A symposium on anti- Semitism entitled, "The Rising Tide of Anti- Semitism: Deja Vu?" was a focal point of the confer- ence. A prestigious panel of international experts addressed the many facets of the threatening upsurge of anti-Semitism impacting on the global Jewish community. "Israel's Economic Independence: Tangible Goal or Impossible Dream?" was the subject of a colloquium at which American, British and Israeli businessmen ex- plored the important challenge of stabilizing Israel's economy through private enterprise and stimulation of foreign investment in Israel. Delegates were treat- ed to tea at the House of Lords, an evening at the theater and visited Oxford University. They also visited the Oxford Center for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, home of Bar-Man's summer program in Yiddish Language and Literature. Bar-Ilan's inter- national network of lead- ers enjoyed the hospitality of their British hosts and strenghtened their ties of friendship and commit- ment to Bar-Ilan. ♦ Karen and Irwin Berkley of Chicago with Belda Lindenbaum and Yehuda Halevy, Executive Vice President of the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University. • (Left to right) Gail Winston who with her husband, Emanuel, founded the Winston Institute for the Study of Prejudice with Belda Lindenbaum and Bernard Rix. ► Barbara and Bernard Stollman, Rita and Stanley Levy of Detroit with Lady Margaret Thatcher. V Lady Margaret Thatcher, Bernard Rix and Charles Dimston, Secretary of The American Friends. A Barbara Stollman, Chairman, Global Conference Committee, addresses the audience at the Anti-Semitism Symposium. Panel members included Rev. Dr. Benjamin Nunez of Costa Rica, Prof. Zwi Bachrach of Bar-Ilan University, Judge Hadassah Ben-ltto, President, International Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists, Prof. Irwin Cotler, Professor of Law at McGill University,_ Dr. Hanna-Renate Laurien, President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Per Ahlmark, former Deputy Prime of Sweden, Dr. Joseph Burg, former Member of Knesset and Minister in the Government of Israel. A Meyer Zeifer and Nina Rusman-Katz of Florida with Aliki and Peter Rzepka of Cleveland. ► Gail and Ephraim Propp of New York with Lady Margaret Thatcher. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY National Office: 91 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 212-337-1270 Allan and Patti Friedland and Leona Finkler of Canada, with Arlette Asseraf of Florida and France. • Bernice Levitt and Edith Agus of New York. rn rn CC 0 A N U N V " 11