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24 Friday, November 4, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Some Concessions Seen to Ease Israel Economic Crisis
(Continued from Page 1)
Under the new economic
policy, Israeli citizens will
be allowed to hold unlimited
amounts of foreign currency
in Israeli banks. They will
also be permitted to keep up
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to $3,000 cash and another
$3,000 in personal accounts
in foreign banks. The 15 per-
cent surcharge that Israelis
have been paying for for-
eign currency to travel
abroad or to purchase
imports will be abolished.
But the costs of imports will
soar, stimulating Israelis. at
least in theory. to produce
at home more of the goods
they now buy abroad.
The immediate impact on
the average Israeli family
will be severe. Economists
estimated that they will lose.
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about IL 1,000 per month in
buying power. According to
the economists, the average
family spent about IL 7,535
in September for necessi-
ties, including housing. In
January, 1978 they will have
to spend IL 8,500 for the
same goods and services.
A quarter of the family
budget goes for food. The
subsidy cuts announced on
Friday raised the prices of
basic foods by 15 percent
and food items not subject
to government price sup-
ports are expected to
increase in price by a
greater margin.
The Treasury did lift the
value-added tax on airline
and steamship tickets in
response to protests from
the International Air Trans-
port Association and the
local travel industry. It was
widely conceded that pay-
ment of the tax could be
evaded easily by most trav-
ellers simply by buying
their tickets abroad.
Tel Aviv had a general
strike yesterday when mass
meetings of workers were
held under Histadrut aus-
pices. Histadrut sick-fund
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paid tribute to the memory
of Belgium's chief rabbi,
Rabbi Hillel Medalie who
was brought here for burial.
Rabbi Medalie died Sept. 22
at age 60.
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clinics were also 4on strike
country-wide and bakeries
struck Thursday night. El
Al ground maintenance
workers returned to their
jobs Wednesday after a 24-
hour stoppage but railroad
service between Haifa and
Tel Aviv was suspended
when workers walked off
the job,
Haifa port was paralyzed
for four hours Tuesday and
again Wednesday by work
stoppages.
Angry crowds outside the
Haifa industrial plants
shouted for Ehrlich to
resign and denounced him
as anti-labor. The few who
suggested that Ehrlich's
plan be given a chance were
shouted down and threat-
ened with physical violence.
The government won an
easy victory for its eco-
nomic plan in the Knesset
Monday night. After a pro-
longed debate the plan was
approved by a vote of 53-32.
Most of the 35 absentees
were out having coffee
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a report about the thou-
sands who paid honor to the
late chief rabbi in Antwerp.
_ Scores accompanied the
body to the airport in Brus-
sels, whence it was shipped
to Israel.
Thousands joined chief
Rabbi Shlomo Goren at
funeral services in Israel in
tribute to a man held highly
esteemed on the European
continent as well as in
Israel.
Wedding Artifacts
at Yeshiva Museum
NEW YORK — Yeshiva
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opened a special exhibit on
Jewish wedding artifacts
featuring ketubot (marriage
contracts), wedding
dresses, wedding rings- and
wedding gifts through the
ages and from around the
world. According to the
museum, it is the most com-
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assembled on the theme.
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