U.S. Officials Fear Soviet 'Advisers' in Egypt Might Shoot NEW YORK (JTA) — Senior American officials are becoming increasingly concerned that the 2,000-3,000 Soviet military advisers assigned at small unit level in the Egyptian army, navy and air force could be drawn into sudden com- bat with the Israelis, New York Times correspondent William Beecher reported from Washing- ton. The officials note that Egypt, equipped with over-200 sophisticat- ed MIG-21 supersonic jets com- pared to only about 65 Mirage III-C fighters on the Israeli side, might be tempted into a pre-emptive air- strike to gain aerial superiority enabling Arab bombers to fly un- hindered, Beecher reported. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, October 25, 1968 Boris Smolar's 'Between You ... and Me' (Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.) COMMUNALL SERVICES: Jewish communal services in the United States are "big business." Their aggregate value, or cost, is estimated by the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds to have totalled close to $1,000,000,000. Included in this sum also are the aid and services given by Ameri- can Jewry to Israel. In 1967, this aid reached a record high of $323,000,- 000,000 due to the spontaneous and generous giving for Israel during the Six-Day War. As a result of this outpouring of aid, Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds raised over $179,000,000 for the Israel Emergency Fund of the United Jewish Appeal, in addition to the proceeds of the 1967 regular campaign which exceeded $144,000,000. If must be taken into consideration that excluded from the $1,000,- 000,000 estimate is almost all endowment income of the Federations, as well as all building fund campaigns conducted for Jewish hospitals, homes for the aged, Jewish centers and other structures. The New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies alone received many millions On the other hand they are wor- of dollars during the year for its building fund. Plans were announced ried by the possibility of a strike in 1967 for the expansion of hospitals and medical centers in eight other by Israeli planes from newly built communities at the cost of many millions. The National airfields in the Sinai which could Jewish Welfare Board reported plans in 1967 for the building of new raid Egyptian military targets and Jewish centers at a cost of $12,000,000. New and expanded homes for even the Aswan High Dam on the the aged were planned in six cities, and seven synagogues in major southern Nile. communities had goals in 1967 of $7.000,000 for new buildings. The very impressive report on Jewish communal services—pre- American analysts say that in the last 16 months, the Soviet pared and analyzed by S. P. Goldberg, CJFWF expert—brings out the fact that the amounts raised by the Federations are augmented by Union bits- poured about 92,500,- 000,000 of modern arms into the funds prbvided by non-sectarian United Funds and Community Chests Middle East and have replaced for local Jewish services. These grants totalled more than $20,000,000,000 most of the jets, tanks and artil- in 1966, and were given mainly to Federation agencies in various cities. * lery lost by the Egyptians in the June 1967 war, Beecher reported. 1968 ACHIEVEMENTS: With only two months left to complete the "In addition to the equipment, fund-raising campaigns for 1968 by the Jewish Federations and Welfare the Russians have sent in 2,000- Funds, it can be predicted that the "gross national product" of the 3,000 Military advisers, up from Jewish communal services will not be much behind tthe billiion 500-700 before the Six-Day War." dollar estimate for 1967. The response of givers to the Israel Emergency Fund may not be The concentration of Soviet per sonnel and equipment and the pre- as strong this year as it was in 1967, when emotiions were the carious balance of the ceasefire is highest in American Jewish history. However, the regular annual Fed- the cause of official concern in eration campaign—of which the UJA usually receives about 60 per cent Washington. Beecher noted that in of the funds raised—will definitely yield higher results than last year. contrast to Israel's weakness in In addition to the Federations, some 70 agencies are raising about air defense, its forces "now sit in $55,000,000 a year in the communites in independent campaigns and commanding defensive positions, in will probably collect the same amount again this year. Agencies raise the Sinai Desert, in the Golan funds directly for operating or restricted purposes in cities where they Heights of Syria and in the West are not included by Federations. Bank of the Jordan River. In addi- The United Jewish Appeal receives the major share of the funds tion, all experts agree that mere raised by the Federations. It is now exactly 30 years since the UJA was comparison of weapons inventory organized. On the basis of indications of the probable level of the 1968 does not accurately portray rela- campaigns, the 30-year period would bring the totals raised in this tive military strength. The