Jews Polled by Soc Rel on Effects of Discrimination

Jackson Toby, research assistant in the Laboratory of Human Relations, is circulating a questionnaire among Jewish students in the College to find out how they feel about being Jewish.

The poll, which asks 26 questions, is part of a long term investigation the Social Relations department has been making into the extent and motives of prejudice on the University scene. Heretofore the inquiry has been studying students' prejudices. Now it is interested in the interested in the reactions of minority group members who may have to face prejudices.

Some of the questions Toby's questionnaire asks are:

1. Some people always claim to be able to recognize a Jew. Do you think this is possible?

2. Do you find that most of your friends are Jewish?

3. Do you date gentile girls?

4. Do you feel that anti-Semitism in America will decrease as Jews become more Americanized?

5. Have you ever been involved in situations where some of the people you knew well did not know you were Jewish?

6. What do you think of a fellow who changes his name from Cohen to Jones?

The students polled will answer by checking before alternate replies supplied for each question by Toby.

The Social Relations project is being executed with the cooperation of the Harvard M.I.T. Billed Foundation.