THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 24, 1969-23
Aliya Adviser Offers Aid to Settlers
in Search of a New Life in Israel
Israel wants YOU. And her re-
cruiters will go out of their way to
prove it, short of landing you a job
and a house in the suburbs.
Ze-ev Brauner, new area repre-
sentative of the Israel Aliya Center
regional office in Cleveland, can
fill in the potential settler on what
to expect in the way of job oppor-
tunities and housing.
But, the New York native cau-
tions his interviewees, "Don't ex-
pect the American standard of liv-
ing; it will be more European."
Unless you're a skilled technician,
social worker, teacher or doctor,
"Don't expect a job waiting for
you."
Brainier, a high school English
teacher who immigrated to Israel
14 years ago, discourages few
People from going, but he wants
them to go "with their eyes
open." In five visits to Detroit in
the past five weeks, he has inter-
viewed some 70 persons interest-
ed in aliya. He figures half of
these will go through with it. So
far, most are single, "but fami-
lies adjust best." Families prefer
to go when school is out, so there
will be a minimum of hardship
on children, he said.
Currently, the job situation in
Israel is a good one, said Brauner.
"We can thank de Gaulle for that."
He explained that the French em-
bargo has meant a realignment of
jobs in defense industries. "As of
now, there are more jobs available
than people to fill them."
The potential immigrant who
comes to Brauner is filled in on
conditions in Israel, fills out a
resume of job skills and if he has
a needed skill, waits for a reply
from Jerusalem, where a commit-
tee of men from his specialty seek
openings through the government
employment office.
If he can afford it, the would-be
immigrant can arrange a pilot trip
of his own. The Jewish Agency will
arrange interviews, if requested,
"but this doesn't always work,"
Brauner said. "The interviewer is
under no obligation to hire."
Those who are willing to take
the chance are advised to come
now, worry later. During the five-
month ulpan (intensive Hebrew
program for immigrants), food and
housing—as well as schooling for
children—are provided. Many find
jobs during this period, said Brau-
ner.
As for the housing situation, "It's
okay everywhere except Jerusa-
lem." Elsewhere, two-bedroom
apartment can be purchased for
$10-15,000, with 20 per cent down.
Brauner recognizes the uncer-
tainties that cause an American
to hesitate. Such factors were the
reason for the formation of
Americans and Canadians for
Aliya, a group which hopes to
bridge the gap. While he is here
for the next two years, Brauner
hopes to strengthen the local
group, which has had Its organi-
zation difficulties.
In his visits here, he has noted
two groups of potential settlers:
"the sutdent type in his 20s" and
the 35-40 group, composed largely
of skilled workers. His oldest
"olah" (immigrant) was a woman
of 79, who has gone to a home for
the elderly in Israel.
Brauner's interviewees cite four
chief reasons for their desire to live
in Israel: "dissatisfaction with ma-
terialism in the U.S." idealism,
fear for the Jewish future of their
children and "the search for a
challenge in their work."
None, he pointed out, has so
much as mentioned any fear of
hostilities in the Middle East.
Brauner welcomes persons with
an interest in aliya to make an
appointment with him call the Jew-
ish Center Hebrew department, DI
1-4200.
Letter Box
Hermann Cohen:
Some Vignettes
Editor, The Jewish News:
The review of "Hermann Cohen's
Philosophy in Judaism" published
in The Jewish News Jan. 17 re-
minded me of two interesting epi-
sodes related to me by Prof. Jacob
Hoschander of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary in 1929.
In 1880, while studying philoso-
phy in Marburg, he met Prof.
Cohen in a cemetery. Hoschander
asked him, "Don't you know that
it's forbidden for a Kohen (priest)
to visit a cemetery. Instead of an-
swering, Prof. Cohen burst into
tears, weeping like a child after
being scolded. On another occasion,
Hoschander asked Prof. Cohen if
he had two separate sets of dishes
in accordance with the prescribed
talmudic dietary laws, and like in
the above case, Prof. Cohen began
to weep, accusing thereby his wife
in this violation.
Cohen was an outspoken anti-
Zionist and a super German pa-
triot. When the First World War
broke out, Cohen criticized severe-
ly the Jews in England, France
and Russia for fighting against the
Germans. In a pamphlet published
in 1915, Cohen unleashed an acri-
monious and venomous attack on
the French -Jewish philosopher
Henri Bergson, "the son of a father
whose language was jargon (Yid-
dish)," to support France in that
war.
In his book, "Judenthum and
Christenthum," Cohen explained
the affinity between the Judaic
and German "Kultur and Geist,"
Culture and Spirit, but did not
propagate for the continuity of
Jewish Geist.
Last year at a meeting held in
Israel by the Union of Hebrew
Writers in commemoration of
Cohen's 50th Yahrzeit, Emanuel
Ben-Goryon Berdichevsky told the
audience about his father's meet-
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woolen talis sitting with his wife
and praying with devotion. At first,
Cohen refused to identify himself,
but later he told M. J. Berdichev-
sky that he had been coming incog-
nito to that suburb to spend the
Holy Days for several years. Per-
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haps he wanted to "escape" from
but as a former rabbinic-
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In the last quarter of the 19th
Century, Cohen enjoyed fame and
prominence, but now he's forgotten.
THE NEWEST
In history books on philosophy, his
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name no longer appears.
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