THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 20, 1975 5
JDC Says Soviet Immigrants Find Homes Outside of Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Alghough there was a dec-
line of more than 40 percent
in the emigration of Jews
from the Soviet. Union in
1574 there was a sharp in-
crease in the number of
Russian immigrants going
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to countries other than Is-
rael, it was revealed in the
annual report for 1974 of
the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee issued by Samuel L.
Haber, JDC executive vice
chairman.
"Russian emigration,
which had reached a peak of
about 35,000 in 1973, was re-
duced to about 20,000 in
1974," he said. "Of these,
16,000 went to Israel and
4,000 to the United States
and Canada. In Rome,
where the JDC houses the
East European transmi-
grants, the JDC caseload at
the beginning of 1974 was
about 1,000; by the end of
the year the figure had in-
creased to 1,781, of whom
1,720 were Soviet Jews."
During 1974, JDC aid
went to some 400,000 needy-
Jews in 25 countries over-
seas, Haber reported. Costs
of JDC programs rose to
$30.5 million, almost $1 mil-
lion more than in 1973.
ices. Most of t e $9,800,000
spent in Israel was ear-
marked for "Malben" the
JDC program in Israel.
nomic conditions.
The major areas of JDC
operation for 1974 contin-
ued to be Israel, North Af-
rica, Iran and Europe. In
1974 JDC spent about one-
third of its global budget
aiding over 110,000 men,
women and children in Is-
rael in a wide range of social
welfare, health, rehabilita-
tion and educational serv-
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tive, will be honored at a
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Thursday at the Waldorf
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retirement as executive vice
chairman of the National
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