Israel to Get Loan for Farm Program FroM World Bank

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Boris Smolar's

'Between You
... and Me

(Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA)
(Copyright 1970, JTA Inc.)

COMMUNAL AFFAIRS: Jews living in the larger communities
are hardly aware of the fact that there -are more than 120 small cities
with a Jewish population of fewer than 5,000. They include 37 com-
munities with fewer than 2,000 Jews and a similar number of com-
munities counting fewer than 1,000 Jews.'
These communities embrace about 225,000 Jewish persons. This
total equals the combined Jewish population of Austria, Germany,
Italy, Greece, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzer-
land, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Luxemburg. In other
words—the number of Jews living in small communities in this country
is as large as the total number of Jews in all the free countries of
Europe, plus Czechoslovakia, with the exception of England and
France.
How Jewishly do the Jews in the small towns live? What is the
quality of Jewish life in small communities?
The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds has under-
taken a study on this subject. It sought to establish whether the Jews
in the small communities are giving generous financial support for
Jewish causes; what is the proportion of children enrolled for Jewish
education; how large is the number of Jews in each of these communi-
ties subscribing to English-Jewish weeklies and other publications
dealing with Jewish concerns and cultural expression; what kind of
Jewish institutions function there; are the congregations there Reform,
Conservative or Orthodox. It also sought data and information on
various other aspects of Jewish communal life.
The result of this study, conducted by Martin Greenberg, .CJFWF
director of research, produced an interesting picture of the characteris-
tics of the small Jewish communities.

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SMALL TOWN GENEROSITY: On the average, Jews in small
towns constitute more than .2 per cent of the total population in the
area. But the smaller the Jewish population, the more Jews constitute
a minority within the total community, the CJFWF survey shows. In
communities with a Jewish population of 4,000-5,000, Jews constitute
about 5.5 per cent of the total population. In communities with a Jewish
population of under 1,000, Jews constitute less than 1 per cent of the
population.
The 120 small communities surveyed constitute 6.7 per cent of the
U.S. Jewish population located outside of New York. But they contrib-
uted a little less than 11 per cent of the 1966 fund-raising campaign
results, and were more responsive to the 1967 emergency campaign-
of the United Jewish Appeal.
There was a substantial difference in the average per 'capita gift
between states. The contributions in the small communities in Louisiana
were the highest—four times as much as the average per capita con-
tributions in the small communities in California which had the
lowest contributions. Iowa and Indiana average per capita gifts were
more than three times higher than in the small communities in Florida,
New York and New Jersey. In Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ala-
bama, Illinois and Michigan, the average contribution was higher than
in Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia and Massachusetts.

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
World Bank announced that it has
approved a $20,000,000 loan in sup-
port of an agricultural credit pro-
gram in Israel. The loan is intend-
ed to increase the production and
export of high-value crops such as
flowers, sub-tropical fruits and
off-season vegetables.
The lending program, to be as-
sisted by the loan, will be carried
out by three banks engaged in
agricultural credit: The Israel

Bank of Agriculture, Ltd.. (IBA);
the Yaad Agricultural Develop-
ment Bank, Ltd.; and Nir, Ltd.

The loan will be guaranteed by
the state of Israel. It will be for
a term of 17 years, including a
four-year- grace period, with in-
terest at 7.25 per - cent. IBA will

relend part of the proceeds to its
own customers, and the remainder
to Yaad and Nir for relending to
their customers. Loans to ultimate
borrowers will be for terms of 10
to 15 years, including grace periods
ranging from two to seven years
with interest at nine per cent.
The loans will be mainly to
cooperative farm enterprises; in-
cluding kibutzim which are
based on communal ownership,
production and consumption, and
to moshavim, each consisting of
50 to 150 individual farms. The
export crops to be grown include
roses, carnations and gladioli;
subtropical f r u i t, avocadoes,
mangoes, tangerines and grape-

JWB Official to Conduct
Convocations for Airmen

NEW YORK—Torah convocations
for Jewish military personnel on
duty with the U.S. Air Force in
Spain, England and Germany will
be conducted Oct. 20-Nov. 10 by
Rabbi Aryeh Lev, director of the
National Jewish Welfare Board's
commission on Jewish chaplaincy.
During his three-week overseas
mission, Rabbi Lev will conduct
a career development institute in
England for Jewish chaplains in
the air force.

