­
tion, is considered a hero in Hungary.
Among the many underground publi­
cations available through Mr. Rajk's
channels is a journal called "Beszelo"
(The Talker), which Radio Free Europe
says constitutes a significant addition to
the growing body of unofficial literature
circulating'in Hungary.
According to reports, it is the first
example of samvydav literature in that
country to bereproducedon a duplicat­
ing machine and to reach a run of 1,000
copies. Previously, all clandestine
literature was simply typewritten and
distributed in very small quantities.
In the introduction to "Beszedo," the
editors list a number of subjects which
they hope to cover by providing infor­
mation unavailable in official govern­
ment sources.
One of the subjects listed is indepen-л
dent religious groups. The first issue
includes an open letter by an anony­
Brother Billy's
books banned?
MOSCOW - Remember the Rev.
Billy Graham's well-publicized and
controversial trip to Moscow last
May to attend a disarmament con­
ference sponsored by the Russian
Orthodox Church with the blessing
of the Kremlin? Soviet propagandists
hailed the evangelist as a prince of
peace, he was chauffered around
Moscow, feted with caviar and allow­
ed to preach to an audience of party
hacks, bureaucrats and KGB func­
tionaries. The spectacle ended with
delegates at the conference reviling
the United States as an immoral,
neutron-bomb-happy bully bent on
nuclear catastrophe. At least one
woman was detained by police during
one of Mr. Graham's appearances
after she unfurled a banner denounc­
ing Soviet religious intolerance.
For his part, Mr. Graham worked
overtime not to offend his hosts,
saying that church attendance in
Moscow seemed to be better than in
Charlotte, N.C., and that he did not
see any religious repression in the
USSR
Given all this, one would think
that Mr. Graham stands in the
Kremlin's good graces, particularly
after lending his name and presence
to a conference that all but the
politically naive saw as little more
than a propaganda sham.
Not so. On June 3, the militia in
Moscow searched the home of one
Lydia Staskevich, a Christian acti­
vist. They confiscated religious li­
terature in Russian and English. The
upshot? Among the books seized was
a Russian translation of Mr. Gra­
ham Is book, "Peace with God."
which challenge the authority of the
Church.
This group would like to see Hun­
gary's Catholic Church regain its inde­
pendence in religious matters instead of
yielding to the strict supervision of the
state. Church-state relations in Hun­
gary have improved since 1974 when
Pope Paul VI removed Cardinal Joszef
Mindszenty as primate of Hungary.
A staunch anti-Communist, Cardinal
Mindszenty took refuge in the U.S.'
legation in 1956 after the failure of the
Hungarian uprising, refusing to leave
until the Hungarian government
rescinded an earlier conviction and life
sentence for treason. In 1971, after an
agreement between the Vatican and the
Hungarian government, Cardinal
Mindszenty left the country for Rome.
Despite official government tole­
rance of the Church, which represents,
two-thirds of Hungary's 10.3 million
people, many independent Catholic
groups identify with changes instituted
at the Second Vatican Council, changes
which demand a more uncompromising
attitude on the part of the Church
toward political power and the illegiti­
mate authority that it so often repre­
sents in many places in the world.
The author of the "Beszelo" piece said
that his group opposes the many com­
promises the established Church has
made with the Communist government.
Many members of such groups have
challenged both Church and state
authorities through acts of civil disobe­
dience such as the refusal to serve in the
military, Keston said.
Lebanon: failure of Soviet weaponry irks Kremlin
MOSCOW - Although the biggest
loser in Israel's blitz into Lebanon is
inarguably the PLO, the swiftness of
the Israeli advance and the failure of
other Arab nations torespondhave left
the Soviet Union in an awkward posi­
tion.
Judging by recent radio broadcasts
on the radio station Radio Peace and
Progress, and comments about the
invasion from the official news agency,
TASS, the Soviets have reacted to the
fighting with a mixture of anger, frus­
tration and embarrassment.
According to The Economist, the
anger is not just reserved for the Israeli
"aggressors" and the United States.
"Where are you, Arabs?" was the
plaintive question asked in Arabic by
Radio Peace and Progress broadcasting
on June 15. .-
On June 25, TASS commented that
Soviets jail
Jewish activist
MOSCOW - Soviet mathematician
Boris Kanyevsky has' been jailed for
charging widespread discrimination
against Jews at Moscow State Univer­
sity, reported the Associated Press.
Speaking to Western correspondents
on July 26, the academic's wife, Liza
Kanyevsky, said that her 37-year-old
husband was being held at Lefortovo
Prison and was facing a charge of "anti-
Soviet slander."
She said he was arrested in late June,
apparently for monitoring university
entrance exams that he claimed were
heavily biased against fellow Jews,
according to the AP.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 , 1 9 8 2
WASHINGTON - After nearly six
decades of anti-religious propaganda,
the Soviet Republic of Kirghizia re­
mains a stronghold of both Christianity
and Islam, according to a recent report
in U.S. News and World Report.
The mountainous Central Asian
republic, which is about the size of
Nebraska and shares a border with
China, has a population of 2.9 million.
Half the people are Turkic-speaking
natives, while the other SO percent are
Russians, Uzbeks and Ukrainians.
Although Kirghizia has been an
autonomous republic since 1926 (it was
briefly incorporated as an autonomous
oblast within the Russian republic in
1924), the nomadic Kirghiz have a
history of resisting both Russian and
Soviet rule. Over 500,000 Kirghiz died
during a famine in 1921-22, a result of
the devastation of the war with the
Bolsheviks.
Despite strict Soviet regulations
regarding religious groups, U.S. News
says that the republic has over 200,000
active Moslem believers. In Osh, the
second-largest city after Frunze, the
capital, Moslems gather five times a day
at the Shait-Tepa Mosque to pray. One
Moslem homeowner in the city said that
there are unofficial Moslem groups in
every village in the republic.
As Islam has been growing among the
Kirghiz and the Uzbeks, Christianity is
mushrooming among the Russians and
Ukrainians. Evangelical Baptist, Men-
nonite and Pentecostal groups regularly
hold prayer meetings. Officials battling
Egypt's separate peace with Israel at
Camp David was a wedge used by the
Israelis to shatter theremnantsof Arab
unity.
The Soviets are also embarrassed
that Syrian and PLO forces in southern
Lebanon, armed with Soviet weapons,
were routed so quickly. The Syrian
army is equipped with modern Soviet-
made weapons, including T-72 tanks,
MIG-23 fighters and SA.M-6 anti­
aircraft batteries.
The Syrians proved no match for
Israel's forces, however, leading some.
Soviet experts to grumble bitterly if
privately at the Syrian's inept handling
of their equipment.
Despite Syria's poor showing on the
battlefield, it remains the Soviet Uni­
on's closest major ally in the Middle
East, although Soviet officials have been
silent in the aftermath of Syria's an­
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encouraging the growth of religion in
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The official media regularly de­
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say slander the Communist Party and
the Soviet way of life.
Prisoners building
Soviet gas pipeline
FRANKFURT, West Germany -
Baptist prisoners, including some
pastors, who have been sentenced to
labor camps as a result of their Chris­
tian activities, are being forced to work,
together with criminals and political
prisoners, on the construction of the
controversial Urengoi natural-gas pipe­
line from Siberia to Western Europe.
According to reports here from the
International Association for Human
Rights, among the corvee of approxi­
mately 100,000 laborers forced to work
on the pipeline are Baptist preachers
Vladimir Marmus and Alexander Us-
satjuk.
Theyreportedlymust live in the back
of "inadequate trucks which offer no
protection against temperatures which
dip as low as 40 degrees below zero in
the winter."
The construction of the pipeline,
(Continued on page 3)
nouncement that the two countries may
form a strategic alliance similar to the
special relationship Israel shares with
the United States.
One reason the Soviets may be mum
about any new agreement with Syria is
that Moscow may yet have hopes of
getting in on the peacemaking process,
and have a say in any future Middle
East settlement should there be one.
Yet, they may be wary of being drawn
into a Middle East conflict on Syrian
terms, particularly in the sense that
Syria knows that it is the only Soviet
ally on Israel's borders implacably
opposed to the Camp David agreement.
The Soviet Union's main hope, how­
ever, is that Arab indignation about the
carnage in Lebanon will turn the mo­
derate Arab states away from the
United States, Israel's main ally.
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Associate editor George Bohdan Zarycfcy
Assistant editor Marts Kokimayets
No. 31
Ex-KGB man: Polovctiak faces jail in USSR
WASHINGTON - At a con­
gressional hearing on July 28, 14-
year-old Walter Polovchak said that
if the courts decide he must return to
his parents in the Soviet Union he
fears "I would spend all my life in
jail."
Rep. Peter Peyser (D-N.Y.), who
conducted the hearing, released a
taped transcript of an interview with
a former KGB agent who defected.
The agent said that the KGB would
first try to force the boy to denounce
life in the United States. If he refused,
Walter would probably go to a
mental institution or a special labor
camp for teenagers. Upon turning 18,
the young man could be jailed for up
to 15 years, the agent said on the
tape.
Both Walter and his sister, Natalie,
19, also spoke about religious op­
pression in the Soviet Union. Walter
briefly mentioned incidents of reli­
gious discrimination while growing
up in Soviet Ukraine. As an example
he told the рапеГ that after it became
known that he was attending church
services regularly, teachers would
make him stay after school and clean
desks.
UNWLA sponsors Capitol Hill seminar
concerning Ethnic Advisory Councils
.^0^"-
Rep. Don Ritter
by Marts Fedoriw
WASHINGTON - "Ethnic Advi­
sory Councils" was the theme of a
seminar-luncheon held on Capitol Hill
on Wednesday, June 16, by the Ukrai­
nian National Women's League of
America. The presentation focused on
the coordination of communication
between the organized ethnic commu­
nity and elected government officials.
In the keynote address Rep. Don
Ritter (R-Pa.) said: "It's important that
the ethnic communities of the United
States have political representation.
Prisoners..
(Continued from page 2)
opposed by the Reagan administration,
has become a sore point between the
United States and its West European
allies. Last month, President Ronald
Reagan angered Europeans by extend­
ing an export ban on products need­
ed to complete the pipeline to include
foreign companies that produce U.S.
technology under license.
Since then, France and Italy have
announced that they will ignore the
Reagan ban and continue to sell the
Soviets the essential components for the
3,700-mile pipeline, which will supply a
large percentage of Europe's natural gas
needs when completed.
THE.UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Rep. Peter Peyser
Natalie told the hearing that: "If
the government knows that you are a
Christian, first they warn you, and
later they send you to a jail or mental
institution."
Walter, who now resides with
foster parents in Chicago, told the
House Foreign Affairs Subcommit­
tee: "I feel I am a part of this country,
I feel very free here/
There are
Thftre ЯГР no
n n groups off Americans
cn-mms n who
АТПРГЇГЯПК U/1
understand the reality of the Soviet
Union more than our ethnic communi­
ties. It's absolutely essential that these
groups do participate in the decision
process because these are the groups
that have some experience, depth of
knowledge, family, historical and tradi­
tional contacts with the reality of the
Soviet Union."
"As Ukrainian-Americans, you are
acutely aware of what is going on in
Ukraine. People like Mykola Rudenko,
Oles Berdnyk, Oksana Popovych are
incarcerated simply for believing in
freedom. You are connected with their
struggle. You understand it," he stress­
ed.
Also addressing the audience were
Steven Postupack, executive director of
the Nationalities Division of the 1980
Republican presidential campaign and
Christine Isajiw who spoke about
"International Aspects of Human
Rights and the Ethnic Community."
A highlight of the seminar was the
impromptu address of Rep. Peter
Peyser (D-N.Y.), who has been instru­
mental in obtaining a departure control
order which prevents Walter Polov-
chak's forceful removal to the Soviet
Union.
Rep. Peyser, who has been working
closely with Attorney Julian Kulas on
behalf of Walter, appealed to the au­
dience for support in this difficult case.
Rep. Peyser stated that it is extremely
important that letters of support be
written to him in Washington. (Address:
Rep. Peter Peyser, Cannon House
Office Building Room 301, Washing­
ton, D C . 20515).
As a result of Rep. Peyser's appeal the
UNWLA is planning a "Support Walter
Polovchak Day" in Congress. Details
will be released at a later date.
Among the congressmen present
were Reps. Jim Florio (D-N.J.), Mark
Sirjander (R-Mich.), Raymond Mc-
Grath (R-N. Y.), Mary Rose Oakar (D-
Ohio), Christopher Smith (R-N.J.),
Robert Roe (D-N.J.), Frank Wolf (R-
Va.), Bernard Dwyer (D-N.J.) and
Millicent Fenwick (R-N.J.). Also in
attendance were congressional staffers.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982 3
UNA executive... up and extended certificates. Total
(Continuedfrompete 1)
UNA losses included 1,283 in active
membership and 866 in overall member­
Defense fund for Walter Polovchak. To ship.
this point, 533,500 has been donated by Since the previous meeting of the
members through the UNA to help Supreme Executive Committee, the
Ukrainians in Poland. recording department had completed
The supreme treasurer also reported many tasks in preparation for the 30th
that the UNA now has a new supply of Convention, among them the publica­
Volume I, third edition, of Ukraine: A tion of the list of approved delegates
Concise Encyclopedia. The cost of the and alternates, publication of the
1,000-copy edition was S26.557.60. program of the convention and of the
The Ukrainian National Urban Re­ convention committees appointed by
newal Corporation recorded an income the Supreme Executive Committee.
in the first half of 1982 of S1.082,186, or Publication of the book of reports of
S72.000 greater than last year. Expenses the Supreme Assembly members was
amounted to 51,099^205, larger than completed several days before the
last year by S229.730, said Mrs. Dia- convention, because some of the mem­
chuk. The greatest difference in ex­ bers were very late with their reports.
penses was in the amount of interest For this reason each delegate received
paid out, an increase of SI33,000 over the book of reports upon registration in
last year. This increase can be attributed Rochester before the opening of the
to the SI22,500 increase in interest being convention. Among other responsibili­
paid on loans to the UNA, as compared ties was the preparation of ballots and
to last year. On October 1 of this year 104 other printed materials, prepared in our
promissory notes will mature at a value own print shop, Mr. Sochan continued.
of S936.000. Mrs. Diachuk said the Following the 30th Convention, all
UNA will strive to renew the promis­ changes in UNA By-Laws, resolutions
sory notes for a new term. and recommendations were published
in Svoboda and in The Ukrainian
Weekly. The New Jersey State Depart­
Supreme secretary's report ment of Insurance was notified of the
changes. After approval, these changes
In the first half of 1982, i.e., until the in by-laws will then be mailed to all
end of June, secretaries and organizers states and provinces in which the UNA
enrolled 1,037 new members, including does business. These changes will later
332 juveniles, 585 adults and 120 under be published as a supplement to the
ADD certificates. In this six-month
period, the UNA lost 653 members as a
present by-laws.
result of cash surrenders, 530 through The insurance departments of all
maturing endowment certificates, 734 states and provinces have already been
notified of the changes in the Supreme
certificates becoming fully paid-up and
466 members by deaths, said Mr. Assembly. The new members of the
Sochan. Supreme Assembly have been requested
to provide us with their autobiographies,
The increased losses in cash surrenders which will be published in Svoboda and
were expected, due to the state of the in The Ukrainian Weekly to introduce
economy. Also expected was the greater them to our members, Mr. Sochan said,
number of maturing endowment and adding that of the eight new
paid-up certificates, because 1982 members, six have already sent us their
marked the 20th anniversary of the autobiographies.
successful 1962 convention year, when
many members purchased 20-year New UNA letterheads bearing names
endowment and 20-payment life certifi­ of the new Supreme Executive Com­
cates. mittee members are now in use. In
The supreme secretary also reported Svoboda, together with the monthly
that as of June 30, 1982, the UNA reports, the new list of Supreme As­
numbered 59,948 active members, sembly members will be published.
82,543 overall members, including paid- (Continued on pate 11)
Resolution
on law and order in the UCCA
Whereas, all attempts to date of the Committee for Law and Order in the
UCCA, with the active participation of the UNA, to restore law and order
following the misconduct in the preparations, conduct and the results of the
13th Congress of the UCCA in October 1980 have had no success, because
even the committee's most far-reaching propositions concerning a
compromise solution to the conflict met not only with a lack of good will on
the part of the current representatives of the UCCA, but with intransigence,
and;
Whereas, today's UCCA is under the exclusive leadership of one
ideological-political faction, known under the name of the Ukrainian
Liberation Front, and its ideology, structure and programs no longer reflect
the character and the goals of that central organization as it existed prior to
the 13th Congress, and;
Whereas, the type of central organization the UCCA was before the 13th
Congress of the UCCA, is a necessity,
We, the Supreme Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National
Association, gathered at our regular meeting on July 22,1982, and, fulfilling
the mandate of the 30th Regular UNA Convention in May, unanimously
resolve:
With the constant consultation and full cooperation of all other members
of the Committee for Law and Order in the UCCA, particularly the
Ukrainian Fraternal Association, to continue to make all efforts to fully
realize the formation of a representative community organization, which will
continue, in the tradition of the UCCA prior to the 13th Congress and its
predecessors, based on the principles of community unity and rule by the
people, to ensure the continued growth of our community, its place in the
American mosaic and its continuous assistance to the Ukrainian nation in its
struggle for freedom and independence.
