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U.S. 'Concerned'
About Syrian Jewry
State Deportment Clarifies Letter
Vol. XXIX No. 39, Thursday, May 16,1974 Price Ten Cents
Israelis Refuse New
Concessions To Syrians
By David Landau and Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM, (JTA)--The Cabinet held a four-hour special
session on disengagement, followed by a 90-minute meeting of the
Israeli and American negotiating teams in which Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger participated.
A terse communique released   followed by discussions. No
after the Cabinet session said that   decisions were announced, leading
reports were heard from the   observers to conclude that the care-
ministers who have been negotiating   taker government is offering no new
with the Secretary of State and were            Continued on Page Six

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WASHINGTON, (JTA)--The State Department
offered what was a virtual apology for an official
letter stating that the plight of Jews in Syria was
"an internal Syrian matter" and stressed that
this was not American policy.
Department spokesman Paul
Hare, replying to questions by the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, con-
firmed that such a letter had been
circulated by the State Department
in response to public inquiries on the
subject of Syrian Jews, but said it
has since been replaced by another
letter.
"Our view, which is reflected in
the current letter replying to queries
in this subject, is that we are con-
Boston Bonds Organization
In National Leadership Role
In a special Campaign Cabinet meeting with National
executive director of Israel Bonds, Morris Sipser, the Greater
Boston Israel Bond Committee disclosed that 25% of the total 1974
goal has been reached to date.
cerned about the fate of the Jewish
community in Syria" and "we have
made repeated and vigorous efforts
at high level to help these people,"
Hare said. He added that "a
peaceful solution to the current
Middle East crisis offers the Syrian
Jewish community the best op-
portunity to lead the kind of life free
from restrictions and intimidation to
which the U.S. believes everyone is
entitled."
Hare could not say how long the
original letter had been in cir-
culation but believed it was only for
"a short time." He said Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger did not
sign the letter and noted that a
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According to Mr. Sipser, this
figure represents a percentage
amount which is slightly above par
for the remainder of the United
States and puts the Boston Bond
organization in a National leader-
ship position.
The meeting focused on ways and
means to accelerate activities in all
facets of the campaign, enrollment
of new Bond purchasers, and the
expansion and development of new
leadership.
The prime initial consideration for
raising the massive sums of loan
dollars needed for Israel's domestic
development was the enrollment of
Prime Minister's Club members as
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Conservative, Reform Rabbinical Groups:
Opposition Grows To Changes
For Israel's Law Of Return
KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y. (JTA)-The heads of both the Con-
servative and Reform rabbinical groups agreed here that both
organizations should oppose changes in Israel's Law of Return
that would further weaken the status of Conservative and Reform
rabbis, particularly in the areas of conversion.
SSSJ Charges Russia
Persecutes Jewish
Activists As Criminals
NEW YORK-The Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry has
charged that the Soviet
government has begun to un-
dertake a campaign to portray
Jewish activists as "criminals"
such as drug offenders, gun
users,         and        financial
manipulators. "The Soviets are
obviously embarrassed by
Western publicity about some of
the activists and are trying to
discredit their strong support of
the Jackson Amendment", a
SSSJ spokeswoman said.
"Despite these threats," she
concluded, "the activists have
declared to us they will not be
intimidated nor will their
support of the Jackson
Amendment   be   diminished".
Speaking at a session of the 74th
Annual Convention of the Rabbinical
Assembly, Rabbi Judah Nadich, of
New York, president of the Con-
servative RA, and Rabbi Robert I.
Kahn of Houston, Texas, president
of the Reform Central Conference of
American Rabbis, agreed that the
Orthodox rabbinate in Israel was
attempting to use the present Israeli
internal political crisis to create a
religious monopoly, excluding the
Conservative and Reform  rabbis.
The present Israeli Law of Return
automatically gives Israeli
citizenship to all Jews emigrating to
Israel, including those converted to
Judaism. The proposed amendment
would limit this citizenship and right
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