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"Within the last two years," the out poetry.—Oscar Wilde.
THE SILENT PROBLEM: The summer camp season is coming to a editorial notes, 35 countries have
close and with it also the "silent problem" of combating drug abuses asked Israel for help." Engineers
among teen-agers in the Jewish camps, and even among some mem- and agronomists from. Israel are
"supervising development projects
bers of the staff.
With the number of Jewish "drug experimenters" estimated to be from Singapore to Liberia and, at
about 80 per cent of the Jewish youth in some schools and in some the same time, training local work-
neighborhoods—especially in areas where middle-class Jewish families ers to carry on when they leave,"
reside—it was inevitable that the drug abuse practice should also find the editorial states.
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In addition, young Asians and
its way to youngsters in Jewish camps this summer. Of the more than
200 camps nationally sponsored by Jewish community agencies, some Africans studying under scholar-
ships have found every major edu-
are known to have had sad experiences in checking drug abuses.
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Usually, for the sake of protecting the reputation of the camp, cational institution in Israel open
little or nothing is spoken of these experiences. It is known, however, to them. As a result, the editorial
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They were prepared for this. Camps sponsored by Jewish commu- "no-red-tape projects."
The proof of Israel's effective
nity centers had received guidance in advance of the opening of the
aid programs, the editorial notes,
camp season. In the larger communities where serious attention is now
"is perhaps found in the Soviet
being paid to the drug abuse problem among Jewish youths, special
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broadcasts beamed to Africa."
attention was also paid this summer to prevent the using of drugs by
The Russians, the editorial con-
the young campers as well as by some of the young counselors.
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SUMMER EXPERIMENT: Fighting drug abuse among Jewish
teen-agers in the city has also become part of a summer project upon
which the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Services has embarked in
New York.
Utilizing the vacation months, when college students are looking
for jobs, the bureau has recruited a number of them to learn, while
earning, about the various fields of Jewish communal service; also to
serve as a link between troubled Jewish teen-agers and Jewish social
workers and psychiatrists.
The students—nearly all of them sociology majors—have been as-
signed by the bureau, after careful screening and orientation, to streets
in New York, where Jewish middle-class teen-agers usually congregate.
There they were mingling with these teen-agers and became members
of their groups into which they were easily accepted because they
talked the language of the teen-agers and came from the same middle-
class environments.
It did not take them long to become confidants of the misguided
youngsters. They spent time in the "streets" with the teen-agers, not
only days but also evenings. Some of them mingled with the youngsters
every evening of the week. When friendship was cemented, the teen-
agers confided in them not only their own problems, but also the prob-
lems of other Jewish youngsters caught in the net of using drugs. The
students then tactfully influenced the troubled teen-ager to voluntarily
seek counseling, psychiatric assistance and other aid from the Jewish
Community Services in their neighborhood.
The students recruited by the Bureau for Careers in Jewish Serv-
ice concentrated on reaching users of "soft" drugs—marijuana, barbitu-
ates, amphetamines, mescaline and other forms of "speed." They did
not work with "hard" drug cases, as these are beyond their com-
petence.
PENDING PLANS: With thousands of Jewish teen-agers now re-
turning from their summer camps to the city, and on the eve of the
opening of the new school year, nractically every Jewish community
in the country is now preparing educational programs on many aspects
of drug abuse for parents, teachers, social workers and teen-agers.
All major Jewish communities are unanimous in their conviction
that the drug abuse problem is serious, growing worse and of great
concern to all segments of the Jewish community. It has been estab-
lished that the proportion of cases in which Jewish teen-agers are
treated succesfully for the elimination of any form of drug use is,
unfortunately, quite small. This is true regardless of whether the
treatment is conducted by a Jewish family agency, psychiatric clinic
or residential treatment center.
The problem of treatment of Jewish drug users—as well as of dis-
couraging drug experimentation among Jewish teen-agers—will there-
fore be high on the agenda of Jewish communities as the new school
season opens. Jewish Family Services will in the coming months be
busier than ever, since all indications show that drug abuse is rather
increasing, and not decreasing, among Jewish youngsters, especially
among those who come from affluent families.
tinues, view Israel's example as
a serious threat to their own
penetration into the new nations.
"The Soviets shortwave radio
has repeatedly denounced Is-
rael's aid program as 'a new
form of colonialism' and 'eco-
nomic imperialism.' African offi-
cials listen to these outbursts,
then laugh them off and con-
tinue to expand their contracts
with Israel."
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Thus, the editorial continues,
black Africa and the black people
the world over "have some stake
in Israel's fierce struggle to pre-
serve her identity as a nation and
remain unencumbered and inde-
pendent. History is on her side."
The editorial, which appeared
in the Chicago Daily Defender on
Aug. 24, is scheruled to appear in
the Courier chain of newspapers
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An Urgent Call to
Congregations, Organizations
and Individuals .
Help Provide Necessary
High Holy Days Assistance
Funds For Needy in Israel
SUPPORT THE MIZRACHI MO'OS CHITIM CAMPAIGN !
Read the facts in this reprint from The Jewish Hews of August 14, 1970
Detroit Mizrachi Introduces a New Policy
of Sending Food Packages to Israel Needy
Hebrew at Buffalo College Called a Success
BUFFALO, N.Y. (JTA)—A total, uled to continue on an experimen-
of 82 students enrolled in a He- I tai basis through the end of this
brew language course at the State , I year. They said that starting in
y
1971,. the State University would in-
University of Buffalo during the , elude Hebrew in its regular sched-
two semesters in 1969 when the ule of courses.
course was initially offered, ac-
Some 55 students are now study-
cording to officials of the United ing Hebrew at the university and
Jewish Federation here. 90 students have requested en-
A similar course was started this rollment for the fall semester.
past year at the State University About 20 students are taking the
College here. Federation officials Hebrew course at the state uni-
said that the course at the State ! versity. They said the Bureau of
University, initially subsidized by Jewish Education, a federation
the federation when it was started I affiliate, has been working closely
in the spring of 1969, was sched- I in the development of the courses.
Detroit Mizrachi this week
announced plans to expand
the economic aid to Israel
program by means of provid-
ing food packages to needy
for the Holy Days.
Zvi Tomkiewicz, director of
Detroit Mizrachi, stated that
food packages, at $15 or
more will be sent to many
hundreds of Israeli families
with funds now asked as
Holy Day gifts for that pur-
pose.
"The gift certificates we'll
send to Israel will be for
packages to be filled by
Super-Sol in Israel," Tom-
kiewiwcz said. "Such funds
will serve not only to aid
needy but also to assure an-
other means of economic aid
to Israel through the Ameri-
can dollars contributed for
that purpose."
Contributions for this pur-
pose are now being solicited
by Mizrachi. Checks should
be made payable to Mizrachi
and mailed to Mizrachi,
23125 Coolidge, Oak Park,
Mich. 48237, phone 398-7180.
Mizrachi, 23125 Coolidge, Oak Park, Mich. 48237
Contact Mr. Zvi Tomkiewicz or phone 398-7180
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