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New Aliya Director Promises

an Honest Look at Emigration

By CHARLOITE DUBIN
Perhaps this wasn't the
best time in the world for
Gideon Biran to assume the
directorship of the Michigan
Region Aliya Center. On the
other hand, maybe it was,

he's banking on this honesty After December 1970, the Is-

for the aliya movement has
never been more in need of
a firm hand, on this, Israel's
25th anniversary of state-
hood.
The 35-year-old Tel Aviv
attorney, who arrived in De-
troit a month ago, admits
that this is a difficult time
for aliya. The push and pull
—the economic situation here
and there — is not what it
was in recent years, when
joblessness in America pro-
vided the impetus for many
to leave.
Biran also fords that the
excitement after the Six-Day
War has died down, and with
it the motivation for many
young people.
Not the least important,
Americans have been reading
of Israel's economic difficul-
ties and its not-always-suc-
cessful struggle to provide
ideal housing for all who de-
mand it at prices they can
afford. Nor does Biran mini-
mize the adjustment prob-
lems that any Westerner
faces in Israel.

to win the kind of slim Is-
rael wants and needs. He has
had a good start, In two

rael government withdrew
special privileges to return-
ing Israelis. "I can't change
the law, but I'll do what I
can to help them," said
Biran. "They must choose
once and forever; if they go
now, while they're young,
it'll be easier."
Biran, who is here with
his wife Daniella and two
children, took the aliya post
at the request of the Jewish
Agency and at the end of a
two-year assignment plans to
return to his legal practice
in Tel Aviv. He is a graduate
of the Hebrew University
and an air force veteran.
Detroit had a special ap-
peal to Biran, for many De-
troiters come from the town
where his mother was born—
David Horodok in Poland.
He said he was happy to
find that the offspring of
some of these "landsmen"
are drawn to Israel despite
their upbringing in affluent
surroundings. lie is con-
vinced that aliya's success
depends a great deal on the
young.
Ann Arbor and East Lan-
sing, with their large campus
populations thus will rank
high on the list of Outstate
communities that Biran will
visit. He also plans to visit
Kalamazoo and Grand
Rapids, and he already has
been to Windsor.
For an appointment, any-
one with questions about Is-
rael, aliya and/or college
programs can reach Biran at
his office, 559 6755, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.

weeks since he took over the
new Michigan Region office,
at 12 Mile and Southfield
Rds., in Southfield, be kas
seen 4• interested families
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and individuals.
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Not all will make the move,
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but many will. Last year,
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when Michigan was being
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fice of the Aliya Center, De:
troit sent some 116 families
to Israel. Two families left
last month.
Biran hopes that the new
local office will provide
DICK STEIN
maximal opportunities for
preSen
him to reach Detroit area
Jewry, through synagogues,
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organizations and the media.
for you. party
To emigrate is not a spur-
of-the-moment decision. Bi-
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help families or individuals
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to make that decision, to help
them over the initial prob-
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lems and where possible
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make arrangements for
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'Bran chooses to present schooling and jobs.
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the problems honestly, and
Despite some talk that Is-
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rael may withdraw the pri-
vileges
it offers to olim from
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the West. "the government
From One to Any
feels that a better life for
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with
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Biran. Thus, during his first
few years in Israel, the im-
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migrant has the right to buy
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a car duty free; to buy "one
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of everything" — including
large appliances—duty free;
to obtain a mortgage or ac-
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quire, at less cost, a govern-
ment-owned apartment; to
get free university tuition;
and to study Hebrew inten- New Morality Topic
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cans and Canadians for Aliya
"The New Morality" is the
also offers loans and advice title of a series of five Mon-
FROM 50 TO 500
that the government can't day evening lectures to be
IN THE BEAUTIFUL NEW
delivered by Rabbi Sherwin
begin to provide.
Although Biran is a sabra, Wine at the Birmingham
BETH ABRAHAM-HILLEL SYNAGOGUE
he is well aware of the frus- Temple starting Oct. 9, at
626-0242
5075 W. Maple Rd.
tration felt by an immigrant 8:30 p.m.
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The topics are "The Past";
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who can't untangle the web
N of bureaucratic tape that Is- "The New Morality of Hap-
piness";
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raelis accept as a matter of
course. "As a lawyer," he of Sex"; "The New Morality
said, "I used to meet the of '-Work and Patriotism";
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bureaucracy every day on and "The Future."
Rabbi Wine also will de- -
behalf of my clients. I know
it's not easy, and what liver two lectures on Russia
makes it harder for the oleh and the Arab countries, on
is that he must face it more Monday ("The Big City")
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problem is over, and you p.m. at the temple. Admis-
needn't go through it again. sion is free to temple mem-
"It takes a good sense of bers.
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humor. I try to make a joke
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Biran insists, however, that
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such aggravations are no ex-
cuse for rejecting aliya.
"Israel is not idealistic,"
he said. "If I tried to sell
aliya on that claim, the im-
Sunday, September 24, 1972 at 2:00 p.m.
migrant would be disappoint-
at
ed. We are like all countries
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some good. We want to build
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people.
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"It's true that it takes
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poied
country, but if an oleh goes
to a kibutz expecting ideal- 1
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a kibutz must compete to
succeed."
Another group of immi-
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grants Biran would like to
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reach is the Israelis who are
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living here, some of them
now American citizens.
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KOZIN KOSHER CATERING

