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No. 7 Page Four April 27, 1973 Israel'sStatus:Social NeedsAmidProgress Israel's quarter-century of independence is filled with historic events, the compilation of which would take many pages of printed recording. At a glance, however, the Keren Hayesod in Jerusalem, which functions on the world Jewish scene as the United Israel Appeal which performs most of the philan- thropic duties in Israel, has condensed the basic facts into the following: 1948 The State is declared on May 15; the War of Independence begins. 1949 Immigrants pour in, over a quarter of a mil- lion, aided by funds from the Keren Hayesod —United Israel Appeal and UJA. 1950 Strict austerity imposed to enable absorption of several hundred thousand more immigrants, including some 45,000 from Yemen brought on "Operation Magic Carpet." 1951 Israel is forced to build maabarot (temporary housing) to absorb large numbers of immi- grants. including 110,000 Iraqi Jews. 1952- New development towns built, scores of bor- 1955 der settlements established. new housing rises to accommodate continued flow of immigration. 1956 Arab terrorism grows; Sinai campaign and Israeli Defense Forces reach Suez in 100 hours; opening of the Straits of Tiran. 1957- Eilat port and city develop rapidly, new set- 1960 tlements rise in the Negev and Arava deserts. Hula drainage project in the north completed. 1961 One millionth immigrant arrives. 1962 Another new development town, Arad, rises in the desert between Beersheba and the Dead Sea. 1963- Another new development town in the Galilee, 1964 Carmiel is established, the new port of Ash- dod is opened. Economy and absorption of im- migrants take major strides. 1965- Drop in immigration; economic recession 1966 brin: s unemployment. 1967 War clouds gather: Six-Day War. World Jewry contributes record to Israel through Keren Hayeso I—United Israel Appeal and UJA. 1968- Econoriy prospers, marks record tourism, rec- 1972 ord immigration: Israel's population passes 3,000,000 mark; World Jewry continues to con- tribute to Keren Hayesod at five and six times more than pre-Six-Day War levels. Awakening of Russian Jewry: growing number allowed to leave for Israel. 1973 Israel marks 25th Anniversary with continuing growth on all fronts but amid growing signs of social unrest, and continued cultural and economic gaps. The progress achieved by Israel has reached immense proportions. Industrially, culturally, as a nation that welcomes its op- pressed kin regardless of circumstances or financial needs, Israel performs in what could be described as unbelievable courage and determination. Nevertheless, as the Keren Hayesod analysis certifies, there is social unrest that is perhaps more challeng- ing than any other factor in a state in the process of being reconstructed while under fire from enemy neighbors and in constant need of self-defense. Israel's position is more serious internally than on any other front. Every influx of new immigrants brings with it renewed chal- lenges. During the large migration of Jews from Moslem countries there was the prob- lem of integrating elements economically and socially different and often inferior in prog- ress to the Occidental Jews. Now there is the problem of the Russian Jews who, during the 50-year era under communism, have assumed habits and a way of life that causes conflict with those among whom they are mixing who have adopted new approaches to freedom and to economic aspects of a young nation. War threats keep uniting Israelis under a banner of cooperation and tolerance on the domestic front. With the Oriental Jews al- ready believed to be in the majority, while their participation in higher government ranks and their numbers in schools of higher education are still minimal, there is the con- stant danger of an erupting struggle among the differing groups. The needs of the na- tion while it is under attack unite them. Un- der differing circumstances the situation could be altered problematically. Those with vision must, therefore, take into account the needs that are urgent—those of providing the best education for the less affluent, the compulsion to provide better housing for the large Oriental families, the need to assure a higher education for the largest number of Israeli youths from all ranks. It is apparent that the urgencies can be met if the proper funds can be secured for the purpose. This is where the United Jewish Appeal plays a major role in protecting the state of Israel. As the provider of funds for UJA from our community, our Allied Jewish Campaign continues to be our great obliga- tion. On the eve of Israel's 25th anniversary, one of the ways of greeting the Jewish state with fervor is to fulfill our obligation to the agencies that provide some of the means for the state's security and uninterrupted ad- vancement. Few Remaining Crucial Campaign Days Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign is al- ready assured a great success, the current year apparently exceeding even last year's triumph. But the complete success can not be attained until every prospect as a giver has been reached. With the very few days remaining before the planned closing day for the drive—May 9—it is important that this fact should not be ignored. A major point, emphasized by the drive's able chairmen, Samuel Frankel and Paul Handleman, and their associates, is that the needs have _mounted to such great propor- tions that it is vital that last year's subscrip- tions should be measurably