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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1991
New York (JTA) — State
and local officials have join-
ed major Jewish organiza-
tions in denouncing racist
and anti-Semitic remarks
made by a college professor
affiliated with the City Uni-
versity of New York.
In remarks made last mon-
th, Leonard Jeffries Jr.,
chairman of the African-
American Studies depart-
ment at CUNY's City Col-
lege, accused Jews of
squelching the progress of
blacks in the United States.
Mr. Jeffries, who is black,
referred to "a conspiracy,
planned and plotted and
programmed out of
Hollywood," by "people
called Greenberg and
Weisberg and Trigliani."
"Russian Jewry had a par-
ticular control over the
movies. And their financial
partners, the Mafia, put
together a financial system
of destruction of black peo-
ple," Mr. Jeffries said. He
made his remarks at the
Empire State Black Arts and
Cultural Festival in Albany.
While Jeffries' comments
were made on July 20, they
did not come to light until
Aug. 5, when they were re-
ported by the New York Post.
The Anti-Defamation
League, the American Jew-
ish Congress, the American
Jewish Committee and the
Simon Wiesenthal Center
immediately issued
statements deploring Mr.
Jeffries' remarks and his
conduct.
State and city political
leaders also harshly
criticized Mr. Jeffries. Some
lawmakers, along with some
of the Jewish organizations,
called for his removal as
department chairman.
The ADL called on City
University Chancellor W.
Ann Reynolds to distance
the university from Mr. Jef-
fries' views, which it deemed
"reprehensible, and an af-
front to the democratic and
pluralistic values which
underpin our society."
Similarly, a statement by
the AJCongress condemned
the "repugnant attack on
Jews" and anti-white
remarks made by Mr. Jef-
fries, while the AJCom-
mittee accused Jeffries of
"the worst type of hate-
mongering."
And Mark Weitzman, as-
sociate director of educa-
tional outreach for the
Wiesenthal Center, said:
"There is no room in any
classroom for a person who
will manipulate and twist
facts for racist and anti-
Semitic purposes."
Mr. Jeffries was in Africa
and could not be reached for
comment. Bernard
Harleston, president of City
College, was on vacation but
issued a short statement
through the school's public
relations office.
Rights Conference
Opposes Nominee
Washington (JTA) — Jew-
ish organizations were
visibly absent when the
Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights announced last
week that it "strongly op-
poses the confirmation" of
U.S. Appeals Court Judge
Clarence Thomas to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Ralph Neas, the con-
ference's executive director,
announced the 185-member
umbrella organization's
decision at a press con-
ference at which he was
flanked by representatives
of black, labor, senior
citizens and women's organ-
izations.
Only two of the 19 Jewish
organizations that are mem-
bers of the conference have
come out against Judge
Thomas. They are the Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women and the Jewish
Labor Committee.
Agudath Israel of
America, which is not a
member, has announced its
support of Judge Thomas.
Most Jewish organizations
traditionally do not take
positions on Supreme Court
nominations. Mr. Neas said
that for that reason the Anti-
Defamation League, the
American Jewish Com-
mittee and the Jewish War
Veterans asked that they
not be listed as joining in the
league's statement.
But some Jewish groups,
including the Union of
American Hebrew Con-
gregations and the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, are
expected to decide soon
whether to take a position
when the Senate Judiciary
Committee begins confirma-
tion hearings.