Israel's Apartheid View Not Theirs,
South African Jewry Stresses

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reference to the beer hall inci-
"it is only realistic to recognize
dent, Prime Minister B. J. Vor-
that in the complex world of to-
ster "made it clear that foreign
ideologies were not -welcome in
day, Israel and South Africa
have to pursue their own policies the republic and anti-Semitism
in the light of their own specific
would not be tolerated."
complex situations."
The report stated further that
Porter said that Jews are
"in the over-all persepective, the
sometimes questioned on where
Jewish community is well inte-
they stand on their country's
grated and the Jewish citizen en-
racial problems, "There is no
joys f ull opportunities in all
Jewish stand on such matters,"
spheres." However it added, "views
he explained. "We face the same
expressed by the state of Israel
dilemmas and problems-that con-
critical of South Africa's race poli-
front all who live in this coun-
cies continue periodically to call
try. We participate in the politi-
for adverse reactions in the Re-
cal life of the republic not as a
public
and to confront the local
group but as individuals. There
Jewish community with special
is no uniformity of political view-
problems in the public relations
point among Jews. They include
field."
in their ranks supporters of all
There is no specifically Jewish
the political parties. There is as
viewpoint on South Africa's prob-
much diversity of opinion among
lems,
and Jews are to be found
the Jewish community as among
among the supporters of all politi-
the South African population as
cal viewpoints and trends, the re-
a whole."
Porter said there is not much port stated.
overt anti-Semitic activity in South
Africa today, but what there is re-
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The four-day gathering was ad-
dressed by Dr. Judah Shapiro, of
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Culture, and Mayor Ross Spencer,
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civic greetings to the Jewish com-
munity leadership of South Africa.
Other speakers included Teddy
Schneider, president.
The report took note of anti-
Semitic incidents, the most seri-
ous of which was a clash last
April between Jewish youths and
a group of German immigrants
who were trying to celebrate
Hitler's birthday in a Johannes-
burg beer hall.
It also cited a fink between
local anti-Semitic groups and
disseminators of anti-Semitic
propaganda in the United States,
Britain, Sweden and South Amer-
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