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Jewish communities around the world will pay tribute to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, marking its 70th anniversary with a variety of observances be- tween this week and the end of the year. It will be a period of ex- pression of global Jewish af- fection for the most popular Jewish organization in the world which is called by non-Jews "The Jewish Red Cross" and is greatly re- spected by the governments of 30 countries in which it conducts its operations of assistance to needy Jews. In Washington, a special plenary session in honor of the JDC anniversary will be held today by the national leaders of the United Jewish Appeal and the leadership of the Council of Jewish Federations. A two-day semi-annual con- ference of the JDC will be held next week in New York. Congress will adopt a resolution marking the JDC anniversary.- In Israel, the government will issue a postage stamp in June hon- oring the JDC and an ex- hibition on JDC's activities and achievements will be staged by the Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv. ORT institutions in Israel in which some 75,000 stu- dents receive industrial and professional training will salute the JDC. The JDC al- locates $4.7 million a year to ORT for vocational edu- cation. Other institutions in Israel receiving financial aid from the JDC, including more than 100 yeshivot and other institutions benefit- ing from the 102 various projects which JDC con- ducts, will also celebrate JDC's anniversary. In the United States, the United Jewish Appeal is planning a traveling ex- hibit depicting JDC activi- ties worldwide. The UJA will also issue a brochure on JDC to educate current and future Jewish communal leaders to the historic and contemporary role of the JDC in helping millions of needy Jews overseas. Pro- grams on JDC's role in pro- viding life-saving and life- sustaining aid to needy Jews abroad will be con- ducted this summer and fall by Jewish communities in the U.S. using audio-visual material and video tapes. In Europe, JDC obser- vances are planned by the European Council of Jewish Communities, the central organ of Jewish com- munities in 20 European countries. In most of these countries Jewish corn- munities were liquidated by the Nazis during the occu- pation years. With aid from the JDC they were restored after the fall of Hitler. JDC observances will also be held in Morocco, Tunisia, Argentina and Chile. The worldwide obser- vances will culminate in New York with a festive dinner at the two-day an- nual JDC meeting in De- cember, attended by Jewish community leaders from the U.S., Canada and overseas. An outstanding event will The three R's of JDC: 70 years of relief, rescue and rehabilitation. be a "Founders Reunion" in the fall for descendants of all those who participated in the founding of the JDC in the Warburg Mansion in New York. The JDC operates on the principle of "mission ac: complished." Once it suc- ceeds in enabling a Jewish community to stand on its own feet and provide wel- fare, education and medical aid to its needy, it hands over the mission of main- taining the JDC-aided/– - stitutions to the local c munity, subsidizing the transition for a limited number of years. It was the dream of the JDC founders after World War I that the "emergencies" would be over and the JDC would be able to "go out of business." That dream was shattered by the furious pace of his- tory. The JDC has become the vital instrument of the American Jewish commu- nity, reaching out in service to millions of Jews, aiding Jewish communities in need and in distress. During its 70 years, there has been a JDC presence at one time or another in 70 countries. Moroccan parley could lead to new peace initiative: MKs Rabat (JTA) — Several Knesset members who attended the first national conference of Moroccan Jewish communities which ended here Monday night, expressed cautious op- timism this week that the event could herald a new Middle East peace initiative encouraged by King Hassan of Morocco. The conference, which opened Sunday, drew some 500 participants and obser- vers representing the Moroccan Jewish commu- nity and Jewish com- munities in the United States, France and other countries. A 35-member Is- raeli delegation, including 11 Knesset members, also attended. The Israelis were invited with the express permission of King Hassan, the first time a group of Israeli par- liamentarians have visited an Arab League member- state. According to Meir Shit- reet of Likud, the most im- portant result of the confer- ence could be to pave the way for a new peace initia- tive. It would be welcomed by Israel if it came from Morocco, he said, adding that King Hassan's prestige will be enhanced in the U.S. and among Jewish corn- munities all over the world for having the conference in his capital. Yossi Sarid, of the labor Alignment said he was con- vinced that the Moroccan king could play a key role by inducing Palestinians and Jordanians to join the peace process. He saw the presence of Israelis in Rabat as a first step toward peace in the Middle East and the promotion of a dialogue be- tween Arabs and Jews. Aharon Abu-ZHatzeira, the Moroccan-born leader of the Tami party, a partner in the Likud-led coalition, noted that the leader of the Israeli delegation, Labor Mk Rafael Edri, had ex- tended an unofficial invita- tion to the King to visit Is- rael. Linking abortion to Holocaust is protested Washington — B'nai B'rith Women has ex- pressed "great distress" about recent articles and statements that liken abor- tion to the Holocaust. "While we respect the right of all to express their opinions on abortion, we strongly object to the use of this false comparison," said Beverly Davis, president of B'nai B'rith. "The analogy trivializes the suffering of those who died and those who survive-1\ the horror of the Nazi c centration camps," Mrb. Davis said. "The differences are profound. Whether or not abortion constitutes the taking of a human life has been the subject of raging controversy involving per- sonal, theological and moral judgment. Hitler's systema- tic slaughtering of 12 mil- lion people (including six million Jews) was an act that was politically expe- dient. No one has ever sought to argue it on moral or theological grounds." C.;