1UNITY
GREATER SUPPORT
expectancy means new
and different problems for the aged.
The problem of the aged chronically
ill has become a serious and pressing
one. To help meet it the Jewish Home
for Aged has started construction on
an infirmary wing providing an addi-
tional 120 beds. Meanwhile, during
the construction period, some of the
Home's income will be reduced be-
cause some existing beds will not be
used. This means more material help
needed for the institution.
Greater Life
e acted on the basic principle
i ds and domestic programs are
We know we must be strong at
F,7rseas problems. There can be
(lean Jewry if persecution and
zenship are the lot of Jews
the needs here at home, in the
I nd the world are greater than
r increased needs
mean greater
ticular are calling for more aid
an in the past. These are our
aged.
e all aware of the tremendous
se in the national birth rate
the last war. This increase plus
owing desire of Jewish parents
their children a full and mean-
Jewish education, has sent the
ment of the United Hebrew
I soaring. Last year 1,900 pupils
ed afternoon classes there. To-
nrollment is 2,300, an increase
per cent. The newly opened
fer branch is already -taxed to
ty. In Oak Park classes have
stablished to serve the new sub-
neighborhoods.
ere are other, distressing needs
dren who require increased aid.
nal needs for the treatment of
rbed children being cared for
ial Service Bureau in foster
tutions. There are still many
i ill afford the cost of camping
ed of it for healthy, wholesome
help the Fresh Air Society and
are addressing themselves to
blem. The Jewish Community
vide services for children and
es in the new areas as well as
neighborhoods.
li
ilding on Schaefer is already
vity and informal cultural pro -
g in Oak Park.
The Department for Aging of the
JSSB has doubled its load during the
last year and over-all planning among
agencies has meant new programs
for the aged. The Home, the JSSB, the Jewish
Community Center, the new Community Work-
shop are providing rehabilitation and vocational
programs and better leisure time activities for
the aged.
Persons in every age group — and in every walk
of life—are being benefited by the facilities of
Sinai Hospital. Running at full capacity, the
hospital must now turn its attention to broader
community services, research and education.
While the number of immigrants has been re-
duced, a "hard core" of new-comers to our com-
munity still need resettlement assistance.
Vocational guidance and placement for young
and old by the Jewish Vocational Service and a
rehabilitative program for the "unemployable"
are important community services. While it is a
new agency, the Community Workshop has
already helped some 40 old and handicapped
persons to find their place in the industrial world.
Our national agencies provide every individual
Jewish community with a country-wide network
of information, research, and training ptograms
to further Jewish education and culture. Services
to men in the Armed forces are provided by the
National Jewish Welfare Board and our own
Jewish Community Center here at home. The
strengthening of inter-group harmony and demo-
cratic living engages the efforts of our local
Jewish Community Council and the national
community relations agencies.
And strength at home means strength for fellow
Jews around the world.Our material help brings
freedom, dignity, peace and self-reliance to
Jewish victims of war and oppression.
to the
sick, the lame, the impoverished, the
oppressed. But, it has the double,
almost impossible, task of meeting
individual needs and building a
strong and self-sufficient bulwark of
democracy in the Middle East. It is
besieged by hostile neighbors on one
hand and by serious economic prob-
lems on the other. Our aid can help
Israel move closer to its goal of eco-
nomic independence as it copes with
outward tension and threats.
Israel has opened its doors
Through the United Jewish Appeal
and its agencies,. the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee and the United Israel
Appeal, we can help Israel carry out
:a comprehensive migration of 30,000
persons from tension-ridden North
Africa; establish new immigrant agri-
cultural settlements; irrigate thou-
sands of acres of neglected land; and construct
additional immigrant housing units.
In addition, tens of thousands of persons must
be moved -to final settlements and out of tempo-
rary shelter. Sixteen thousand immigrant chil-
dren must be cared for and educated. Forty
thousand recent - immigrants will benefit from
institutional and religious education programs
through the Malben program.
In. Europe and in the Moslem countries, food,
clothing, shelter, education, vocational training
and medical assistance must be provided for
120,000 men, women and children.
Together, as American Jews,
in a mature, growing Jewish
community, we must give
greater support to the wel-
fare and educational pro-
grams that mean security,
health and happiness to
Jews everywhere.
TO THE 1955 ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN
NATIONAL
IN DETROIT
Jewish Welfare Federation
narack
Michrasha
y Work Shop
North End Clinic—
iociety
Hospitalization Fund
1 ee Loan Association
Resettlement Service
heifer
Sholem Aleichein Institute
munity Center
Sinai Hospital
munity Council
United Hebrew Schools
e for Aged
United Jewish Folk School
al Service Bureau
United Jewish High School
›r Aged
Workmen's Circle Schools
national Service
Yeshivoth Beth Yehuclah
ri
American Academy for
Jewish Research
AMerican Association for
Jewish Education
American Jewish Congress
American Jewish
Historical Society
Bellefaire—Child Care
B'nai B'rith National Youth
Service Appeal
Conference on Jewish Relations
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds
Dropsie College
Joint Defense Appeal—
American Jewish Committee
Anti-Defamation League
of B'nai B'rith
National Community Relations
Advisory Council
Histadruth lvrith
Jewish Labor Committee
Jewish Publication Society
National Conference of
Jewish Communal Service
Jewish Occupational Council
National Jewish Welfare Board
Jewish War Veterans
Yiddish Scientific Institute
Friday, April 1, 195E—DETROIT JEWISH