Care of Aged. Gets Priority in France but Survey Shows Need. for Services
NEW YORK — How to provide
better care for the Jewish aged in
France is one of the most crucial
problems currently facing the Joint
Distribution Committee and the
French Jewish community, Samuel
L. Haber, JDC executive vice
chairman, reported.
Haber, who recently returned
from a visit to France, added that
care of the aged is only one of
the many difficult problems with
which the French Jewish commu-
nity is struggling in its efforts
to develop the services needed to
'integrate thousands of North Afri-
can newcomers into French Jewish
life.
A study recently completed by
the JDC medical department and
the social service department of
the Fonds Social Juif Unifie, the
central French Jewish social ser-
vice agency, "reveals that many
of the existing Jewish institutions
and services for the aged are
tragically inadequate, both in
quantity and quality," .H a ber
stated.
"Both in Paris and in the south
of France where Many North
Africans ..have settled, services
for the aged have lagged behind
to the point where hundreds of
aged Jews are living in slum
conditions with insufficient medi-
cal care and, in too many in-
Dr. Katsh to Get
Honorary Degree
DR. ABRAHAM KATSH
stances, not even enough to eat.
"There are long waiting lists for
admission to the Jewish old age
homes," he went on. "With a
shortage of supportive non-institu-
tional services like home help,
meals-on-wheels and home medical
care, aged people, who with a bit
of help could go on living in the
community, are forced to seek
institutionalization."
Haber pointed out that the
shortage of beds for the infirm
aged is especially critical— only
three of the homes for the aged
admit people in need of nursing
Orthodox Synagogue Construction
Drops Due to Hike in Building Costs
NEW YORK (JTA)—A Depart-
ment of Comnierce report that
inflation-spurred in c re a ses in
building costs have been responsi-
ble for a drop in church and syna-
gogue construction appears to
apply to Orthodox synagogues but
not to Conservative and Reform
building, which has dropped for
other reasons, according to a Jew-
ish Telegraphic Agency survey.
The Commerce Department re-
ported that construction outlays
for Jewish and Christian houses of
worship had dropped from a peak
of $1,207,000,000 in 1965 to $951,-
000,000 in 1969, with a projection
of 5900,000,000 for 1970.
The report said that construc-
tion costs rose 30 per cent during
the half decade, with religious
groups finding it hard to get bank
loans because of their noncommer-
cial nature. Higher interest rates
also were cited as a factor.
"Inflation takes a bigger toll cf
spiritual and cultural construction
than that erected to serve material
needs—unfortunately," said the re-
port. A source at the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of
America confirmed that the con-
struction of new Orthodox syna-
gogues "has slowed down due to
the peak in building costs," but he
estimated the dip as only "a slight
ec me.
Ile said "a considerable num-
ber of new congregations" had
been formed during that period,
emphasizing that a new congre-
gation could manage to get by
by use of private homes or by
doubling up with other congre-
gations in existing synagogues.
A spokesman for the United
Synagogue of America, the Con-
servative congregational associa-
PHILADELPHIA —An honorary
doctorate degree will be awarded
to Dr. Abraham I. Katsh, president
of Dropsie University, by the
Christian Theological Seminary in
Indianapolis, Ind., it was an- ,
nounced by Dr. Beauford A. Nor- '
ris, president of that institution.
Conferral of the degree will be
made at the seminary's annual
commencement convocation on Fri- ,
day, June 5.
Dr. Norris, announcing the award
to Dr. Katsh, said: "Both our
faculty and trustees have been
unanimous and enthusiastic about Retardation Center
our action to offer this honorary
degree; feeling that Dr. Katsh's Dedicated at Yeshiva U.
outstanding contributions in the
NEW YORK (JTA)—A $10,000,-
field of Biblical Scholarship and 000 Rose F. Kennedy Center for
Culture Development within the Research in Mental Retardation
Judeo-Christian tradition deserves and Human Development was
dedicated in ceremonies at Yeshiva
such recognition."
The Christian Theological Sem- University's Albert Einstein Col-
inary, which originated with the lege of Medicine.
Christian Church (Disciples of
The 10-story center, part of the
Christ) and was once part of But- college, will provide counseling
ler University, has been broadly as well as preventive diagnostic
oriented ecumenically through the and treatment services and serve
past years and its student body of as a training ground for teachers
250 represents over 20 different and other workers in the retarda-
denominations and religious faiths. tion field.
