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Scali: U.S. Should Protect Israelis in U. S. No Longer Strangers to Western Ways
Israel's Rights at the UN
From the attitude of

UNITED
NATIONS
(JTA) — John Scali, United
States Ambassador to the
United Nations, declared
Wednesday that the U.S.
should lead "the kind of vig-
orous response in instances
where Israel's rights are
breached illegally." Citing
what he called "the rising
threat to Israel's rights in
the General Assembly and
in other United Nations for-
ums," Scali said that in his
view the U.S. should take a
"concrete response." He did
not elaborate on the form or
Detail of this response.
Since last year's General
Assembly when South Af-
rica was expelled from par-
ticipating in the debates
there has been growing
speculation here that the
Arabs are planning to em-
ploy the same tactics
against Israel.

Addressing a luncheon
in his honor given by the
presidents club of Bnai
Brith, Scali observed that
it will not be easy to
achieve peace in the Mid-
dle East.

"It will be costly. It will
be costly for Israel, costly
for the Arabs and costly for
the friends of all the par-
ties," he said.
He added that all of the
parties will have to make
tremendous sacrifices, ob-

serving that until peace
comes to the Mideast there
is "terrifying threat of a
new holocaust" for the
whole world.

Scali told the 140 per-
sons at the luncheon that
in recent years Israel and
her friends have encoun-
tered increasing hostility
at the UN. But he said that
the UN is only a mirror,
"sometimes a bit dis-
torted," of the larger
world. Therefore, he
added, to punish the UN or
to disregard it would not
eliminate misunderstand-
ings."

Addressing himself to the
issue of human rights, Scali
said that the U.S. "must opt
for human rights, not
merely speak for them." He
said that Americans should
again urge that the Senate
now consider joining the 77
other nations that have al-
ready ratified the conven-
tions on genocide.
Scali, who is leaving his
UN post, was given the Bnai
Brith humanitarian award
for his "distinguished serv-
ice as UN ambassador.
David Blumberg, Bnai
Brith international presi-
dent, presented Scali with
the award, a shofar. New
York Mayor Abraham
Beame also praised Scali's
service in a message read at
the gathering.

Jewish Hospital Aid Debated

By BEN GALLOB

Rabbi Bleich posed his
challenge in the context of
A New York City federa- the impact of "the most sev-
ere recession of recent
tion executive, responding times" on philanthropic and
to a new challenge to Jewish charitable institutions. He
communal financing for said there was reason to
Jewish hospitals, has question whether, "under
warned that "aban- present conditions," such
donment" of such hospitals hospitals deserved "any
"would weaken the entire share at all of the specifi-
Jewish community service cally Jewish charity dollar,"
structure."
quite apart from "the ques-
The renewal of the recur- tion of priority in alloca-
rent debate over such fi- tion" for other Jewish
nancing involved Rabbi J. needs, particularly Jewish
David Bleich, a Yeshiva Uni- education.
versity scholar, and Sanford
He contended that the
Solender, executive vice days when there was a
president of the Federation need for sectarian hospi-
of Jewish Philanthropies. tals, supported by reli-
Their opposing views ap- gious groups for the bene-
peared in a recent issue of fit of the entire
"Sh'ma."
community, "have long

(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

`Jewish Week'
Urged in NY

NEW YORK (JTA) —
Bronx Borough President
Robert Abrams proposed
that the board of education
normally designate a
"Jewish Heritage Week"
during the school year "in
order to promote awareness
and appreciation of the sig-
nificant contributions that
the Jewish population has
made to the development of
our city, state and nation."
The Bronx official added
that a Jewish Heritage
Week "would contribute
enormously to building an
atmosphere of respect in
our schools for the tradi-
tions and cultures of all peo-
ple within our pluralistic so-
ciety in the United States of
America."

since passed." He noted
that the deficits of such
health institutions "are
today largely offset by
governmental funding in
one form or another."

Solender, in his rebuttal,
argued that the "vital place"
of Jewish hospitals "in the
Jewish community network
enables the community to
expect the hospitals to be re-
sponsive to Jewish needs
and to share in meeting spe-
cial community obliga-
tions."

He said examples were
"plentiful" and cited "the
extraordinary quality of the
Jewish community's care
for its aged—especially in
its nursing homes and geria-
tric institutions." This, he
held, was due "to the close
tie of each institution to a
Jewish hospital."