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The Human Scene

By ROBERT SLATER

(Copyright. 1912,

JTA

Inc.)

-Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan is fond of saying
there's no such thing as Jew-
ish or Arab oranges. Now
he's applied this thinking to
electricity. During a recent
visit to Kalkilya, in Judea,
Dayan gave his approval to
the municipality's request to
be connected to the Israeli
electricity grid. To help the
town's economy Dayan also
proposed that the municipal-
ity expand its building pro-
gram and impose taxes on the
new buildings. In a jocular
mood, he remarked, "You
can even annex Mar Saba as
far as I'm concerned. Wier
all Pinhas Sapir (minisOtr of
finance) lives there; he has
plenty of money at hand."

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officials. "Don't they realize
he's a politician 24 hours a
day, no matter what country
he's in"' remarked one
smiling American resident.
• • •
Greek Archbishop Joseph
Raya, a man with a cause, is
using an old strategem to get
his point across. Almost dai-
ly, the champion of Baram
and Ikrit settlers takes to the
pages of the Israeli press
with an advertisement an-
nouncing his latest plans.
Once he appealed to Premier
Golda Meir to let the settlers
have their border villages
back, using an open letter in
an advertisement in the Jeru-
salem Post. To give the ad-,
vertisement some color, the
bishop included a colorful
picture of himself, complete
with long black beard, relig-
ious frock and a long scep-
ter.
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The personal seal of the
Ramban (Nahmanides), dat-
ing back 700 years, is now on
display at the Israel Museum.
The seals bears the inscrip-
tion ''Moshe, son of Rabbi
Nahman Jerondi, may he rest
in peace, liazak." The Ham-
ban was one of the greatest
Jewish scholars in the Middle
Ages.

When New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller visited
the Mevasseret Zion Absorb-
lion Center in Jerusalem, the
centers leaders applied the
broom, brought out the re-
freshments, and told the new
immigrants residing at the
softer not to chat with the
visitor. When the New York-
er arrived (30 minutes late),
he hardly had time to notice
the neatness nor did he have
a chance to savor the food
and drink. But, he did wade
LETHAL
into the crowd of mostly
Remember, the higher
chances
are
of having a scrl•
American new immigrants,
much to the chagrin of the ous accident.

French Street Named for Jewish Poet Spire

PARIS (JTA)—A street were read by Michel Etch-
named after Andre Spire, the everry, a member of the
French Jewish poet who died Comedie Francaise.
in 1966, was inaugurated in ..../•./AcrAy•••••••••••W•WW•p•WV•WW
Avaray in central France at
a ceremony during which
Louis Joxe, Gaullist deputy
and former minister, unveil-
ed the plaque.
Spire's poems and letters

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