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VOL. 53 NO. 19
MAY 8, 1975 - IYAR 27
Job Layoffs Hit Jews In Major Cities Many
Of The Service Enterprises Are Hardest Hit
1 Security Guard Seizes
Israeli Consulate
JOHANNESBURG - A woman hostage shouts to
police below from a window of the Israeli consulate in
Johannesburg during a 21-hour seige of the office. A 26-
year-old Jewish South African security guard at the
consulate named David Protter took 21 persons
hostage, killed three persons and wounded 37 before
surrendering. Protter, who fought for Israel in the 1973
Arab-Israeli war, said he had a grievance against the
Israeli government.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
By Ben Gallob
NEW YORK (JTA) -
Jews in the professional,
managerial and . technical
fields have been hara mt Dy
layoffs in recent months in
four major urban centers —
New York City, Chicago, Los
Angeles and Miami — but
much less affected by
recession firings in 11 other
cities surveyed by the
Jewish Occupational Council
last month. Mr. Louis A.
Bernhard, president of the
JOC;- the coordinating
agency for Jewish job
agencies in the United States
and Canada, said the survey
was carried out by telephone
to affiliates during the week
of April 14. The findings
were in line with the em¬
ployment distribution of
American Jews. Jews were
reported less affected by
layoffs in cities where heavy
industry predominates and
more hit in cities with many
service enterprises. In
virtually all of the reporting
cities, recent Jewish college
graduates with no ex¬
perience are generally
unable to find jobs, ac¬
cording to Henry B. Stern,
JOC executive director. In
ADL Charges Florida Firm Cooperates
With Arab Discrimination Policies
MIAMI (JTA) - The
Florida regional office of the
Anti - Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith has charged
that a Florida company with
construction interests in the
Middle East is cooperating
with Arab discrimination
- policies in its recruitment of
employees. ADL regional
board chairman George
Bernstein' announced at a
press conference here that
the ADL- will file a formal
charge of discrimination in
employment against
McGraw & Associates of
Ormond Beach, Fla. Bern¬
stein said McGraw &
Associates placed an ad¬
vertisement in a Florida
newspaper for "immediate
job opportunities in (the)
Middle East" on a $70
million project. The ad¬
vertisement warned
«potential applicants: "We
trust that you are aware of
the discrimination policies of
the Arab ' world before
replying to this ad." Some
Arab countries bar Jews
from entry and the ad¬
vertisement clearly is in
response to this policy,
Bernstein   said.    Arthur
' Teitelbaum, ADL's southern
area director, said the ad¬
vertisement., is a "blatant
and shocking violation of
federal law, specifically
provisions of the 1964 Civil
Rights Act.". Describing the'
ad as a "shameful
capitulation by an American
company to        the
discriminatory   policies   of
the Arab states," he said
such employment practices
are a threat to every
American worker's right to
be employed without regard
to religious beliefs.
Teitelbaum said ADL is now
in the process of preparing
its complaint, which will be
filed with the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission.     Bernstein
stated, "we cannot tolerate
efforts by Arab governments
to encourage and procure
American firms to violate
the laws of the United States.
This represents a totally
unacceptable intereference
by foreign governments
which subvert the rights of
American citizens and our
system of justice."
Author Relates Holocaust
To Present World Events
By Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle Special Reporter
A senior Israeli diplomat,
author of a new book relating
the Nazi holocaust to present
- day world events, believes
it is the obligation of Jews
throughout the world to
convince the nations of the
free world that Arab anti-
Zionism is in fact the same
kind of anti-Semitism that
led to the_slaughter of six
million Jews 30 years ago.
Dr. Aba Gefen, director of
the cultural .and scientific
relations division of the
Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, is in the United
States to discuss the current
Middle East situation with
civic, religious, govern¬
mental and educational
leaders,
His book, "Unholy
Alliance," will be published
in the United States later this
month.
In an interview with the
Chronicle,' Dr. Gefen said the
Dr. Aba Gefen
purpose of his book is "not to
agonize on the bitter past,
but to make sure that the
world doesn't repeat the
same mistakes and let it
happen again."
"Tragically," he said,
"even the holocaust of World
War II did not put an end to.
anti-Semitism. But, since
that word is no longer ac¬
ceptable, our enemies have
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New York City, home
of two million Jews,
the Federation Guid¬
ance and Employment
Service reported a growing
problem in handling job
applicants in the
professional - managerial -
technical fields. The FEGS
'file of job seekers in those
categories has jumped from
1000  to • nearly  2000.   The
McGovern States Concessions
Necessary For Lasting Peace
by Bob Tenenbaum
Chronicle Special Reporter
U.S. Sen. George S.
