3 Detroiters at Agency Sessions 6,000 Soviet Jews Reached Israel Since Jan. 1; Privilege Charge Denied In addition to Max M. Fisher, who is slated to assume the chair- manship of the Jewish Agency, Paul Zuckerman (center) and Hyman Safran will attend the sessions in Israel next week. Zuckerman is slated for one of the top 11 executive committee posts in the reor- ganized Jewish Agency. Boris Smolar's `Between You and Me ... Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.) HISTORY REPEATED: History repeats itself, although not always in exactly the same way. The reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel— which opens its Inaugural Assembly in Jerusalem on June 21—proves it. Prolonged friendly negotiations between Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the late head of the World Zionist Movement, and Louis Marshall and Felix Warburg, the two outstanding non-Zionist leaders of American Jewry, led to the expansion of the Jewish Agency in 1929, as a world JeWish body composed of. Zionists and non-Zionists to represent the interests of world Jewry vis-a-vis the British government which was entrusted by the League of Nations with the Palestine Mandate. Dr. Weizmann was then elected president of the Jewish Agency and Louis Marshall became chairman of its council. Prolonged and friendly negotiations during the last years between Louis Pincus, present chairman of the Jewish Agency, and Max M. Fisher, the highly respected American Jewish leader—who, like Louis Marshall, is not a Zionist but deeply interested in the development of Israel—have led to the current reconstitution of the Jewish Agency and to the holding of its first Inaugural Assembly. The assembly will be attended by 89 Jewish leaders from the United States and seven from Canada. the historic conclave, in which several hundred Jewish leaders from communities all over the free world will participate, will mark a major change in the responsibility and involvement of the Jewish communities in policies, decisions and work of the Jewish Agency. The assembly will give new direction to the Jewish Agency on a partnership basis between Zionists and non-Zionists. American Jewry will watch the Jerusalem gathering. The largest part of the hundreds of millions of dollars which the. Jewish Agency spends on immigration and absorp- tion of Jews from countries where they are being oppressed comes from American Jewry through the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds to the United Jewish Appeal. MANTLE OF LEADERSHIP: To wear the mantle of Jewish leader- ship once worn by Marshall is no small honor. Also no small respon- sibility. By being chosen to the top leadership of the reconstituted Jewish Agency—which will he working completely separated from the World Zionist Organization—Fisher becomes Marshall's successor. He will be taking the place which Marshall held when the non-Zionists joined the Zionists in the Jewish Agency in 1929. Fisher also is the chairman of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee of which Marshall was one of the found- ers, and president for many years, and its guiding spirit till his sudden death. Fisher follows the footsteps of Felix Warburg, another great leader in American Jewry who, together with Dr. Weizmann and Marshall, was an architect of the expanded Jewish Agency in 1929. It was Warburg's dream to see the. Jewish philanthropic and communal work organized in Jewish federations in each community. He was the "father" of the New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Fisher is, among his other activities, also the president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds—the central body of all Jewish federations and welfare funds that came to life during the last 40 years. He is thus instrumental in fulfilling Warburg's dream. Fisher's dedication to Israel knows no limit, as seen from the years when he was the national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal and from the role he played in helping to cement Israel's economic position ever since the establishment of Israel. NEW RESPONSIBILITIES: The Jewish Agency expanded by Dr. Weizmann and Marshall served as a representative instrument of all elements in world Jewry vis-a-vis the League of Nations and the British Administration in Palestine. Now the Jewish Agency has no such function. It is no longer a political body. It represents all elements in world Jewry not vis-a-vis a foreign power but vis-a-vis the Israel government. This imposes upon the reconstructed Jewish Agency quite different obligations. It imposes partnership obligations on the part of world Jewry toward Israel. The reconstructed Jewish Agency—in which American Jewish leaders will now play a predominant role—will be responsible for emigration and absorption of immigrants in Israel; social welfare services related to immigration and absorption; health services related to immigration and absorption; education; institutions of higher learn- ing and research; youth care and training; and immigrant housing. Hitherto, the WZO has conducted within the framework of the Jewish Agency its educational, cultural and related services. This will not be the case now that the Jewish Agency and the WZO have become twa separate autonomous entities. Each will have its own governing bodies, separate finances and separate operations. Continuing coopera- tion in the future is recognized by having the WZO designate one-half of the membership of the governing bodies of the Jewish Agency. NEW YORK (ZINS) — Since the first of the year, 6,000 Soviet Jews have reached Israel, it was dis- closed by Premier Golda Meir during her Scandinavian trip. The report, carried by the New York Times, describes the prob- lems and difficulties of finding suitable employment in Israel for the newcomers from the USSR. Part of the difficulty is due to un- familiarity with the Hebrew lan- guage, which is not easy to ac- quire. Efforts to house the new olim adequately also have evoked bitter protests from Israel's Oriental community, which demands equal treatment with the Soviet arrivals in employment opportunities and housing. There is a notion in many circles that certain privileges extended to new immigrants are at the ex- pense of the settled population. The authoritative Haaretz, in a leading article, calls it an un- founded belief. To begin with, Haaretz says, funds for the ab- sorption of new immigrants are provided by fellow Jews through- out the world. The measure of their contributions is directly pro- portional to the size of the immi- gration, and they would doubtless contribute less if the immigration were smaller. Has been making MEN out of boys for years. Sons needing self confidence BOXING is the answer DI 1.1000 BETH YEHUDAH TRAVELS 15751 W. 10 1/2 MILE RD. SOUTHFIELD, MICH. GLASSMAN OLDSMOBILE TAU( OF 557-6750-862-0963 Eve. Call us for all your traveling needs: THE TOWN 1. Domestic—Plane, train, bus 2. Overseas—Plane, ship 3. Hotel Reservations, every- where 4: Car Rentals, everywhere 5. Chartered buses WERE WHERE YOU WANT US!! HUNDREDS OF GROUP FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL. 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