Friday, April 5, 1957

Orthodox-Workers Jain Unions

Members of Poale Agudat Israel, the labor movement of
ultra-orthodox workers in Israel, have joined the Trade Union
Department of Histadrut, the General Labor Federation. The
photo shows leaders of Poale Agudat Israel and Histadrut
celebrating the signing of this covenant. Left to right: Y.
Feffer, general secretary of PAL Benjamin Mintz, Deputy
Speaker of the Knesset, Aharon Becker, head of the Histadrut
Trade Union Department, and Itzhak Baskin, Histadrut
treasurer. The orthodox labor group had already participated
in Histadrut's Kupat Holim which gives medical care to
1,100,000 men, women and children in Israel.

Strictly Confidential

Economics Professor Predicts Israeli Population
Will Reach 2,000,000 People by Endtt Next Year

NEW YORK, N.Y.—A predic-
tion that Israel's total popula-
tion will reach about 2,0-00,000
by the end of next year, was
made by an Israeli expert on
demography and statistics.
Dr. Roberto Bachi, first , dean
of the Eliezer Kaplan school
of economics and social sciences
at Hebrew University in Jeru-
salem, declared that a large
part of the recent increase was
due to immigration, a factor
often governed by political con-
siderations which make it diffi-
cult to forecast its size and
sources.
When Israel was established
as a state in May, 1948, he
pointed out, the country's popu-
lation was only 800,000. In esti-
mating increases. in the future,
one must keep the immigration

picture firmly in mind, he
cautioned.
The Italian-born professor,
who also serves as director of
Israel's Central Bureau of Sta-
tistics, participated in the re-
cently concluded meeting of

Re-Elect Rabbi Miller
Zionist _Council Head;
Plan Israel Celebration
. NEW YORK, —.Rabbi Irving

the Population Committee of the
UN as Israel's representative.
The Hebrew University pro-
fessor asserted that Isarel's rate
of natural increase is high—
higher than that, of.many Jewish
comm-unities abroad. The size of
this increase, he explained, is
influenced by various factors
such • as the large proportion of
young people in the country;
the high proportion of fertile
Oriental Jews and the low death
rate. The average life expec-
tancy is 70 years of age, he said.
Israelis marry earlier than
persons in other Western-
oriented countries for several
reasons:
1. The immigrants have a
strong urge to settle down -and

as fast as Europeans who prac-
tice birth control to a much
greater degree.

Intermarriage among Jewish

groups of various origins is on
the increase in Israel, Dr. Bachi
says, but he points out that the
tendency is still strong for per-
sons to marry persons of similar

origins. His research discloses

that the place of birth is more
often considered than the occu-
pation of a potential mate.
Barriers still - exist in regard
to marriages of Orientals and
Europeans, of one group of
Orientals and another group
and of new immigrant groups
and old settlers.
Sabras, or native Israelis, he
says, tend to marry sabras or
choose their mates• from immi-
to take root.
2. Many complications faced grants with origins similar to
by middle class elements else- those of their families, Dr-
where are not known in Israel Bachi concluded.
since people tend to live simpler
wi s,sva
lives with fewer material needs.
3.. In most instances, women
are able to work ,after marriage.
According to Dr. Bachi, recent
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statistics, tabulated in Israel,
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show that the total fertility
WESTWARD HO
average among Europeans is 2.6
June 1-Aug. 15 ..,.$440
children per family; among
Orientals in Israel, 5.5; and RANGER (CYCLE)

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renewed their vital force . . .
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among native Israelis, 2.8.
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Besides, the twentieth century,
He reports that a certain RANCH CAMP
Israeli—World Jewry
perhaps more than any - other Miller was reelected . ch'airman standardization of marriage rates
Relationship
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July 1-Aug. 31
In the austere h' alls of Oxford period in history, has taught the of the .American Zionist Council, occurs inasmuch as women of
References—Representative
representing
all
national
Zionist
Oriental origins tend to marry
University, Meyer W. Weisgal, Jewish people one fundamental
Will Discuss Details
head of the Weizmann Institute lesson: No economic-political Organizations in this country later than they would have in
with
a
combined
membership
of
system
can
of
itself
guarantee
origin,
while
their
country
of
of Science, discussed an impor-
tant subject the other day .. . them security and social justice." 750,000, at the annual meeting the others marry earlier. The
We hope that Weisgal's entire of the Plenumkrip"-
Oriental segment of the popula-
Addressing a student group,
UN 4-4464
19437 Livernois
tion, he noted, propogates twice
Weisgal chose for his topic the lecture will be published soon (gov ern ing..
question of Israel-Diaspora re- and made available to the gen- b o d y) of theli,i
Council.
lations and from the text of his eral public.
T h e Council
lecture we quote several para-
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graphs which should be. care- JWB Awards to Stern,
chairmen: Pin-
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"It is true," said Weisgal, for Communal Service
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that geographic—that is to say,
Rabbi
Miller
theLabor
physical—sovereignty is essen- Awards of the National Jewish
tial for the national survival, Welfare Board have been voted Zionist Organization of Amer-
especially for a pioneer country' to Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, ica; Rabbi 1.Iordecai Kirshblum,
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. . . But in today's interdepend- zel, Philadelphia, and Louis rachi Organization of America
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as absolute sovereignty . . . And nounced by Maurice Mermey, raohi). Other officers re-elected
that applies also to Israel . . . chairman of the Frank L. Weil are Charles Bick, former presi-
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have been. infringed if the lead-
. The winners will receive the
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forged a genuine partnership scrolls—at a luncheon session of bor Zionist Party, secretary.
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