Boris Smolor's
'Between You
... and Me'
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.)
ACADEMIC MOODS: The treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union
and the existence of Israel_ are among the subjects most stimulating
to Jewish college youth. Other important issues of concern to the
campus and the Jewish community are: 1. The quality of Jewish life;
2. Jewish continuity; 3. Jewish education; and 4. Young leadership
development.
This is brought out in a memorandum by the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Fund's Committee on College Youth and
Faculty Programs. The committee is composed of about 180 lay, pro-
fessional, student and faculty representatives from more than 75 com-
munities. Its chairman is Mrs. Lawrence J. Weinberg of Los Angeles.
The chairman of its program advisory body is Dr. John Slawson.
Various sections of this committee serve specialized functions within
the overall concern of the national body.
There are currently at least 30 federations which—in addition
to the CJFWF national committee—have local college youth and faculty
committees functioning or are contemplating developing them.
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DRAMATIC ACTION: In their interest in the fate of Soviet Jewry,
Jewish students are highly articulate. However, they are not adherents
of the line taken by the Jewish Defense League. They are opposed to
terrorist acts or anything that is not within the laws of the United
States. They participate in protest demonstrations against the Soviet
treatment of Jews; they print and disseminate literature on this sub-
ject; they dramatize in many ways the equally genuine but staid and
reserved efforts of Jews who are a generation or two older. Their
active interest is considered as being of great significance.
There is an important and legitimate difference between the
student youths groups and the adult organizations with regard to
indicating their stand on the suppression of Jewish rights in the Soviet
Union. But liaison between the two exists and coordination of effort
is practiced. The central student body which deals with matters con-
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cerning the rights of Soviet Jewry is affiliated with the American
0 Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, in which all major Jewish groups
are represented. Local student bodies active in the fight for Soviet
Jewry function in all major Jewish communities.
The interest of the Jewish college youth in Israel finds its expres-
sion—among other things—in enormous growth of organized travel to
Israel. Some 25,000 youth of college and high school age have this
year visited Israel, a good many of them for study programs there.
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It is estimated in the CJFWF memorandum that this year approxi-
mately 10,000 youths were sent to Israel under community auspices.
Part of all of their expenses were underwritten by federations, Bureaus
of Jewish Education, synagogues and other community groups. The
trips may be as short as two weeks, or may cover a semester or a full
academic year's study.
At least 15,000 college and high school students have gone this
.year to Israel quite independently of any formal community-planned
programs. They arranged their own trips. There are currently about
25,000 American Jewish students in Israeli colleges and universities.
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COMMUNAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Most interesting are the facts
'related in the memorandum on how students and faculty members have
been attracted to Jewish activities in various cities throughout the
country. In Boston, for instance, an "umbrella" organization covering
more than 20 student groups, was brought into existence. In New York,
the federation has this year financed the establishment of a Jewish
Association of College Youth. Other communities have created Corn-
ns on Campus Affairs, Jewish Student Services, Youth Commis-
` signs and other similar bodies.
Jewish student newspapers are now appearing in various colleges
and universities nationwide. They claim a readership of more than
3565000._ Free universities, which offer courses in all phases of Jewish
life 'and scholarship, are now functioning in a number of Jewish com-
munities. Some of them worked out cooperative arrangements with
local universities under which the students receive academic credits.
Atfoithei_44illel Foundations have also inaugurated this year various
"no-c lit" courses on the campuses.
The percentage of Jewish youth in the colleges and universities
who are becoming Jewishly-interested is not yet what it should be, but
the College Youth and Faculty programs are making substantial
progress in reaching the students. There is good reason to believe that
the forthcoming academic season will increase the ranks of Jewishly-
interested students as well as of members of the faculty.
Israel Will Host Many Conferences
An increasing number of cul-
tural and scientific conferences
will bring delegates from through-
out the world to Israel.
The 11th annual Israel festival
will continue through Aug. 24 and
will be held in Tel Aviv, Caesarea
and Jerusalem, with Zubin Mehta
conducting the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, Daniel Barenboin con-
ducting the English Chamber Or-
chestra, and musical groups from
Italy, Switzerland, as well as Is-
rael, participating.
The Jerusalem conference on
accountancy will be held Oct.
24-28. -
The 19th International Congress
of Aviation and Space Medicine
will meet in Tel Aviv Oct. 24-29,
under the auspices of the Inter-
national Academy of Aviation and
Space Medicine and the Israel So-
ciety of Aero Space Medicine.
The international symposium
commemorating the 50th anniver-
sary of the discovery of insulin is
scheduled to meet Oct. 25-29 in
Jerusalem.
The 'second Festival of College
Choirs is scheduled for next Jan-
uary.
The International Society of Or-
thopedic Surgery and Traumatol-
ogy (SICOT) will hold its 12th in-
ternational conference in Israel,
Oct. 9-13, 1972.
Detailed information can be ob-
tained by calling or writing El Al
Israel Airlines, 24100 Southfield,
557-5737.
ant ers Refuse
to Delay Planned
Mission to U. S.
THE EWOIT JEWISH NEWS
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NRP Member Suggests Way to CO Gaza Peace
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The returning it to any part of Judea
whole of the Gaza Strip should be or Sumaria," he said.
encircled by Jewish settlements if
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to that area, Yitzhak Rafael, a
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mixed Jewish-Arab town.
Rafael stated that the strip
should remain inside Israel but the
flexibility might be shown regard-
ing areas closer to the canal. He
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—A leader
of one of Israel's Black Panther
groups said the group probably
would reject an appeal from an
American religious Zionist leader
that the group postpone for at
least six months plans to send a
delegation next month to the Uni-
ted States to air their complaints
of discrimination.
The appeal was made by Rabbi
Bernard Poupko of Pittsburgh,
president of the Religious Zionists
of America, which held its annual
convention here last week, during
a 90-minute meeting with Black
Panther leaders.
Rabbi Poupko told the Black
Panthers that their complaints of
government bias against them in
housing and job help were well-
known among American Jewish
leaders and being made known to
the general public. Rabbi Poupko
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argued that the Panthers' appear-
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ance in the United States might
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The meeting was held at the in-
itiative of Rabbi Poupko, who, on
behalf of the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, promised that prior-
ity would be given to Israel's prob-
lems of poverty and social justice
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and that this would be done both
within American Jewish organiza-
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tions and in their contacts with
the Israeli government. He then .
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asked for postponement of the
Panther visit.
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Panther leader Charles Bitton
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told the JTA that the group was
"not inclined" to accept the post-
ponement request, although the
seven-man Panther group prom-
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ised Rabbi Poupko a reply "within
a fortnight" before he returns to
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the trip to the United Staes was
being financed by a group of
Sephardic merchants and builders
whose names he refused to give.
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