UNA Supreme Executive Committee
July 22,1982
 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Profiles of six new members
of the UNA Supreme Assembly
Published below are brief biographies of six of the new UNA Supreme Assembly
members elected at the 30th Regular UNA Convention held in May in Rochester,
N. Y. The newly elected supreme officers, advisors and auditors began their four-
year terms of office on July 1. The biographies of Supreme Advisors Walter
Hawrylak and Walter Kwas will published by The Weekly upon receipt.
GLORIA PASCHEN
SUPREME VICE PRESIDENTESS
Gloria Podola Paschen was born and
raised in Chicago. While attending
primary school there, she also attended
St, Nicholas Church Ukrainian evening
school, a counterpart of the present-day
"Ridna Shkola." She graduated from
Wilbur Wright Junior College with an
associate degree in liberal arts, and later
attended Northwestern University,
before marrying William K. Paschen.
She is the youngest of three daughters
born to Ivanka and Thomas Podola.
They both were lifelong Ukrainian
activists who emigrated to the United
States from Peremyshl in western
Ukraine. The Podolas served in the
Ukrainian Army during World War I;
she as a nurse and he as a soldier.
Mrs. Paschen's immediate family
includes three married daughters and
five grandchildren. Throughout her life
she took part in various aspects of
community life by singing in the St.
Nicholas Girls' Choir, joining St. Ni­
cholas Youth Club, UNA Branch 125
sports club, and the Ukrainian Arts
Club of Chicago.
After the war, when the Displaced
Persons Act came about, she worked
with the United Ukrainian American
Relief Committee and Travelers Aid
Society in the resettlement of new U-
krainian immigrants.
More recently she was a founding
member of the St. Joseph Ukrainian
Catholic Church Choir, past president
of Ukrainian National Women's League
of America Branch 76, secretary of
Branch 125 of the Ukrainian
National Association and secretary of
the Ukrainian American Republican
Nationalities Council of Illinois.
NESTOR L. OLESNYCKY
SUPREME AUDITOR
Nestor L. Olesnycky was t56rn in
Reid, Austria, on November 7,1946, to
Ostap and Jaroslawa Olesnyckyj. He
was the first of four sons born to the
Olesnyckyjs; his brothers are Taras,
Lubodar and Myron. The family came
to the United States in 1949 and settled
in Newark, N J .
As a child Mr. Olesnycky attended
St. John's Ukrainian Catholic School
from kindergarten through the eighth
grade and belonged to Plast from age б
through 18. He attended Ukrainian
Saturday school and took violin lessons
at the Ukrainian Music Institute under
Gloria Paschen Nestor L. Olesnycky
Supreme Vice Presidentess Supreme Auditor
the tutelage of Profs. Cisyk and Trytjak.
Upon completion of grammar school
he attended Archbishop Walsh High
School in Irvington, N.J., where he
played varsity basketball and soccer
and graduated in 1964. While in high
school he belonged to Sitch, the Ukrai­
nian Athletic and Educational Associa­
tion, and played volleyball for Sitch
throughout his high school and college
years except for one year when he
played for the Staten Island YMCAand
another year when he played for the
West Side New York YMCA.
In the summers of 1963 and 1964 Mr.
Olesnycky worked at Soyuzivka; he
spent many summer weekends as well as
weeks there from 1964 through the
present. There in 1969 he met his wife,
the former Joanna Bulba, and in April
of 1971 they were married at Soyuzivka.
In 1964 Mr. Olesnycky, began attend­
ing Rutgers University in Newark,
majoring in English. In college, he
played basketball, volleyball and ping
pong and attained English honors.
Upon graduation from college Mr.
Olesnycky was accepted at the Univer­
sity of Kentucky School of Law, which
he attended from 1968 through 1970
and where he was a member of
the Kentucky Law Review, an honor
accorded to the top 20 percent of the
class. He finished his legal training at
Rutgers University in Newark, obtain­
ing a juris doctor degree in 1971.
While at the University of Kentucky
School of Law he played volleyball for
the University of Kentucky YMCA,
with whom in 1969 he attained all-
regional honors and took third-place in
the AAU championships held in St.
Louis.
Immediately after graduating from
law school in 1971, he began working
for the law firm of Cass and Case in
Bloomfield, N.J. In 1972 Mr. Olesny­
cky left the firm and became a full-time
campaigner for the Harvard Ukrainian
Studies Fund, traveling for a period of
six months throughout the United
States raising funds for the then-
fledging Harvard program.
In late 1972 he opened up his own law
practice and worked alone until 1976 at
which time he merged with Roman
Pitio and Walter Pitio, forming the firm
of Pitio, Olesnycky and Pitio.
Among his community activities Mr.
Olesnycky lists his work as an attorney
for Sitch, the church council of St.
John's Ukrainian Catholic Church and
the Ukrainian Free University Founda­
tion.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982
He plays golf and volleyball for Sitch
and is a member of the St. John's
Church council and UNA Branch 27.
The Olcsnyckys have two sons, three-
year-old Damian and newborn Andrew.
EUGENE IWANCIW
SUPREME ADVISOR
Eugene M. Iwanciw, a native of
Elizabeth, N.J., Has been active in both
the Ukrainian community and the
American political process. He received
a bachelor of arts degree in Soviet
studies from Georgetown University in
1974 and has lived in Washington since
his student days.
After attending the first Ukrainian
summer courses at Harvard University
in 1971, Mr. Iwanciw became active in
Ukrainian student organizations on
both the local and national levels. First
serving as president of the Ukrainian
student club in Washington, he served
on the executive board of the Federa­
tion of Ukrainian Student Organiza­
tions of America (SUSTA) for four
years, including two as president.
Mr. Iwanciw also organized one of
the first student organizations involved
with protesting Soviet arrests of Ukrai­
nian dissidents in 1972 — Students in
Defense of Soviet Political Prisoners.
Later, as president of SUSTA, he was
involved with the formation of the
Committee for the Defense of Valentyn
Moroz and the hunger strikes held in
Washington during the summer of
1974.
His involvement also included serving
on the board of directors of the Wash­
ington branch of the Ukrainian Con­
gress Committee of America (UCCA)
for many years as well as on the policy
board of the national UCCA.
In 1974, Mr. Iwanciw became the
youngest person ever elected UNA
supreme advisor and he served until
1978.
Mr. Iwanciw's political activities
began while he was still in high school
and working on congressional political
campaigns. While he attended college in
Washington, he first joined the staff of
Sen. James Buckley (R-N.Y.) during
1971 and 1972. He then took the respon­
sibility of managing a major fund-
raising effort for the Republican Na­
tional Finance Committee during the
1972 presidential election.
In 1975, Mr. Iwanciw returned to the
staff of Sen. Buckley where he served
until 1977. In 1977, he was asked to join
the staff of Sen. Harrison Schmitt (R-
N.M.) as the legislative assistant for
national security. In that capacity, he
advised the senator on defense and
foreign-policy issues.
Presently, he is a professional staff
member of the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence which has oversight
responsibilities for the intelligence
community. He continues to serve as
national security advisor to Sen.
Schmitt
During the 1980 presidential cam­
Andrew Keybida Taras Maksymowich
Supreme Adrisor Supreme Advisor
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paign, Mr. Iwanciw first served as
ethnic advisor to then presidential
candidate George Bush. Later, he was
asked to serve'' with five other indivi­
duals on the debate briefing team for
presidential candidate Ronald Reagan.
In that capacity, he was responsible for
national security and domestic issues
and for briefing the future president
before both national debates. During
the 1980-81 transition, he served on the
Presidential Transition Team, review­
ing budgets of various federal agencies
and departments.
Due to his involvement in various
campaigns and his professional position,
Mr. Iwanciw was instrumental in ar­
ranging for Vice President George Bush
to attend the recent UNA Convention in
Rochester, N.Y.
Mr. Iwanciw is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Iwanciw of Chatham
Township, N.J., and is a member of
member of UNA Branch 15.
ANDREW KEYBIDA
SUPREME ADVISOR
Andrew Keybida was bora on March
3, 1917, in Oiftoa, N.J., of Ukrainian
parents who emigrated to the United
States from the Rohatyn area of U-
kraine in 1912.
He is a graduate of La Salle Univer­
sity, served five years in the U.S. Army
during World War II and was honor­
ably discharged in 1945 with the rank of
captain. He has been president and co-
owner of Eastern Commodities Com­
pany for the past eight years.
Mr. Keybida, a charter member of
the Ukrainian American Republican
Club of New Jersey which was or­
ganized in June 1952, has been elected
its president during the past 15 years,
and he served as one of the Ukrainian
coordinators for N.J. Gov. Tom Kean
in 1981. At a GOP Heritage Federation
of Essex County banquet on October 5,
1972, he was cited as the "outstanding
Republican Ukrainian of Essex County"
and was presented a plaque by former
U.S. Sen. Clifford Case.
A resident of Maplewood, N.J., for
26 years, Mr. Keybida served as the 15th
District Republican county committee-
man for 18 years and as campaign
manager for all Republican candidates
for the Maplewood Township commit­
tees. He served as chairman of the
Maplewood Heritage Commission for
Ethnic Groups for three years as well as
chairman of the Maplewood Senior
Citizens' Housing Advisory Committee
for two years. He was appointed trustee
of the Durand-Hedden House and
Garden Association by Mayor Robert
Grasmere of Maplewood.
An active member of the Ukrainian
Congress Committee of America, Essex
County branch, since 1952, Mr. Key­
bida has served as officer of the admi­
nistrative board and public relations
officer for the past 10 years. For the past
15 years, he has been instrumental in
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William J. Pastoszek
Supreme Advisor
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Dr. Sevtenko: "pure scholarship" is "our best political weapon"
Following is the text of an address dehvered by Dr.
Вюг Sevienko at the 25th anniversary celebration of
the Ukrainian Studies Fund held in New York on June
12.
Ladies and Gentlemen.we have gathered tonight to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Ukrainian
Studies Fund and to honor hs president Everyone will
admit that 25 years account for a great deal of an
individual's existence. In terms of the history of world
scholarship, 25 years is not an extraordinarily
impressive number. The Monumcnta Germaniae
Historica which publishes sources of German history,
has been issued for over 160 years. The Bollandist
Fathers, a Jesuit foundation devoted to the edition of
the lives of saints, has been publishing its volumes for
about 340 years, and the Academy of Arts and
Sciences of Naples has been in uninterrupted existence
for about 540 years.
Before we decide to go home right away and to
reconvene in the year 2082, when the Ukrainian
Studies Fund will have reached a respectable age, let
us remember some other entities which left their mark
in scholarship or in history and which did not even
reach the age of 25. The Russian Institute iq
Constantinople, whose publications are admired even
today by all Byzantinists, had been in existence for
more or less 20 years before it ceased to exist in 1914.
The Ukrainian Scientific Institute in Warsaw, which
put out a long series of Proceedings and a monu­
mental edition of Shevchenko's work, functioned for
more or less 10 years; and the pre-war Polish state,
which shaped the early stages in the lives of many
guests present here, lasted for barely 21 years.
Thus, measured by the circumstances of Eastern
Europe and by the Ukrainian experience, the 25th
anniversary of the Ukrainian Studies Fund is a
testimony to a sense of continuity and a tenacity on the
part of those individuals who had conceived it and
who have been directing it until the present day.
We have come tonight to honor two such indivi­
duals - Stephen and Maria Chemych, a harmonious
tear і that achieved something without precedent in the
history of the Ukrainian community. The genre of
after-dinner speeches requires that at this point I give a
short biography of the person or persons to be
honored. I wont be able to follow the rules of the
genre, because Stephan Chemych has turned out to be
as mysterious and private a personality as members of
the Politburo, his fellow financier Howard Hughes, or
as Greta Garbo in the later part of her life - people
about whom we know precious little, except that they
were or are important and intent on keeping to
themselves. In despair, we turned to Maria Chemych
for information on her husband and got the reply that
she wasn4 able to provide us with even one line of
biographical material.
All I can say about Stephan Chemych with certainly
is that he does exist, because he is with us tonight, that
he is indeed a master of arts of Columbia University, (I
know this, because I was teaching there when he
received his degree), and that in financial dealings with
me he always practiced the commandment of Christ to
say yea, yea and nay, and beyond that, I am sure of two
of his deeds. First of all, in the last 25 years he has
raised the largest sum ever collected for a single
scholarly purpose in the history of modern Ukraine —
and I am not going to tell you yet how large this sum is,
for fear that you will ask to be reimbursed for this
dinner. Second, in the course of the 25 years of his
operations, his overhead was 4.5 percent,which is the
lowest percentage in fund-raising in the history of
mankind.
There have been several beneficiaries of Stephan
and Maria Chemych's activity and the largest and
apparently the most alert of them is Harvard
University and its president, Derek Bok. A short time
ago President Bbk addressed the following "hramota"
(certificate) to Mr. Chemych - the document itself is
in Mr. Chemych's hands, but I thought you would like
me to share its contents with you on this occasion.
President Bok writes as follows:
"Dear Mr. Chemych:
"I am delighted to congratulate you on the occasion
of your quarter century as president of the Ukrainian
Studies Fund. It is a pleasure for me to express both
my personal admiration and the university's gratitude
for all you have done..
"Having undertaken your generous commitment to
the idea dfestablishing Ukrainian^fudies at Harvard
at a time when only the most visionary could have
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 , 1 9 8 2
imagined that we would become a major international
center, you may justly take pride in your achievement
Students, faculty members and scholars all over the
world are grateful to you and your colleagues for
making this flourishing possible. It is the efforts of
dedicated individuals like you that provide continuing
support and inspiration for me.
"I join your many friends in thanking you for your
devoted labors and in wishing you many years of good
health and continued dynamic leadership in a cause
you hold so dear."
There is more to Harvard's appreciation for Mr.
Chemych than that Mr. Chemych has received a gift
from Harvard and I will describe it now. It is a rocking
chair in which we hope Mr. Chemych will sit while
thinking about new fund-raising action for the
Ukrainian institute of Harvard. The chair is provided
with a plaque which reads: Stephan Chemych,
President Ukrainian Studies Fund, 1957-1982.
Harvard has the habit of making such gifts to its
employees, including its professors, after 25 years of
service. Strictly speaking, Mr. Chemych is not an
employee of Harvard. He became president of the
Ukrainian Studies Fund slightly after 1957 and at first
raised money not specifically earmarked for Harvard.
A committee, which, I understand, was composed
of the legal counsel to the university, the president of
the Jesuit College of Boston and the chief rabbi of
Berezhany, met recently in secret to consider these
objections and found them invalid. The legal counsel
said that Mr. Chemych was better than an employee of
Harvard, because while employees take money from
the university, Mr. Chemych gives money to it. The
Jesuit observed that the chair is really a gift to the
Ukrainian Studies Fund which is certainly 25 years
old, and Mr. Chemych is the fund's embodiment;
finally, the rabbi thought that although subjectively
Mr. Chemych did not know in 1957 that he was
working for the Ukrainian cause at Harvard, objective­
ly he was, thus, that be could be said to have worked
for Harvard for 25 years.
There is a close interdependence between the
Ukrainian Studies Fund and the Ukrainian scholarly
enterprise at Harvard. As a matter of fact, without the
fund this enterprise could not have functioned at all.
At the same time, there is complete trust and mutual
respect between Mr. Chemych and Mr. Tarnawsky on
the one hand and all of us at the institute on the other
- a great willingness to help coupled with a perfect
non-interference in academic affairs on the part of the
Ukrainian Studies Fund which we deeply appreciate.
There is also another kind of interdependence. It
involves us at the fund and at the institute on the one
hand and the Ukrainian community in North America
on the other, and I would like to devote some thought
to this second kind of interdependence tonight.
I can imagine the leading members of our Ukrainian
community asking themselves the following question:
assuming that the purpose of the enlightened part of
that community is to further the Ukrainian cause, is
the support of Ukrainian studies at Harvard the best
investment it can make of its resources? This is a very
valid question; a S3,700,000 question. Since I am a
professor and not a politican, I will not give you a
reassuring answer right away. I will rather invite you
to consider the matter together with me for a few
minutes.
The relation between society and scholarship is a
complex one. Of course, scholarship does not occur in
a void. Scholars' dependence on society exists, but
organizers of scholarship, for instance, see this
dependence differently from scholars. A few days ago
President Bok published a book titled "Beyond the
Ivory Tower: Social Responsibilities of the Modern
4Jniversity." A scholar, on the other hand, might wish
to write to booktitled"At the Foot of the Ivory Tower:
A Society's Responsibility toward a Modern Univer­
sity." A scholar feels that making scholarship too
directly dependent on the wishes of society and urging
scholarship to react to that society's short-range, and
changing, demands, defeats society's original purpose
in helping scholarship; he fears that such demands
may lead to the perversion of scholarship.
This applies to the linkage between scholarship and
political action, even one of the most praiseworthy
kind. To be sure, it is easy to recall, in the recent
history of Ukraine and of its neighbors, great
artists and professors who acted as politicians. The
names of Hrushevsky, Paderewski and Masaryk come
to mind: Burwe'must remember that these people
accepted political activity after having acquired
5
international fame through pure scholarship or
pursuit of pure art.
