The American Jewish Congress was attacked for making representations to the British Ambassador in Washington with regard to the anti-Jewish excesses in Aden, by Leonard Stein in an address delivered at a meeting of the Anglo-Jewish Association.
Mr. Stein asserted that inasmuch as Aden is British territory, only English Jews are entitled to deal with any difficulties that may arise there.
The American Jewish Congress, he said, would object were British Jews to make representations to the American Ambassador in London with regard to numerus clausus regulations in certain American universities.
Mr. Stein termed the action of the American Jewish Congress “an unwarranted impertinence.”
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