By YITZHAK RABI

(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

Israelis in America are no
longer a novelty and the
sound of the Hebrew lan-
guage no longer elicits ques-
tions such as: "Excuse me,
what language are you
speaking?"
Exactly how many Israe-
lis are living in North Amer-
ica is not known (no census
was ever taken) but it is es-
timated that the number is
between 100,000-200,000.
According to a recent
study, prepared by the rep-
resentative of the Israeli
Minister of Labor in the
United States, 55 percent of
the estimated 200,000 Israe-
lis in North America live in
New York City and vicinity,
while 15 percent live on the
West Coast; 15 percent in
Canada; and 15 percent are
scattered throughout the
United States. The report
also notes that there are
only 12,000 Israeli students
and academicians in the
U.S.

Since the Yom Kippur
War the question of Israe-
lis living abroad (many of
them prefer the descrip-
tion of "living abroad"
over the term "immi-
grants" or "yordim")
came into sharp focus.

According to Ambassador
David Rivlin, Israel's Consul
General in New York, "The
bulk of the Israelis here con-
sider themselves Israelis
and maintain relations with
Israel."
Rivlin points out that the
Israelis in America can be
divided into three groups.
The first group consists of
Israelis who are "hardly Is-
raelis." Israelis who came
here as babies with their

Israelis Oppose
PLO Joining Talks
Slated in Geneva

HERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Much of the Israel public is
categorically opposed to the
participation by Arafat's
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization in the Geneva con-
ference, according to a poll
taken by the PORI Insti-
tute.
The survey shows a sig-
nificant increase in the
number of those opposed —
from 58.6 percent last Au-
gust to 73.6 percent now. In
the August 1974 poll, 25.8
percent had expressed a
willingness to have Arafat's
organization take part in
the conference: but now
that figure has dropped to
15.4 percent.
The strongest opposition
came from the ranks of
common labor (76.5 per-
cent), while the largest per-
centage among those who
were for participation of the
PLO came from members of
the professions (20.3 per-
cent).

Israel Publishes
Fewer Books

JERUSALEM — In the
1973-74 fiscal year, 3,204
books were published in Is-
rael.
The number of books pub-
lished was 200 less than the
average for the three
preceding years.

do not have a basic com-
mand of the language) and
they rarely reach a stage in
which they can say that
they "belong."
But unlike other groups
of immigrants in Uncle
Sam's country, the Israeli
community is distinguished
by its social pluralism.
Since there was never a
"mass" Israeli immigration
to America, the Israelis here
were never characterized
socially as one group. The
Israelis in America are of
different backgrounds,
skills and education.
Many of the Israelis came
here with the idea of mak-
ing "good money" in a few
years and then returning
with the thought that life
will be easier in Israel. But
the "few years" turned out
to be another one and an-
other one.

parents or Israelis who im-
migrated to Israel from
other countries, lived in Is-
rael for a brief period and
then immigrated to the U.S.

The second group, ac-
cording to Rivlin, consists
of Israelis "who travel
around the country not
knowing how long they
will stay in America." The
yordim, the third group,
are defined by Rivlin "as
Israelis who cut off all re-
lations with Israel."

Generally speaking, the
Israeli community in Amer-
ica is no different from
other immigrant groups in
this country. They tend to
live in their own neighbor-
hoods, they have difficulties
learning the English lan-
guage (in fact many Israelis,
living here for many years

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The unique cultural and
intellectual needs of the Is-
raelis are also easily met.
Israeli newspapers on a
daily basis are available in
all parts of New York City
and other major centers.
Hebrew books and records
are on display at the big
department stores.

ZURICH (ZINS) — Israel
ranks 17th among the top 30
countries of the world hav-
ing the highest per-capita
income, according to a sur-
vey by the Union Bank of
Switzerland. Only two Arab
nations are included among
the top 30.
Kuwait ranks first above
all other lands with a per-
capita annual income of
$11,000 for each inhabitant.
In second place is Switzer-
land with a per-capita in-
come of $7,200, followed by
Sweden, $6,840; Denmark,
$6,800; and the Americans
with a per-capita income of
$6,593; West Germany,
$6,215; France, $5,390; the
United Kingdom, $3,385;
and Italy $3,700.
The annual average per-
capita income of Israel is
listed as $3,470; Saudi Ara-
bia, $2,650; and Venezuela,
$2,275. Lowest of the top 30
is Iran with an average per-
capita income of $1,275.

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"ignore them," the Israeli
government came to realize
that the yordim can be
brought back to Israel. A
special committee, headed
by Labor MK Aviad Yaffee
has recently recommended
a series of benefits and priv-
ileges, in housing, jobs and
tax exemptions to be offered
to Israelis abroad who re-
turn home. At the same
time, an extensive effort on
the part of Israeli officials
in America is under way to
keep close contacts with Is-
raelis here with the eventual
target of them returning to
live in Israel.

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changed the official attitude
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