We also must remember that coupling the role of a
scholar with that of a politician may be the result of the
lack of differentiation and of faulty division of labor
within an underdeveloped elite. The Ukrainian elite in
the diaspora is mature enough to afford such a division
of labor, to assign some of its members to devote all
their energies to scholarship and assure them of its
support
I claim that in the Ukrainian case, pure scholarship
meeting the highest world standards is our best
political weapon in the battle of nrnds, a means of
changing perception that foreign elites have formed of
us. These perceptions, with which we are dissatisfied,
are 250 years old, 10 times as old as our Ukrainian
Studies Fund is, and they cannot be altered by
reproaches or even by direct instruction. I will give you
one or two examples of what I have in mind.
A world famous colleague of mine, a holder of a
dozen honorary doctorates, asked me once about the
difference between the Ukrainian and Russian
languages. After listening to my explanation he
remarked, sympathetically, "You are perfectlyright.I
always believed that there was a difference between
Little Russian and Great Russian." But if during our
encounters I tell this scholar something he doesnt
know about Slavic etymology or Byzantine cultural
history, he will associate the answer with myself, me
with the Ukrainian Institute, and the Ukrainian
Institute with Ukraine rather than with "Little
Russia."
Another example: an American student of mine,
now a professor in the Cleveland area, tells me that she
never misses the announcements that appear in the
Harvard Gazette concerning the weekly seminars of
our institute. She does it because she has been struck
by the variety of the seminar's topics,rangingfrom the
origin of the Khazars through the late Byzantine
Renaissance to the history of the grain trade in Odessa.
She associates our Ukrainian Institute with a broad
vision Of the past. Incidentally, a few days ago she was
elected to be one of the national directors of the
Harvard Alumni.
Of course, to be effective, we do not have to pay sole
attention to topics peripheral to Ukraine such as
Byzantium, which happens to by my field, or to the
remote Ukrainian past, to the detriment of later
periods. All we have to do is to aim at the highest level
of scholarship, to choose legitimate topics and to
entrust the best specialists with them. We also must see
to it that these topics are studied not in isolation, but
within their historical context.
The projected book on the famine in Ukraine on
which Prof. Conquest is working at present is a case in
point. Prof. Conquest's plans are best expressed in his
own words which I will quote from his most recent
letter dated May 27, 1982:
"Ukraine is very much the center of the book. There
will be a 'separate chapter' on the cultural purge in
Ukraine, linking it with the attack on the peasantry.
But the main theme, the narrative of events in the
famine-terror, will be at least 90 percent Ukrainian
(and most of the rest from the Kuban). Of course, as
you say, the context of collectivization as a whole, and
for the entire Soviet Union, must be properly
developed. (Again, the literature on the deported
kulaks or kurkuls, whom I must trace to the Far North
and elsewhere, seldom specifies whether they are
Ukrainian or not, to take one example.) And, needless
to say, there must be chapters on the Marxist-Leninist
dogma which lay behind it all, and on the political
decisions in Moscow which produced the final result:
and these inevitably go outside Ukraine.
"I think these and other points can, as you suggest,
be put, with adequate emphasis on the centrality of
Ukraine."
Harvard is a macrocosm. In that macrocosm, our
institute is among the intellectually exciting worlds.
Our seminars and lectures attract variegated and
(Continued on page 12)
bx the speech above,the article "the" was used
before Ukraine. Since it is not The Weekly's policy
to use the "the," we have deleted it in all references
to Ukraine - both in Dr. Sevienko 's remarks and
in the quoted letterfrom Dr. Robert Conquest. We
feel it is our responsibility, however, to inform
readers of the deletion since it pertains to material
:l, v
quoted verbatim:^: "' ' "
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1.1982 No. 31

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displaced persons
persons camps.
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We are writing about the resolution concerning "law and order in questions the role of various academic people
people to to realize
realize that,
that, in in the
the United
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the UCCA" which was adopted by the UNA Supreme Executive and professional organizations in the States, it is proper to use academic
States, it is proper to use academic titles titles
Committee at its regular meeting on July 22 and printed in the July 28 Ukrainian American community. There for
for people
people in in the
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health profes­
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issue of Svoboda (the full text of the resolution appears on page 3 of is nothing to question. These organiza­ sions,
sions, scientists
scientists or or in
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The text of the resolution speaks for itself: the UNA Supreme library science.
Executive Committee, fulfilling a mandate of the 30th Convention of proven mediocrity. library science.
These "elite" organizations either Our Ukrainian community in New
this, the oldest and largest Ukrainian organization in the free world, York, although it pays lip service to
hide in the historical past or engage in
unanimously resolved, "with the constant consultation and full purely social functions, because they do American ideals, certainly does not take
cooperation of all other members of the Committee for Law and Order. not comprehend and cannot cope with part in many American solemnities. For
in the UCCA, particularly the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, to the complexities of modern society. By example, on the Sunday prior to this
continue to make all efforts to fully realize the formation of a hiding or isolating themselves, these past Memorial Day, my veteran's or­
representative community organization, which will continue in the organizations avoid disclosure of their ganization sponsored a panakhyda at
tradition of the UCCA prior to the 13th Congress and its predecessors..." incompetence and the bankruptcy of St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church
The resolution was necessary because although the 13th Congress — their ideas. in New York Gty. Although all New
which UNA Supreme President John Flis called "infamous" in his Dr. Pelech means well, but his con­ York City Ukrainian organizations
cern is misplaced. No one should worry were invited (through an announcement
report to members printed in Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly in over the Church radio program, a story
1980 - happened two years ago, and although much has been written about organizations that are heading
toward a well-earned oblivion. in The Ukrainian Weekly, and letters
and more said on this subject, and although the executive of the sent to the individual groups), only five
Committee for Law and Order in the UCCA, which includes Mr. Flis, persons appeared—four from the St.
Walter Lesluk
outlined concrete plans at its meeting on June 28 for a convention in Santa Monica, Calif. George Ukrainian Post and one from
November to create a new national federation, the entire matter the veterans of the Ukrainian First
nevertheless has not been fully clarified. Therefore, it is not surprising Division.
that the situation has provoked doubt and conjecture not only among Our elite societies: However, this past January, the
the general public, but even among those who have a better and fuller Ukrainian community appeared in full
understanding of the situation or those who should. obscure scholars strength at the church for a solemn
There is nothing odd in this because, over the last year and Dear Editor: Mass to commemorate the January 22
particularly over the first half of this year, the community focused founding of the Ukrainian republic.
It was like a breath of fresh air to The Ukrainians should become a-
most of its attention not only on the situation which arose after the open my copy of The Weekly and to ware that to think of those who are only
13th Congress, but on the preparations and outcome of the 30th read the letter to the editor which Dr. memories makes us feel a responsibility
Regular UNA Convention in light of that situation. The convention Ivan Pelech wrote (July 11). In his towards our fellow men. We cannot
took place, and it spoke authoritatively on the subject. It spoke in the letter, Dr. Pelech invites spokesmen for bring back those to whom we pay
election of the Supreme Executive Committee. It spoke authoritative­ our various academic and professional homage with flowers and prayers but we
ly because there is little doubt that the convention delegates were the institutions to explain just what they can show gratitude to those who gave
largest and truest representation of our community, all its generations have contributed to the culture or their lives so that our Ukrainian com­
scientific life of Ukrainians in America, munity may live in freedom.
and strata. And although it was a convention of only one of many or anywhere. It is about time that the
organizations that make up the UCCA, there should be no doubt that editors of The Weekly climbed down I do not know if the editors of The
the voice and resolutions of this convention represented the fullest and from the fence upon which they have Weekly will print this letter, but I do
truest voice of our community, that is, the whole community. And the been sitting and carried some criticism know that I feel relief in being able to
same authoritative voice was uttered a month later by the second- of the entrenched Ukrainian academics expose some of my thoughts. Ameri­
oldest and second-largest of our organizations, the Ukrainian and professionals. can-born and educated Ukrainians are
being driven away from their heritage
Fraternal Association, at its convention. by the actions of our so-called com­
It is my opinion that, in the New York
The Supreme Executive Committee, as the executor of the UNA, in City area, these organizations exist munity leaders. Perhaps those leaders
the resolution adopted at its first meeting after the elections, assured its only to provide a forum for their should sit down and do a little thinking
elected members, and with them the community, that it is fulfilling its members. Obscure "Pan Doktors" I about the impact that their actions have
given mandate. And that with all its strength and ability, and with "Pan Professors" write papers on on the non-foreign-born people in the
constant consultation and the full cooperation of all others who value obscure ancient Ukrainian topics and Ukrainian community.
law and order in our community, it will work "to fully realize the thenreadthem to other equally obscure Michael Luchuf
formation of a representative community organization, which will "Pan Doktors"/ "Pan Professors"who Flushing, N.Y.
are members of other equally obscure
continue in the tradition of the UCCA prior to the 13th Congress and
organizations. These groups do have a
its predecessors..."
Such a presentation of this matter speaks for itself. It confirms the
saving grace. They sponsor annual
banquets which are well attended. But
Ukrainians know
proven and concrete fact that law and order in the UCCA was grossly
violated during the preparations, conduct and outcome of the 13th
the only reason that they are attended is
because the attendees go to the affair to
cost of freedom
Congress, that all attempts to restore that law and order have been be seen by other attendees and to brag Dear Editor:
futile, that the current UCCA is "under the exclusive leadership of one that they attended. May 28, shortly before their vaca­
ideological-political faction, known under the name of the Ukrainian Our organization leaders urge all of tion, Pershing's fifth and sixth grade
Liberation Front, and its ideology, structure and programs no longer us to "fight for a free Ukraine." Yet, on elementary students were enriched by
reflect the character and the goals of that central organization as it Sunday, July 11, a parade 'o mark the Apopka's Foilage Sertoma Club's
existed prior to the 13th Congress..." Thus, for all intents and beginning of Captive Nations Week was "Freedom Program," which has been
purposes, the UCCA does not exist today. Only its name has been attended by 200 marchers (newspaper formed and directed by Stephen Kowal-
account). That's about 10 persons per chuk, a member of Foilage Sertoma and
adopted by the very ideological-political faction which violated its law
captive nation. Where were our Ukrain­ resident of the Ukrainian village of
and order. ian patriots? A Ukrainian parade parti­ Apopka, Fla.
The resolution is clear - to create a new responsible and cipant, when interviewed by a reporter A very timely essay on freedom,
representative community organization. And if it becomes impossible and questioned about the lack of U- written by Mr. Kowalchuk, was read by
to continue to use the name (the UCCA), then another name should be krainians, stated: "111 tell you where Major General John C. Raaen, also a
found so that the community can have, to cite Abraham Lincoln, "a they are; they're out soaking their feet or member of Apopka Foilage Sertoma
government for the people and by the people," and not a party drinking beer." The man was probably Club. In his essay, Mr. Kowalchuk
dictatorship for the party and by the party. right. The Ukrainians were probably at wrote on the value of freedom as we
their summer homes in Kerhonkson, know it in America, and pointed out
The newly elected UNA Supreme Executive Committee has pledged Narrowsburg, Glen Spey and other
its full cooperation in this effort. After the 30th Regular UNA that with this freedom which Ameri­
points, soaking their feet in local lakes cans enjoy comes the great responsibi­
Convention and the situation that exists in our community, there can or streams or drinking cold beer in local lity of knowing that where one man's
be little doubt that this resolution is very timely and necessary. New York bars. So much for our freedom begins another man's ends.
Ukrainian patriots. Mr. Kowalchuk wrote about what
Although I hold several degrees in price freedom has cost so many — yet
The editorial above appeared in Svoboda on July 29. It was public administration from American still many who have paid their all are
translated from the original Ukrainian by The Weekly. universities, I have yet to be addressed not free. In his essay, Mr. Kowalchuk
as "Pan .Doktor" or "Pan Magister." writes about a Ukrainian man's tragic,
This amenity isreservedfor our foreign- (Continued on page 15)
No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982

them as an inferior race. The manage­

In last week's installment of "U- ment of these far-flung estates was in the
krainian-Jewish Relations: two soli­
tudes," two paragraphs were inad­
Jewish-Ukrainian relations: hands of stewards and arendars (loosely,
rent collectors). Among these arendars
vertently omitted at the end of part
II. We, therefore, pick up part III at two solitudes were, according to Jewish sources,
many Jews, who principally leased from
the 'pans' (landlords) the right of "propa-
the section where the omission oc­ by Peter J. Potichnyj and Howard Aster
curred. nations/ or the sale of spirit us liquors.
These leases had the effect of trans­
tions in Hebrew that date t o this Volhynia, Kiev and Podillia were an­ ferring to the Jews some of the powers
Ш over the Ukrainian serfs which were
period." nexed by Lithuania. The result was that
From Crimea and the Caucasus, the Jews received the same privileges as wielded by the noble landlords."36
The problem of which the notion of
stereotypes forewarns us has been Jews moved into the lower Volga and the Jews had in the Lithuanian Prin­ Dr. Dushnyck goes on to argue that
known for centuries. We all are the Don regions where the Khazar State, cipality. the fact that the Jews were an instru­
victims of preconceptions or public founded by Turkic tribes, existed from From the end of the 14th century, the ment of domination over Ukrainians
knowledge which deeply affects the way the seventh to the 10th centuries. Jews began to arrive in' Ukraine from not only explains the devastation of
in which we view others and the world. Around 746, Kahan Bulan and the Germany via Poland. The largest num­ Jewish communities during the Khmel­
Francis Bacon in the early 17th cen­ Khazar elite accepted Judaism as the ber of them arrived at the end of the nytsky uprising but also has condition­
tury differentiated four types state religion. 15th century when Poland-Lithuania ed Ukrainian perceptions of the Jews in
of constraints or false beliefs which The Khazar state ceased to exist accepted the Jews who were expelled by subsequent eras.
affected human observations. First are shortly after its defeat by the Kiev the German Emperor Maximillian I. It "Ukrainians have come to believe
the Idols of the Tribe, which "have their Prince Sviatoslav in 964. The Jews then is of great significance that the emigra­ that the Jews, if not actual allies of
foundation in human nature itself, and migrated back to Crimea, the Caucasus tion of the Jews from the West coin­ Ukraine's historical enemies in its
in the tribe or race of men ... and the and even into Rus -Ukraine. cides with the decline of the independent struggle for liberation, then at the very
human understanding is like a false In 987 Khazarian Jews proposed to Rus'-Ukrainian principalities. During least are invaluable instruments - that
mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, Grand Duke Volodymyr the Great of this period the Jews began to use is, indispensable intermediaries bet­
distorts and discolors the nature of Kiev that be accept conversion to Yiddish as their language, to wear ween the alien oppressors of Ukraine
things..."27 The second are the Idols of Judaism. The Chronicle describes how different clothing and to live in separate and the oppressed Ukrainian people."37
the Cave, because "everyone (be­ Prince Volodymyr had presented to him ghettos. During this period, according to the
sides the errors common to human arguments from representatives of three The Jews had their rights codified in Ukrainian Encyclopaedia relying on
nature in general) has a cave or den of different religions — Byzantine Chris- the so-called Lithuanian Statutes of Jewish sources, somewhere between
his own.., Owing either to his own tianity.Roman Christianity and, signifi­ 1S29,1566 and 1589. In GaUcia the Jews 100,000 to 180,000 Jews perished.31 Dr.
proper and peculiar nature; or to his cantly, Judaism. had their rights and privileges codified Dushnyck argues that:
education and conversation with others; The presence of Jews in the court of in a Statute of 1334 issued by Casimir "...the Jews were literally caught in
or to the. reading of books, and the Prince Volodymyr having a status equal the Great. According to Lithuanian the middle among Ukrainians, Poles
authorities of those whom he esteems to the Byzantine and Roman represen­ Statutes, the Jews had their own sepa­ and Muscovites (today's Russians), the
and admires...".2' The third are the tatives suggests that Judaism was a rate communities, the "Kahals," their demise of 100,000 to, possibly, 200,000,
Idols of the Marketplace, because "it is significant force. In fact there are own courts for internal Jewish problems of the Jews (according to Jewish Chro­
by discourse that men associate... records that Kievan Metropolitan and mixed courts for Jewish-Christian niclers). The Eastern European Jew of
and therefore the ill and unfit choice of Ilarion in his sermons carried on pole­ problems. Lithuanian Statutes placed the time found himself between hammer
words wonderfully obstructs the under­ mics with the Jews. Jews on an equal footing with nobility. and anvil: between landlord and serf,
standing. Nor do the definitions or During the 11th and 12th centuries The penalty for killing a Jew was the between Polish Catholic and Ukrainian
explanations wherewith in some things Jews lived in Kiev where they had a same as for killing a nobleman. The and Muscovite Greek-Orthodox, and
learned men are want to guard and separate district called "Zhydove" only restriction on Jews was that they between Pole and Muscovite. This
defend themselves, by any means set the (1124), and there existed a separate were forbidden to use Christians as tragedy, at bottom, was that there was
matter right."29 The fourth are the Idols Jewish Gate leading to that district. At slaves. The supreme administrative no place to go.^'
of the Theatre. These are "idols which that time the Jews were primarily organ was the "Council of Great Po­ One way in which Jews could save
have immigrated into men's minds from traders and financiers. Consequently land, Little Poland, Red Rus' and themselves from this devastation was to
the various dogmas of philosophers, they were involved and responsible for Volhynia" and the "Council of Lithua­ accept Christianity and convert. Those
and also from wrong laws of demonstra­ certain administrative and financial nia." These councils met annually in who did so continued to be traders or
tion. These I call Idols of the Theatre, functions for princes' protection. Ac­ "Vaads"and decided all of their religious, financiers. Some of them eventually
because in my judgement all the receiv­ cording to Hrushevsky, the direct cultural and financial questions. became Kozak leaders and rose in the
ing systems are but so many stage plays, pretext for this upheaval was the shortage ranks of the "starshyna", like for example
representing worlds of their own crea­ of salt in Kiev due to the war in After the Union of Lublin (1569),
colonization of Jews into Ukrainian M. Borokhovych (1687-1704), the colo­
tion after an unreal and scenic fa­ Volhynia. The Monk Prokhor began to nel of Hadiach, or P. Hertsyk (1675-
shion."40 lands expanded. At the end of the 16th
distribute salt free of charge. Prince century Jews were found in 79 towns, 1695), the colonel of Poltava, whose
daughter married Hetman Philip
In our view Jewish-Ukrainian rela­ Sviatopolk confiscated the supply of some 25,000 people. Their occupation
Orlyk. The daughter of Mark
tions exemplify all four of Bacon's idols. salt and sold it at high prices. Since he continued to be trade, financial opera­
Avramovych became the wife of
The purpose of this paper is not to was the protector of the Jews, after his tions and renting of lands and enter­
Hetman I. Skoropadsky. This Avra­
suggest a therapeutic manner in which death, the Kievans rebelled, killed prises. Jews replaced Armenians from
movych family, known later as the
Jews and Ukrainians can overcome several 32
high courtiers and also the these trades.
