Serious Behavioral Problem Is Seen. Among Jewish Youth

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — For
the first time in its history the
American Jewish community has
a serious youth problem which in-
cludes a "growing behavioral path-
ology which cannot be swept under
the rug," a New York youth edu-
cator told a meeting at the Bran-
deis Camp Institute.
The educator, Dr. Graenum
Berger, a camp and education con-
sultant of the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies of New York, added
that loss of faith, failing family
controls and "a moral and patho-
logical decline" among Jewish
young people was evoking concern
among national Jewish leaders and
organizations.
Dr. Berger cited estimates that
35 to 40 per cent of the partici-
pants in t h e hippie center of
Haight-Asbury in San Francisco
had been Jewish, in asserting that
the Jewish "profile was never
more fragile than now." He de-
clared that "a decade ago Jewish
youth was not involved with sex
or drug escapades, alcoholism, sui-
ide charts and negative social
*actions" but n o w "a Jewish
youth problem is beginning to
manifest itself." •
Dr. Berger, who headed a dele-
gation of 13 eastern Jewish camp
directors, spoke at the close of a
four-day study of the 27-year-old
Institute's methods in helping Jew-
ish college students rediscover Ju-
daism's meaning in the modern
world. He lauded the Brandeis In-
stitute camp as an important "pilot
project" in using contemporary
techniques in efforts to re-involve
Jewish youth in a heritage" that
heretofore has protected strong
family ties and healthy social pat-
terns among the young."
Meanwhile, in Starlight, Pa.,
the director of the Bnai Brith
Hillel Foundation said that
young Jewish college activists,
like those of the New Left, who
oppose the "Establishment"
should not be written off as
alienated Jews.
But Rabbi Benjamin M. Kahn,
in an address to 235 Jewish student
leaders at Hillel's annual summer
institute, warned that the Jewish
community must show Jewish
youth that "its social concerns and
theirs coincide to prevent their
loss as leaders in Jewish life."
Rabbi Kahn said that a gap
which is apt to be "either tempor-
ary or superficial or both" existed
between these Jewish youngsters
and their parents, because the lat-
ter "fail to join them in their re-

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bellion against false values, mate-
rialistic standards and the status
quo."
On the other hand, according to
the Hillel director, Jewish youth
of the New Left not only seek to

identify with the Jewish commu-
nity but also to enlist its support.
He cited as examples, one campus
where Jewish activists asked the
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instead of accomodations offered
by a church, and another where
Jewish liberals joined with Israeli
students and Hillel campus leaders
to oppose an anti-Israel demonstra-
tion by Arab students.

Rabbi Kahn said that the large
representation of Jewish students
among campus activists — about
one-third according to a Hillel
study — was a reflection "not only
of the feeling of security among
today's younger Jewish generation
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`Brief Against Death' Bluntly Avows
Author Edgar Smith's Innocence;
Death Penalty Called Old Relic

Many faces will turn red and
consciences will surely be stirred
as a result of a challenging book
written by a man who is in his
eleventh year in a death cell and
continues to plead innocence.
Edgar Smith was convicted of
murder in Hackensack, N.J., in
1957. He claims to have blundered
in giving evidence in his own be-
half, he testified very briefly, he
lost numerous appeals, now he has
one more ray of hope and perhaps
his book written while in jail will
help him.
It was while in jail that he be-
came self-taught. He realized that
he had suffered from his lack of
knowledge and he took corres-
pondence courses, studied law, is
acknowledged to have become a
"good lawyer" and his book,
"Brief Against Death," published
by Knopf, is a testimonial to his
determination to bring the issue
into the open, to expose all the
deliberations, based on the actual
court records.
Smith's book, just issued by
Knopf, is a revealing document,
and like the Nat Turner case is
certain to stir interest and concern.
Of special interest is the
lengthy introduction to "Brief
Against Death" by the arch-con-
servative, William F. Buckley,
Jr., editor of the National Re-
view. Buckley already is known
as one of the country's leading
conservatives. He gained fame
on TV during the Democratic
National Convention broadcasts
in his controversies with Gore
Vidal. Buckley, having taken a
deep interest in Smith's case,
now is financing his latest ap-
peal. But the writing of this
book came as a surprise even to
him.
Buckley's statement, the thor-
ough record of all occurrences in-
volving t h e Smith experiences,
backgrounds, details, jury a n d
judge involvements — all lead to
the record that will become the
subject of great debate in this vol-

migrants and by professions or
skills. The investment authority
will also have offices under the
same roof to deal with people
who have brought capital with
them, and the same building will
house the labor exchanges which
place immigrants in professions
or jobs. All ports of entry by
sea and air will be staffed jointly
by ministry and Jewish Agency
personnel, he said, but the promo-
tion of immigration abroad will
remain the sole function of the
Jewish Agency. The latter will
continue its education for Aliya
(immigration) and will pay im-
migrants' fares to Israel where
necessary.
Gen. Allon said that Israel's
immigration laws apply equally
to wealthy and to poor newcomers
alike. Fund-raising organs abroad,
he said, will continue to have a
say in how the monies are spent.
The j o i n t government-Jewish
Agency coordinating body will he
headed by Gen. Allon and Aryeh
L. Pincus, chairman of the Jew-
ish Agency, who will serve as its
co-chairmen. The body will have
a directorate composed of Gen.
Allon, his deputy minister Arye
Aliav and Maj. Gen. Yosef Geva,
director general of the absorption
minister representing the govern-
ment and Pincus, his deputy,
Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum, and
Maj. Gen. Narkiss, representing
the Jewish Agency.

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The absorption processes will be
streamlined by housing all perti-
nent bureaus and offices under
a single roof, Gen. Allon said.
The ministry and Jewish Agency
departments will be sub-divided
,by geographical origin of the im-

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Gen. Allon left Thursday to
visit several countries, including
the United States, Great Britain,
Denmark and Austria.

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