ictims Describe TEL AVIV (JTA)—Joy was boundless at Lydda Airport last Friday when the two hijack victims were reunited with their families after •more than three months' captivity in Damascus. Prof. Samueloff and Mr. Muallen were embraced by their wives and children and received warm handshakes from Premier Golda Meir, Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Minister of Transport Moshe Carmel. The men, unshaven and wearing open collar shirts looked worn and haggard as they re-' counted their ordeal. Mr. Muallem, who speaks fluent Arabic said he was beaten and tortured for days as the Syrians attempted to extract military information intelligence he could not have given since he was excused from" military service for health reasons.
He said the Syrians wanted to know about tanks and planes. They questioned him, took him into a darkened roorn where lie was beaten and finally threw him into solitary confinement, later he was placed in the same cell with Prof. Samueloff, he said. The professor said he was not subjected to physical maltreatment but to psychological torture. "We came face to face with hatred," he said. "We do not hate them, and yet such hatred as they showed for us I have never seen in my life." Prof! Samueloff said the only Syrian who was humane was a young doctor who treated both prisoners. The others, he saiH '" ' very different conception of 1 lights, liberty and of human tr t&* ' ' jqett
Both men said that during incarceration. .they read chapters and Psalms from a Bible which Mr. Muallem's family sent them in a Red Cross parcel. Mr. Muallem also gave Prof. Samueloff lessons in Arabic. "So the days passed," Prof. Samueloff said. There was an equally poignant if more quiet scene of reunion at a military hospital where two downed pilots exchanged for 58 Egyptian • war prisoners saw. their families for the first time in months. Maj.^Nissim Ashkenazi and Capt. Giora Romm were greeted by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Chief of S t a f f Cliaim Bar Lev. Both said they were (
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' Omaha . . . More than 300 , persons are expected to attend the Omaha Israel Bond testi- modal banquet in honor of Dr. - Abe Greenberg according to - Eli M. Zalkin, General Chairman of the Omaha Israel Bond Conunittee. The event, which marks Israel's 21st • anniversary of jndependence and Dr, Green' berg's 50th year with B'nal B'rith, will be held Sunday, De..l.c&nber 14, at 6 p;rn. at the Highland Country Club. Last • minute additional reservations may still be made by calling ' 553-0585 or 5534896. Roosevelt Medal __z. _ Mr. Zalkin noted that "ever since the announcement of plans for this dinner, an enthusiastic response has been shown by the many friends of' Dr. Greenberg who welcome the opportunity to participate
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in the.tributc being paid to him for his many years of service to his community and to his people." ; . Dr. Greenberg will be given the c o v e t e d Israel Bond Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities medal, which will be presented to him by the Consul General for Israel, Shaul Ramati. . In addition to honoring Dr. Grcenberg, the dinner will climax the current year's efforts for the sale of Israel Bonds. "Part and parcel of the success of Israel is the bond program, which began 21 years ago and which has provided a material way for the friends of Israel to help advance the economic growth of the Jewish state. This year has been no exception in this continued support of the Israel Bond program by the people of Omaha,". Mr. Zalkin said.
ANTIQUE MENORAHS ON VIEW
Anllqae mtnorahs dating as far back as the 15th century attract the attention of a Catholic uun at an exhibition of Scphardic rell* Kioas art In Brazil. The exhibit, shown In both Rio de Janicra and pao Fau!o, waj Tidied by more than 1,800 perrons, including Israeli diplomats, denns of Catholic universities, directors of cultural departments of Brazilian provincial governments, pupils of Jewish jMnd Cath'ollc schools, art critics, and leaders of the Brazilian Jewish community. Arranged by (lie fostlluto BraslielfoJiidalco ds ' Culture e Divulgacao, "sister" organization of the American Jewish Committee, the exlilblt was co-sponsored In Rio by the Cultural DtpartmcntolirVIZOaniiinSaoI'auIobyB'nalll'rith.lheScphiir* die Community of Sao Paolo, tlie Congregacad BeniDtento attaradl Fanllsta, and (fee Mefcor Uaka Congregation. • •
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B'nai B'rith AffirmsWel's Obligation To Counsel College Students on Draft Washington (JTA)-The National Commission of B'nai B'rith HiUel Foundations affirmed this week "the right and obligation" of its campus directors to counsel students on "conscientious objection, selective conscientious objection and the draft." Prof. Marver H. Bernstein of Princeton University, chairman oF the Commission, explained that the personal convictions of a Hillel director on military service "should not—and do not—enter into the counseling relationship. The director's role requires that he assist those who come to him to understand the various options inherent in Judaic teachings. The ultimate decision is up to the student himself." The task of Hitlers chaplaincy in counseling on ."spiritual and ethical" questions about0 war and military service does not imply any o r g a n i zational viewpoint, Prof. Bernstein said. The Hillel Foundations itself, he!pointed out, "does not tako a position, for or against, on ; such issues Involving Individ; ; ual conscience." i Hillel directors whose indl? ; vidual views on military servi ' ice are diverse, regard their ; g i these areas as a response' to •'. the spiritual needs'of students'
transcending their own conviction* -, , Alienated Youth The Commission disclosed It is making a determined effort to "reach out" to alienated Jewish youth on American campuses. The effort was outlined In a series of actions which included a pilot project in which a young rabbinical student with a background in New Left activities will serve, without Hillel affiliation, on a Midwestern campus that lacks any Jewish institutions. The project will seek to determine whether such an individual can have greater impact than a Hillel director or other formal representative of the established Jewish community, on alienated Jewish students, and if he can help them re-assess their attitudes. The program will also provide Hillel-directors at several large universities with several graduate students who will meet with Jewish undergraduates in dormitories, student centers and coffee houses— away from the formal Hillel "beat," ' : The determination to reach alienated youth was expressed in a speech by Rabbi Kahn who. warned the adult Jewish communltyiagainst pinning "unjust tlfied generalizations and misleading labels" on the college
generation. Rabbi Kahn said that the adult community's ."tendency to resist change and therefore be suspicious of tha authors of change has led it into lumping the dynamism and rhetoric of the campus into a monolithic mold without recognizing the diversity, of views, attitudes and goals that exist among students."
American Indians Celebrate Chanukah San Francisco (JTA)—American Indians who have occupied Alcatraz Island, site of, a former Federal penitentiary,participated in the celebration of Chanukah in traditional style. A boatload of Jewish food was brought to them by members of the local.chapter of the American Jewish Congress who kindled a menorah on the island in San Francisco Bay and recited the Chanukah blessings. • The Indians are demanding that the'Federal Government, turn the,abandoned island over to' them under a century-old treaty. They occupied it 18 days ago but have been short of food. Dr. Steven Raffin of the, AJ Congress said that tha organization decided to extend the hospitality1 of the- Jewisf holiday, season to the Indians'.,