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some other single Jewish
mothers and their children
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one half as the afikoman. Later we will share
it, as in days of old the Passover offering itself
was shared at this service in Jerusalem.
Among people everywhere, sharing of bread
• forms a bond of fellowship."
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The Institute for Single Jewish Mothers
■ provide you with resources and instruction to make your own Seder
■ match you alone or with your children with another family for Seder
■ arrange for small groups of single Jewish mothers
and children to have a Seder together
Please call and let us know your needs by
March 17. by phoning us at 354-1050 and
ask for the Institute for Single Jewish Mothers.
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Conference Urges
Attack On Racism
Strasbourg, France (JTA) —
More than 100 participants
from Europe and North
• America convened at the
Palace of Europe here last
week to attend an interna-
tional conference on racial
intolerance.
The conference, called
"Europe Versus In-
tolerance," was held March
3 and 4 and was co-sponsored
by the American Jewish
Committee, the Council of
Europe and the Foundation
of European Science and
Culture.
The Council of Europe rep-
resents 32 nations of
Western, Central and East-
ern Europe, making it more
broad-based than the Euro-
pean Union, which is com-
posed only of Western Euro-
pean countries.
During his introductory
speech, AJCommittee Presi-
dent Alfred Moses noted that
it was the work of interna-
tional bodies, national
governments, communal
organizations and in-
dividuals to combat racism
and xenophobia.
"In recent years the AJC
has commissioned a number
of attitude surveys in
various countries in Europe,
including the former Soviet
Union," Mr. Moses said.
"The picture is one of gen-
erally high levels of anti-
e Semitism both in countries
where Jews are still present
in significant numbers and
in countries where Jewish
communities hardly exist.
The general level of
xenophobia is dangerously
high," he explained.
"By narrowly defining the
nation to include only those
who are ethnically and re-
ligiously pure, all others are
excluded. In all cases Jews
and Gypsies are excluded,
but, depending on the coun-
try, also excluded are
Catholics, Moslems and
Protestants and 'foreign' na-
tionalities without distinc-
tion.
"The lesson of the past is
that individuals do make a
difference. Organizations do
make a difference. But it is
to governments that we
must look and hold accoun-
table for enacting and enfor-
cing laws that protect
minorities, civil rights and
religious freedom, and it is
to international bodies that
we must look to oppose
xenophobia and extreme na-
tionalism that operate
across international
borders," he said.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Elie Wiesel told the gather-
ing that more progress has
been made in the sciences
than in ethics or philosophy.
"Brains go faster than
hearts. One word defines the
fear felt by our contem-
poraries. It's 'intolerance.' It
threatens all that civiliza-
tion acquired in the past
5,000 years," said Mr.
Wiesel.
"Political fanaticism has
succeeded the religious
fanaticism of the Middle
Ages. The Europe we know,
the Europe we wish for, is in
danger of falling victim to
intolerance, to violence
resulting from it and to in-
difference stemming from it.
"I must ask for your
forgiveness if I express my-
self with some skepticism:
Alfred Moses:
Work involves everyone.
Culture is not always an
armor against brutality and
hatred. The only remedy I
know is memory. Let us
recall to all today the evil
and the misery that in-
tolerance brought down yes-
terday on mankind. Then,
hope will be justified," said
Mr. Wiesel.
In an interview with the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Catherine Lalumiere, secre-
tary-general of the Council
of Europe, spoke of the
organization's moral com-
mitment.
"Since our inception in
1949, our mission has been
to build Europe, to gather all
peoples of Europe. But from
the beginning our founders
stated that Europe should be
erected on the values of a
pluralistic democracy and
respect for human rights,"
she said.