the campus a Jewish disaster appeal to young, counter -
culture youth, holds little
area.
The study was conducted allure for the 40,000 Jews at
in two separate samplings, American colleges.
The findings, compiled by
the first taken late in the
spring semester, in which Dr. Samuel Z. Fishman, a
15 campuses reported known Hillel assistant national di-
Jewish conversions to Chris- rector, noted that the Jesus
tianity. movement is directed to "the
A few large institutions— campus at large, not specifi-
the University of Michigan, cally Jewish students" but
the University of Pennsyl. that the widespread publicity
vania and UCLA — listed given to "Jews for Jesus"
"25 to 30." The others re- groups has created a false
or impression of extensive Jew-
ported "one," "two"
ish conversion.
"fewer than five." (U. of M.
evangelical
move-
Hillel has since revised its
The
ments, the study added, gen-
figure downward).
A followup survey during erally function "outside the
the fall term, covering 60 of pale of university campus
the same schools, showed ministries and, almost al-
that the missionizing efforts ways, represent a theologi-
of such groups as "well- cal, financial and personal
organized and well-founded" challenge to the established
Campus Crusade for Christ. ministry."
Hillel directors at the
which adopts a conventional
campus style, and "Jesus schools surveyed said that
Freaks" which makes its anti-Semitism was not "an
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The current surge of Chris-
tian evangelism is finding
few converts among Jewish
college students, a Bnai
Brith survey of 80 American
campuses disclosed.
The study, conducted by
the Bnai Brith Hillel Foun-
dations to assess the "extent
and significance" of the
Jesus movement at colleges
with proportionately large
Jewish enrollments, found
only a "negligible percent-
age" of Jews attracted to
fundamentalist appeals, al-
though "some form of mis-
sionary • activity" was re -
ported at 50 of the schools.
The findings, released at
the annual meeting of the
Bnai Brith policy-making
board of governors, chal-
lenged recent estimates that
as many as 7,000 Jewish
youths are being converted
to Christianity each year. -
Dr,
Alfred Jospe, Hillel
national director, described
;Lich claims as "zealously
overblown" for Jewish col-
lege students. "While aggres-
sive Christian proseltyizing
inherently constitutes a
threat," the present reality
of Jewish student reaction
"does not justify some of the
rising fears and alarm in the
Jewish community" Dr.
Jospe declared.
He rejected the contention
of Jewish spokesmen who
have intimated that the rise
in evangelism is "making
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identifiable factor" in any of
the missionary programs.
The most intensive activity
by the Jesus movement is
taking place at West Coast
schools, the study reported.
Campuses on the eastern
seaboard are next in popu-
larity.
"Virtual inactivity" was
reported by many schools in
the South and Southwest, a
region where fundamentalist
denominations are strong.
The study noted that Hillel
directors have initiated pro-
grams of counteraction, gen-
erally through lectures pre-
senting Jewish views of
Jesus.
One Hillel director report-
edly conducts sessions for
Jewish students on "every-
thing you've wanted to know
about Jesus and were afraid
to ask."
Rabbi Criticizes Self-Imposed
Isolation in Jewish Life
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, execu-
tive vice president of Bnai
Brith, critized the "turning
inward attitudes" in Jewish
life that "create self-isola-
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Cam- relations w ith Cambodia tion" from the social ills of
bodia has opened an embassy have improved recently and the nation and reflect a "di-
here to the satisfaction of the cite the Cambodian decision minution of faith in the de-
foreign ministry.
to set up its embassy in Je- mocratic process and an at-
titude of futility toward pos-
It is the first Asian country rusalem as proof of this.
Until now, Cambodia had a sible
improvement and
to have an embassy in Je-
nonresident
ambassador
ac-
change."
rusalem (rather than Tel
Rabbi
Kahn addressed the
credited
to
Israel.
Aviv) and it shortly will be
followed by South Vietnam
In Saigon, a South Vietna- closing session of the annual
meeting
of the Bnai Brith
with which Israel recently mese official said that his
formed diplomatic ties. ) government is interested in Board of Governors.
The board approved an
Israeli military and security
The Cambodian Embassy
$18,770,000 budget for 1973,
aid.
was opened•in September in
the largest in the organiza-
a quiet street in the Rehavia
tion's 129-year history, repre-
section of the city, but it at- despondent in Saigon, the of- senting a 6 per cent increase
tracted no press publicity till ficial said "South Vietnam over last year's budget. The
expects to get Israeli tactical emphasis in the new budget
DOW.
assistance in training and ad- is on Bnai Brith's youth pro-
The foreign ministry has yisory capacity to match the grams. which will he allo-
deliberately leaked the story, needs of Saigon with the with- cated 45 per cent or $8,640.-
apparently to counter the ef- drawal of the American 000, a 10 per cent rise over
feet of a Maariv report last units."
last year.
week saying that Cambodia
The correspondent said the
The board was told that
asked Israel to play down the official stressed that the idea private fundraising for Jew-
ceremony of establishing re- has been "coordinated with" ish communities that suffer-
lations between Jerusalem the U.S. and that U.S. offi- ed severe damage in last
and Saigon, which took place vials "favor it." summer's tropical storm
last week in Pnompenh, for
The official, who empha- Agnes produced $125,000
fear of offending the Arabs. sized that Saigon expeets to which will be distributed to
the hardest hit communities
The embassy is being run confirm(' the battle "against
in the Wyoming Valley and
at present by a charge d'af- Communist aggressitm," inch-
Harrisburg, l'a., and Elmira,
fairs, Son San. The ambassa- CHieti that his government
N.Y.
dor-designate, Keo Kimsaun, has heard of Israel's paramil-
is in Pnompenh where he is itary nahal settlements and
active in ceasefire negotia- may want to adapt them to
tions. Ile is expected early in its purposes.
January. There is presently
also an economic counselor
Historian Salo Baron
at the embassy.
Israeli sources stress that Knighted in Italy
Cambodia Opens Jerusalem
Embassy; Saigon to Be Next
MAN OF
THE MONTH
NEW YORK (JTA)—Salo
W. Baron, called the "dean of
American Jewish scholars,"
has been named to the rank
of Knight of the Order of
Merit of the Republic of
Italy.
It 1.s a pleasure to announce that
The award, made by the
president of Italy, Giovanni
Leone, cited Dr. Baron for
his "past and present con-
tributions to the knowledge
of Italian history and civiliz-
ation."
Samuel L. Kastner, C.L.U.
Dr. Baron is
professor
emeritus of Jewish history,
For November
has received the man-orthe-month award as the
most outstanding Representative of our Detrott-
Gold Agency. The award is in recognition of his
excellent service to his policyholders and our
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Columbia University, where
he served for 33 years be-
fore
his retirement in 1963.
author of the
monumental "A Social and
Religious
History of the
Jews," 14 volumes of which
have been published. A 15th
volume, on the history of the
Jews in Western Europe and
the New World in the 16th
and 17th centuries, will be
published early next year.
He is the
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