Faces o Future Israelis

on

Youth AWyah's 25th Year

Their origins, from left to right: Morocco . . . Abyssinia
. Poland . . Egypt . . Romania
These are the faces of a few of Israel's Youth Aliyah children as Youth
Women's Organization of America. Mizrachi Women,
Aliyah enters its 25th year. Since 1934, Youth Aliyah has brought the Mizrachi
Pioneer Women and the United Israel Appeal are members
some 90,000 Jewish children to haven in the Holy Land from 72 dif- Hadassah,
the coordinating committee for Youth Aliyah in the United States.
ferent countries throughout the world. The children above were photo- of
The United Israel Appeal gets its funds from the United Jewish
graphed last month at Bessie Gotsfeld C 1 ,41dren's Village in Raanana, Appeal,
major beneficiary of the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign,
and Mosad Aliyah Children's Village in Petach Tikvah, both projects of whose 1959
drive has just begun.

Arlazaroff and
Sprinzak
Tributes

Expose of
Dictatorships

Commentary
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Romanian Exodus Draws Interest
Of World Powers; Malben Plans
Housing for Old, Sick Settlers

Annual Federation Meeting Prepares
Community for 1959 Allied Campaign

Detroit Jewry's major accomplishments during the past year and the duties facing it in
the months to come were outlined in reports submitted at the annual meeting of the
Jewish Welfare Federation, held Tuesday evening at the Esther Berman Branch of the
'United Hebrew Schools.
In an analysis of the growth of this community's services, Judge Theodore Levin, the
Federation's president, who is retiring this month after four terms in office, declared that
"the major new development in our local family of services is the new Jewish Community
Center at Curtis and Meyers . .. It introduced a new concept of a community house for
the entire Jewish population and recognized in its basic philosophy the fact that we are de-
veloping an increasingly homogenous Jewish community."
A feature of the meeting was the presentation of the 1959 Fred M. Butzel Award to
Sidney J. Allen. The award was accepted for Mr. Allen, who left for a warmer climate on
doctor's orders, by his son, Jay Allen.
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The annual Federation meeting was utilized to inaugurate the communal appeal in sup-
port of the 1959 Allied Jewish Campaign. The great needs of the present time, which are
growing in magnitude as a result of the new wave of Romanian Jewry's emigration to Israel,
was outlined by Max M. Fisher, 1958 Allied Jewish Campaign chairman, who reported on
last year's results and told of the increasing responsibilities in the 1959 drive now in progress.
The following were elected members of the Federation board of governors for a three-
, year term:
Louis Berry, Samuel Frankel, Morris Garvett, Mrs. Harry L. Jones, Judge Levin,
Samuel H. Rubiner, Nathan Silverman, Abraham Srere and Max J. Zivian.
The slate was presented in behalf of the nominating committee by its chairman, Milton
M. Maddin.
Participants in the program included Mrs. Sidney, J. Karbel, president of the Federa-
tion's Women's Division, who reported on the • women's activities during the past year;
Samuel H. Rubiner, chairman of the Federation's executive committee, who presented
the treasurer's report in Mr. Zivian's absence; Isidore Sobeloff, who reported as the
Federation's executive vice-president, and Samuel Frankel, who outlined the plans for
activities in the new Jewish Center.
The Sidney J. Allen Butzel Award, presented by Judge Levin, reads:

"Our community owes much to Sidney J. Allen. We are proud of him and express our
pride in presenting. him with the symbol of distinguished service, the Fred M. Butzel
Memorial Award.
"His many years of leadership-in the development of our communal - agencies led na-
turally to Sidney Allen's election to the presidency of the United Jewish Charities, which
has the broad stewardship of community property and assets.
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"As chairman of the Jewish Welfare Fe deration Capital Needs . Committee and as a
member of the Federation executive commit tee, Sidney Allen had a central part in the
growth of Federation services and facilities.
"In this capacity he put at the service of the entire community his winning personality,
his broad devotion to Jewish needs and his ability to bring together people, resources and
programs for the general good. He saw a challenge in community problems and he stimu-
lated the assistance of a large circle of associates in their solution. Ile had the same
enthusiasm for meeting immediate needs and for formulating long-time plank
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The swelling flow of immigrants from Romania into
Israel has attracted international attention, and heads of
many nations are showing a keen interest in the small
crack that has thus far been made in the walls of Iron
Curtain • countries.
With the entrance of 7,000 Romanian Jews and the
expected arrival-of 10,000 more this month, the new wave
of immigration is focusing attention on Israel. Prime
Minister David' Ben-Gurion's predictions that the Ro-
manian migration is only the beginning and that it pre-
sages an eventual flow of immigrants from Russia is the
subject of discussion in many capitals.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, in a report from
Tel Aviv, quoting the Mapam (leftist) newspaper Al Ha-
mishmar, states that Ben-Gurion's recent hint that immi-
gration from the Soviet Union might yet start has a solid
base. The report said that Ben-Gurion had been informed

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May Impose Compulsory Loan
on Israelis to Assist Increasing
Immigration from Eastern Europe

Direct JTA Teletype *ire to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM.--Israeli authorities are studying the possibility
of a compulsory loan of 30,000,000 pounds ($16,667,000) to help
finance the costs of receiving and settling the mass immigration
from Eastern Europe expected here this year.
The compulsory loan would be in addition to the voluntary
loan issue of 20,000,000 pounds ($11,112,000) which has already
been launched here.
Absorption of the newcomers in 1959 will require a total ex-
penditure here of about 200,000,000 pounds ($111,112,000), it is
estimated. Of this total, some 130,000,000 pounds ($61,112,000) is
expected from abroad, leaving a • balance of 70,000,000 pounds
($38,890,000) which will have to come from Israel itself.
The Israeli participation would come through the voluntary
loan of 20,000,000 pounds, an increase of 20,000,000 in the loan
being raised for immigrant housing, making it 70,000,000 instead
of 50,000,000, and the proposed new compulsory loan of 30,000,000.
A special tax to raise 30,000,000 pounds has been discussed in
place of the proposed compulsory loan, but the majority of experts
were reported to favor a compulsory loan which would ultimately

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