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Jewish Leaders Conduct Demonstration at UN to Protest Imprisonment of Syrian Jews

NEW YORK (JTA) -
About 70 persons, including
Jewish leaders, gathered be-
hind a symbolic prison •fence
at the United Nations Sept.
29 to protest against the "im-
prisonment" of Syrian Jews.
The demonstration, spon-
sored by the Conference of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
can Jewish Organizations,
called on the Damascus gov-
ernment to end the "persecu-
tion, repression and depriva-
tion of Syrian Jews" and to
permit them to emigrate.
Rabbi Israel Miller, chair-
man of the conference, said
the protest was called be-
cause Syrian Foreign Minis-
ter Abdel Halim Khadam is
currently attending the UN
General Assembly session.
"We want Mr. Khadam to
know that Americans of
every race and religion are
profoundly distressed that
Syria's Jewish community is
being sytematically destroyed
by the Damascus regime,"
Rabbi Miller said.
He read messages from
Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R. NY)
and former U.S. Attorney
General Ramsey Clark. Jav-
its' message declared, "This
nation . . . must raise its
voice to arouse the conscience
of the world to the plight of

Syrian Jewry and the dire Jews to leave that country with the United States.
Brith and chairman of its of the 4,500 Jews in Syria
necessity to relieve their piti- for more hospitable lands if
Dr. William A. Wexler, international council, said in "no longer see a Jewish fut-
able condition. We cannot it wants improved relations honorary president of Bnai a letter to Khadam that most ure" there.
and must not remain silent."
Clark, who said he had
learned of the condition of
Syrian Jews as a delegate to
the International Conference
for the Deliverance of Jews
in the Middle East this past
summer, declared, "Until all
Jews who wish to leave (Sy-
ria) are allowed to do so,
until 'all Jews who wish to re-
main are allowed to live in
full enjoyment of their civil
rights, we must fight with all
of our strength to let Syrian
Jewry know that they will
never be alone."
Another speaker, Mrs. Hen-
ry N. Rapaport, president of
the Women's League for
Conservative Judaism, called
the condition of Syria's 4,500
Jews an "intolerable and dis-
graceful situation."
Appealing to the United
Nations Commission on Hu-
man Rights to intervene to
free the Jews of Syria, Mrs.
Rapaport said that "the pres-
ent situation constituted a
blemish on all mankind and
the world must find a way
to persuade the government
of Syria to let these op-
pressed people go."
In Washington, Bnai Brith
called on Syria to permit

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BOSTON - Hundreds of
questions of Jewish history
are now being asked - and
answered-not in synagogues,
b u t on college campuses
around the country. Educa-
tors and religious leaders
agree that there is a strong
upswing in Jewish identity

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and renewed interest in Ju-
daic studies among young
people today.
"We seem to be in the
midst of one of these cycles
of history which affect ethnic
groups by reinforcing their
awareness of their historical
tradition and group identity,"
says Professor Nahum Glat-
zer of Boston University.
"The civil rights move-
ment in the 60's created a
new ethnic awareness among
both blacks and Jews. The
'67 war and the continuing
struggle in Israel strength.
ened the times among Jews
all over the -world," he
claims.
Glatzer joined the Uni-
versity's faculty in 1973 to
teach two courses in .Judaic
studies. He was recently
joined by Profs. Everett Fox
and Allan Lazaroff of the
Department of Religion.
They offer eight courses
ranging from "The Sayings
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Mysticism." The department
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on the prophets of the Old
Testament, rabbinic Judaism,
and women in the Judaeo-
Christian tradition.
Free university courses
sponsored by Hillel House
augment the university's for-
mal offerings in Jewish phil-
osophical concepts, history,
culture, and the Hebrew
language.
Some 300 persons from the
local colleges and surround-
ing communities are enrolled
in over 40 courses ranging
from ancient history to cur-
rent political affairs. Accord-
ing to Hillel director Rabbi
Joseph Polak, it is the larg-
est active student organiza-
tion on campus.
There are an estimated
8,000 Jewish students among
the 24,000 currently enrolled
at Boston University.

10-Friday, October 4, 1974

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NEW YORK - Daniel
Yankelovich, one of the na-
tion's leading public opinion
pollsters; Sister Margaret
Ellen Traxler, executive of-
ficer of the National Coali-
tion of American Nuns;
Elmer L. Winter, president
of the American Jewish Com-
mittee, a n d Bertram H.
Gold, executive vice presi-
dent of the AJC, head the
list of speakers who will
address the policy-making
national executive council of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee at its annual meeting,
Oct. 24-27 in Los Angeles.
Other participants include:
Dr. David Lieber; - president
of the University of Judaism
in Los Angeles (West Coast
branch of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of Amer-
ica); Dr. Fred Massarik,
professor of behavioral sci-
ences, Graduate School of
Management, UCLA, and
scientific director of the U.S.
National Population Study;
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Temple Akiba, Culver City.
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ternational scenes, and de-
velop policies that will serve
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