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Mock religion. This should preferably be the Catholic religion, since it is distinctly more theatrical, and not terribly retaliatory these days. Avoid knocking Judaism. After all, the bulk of New York theatergoers are Jewish, and if unduly nettled they might complain to B'nai B'rith. Protestants, like other apathetic majorities, may be savaged at will. Having established a reputation for being fearlessly irreverent, make sure that the cast chants a few Hare Krishnas before the evening is over so that the audience will know that the show is profoundly rooted in the mystical spirituality of the East...
...social workers were usually around, talking with tremendous enthusiasm to the one or two patients who were in good enough shape to respond to them in the way they expected. Sometimes some volunteers would come in from the B'nai B'rith or some women's club to ease their middle class consciences, and shower the area with synthetic smiles, and say to a patient they knew, "WELL III THERE, HOW ARE YOU TODAY...
Office of International Affairs B'nai B'rith...
...Lindsay and headed by former State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Botein, reported that "an appalling amount of racial prejudice?black and white?surfaced in and about the school controversy. The anti-white prejudice has a dangerous component of anti-Semitism." Similarly, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith warned that "undisguised anti-Semitism is at a crisis level in New York City schools where, unchecked by public authority, it has been building for more than two years...
...emotions. Since joining the drug scene or the S.D.S. usually goes hand in hand with a formal rejection of inherited belief, many Jewish parents are now worried about the religious consequences of radicalism. In Washington last week, speakers at the 125th anniversary convention of B'nai B'rith agreed that, while most Jewish youth still share the traditional ethical concerns of their faith, too many have turned their backs on temple and synagogue. A B'nai B'rith survey showed that anti-Semitism is no longer the prime worry of American Jews; instead, Jewish parents...