NY Federation Office Picketed; Lack of Aid to Elderly Charge d 10-Friday, July 26, 1974

NEW YORK (JTA)—"Why
is federation ignoring our own
suffering brethren?" was the
cry of some 50 young people,
members of the Association
of Jewish Anti-Poverty Work-
ers, who demonstrated re-
cently in front of the offices
of the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies.
Besides protesting what
they termed the federation's
lack of "meaningful aid" to
elderly Jews in the New York
area, the demonstrators also
strongly opposed the recent
merger of federation with
the United Jewish Appeal,
-claiming that federation

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coerced- the UJA into the
merger, and that this move
had "all but completed the
sellout of the Jewish com-
munity."
Spencer Kay, director of
volunteer projects for the
Anti-Poverty Workers, said
his group opposes the merger
because 25 per cent of the
money collected in joint fed-
eration-UJA campaigns would
go to federation, which in
turn would use the funds to
benefit non-Jews, rather than
Jews.
Funds raised by the Anti-
Poverty Workers, said Kay,
go directly to the Jewish

poor. The organization, made
up mostly of young people,
uses the funds to provide
programs for poor, elderly
Jews, and tries to find them
adequate housing if they are
found living in slum dwell-
ings.
Answering t h e charge,
Sanford Solender, executive
vice president of federation,
issued a statement -claiming
"Traditionally more than 50
per cent of the funds dis-
tributed • by federation are

allocated for direct services
to the Jewish poor. In re-
sponse to the growing dimen-
sion of the problem, federa-
tion has expanded even fur-
ther its services to this -
group."
Solender listed a number
of programs run by federa-
tion, including housing for
the aged and a new reloca-
tion program now under way,
as well as campaigns for
social legislation in which
federation is involved.

Boris Smolar's

'Between You
. . and Me'

PILLARS OF STRENGTH: Phillip Stollman, who has
been a pillar of strength of Bar-Ilan since the university
was founded 19 years ago, is one of those American Jewish
leaders who dedicate their time to communal affairs no
less than to their private business. In Israel his name and -
the name of Bar-Ilan University are synonymous. He can
be seen in Israel many times during the year flying from
Detroit in the interests of the university.
The Stollman Building—erected with funds provided by
him and his brother Max, also from Detroit—is the hub
around which all activities of the university's administra-
tion are centered. It is a modern new air-conditioned build-
ing in the very center of the campus.

ROTHSCHILD'S INTEREST: Active as American Jew-
ish personalities are becoming more and more in their
ambition to strengthen and expand the Bar-Ilan University,
the interest in this institution of high learning is also grow-
ing in South Africa, South America and other countries.

The Rothschild Foundation has now undertaken to fi-
nance the construction of a second physics building at Bar-
Ilan at a cost of about $2,000,000. Nearing completion are
also the chemistry and life sciences buildings. A mathe-
matics building, named after Lady Davis, has recently
been dedicated. A cornerstone has also been laid for the
Eugene and Monica Hollander Hall of Judaic Studies.
The master plan of the university now provides for
building more dormitories and more buildings for its law
school and the school of social work. The university hopes
to open a medical school. Its library now has about 300,000
volumes and receives 3,500 current periodicals.

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U.S. JEWRY'S CREATION: Bar-Ilan University, with
its 1,080 courses and more than 200 research projects in
general knowledge and in Jewish subjects, is located in
Ramat-Gan near Tel Aviv. Bar-Ilan now has about 7,000
students, including some 1,000 from countries abroad, 160
Arabs and a number of non-Jews. Its academic staff num-
bers 900. Every admitted Jewish student is required to
attend courses in Jewish studies, irrespective of his or her
field of specialization. Non-Jewish and Arab students are
excepted from this requirement.
Bar-Ilan is the only university in Israel that has a
charter from the New York Board of Regents. It is to a
great extent the creation of American Jewry. Its founder
and first president was the late Dr. Pinchas Churgin, a
great Jewish religious scholar and educator in the United
States. Quite a number of its foreign students are Ameri-
can Jewish youths. Its present chancellor is the well-known
American rabbi, Dr. Joseph H._ Lookstein. The chairman of
its global board of trustees is Phillip Stollman of Detroit,
noted American Jewish philanthropist.
William J. Levitt, the famous builder of the "Levit-
towns"' who revolutionized the mass-housing industry in
America, is the latest American to take an interest in the
expansion of Bar-Ilan University. Last month he presented
the university with a contribution unprecedented in Ameri-
can Jewish philanthropy. He requested that the sum not
be made public. I shall not be revealing any secret by in-
dicating that it is a multi-million dollar presentation.
A student campus bearing Levitt's name will be built at
the Bar-Ilan University on a 270-dunam tract of land ac-
quired by the university next to the existing campus of 20
new, modern and imposing buildings. A scholarship fund
in memory of Levitt's parents — Abraham and Pauline
Levitt — will be establishtd by the university for students
who have served in the Israeli armed forces. I attended
the dedication ceremony of the Levitt Campus at Ramat-
Gan. It was a most impressive affair. Levitt also was
honored by Bar-Ilan University bestowing an honorary
doctorate upon him.

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JOSEPHINE D.

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Full Time Legislator

• Majority Whip — House of Repersentatives
• Chairman of Mayne County Delegation
• Chairman of House Committee on State Affairs
• Member of House Committee on Consumers and Agriculture
• Member of House Committee on Roads and Bridges
• Member of House Committee on House Policy
• Member of House Committee on Legislative Council

Resident and Homeowner
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Consistently Rated as

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Endorsed and Recommended by

Business, Labor, Civic Groups and Democrats

Voted for campaign finance reform

Continues to believe in and strongly supports the neighborhood school concept with
quality education guaranteed for all children.

Co-sponsored H.B. 4856, which is now a public act and exempts private and federal
retirement benefits from state income taxes. This menas that our senior citizens
can deduct retirement and pension benefits up to $7,500 less their personal exemp-
tion on single returns, and up to $10,000 less exemptions for joint returns. Personal
exemptions deductible from taxable income in Michigan would be increased from
$1,200 to $1,500. Paraplegics and quadraplegics can _deduct an additional $1,500
exemption from their taxable income. A similar bill has been introduced to give the
same exemptions to the deaf.

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Introduced legislation that would create a crime victims compensation board and
provide compensation to certain victims of crimes.

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