Markovych family, produced a number
their idola. Nor is the purpose of this Jews. During the 17th and 18th centuries
of prominent Ukrainian cultural and
paper to bring forward unbiased In 1113 there occurred a general Jews continued to be associated with
the Polish ruling class. This close political leaders. The Ukrainian legal
evidence to buttress or rebuke these upheaval of the population and revolt Statute of 1743 recognized as nobles
idola. Rather our purpose is to outline against Prince Sviatopolk. During this association had potential danger for the
the manner, characterand quality from revolt Jews were persecuted along with Jews and, indeed, the Jewish diets
(Continued on page 14)
which Ukrainians view Jews and Jews other money lenders. This is the first occasionally expressed concern over
view Ukrainians. At most we can record of a "pogrom" against the Jews this matter. There were sporadic up­
identify and perhaps offer some ex­ in Ukrainian territories. Some his­ risings against the Polish rulers at the 27. Francis Bacon, "The New Organon,"
planations of thedominant perspectives torians suggest that during this period end of the 16th and the beginning of the Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merril, 1960, Apho­
whereby these two people view each the Jews in Ukraine did not differ either 17th centuries. The Pavluk rebellion of risms, Book I, No. XLI.
other. in dress or language from the general 1637 had a localized character. The 28. Ibid., No. XLII
major large-scale rebellion occurred in 29. Ibid., No. XLHI
In order to explicate the natures of population. Differences emerged only 1648 under the leadership of Bohdan 30. Ibid., No. XLIV
these two perspectives adequately one when there occurred an immigration Khmelnytsky. This Ukrainian uprising 31. See Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva:
would have to be a "Renaissance into the region of Jews from Western lasted from 1648 to 1654 and engulfed Slovnykova Chastyna, V. Kubijovych, ed.,
man," thoroughly knowledgeable in the Europe." It is interesting to note that a the entire Ukrainian region. Vol. II, 1955, pp. 670-80.
fields of history, psychology, literature, Soviet handbook about Kiev mentions 32. Mykhailo Hrushevsky, "Istoria U-
folklore, economics etc., not only from these upheavals but makes 34
no specific The Jews occupied a very precarious krainy-Rusy," New York, Knyhospilka,
a Ukrainian but a Jewish perspective as mention of the Jews. position at the beginning of the rebel­ 1955, Vol. II. p. 290.
well. We realize that we are not ade­ It is worth noting that during the lion. As Walter Dushnyck states in his 33. Ibid., Vol. V, p. 254.
quate to the task we set ourselves. We same era Jews endured organized hard­ article titled "Ukrainian-Jewish Rela­ 34. Kyiv: Entsyklopedychnyi Dovidnyk,
do hope though that we can at least ships in the other lands of Europe. In tions on a Critical Path," quoting from Kiev, URE, 1981.
identify a number of central factors this Ukrainian region they did acquire Simon Dubnow's famous "History of 35. M. Hrushevsky, op. cit., Vol. Ill, p.
the Jews in Russia and Poland": 105. His critical comments on the literature
which affect the nature of these two positions of .importance and, for ex­
are found in Vol. V, pp. 651-3. Also see his
perspectives. ample, Danylo, King of Halych-Vol- "...The only secure nest of the Jewish Istoria Ukrainskoyi Uteratury, New York,
hynia enlisted Jewish assistance in people and the legitimate seat of its 1950, VoL V, pp. 73-89.
Jews in Ukraine: historical overview reorganizing his state. As well, it is national hegemony' achieved largely 36. Walter Dushnyck, "Ukrainian-Jewish
recorded that the Jews of the region either by influencing the Polish govern­ Relations on a Critical Path," The Ukrai­
The earliest records of Jews in Ukrai­ lamented the death of Prince Volo­ ing circles and/or by uniting themselves nian Quarterly, No. 3, 1978, p. 229.
nian territories date back to the second dymyr Vasylkovych (1288) 35
as the d e ­ in a firmly organized scheme of self- 37. Ibid., p. 230.
century A.D. They came to Crimea and struction of the Temple." government. Enormous estates in U- 38. Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva, op.
the eastern shore of the Black Sea long The region was beset by a period of kraine were in the hands of feudal cit, p. 671; Encyclopedia Judaica Jeru­
Polish landlords, who, as human beings
before Christianity was introduced into turmoil which extended from the fall of salem, Keter Publishing House, 1971, Vol.
Kiev and Halych and annexation by will, sought to relieve their consciences XV, pp. 1513-9.
the region. These Bosporus and Middle over their truly unconscionable treat­ 39. W. Dushnyck, "Ukrainian-Jewish..."
Eastern Jews who were highly Helle- Lithuania and Poland. ment of the Ukrainian serf by regarding op. cit., pp. 229-30.
nized, left behind them many inscrip­ Between the 14th and 16th centuries.
 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
The Fedorykas: 10 talented children and a unique approach to education
by Malta Korduba
KERHONKSON, N.Y. - The lights
dim; the curtains are slowly drawn
open. Katrusia, IS, Terenia, 14, Maru-
sia, 12, Sofiyka, 11, Damian, 9, Olesyk,
7, Halya, 6, and Danylko, 4, have
calmly and professionally assumed their
positions on stage, assembling their
music stands and instruments, revealing
that they have gone through these
motions many times before.
Resembling a junior-league version of
the Osmond Brothers and Lennon
Sisters combined, this family of 10
children, including 2-year-old Laryssa
and 7-month-old Melasia, distinguishes
itself by so much more than its size and
musical talents.
The Fedoryka family unit constitutes
an orchestra, a corporation and a
school, where education is a way of life
rather than a means to an end.
The Fedoryka children receive their
full primary and secondary education
(including subjects such as music,
Ukrainian studies, shop and home-
making skills) in their spacious, 10-
bedroom home in the heart of Dallas.
Their education is planned and super­
vised by their parents, Irene Kondra
Fedoryka, a trained classical pianist,
and Damian Fedoryka, a professor of
philosophy at the University of Texas.
This seemingly impossible full-time
project was a result of the Fedorykas'
increasing dissatisfaction with pubUc
education.
"I found that a great deal of time was
wasted in classrooms. If presented
efficiently, the required subject matter
could be covered by 1 p.m., leaving time
for the development of art, music and
other important educational areas,
which are virtually ignored in public
schools," said Mrs. Fedoryka.
"Also, we felt that the curriculum was
often misplaced and not well organized.
Important topics, for example, geo­
graphy, were substituted by vague
subjects presented under general head­
ings, such as social studies. Certain
subjects, such as sex education," con­
tinued Mrs. Fedoryka, "should be
introduced in the home, rather than in
the classroom."
The idea germinated four years ago,
when one of Prof. Fedoryka's students
shared the concept of "home school"
with him. As president of Family
League, an organization that provides
legal aid and academic guidelines to
families who educate their children at
home, she proposed home education
as a viable option — even for a family as
large as the Fedorykas.
For the past three years, the Fedorykas
have been refining what has become a
finely orchestrated curriculum which
includes independent study through
correspondence courses, McGuffy's
Readers, an assortment of texts and
workbooks, music lessons via the Suzuki
method (this method is unique because
parents learn to play the instrument
with the child who begins the program
at a very early age) and private tutoring.
"There's no doubt that this method
works the best for our family," said
Mrs. Fedoryka. "Academically, this
program surpasses the conventional
classroom approach. It develops indivi­
duality and allows the student to work
at his or her own pace. Because educa­
tion takes place in the home setting, we
feel that the children retain more;
they're more likely to ask for help or
attention, which allows them to truly
master a subject."
They learn to help each other, said
Mrs. Fedoryka, "Katrusia tutors her
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982 No. 31
siblings in Ukrainian subjects; Terenia
drills the younger children in spelling;
Marusia helps her brothers and sisters
with math. Actually, wherever there is a
need, the children come through by
sharing their knowledge with each
other."
Katrusia finished a year's curriculum
in only five months. Mrs. Fedoryka
explained that the time saved in strictly
academic pursuits can be channelled
into other forms of education. "We
would never have time to practice our
music, set up rehearsals, etc., if our lives
revolved around the eight to three
o'clock classroom schedule." The Fe-
doryka's musical performances have
captured the attention of many audiences
in Texas and on the East Coast, and
have been featured in numerous publi­
cations and programs, including tele­
vision's "PM Magazine."
While the toddlers steal the show with
their serious performances in concert,
Mrs. Fedoryka is in the center of
attention before the curtains rise.
Patience is the key word here. Tuning
violins and cellos, straightening ha? The Fedoryka children: (front row,from left) Шпуйо, 4, Msrusla, 12, Terenia, 14,
and bow ties, and giving last-minute tips holding 7-month-old Melasia, Katrusia, 15, holding 2-year-old Laryssa; (top row)
and even finding time to soothe pre- Halya, 6, Oteeyk, 7, Damian, 9, and Sofiyka, 11.
performance jitters, Mrs. Fedoryka is a
living tribute to the virtues of serenity. Fortunately, our family is very gre­ learn to identify and eventually pro­
"I guess what really motivates me is garious; we make friends easily." nounce words via flash cards) to the
imagining one great, beautiful sound Since the Fedorykas live so far from Ukrainian language. After completing
coming from my children. That gives the mainstream of the Ukrainian com­ the Dolman program, the Fedoryka
me the energy to constantly push them munity, they make a point of enrolling children progress to Ukrainian readers,
at rehearsals. I 'hear' it just around the their children in various Ukrainian textbooks and eventually to classical
comer so we keep practicing, trying to summer camps and workshops through­ Ukrainian literature and popular works
achieve that sound. Music is an exciting out the summer. The family vacations translated into Ukrainian. For example,
and unifying force in our family," said during the summer months, at the home the older children have read Sherlock
Mrs. Fedoryka. of Mrs. Fedoryka's parents, the Kon- Holmes in the Ukrainian language.
In ah interview with the Dallas Times dras, in New York's Catskill Moun­ Mrs. Fedoryka noted that being
Herald.Prof. Fedoryka commented that tains. This summer, the children are . Ukrainian in Texas takes on an entirely
music awakens dimensions of a child attending Plast camp, Roma Pryma different character. "Perhaps our chil­
which are not normally awakened. "It's Bohachevsky's dance camp, the Inter­ dren appreciate being Ukrainian more
much better if a child can play great national Plast Jamboree and will per­ living in Dallas, than if they were living
music himself," he said. form at Soyuzivka's Celebration of within the greater Ukrainian commu­
Many have marveled at the accom­ Youth on August 4 during children's nity. We're able to transmit the positive
plishments of the Fedoryka children. week . aspects of being Ukrainian, and' to
Neighboring parents who have become Throughout the year, they correspond emphasize the virtues of the true Ukrai­
disillusioned with the public school with friends they've made during those nian character: honesty, individuality,
system, are clammoring for Prof. Fe­ months. "Summertime relaxation is integrity as well as the culture,"shesaid.
doryka to start his own school, and to crucial," said Mrs. Fedoryka, it pro­ "These things can be taken for granted,
open it up to their children. Others vides a renewal of energy, and contact and left uncultivated if a child is overly
oppose the home school approach, with friends, the Ukrainian religious rite saturated with the 'Ukrainian life' or if
citing the lack of social interaction with and society. Being Ukrainian is an he or she is exposed to too many
peers as a major shortcoming. integral part of our lives. Learning the negative aspects of it, for example, the
Mrs. Fedoryka explained that in Ukrainian language, customs and cul­ in-fighting, lack of tolerance to innova­
many respects, home school improves ture is the most solid means of develop­ tion, differing opinions, foreign cul­
their social capabilities. "As a result of ing pride in one's heritage." tures or religions," added Mrs.
being confident in their knowledge of The Fedorykas have adapted the Fedoryka. "These negative forces per­
many things, they have acquired posi­ Dolman flashcard method (a technique petuate a bad self-image for Ukrainians,
tive self images, which helps them inter­ based on word, rather than phonetic and can preclude personal achievement
relate with peers as well as with adults. association; babies as young as 7 months (Continued on page 10)
Six of the Fedoryka children, assisted by their mother, tune I will be able to enjoy a Fedoryka family performance on
up for a Soyuzivka performance in 1980. Soyuzivka guests I August 4, during Children's Week of the Celebration of
Youth Festival.
No. 31
Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple
A unique conference dealing with
topics of interest to Ukrainian Ameri­
can women both as individuals and as
members of the Ukrainian community
will be held at the UNA estate, Soyu-
zivka, on October 2 and 3.
Geared to women of all ages and to
the homemaker as well as the professional
woman, the "Ukrainian Woman in Two
Worlds" conference also includes topics
of interest to men and adolescents.
The conference will explore the
challenges and problems facing Ukrai- ,
nian women as they attempt to preserve
the Ukrainian spirit in their families and
communities while striving to achieve
success in the American society. It will
include panels and workshop sessions,
an exhibit of women's art, cultural
presentations and a concert by women
in the performing arts.
Anise H. Sawyckyj, chairwoman of
the conference organizing committee,
stresses that the key note of the con­
ference will be interaction — participa­
tion and feed-back from registrants.
"We do not see this as a conference
where panelists and moderators do all
the talking and registrants simply listen.
We hope everyone will take part, so
there will be an exchange and input of
ideas," Ms. Sawyckyj explained.
Between Saturday morning and Sun­
day afternoon, panel/workshops (con­
ducted in English and Ukrainian) will
cover a broad range of issues and
subjects.
They will focus on such topics as
Ukrainian identity and traditions (the
role of women in preserving them), the
working woman (how to handle a career
and a family), women in crisis (coping
with divorce, parenting and loss),
Ukrainian culture (sources of Ukrai­
nian artists' creativity) and the women
of tomorrow (teenagers discussing
biculturalism).
Of particular interest to men will be
the panel on the Ukrainian male, deal­
ing with his views on women and the
role of the father in raising a Ukrainian
family. Other panels will delve into the
subjects of intermarriage, Ukrainian
language, Ukrainians and the media,
Ukrainian schools and youth groups,
the Ukrainian singles scene, and Ukrai­
nians in the American political arena.
Guest speaker at a plenary session
win be writer-historian Martha Bo-
hachevsky-Chomiak, a history pro­
fessor at Manhattanville College who is
currently completing a book on the
history of the Ukrainian women's
movement from the mid-19th century to
the present. Dr. Bohachevsky-Cho-
miak, the author of several books and
articles on modern East European
history, contends that Ukrainian wo­
men area discriminated minority within
a discriminated ethnic group, and
(through their own negligence) have
been robbed of their own history and
the perception of their importance.
Registration for the two-day confe­
rence has already begun and officials of
the organizing committee, who say they
expect several hundred participants,
report "a very healthy response." Many
women from the East coast and some
from the Midwest and from Canada are
planning to attend, and quite a few will
be accompanied by their husbands.
The registration fee (S20 for one
person, S25 for a husband and wife)
covers conference materials, entry to
the workshops and panels, the art
exhibit and the concert. For informa­
tion and registration forms, write to
Ukrainian Women's Conference, 108
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982 9
by Helen Perozak Smindak
Second Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003, or States and Canada are presently on a American studies at Hunter College,
phone (212) 533-4646. If you are at five-week trip through western Europe and his group will return on August 21.
