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Friday, Aug. 2, 1968
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
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by Nathan Ziprin
Apostasy Among Students
had thrilled millions of Amer
icans when he articulated Is
rael’s position before the United
Nations and that he had made
such a profound impression on
the country that he could be
elected President of the United
States if he ran for the office.
Reflecting for a moment, Mr.
Eban replied, “Yes, that would
be the one way of solving the
Israeli crisis.
(A Seven Arts Feature)
A survey released at the re
cent annual meeting of the
American Jewish Committee has
triggered much comment and
even wider concern.
In essence, as reported by the
press, it revealed a disturbing
trend toward apostasy among
Jewish college students. Hither
to when the Jewish campus seg
ment was under the microscope,
the search in a broad sense was
for assimilation. But now a team
of eminent sociologists has appar-
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ently dug much deeper, £md if
its findings are correct they pose
a problem of unequaled gravity
in the American Jewish com
munity since it means that the
community of our young is head
ing for irretrievable alienation,
submergence.
However, a more careful read
ing of the report—which in es
sence indicated that thirteen
percent of the Jewish youth on
the college campuses were apos
tates — render it less frighten
ing.
First of all, the survey notes
that almost half of those who
were listed as apostates on the
college campuses were later
found to have reaffirmed their
Jewish identity, though the cha
racter of the reaffirmation and
how it expressed itself is not
too clear. Secondly—at least in
the opinion of this writer—the
use of the word “apostasy” tend
ed to place the picture somewhat
out of perspective even though
the authors defined an apostate
as one who identifies himself as
having no religion after having
been brought up within a faith.
In the popular sense, an apostate
is one who has not only become
divorced from the religion of his
birth but who has gone over to
another faith. There is reason to
wonder how many of the stu
dents who were questioned
would have given the disturbing
responses if they knew their re
plies would be interpreted as
meaning they were apostates in
the general acceptance of the
word.
This point needs raising be
cause the "apostasy report,” as it
was called by the press, created
an ominous shadow over the
American Jewish community.
The American Jewish Com
mittee survey is an important
contribution to an understanding
of the situation, but we will need
more facts before we can write
off so large a segment of our
students from our books. Hope
fully the true picture is reflect
ed by those who said they re
turned to their roots rather than
by those who remained sunder-
od
BON MOT . . .
Undersecretary of Commerce
Howard J. Samuels tells the
story that when he recently vis
ited Israel he had the occasion
to spend some time with For
eign Minister Abba Eban. His
wife, sitting next to Mr. Eban
at a dinner table, remarked he
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Nixon Won’t Resign
From Club Over Bias
NEW YORK (JTA)— Former
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon’s membership in a New
Jersey golf club that allegedly
excludes Jews and Negroes was
spotlighted here when Sen. Clif
ford Case (R-N.J.) criticized
clubs with restrictive member
ship policies although he de
clined to rebuke Mr. Nixon di
rectly.
According to the New York
Post, Mr. Nixon, who is seeking
the Republican Presidential
nomination, defended his mem
bership in the Baltusrol Golf
Club of Springfield, N. J., and
said he would not resign be
cause, “I believe in working for
change from the inside."
Sen. Case had noted his own
and the late Sen. Robert F. Ken
nedy’s resignations from the
Metropolitan Club of Washing
ton, D. C., because of the club’s
racially restrictive membership
policies.
According to the Post, the Bal
tusrol Club’s president, Robert
Finney, said the club elected its
members “in the normal way”
but refused to discuss the ab
sence of Jewish or Negro mem-
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Booms In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
booming tourist activity in Israel
is expected to reach a new peak
in July and the rest of the sum
mer, reports from the Ministry
of Tourism indicate.
In the last 12 days of July, 50,
000 tourists passed through Lydda
Airport, nearing the total number
of tourists arriving last December,
which set the record. All flights
from the United States and
Europe are booked to the end of
the summer, and hotels are load
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bers. The club’s manager, Cad
Jehlen, was reported by the
Post to have said, ’To my know
ledge there are no Negro or Jew
ish members.” He added that the
club’s by-laws did not exclude
Jews or Negroes but that appli
cants for membership must be
sponsored by active members.
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