Survey Shows Israel s Economy
Stronger. Cost of Living Rising

UNITED NATION S, N.Y.
(JTA)—Israel's economy is an-
alyzed in a report issued by the
United Nations, showing that
the domestic economy of the
Jewish State is becoming
stronger_
The report reveals that the
country's official debt in for-
eign exchange is also increas-
ing.
The r e p o r t, entitled - Eco-
nomic Developments in t h e
Middle East: 1957-1958, "w i 11

per worker.
shows cost-of-living only for the
Gross investment in Israeli cities of Haifa, Jerusalem and
industry rose in 1957 to an esti- Tel Aviv. The figures show that
mated 123,000,000 Israeli cost of all items in those cities
pounds, compared with 112,000,- rose from an index figure of
000 pounds in 1956. Even in ag- 112 in 1954 to 119 in 1955, 135
riculture, there have been not- in 1957, and 139 in 1958. The
able increases, despite the fact index is based on 1953 costs.
that the rainfall was low in
When it comes to foreign
1958 and there was a severe trade, however. Israel's trade
drought last winter. There was gap — the difference between
an overall increase of 12 per- the value of exports and the
cent in Israel's farm output in value of imports--is continuing
1958 over 1957, the compensat- its year-long rise. By 1957, the
serve as a guide to the Econom- ing factor having been a rise gap had fallen slightly, going
is and Social Council which con in the output of fruits and dairy down to $337,000,000, a de-
venes at Geneva June 30.
products.
crease of $19.000.000 as corn-
Every important phase of Is-
Israelis are eating better pared with 1956. Israel's ex-i
raelis domestic economy has rnd more than ever, the sur
Ports amounted to a value of
shown improvement in the per
vey shows and are far ahead S48,000.000 in 1958, but at the
iods covered by the report. In - in daily food consumption as same time she imported $307,-
dustrial output rose in 1957 by compared with Egypt. An Is- 000,000 worth of goods from
11 percent, compared with the
raeli consumed in 1955-1956 abroad.
previous year. Output of manu- an average of 1,723 grammes
In that connection, the
facturing and mining industries of food per day, compared I study shows the amounts of
money Israel received from
in Israel moved upward in 1957 with 1,194 consumed daily per
abroad to offset the trade
and 1958 at the rate of 12 per- capita in Egypt during the
cent annually. The gross value same period. In number of
gap. In 1957. Israel received
of total output, at 1957 prices. calories in that period, Is-
what the report calls "private
donations" of $97.000,000 plus
went up by 12 percent. Employ- raelis consumed 2,880 calor-
ment in industry rose by about ies per day per person. while
$45,000.000 from the sale of
4 percent in 1957 and about 5 Egyptians consumed 2,590
Israel bonds. So-called "offi-
percent in 1958. At the same calories.
cial donations" were much
time. the report notes, there , The cost of living, however.
higher. These included S122.-
has been a rise in productivity has risen in Israel. The survey i 000.000 from West German
reparations and restitutions;
$24,000,000 from United
Jewish Life in Czechoslovakia
States grants-in-aid and tech-
, nical assistance; and S20,400,-
(Continued from Page 1) , lovy Vary. Brno, Kosice and
000 in American loans for the
Ganska Bystrica. An serve • purchase of United States
however, unleash a wave of
I
latent anti-Semitism in people as regional rabbis.
agricultural surpluses. Dur-
who always have that tend-
Dr. Sicher hopes to educate ing that year. also, Israel re-
emu. - he said.
several Czechs to a level ad-': paid $11,400.000 on older
Yet at present no Jews hold j vanced enough to enable them ! loans owed to the U.S. Export
important positions in the Czech to study in the Rabbinical Sem - Import Bank.
inary in Budapest or for other ; Israel's official debts in for-
government.
On paper. freedom of reli- European countries to supply eign exchange also keeps going
gion flourishes. But social ores - rabbis.
up. These debts, guaranteed
At present one Hungarian is by the Israel Government. rose
sure in the schools and Com-

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Dvorah Kaplan, widow of Elie- will proceed to Montreal to
zer Kaplan, Israel's first Minis- participate in the World Pedi-
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munist youth movements make studying the Czech language from $450.000,000 at the end of
f eventual assignment here. 1955 to 5501.000.000 at the end
it difficult for Jewish youthor
, To keep the community alive, of 1956. mainly as a result of
to follow their parents
There is a universal under- the Prague council publishes the sale of Israel bonds and
standing that it is better to a monthly 20-page newspaper borrowing from the United
be with the population as a with a circulation of 2.000 as States. The report adds:. "If
; the net rise of indebtedness
whole than as someone outside . well as a literary yearbook.
A kosher restaurant is main- during 1957 and 1958 is added.
the state.
however.
tained
in
the
basement
of
the
the
debt would have reached
On fort Kippur.
both Prague synagogues were Jewish Town Hall. where Dr. $567.000.000 at the end of 1957
7324
• provisionally. 5651.000.000
filled. About 1.500 of Prague's Sicher has offices. and 10 • and,
serve
at
the
end
of
1958."
5.000 Jews (compared to a Kosher butcher shops
pre - war population of 35.000) . the country. One is in Prague.
attended services- in the 13th another in Karlovy Vary and
Century-old New Synagogue. eight others in Slovakia.
Matzohs were prepared by
oldest and most famous syna-
a Slovakian bakery under
gogue in Central Europe. and
Dr. Katz's supervision. Homes
in the 50-year - old Jerusalem
for 85 aged men and women
Street Synagogue
in Marianske Lazne. 75 in
Services are held daily in the
Old-New Synago4ue.._ in the Podebrady and 40 in Brno
are maintained under the
heart of the former Ghetto.
government's social welfare
and on Fridays. Saturdays and
holidays in the newer one program.
There are no orphanages or
Contact with Israel is nil.
although unlimited immigra- apprentice-training s,c h o o I s.
tion was permitted until 1949. There is no one to fill them.
Rabbis from
the . United •
according to Dr. Sit her
"Two women and two chil- States. France. Sweden and
dren left recently to join rela- East Berlin have visited
tives in Israel." Dr. Iltis said. Prague recently. but there is
"Their visas were approved on a profound thirst for informa-
humanitarian reasons. One was . tion cm the status of Jews
a 35-year-old woman joining everywhere.
her brother. The other was a' The Old-New Synagogue (a
widow with two children. There new synagogue was built on
may have been ether cases the site of an older one) and
but we do not know of them." the 520 - year - old Jewish ceme-
The prospects for finding tery remain showplaces for
current rare
new rabbis to replace or aug-• visitors to Prague and are in-
ment the seven now serving eluded in all tours of the city.
The cemetery. overgrown *-
are dim. In 1939 there were
-. with shrubbery. is tilled with
Savings Accounts Insured to
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serv
i
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The youngest now
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Dr. Elias Katz. Chief Rabbi of to. begun in the 13th Century

Slovakia, is 42. The second and levelled in 1906. resem-
dozens of other streets
youngest. Rabbi Emil Davido _
vie, head of the Jerusalem Syn- in Medieval Prague.
! The only reminders are the
agogue. is 45.
Other rabbis serve in bar- Star of David on the syna-
, gogue and old Town Hall and

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