Soyuzivka during the August 6-7 week­ billed as "In the Footsteps of Your
end, you can get information and Ancestors." Having fun
registration forms at a special booth set The tour is the second student trip to
up there by the organizing committee. Europe sponsored by the Ukrainian Residents of the Big Apple seeking
For accommodations, registrants Free University Foundation in the escape from the city's heat and humi­
should contact Soyuzivka directly by United States, which Prof. Goy heads. dity will find a fabulous array of resort
writing to: Manager, Ukrainian Na­ It includes stops in Munich, Paris, and festival attractions in New York
tional Association Estate—Soyuzivka, Rotterdam, Venice, Rome, Monte state and beyond.
Foordemoore Road, Kerhonkson, NY. Carlo, Lourdes and Geneva. о At Soyuzivka, the UNA estate,
12466, or telephone (914) 626-5641. For Along the way, the group will get weekend events include today's exhibit
Saturday lunch, dinner, lodging, and together with Ukrainian students, lay of oils, silkscreen prints and lithographs
Sunday breakfast the rate is S36 per wreaths at the graves of Stephen Ban- by Canadian artist Peter Shostak of
person per day; an additional day will dera, Col. Evhen Konovalets and Victoria, B.C. The August 7 concert
bring the total to S64. Symon Fetliura, visit such Ukrainian features soprano Lidia Hawryluk, Paul
Although the conference is sponsoredinstitutions as St. Sophia University in Plishka Jr. and actor Volodymyr
by the Ukrainian National Women's Rome and the newly built gold-domed Knrylo.
League of America, the organizing Ukrainian Catholic Church in Lourdes, Running in tandem with the UNA's
committee has brought together league and meet with Patriarch Josyf Slipyj two-week Ukrainian Cultural Courses
members and non-members and women and Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, presi­ is a Celebration of Youth for young
from all walks of life. Coincidentally,dent of the Center for Education in adults which includes a concert featur­
"Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds" is International Management (a special ing an orchestra consisting of junior
taking place exactly 50 years after thecollege for high-ranking personnel in members of the Fedoryk and Krul
first major Ukrainian women's confe­ Geneva). families (August 4) and a concert by
students of the Ukrainian Music Insti­
rence was held in the United States. The trip also includes lectures in tute (August 6). A drama workshop
Paris, Rome and Geneva, with intensive conducted by actress Laryssa Lauret
Following footsteps lecturing from three to five hours a day and her husband, director Walter
at the Ukrainian Free University in Lysniak, will be held from the 7th to the
Prof. Petro Goy of New York and a Munich during the final weeks of the 14th. Scheduled for the afternoon of the
dozen college students from the United tour. Prof. Goy, who teaches Slavic 14th: lectures on the art of batik and on
the development of Ukrainian orches­
tras in North America, and a group
discussion on the financial and market­
ing concerns of today's artists, capped
by a reception-dinner. Montreal choreo­
grapher Peter Marunchak will direct a
folk dance camp from August 15 to 28.
The Soyuzivka orchestra plays for
dancing on Wednesday and Friday
evenings, and guest orchestras entertain
for the thousands of young and young-
at-heart who turn up for Saturday night
dances on the outdoor pavilion over­
looking the swimming pool.
о Dancing to popular orchestras,
concerts and theatrical productions are
also offered every weekend at the
Ukrainian Fraternal Association's
Verkhovyna resort center in Glen Spey,
N.Y. This weekend, registrants in Roma
Pryma-Bohachevsky's dance camp for
juniors converge on Verkhovyna for a
two-week training session. An Altar
Boys' Seminar will be held from August
23 to 26. Kiev-educated artist Rem
Bahautdin, whose art studio is within
walking distance of the UFA resort,,
welcomes visitors and browsers to see
his metal reliefs and silk graphics, daily
from noon to 8 p.m. Liuboslav Hut-
talluk exhibits his oils — mostly French
and Ukrainian landscapes — in his
summer studio at Ozeriany, near Glen
Spey, during August. The Hutsaliuk
summer home, designed by architect
Ivan Zayac, is said to be a work of art
itself. To get there, drive from Glen
Spey toward Barry ville, turnrightat the
first road; the Hutsaliuk studio is the
first house on the right after Camp
Lokanda.
о In their fourth return engagement,
the Ukrainian Dancers of Astoria will
appear at the National Polka Festival at
Hunter Mountain, Hunter, N.Y. on
August 7. The troupe, directed by
Elaine Oprysko, will perform at 4 p.m.
in the international tent and at 7 p.m. in
the main tent. The dancers will give an
afternoon performance the next day at
the Ulster County Fair in New Paltz,
N.Y. Hunter, located on Route 23A in
Greene County a half hour off the New
York Thruway, is the site of a pictures­
que Hutsul-style wooden church and
the Ukrainian cultural center called
"Grazhda," also built in traditional
Peter Shostak's "Was that your Babas coat?" (Continued on pafc 15)
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News and views
UNWLA Detroit Regional Council holds
banquet for wife of Warren, Mich., m a p
by Diane Kurylo
There is a great resource within our
midst that the Ukrainian community
rarely uses to full advantage. It is the
Ukrainian National Women's League
of America (UNWLA or Soyuz U-
krainok). Most members of this group
are dedicated to the philosophy of
promoting Ukrainian culture and pro-
pagating social good. We do this through
fund-raising efforts and donating the
proceeds to various Ukrainian causes,
by working with the needy, and by
trying to instill a sisterhood within our
ranks.
But aside from one or two annual
events, such as an ethnic festival or a
pysanka demonstration at a local mall,
our contact with the American public is
quite limited.
To this extent, we resemble our many
counterparts within the Ukrainian
community — we are known, and
perhaps our efforts are very familiar
among Ukrainians, however, the vast
American community cannot distin-
guish us from any other ethnic group.
Why? Basically because we work and
promote our endeavors mainly in our
own community and hesitate to venture
outside of it.
Recently, the UNWLA's Regional
Council of Detroit successfully planned
and prepared an event that drew Ukrai-
nian and non-Ukrainian women to-
gether for a common goal.
Determining mutual interests is the
first step in attaining public exposure
for our organizations, our work, and
our Ukrainian message. I will describe
this recent event in enough detail so that
other Ukrainian groups may emulate
our effort and attain a similar succesful
result.
Our group decided to honor the wife
of the mayor of Warren, Mich., with a
luncheon where she would be welcomed
as our new first lady. No other ethnic
group in the city had done this for her,
she later confirmed. The committee
responsible for organizing the event was
formed at a monthly regional council
meeting.
Included were the council president,
Lida Kolodchin, the third vice presi-
dent, Marta Jovanovich, the English
press committee chairman, Sophie
Diane Kurylo is public relations
representative of the UNWLA Detroit
Regional Council.
During the banquet held by the UNWLA Detroit Regional
Council in honor of Warren, Mich.,first lady Linda Randlett
are (from left): the Rev. Huary Benedik, assistant pastor of St.
Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church, Sophie Anderson,
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Anderson, the public relations repre-
sentative, Diane Kurylo, and UNWLA
member and consultant, Dr. Mary
Beck, former Detroit councilwoman
and council president for eight years.
All of the women enthusiastically took
on this new and exciting challenge.
Plans were set that very evening and
each individual was assigned responsi-
bilities.
As the days passed quickly the mem-
bers of the committee were constantly
on the phone making arrangements and
keeping in contact with one another
about the progress of their activities.
In a matter of weeks the following
tasks were completed: St. Josaphat's
Church social hall, accommodating up
to 200 people, was rented; the enter-
tainment was confirmed; tickets were
printed; a photographer was hired; ads
announcing the event were run in all
Ukrainian church bulletins and on
radio programs; specially decorated
Ukrainian-style invitations were sent
out to community, civic and political
leaders; a press release describing the
event was sent to newspapers, TV and
radio stations two to three weeks in
advance; Dr. Beck was asked to serve as
master of ceremonies; Linda Randlett,
the mayor's wife, was informed of the
event and invited to attend.
Finally, Wednesday, June 23, the day
of the luncheon arrived. Some UNWLA
members came early in the morning to
decorate the hall and to prepare the
food for the noon event. The kitchen
bustled with activity. The round tables
for the guests were tastefully set with
white linen tablecloths and matching
napkins and each held a colorful silk
bouquet of red poppies, blue corn-
flowers and white daisies.
The main table, also set in white
linen, was decorated with three color-
fully embroidered "rushnyky,"two
"korovayi," two lovely centerpieces, a
Ukrainian designed torte, and two
wooden candles. Near the hall entrance
a small table was set to accommodate
ticket sales and a guest list. Ticket sales
and orders surpassed 150.
Soon the guests, including some men,
flocked into the hall to meet and honor
our city's first lady. Our non-Ukrainian
guests were seated at several reserved
tables. In front of each place setting
were laid out three pamphlets about the
UNWLA, "Ukraine, the Forgotten
Nation," and "Walter Polovchak, the
Littlest Defector." Many of the guests
English press committee chairman; Kin Randlett, the mayor's
daughter; Mrs. Randlett; Lida Kolodchin, president of the
Detroit Regional Council; Diane Kurylo, publk relations
representative; and Dr. Mary Beck, matter of ceremonies.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982
were seen' curiously reading the mate-
rials.
When everyone was seated and the
program began, Mrs. Randlett and her
daughter, Kim, were escorted into the
hall by the PR representative, Ms.
Kurylo. Entering the hall, Mrs. Kolod-
chin presented Mrs. Randlett with
bread and salt, symbolizing the staff
and flavor of life. A photographer from
a local area newspaper snapped pictures
of the greeting. The two women were
then led to the main table where Sophie
Anderson pinned corsages on them.
They were introduced to the MC, the
committee members, and the Rev.
Hilary Benedik, assistant pastor of St.
Josaphat's Church. When they were
seated Lida Kolodchin introduced the
master of ceremonies, Dr. Beck, who
spoke briefly in Ukrainian and English
about the importance of the day's
luncheon. The remainder of the pro-
gram was spoken in English. Father
Hilary said a prayer before the meal.
Lunch began with cold turkey rolada
and beet salad, followed by cups of hot
borshch. The main entre featured
holubtsi with mushroom sauce. Com-
pleting the meal, guests were treated to
torte and coffee. The food was light, yet
delicious. Many guests acquired an
appreciation of Ukrainian cuisine as
evidenced by their requests for seconds
and by inquiries about the food's prepa-
ration.
Following lunch, the eloquent Dr.
Beck took over. She was, and still isi a
great Ukrainian activist and an effective
individual spokesperson for the Ukrai-
nian community here in America. She
lived up to her formidable reputation by
speaking to the audience about the
topics of womanhood, Soyuz Ukrainpk,
Ukraine and its oppressors, and the
importance of maintaining a culture
like ours in this free country. She
charmed and bedazzled the audience,
she educated and enlightened them, she -
lifted up their hearts and moved them.
Some of the attentive guests remark-
ed: "I wasn't aware of that" or "that's
very interesting." We had successfully
expounded an important message to
our American guests.
The program continued on a lighter
note. Dr. Beck introduced the enter-
tainment. Two young bandura players
in full Poltava costume played a couple
of melodic Ukrainian songs; Christina
Lypeckyj, an opera mezzo-soprano and
her piano accompanist, Maria Lisow-
sky, performed several heart-warming
and lively songs; finally, 10 women and
five children modeled beautiful Ukrai-
nian fashions, some of which were
hand-embroidered by political pri-
soners in Ukraine. Each of the designs
were described in detail, as were the
origins of the particular style of em-
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broidery. Every individual that took
part in the entertainment did a wonder-
ful job in showing off the many and
varied talents of our Ukrainian people.
Toward the end of the program, Mrs.
Randlett, once again became the center
of attention. Dr. Beck presented to the
audience a brief history, background,
and description of Mrs. Randlett, her
family, and her interests. Mrs. Randlett
was then presented with a giant Ukrai-
nian pysanka enclosed in a plastic case.
On the case was a bronze plate with the
inscription: To Mrs. Randlett, pre-
sented by the Ukrainian National
Women's League of America, June 23,
1982, Warren, Mich. Her daughter,
Kim, was given a doll in Ukrainian
costume and an English-language book
about Ukrainians in America.
The mayor was not forgotten. On
behalf of her husband, Mrs. Randlett
accepted a Ukrainian ceramic pen-
holder and pen for her husband's desk
in city hall. Mrs. Randlett, pleased with
the lovely gifts and the wonderful
luncheon in her honor, thanked every-
one.
Dr. Beck concluded the program with
some final remarks. A good, solid
impression had been made on city
officials, community leaders and even
on our own people who experienced
such an event for the first time. In all,
the preparation and presentation of the
program were effective and met our
purpose. We managed to establish new
ties between the local community and
ourselves.
Now the only thing left, and perhaps
the hardest to do, is to continue to
nurture the contacts made. To repeat
Dr. Mary Beck's words, "We must learn
to make friends before we need them."
The Fedorykas...
(Continued from page 8)
as well as achievement on the whole, as
Ukrainians."
Perhaps the most valuable premium
of home education, according to Prof,
and Mrs. Fedoryka, is the opportunity
for personal and spiritual growth.
"We make time to pray together,"
said Mrs. Fedoryka. "Damian and I
teach them that Christ should be their
model, and that they will be guaranteed
to make therightdecisions in their lives,
if they follow His teachings. Although
that's often difficult to live up to, it's as
plain as that. Sometimes, schools do not
present doctrine or spirituality properly
or clearly enough to be understood by
children."
The Fedorykas frequent special litur-
gies, scripture readings and meetings
which address world concerns. "We feel
that by exposing our children to highly
learned and qualified individuals who
place great importance on prayer, faith
and following Christ, they (the children)
realize that religion is a crucial part of
daily life, rather than an ephemeral
concept based solely on tradition or
blind, uninformed faith," Mrs. Fedoryka
explained.
"Our ultimate goal," she said, "is to
raise our children as Christians. The
most important thing in the education
of our children is to cultivate positive
virtues which make a strong, heroic
person. Education will give them an
opportunity of choosing careers and
lifestyles which will be the most fulfill-
ing for them. Money, titles and prestige
will not give them satisfaction. Sharing
their knowledge with others will."
Mrs. Fedoryka then took out a
scrapbook full of photographs and
articles written about her children. She
pointed to an underlined statement
which she made in an interview several
years ago: "Ability shared brings joy."
In that statement, one discovers the
essence of this very special family.
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UNA executive...
(Continued from pete 3)
The UNA's actuaries,' with our co­
operation, are seeking to have our new
application forms for adult insurance,
as well as our new certificates approved,
in accordance with new standards for
readability, Mr. Sochan concluded.
Supreme organizer's report
Mr. Hawrysz reported that during
the first half of the convention year,
(January through June) 1,037 new
members were insured for a total of
52,598,000. In this half-year period,
May, the convention month, was the
most successful because 286 new mem­
bers joined the ranks of the Ukrainian
National Association; delegates to the
convention brought in over 100 new
members.
On the other hand, June was the least
successful recruitment month; the UNA
acquired only 90 new members.
The UNA in the United States is
composed of 30 districts, of which 26
are active, meaning they hold yearly
meetings. The other four districts
organize new members, but do not hold
yearly meetings, Mr. Hawrysz said. In
the last six months, the following five
districts have organized the most new
members: Philadelphia, 157; New York,
98; Chicago, 91; Detroit, 67; Shamokin,
51. Only the Shamokin district met its
quota by 100 percent in the first half of
1982.
Mr. Hawrysz continued his report,
noting that Canada is divided into four
districts which comprise 58 branches.
The quota for 1982 for Canada is 420
new members. As of June 30, Canada
had enrolled 91 new members, for a sum
of 5228,000.
According to the verifications com­
mittee 400 delegates were registered
for the 30th Regular Convention
of the UNA. (Of the 400, one member
never arrived, and one died.) The UNA
organizing department had appealed to
all delegates to organize at least five
members for the UNA before their
arrival at the convention, Mr. Hawrysz
said, adding that, if the delegates had
acted on this appeal and each one had
brought in five new members, the
Ukrainian National Association would
have had 2,000 new members. Un­
fortunately, this did not happen; only
193 delegates signed up new members,
and in the first six months, the UNA
received only 738 new members because
of their efforts.
Mr. Hawrysz reported that the or­
ganizing department made sure that
district committees held meetings,
yearly meetings and meetings for the
elected delegates. Members of the
Supreme Executive Committee and
members of the Supreme Assembly
took part in all of these meetings.
The supreme organizer then in office,
Wasyl Orichowsky, made all possible
efforts to find permanent regional
organizers for the UNA. His efforts
were unsuccessful, however.
Mr. Hawrysz said his goal as supreme
organizer is to organize 2,500 new
members before 1983. In an effort to
achieve this goal, the supreme organizer
has sent bilingual letters to secretaries of
all branches in Canada and the United
States, calling on them to help reach this
quota. He has sent letters to the chair­
men of the district committees, mem­
bers of the Supreme Assembly and all
honorary members of the assembly,
appealing to them to help organize new
members for the UNA.
