THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 11, 1975 5 CJF Convention Discusses Priority Concerns at Home and Abroad ATLANTA (JTA) — The spring quarterly board and national committee meet- ings of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds (CJF) were held here last month. Jewish communal leaders and Federation executives ► . from North America as- sessed the full range of con- cerns and priorities of their communities at home, over- seas, and in Israel. 0 Among the highlights of *a the meetings was a report ton the piesent status of ommunity federated cam- - aigns which, as of the end of February, have raised almost $230 million for lo- cal, national and worldwide . Jewish needs. On two major issues con- sidered by the community • planning committee, the fol- lowing actions were taken: in the matter of "Local Re- settlement of Soviet Jews," the creation of a broad- based national committee to JNIE CAN FIT YOU! '- r‘t GOWNS '29 tos129 LONG, SHORT STYLES WEDDINGS BAR MITZVAs PARTIES. SIZES 6 to 44 SHANDELS 154 SOUTH WOODWARD BIRMINGHAM MI 2-4150 THIS IS THE VERY SAME MAN only the hair is changed you too can take years off your looks involve local federation leadership with key agen- cies (such as United Hias Service, Jewish Welfare Board, United Jewish Ap- peal, Jewish Occupational Council, National Council of Jewish Women) was ap- proved. The committee will co- ordinate services, costs and staff, mobilize volun- teers, help in shaping com- munity understanding; as well as to refine the proc- ess of matching job skills with local placements for the newcomers, and start a process of `.`interpreting Writers Urged to Support Israel TEL AVIV (JTA)—The biannual meeting of'the Is- raeli Writers Association ended last week with an appeal to Jewish writers all over the world to rally ar- ound Israel -and support its position and cause. Another resolution urged writers in general to act ac- cording to their conscience with regard to the Middle East conflict. Resolutions were also adopted protest- ing the genocide conducted against the Kurds by the Iraqi regime and in Indo- china. The two-day conference was attended mostly by "old guard" Israeli writers with few young faces present. The main theme of the gath- ering was the need for unity among Israeli writers. Parley in Denmark Honeywell barber salon '4 i " :1 in;I t n 6 t Cgi In its review of the "Impact of the Recession on Jewish Communal Serv- ices," federations were urged to seek out fresh funding sources, in particu- lar governmental, and to be open to more intensified service needs, new clients and to maintain an ongoing review of their agency's programs. At the meeting of the ov- erseas services committee, Israel Protests U.S. Official's Talk JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Foreign . Ministry lodged a formal protest with the American Embassy over what it considers an unau- thorized meeting recently by the U.S. economic and commercial attache, Daniel Nestor, with members of the Ramallah Chamber of Commerce in that West Bank Arab town. The ministry asked the embassy to see to it that any future contacts between American diplomats and West Bank residents are arranged through the Is- raeli military government. According to the Foreign Ministry, Nestor's remarks at the meeting were inter- preted by the Arab busi- nessmen as advice to discon- tinue doing business with American firms through Palestinians Hold CONVINCE YOURSELF TODAY the American and general Jewish community" to them before they leave Europe. COPENHAGEN (JTA) — A secret conference of Pa- lestinian organizations was held recently in the small town of Gilelie, north of Copenhagen. Seventy dele- gates from Britain, West Germany, Holland and Bel- gium and other countries at- tended the conference, whose secret was kept even from the Danish police. A leader of the Danish Community for Palestine, Eskild Hoiland Olsen, re- ported the conference, say- ing that one of the items on the agenda was the opening of a Palestine Liberation Organization information office in Copenhagen. their Israeli agents and to establish their own direct contacts with the firms in the U.S. instead. Nestor has denied that he made. any statements of a political nature at the meeting. Max M. Fisher, chairman of the Jewish Agency board of governors, reported that the agency's budget has had to be cut from $750 million to $500 million. The newly-constituted national planning commit- tee for Jewish education and culture explored effec- tive means for the develop- ment of comprehensive national services and lead- ership in the field that takes into account existing organizational structures. 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