The Mexican Jewish community observed the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights at a large meeting here under the auspices of the central Jewish organization, Comite Central Israelita, and B’nai B’rith. Gregorio Shapiro, president of the committee, presided at the meeting. The principal speaker was Senator Andres Serra Rojas. He called on the Mexican Red Cross to intervene in behalf of the Jews in the Arab countries. The well-known writer Sergio Nudelstejer denounced the treatment of the Jews in the Soviet Union and the revival of anti-Semitism in Poland as well as the maltreatment of the Jews in Egypt, Iraq and Syria.
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