McGovern (D.—S.D.) says
major concessions on the
part'of the Israeli govern¬
ment and an Arab guarantee
of permanent security for
Israel are necessary if there
is to be any hope of a lasting
peace in the Middle East.
McGovern, who recently
returned from a tour of the
area,; fold' the Chroriiclelne"
situation is "as close to
hopeless as it can be — but it
is not completely hopeless."
McGovern's proposal to
bring about a lasting set'
tlement calls for:
—Israeli withdrawal from
occupied territory back to
within its 1967 borders.
—Israeli recognition of an
independent Palestinian
state.
—Arab agreement to
guarantee the permanent
safety of Israel as an in¬
dependent nation.
The 1972 Democratic
Presidential nominee said
that in his talks with Israeli,
Arab and Palestinian
leaders he had come to
"understand henry
Kissinger's frustration in
trying' to bring about a
settlement."
"Fortunately, there are
some leaders on all sides
who are reasonable,"
McGovern said. "They may
be in the minority, but their
numbers are growing."
"The fact that Israel and
"Egypt have talked to each
other — even if through
intermediaries indicates
they are at least aware of
each other's presence,"
McGovern said: |
. "But the simple fact is that
the Arabs will never accept
the present boundaries,
which they consider the
boundaries of conquest," he
said.
"And if the Arabs want
Israel to give up even one
inch of territory, they must
recognize Israel as a per¬
manent presence in the
Middle East and act ac¬
cordingly."
McGovern, who was
criticized by many in the
American Jewish com¬
munity for meeting with
Palestinian leaders, said he
believes the three million
Palestinians living in the
area "want some
legitimacy, and they are as
entitled to it as much as the
IsraeHs."
McGovern said he would
not oppose the use of U.S.
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FEGS said that, in seeking to
develop openings for such
job hunters, it is sending
promotional - bulletins
regularly to 1000 social
agencies and to 2000 business
firms, in addition to an in-
tensive telephone
solicitation effort. Ap¬
plicants with experience who
were formerly resistant to
leaving the New York area
are now more amenable to
re-locating, the agency said.
The FEGS said job openings
for new college graduates in
social agencies, previously
available to graduates
without a Masters degree,
have, disappeared as a result
of layoffs and tightening
personnel programs of the
city and the state. In sum¬
mary, the FEGS reported,
the general job picture in
New York City is not bright
because of changes in the
garment, industry and
contractions in printing,
construction and govern¬
ment.
The    Chicago    Jewish
Vocational     Service
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The World's Week
WASHINGTON (WNS) - Sen. Charles Percy (R. Ill)
has urged "face-to-face negotiations" between Israel
and the Arabs in a 91-page report to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. Percy, who recently completed
a 23-day, 12-nation tour of the Middle East, warned his
fellow committee members that a "very real danger
exists" of a fifth Arab • Israeli war this year unless
"significant negotiating progress is made in the near
future." Percy also urged that "efforts for a pre-
Geneva arrangement — either partial or total — be
accelerated'and pursued on an urgent basis" because
the "suspension" of the step-by-step negotiations
conducted by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger
"raises the specter of further stalemate at Geneva."
MONTREAL (WNS) - A report that several
members of the Palestine Liberation Organization
have visited the site of the 1976 Olympic games here
has brought about a change in security measures,
Normand Toupin, assistant director of the Mon¬
treal Police Force, told newsmen. He asked them to
refrain from leaking information on security
measures. "We have learned enough from the Munich
tragedy so that under no circumstances will that kind
of thing be repeated_here," he said. Eleven Israeli
athletes were murdered in an Arab terrorist attack
during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich.
WASHINGTON (WNS) - The style of Sabbath and
holiday services among American Jewish college
students is being changed by the feminist movement,
according to a report by the B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundations. A Hillel survey found that it is not un¬
common for women to be counted as part of the
mihyan in campus services, serve as cantor, read from
the Torah or chant the Haftorah. Jewish coeds at
Brown and Boston Universities exclude males from
their all-feminine Sabbath services which follows the
Orthodox ritual. A Haggadah rewritten to cite the role
of women in the Exodus was used by 75 University of
Pennsylvania coeds for their women • only seder.
Members of Hillel's national commission, at their
annual meeting here, agreed that the use of Hillel
facilities for such departures from custom was ap¬
propriate. I