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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                Contact:
                                                        Harvey Brody
                                                        (518)
393-5157                                                                


                B'nai B'rith to Explore Dark Side of the Internet


        Schenectady B'nai B'rith Unit 879 will resume its monthly
        breakfast program with a Special Program exploring the use
        of the Internet to spread hate  and anti-semitism.

        Harvey Brody and Leslie Neustadt will present an on-line program
        showing how hate groups use the Internat to spread hatred. This
        is the dark side of the Internet; a telecommunications
innovation
        that allows individuals to learn about different cultures,
obtain
        advanced academic degrees and promote understanding among all
        religions and cultures. This tragic abuse of the Internet by
hate
        groups is being compared to similar use of broadcast and 	
shortwave radio in the 1930's with the critical difference is 	that over
83 million individuals have world-wide Internet access 	compared to the
much fewer persons who owned radios in the 	1930's.

        Leslie Neustadt is an authority in ways to stem the
proliferation
        of hatred as the former regional director of the Anti-Defamation
        League, a former Deputy NY Attorney General. Brody is the
        executive vice-president of the PEF Jewish Committee, director
of
        CRISNY (Capital Region Information Services) and employed by the
        NYS Dept. of Social Services, among other things specializing in
        Internet applications and connections.

        The program will begin at 9:00 A.M. in the conference room of
        B'nai B'rith Apartments on Knolls Rd in Niskayuna on Sunday,
        September 21, 1997.

        Members of the community are invited to participate in this
        major program and to enjoy a delicious Kosher breakfast prior
        to the program. There will be a $4.00 donation for the
breakfast.


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