374,000 Jews Aided by JDC in '67; 58,000 Fled
Moslem Countries; Report Many Still Trapped
The Israel-Arab War last June
Deducting the numbers who fled 000 persons in 16 country pro-
placed heavy and unexpected de- following the Six-Day War, there grams and an intra-continental re-
mands on the Joint Distribution were still approximately 147,000 lief-in-transit program.
Committee, the major American Jews in Morocco, Tunisia and Iran,
In an introductory message in
agency aiding needy Jews overseas, which contained the bulk of the
it was reported by Samuel L. Ha- Jews in Arab and Moslem 'coun- the report, Louis Broido, JDC
ber, JDC executive vice chairman. tries. Of these, Haber said, JDC chairman, draws attention to the
in the agency's annual report, is- aided about 53,500 — or more than consequences of the Six-Day War
sued this week. "Not only did the one out of every three. In addition, on the programs and activities of
Middle East conflict have immedi- JDC continues to assist approxi- the JDC. Immediate and direct
ate and widespread repercussions mately 300 of the 2,000 to 2,500 consequences were the need for
in Israel but on Jews in other coun- Jews still in Algeria and approxi- increased financial support in Is-
tries as well," Haber said. "The ii matel3„, 5,500 needy Jews in other rael, and for emergency assistance
long-term effects will be felt in , Moslem countries in the Middle to some 20,000 Jews who fled from
North Africa during the summer
Jewish communities throughout East.
months following the outbreak of
the world."
In Europe, JDC aided some 220,- hostilities.
The outbreak of hostilities be-
tween Israel and her Arab neigh-
bors set off a new wave of emi-
gration, Haber said. Thousands of
Jews fled to Fr a n c e, Italy and
other havens, most with little or no
funds, and only with the few be-
longings they could carry, crowd-
ing into neighborhoods already
dense with refugees. They placed
an additional burden on Jewish
welfare agencies as they quickly
exhausted their meager resources
and turned the agencies for welfare
assistance and aid in finding jobs
and housing.
In 1967 JDC aided approxi-
mately 374,000 needy Jews in
over 25 countries around the
world, Haber reported. This in-
cluded 91,000 assisted in Israel,
149,000 in Europe, 58,000 in
Arab and Moslem countries,
5,000 in other, more remote
areas such as Australia and In-
dia, and an estimated 71,000 who
were assisted in programs cut-
ting across geographical boun-
daries.
JDC's health, medical. Welfare
and rehabilitation programs en-
tailed expenditures of $22,470,430
and resulted in a deficit for the
year of over $850,000, Haber re-
ported. JDC has spent $870,869,616
since the American Jewish welfare
agency was created in 1914, he
added. JDC receives funds for its
global operations mainly from the
campaigns of the United Jewish
Appeal.
The outbreak of the Six-Day
War triggered a mass exodus
from North Africa during the
summer months involving ap -
proximately 20,000 Jews, of whom
3,000 were from Libya, 1,000
from Egypt and Lebanon, and
the remainder came in almost
equal numbers from Morocco and
Tunisia, he reported.
The Moroccan, Tunisian and Lib-
yan Jews are the most fortunate
ones, Haber noted. "Still remain-
ing in various Arab countries are
many with little hope of escape,"
he said, "these are generally be-
yond even JDC's assistance. In
'.Syria and Iraq several hundred
Jews have been jailed, and mere
subsistence has become a severe
hardship on their families. While
the Jewish community in Lebanon
as a whole escaped bodily harm
and property loss, nevertheless, a
'small segment, mostly young peo-
ple, have left for France to ar-
range for eventual resettlement in
North and South America."
A in a j o r development in 1967
was the resumption of JDC wel-
fare operations in Romania after
an absence of almost 20 years, Ha-
ber said.
At the same time, he noted that
the JDC was ordered by the Polish
government to end its operations
in that country as of Dec. 31, 1967.
JDC assistance programs were aid-
- ing approximately 12,000 of the
estimated 18,000 to 20.000 Jews
still in Poland, he reported.
JDC provided financial grants
to 118 y e s 11 i o t (religious
' schools) with an enrollment of
more than 16,000 students, Ha-
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 9, 1968-15
New Terrorist Group Boasts Responsibility
for Cafe Orient Explosion in E. Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new
Arab terrorist organization boasted
in pamphlets Monday that it was
responsible for the explosion that
damaged the Cafe Orient here Aug.
1 and injured one of it patrons.
The group, which styles itself
the "students and pupils of the
West Bank," also claimed respon-
sibility for L small explosion in an
empty lot here two 'eels ago. The
"committee' is known to be affil-
iated with the Commune el Arab,
an illegal terrorist organization
based in Lebanon.
An explosion Sunday night dam-
aged a generator building on a
ministry or agrIcnIture farm north
of Gaza that serves Arab farmers
in the Gaza Strip. The generator
itself was not damaged.
The blast at the Orient Cafe was
caused by about 500 grams of high
explosives concealed in empty
crates in a storeroom. There were
50 Israeli and Arab patrons in the
cafe at the time. One of them was
slightly injured by flying splinters.
Street clashes °mired after the
blast between Israel and Arab
youths.
Fifteen East Jerusalem Arabs
who were in the cafe were taken
into protective custody.
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