motiva- generation to over $3,600,000,000 and the share to the UJA to about tion, leadership and technological $2,100,000,000. The Joint Distribution Committee—one of the major part- skill of the Israeli soldiers are con- ners in the UJA fund-raising—will have received about $700,000,000 sidered far superior to those of her from the UJA since its inception in 1939 till the end of this year. Arab neighbors," Beecher" wrote. During the 20 years of the existence of the State of Israel—from 1948 through 1967—the UJA aid to Israel, through the Jewish Agency, totalled over $1,000,000,000. The JDC spent for its programs in Israel Labor Zionists to Convene about $170,000,000. Hadassah raised $170,000,000 in this period, while NEW YORK — Several hundred Israel Bond sales in the United States totalled over $970,000,000. Philan- delegates are expected at the 36th thropic funds continue to be an important source of income for Israel's national convention of the Labor economy. They are specifically earmarked for welfare, health and Zionist Organization of America- educational programs. Poale Zion, Nov. 8-11, at the Park hSeraton Hotel, here. GRAPHIC PICTURE: A graphic piceture of the various aspects of Jewish communal services inside the U.S.—in addition to overseas aid —is presented in the section of the CJFWF study dealing with the local OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS and national services. The CARIBE MOTEL Federations allocated about 4 per cent of their funds to Jewish PROVIDES YOUR national agencies and about 40 per cent to local services. In 1966 they WITH .. . supplied $43,500,000 to local Jewish services in the fields of health, CONVENIENT LOCATION family and child care, refugee aid, Jewish centers, Jewish education, Woodward near 7 IK_Ie Rd. care of the aged, vocational services and community relations. Minutes awa) from everything From the CJFWF study a picture emerges showing that there are LUXURIOUS ROOMS • Phones • Air Conditioning 64 general and special hospitals under local Jewish sponsorship with • Complete Kitchens • Wall-to-Wall Carpeting about 21,400 beds. Most of these hospitals are in the largest centers of COMPLETE Jewish population. Five of them were rated among the top 32 in the country in an evaluation of over 7,000 hospitals by hospital experts. ACCOMMODATIONS They are: Mt. Sinai and Montefiore hospitals of New York, Michael AT NO EXTRA COST • TV and Radio • Parking Reese Hospital of Chicago, Cedars-Sinai of Los Angeles, and Beth Israel • Continental Breakfast of Boston. The Federations provide approximately $12,500,000 to the PHONE hospitals; this is only 3.6 per cent of the receipts of these institufrons. TO 8-2662 In the field of care for the aged, there are 71 homes with about 13,000 beds. They care for about 16,000 residents. Over half of the resi- dents in these homes are over 80 years of age; four-fifths are over 75. Rates In addition, family agencies serve about 20,000 Jews age 60 and over, Moderate living in their own homes. - Start at Federations are currently providing Jewish education with $6,400,- $8.00 000 annually, mainly for secondary education and teacher training. Enrollment was estimated last year at about 540,000 students, mainly Neer 7 Mile Road in self-supporting congregations. Of these, 43 per cent were attending one-day-a-week schools, 43 per cent were in afternoon schools and 14 19630 per cent were in all-day schools. Woodward There are over 300 Jewish community centers with a membership of 717,000 and total expenditures of $35,100,000. West Bank Arabs Fear Expressing Views on Peace JERUSALEM (JTA) - West Bank Arab leaders interviewed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tues- day expressed mixed feelings about the possibility of a peace agree- ment between Israel and Jordan. None of them would agree to be quoted by name and their tension was evident as they spoke to the JTA reporter and debated among themselves. Most West Bank leaders agreed that a peace settlement was desir- able and thought it would relieve them of the possibility of making decisions. But there was consider- able fear expressed that in the. event of a settlement, West Bank Arabs would find themselves in the middle of an inter-Arab con- flict between the Jordanian author- ities and the Palestinian terrorist groups like. El Fatah which have sworn never to accept a settlement with Israel. Some of. the Arabs were worried .about dual loyalties should portions of the West Bank remain permanently under Israeli control. ' Some schools in the Nest Bank towns of Ramallah and Jenin were closed .Monday. by a students' strike. A demonstration by Ram- allah high schOol girls was die- ° BUICKS THE BEST FOR LESS AT MORRi s B u CK 342.7100 14500 W. 7 MILE AT LODGE X-WAY Why Israel? Why here, in such a little place? As real estate, it's nothing much. But here, in this little place, every ethic of Western man was born. The Bible was written here, and every man has a root here, deep in Israel's stubborn soil. Come to Jerusalem, to the wall of Solomon's Temple. 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