THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 31, 1972-11
Behind the nes. a different Battleground.
Behind the battle lines, a different kind of war is being fought in Israel. A war against need.
Prime Minister GoldiMeir has said, "We can be defeated by poverty."
For 23 years, thouiands of immigranta have been rescued and brought to Israel by Jews of the free world.
The people of Israel cannot help us keep up with the increasing needs of these immigrants. 50,000 more are expected this year.
300,000 are still not self-sufficient. Their needs are our traditional responsibility, and they cannot wait any longer. We must fight to close the gap now
a minimum of 15,000 new units for 50,000 immigrants,
In 1972 we must declare an outright war on HOUSING NEEDS—We must build -
EDUCATIONAL NEEDSaVaininITSUPPOrl scholarships for 100,000 needy high
needy.
most
and provide decent housing for the
higher education.
school students, and build and maintain new facilities for pre-school, secondary,
HEALTH NEEDS—We must provide laboratory facilities and beds for hospital where occuPancila now running at 135%
of capacity. These are battlegrounds in the other war InlsraeLThe people of Israel ihannetvlyldttheirtesources to the "first front"—defense.
- We Must channel ours to fight the war on human needs.
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CAMPAIGN-ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND
GIVE TO THE 1972 AWED
SAMUEL FRANKEL, CHAIRMAN
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