Global Conference on Syrian Jewry
Demanded as Reports Worsen
T11;31E1100' -JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, December 31,_.1971.
Lagging Salary Scale Threatens
Jewish Teacher Shartage, Study Finds
NEW YORK—Salaries for full- .500 aud--ju ft* -iaday school
from $6,600 to $9,500; while in
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Two Gahal Eli Mograbi—were jailed for four the act in front of her father and time teachers in Jewish religious
the public school the median
brother when they came to inquire schools continue to lag far behind
members of the Knesset have de- and six years after being denied
ranges from $6,925 to $11,850.
those
of
public
school
instructors,
about her, according to the tra-
manded that an international con- defense counsel.
and
this
discrepancy
has
increased
• Less financial inducement is
Jews—Moise
Katri,
60;
his
reports.
velers'
Four
ference be convened on the situa-
substantially in the past decade, it offered to the Jewish teacher for
(See Commentary, Page 2)
tion of Jews in Arab countries, on wife, Victoria, 65; their son, Nis-
was
revealed
in
a
national
study
of
advance preparation, with many
the lines of last spring's Brussels sim, 28, and their daughter, Syrian UN Mission
the American Association for Jew- communities offering no induce-
Lisette. 13—have been imprisoned
conference on Soviet Jews.
i.ish Education.
ment whitsoever.
Vandalized
in
New
York
for
five
months;
no
one
has
seen
The idea of the new conference—
The study, submitted to that
NEW YORK — A police search
• Contrary to the prevailing
in which both Jewish and non- them since their arrest. Also jail-
Jewish organizations and person-
alities would participate—was urg-
ed by David Levy and Menahem
Yedid at a solidarity rally at Bar-
Ilan University for Jews in Arab
countries.
Moshe Shemer, a Jew from
Syria, told the audience that of-
ficial persecutions had reduced
the Syrian Jewish ghetto from
40,000 inhabitants to 5,000, and
that 60,000 Arab refugees and
terrorists are encouraged to at-
tack Jews.
In Damascus, he said, many
JeWish girls are forced to marry
Moslems, and the words "Israel"
and "Sh-ma Lisrael" have been
banned from publication and pray-
er.
The situation in Aleppo is even
worse, Shemer repoited, as the
ed were Joseph Swed, 25, and
Moussa Hebb, 22.
Two Damascus teachers from
the Alliance Israelite school—Jac-
ques Ariel and Jacques Attari-
have been tortured in prison. When
a group of women inquired about
them at the interior ministry, they
were told the teachers were dead,
which turned out to be untrue.
Three women from the remote
town of Kamishli have been jailed
since 1969, when they were sen-
temed to five-year terms for try-
ing to leave the country; they are
Simha Samekh, Jamila Najjar and
Jima Saleh.
Forty Damascus Jewish men,
women and children were re-
cently interrogated at the Jew-
ish quarter's military intelli-
gence department. Several of
them were subjected to tortures
including cigarette burns.
Jewish community there is tiny
and defenseless.
A 16-year-old girl was raped by
The following additional reports a policeman, who then repeated
of Syrian persecution have been
gleahed from travelers here: Five
Women and a child, among those
arrested for trying to flee the
country, have been released from
prison and put under house arrest
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Secre-
and are expected to go on trial
soon. They include a Mrs. Azur tary of State William P. Rogers
said
that Israel was willing to
Blanja, who suffered a miscar-
enter so-called "proximity" talks
riage during her detention.
looking toward reopening of the
Three arrested men have been Suez Canal but that he was un-
sent to a military hospital suffer-
certain about Egypt's position. He
failed to come up with the two
men and a woman who entered the
Syrian Mission to the United Na-
tions Wednesday and sprayed the
slogan "Let my people go" on the
walls in green and red paint.
The Syrian ambassador io the
United Nations, George Tomeh,
criticized police security for for-
eign missions. He said it took
them 45 minutes to arrive after
being called.
Tomeh also complained that calls
asking for police protection of the
mission received no response.
