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World Parley on Jewish Blind Seeks to Soften Their Plight
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Prior to leaving for Jerusa-
lem to attend a three-day
conference this week for the
Jewish blind, Dr. Jacob
Freid, executive director of
the Jewish Braille Institute
of America told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that
"Israel has not yet accepted
the normality of the blind
person."
The first world confer-
ence of the Jewish blind
took place at the Jerusalem
Hilton Hotel Monday-
Wednesday. It included
some 350 persons from Is-
rael, France, England and
the U.S. Israeli President
Ephraim Katzir will be hon-
orary chairman.
Dr. Freid, who is partially
sighted, said he hoped the
conference would be the
start of "a revolution in the
status and opportunities of
the blind in Israel so that
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Dr. Freid said there are
about 8,000 Israelis who
are considered legally
blind by U.S. standards,
having five percent or less
vision. Israeli standards
are stricter he said. To be
declared legally blind in
Israel one must have 21/2
percent or less vision.
About half of the 8,000
measure to this standard.
Dr. Freid said, "This is an
abnormally large amount of
blindness," proportionately.
The reasons, he said, Israel
has so many blind persons is
due to the poor medical care
received by many Oriental
Jews in their countries of
origin and also the vision de-
terioration of many concen-
tration camp survivors. In
addition, there are about
100 blinded veterans of Is-
raeli wars since 1948.
According to Dr. Freid
the problems of the Israeli
blind are three-fold: Firstly,
due to the financial strin-
gency of the Israeli econ-
omy, the government cannot
subsidize courses of study to
train professionals in spe-
cial education, rehabilita-
tion and vocational guidance
for the blind.
Secondly, the blind in Is-
rael don't have an equal say
in the agencies that affect
them. Dr. Freid said he
didn't know of any blind
persons who are board
members of agencies for the
blind.
Thirdly, there is little
acceptance of the blind in
Israeli society, many of
whom are "fixated at the
level of switchboard oper-
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marily referring to a "a quarter of a century be-
switchboard training pro- hind the U.S. as far as train-
gram set up for the blind ing and opportunities." The
by Dr. Nissim Higel which blind in Israel are now
Dr. Freid said was "suc- barred from government
cessful" but at the same positions, foreign service,
time unfortunate because and the army where, Dr.
"many of the blind can do Freid said, he felt the blind
much better than this level could serve in a back-of-the-
line capacity."
of employment."
In Israel there is still a
Attempts are being made
certain residual of the tradi- for the universities in Israel
tional belief that blindness to make available courses of
"is a penalty or curse of study in rehabilitation and
God," Dr. Freid said. Also, special education for tht
throughout the Middle East blind.
Echeverria in Israel for Talks
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
"Bienvenido Senor Presi-
dente," "Bienvenido Senora
de Echeverria," say the red-
green-and white-placards
on the streets of Jerusalem
in a greeting to Mexico's
President Luis Echevveria
and his wife, Maria Esther,
who are here for a three-day
visit.
Israel is the 14th port of
call on the Echeverria's cur-
rent world tour which will
end next week in Jordan.
Since Israel is not abun-
dantly blessed with visits by
heads of state, and since
Echeverria is considered
here a warm friend of Is-
rael, Jerusalem is making
every effort to give the
guests a sincerely hearty
welcome.
Officials here say they
expect tough and frank
talks with the Mexican
leader — who does not hide
his deep differences of out-
look with Israel on matters
of fundamental importance
in the Mideast conflict.
will argue forthrightly
with his Israeli hosts on
behalf of self-determina-
tion for the Palestinian
people, a cause which he
has consistently sup-
ported.
(Self-determination as a
political principle of univer-
sal application is almost a
part of the Mexican ethos,
say observers of Mexican
politics.)
He will argue, too,
against the acquisition of
territory by force — a cardi-
nal and consistent plank of
Mexican political philoso-
phy. Mexico itself had vast
areas of fertile land taken
by forCe by the U.S. — (Cal-
ifornia, Texas, New Mexico)
— and partly as a result of
that it firmly opposes such
phenomena in others parts
of the world.
Meanwhile, Mexico's
Ambassador to Israel, Dr.
Benito Berlin, reiterated
Echeverria's statement in
KuWait that Mexico will
oppose Arab attempts to
Thus, Echeverria has oust Israel from the
already indicated that he United Nations during the
meeting this month in
Lima, Peru of foreign min-
isters of 70 non-aligned na-
tions.
Dr. Berlin said that al-
though Mexico will be only
an observer at the Lima con-
ference, Mexico will exert
its influence to prevent the
adoption of any resolution
calling for Israel's expul-
sion.
NY Regents Board
to Review CUNY
Admissions Poicy
NEW YORK — Charging
that admission to the City
University of New York's
medical training program
last year was "unfair, dis-
criminatory and based o: -
racial categories and quo-•
tas," the American Jewish
Congress has called on the
State Board of Regents to
launch "a through and im-
mediate review of the 1974
admissions process" to pre-
vent future abuses.
In response to charges
that racial preferences had
been employed in choosing
the September 1974 enter-
ing class, an independent in-
quiry ordered by the New
York City Board of Higher
Education and made by
CUNY Chancellor Robert J.
Kibbee found that racial
lists of candidates had been
used in the selection proc-
ess. Dr. Kibbee's report was
issued on June 18, 1974.