Report of the supreme director for
Canada
The supreme, djretfor. fqr .Canada,,
Sen. Yuzyk, proposed dates for the
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1,1982 11
organizing meetings of UNA districts in
Canada and noted that districts should Sulyk joins jubilee celebrations
inform him of their planned meetings.
He also stated that John Hewryk
would represent the UNA at Canada's
for three Sisters of St. Basil
National Ukrainian Festival in Dau­
phin, Man., where Mr. Hewryk will set
up a booth with UNA brochures and
publications. Sen. Yuzyk stressed that
the UNA should always have a repre­
sentative there, especially for the cele­
brations near the Cross of Freedom.
In closing, Sen. Yuzyk proposed that
a larger UNA exhibit be prepared for
next year's festival at Dauphin, so that
the UNA may attract new members.
Other reports
Brief reports were delivered by Mrs.
Paschen and Dr. Ruropas, supreme vice
presidents.
Mr. Flis reported on his observations
of Soyuzivka, his visits to the summer
camps at the UNA estate and about the
change in management.
Mr. Snylyk's report covered the work
of the Svoboda Press and preparations The Sisters of St. Basil the Great in Philadelphia celebrated the golden
of the UNA Almanac for 1983, which jubilee of Sister Laurence and the silver jubilee of Sisters Dia, Maria and
will be dedicated to the 50th anniver­ Gerard on Sunday, July 18. Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk celebrated a divine
sary of the artifical famine in Ukraine liturgy for the honored sisters, community and guests. Afterwards, a jubilee
and the 90th anniversary of the found­ banquet was held, where Metropolitan Sulyk encouraged the jubilarians to
ing of the Svoboda daily newspaper. develop a life centered on Jesus as Lord. Pictured in front row are: the Rev.
M. Kobasiuk O S B M , Sister T h e o d o s i a , M e t r o p o l i t a n Sulyk, Sisters
Plan of activity Laurence, Gerard and Maria. In the back row are: Sisters Cecilia, Boniface,
Paula, Benigna and Dia.
The Supreme Executive Committee
approved the following plan of organiz­
ing activity for the remainder of 1982, as
proposed by Mr. Hawrysz:
\
о To enroll 2,500 new members by There's no place like Soyuzivka
December 31;
e To see to it that all branches enroll
new members;
SOYUZIVKA
^ To conduct a conference of district The Ukrainian
committee chairmen at Soyuzivka; National
^ To hold organizing meetings in all
districts of the United States and Association
Canada;
0
RESORT
To hold secretarial-organizing in the Catskill Mountains,
courses in several districts.
near Kerhonkson, N.Y.
The supreme officers also decided
that all members of the UNA Supreme EACH MONDAY, WEDNESDAY 8. FRIDAY -
Assembly should take part in the fall DANCE to the tunes of Soyuzivka Orchestra
organizing campaign and that conven­ Vocalist - Halya Lewun
tion delegates should each enroll at least
Emcees - Anya Dydyk 8. Halya Lewun
five new members. Those UNA'ers who
enroll at least 10 members will have Sunday, August 1 , 1982
their photographs published in the Exhibition of paintings of PETRO SHOS" AK
UNA Trybuna" published in Svoboda. 2:30 p.m.
Also planned are radio advertise­ OPENING PROGRAM OF CHILDREN'S WEEK,
ments for UNA insurance, hiring of new CELEBRATION OF YOUTH FESTIVAL
organizers, establishment of new
3:30 p.m.
branches, resumption of regular publi­
cation of the UNA "Trybuna" and a CONCERT of the students
revival of the fraternal activities of of the UKRAINIAN MUSIC INSTITUTE
branches and districts. SOYUZIVKA ENSEMBLE performirg a musical rendition
After a discussion about the reports, of "THE PRINCESS" Ukrainian Fai і tale.
the meeting was adjourned by Mr. Flis. Exhibit of Children's Art - 2:3 і p.m.
Wednesday, August 4 , 1 9 8 2 , 8:30 p.m.
CHILDREN CONCERT
Featuring The Fedoryka Family Orchestra, and The Krul Children
"Re me mber the days of old -
Friday, August 6 , 1 9 8 2 - 8:30 p.m.
c o n s i d e - f h e years of many CONCERT of the Students of the UKRAINIAN MUSIC INSTITUTE
generations."
Solo vocalists: Bohdan Andrusyshyn, Halya Lewun
OUTLINE FOR Saturday, August 7 , 1 9 8 2 , 8:30 p.m.
CONCERT
BIBLE STUDY Soprano Lydia Hawryluk, accompanied by Oles and Yurij Furda
Folksinger Paul Plishka, Jr.
The BIBLE is still the best, the oldest, Actor Voiodymyr Kurylo
and most important book today. Even 10:00 p.m.
THE BOOK OF VLES is understood better DANCE to Vodohray Orchestra, of Chicago
when the mysterious personage of Vies
is indentified as an honored ancestor Sunday, August 8 , 1 9 8 2 , 2:30 p.m.
in The Table of Nations given by the OPENING OF CELEBRATION OF YOUTH ART EXHIBIT
BIBLE. Featuring the work of: Anna Paszczak-Denysyk, Yarema Harabatch,
A four-cage outline for study of the Bohdan Horowacki, George Lencyk, Paul Lopata, Larysa
BIBLE will be sent on request, as public Martyniuk, Vaka Pereyma, Oksana Lukasewycz-Poion, Lavro Polon
service from and Roman Rakowsky.
VLESSIANA
я
P.O. Box 422 The large air conditioned Dance Hall "Veselka"
Dublin, Ohio 4 3 0 1 7 Soyuzivka: (914) 626-5641
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Pursues doctorate Down the aisle to the altar

Notes on people WARREN, Mich. - Elaine Jennie
Wolonick, the daughter of Eugene G.
the Ukrainian National Women's Wolonick and the late Jennie P. Wolo­
Named to state committee League of America, Branch 47, and held nick of Warren, Mich., will marry
PHILADELPHIA - Walter T. Dar- at St. Josaphat's School. Charles William Dobra, the son of Mr.
mopray, Philadelphia attorney, was Ms. Twerdochlib works in a wide and Mrs. Charles Dobra of Chicago in
appointed by Gov. Dick Thornburgh to variety of media, having exhibited a August, it was recently announced.
serve as a member of his Advisory total of 100 works in oils and acrylics, The wedding will take place at the
Committee for Mental Health and linocuts, enamels, batik and "vybiyky" Immaculate Conception Ukrainian
Mental Retardation. (textile prints) for which she is widely Catholic Church, Hamtramck, Mich.
Mandated by the State Mental known. A reception will follow at the Ukrainian
Health/ Mental Retardation Act of At her various art exhibits, which are Cultural Center in Warren.
1966, this Advisory Committee must frequently sponsored by Ukrainian
organizations both in the United Miss Wolonick is an accounting
have input and give advice to all opera­
States and Canada, Ms. Twerdochlib major in her senior year at Northern
tions of the State Department of Mental
makes time for workshops on the Illinois University. She is also an
Health and Mental Retardation within the
ancient Ukrainian folk art of "vybiyka." experienced pysanka creator.
Department of Public Welfare. This
function involves not only statewide She is now holding special workshops Mr. Dobra is a graduate of DePaul
duties and responsibilities — but also for the newly formed Branch 120 of the University and John Marshall Law
affects operations at the county level. UNWLA in Rochester, composed of School and is a practicing attorney in
Mr. Darmopray has been involved in younger American-born Ukrainian Bloomingdale, 111. He is also a lieute­
both the legal and volunteer advocacy women, who are interested in the nant in the Naval Reserves. The couple
aspects of this human service field. He preservation of their heritage. plans to reside in Hanover Park, 111.
was recently elected president of the
Mental Health Association of South- і /v, .,. ., . .
eastern Pennsylvania, a United Way МБву C i t y С 0 П Ш І П Є Є РЄГБ0П C i t e d ОУ ШауОГ
advocacy organization. He also serves
Marko Holowczak
as chairman of the Governmental
PHILADELPHIA - Marko Ho- Affairs Committee of the Mental Health
lowczak of Trenton, N.J., a recent Association of Pennsylvania.
graduate of Temple University with a His other volunteer ventures include
bachelor of science in biochemistry, has presidency of the Nationalities Services
accepted a tuition scholarship and a Center (formerly International Insti­
teaching assistants hip at the University tute), Ukrainian Commissioner on Gov.
of Southern California, where he will Thornburgh's Pennsylvania Heritage
pursue his doctoral studies. Affairs Commission and past chairman
of the Mental Health Committee of the
Besides achieving a superior acade­ Philadelphia Bar Association.
mic record, Mr. Holowczak also found
time to be a member of SUM-A, a
soccer player for the "Ukes" team, a Exhibits art in Rochester
Prometheus choir member, and a mem­
ber of the local branch of TUSM. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Asso­
ciation of Art for Greater Rochester
At the university, he joined the displayed selected works of art by Irene
Ukrainian Student Association and Banach-Twerdochlib at the opening of
served as one of the officers of the club. its new offices on June 10. The new
He also enrolled in the Ukrainian offices are located in downtown Ro­
courses offered at the school. chester, in the First Federal Building.
Ms. Twerdochlib's art work is not
He, along with other students of new to the Ukrainian and Ame­ Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann presents a citation to Irene
Temple, recently met with Rep. William rican communities of Rochester, for she Zahylkiewlcz, first Ukrainian American female elected to public office in
Green in Washington to discuss the case has been creating for 30 years. The Jersey City. The presentation took place on June 25; also attending were
of imprisoned Ukrainian writer Oles general public of Rochester most Olga Zahylkiewlcz, Irene's mother (left), and her sister, Maria Helen
Berdnyk, who has been invited repeat­ recently had an opportunity to view Ms. Zahylkiewlcz, right. Ms. Zahylkiewlcz was elected committee person in
edly by Temple University to be a Twerdochlib's art work on May 8 and 9 Ward C, D 1st ri ct 15 on J une 8. She is also president of the Block Association
guest lecturer. at her one-woman show, sponsored by and is active in neighborhood rehabilitation projects.

Dr. Sevcenko...
(Continued from page 5)
broad approach to the topics we treat and of the fact
that our choice of fellows and lecturers is based on
competence and not on nationality. Ukrainian
scholarship, as we understand it, is world scholarship
done by Ukrainians or by scholars of any background
working in Ukrainian subjects. Ours is not a special
kind of scholarship, outside of world scholarship's
mainstream.
Such are the principles that guide us in our work in
the archeographical commission that plans the
publication of ancient and modern sources pertaining
to the history of the Ukrainian territory; such are the
principles that guide us in the selection of our seminar
topics; such are the principles that determine the
editorial policy of Harvard Ukrainian Studies, a
periodical that begins to be known the world over, and
whose issue titled "Eucharisterion" and honoring our
institute's director, Prof. Pritsak, is not only a homage
to the breadth of his scholarship but also connects our
center with the scholarly community of the world.
Such, finally, are the principles that guide us in our
publications, of which Pritsak's "Origin of Rus\"
dealing with the Scandinavian north and with the
nomadic steppe is the most recent and impressive
example.
We must now return to the question I asked a while
ago. Is support for the Ukrainian scholarly enterprise
at Harvard the best investment of our community's
resources? I must leave the answer to this question to
you. I can only tell you what I feel. I feel that pure
scholarship of- impeccable quality is. the best cultural
propaganda of our cause, especially if our scholarship
reaches out to the elites. Our scholarship does
accomplish this, because we are dealing with students
who will be the future leaders in America and with
colleagues who are leaders themselves and who are
preparing future leaders.
In that sense we might be likened to the Christian
apologists of the second century A.D. These apologists
understood that to be successful the Christian message
had to be accepted not only by the masses but also by
the highest strata of pagan society. Modern scholars
claim that this approach, that is, turning to sophisti­
cated pagans, including the Emperor Marcus Aurelius,
greatly contributed to the early victory of Christianity
throughout the world. With your help, we can hope for
analagous success.
In the 25 years of its existence, the Ukrainian
Studies Fund, led by Stephen and Maria Chemych
and owing to their vision, abnegation and ability to
inspire the enlightened members of our community,
has collected 53,700,000. The goal of the drive, as
expressed in a brochure of 1976, was 53,800,000. Does it
mean that we have to collect a mere S 100,000 more and
then disband the Ukrainian Studies Fund? Fortunately
for us, for the fund's workers, and for the spirit of
generosity of the Ukrainian community, this is not the
case. Ukrainian studies at Harvard are a healthy plant,
but a plant which still needs tending.
In my estimation, 10 more years of continued
scholarly activity sustained by a good fund-raising
drive will establish us for good — Ukrainian studies
will be no more exotic in Harvard's garden than
Romance or Germanic studies; in 10 years, we will be
able to survive, if need be, without outside help. Of
course drives''will contmue. If Harvard keeps collect­
ing money after some 350 years of existence, it stands
to reason that we shall do the same after a mere 35
years of activity.
To mark the present evening and its glorious
occasion, friends and admirers of Stephen and Maria
Chemych could think of no better way to honor them
and to repay their debt toward them, than to propose
the establishment of a special Chemych Fund in
Ukrainian Studies. This fund would pursue one of
several practical purposes. It could be used for
satisfying material needs of the Harvard Ukrainian
Research Institute which are not covered by its current
budget; or it could be used to support research or
invite lecturers in fields of scholarship not covered by
the present three Ukrainian chairs. I have in mind
religious studies or social sciences which do not fall
within the categories of literature, history or philology,
but which deal with issues that appear relevant to
members of the Ukrainian community. However, this
fund will also have a spiritual purpose: that of
establishing a lasting connection between the name
Chemych and Ukrainian scholarship.
The final task that remains to me is to raise my glass
in a toast for Stephen and Maria Chemych, for Mr.
Tarnawsky and for the field workers of the Ukrainian
Studies Fund and to wish them success in the work of
firing up the imagination of our community. I am also
going to ask the Chemyches and his colleagues in the
Ukrainian Studies Fund to join me in raising a toast in
honor of the foremost members of the Ukrainian
community gathered with us tonight, and who act as
choice spokesmen for the 10,000 contributors to the
Ukrainian Studies Fund in the past 25 years. May you
be forever remembered for responding to the appeal
launched by the Chemyches "and f o r supporting the
Ukrainian scholarly cause.
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Profiles... a delegate to four UNA conventions. He

f Newark UNA District Committee since
having a proclamation designating
January 22 as Ukrainian Independence
Day read and adopted at the regular
Maplewood Township Committee
meetings at town hall.
He was a charter member of the
UCCA committee which established the
first Ukrainian Festival in the Garden
State Arts Center in September 1973,
and he served as festival ticket chairman
for three years.
He is a member and officer of the
Ukrainian American Veterans, Post 17
of Passaic, N.J.; a member of St. John's
Ukrainian Catholic Veterans; and
served as national adjutant of the UAV
in 1965.
He was elected to the board of
directors of the Trident Federal Savings
and Loan Association of Newark in
June 1978; served as vice president and
interim-president, and is now vice chair­
man of the board of directors.
Since 1945, Mr. Keybida has been
actively associated with St. John's
Ukrainian Catholic Church of Newark,
serving as chairman of the St. John's
School building fund committee in
1951; charter member of the St. John's
Holy Name Society; charter member of
the church bingo committee; co-chair­
man of St. John's Ukrainian Catholic
Church building fund committee in
19S8 and co-chairman of the St. John's
gymnasium building fund committee in
1976. In 1965 was elected trustee of St
John's Church and continues to serve in
this capacity.
He was the recipient of the James
Gyuries Humanitarian Award at the
New Jersey State Catholic War Vete­
rans Convention on June 7, 1980, in
recognition of "high stature as a hu­
manitarian and for performing extra­
ordinary endeavors and sacrifices in the
field of human welfare."
Mr. Keybida has served as secretary
of UNA Branch 322 since 1965 and was
has been a member and officer of the
1972 and is an active member of the
annual New Jersey UNA Day Commit­
tee. Since 1970, he has served on the
panel of judges that selects and crowns
Miss Soyuzivka at the UNA estate.
In December 1979, he was selected by
the UNA Supreme Executive Commit­
tee to arrange and coordinate the 17-
day cruise to Nassau on May 24, 1980,
and to serve as tour director. Two
cruises were also sponsored in 1981, and
all profits derived were placed in the
UNA Scholarship Fund.
Mr. Keybida was a member of the
UNA By-Laws Committee for the 30th
Regular UNA Convention.
Mr. Keybida is married to Evelyn nee
Kalakura. Their daughter Andrea Seve-
rini, a tennis champion for many years
at Soyuzi vka and Miss Soyuzi vka in
1968, is a mother of 2!4-year-old twins,
Lauren Marie and Thomas Charles,
while their son Dr. Robert Paul, a
dentist, has two children, Christopher
Paul, 6'A, and Melissa Elaine, 4.
TARAS MAKSYMOWICH
SUPREME ADVISOR
Tares Maksymowich, a UNA'er for
40 years, is a member of Branch 368 in
Miami. At the 30th Regular UNA
Convention he served as chairman of
the Petitions Committee. He was born
in New York City on March 13, 1926,
and now resides in Miami Beach. He is a
secondary school social studies teacher Ukrainian American National Home
and holds a master's degree in educa­ and St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox
tion.
