American students and faculty members at the Hebrew University demonstrated here against the hangings of nine Jews in Iraq on charges of spying for Israel and demanded more active United States intervention to save the remaining 2,500-3,000 Jews of that country. The orderly demonstration was organized by the Yad Vashem, the Heroes’ and Martyrs’ Remembrance Authority. Later a delegation went to Tel Aviv to deliver a petition signed by American lecturers at the Hebrew University to the United States Embassy.
About 350 American students took part and some fasted all day. Speakers included Dr. Ezra Spice-handler of the department of Hebrew literature and Dr. Jack Cohen, director of the Hillel Foundation on the Hebrew University campus.
Hundreds of Christians of various churches attended an inter-denominational Christian prayer service for the well-being and deliverance of Iraqi Jews at the Dominican Convent in Jerusalem. The event marked the first time that common prayers by Christian denominations were held in the modern city.
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