oversubscribed. Israel's needs are greater, and so are those of the local agencies. The domestic obliga- tions must not be overlooked, and only by increasing the income will the goals be re- corded as receiving a response from a con- cerned community. Detroit has been setting standards in philanthropy for the entire country. While it may be judged as false pride, there has, nevertheless, been great satisfaction in hear- ing national leaders say that "as Detroit goes so does the entire country." We are among the first to campaign for the United Jewish Appeal, the major bene- ficiary of our Allied Jewish Campaign. If we set new high standards in giving to UJA, it will undoubtedly inspire other cities in their humanitarian planning. There are many yet to be reached, and few days to do it in. Our volunteer army of devoted workers has a great responsibility to pursue its tasks with greater vigor than ever. The past records give assurance that the duties assumed by a responsible com- munity will be fulfilled honorably and in proper time. Schoenbrun Family Trio Writes Impressive 'The New Israelis' David Schoenbrun, thy popular CBS news correspondent, has been in love with Israel for many years. He has toured the land and has lectured on his experiences, and he has been as popular on the lecture platform as on radio and television. He extends his interpretive labors in "A Report on the First Gen- eration Born in Israel," in a volume filled with impressive data (Atheneum), under the title "The New Israelis." Interestingly, his co-authors are his daughter and son-in-law, Lucy and Rcbert Szekely. The intimacy of their approach, the factual as well as opinion- laden contents, give this book by the family team of writers unusual significance. This book is not devoid of criticism. They do not hesitate to empha- size, in their findings, that "many Israelis recognize the existence of injustices and of the need to make compromises and sacrifices for peace." With such an approach, the three writers have attained some- thing vitally needed in portraying the new Israelis. There are many views quoted in the book. The authors themselves state: "We found the young Israelis to be among the least politicized Jews we have met anywhere in the world." To give an over-all picture of the experiences they gathered, their work contains views like the following: A young woman: "Let me tell you about the history of our home- land. Golda's generation made the Revolution. My father's completed it. My generation wants to live. We want to be normal." A university student: "They were doers, rather than thinkers. That is, our parents' generation. Our grandparents, the early founders, the forefathers of Israel, they were intellectuals and great talkers, exalted, almost fanatical. We are not like that at all . . . We are more pragmatic, career-oriented, urban and, if we burn about any glory, it tends to be literature or science, not closeness to the soil." About Americans who come to Israel: "We don't have the kind of alienation here, not at all. Maybe our biggest danger is the opposite. You will surely find a good deal of conformism amongst Israeli youth. The majority is more like your own 'silent majority' than like the SDS." A young man in the air force, on the Six-Day War: "It was a great victory, of course. Had we lost we would have been slaughtered. Israel is the only country in the world that cannot afford to lose a war. Germany and Japan were rebuilt by the Americans. Even the Russians, with their heavy hand and police systems, have had to make an effort to rebuild the countries of eastern Europe. But can you imagine the Egyptians, Syrians and Iraqis rebuilding Israel? That is why we fight so hard, that is why no sacrifice is too great for defense." A 21-year-old sociology student: "Yes, convention is strong and our generation, we are not rebels. I, right now, am not ready for mar- riage. I'm only twenty-one. But, I admit that, in a few years, I'll be ready and accept marriage as a true commitment. One must live by laws. Children need parents, a family context. Even if I wanted to live with a girl, I can't conceive of bucking my family—how my mother would carry on!—her family, our friends. It's easier to get married. Society makes you give in, in the end, so why fight it?" A professor: "We have had a turbulent history. We have lived with crisis. It is inevitable, I guess, that a new generation comes along that wants normalcy. That could be healthy, but on one condition. It's some- thing that worries me. If they are pragmatic, that's one thing. But if they are indifferent, that's something else. I'm not yet sure where the majority is going, to a cool, intellectual, responsible politics—fine!-----or to a material acquisition of goods and comforts, leaving the affairs of state to others, in search of the middle-class bourgeois life for itself, then not so fine. In fact, that would be tragic." A young man: "Maybe we are not interesting, so glamorous, so majestic as Ben Gurion, Meir and Dayan. This is not an age of heroes. But maybe that's just as well. Heroes are bad administrators. Heroes do not make great diplomats. They can build countries, but can they make them work?" More than 200 Israelis and their parents, workers, soldiers and teachers, were interviewed to secure opinions like these. Studies con- ducted by the Institute of Applied Social Research were utilized in the Schoenbrun family's compilations. It is no wonder that this new volume on Israel is beginning to rise on the best seller list.