…Israeli Consul Is Abducted, Tourists Harassed in South America WASHINGTON (JTA) — The kidnapping at gunpoint a week ago of Ernesto Liebes, honorary consul general for Israel in El Salvador, now appears to be politically moti- vated, according to knowledgeable Salvadorean and American sources. Radio station Y Su in San Salvador on Monday broadcast that it had received a manifesto from the "Armed Forces of National Resistance" (FARN) which The...…
…Cambridge University Is Seeking Funds in U.S. to Preserve Taylor-Schechter Geniza Collection WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Friends of Cambridge University will seek funds in the U.S. this year to help preserve and restore one of the world's most precious collections of early Hebrew manuscript material and Judaica, the famous Taylor- Schechter Geniza Collection at Cambridge, England. The collection was recovered in 1896-97 from the "geniza" ...…
…American Nazi Groups Were Major Concern of U.S. Jews in 1978 NEW YORK — American Jews worried more about a resurgence of Nazi groups last year than any other issue relating to domestic Jewish security. The intense Jewish reaction to a series of Nazi activities in Skokie and elsewhere came at a time when anti-Sem' ,ism and anti-Jewish discrimination in this country are at their lowest in more than three' decades. These were among the findings ...…
…Pope John Paul II Asked to Visit Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Yitzhak Navon has extended an informal invitation to Pope John Paul II to visit Israel and its holy places. Addressing a reception for Christian community leaders on the occasion of Christmas, Navon recalled that the Pope had expressed a desire to visit the holy places in his own Christmas address. "I am certain that I express the feelings of both the people and the governme...…
