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Situation of Oriental Jews in Israel Discussed at U.S. Forum

February 21, 1967
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The Jews of Oriental origin in Israel are following a pattern of acquisition of political power by increasing their influence in the municipalities and the local party organs, Dr. Shlomo Avineri, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, told a weekend conference held here at Arden House by the American Histadrut Cultural Exchange Institute.

Several hundred experts in social and political science, and economists, attended the parley. On Israel’s national level, Dr. Avineri said, the Oriental Jews have increased their parliamentary representation in recent years by 12 percent. Dr. Judd Teller, executive vice-president of the Institute, discussed the similarities between European Jewry’s and American Negro experiences.

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