A spokesman for the Syrian mis-
sion attributed the vandalism to
the Jewish Defense League. An
unidentified man telephoned the
Associated Press Wednesday morn-
ing and said that the Syrian Mis-
sion had gotten "a taste of" what
"oppressed Jews experience in
Syria." The caller said "never
again" — the JDL slogan — before
hanging up.
body's governing council, under-
scores the contention that unless
career conditions are created in
Jewish education, the number and
quality of teachers will continue
to decline to the point of a disas-
trous shortage.
The first study since 1963, it
is the broadest investigation yet
undertaken. Sample data was pro-
vided by 300 afternoon Hebrew
schools and 50 all-day Jewish
schools in more than 40 commu-
nities.
Among the major conclusions
that emerged were:
• Salary increases for the Jew-
ish school teacher have lagged
far behind the Consumer Price
Index. Although the annual wage
of the teacher has risen marked-
ly, the dollar value of his earn-
ing has decreased substantially.
The median of salaries received
by teachers in the afternoon
school ranges from $6,925 to $7,-
Rogers Says Israel Ready to Enter
Talks, But Egypt's Position Uncertain
ing from the effects of torture.
They are Azur Blanja, Abdu
Saadia and Simon Bissou. Two
other men—Itzhak Hamra and
of the "disappointment" in the
Pakistan-Indian crisis but he felt
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also said that he understood Is-
rael's fears over assurances the
United Nations might give an agree-
ment in the Middle East in the light
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efforts toward working out a full
settlement of the Middle East is-
sues in accordance with Security
Council Resolution 242.
Discussing his telephone conver-
sations with the Israeli and Egyp-
tion foreign ministers, Abba Eban
and Mahmoud Riad, while they
were in New York, Rogers said
that Israel has "indicated its will-
ingness"' to enter close proximity
talks but that Egypt's position was
uncertain.
Rogers said that Dr. Jarring said
specifically he would resume his
efforts under the "principles pro-
mulgated" by the four-year-old
Security Council resolution, He
made no mention of the General
Assembly's resolution of two - weeks
ago favoring Egypt's views. Jarr-
ing's activity stalled after Israel
objected to his proposal of last
Feb. 8 that Israel enter talks with
Egypt by agreeing beforehand that
it would withdraw from territory
it occupied after the 1967 war.
"All nations," Rogers said in this
connection, "should do what they
can under his auspices." He
pledged the U.S. would work "dili-
gently" for the success of the
Jarring mission.
The secretary of state said that
he could see why Israel has fears
regarding assurances and guaran-
tees by the UN in view of its in-
ability to stop the India-Pakistan
fighting. After referring to "dis-
appointment" over the UN. when,
104 nations support "an idea and
it is vetoed by the Soviet Union,"
Rogers said that this brought "an
opinion that the world community
carried little weight." He stressed,
however, that "we cannot lose
faith" in the UN.
Two Israelis Wounded
in Clash With Terrorists
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Two Israeli
soldiers were wounded Sunday
night in a clash with terrorists
near the Lebanese border -' The
men were hit when their patrol
ran into an ambush while chasing
a terrorist gang that had crossed
into Israel from Lebanese terri-
tory. A water , pipeline was dam-
aged by explosives south of El
Arish in northern Sinai.
There were reports that the
Egyptian army is conducting mili-
tary exercises on the west side of
the Suez Canal.
Agricultural workers living In
the Gaza Strip and construction
workers in Israel proper are mani-
festing concern over Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat's war
threats. There has been a serious
delay in citrus picking in southern
Israel because several thousand
Gaza Strip workers do not report
for work. The pickers are reluc-
tant to leave their homes and are
occupied gathering foodstuffs —
mainly sugar and flour — in the
event of war.
The construction workers are
coming to work, but they are de-
manding that they be paid each
day for the work they put in. Until
now they received weekly salaries,
but fearing that war will break out
and prevent them from collecting
their pay checks, the workers want
to be paid daily.
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practices in public education, Jew-
ish schools generally fail to pro-
vide their teachers with adequate
welfare fringe benefits.
• Although one might expect to
find better conditions of employ-
ment in communities with a local
bureau of Jewish education, the
results of the survey indicate a
very' inconsistent pattern in this
respect.
• There appears to be no rela-
tionship between the conditions of
employment for the Jewish school
teacher and the size of the Jewish
community, or the geographical lo-
cation of the community.
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