Senate Hears Call for Vigorous
Action on Soviet Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sen- country as guests of the Na-
ator Harrison • A. Williams, Jr., tional Council of Churches.
New Jersey Democrat, in a sen-
During the reception, attend-
ate speech invited attention of ed by more than 50 of Amer-
fellow senators to a call by the ica's top rabbinical leaders, as
Jewish War Veterans of the well as by leaders of the Amer-
U.S.A. for more vigorous action ican Jewish Committee and the
against Soviet anti-Semitism.
American Jewish Congress,
The senator pointed out that about two hours of questioning
in the last year and a half there took place in which rabbis
has developed "accelerated har- asked the visitors about the lack
assment of Russian Jews." He of an overall, Jewish religious
cited "the singling out of Jews organization of Russian Jewry,
for discriminatory treatment" the prohibition against matzoth,
the lack of Hebrew Bibles and
in the Soviet Union.
"Krushchev's cynical denials, prayer books, the closing of
while official Soviet machinery many synagogues, and the Sov-
pushes inexorably toward the. iet refusal to permit Jews to
extinction of Jewish • cultural- emigrate for purposes of fam-
life, had little effect on the re- ily. reimification.
Archbishop Nikodim, acting
prehensible actions of Russian
officials and publications" the as spokesman for the group, in-
senator said. "The closing of sisted in every instance that
synagogues and the incidence the Soviet laws permit equality
of so-called economic crimes, for all religions. He said 'he
punishable by death, are the wilil relay the questions to Rab-
most obvious facets of. The Sin- bi Levin, in -Moscow, when they
ister pattern of Soviet anti- meet there again.
Semitism." He quoted extensive
material on Soviet anti-Semit- Former U.S Envoy
ism.
in Israel Warns
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NEW YORK, (JTA) — The Congress on Nasser
Synagogue Council of America,
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-
composed of all rabbinical and
lay organizations of Reform, Greater American vigilance in
Conservative and Orthodox Jew- the Middle East was urged in
ry in the United States, an- Congress by Representative
nounced that it has officially Ogden Reid, New York Repub-
extended an invitation to Rab- lican and former U.S. Ambas-
bi Jehuda Levin, Chief Rabbi sador to Israel, in connection
of Moscow's Great Synagogue, with the current pfo-Nasser de-
for a visit to this country with velopments in Syria, Iraq and
a delegation of other Jewish Yemen.
Reid said that these develop-
religious leaders from the
USSR. It is up to the Soviet ments were "move.., directed
authorities to permit Rabbi substantially toward a strong
Levin to accept this invitation. military alliance against a back-
The announcement was made drop of inflammatory propa-
by Rabbi Theodore L. Adams, ganda." He cited the proposal
chairman of the Council's in- advanced by Iraq for a joint
ternational affairs commission, military command of the armies
at a reception in the Waldorf- of Iraq; Syria, Egypt, Yemen
Astoria Hotel, to 10 high Chris- and Algeria, efforts looking to-
tian religious dignitaries from ward a closer merger or union
the Soviet Union, headed by of Iraq, Syria and Egypt and
Archbishop Nikodim of the Rus- "inflammatory propaganda" by
sian Orthodox Church. The top the new president of Yemen
Russian clergymen are in this calling on the peoples of Jor-
dan and Saudi Arabia to over-
throw their kings.
Reid said that while the
United States had persistently
encouraged closer peaceful co-
operation among the countries
in the Middle East and welcom-
ed planning for coordinated
Satisfies the
economic development, the
political and military pattern
whole family!
which was "slowly emerging"
could 'be "a matter for serious
concern." He added that the
re-statement by Secretary of
1 IAA
State Dean Rusk "of our con-
cern for the independence and
security of Jordan and Saudi
Arabia was therefore most per-
tinent and timely."
Reid. reminded the House
that the formation on- Oct. 23,
1956, of a Joint Command of
Egypt and Syria with the stated
purpose of "the liquidation of
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