World Parley of Jewish Communal Service Hears Call for Measures to Aid Israel's Poor BY CHARLOTTE DUBIN JERUSALEM —Broader and swifter application of a policy of discrimination in favor of the disadvantaged was urged by the president of Hebrew University in a wide-ranging commentary con- cluding the second International Conference of Jewish Communal Service here last week. Avraham Harman, in his ad- dress to 600 communal workers from more than 20 countries, said that one of the challenges facing Israel is to achieve a balance "be- tween two disadvantaged groups- ithe immigrant who is disadvan- aged and who must make adjust- ments, and the disadvantaged groups already in the country, products of previous waves of im- migration." Urging that a new dignity be granted to middle-level manpower needs so necessary in Israel, Har- man suggested that "the better part of wisdom is to speed up economic and social betterment." Refuting a commonly held belief that peace would unleash a host of hidden social problems, Har- man said that "If we could only find peace, we could have a libera- tion of physical resources and man- power" to better deal with Israel's considerable internal problems. What has intensified Israel's social planning dilemma, he ad- ded, is the fact that external pressures—not only security, but sudden spurts of aliya from countries of oppression—dictate Israel's social responses. Complicating the issue is the psychological impact that no-war, no-peace has on a people. "It's possible, he said, "in a period of all-out war to demand great sacri- fice, but in a period of continued tension, the end of which we can- not foresee, one lives in an inter- nal state of war." Touching on the religious issue in Israel, Harman called upon the "great middle group" of observant Jews—"the cement of Jewish life" —to "continue to be dominant, with the militant moderation need- ed so desperately." Harman was optimistic that the Jewish people "is in a better position to meet challenges than ever before." He saw a resur- gence of Jewish creativity and said that "Never before has there been such a degree of search for cooperation on the part of all creative forces of the Jewish people of our time." The communal service confer- ence, whose participants hailed from such diverse communities as those in India, Mexico, Sweden, Uruguay and Brazil, drew a num- ber of Detroiters as well. They in- cluded Albert Cohen, Harold Dubin, Alan Kandel, Sam Lerner, Morton Plotnick, Mrs. M. Raskin, Mrs. S. Serwin and Benjamin Yapko. Jew- ish Welfare Federation Executive Vice President William Avrunin served on the planning commit- tee, and Kandel, Federation plan- ning director, chaired a session on "Jewish Community Organiza- tion and Planning." Besides the main plenary ses- sions, held at the Hebrew Univer- sity, there were workshops de- * * * Writers Urge Diaspora Press Be 'Constructively Critical' of Israeli, Communal Leadership , TIE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 27, 1971-5 Developing Countries Assisted by Hebrew University voted to various aspects of Jewish community work—from Jewish centers and homes for the aged to youth and family problems. A number of delegates representing Jewish youth bodies in various countries met prior to the confer- ence to formulate the problems they wished to see t•cided by the professionals. At a `-`Youth in Crisis" workshop, Black Panther Secretary Kohavi Shemesh said that the failure of existing frameworks for youth means that children from large families in Israel often find them- selves "on the streets and in criminal society, which is the only place where they seem to feel they belong." JERUSALEM—The first course turer in bacteriology, has been of a joint five-year project, during appointed the Israel coordinator which the Hebrew University of of the program. Jerusalem will assist the Haile Sellassie I University in Addis Ababa establish a microbiology unit, recently finished with the ex- amination of 35 students. It has been decided to run two courses in the coming academic year with a total of 60 students. This venture represents a new concept in implementation of scientific cooperaton with devel- oping countries. The Israel-Ethiopian scheme is administered by the Hebrew Uni- versity's Institute of Microbiology. Dr. Jacob Aronovitch, senior lec- NEW CADILLAC? SEE OR CALL He complained that existing in- stitutions for delinquent youth do not have sufficient educational content and said probation officers are unable to communicate with the young people they service. Prime Minister Golda Meir, in a special address before a packed auditorium, admitted that Israel has poverty and "no real equality." She added, however, that "I'm con- vinced that this will not be the character of the Jewish state.' With peace, she said, Israel will give reality to the dream of equality. Mrs. Meir, stressing the need for Jewish education, asked that the communal workers assem- bled put their programing em- phasis on youth. "Only if chil- dren are educated to feel that they are participating in every aspect of Jewish life will they be totally Jewish." She added, "You don't have to perform all the `mitzvos' but you should know what `mitzvos' you're not performing." Alluding to the efforts of Soviet Jews to assert their Jewishness, Mrs. Meir said, "What I really want is for young Jews in the free countries who don't have to strug- gle for it to have the same in- stinctive feeling, the consciousness that 'I am a Jew.' 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