Jewish Agency Seeks Diaspora Aid to Help Israel 'Play Role in Its Destiny'

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
expected arrival of 70,000 im-
migrants this year, most of
them from Soviet Russia,
confronts world Jewry and
the Jewish Agency with their
greatest financial challenge,
Louis Pincus, chairman of
the Jewish Agency executive,
declared in his keynote ad-
dress at the second annual
general assembly of the Jew-
ish Agency.

"Let us be aware of the
role destiny has asked us to
play," Pincus said. "Hun-
dreds of thousands, if not
millions , of Jews from the
USSR and other Communist
countries look to us. Jews of
the dispersion, free and un-
certain, pray that we give
strength to the Israel of their
dreams," he said.
Paul Zuckerman, chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal,
predicted that the UJA ef-
fort in 1973 would outdo the
record - breaking campaign
conducted in 1972. "To be
tired of the vision of an Is-
rael free of slums and pov-
erty . . . an Israel secure
and peaceful within recog-
nized borders, and an Israel
standing like a rock with her
gates open to every Jew,
who seeks freedom and dig-
nity—is to be tired of every-
thing in life that makes it
worthwhile," Zuckerman said
at the assembly's opening
session Monday night.
Max Fisher, chairman of
the Jewish Agency's board
of governors, compared the
reconstituted Jewish Agency
to a "common market" of
Jewish resources, "an im-
proved Instrument for reach-
ing out an over the world."

only controversial note
at the general assembly
onen'ng was injected by
Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jeru-
salem, who recalled in his
remarks that Pincus had
scoffed at his warnings in
the past that immigration
would have its greatest im-
pact on Israel's large cities.

Kollek said that Pincus
had "laughed at this and told
its the problems would conic.
in the development towns.•'
But history proved Kollek
right, said the mayor of the
city with the largest new im-
migrant population. "With
all the help of the .Jewish
Agency and the UJA, the
cities are the only ones that
can do the major job • "
Kollek declared.

Pincus prefaced his open-

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"the combination of lack of
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local news, and financial
problems proved to be too
great an obstacle for the
small Voice staff to over-
come.
"This is the second time
the Voice has had to be dis-
continued and we are fairly
certain that it will not be
started again," the staff
said. The final issue was
dated Oct. 29, 1972.
The publication, which de-
scribed itself as an independ-
ent twice-monthly periodical
for Jewish students and fac-
ulty members, first an-
nounced suspension of pub-
lication in February, 1972 in
an editorial by editor David
Rosen. He blamed student
0athy for the suspension.

ing remarks with a brief re-
buttal to Kollek. He said he
hoped the Jerusalem mayor
"would concentrate his fund-
raising efforts on the UJA
and Keren Hayesod so that
we could do more for Jeru-
salem." Pincus was alluding
to Kollek's personal efforts
to raise funds for such insti•
tutions as the Israel Museum
in Jerusalem.

Finance Minister Pinhas
Sapir said that the govern-
ment can and is taking steps
to curb inflation. But he said
it could not do much to
eliminate its three basic
causes — immigrant absorp-
tion, defense costs and the
higher price of goods Israel
imports from abroad.

000,000 from the previous 000, compared to $2,600,000
budget, Dulzin said. But the L ast year.
(Earlier, Dulzin told the
arrival of 70.000 new immi-
grants in 1973 will require Israeli newspaper Haaretz,
15,000
new
"Israel
must prepare for the
between 14 and
housing units while the Jew- possibility of a tremendous
ish Agency's budget has mass aliya of Soviet Jews,
room for only 7-9,000 units, which could number over the
forcing the government to next few years as many as
come up with the rest, he 1,500,000 ohm.")
said.
Pincus
was
re-elected
Another major item, immi- chairman of the Jewish
grant absorption, amounts to Agency Wednesday evening.
$67,000,000, a $10,000,000 in- Duizin was re-elected treas-
crease over last year intend- urer. In addition, the 300
ed to meet the increased im- delegates to the Jewish
migration, largely from the Agency assembly elected 42
members to the board of
Soviet Union.
However, Duizin said, hun- governors.

