WJC Spokesman Meets Opposition in Giving Details
of Jews' Plight in Arab Lands During Debate at UN
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
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it impossible to continue where
NEW YORK — The J e w is h they were, should be allowed to
minorities in some Arab countries go and their going\fapt‘ted.
Dr. Perlzweig pal tribute to
were passing through a phase of
utmost difficulty close to the worst France Italy and Sp4in who, rising
which Jews have experienced in above any narrow interpretation
their long history, a spokesman of political interest, had come to
for the World Jewish Congress
told the UN Human Rights Com-
mission here.
Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig, the
World Jewish Congress' represen-
tative at the United Nations, ob-
served that there were differences
in the treatment of Jewish commu-
nities in Arab lands. In some coun-
tries the authorities had taken ac-
tion to protect Jews against mob
violence. In other A r a b states,
however, Jews were imprisoned,
deprived of opportunities for a live-
lihood and restricted in numerous
ways.
Dr. Perlzweig made his remarks
in the context of a debate in the
commission on the violation of hu-
man rights. The commission had
Adopted a resolution affirming the
right of Arabs who had left areas
of military hostilities in the Middle
East since the outbreak of t h e
Arab-Israeli War last summer to
return to their homes. Dr. Perlz-
weig emphasized that to leave the
subject of the violation of human
rights without action by the world
community on the plight of Jews
in Arab lands would not be in ac-
cordance with the highset princi-
ples of the United Nations.
Dr. Perlzweig's request for
permission to address the com-
mission as the representative of
a non-governmental organization
with consultative status met with
some difficulty. The UAR dele-
gate, in spite of the fact that
the World Moslem Congress, an-
other non-governmental organi-
zation, had earlier in the pro-
ceedings been given an opportu-
nity to address the commission,
and had delivered a violent at-
tack on Israel, the United States
and Great Britain, insisted that
Dr. Perlzweig not be permitted
to speak on the resolution itself.
The Austrian delegate supported
the WJC's request to speak. So
did the delegates of Dahomey,
Lebanon, Senegal and Sweden.
Dr, Perlzweig expressed his ap-
preciation of the statement made
by the Iranian member of the
commission, who had urged the
universalization of the UN's in-
terest in human rights. He agreed
that action in regard to the Arab
refugees was imperative but the
same applied to these Jews in Arab
lands.
He emphasized that these people
were defenseless unless the inter-
national community came to their
help. No government, he said,
spoke on their behalf. He himself
was taking the liberty of speaking
for them because when they were
allowed to belong to international
organizations, they did belong to
the World Jewish Congress, a com-
pletely independent non - govern-
mental organization, which had af-
filiates in 65 countries, including
Western. Socialist. Third World
and Moslem countries.
Had there existed a recognized
procedure for the exercise of a
right of petition to the United
Nations, the many hundreds of
Jewish refugees from the Middle
East could have brought their
own case to the United Nations,
Dr. Perlzweig said.
Pending action by the interna-
tional community, Dr. Perlzweig
pleaded that the burden of disabili-
ties should be lifted from these
Jewish communities. Those impris-
oned or restricted should be set
free. Those Jews who were finding
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the rescue of many of these Jews
by giving them asylum, and in oth-
er ways.
He stressed that a solution to
the problem of Jews in Arab lands
would be part of a just and lasting
peace in the Middle East.
Survey Reveals Je ws From Egypt
Adapt Themselves Well to U.S. Life
NEW YORK (JTA) — Ninety
per cent of the small community
of Egyptian Jews in the United
States have adjusted well to life
in this county "and, despite their
recent arrival, have made useful
contributions to the economy of
the country by their professional
and business skills."
This was the evaluation of Dr.
Victor D, Sanua, associate profes-
sor of psychology. at Yeshiva Uni-
versity's Wurzweiler School of So-
cial Work in a study he conducted
here on the adjustment of Sephardi
(Oriental) Jews in the New York
area.
The study was undertaken on
behalf of the World Jewish Con-
gress and published in the Jewish
Journal of Sociology in London.
