THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Friday, May 1, 1970-21
Yeshiva U. Undergraduates Clarify
Position on `Nonsectarian' Trend
Expressing fears that "what's on
paper now could become a reali-
ty," a spokesman for a group of
Yeshiva University undergraduate
leaders told The Jewish News that
his group, the Concerned Students
Coalition, fears a trend toward
non-sectarianism at the New York
university.
Ninety-one students staged an
orderly demonstration at the
school's main center during a
luncheon prior to ordination cere-
monies recently.
In a long-distance phone call,
the spokesman said the coalition
seeks the preservation of Yeshiva
University as a religious institu-
tion. Toward this end it has made
three points:
It protests against the new uni-
versity catalogue for undergrad-
uate students "which implies that
these students needn't attend a re-
legious division at the same time
they attend Yeshiva College," the
undergraduate institution;
It wants the establishment of a
religious division, not just a few
courses, within Stern College for
Women.
It objects to the separation of
the Isaac Ehanan Seminary for
rabbinic training from the cor-
porate structure of Yeshiva Uni-
versity.
The spokesman for the coalition,
which consists of presidents of the
undergraduate schools' student
councils, plus supprters in the
graduate divisions, said that the
protest is in no way meant as a ,
slap at the president, Dr. Samuel I
Belkin, who is highly respected
among the student body.
(In a nationwide campaign, the
coalition claims that 5,000 tele-
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Amnesty Head
Defends Report of
Torture in Israel
LONDON (JTA)—The secretary
general of Amnesty International
has defended its publication of a
report alleging that Israel mis-
treated Arab prisoners. In a letter
published in the Times, Martin
Ennals criticized Mark Benenson,
chairman of Amnesty's American
section for dissociating the Ameri-
can section from the report.
He wrote that "Mr. Benenson
is not a member of the internation-
al executive committee which
drafted the document and was
therefore unaware of the confiden-
tial discussions with the Israeli
government" prior to publication
of the report.
The report, released here
April 1, denounced by the Israel
government as one-sided and bi-
ased. Amnesty itself conceded
that all of the charges of torture
leveled against Israeli authori-
ties came from the prisoners
themselves and could not be
varified. But it considered the
charges serious enough to war-
rant an immediate on-the-spot
investigation by an independent
commission. Benenson said in
New York at the time that the
report was "either sloppy writing
or biased; I prefer to believe the
former."
Ennals said in his letter that
Benenson was "unaware of various
proposals put to the Israel govern-
ment, including the appointment
of an Israeli lawyer to investigate
the evidence." He said publication
was delayed to enable the Israel
government "to decide on this
suggestion which, in fact, eman-
ated from Israel."
Israelis Help Produce
"The sickening part of this con-
troversy is that it's not over pro-
Parade in New York
cedure
or protocol," Ennals wrote.
NEW YORK—A team of Israelis,
comprising the staff of Neot Ke- "We are arguing whether human
beings
are subjected to 'torture
dumim, has agreed to aid in the
planning and programing of the or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
or punishment' as per
Salute to Israel Parade, scheduled
Article 5 of the Universal Declar-
for May 10 in New York.
ation on Human Rights. The human
Sponsored by the American Zion- element seems to have been over-
ist Youth Foundation in coopera- looked."
tion with 100 Jewish organizations,
the parade will feature floats and
decor depicting Israel as a land
blossoming from 4,000-year-old
roots. More than 50 floats have
been designed in Israel by the
artists of Neot Kedumim, under
the direction of artist Ran Caspi.
grams were sent in a matter of a
few days to Dr. Belkin's home.)
The spokesman said that the
"fuss was over a small amount of
funds which would be allocated by
New York state to Yeshiva Uni-
versity if it appears to be a non-
sectarian school. Private, sec-
tarian institutions do not qualify
for these funds under the so-called
"Bundy Plan." The spokesman
said the coalition does not feel
that increasing the nonsectarian
nature of Yeshiva University would
be worth the minimal funds in-
volved
While the coalition is not con-
cerned about the University cur-
rentlly becoming a nonsectarian
institution under Dr. Belkin, it
does fear that future administra-
tions might turn what is on paper
into reality, said the coalition
spokesman.
He estimated that half of the stu-
dent body is supporting the coali-
tion's stand.
It was announced later that
Orthodox theologian Rabbi Jo-
seph Soloveitchik has added his
support to the coalition. In an
address during the ordination
ceremonies, he expressed his
own fears at a nonsecretarian
trend. The coalition said other
rabbinic and college faculty
members are supporting their
cause.
Rabbi Solovetchik concluded his
address with an indication that
if the issue is not satisfactorily
resolved, then "I no longer have
a place in this Yeshiva."
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