The Agudath Israel of America asked President Johnson Wednesday to exclude from the Administration’s proposed travel restrictions those Americans who travel to the Holy Land to visit religious shrines. It said that trips to Israel to visit religious shrines “should not be equated with overseas tourism for pleasure,” since they “stem from deeply-rooted religious commitments.”
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