Prior to this, there were
only 40 members, but this
year the delegates decided
to broaden the board to in-
Some delegates expressed
clude one new member each
concern that their contribu-
from the World Zionist Or-
tions to Israel were being
ganization and the United
eaten up by an inflated
Israel Appeal.
economy.
The new members of the
Sapir noted that even if
board of governors are —
Israel signed a peace treaty
from
the designees of the
with the Arabs soon, it would
World Zionist Organization:
still have to maintain a high
Louis Pincus, Mordecai Bar-
level of defense spending. He
On. Arye Dulzin. Chaim Fin-
said Israel had to be strong
kelszteyn,
Prof. Arthur
enough so that any peace
ltertzberg,
Rabbi Richard
treaty It may sign "will not
Hirsch, Mrs. Charlotte Jacob-
be Just a peace of paper."
son, Mrs. Raya Jaglom,
Sapir answered implied
Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum,
criticism that the Israel gov-
Joseph Klarman, Moshe
ernment wasn't doing enough
Ile said
many
Israelis Krone, Rabbi Israel Miller,
to attract immigrants, especi-
Andre Narboni, Prof. Allan
ally from the affluent west- asked "why we give the im-
Pollack, Dr. Emanuel Back-
ern countries, and to keep migrants so much, but they
man, Sam Rothberg, Avra-
them in Israel. "I think we don't appreciate fully how
ham Schenker, Ezra Shapiro,
did more than we had to," much the economy needs
aliya." He cited statistics Kalman Sultanik, Jacques
he said. "I can't• explain why
Torczyner and Dr. Raanan
part of them (western immi- showing the contributions
Weitz.
grants) went back. You'd made by immigrants to the
From the designees of the
better ask Louis Pincus, or labor force and the gross
United
Jewish Appeal, the
(minister of absorption) Na- national product during the
new
members of the board of
last two years.
than Peled."
governors are: Max Fisher,
Other items on the pro-
The finance minister said he
Albert Adelman, Irving Blum
favored permitting wealthy posed Jewish Agency budget (Baltimore, not on previous
Westerners to build homes included social welfare, $31,- board), Victor. Carter, Mel-
in Israel. Such building is 600,000, up more than $3,000,. vin Dubinsky, Raymond Ep-
000 from last year; health
not at the expense of general
stein (of Chicago, who was
services, $21,600,000, a de-
housing needs, he said.
not on the previous board),
crease of over $12,000,000
Edward Ginsberg, Morris
Moreover, he asked, "How from
last year's budget;
can you ask someone to con- higher education, $68,500,000, Levinson, Robert Russell,
- tribute to 17 .1A and Israel a drop of some $4,000,000; Jack D. Weiler, Philip Zin-
Bonds and then not let him youth care and training, $26,- man (also new) and Paul

dreds of thousands of Soviet
Jews may come to Israel in
the next decade, worsening
Israel's financial crisis. He
exnressed doubts that Israel
was preparing for a finan-
cial crisis. He expressed
douLls that Israel was pre-
paring itself properly for this
rnticipated influx. "We will
nee $10,000,000,000 in the next
10 years or, God forbid, we
will fail," Dulzin said.
The Jewish Agency treas•
rarer criticized "a certain at-
mosphere that has prevailed
In Israel In recent months
that expresses itself in the
belief that •Iiya la too costly
for the society."

build a home in Israel?" 600,000, an increase of some
There is always the chance $9 . 000 , 000 .
that he or his children might
Additional budget items in-
sett'e permanently in Israel
elude absorption in agricul-
eventually, Sapir said.
tural settlements. $45,100,000,
Sapir noted that no one
yu.epa some $12,000,000 from last
ever expected the record- year; and
and general
general adminis-
adminis-
breaking contributions of r;
tration and services, $3,200,-
1967 to he duplicated, yet
they have been exceeded in
recent years.

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Zuckerman. Max Fisher of taint, Melech Topiol of France
Detroit was expected to be and Max Schein of Mexico.
re-elected chairman of the
board of governors.
14—Friday, FoDb. 9, 1973

From the designees of
bodies other than the WZO
and the UJA, the new board
members are: Gordon Brown
of Canada, Isidor Magid of
Australia—new, Judge Issi-
maisels of South Africa, Leon
Mirelman of Argentina, Hy-
man Morrison of Britain, Dr.
Tibor Rosenbaum of Switzer-
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Asked why Israel was not
building more prefabricated
homes to ease the housing
shortage, Sapir spoke of
plans to buy 800 mobile
homes on an experimental
basis. But, he added, the re-
action of Israelis and especi-
ally of the press was likely
to be negative to such plans.

Declaring that "the gap
between our income and our
needs is tragic," Jewish
Agency Treasurer Arye Dul•
zin warned delegates of fate-
ful consequences for Israel
if fund raising around the
world is not even more sue-
cesful in the future than it
has been in the past.
Dulzin presented the as-
sembly with the Jewish
Agency's proposed record
1973 budget of $470,000,000.
But he said it fell well short
of actual needs, which he
estimated at closer to $785,-
000.000 for the year.
He said the 1973 budget`,
which includes about $60,-
000,000 unspent
from last
, year's budget
of $405,000,000
was only "provisional."
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