Church, both in Chester, Pa., and he of William Jr., staff real estate appraiser
Mr. Maksymowich is vice president serves on the Metropolitan Council of for Boston Federal Savings and Loan
of the United Teachers of Dade, Local the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Association; Lydia Maria, manager of
1974 of the American Federation of U.S.A
Teachers, and is a member of the Phi
Delta Kappa educational fraternity. Savings and Loan Association of Dela- contractor and builder in Swarthmore.
During World War II he served in the
U.S. Navy as a radioman.
Mr. Maksymowich has been choir
director at the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catho­
lic Church for 23 years and director of
ware Valley, vice president of the Vicon
Corporation of Maryland, and member
the Ukrainian Dancers of Miami for 32 of the Sacred Heart General Hospital
years. This group was seen nationally building fund committee.
on NBC-TV in the Junior Orange Bowl
Parade. Mr. Pastuszek's other activities in­
He is president of both the Ukrainian clude membership in the Rotary Club of
American Club of Miami and the Swarthmore, the Swarthmore Business­
United Ukrainian American Organiza­ men's Association and the Union
tions of Miami. League of Philadelphia. He has also
He is married to Anne nee Stec, and held office on the Chester Real Estate
the couple celebrated its 25th wedding Board, the Chester School Board,
anniversary in June. Mr. and Mrs. South Chester Optimist Club, Dela­
Maksymowich were both active in the ware County Board of Realtors, Rotary
Ukrainian Youth League of North Club of Swarthmore and the Associa­
America. tion of Delaware County Appraisers.
The Maksymowiches have three
daughters, Hanya, 23, Donna, 19, and Mr. Pastuszek is a former member of
Karyn, 17. All three sing, dance and the Ukrainian American Bicentennial
play piano, and belong to the church Committee of Chester, past president о
choir and the Ukrainian Dancers of the Delaware County chapter of the
Miami. The trio has attended cultural Ukrainian Congress Committee of
courses at Soyuzivka, and Hanya and America and co-founder of the Dela­
Donna have worked at the UNA estate ware County UCCA's Taras Shev-
during the summer. chenko Scholarship Committee.
For the past 27 years he has coordi­
nated and/or served as chairman of the
WILLIAM J. PASTUSZEK
UCCA chapter's Ukrainian Indepen­
SUPREME ADVISOR dence Day celebrations.
William J. Pastuszek, president of
He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania
UNA Branch 231 and past president of
Military Preparatory School and holds
Branch 388 (since merged), is a realtor
a bachelor's degree from Juniata College.
from Swarthmore, Pa. He is a member
He also attended courses at the Univer­
of the UNA Champions Club, having
sity of Pennsylvania Law School and
organized 28 new members, and has
completed
been a delegate to the 29th and 30th one year of ROTC at Penn­
UNA conventions. sylvania Military College. He served in
the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S.
Army, from which he was honorably
Mr. Pastuszek is a member of the discharged.
Mr. Pastuszek is married to Theo-
dozia nee Kiziuk. They are the parents
load forecasting for New England
He is also president of the Peoples Electric System; and Alexander, a

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will be held "...Here is an exceptionally able and attractive personality whose open dissent от a decade involved
і л і т in the attain of human rights activists. Ukrainian patriots. Jewish emigrants and Crimean Tatars. Hen is
Saturday, August 2 8 , 1 9 8 2 at 4 : 0 0 p.m. і the same man punished by four years of captivity, first in tails, then in the toils of the KGB's corrupt
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All members of the District Committee, Convention Delegates and Branch Officers \ campaign that eventually springs him from a Dnipropetrovske prison - and soon afterward from the Soviet
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PROGRAM: concern - philosophy Sometimes his thoughts are conventional, or tantatue one by not being developed.,
1. Opening Remarks. Afore often tht\ are highly intelligent and stimulabng - as when he discusse the Soviet elite's trend toward
2. Review of the organizational work of the District during the first 6 months of 1982. making itself hereditary or the need for the democratic movement tonndt і its platform "
3. Report of Chairman of the Convention Committee - WALTER HAWRYLAK.
4. Report of various Committees Chairman of the Convention Committee. PETER REDDAWAY
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Jewish-Ukrainian relations...
(Continuedfrompett 7)
those Jews who accepted Christianity
voluntarily.40
After a period of a century of relative
, race and reconstruction, the Jewish
mmunity in 1768 was caught, once
again, in the Haidamak uprisings
known as "Koliyivshchyna."The Ukrai­
nians were striving to renew their
independence, while the Poles were
attempting to impose "Catholicism on
Orthodox Ukrainians, and the Russians
were eager to put Ukrainian Catholics
into the Orthodox Church. In this
prolonged struggle, many Poles and
many Ukrainians were killed and, of
course, many Jews lost their lives,
too.'41 The Ukrainian Encyclopaedia
estimates that between 50,000 and
60,000 Jews perished during the Haida­
mak uprisings.42
Peter the Great did not allow Jews to
live in Hetmanshchyna (left-bank U-
kraine) by his Ukaz of 1721. His followers,
by their ukazes of 1727, 1738,1740 and
1742, sought to continue this policy.
However, the hetman's administration,
under pressure from the Kozak "star-
shyna," did not fully implement these
orders. But only about 600 Jews lived
there anyway.43
In the Zaporozhian Sich, Jews lived as
traders, but only in 1772 did they
receive the right to trade in the Sich
bazaar. Up to that time they had to
trade outside the fortress.
In Slobozhanshchyna, Jews were
occupied primarily with wholesale
trade, but their numbers were also very
small.
In right-bank Ukraine, the number of
Jews was large. There, the Treaty of
Andrusovo (1667) which partitioned
Ukraine between Poland and Russia,
provided for the return of the status quo
prior to 1648. The Jews, therefore,
returned to their traditional occupa­
tions — trade, financial operations,
arenda, etc. But there was also the
beginning of greater interest in trades,
shoemaking, tailoring, goldsmithing
and industry such as milling, ironmak-
ing, etc.
After the partition of Poland at the
end of the 18th century most of the
Jews, some 900,000, became subjects of
the Russian Empire. It was then that the
"Pale of Settlement" was established to
keep Jews out of Russia proper and
Hetmanshchyna. Catherine II, in 1769,
allowed them to live in southern Ukraine
(Novorossiyskaya Gubernia) and the
Ukaz of 1785 gave Jews equal status
with the Christian population in that
region.
In the 19th and beginning of the 20th
centuries, Jews lived primarily in right-
bank Ukraine. The position of Jews in
the Russian Empire depended on the
category of population to which they
belonged. For example, the Karaites
from 1863 were equal with Christians.
The so-called "Polish Jews" were limited
in various ways while "foreign Jews,"
from 1824 on, could not migrate into
the empire at all. However, tradesmen,
industrialists and various specialists
could receive special dispensations from
the tsarist government In 1870 in the
Volhynia, Kiev and odillia regions
there were also 56 Je ;sh agricultural
colonies with some 14,1 0 people. From
1844 the old "Kahal" c ^anization was
forbidden and the an ient internal
Jewish autonomy was el: nated.Inthe
19th and the 20th centui, a we also see
the pauperization of Jewb і masses as a
result of large population increases,
competition from non-Jews and various
governmental restrictions. The end of
the 19th and the beginning of the 20th
centuries are marked by pogroms. The
first г . , , и л in Odessa took place in
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
1871. In 1903-5 a new wave of pogroms
took place, and all of them were or­
ganized by Russian chauvinist Black
Hundreds.
In Austria- Hungary Jews received
equality with other populations only in
1860. In Ukrainian lands they con­
tinued in their traditional professions
with only 5 to 10 percent involved in
agriculture. Ukrainian villages were
almost completely under Jewish econo­
mic and financial control. The mono­
poly of propination was also in Jewish
hands. In 1870-1900' the development
of the Boryslav oil fields was predo­
minantly in Jewish hands.
The rural Ukrainian population
began to develop itself culturally and
economically only in the early 20th
century. The cooperative movement
which grew in the first half of the 20th
century was important in this process.
At the beginning of the 20th century
in Austria-Hungary some political
cooperation took place between Ukrai­
nian and Jewish political parties. In
1907 two Jewish deputies to the Vienna
Parliament were elected by Ukrainian
voters with the understanding that they
were to support Ukrainian demands.44
In the Russian Empire, during 1917-
20, Jews did not have a single political
orientation. They belonged to various
oppositionist groups. In Ukraine, they
had their own political parties -
Zionists, Poalei-Zion, Bund, Jewish
Workers' Party, Jewish People's Party,
or they took part in Russian political
parties. In Ukrainian parties, with the
exception of A. Margolin, and Z.
Margulis (in the Ukrainian Party of
Social Federalists) and J. Hermaize (in
the Ukrainian Social Democratic
Workers' Party) there were almost no
Jews.
Jewish parties entered the Ukrainian
CentralRada in July 1917 where 30
places were reserved for them in the
"Large" Council and five places in the
"Little" Council. Also in the General
Secretariat and later on in the Council
of Ministers of the Ukrainian Peopled
Republic there were several Jewish
politicians such as M. Zilberfarb, M.
Rafes, O. Zolotarev, A. Revutsky, la.
Vulf-Liatsky, P. Krasny, S. Goldelman
and others!
On January 8, 1918, the Ukrainian
Central Rada passed the law establish­
ing national-personal autonomy, which
in its liberal treatment of Jews was
unprecedented.45 Yiddish was recog­
nized as an official language. Jewish
schools were established, including the
Chair of Jewish History and Literature
at the University of Kamianets-Podil-
sky. The government of the Ukrainian
People's Republic had a Ministry of
Jewish Affairs, alongside which there
existed the Jewish National Council.
During the revolution a wave of
pogroms took place in Ukraine in which
everybody was implicated: White Rus­
sian armies persecuted Jews, Bolsheviks
persecuted wealthy Jews, Anarchists
under Nestor Makhno did the same,
Ukrainian guerrillas and even regular
military formations also attacked Jews.
The Ukrainian government tried to
prevent pogroms but was not very
successful.
In Galicia, the Jews were neutral in
the Polish-Ukrainian conflict but re­
mained loyal to the government of the
Western Ukrainian People's Republic.
They refused to send delegates to the
Ukrainian People's Council. However,
many of them served in the Ukrainian
Galician Army (UHA) within which
there existed even a "Jewish Batallion."
In the territory controlled by the UHA
and Sich Riflemen no pogroms took
place. But when Ukrainian forces
retreated from Lviv, the Poles attacked
the Jews in November 1918 for being
pro- Ukrainian.44
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 . 1 9 8 2
After the revolution in the Ukrainian
SSR in 1925, Jews comprised 25 per­
cent of the party and government
officials. In economic and financial
establishments they comprised 26.7
percent.
There was also an "agrarization"
movement. Between 1924 and 1930
some 162 Jewish colonies were esta­
blished with 9,526 households. In 1933
about 80,000 Jews were still in agricul­
ture. The collectivization of agriculture
and World War II destroyed them all.
The Ukrainian Encyclopaedia reports
that some foreign Jewish organizations
supported the "agrarization"movement
with a view of establishing a Jewish
homeland in Ukrainian territory. Such
organizations as Agro-Joint evidently
financed this effort. This movement
ended in Ukraine in 1938. Other centers
of Jewish colonization became Birobid­
zhan.47
In 1930, in the Ukrainian SSR, there
existed three Jewish National Areas: 1)
Kalinindorf near Kherson comprising
32 Jewish villages and eight with mixed
populations; 2) Novy Zlatopil with 40
Jewish and five Ukrainian villages; 3)
Stalindorf near Kryvy Rih with 11
villages. In 1931 in north Crimea
Freidorf was founded.48
In Ukrainian lands in Poland, Ru­
mania and Czechoslovakia the situation
of the Jews didn't change radically from
the pre-war period. But they lost their
trade monopoly. The Ukrainian co­
operative movement was especially
strong and competed with the Jews. On
the political front, there was some
cooperation between Jews and Ukrai­
nians. On the whole, however, the Jews
were loyal to existing regimes which
were considered foreign by Ukrainians.
World War II was the period of total
destruction of Ukrainian Jewry by the
Nazis. The Ukrainian population with
the exception of criminal elements did
not participate in this genocide. There
are many known instances of aid to the
Jews even in the face of the death
penalty meted out by the Germans.
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, the
primate of the Ukrainian Cath61ic
Church, issued a special pastoral letter
in defense of Jews and sheltered many
of them in monasteries. Several Jewish
physicians are reported to have served
in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army during
1943-5. It is, nevertheless, an incontro­
vertible fact that the Ukrainian nationa­
list underground did not make a public
stand in defense of the Jews. The
Second Grand Assembly of the Organi­
zation of Ukrainian Nationalists of
April 1941 which met in Cracow specifi­
cally labelled the Jews as the "tool of"
Moscow."49 The Third Extraordinary
Grand Assembly of the OUN, however,
which took place, August 21-25, 1943,
in Ukraine, introduced important
changes into the structure and the
political program of this organization in
the direction of greater democracy and
declared itself in defense of religious
freedom, and in support of all national
minorities and their cultural develop­
ment.50 The program does not mention
any specific nationality by name but one
can assume that the above provisions
applied also to Jews.
After World War II, the number of
jews in Ukraine became much smaller,
some 800,000. The Soviet official policy
supported wholesale assimilations of
Jews. There was no attempt to revive
either the Jewish national areas or
Jewish cultural institutions. Many of
Jewish activists became accused of
"bourgeois nationalism" or "cosmopo­
litanism." These anti-Semitic tenden­
cies were and continue to be supported
officially by way of anti-Zionist and
anti-Israeli propaganda.
No. 31
It is important to remember that
there was a remarkable and vibrant
interfusion of cultural life between
Ukrainians and Jews over a long period
of time.51 The first writer who wrote in
Hebrew in this area was the Kievan
Rabbi Moses Haboleh (1448-1529) and
he was succeeded by many Talmudic
scholars. During the Kozak uprising in
the 17th century many Jewish scholars
left Ukraine and settled in Holland and
other West European countries.
While Yiddish remained the language
of common use during this period,
Hebrew was maintained as the language
of prayer. The renaissance of Hebrew
and its adaptation to modern life was
inspired by the Kievan Jew Achad
Haam (1856-1927).
The individual who is commonly
regarded as the founder of the Yiddish
literary tradition was Shmul Rabino-
vice, more commonly known as Sholom
Aleichem, who lived in Ukraine from
1859 to 1916 and by N. Birnbaumfrom
flukovina. Jewish literature flourished
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
It is important to note that among many
Jewish writers writing in Yiddish one
finds the presence of certain Ukrainian
themes; these writers include Mendele
Moicher-Sforim, Sholom Aleichem,
Sholom Ash, Sholom Frug, B. Horo­
witz, M. Olifovich, Sh. Bikel, Rachel
Korn. A major segment of these Yiddish
writers emigrated from Ukraine mainly
to North America during thefirstthree
decades of this century. The remnants
of the Yiddish school were liquidated in
1950-2 during Stalin's attack on "cos­
mopolitanism." A number of major
Yiddish institutions were transferred
from Ukraine to North America such as
theater groups, etc.
Many Jews made major contribu­
tions to Ukrainian culture in Ukrainian
during the same period. Among the
best-known Ukrainian poets are L.
Pervomaisky, S. Holovanivsky, I.
Kulyk, A. Komshtein, A. Katsnelson,
R. Troianker. Among the best prose
writers and literary critics are: N.
Rybak, L. Smilansky, V. Toryn, L.
Iukhvid (playwright), A. Leites, S.
Shchupak, I. Stebun (Katsnelson), L.
Iurovska, O. Borshchakivsky, Ye.
Adelheim, A. Hosenpud, J. Hermaize,
O. Kurylo, etc. One of the most signi­
ficant publishers of the Ukrainian-
language books In the early part of this
century was la. Orenstein, founder and
owner of the Ukrainian Press in Kolo-
myia and Berlin.
40. Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva, op.
cit., p. 671.
41. Stephan T. Possony, "The Ukrainian-
Jewish Problem: A Historical Retrospect,"
The Ukrainian Quarterly, No. 2, summer
1975, pp. 141-2.
42. Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva, op.
cit., p. 671.
43. Idem.
44. Ibid., p. 673.
45. See for example Solomon I. Goldel­
man, "Jewish National Autonomy in U-
kraine 1917-20," Chicago, Ukrainian Re­
search and Information Institute, 1968.
46. Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva, op.
cit., p. 673.
47. Ibid., pp. 673-674.
48. Idem.
49. "Postanovy Druhoho Velykoho Zboru
OUN," Article 17 of "Political Resolutions,"
in "OUN v Svitli Postanov Velykykh
Zboriv," Munich, 1955, p. 36.
50. "Postanovy Ш-ho Nadzvychainoho
Velykoho Zboru OUN" in Ibid., pp. 90-103,
or in English translation, P. J. Po tichnyj and
Ye. Shtendera, eds., "Political Thought of
the Ukrainian Underground" (forthcom­
ing).
51. Entsyklopedia Ukrainoznavstva, op.
cit., p. 674.
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Panorama... and the 15-member Echo of the Steppes a The Bandura Ensemble of New this year's Ukrainian Day at Ontario
ensemble from the New York School of Jersey, dancers of the Ukrainian Youth Place, Toronto's harborfront playland.
