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MEMBER: Lawn Sprayers Assn. of Michigan, Professional Lawn Care Assn. of America. BILL OLSEN, M.S.U. graduate, Ornamental Horticulture Call LI 5-2111 for free turf analysis Speaking to a joint gathering of the Solo Flight Singles of Temple Beth El and the Irish American Cul- tural Institute at Beth El, Briscoe listed the parallels between the Jewish and Irish people's sufferings from persecution. "Both peoples suffered for their faith. Both were de- nied their rights in many places." Briscoe said the most obvious example of the bigotry against Jews and the Irish is that both groups were forbidden to practice their faiths in many parts of the world. The son of the first Jewish member of the Irish Dail (Parliament) and first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dub- lin, the late Robert Briscoe, the younger Briscoe said , that out of a population of three million in Ireland, there is a Jewish commu- nity of 2,000 persons. In the Dail, which is comprised of 166 members, three are Jewish. Asked if Irish Jews were the targets of anti- Semitism, Briscoe said there is "individual anti- Semitism as is anywhere." Responding to a question on whether or not Jews are persecuted against in Ire- land, Briscoe said that to his knowledge there is "no re- cord of persecution of the Jews" in his country. In remarks following his talk, Briscoe said that most of the Irish Jews are consid- ered Orthodox, about 15 — percent Reform by Ameri- can standards. Some still speak Yiddish, but Briscoe implied that it is slowly dying among Irish Jews. He added, though, that there is • interest in Hebrew, and there are heders in which Hebrew is taught. Briscoe, who was elected to the Dail in his father's constituency following his father's retirement, said Irish Jews are active in causes for Israel and Soviet Jewry. He added that he was very involved in cham- `7-< pioning the cause of Soviet Jews. He spoke anecdotally about his late father, but added "my father fought for freedom in Ireland." Asked about his ancestry, Briscoe 'T said his family was de- 1 scended from Lithuanian Jews. On the topic of the war in Ireland, Briscoe said "this problem is the responsibil- ity of Britain." The violence, he added, "is a product of years of injustice." What about a solution? Briscoe said a commission has been appointed to draft a paper offering a solution agree- able to all sides to end the hostilities. Hinting at the economic situation in Ireland, he es- timated that country's un- employment rate to be about 16 percent. A move is afoot, he said, to attract high technology industries to open plants there.