Eytan Leaves French Post as Israel Ambassador

PARIS (JTA) — Walter Eytan,
after 11 years service as Israeli
ambassador to France, left for
home Tuesday. He is succeeded
in his post by Asher Ben Natan
who arrived in Paris Monday.
President Georges Pompidou,
prior to his departure for Moscow,
had met with Eytan and expressed
hope that relations between their

countries would continue to im-
prove.
Before leaving for Israel, Eytan
met with Premier Jacques Chaban
Delmas and was tendered a dinner
by Foreign Minister Maurice Schu-
mann. The city of Paris awarded
him its highest decoration, the
Vermeil Medal, for "service rend-
ered to Franco-Israeli understand-
ing."

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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE
CONCERNING THE ISRAEL
HISTADRUT CAMPAIGN OF
METROPOLITAN DETROIT

Mr. Morris Lieberman, Chairman of the Iirael Histadrut
Campaign of Metropolitan Detroit, states that there has
been no change whatsoever in the status of the Israel
Histadrut Campaign. HISTADRUT, the General Federa-
tion Of Labor in Israel, has urged its friends and sup-
porters in the U.S.A. to speed up its 1970/71 campaign

and to help raise the unprecedentd sums needed by Is-
rael and HISTADRUT. The campaign will continue to

devote its main efforts toward developing and activating
affirmative support for the economic, social, and welfare,

objectives of the people of Israel under the institutions
of freedom and democracy.

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SCHEDULE OF MAJOR CAMPAIGN EVENTS

November 4 1970
Wednesday, P.M.

LEADERSHIP
MEETING

Raleigh House
25300 Telegraph Rd.
Southfield, Michigan

December 3, 1970
Thursday, PM.

CAMPAIGN
OPENING

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Oak Park, Middy's'

December 13, 1970
Sunday, A.M.

ORGANIZATIONS
BREAKFAST

Jewish Cemannify
Center, 18100 Mows

December 20, 1970
Sunday, A.M.

FIRST REPORT
Coml. Beth Hillel
MEETING (Breakfast) 19371 Greenfield

January 5, 1971
Tuesday Afternoon

PIONEER WOMEN Workmen's Circle
TEA
Bldg.,111340 W. 7 /Mk

January 10, 1971
:Sunday, A.M.

SECOND REPORT
Jewish Cosmienity
MEETING (Breakfast) Center, 18100 Mayers

January 27, 1971
Wednesday, P.M.

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SMALL COMMUNITY PROFILE: Most of the small communities
are affiliated with the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds, which is the central advisory body of Jewish communal prob-
lems. More than 30 per cent of the small cities have a Jewish Family
Service; about 45 per cent have a Jewish community center. One out
of every three communities has a Home for Aged.
Reform congregations are more popular in the small town than
Conservative congregations. On the average, the Reform congrega-
tions lead by about 11 per cent. However, in communities with 4,000
to 5,000 Jewish population, Conservative congregations lead by about
5 per cent. In communities with less than 1,000 Jews, the Reform
congregations lead by about 17 per cent.
The smaller the Jewish community, the less likely it is to have an
Orthodox synagogue. Almost two-thirds of the communities with 4,000-
5,000 Jews have at least one Orthodox synagogue, but in communities
with fewer than 1,000 Jews, only about 14 per cent have at least one
Orthodox synagogue.
No clear picture is obtainable on Jewish education in the small
towns. The American Association of Jewish Education has conducted
a series of census reports of Jewish schools in the country. But it
received full information from only 30 small communities which is
only cne-fourth of the small communities surveyed by the CJFWF.
There is a considerable variation in enrollment for Jewish education
among the 30 communities from whom reports were received. The
range- includes "highs" in which about 30 per cent of the Jewish
population is enrolled for Jewish education—to "low" in which only
6 per cent is enrolled. In seven of the 30 communities, all students go
to a Jewish school only once a week. In the remainder, the highest
is two-and-a-hall sessions a week.

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