Dr. Abram Sachar, president of Brandeis University, said today that “Jews will not lose their cultural identity in the United States unless the nation first loses its democratic way of life.” Addressing the annual convention here of B’nai B’rith District Two, attended by some 500 delegates from seven states, Dr. Sachar said that, in his opinion, the greatest threat to Jewish culture today exists in Latin America, where Anti-Jewish and neo-Nazi organizations are rife.
Label A. Katz, president of B’nai B’rith, called for Congressional backing for President Kennedy’s proposed civil rights bill, which he said comprised “some practical measures that codify our moral principles as a democratic nation. “
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