Political scientist Hans Morgenthau forecast today that the Soviet Union will “continue its generous emigration policy” for Soviet Jews despite the “overall situation “between the U.S. and USSR which he believes to be “more threatening than the media may make to appear.”
He said he didn’t think the Soviets will, “clamp down on the Jewish community” but cautioned that “it is a possibility.” Addressing the B’nai B’rith Board of Governors meeting here, he said Jewish emigration would continue because “the Russians want to get rid of the emigres simply because they are a pain in the neck.”
Morgenthau was presented with a special humanitarian award by B’nai B’rith president Jack Spitzer, on the occasion of his 76th birthday which he marked today, for his work on behalf of Soviet Jews. Daniel Thursz, executive vice president of B’nai B’rith, was presented with a Chanukah menorah for his 25 years of service to the organization which began when he was a member of Hillel during his student days at Queens college, New York.
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