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September 27, 1946

CLIFTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

The Assault on Jewish Palestine Has Failed to Deter
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iThe Yishuv in its Economic Upbudding

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JERUSALEM, (ZOA)-The Jew-
ish population of Palestine num-
bered 592,400 at the end of 1945,
;according to estimates of the sta-
tistical department of the Jewish
Agency. This total is based on the
4 ure of 174,600 persons in Pares-
r1 1931, according to the gov-
419-tnt census of that year, plus
•figure of 313,400, the number
(by which immigration exceeded
of 104,400.
Since 1922, when the Jews
formed 11.1 per cent of the total

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population of Palestine, the Jew-
ish proportion has risen to 16.9
per cent in 1931; 27.2 per cent in
1935; 31 per cent in 1939 and 32
per cent at the end of 1945.

Of the settled population, that
is, excluding Bedouins, the Jews
form 33.2 per cent, or almost
exactly one-third. Males are esti-
mated to number 301,000, or 50.8
per cent of the Yishuv; females,
291,000, or 49.2 per cent.

The following table shows the
age groups:

Ages
Under 10
10-19
20-29
30.39
40-49
50 and over

Total
117,000
96,700
98,400
116,400
86,300
77,200

P.C.
19.7
16.4
16.6
19.7
14.6
13.0

Males
60,200
50,500
49,300
59,000
44,000
38,000

Females
56,800
46,200
49,100
57,400
42,300
39,200

Total

592,000

100

301,000

291,000

Over three-quarters of the total
ire of Ashkenazi origin, the next
( largest section being Sephardim.
The figures are: Ashkenazim,
460,000 (77.7 per cent); Sephardim,
57,000 (9.6 per cent); Yemenites,
29,000 (4.9 per cent); other Orien-
tal communities, 46,000 (7.8 per
cent).
Three-quarters of the Jews of
Palestine, 439,000, live In 27 towns
or settlements of an urban charac-
ter, and the remaining 153,000 in
268 villages.
JIM URBAN POPULATION
I The urban population of Pales-
tine at the end of 1944, according
to official estimates, was as fol-
lows:
Jews Non Jews Total
City
166,000 660 166,660
Tel Aviv
97,000 60,080 157,080
Jerusalem
66,000 62,800 128,800
Haifa
28,000 66,310 94,310
Jaffa
The proportion of the Jewish
population to non-Jewish at these
various places is therefore: Tel
Aviv-almost 100 per cent; Jeru-
salem-62 per cent; Haifa (ex-
F eluding the Jewish suburbs in the
Bay)-51 per cent; Jaffa-30 per
cent.
RISES IN COOPERATIVES
The population of Jewish co-
operative settlements and small-
holders' villages in Palestine al-
most doubled during the course of
the war. The following table re-
flects this increase:
September, 1938
24,446
1939
30,066
1940
33,747
1941
33,881
1942
34,963
1943
37,302
1944
41,541
1945
45,753
The increase of population in co-

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

operative settlements amounted
to 119 per cent, but only 39 per
cent in smallholders' villages. The
bulk of this increase is accounted
for by the foundation of new
settlements.
Maintenance of the Yishuv's
three main public services, health,
education and social welfare, cost
the Jewish community five million
Pounds during the year 1945, ac-
cording to Dr. A. Katznelson,
head of the Vaad Lcumi health
department.
Half the amount, LP.2,500,000,
was spent for health services, LP.
1,500,000 for education, and the
remaining million for social wel-

fare. Government grants totalled
only LP.330,000, of which LP.170,-
000 was allocated for education,
LP.112,000 for social services and
LP.48;000 for health.
The 14,000 new arrivals last
year, Dr. Katznelson said, required
an expenditure of about one mil-
lion Pounds.
SETTLEMENT FOR VETS
A new settlement for ex-service-
men has been established on Jew-
ish National Fund land near Gan
Hayyim north of Raanana, in the
Sharon. It is called "Bazra," and
is the ninth village for ex-ser-
vicemen built on JNF land.
An area of 550 dunams has been
granted to the "Bazra" group
(named for the Persian Gulf town
where they served), formerly of
the Royal Engineers. They intend
to combine farming with technical
work, including the repair of
tractors, agricultural machinery
and other mechanical equipment.
The majority of the new set-
tlers came originally from Ger-
many and arrived in Palestine un-
der the youth immigration
scheme.
They were the first group of
Palestinians to enlist in the Bri-
tish Army and have seen active
service with British units all over

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