(ContiBatdfromрак 9)" Bandura will appear in a program Association and the Iskra and Dnipro The 24-year-old athlete from Toronto is
Hutsul design. The area is the locale for featuring the Voloshky Ukrainian orchestras will be featured in the Ukrai­ the first North American to win the
the summer homes and studios of Start Dancers of Philadelphia, the Bulava nian Fest scheduled for August 29 at downhill championship. Afternoon and
Gerulak, Olha Sonevytsky and Yaro- Kozaks of Toronto,and soloist Evelina Action Park, Route 94, Vernpn, N.J. evening concerts in the Forum amphi­
slav Vyzhnytsky. Exhibits of work by Beluc with piano accomnanUt I mpM The Ukrainian day is one of several theatre will feature the Dunai Dancers
Edward Kozak and his sons, Yuriy and Verbytsky. 7:45 p.m. ethnic celebrations scheduled by the of St. Catharines, Ont., and the SUM
Yarema Kozak, and by Zoya Lymar e In Philadelphia, a Ukrainian Festi­ park, which bills itself as "the largest brass band of Toronto. Also planned:
were opened in July at the Ksenia val will be held at Robin Hood Dell East participation park in the world" with exhibits of crafts and Ukrainian coins
Motel. Down the road apiece, in to mark the city's tricentennial. Featured over 50 rides, Alpine slides, bumper and stamps in the Ontario Place pavi­
Lexington, N.Y., the Karpatia Motel performers include the Prometheus boats and 20 shops. lions, and an ecumenical moleben. Dr.
will host a seminar sponsored by the Male Chorus, the Voloshky dancers, a Steve Podborski, the 1982 World Peter Hlibowych, president of the
Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, mezzo-soprano Renata Babak, bari­ Cup Downhill Ski Champion, will be Ontario Council of the Ukrainian
from August 23 to 27. Prof. George tone Mykola Fabryka and contempo­ among the Ukrainian Canadian athletes Canadian Committee, is chairman of
Shevelov of Columbia University, the rary song stylist Evelina Beluc. 8 p.m. who will be honored on August 29 at the Ukrainian Day committee.
academy president, will survey the
status of the Ukrainian language, and І1ІІ1і!іі!ІІ11ІІІН)ІІІШ1ІІІІІІІІ1Ш111ІІ1і1ІНиі!ІПІІІШІНІІІІІІІІІІ1ІІіиіІІІН1ІІІІІІ1ІШШШІІШІ1ШШШШІІШІ1Щ
Dr. Israel Kleiner of Jerusalem will THE CARPATHIAN SKI CLUB OF NEW YORK І
discuss Jewish-Ukrainian relations.
under the auspices of the
a Eisenhower Park in East Meadow .ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINIAN SPORTS CLUBS IN NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA (USCAK)
on Long Island wilt echo with bandura will hold
melodies on August 9. That's the date of
this year's Ukrainian Night in the park,
THE ANN UAL
Senate passes. TENNIS AND SWIMMING COMPETITION
(Continuedfrompage 1)
RSFSR, USSR, 662620.
"Leonid Brezhnev: Until this day you
at SOYUZIVKA
IN OBSERVANCE OF THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY
have not wanted to listen to or resolve
our question regarding emigration from
the USSR which we have been trying to September 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1982 (Labor Day Weekend)
obtain for the past 22 years. The picture
of you together with your grand­
daughter was published recently in the TENNIS TOURNAMENT THE INTERNATIONAL
newspapers passed all throughout the
country.
for individual C H A M P I O N S H I P S of USCAK SWIMMING COMPETITION
and trophies of the
"We, the children of the Vash- S A T U R D A Y , SEPTEMBER 4, 1982 at 11 a.m.
UKRAINIAN NATIONA1 ASSOCIATION, SOYUZIVKA,
chenkos, have begun to doubt that you ^ C L U D I N G T H E B. RAK M E M O R I A L T R O P H Y ) for I N D I V I D U A L and TEAM C H A M P I O N S H I P S ,
have feelings of pity, love or humanity. SVOBODA, THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, and the UNA TROPHIES and RIBBONS
We conclude that you lost them a long sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. MARY DUSHNYCK
time ago. in the foiloving events for boys and girls:
Qualifications: This competition is open to any player
"We also desire to be together with whose club is a member of USCAK. - Singles matches are 8-10 and 11-12 age groups
our parents, but we are forced to be scheduled in the foiloving division: Men, Women, Women (35 25 m. - freestyle
separated from them and live in a prison and over), Junior Vets (35-44), Senior Men (45- and 55), Junior 50 m. - - freestyle
camp (several Vashchenkos have spent (Boys and Girls). 25 m. - - breaststroke
time in prison), orphanages or under the Juniors are persons aged 18 and under, while seniors are 25 m. - - backstroke
pressure of the Soviet 's atheistic system those over 45 years of age. 25 m. -- butterfly
of this country. This has become the Registration for tennis matches, including name, age, 4 x 25 m. — freestyle relay
destiny of our lives in the Soviet Union. divisions and the fee of S10.00 should be send to:
"Now we are forced to conduct once UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
again a hunger strike that has already c/o Miss Anya Dydyk 13-14 age group
continued for 10 days. 30 Montgomery St.,
50 m. -- freestyle
"When at last will humanity appear in Jersey City, N. J. 07302
100 m. - freestyle
your consciousness? And when will you Registrations should be received no later than August 25, 50 m. - - breaststroke
resolve positively the question of our. 1982. No additional applications will be accepted before the 50 m. -- backstroke
emigration? We are waiting for your competitions, since the schedule or matches will be worked out 50 m. - - butterfly
answer." ahead of time. 100 m. - individual medley
S C H E D U L E OF M A T C H E S : 4 x 50 m. — freestyle relay
Ukrainians... FRIDAY, September 3, — Soyuzivka, 1:00 p.m. Men's pre­
liminary round. Players Who must compete in this
15 and over age group
(Continuedfrompage 6) . j 50 m. — freestyle
quest for freedom. The man spent most r"6Undiwill be notified by the tournament committee 100 m. - freestyle
by Wednesday, August 25. 50 m. — breaststroke
of his life imprisoned and tortured for
SATURDAY, September 4, - Soyuzivka, 8:30 a.m. - First 50 m. — backstroke
his belief that all men should be free. round junior girls (all age groups), junior vets, senior men, 50 m. - butterfly
We at Pershing Elementary School women and women 35 and over, New Paltz, 8:30 a.m. 100 m. — individual medley
appreciate the "Freedom Program," Men's first round. Soyuzivka, 10:30 a.m. Juniors (all age 4 x 50 m. — medley relay
and we feel that all America's young groups). Nav Paltz, 10:30 a.m. Men's consolation round.
students need to know what price Swimmers can compete in 3 individual events and one
Soyuzivka, 3:30 p.m.. Senior men 55 and over. Time and
relay.
freedom has cost our ancestors and place of subsequent matches will be designated by
others all over the world who have been tournament director R. Rakotchyj, Sr. Registration will be held at the poolside on Saturday, Sep­
willing to give their very lives that we Players in men's division, scheduled to compete Friday but tember 4, starting at 9:30 a. m. Registration fee is S2.00 per
and our posterity may be free. unable to arrive on this day, as well as losers in the prelimenary person.
round, can compete in the consolation round.
After the essay was read, Rosale Swim meet Committee: R. SLYSH, O. NAPORA,
Because of limited time and the large number of entries,
Hand, Mr. Kowalchuk's daughter, players can compete in one group only they must indicate their HRAB, J. RUBEL, C. KUSHN1R, I. SLYSH.
presented an excellent film on the choice on the registration blank.
Ukrainian pysanka and exhibited py- Swimmers should be members of sport and youth orga­
Players who fail to report for a scheduled match on time
sanky, dolls dressed in festive Ukrainian nizations which belong to the Ukrainain Sports Association
will be defaulted. (USCAK).
costumes and beautiful cloths with
Reservations should be made individually by the competitors by writing to:
embrodiered borders.
The students truly did enjoy and Soyuzivka, Ukrainian National Ass'n Estate, Kerhonkson, N. Y. 12446; (914) 626-5641
benefit from the entire program. Later,
in their art class, the students designed REGISTRATION F O R M - TENNIS ONLY
Ukrainian pysanky which were exhibited Please cut out and send in with reg. fee of SI0.00.
throughout the school. The students
and faculty were delighted with this, 1. Name:
their first experience with Ukrainian 2. Address:
art. Several teachers bought pysanky to
display in their homes or to give as gifts. 3. Phone:
More programs of this type should be
4. Date of birth:
planned by other Ukrainian people to
introduce their beautiful art designs to 5. Event - age group:
all Americans. Sara Samuels
art teacher 6. Sports club membership:
Pershing Elementary School ,. Check payable to: KLK American Ukrainian Sports Club.
Orlando. Fla. ІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІІУИІІ—ІМІ1ИІ—ІУШІІНІУІИНІІІНИІГ ИІМ—іііиііиііиіиііііііиііііііііііііііііііі iiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiii
16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 1. 1982 No. 31

Celebration of Youth begins

PREVIEW OF EVENTS at UNA'S Soyuzivka resort
Saturday, August 7 be a raffle.
Advance tickets are S6.50 for KERHONKSON, N.Y. - The Cele­ Yuriy Furda, folk singer.Paul Plishka
HARTFORD, Conn.: The fourth adults, S3.50 for children 12 and bration of Youth at Soyuzivka gets Jr., and actor Volodymyr Kurylo.
annual Hartford Ukrainian Invita­ under; tickets at the gate are S7.50. under way today with a concert and art
tional Golf Tournament will be held exhibit. The afternoon concert will Guests will dance to the tunes of
today, at-the Edgejveott Golf Gob in ADVANCE NOTICE feature students of the Ukrainian Music Vodohray Orchestra from Chicago that
Cromwell. Institute. The Soyuzivka performing evening.
The tournament is open to all EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Music ensemble, under the direction of Halya An exhibit of works by young artiste
Ukrainians and there will also be a Association of Alberta is sponsoring Lewun, will stage a musicalrenditionof from the United States and Canada
division for non-Ukrainians. the seventh Ukrainian Choral Con­ the Ukrainian folktale, "Princess," a opens Sunday, August 8, bringing with
Entry fee is S40, which includes an ductors Seminar to be held from children's delight, complete with over­ it a colorful array of artiste and enthu­
18-hole round, electric carts, trophies, August 14 through 28, at St. John's sized props, exaggerated costumes and siasts who will par t ic ipa t e in a variety of
refreshments and buffet dinner. Institute here. Lecturers for the popular children's melodies. lectures and presentations about Ukrai­
Trophies will be awarded for low seminar include Volodymyr Kolesnyk nian art, theater and music.
gross, low net, the closest to the pin, and Zenon Lawryshyn from To­ Soyuzivka's Veselka auditorium has Among the presentations open to
longest drive and most honest golfer. ronto. For more information please been converted into a children's world visitors are:
write: Ukrainian Choral Conductors with the help of rainbow and butterfly
Last year, more than 90 golfers Seminar, 9530- 109 Ave., Edmonton,
competed in the one-day tourna­ Alta., T5H 1C7 or call (403) 447-3263 decorations designed by artist Larysa v "The Renaissance of Ukrainian
ment. Martyniuk, and an exhibit of art sub­ Theater; Readings of the works of
or 487-8274. mitted by children throughout the
More information may be obtained Kulish," by actress Laryssa Lauret and
United States and Canada, including a director Walter Lysniak, Sunday, Au­
from Bohdan Kolinsky, (203) 563-
collection of children's art from the
4072, or Michael Szegda, (203) 728- PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian gust 8, 7:30 p.m.
community of Philadelphia will Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in
5119. e "The Customs, Rite and Traditions
observe the tricentennial of the city Chicago. Also on display throughout
Children's Week are children's literary of the Ukrainian People," Monday,
Sunday, August 8 with a Ukrainian Festival of music, August 9, 4 p.m. and "The Origin and
song and dance on Friday, August publications and musical recordings,
coordinated by the Ukrainian National Symbolism of Ukrainian Folk Art" on
WINNIPEG: To mark this year's 20, at the Robin Hood Dell East Women's League of America. Tuesday, August 10, at 7:30 p.m. both
Folklorama festivities, the Ukrai­ amphitheatre at 8 p.m. (Rain date is presented by Orysia Tracz, executive
nian Cultural and Educational Centre Saturday, August 21). Throughout the week, children from director of the Ukrainian Cultural and
("Oseredok") is pleased to invite the The program is also dedicated to neighboring Plast, SUM-A and ODUM Educational Centre, Winnipeg.
public to view a choice selection of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj of the Ukrai­ youth camps will take part in a specially e "The Stylistic Development of
books on a wide range of ethnocul- nian Catholic Church and Metropo­ planned program of games, folk art and Ukrainian Church Architecture and
tural topics, beginning today, through litan Mstyslav, primate of the Ukrai­ films. Art," by architect Radoslav Zuk, on
Saturday, August 14. nian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Wednesday evening's program will be Friday, August 13, at 7 p.m.
The books will be displayed in the The program will include headlined by the Fedoryka Family о "Batik, an ancient and contempo­
center's spacious multi-purpose the Prometheus Ukrainian Orchestra from Dallas and the Krul rary art form" on Saturday, August 14,
room on the main floor, and the Male Chorus under the direction of children from Silver Springs, Md. at 2 p.m. by artists Oksana and Lavro
exhibit promises to be one of the Michael Dlaboha with piano accom­ Folk singer Bohdan Andrusyshyn, Polon.
most extensive ever assembled. In panist Irene Pelech. The Voloshky vocalist Halya Lewun and the students " And, at the same time, Oles
addition to the general public, tea­ Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Phila­ of the Ukrainian Music Institute, will Kuzyszy n, member of the popular Iskra
chers and all community leaders who delphia, choreographed by Alexander perform in Friday evening's concert. Band, will speak about "The Develop­
are actively engaged in ethnocultural Hraur and Sophia Janusz, will per­ The weekend marks the beginning of ment of Ukrainian Orchestras in North
affairs will find the exhibit of special form folk dances from various Darts the young adult portion of the Cele­ America, 1950-82."
interest. The books are mostly in the of Ukraine. The Ukrainian classical bration of Youth. Saturday evening's Next week: A preview of the second
English language and range from compositions will be performed by concert will feature soprano Lidia week's performances of the Celebration
cookbooks to histories, grammars Renata Babak, mezzo-soprano, ac­ Hawryluk accompanied by Oles and of Youth.
and scholarly studies. companied by Frank Conlon of
The center is located at 184 Alex­ Washington, and Mykola Fabryka,
ander Ave. E. For more information baritone, accompanied by his wife,
please call Mary Klymkiw, Iryna Fabryka. Contemporary music
(204) 942-0218, between the will be performed by Evelina Beluc,
hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. with Leonid Verbytsky at the piano.
The festival committee headed by
Monday, August 9 Dr. Peter Stercho, expects thousands
of people to visit the city govern­
EAST MEADOW, N.Y.: The eighth ment-subsidized Ukrainian Festival,
annual Ukrainian Night will be held among them high city officials.
at 7.45 p.m. in Eisenhower Park. It
will be presented by the Nassau CARTERET, NJ.: The Rev. Taras
County Department of Parks and Chubenko, and chairman Thomas
Recreation, sponsored by the Euro­ Lokos, announced that the board of
pean American Bank and coordi­ trustees and church committee and
nated by the Executive Committee of the combined organizations of the
America. St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox
Performing groups include Bulava, Cathedral will hold their 46th annual
the Kozak entertainers of Toronto; Ukrainian Day Celebration at the St.
the bandura ensemble. Echo of the Demetrius Ukrainian Community
Steppes, from New York; soloist Center and grounds, 691 Roosevelt
Evelina Beluc, accompanied by Leo­ Ave., Carteret, Sunday, September
nid Verbytsky and the Voloshky 5, from 1 p.m. to midnight.
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble from Featured will be the Ukrainian
Philadelphia. Cultural Program under the direc­
The show will take place in the tion of Catherine Hayduk which will
open-air lakeside theater, free of begin at 2 p.m. There will be a variety
charge. Bring your lawn chairs. For of Ukrainian foods, crafts, dances
further information, contact Wolo- and songs. For your dancing plea­
dymyr Billy at (516) 796-0494. sure, there will be two bands, The
LaddsT^and The Lazy K's from 4
Sunday, August IS p.m. to midnight. Other'activities
include games and prizes for the
RIVERHEAD, N.Y.: St. John the entire family. The public is invited.
Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Admission at the door.
will hold its 23rd annual outdoor
chicken barbecue. Serving time is
from 4 to 6 p.m. on the church ONGOING
grounds on Franklin Street, rain or
shine. Admission entitles one to half HUNTER, N.Y.: Olha Sonevytsky's
a chicken with a special sauce, baked gallery will have art exhibits through­
potato, corn-on-the-cob, pickles, roll out the summer months of July and
and butter, coffee and cake. Beer and August. All are welcome to view the
soda will be available. There will also exhibits.
Radoslav Zuk Orysia Tracz Lavro Polon