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New York (JTA) — Jewish
organizations have decried
the City University of New
York's decision not to
dismiss Professor Leonard
Jeffries Jr. as chairman of
the black studies depart-
ment at City College, calling
it a "fundamental error"
that, in the words of one
organization, implies
"validation of Jeffries' anti-
Semitic and racist views."
The City University's
board of trustees voted Oct.
28 to reappoint Mr. Jeffries
as chairman for a proba-
tionary period of another
academic year, rather than
either dismiss him outright
or extend his chairmanship
by the customary three year-
term.
In July, the trustees will
vote again on whether to
keep Mr. Jeffries on as
chairman.
City College President Dr.
Bernard Harleston said last
week, in an interview with
the New York Times, that he
decided, despite being
offended by Mr. Jeffries'
remarks, not to push for Mr.
Jeffries' dismissal because it
would "deepen the sense of
crisis on campus" and pro-
duce "conflict."
But an official of the Jew-
ish Community Relations
Council of New York took
issue with that reasoning.
The fact that "a racist can
help to create tension and
then use it to intimidate a
major public institution pro-
ves that there is something
drastically wrong with the
process," said Kenneth
Bialkin, NYJCRC's presi-
dent, in a statement.
The decision to permit Jef-
fries to continue as chair-
man of the black studies
department "sends the ugly
message that it is acceptable
academic behavior to distort
history and promote racism
and anti-Semitism to further
a perverse agenda," said
Pam Shafler, chair of ADL's
New York regional board, in
a statement.
City University's trustees
"made a fundamental
error," said Alfred Moses,
president of the American
Jewish Committee, in a
statement. "It said that the
preaching of hatred should
not disqualify the bestowing
of honors, that political ex-
pediency is more important
than a strong stand against
bigotry," he said.
He also urged the trustees
to immediately reconsider
its decision. "The fight
against anti-Semitism and
all forms of bigotry on cam-
pus requires the leadership
to act and speak decisively,"
he said.
The area division of B'nai
Brith pledged to monitor Mr.
Jeffries on and off campus
until his chairmanship is
reconsidered by the univer-
sity.
"We feel it imperative that
Professor Jeffries be tracked
at every opportunity both in
the classroom and in his
public appearances to be
able to confront him, if still
necessary, in eight months
with hard evidence of his
racism and bigotry," an-
nounced Harold Shulman,
president of District One
B'nai B'rith, in a statement.
Mr. Jeffries sparked
outrage and racial tension
between blacks and Jews in
New York after speaking at
a state-sponsored cultural
conference in Albany last
July. In his speech, which
was laced with anti-
Semitism, he accused
"Russian Jewry" . of conspir-
ing with the Mafia to "put
together a system of destruc-
tion of black people."
He also described Diane
Ravitch, an assistant United
States Secretary of Edu-
cation, as a "sophisticated
Texas Jew," and on another
occasion described a col-
league at the college as the
"head Jew."
Since the board of trustees
decision, an editor of the
Harvard Crimson, Eliot
Morgan, has alleged that
Jeffries threatened his life
after an interview, and that
Jeffries had a bodyguard
confiscate the editor's tape
recording of the interview.
Mr. Morgan's charges are
being investigated by the
City University. The New
York regional office of the
Anti-Defamation League
has urged the district at-
torney to investigate the
charges as well.
In response to the allega-
tions, Mr. Jeffries reportedly
said that the Harvard stu-
dent "must have been sent
here" to add to the outcry,
"possibly by Professor Der-
showitz," a reference to
Harvard Law School Pro-
fessor Alan Dershowitz, who
has been a critic of Mr. Jef-
fries.
Mr. Dershowitz called Mr.
Jeffries' assertions an une-
quivocal lie, and Mr. Morgan
described Mr. Jeffries'
statement as "ludicrous,"
according to a New York
Times report.
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