The seminary has included courses
Yeshiva University's B elf er
in Semitic languages and literature Graduate School of Science has
and Rabbi Sidney Steiman, of received a 8166,301 grant from the
Indianapolis, is an affiliate pro- National Science Foundation to
fessor at the institution.
underwrite tuition-free education
for more than 400 high school
mathematics and science teach-
Financial Woes Limit
ers.
Bar-llan Enrollment
RAMAT GAN—A total of 3,500
students from Israel and another
600 from abroad have applied for
admission to Bar-Ilan University
for the coming academic year. This
is an increase of 30 per cent over
the past year.
Because of the university's finan-
cial difficulties, only 1,400 new
students, of which 200 come from
abroad, will be accepted.
There is a heavy registration for
the new faculty of law which is to
open next year. Of 150 applicants,
40 were accepted. Of 300 who ap-
plied -for admission. to. the .new,
Computer tenth; NI- were accepted:
care. In any case, he said, the
study -reveals that there are not
enough homes and they are not in
the right places — for example,
Marseilles, Lyons and Toulouse,
which now have Jewish populations
of 65,000, 23,000 and 18,000, respec-
tively, have none at all.
The JDC subsidizes the health
and welfare programs of the
French Jewish welfare agencies
with funds from the United Jewish
Appeal.
Of the 3,000 and more cases liv-
ing in the communities under
study, 65 per cent were of North
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established a special unit at the
camp for children with learning
disabilities.
This unit will be open to 25
youngsters age 12-16 who are
ready to spend eight weeks at the
camp. The youngsters will begin
participating in their own unit
activities, but the emphasis will
be on integrating the participants
into the regular camp program.
For information, contact Donald
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Afrigan origin, 18 per cent were
postwar immigrants mainly from
Eastern Europe, and only 10 per
cent were French-born. Of the
1,083 residents in the home, 34
per cent were from European
countries, 33 per cent of North
African origin and 25 per cent
born in France.
The overwhelming majority in
both groups-68 per cent of the
total—had settled in France since
1956, over half of them since 1961.
Haber pointed out that 1956 was
the year of the Hungarian and
Suez crises, events which triggered
an exodus of Jewish refugees from
Eastern Europe, North Africa and
the Middle East (including Egypt),
which still goes on.
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said there had been a drop in
brand.
Reform temple construction but he
attributed it mainly to higher
taxes, lack of space and the con-
tinuing "major push out of the big
cities to suburbia."
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new buildings. He reported also
that there had been "quite a hit
of refurbishing and modernizing"
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Danish Refugee Council
Gets ORT Union's Help
1 NEW YORK — The Danish gov-
ernment has joined international
efforts to give haven to Jews leav-
ing Poland in the wake of the
governm nt's "anti-Zionist" cam-
paign.
Begi ning in July 1969, the Dan-
ish Refugee Council found itself
facing the problem of providing
shelter, food and other services to
more than 1,000 refugees ages 18-
50.
The council opened a language
school„ which in a few months,
was running at full capacity with
300 students and nearly that many
on the waiting list. For advice on
how the school was operating and
how to expand it, the Danish Coun-
cil turned to World ORT Union,
which sent its assistant to the
chief Of operations. His report be-
came almost a "Bible," not only
for the staff at the school, but also
for the board and secretariat of the
Danish Refugee Council.
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BOSTON (JTA) — A low-cost
kosher program is benefiting
more than 100 elderly Jews at the
Franklin Field Housing project.
The new pr ogr a m, developed
through joint efforts of the Asso-
ciated Jewish Community Centers
and the Hebrew Rehabilitation
Center for the Aged, seeks to pro-
vide nutritious kosher meals and
social services for elderly Jews'in
the project.
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JERUSALEM (ZINS) — The
average income of an urban Israel
family is 900 pounds ($261) per
month (as of the year 1969). Ac-
cording to a report published by
the goverment's statistical bureau,
monthly taxes amount to 145
pounds ($42.05). The report also
gives a breakdown of various in-
comes, according to profession or
business. Family income (4 per-
sons) for salaried workers aver-
ages 980 pounds ($284.20) month-
ly as compared with a monthly
income of 1,130 pounds ($327.70)
for self - employed.
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