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By JERRY CHESLOW
JERUSALEM—"The hous-
ing shortage is Israel's num-
ber one problem today," de-
clared Uzi Narkiss, director
general of the Jewish Agency
department of immigration
and absorption.
Severe before the Yom
Kippur War, the problem has
been further aggravated by
a near halt to construction
since the outbreak of hostili-
ties.
Meanwhile, the Jewish
Agency wil be working on 14
programs, at a cost of $329,-
000,000, to achieve a. more
long-range solution to the
housing crisis.
Of that sum, $9,500,000 has
been set aside for the Jewish
Agency's first construction
for the unmarried; 1,000 one-
room apartments are to be
built to help single people
who often leave the country
because they cannot find
adequate, inexpensive hous-
ing.
The most costly of the
other 13 projects is a $138,-
500,000 allocation for the con-
struction of 7,000 dwelling
units for families. Two of
the other budget items are
$32,000,000 for rent subsidies
For the department of im-
migration and absorption,
which will have to quarter
the 100,000 newcomers ex-
ted in the next year and
nalf, it has meant that
people who were to move
from absorption centers are
still waiting for their apart- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ments to be completed. With
immigration going on apace,
this has resulted in an over-
crowding of the department's
temporary housing facilities.
To relieve this pressure,
the Jewish Agency has rent-
ed 20 hotels and rest homes
for use • as absorption cen-
ters. These facilities are al-
ready at 85 per cent capa-
city and are expected to be
filled this month at which
time other measures will
have to be taken in order to
accommodate new arrivals.
According to Narkiss, some
of the measures will call for
sacrifices on the part of im-
migrants.. Some will be asked
to move into incomplete
apartments. Others will have
to remain in temporary hous-
ing for six months to one
year while more permanent
quarters can be arranged.
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Religious Programs Launched for Sovi et Olim in
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NEW YORK—A series of
to immigrants who find their
own apartments on the con-
siderably more expensive,
private market and $22,000,-
000 for long-term, low-in-
terest mortgage loans.
Although the projects
have been planned and the
funds allocated for them,
whether the workers will be
available to complete them
in the allotted time depends
on the military situation.
`Jews Handle Most
Japan Goods in U.S.'
NEW YORK (ZINS)—Ac-
cording to reliable estimates,
more than 50 per cent of all
Japanese products sold in
the United States are han-
dled by Jewishly-owed firms.
Friday, January 4, 1974-3
new programs in the after-
math of the Yom Kippur War
have been launched by the
Russian Immigrant Rescue
Fund, the major Orthodox
Jewish agency in the field of
religious aid to these olim.
According to a report by
the chairman of the Israeli
committee of the Russian
Immigrant Rescue Fund,
Meier David Lewenstein of
Tel Aviv, these new projects
include increased home visi-
tations "especially to the
'olim' families that feel lost
because their breadwinner is
away at the front."
Since its inception two
years ago at a national con-
vention of Agudath Israel of
America, the Russian Immi-
grant Rescue Fund has spent
millions of pounds to provide
W ake of War
help the work of this agency
and not allow the olim to
"succumb to the shattering
experience of war tensions
while acclimating to their
new life." The American of-
fice of the Russian Immi-
A call has been issued by grant Rescue Fund is at 5
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, for Beekman St., New York.
the-- rabbinic sponsors, and
Moses Braunstein for the lay
treasurers of the Russian
Immigrant Rescue Fund, to
Russian immigrants in Israel
with educational facilities
and religious programs for
the children, youth centers,
special synagoguges and oth-
er spiritual requirements.
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