Dr. Sanua said that there are
approximately 450 Egyptian Jew-
ish families in the New York area,
virtually all of who came to the
United States following the -1956
Suez campaign when quota restric-
tions were relaxed owing to the
ill-treatment of Jews in Egypt. He
said that 90 per cent of them be-
longed to the middle and upper
classes in Egypt and that their
economic success "can be attri-
buted to their high level of formal
education and their knowledge of
several languages."
Many have opened businesses
while others have been employed
by large companies and quickly be-
came prosperous and self-suffi-
cient, the survey said.
Family Who Fled
Awaiting News of
a Relative in Jail
By PAUL BERNSTEIN
Three years ago, Mr. and Mrs.
George Ferrin arrived in Detroit
fom Paris with their two young
sons. They are Egyptian Jews,
whose families have resided in
Egypt for generations. In 1956,
when being a Jew in Cairo was un-
healthy, the family left Egypt,
leaving Ferrin's mother and one
other relative.
Today, the mother is in Israel
and the remaining relative is in
an Egyptian jail, his offense being
that which- drove the Ferrin family
out of Egypt: his Jewish faith.
Life in Egypt under Nasser is
hard, especially for Jews. No one
can be trusted, Jews are watched
closely by informers for the slight-
est hint of anti-Nasser feeling. The
men who come to your house to
check the electricity may be gov-
ernment spies checking the house
for Zionist evidence and its in-
habitants for Zionist sympathies,
said Ferrin.
A child who asks the Jew "Do
you think Nasser is no good?"
might report a positive reply to
the police. Even neighbors and
many old friends cannot be
trusted. "They talk to you,"
Mrs. Ferrin said of Cairo's Arab
population, "but ..."
It was these conditions in 1956
that forced the Ferrins to leave
Egypt. For nine years, they lived
in Paris until Ferrin decided to
come to the United States. With
the aid of the Jewish Family and
Children's Service, he was able to
obtain a job guarantee in Deroit.
The service also helped the Fer-
rins find housing in the Wyoming-
Curtis area and the father a job
in a department store.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferrin are con-
tent with life in America. Their
sons have learned English thanks
to television and exposure to pub-
lice schools. A daughter has been
born since their arrival.
Ferrin, who held an important
position in Egypt, likes his job,
and wishes he could go out more
and become active in the Jewish
community. He would like to learn
to drive so that he will be able to
take his family to the park in-
stead of relying on the bus for
transportation.
But Ferrin is worried about
his relative in Egypt. His
mother, before she left the coun-
try, visited him in jail and re-
ported that he is not being
beaten, although his diet in pris-
on is inadequate.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA) —
The State Department indicated
that the United States was moving
toward resumption of diplomatic
relations with Egypt and that *
Egyptian policies had improved.
The department welcomed an *
admission by President Nasser *
that his charges that U.S. aircraft
aided Israel last June were wrong.
Robert McCloskey, the State De- *
partment spokesman, said "we re-
gard President Nasser's reported
remarks as an encouraging de-
velopment." The reference was to
an interview with Nasser published
by Look magaizne.
The State Department official
said they regarded Nasser's ad-
mission as a constructive step to-
ward resumption of relations. Of-
ficials recalled that the main
stumbling block to resumption of
relations was withdrawal of the
false charge. McCloskey declined
to comment on whether talks are
under way on the restoration of re-
lations or on the situation in the
Middle East generally. He stressed
that the U.S. regarded the "focus"
of events as the United Nations
and that the United States looked
toward the Jarring mission.
(Foreign Ministry officials said
Tuesday that the interview with
President Nasser published in Look
proved the Egyptian leader to be
a "brazen liar."
(They said he tried to accuse
King Hussein of Jordan of fabricat-
ing the story that American war-
planes had helped the Israelis in
the June war although there was
an authentic taperecord of a Nas-
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in which the Egyptian raised the
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relative in Egypt to be released.
He and his family have adjusted
well to life in Detroit but their
happiness can never be complete
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