THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, November 11, 1977 25
Boris Smolar's
'Between You
. . . and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)
CJFWF ASSEMBLY: The General Assembly of the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds—the parlia-
ment of the organized Jewish communities in the United
States and Canada—is not a political body. It concentrates
primarily on contributing to the welfare, education and
development of the 800 Jewish communities which the
CJFWF serves. Some 200 delegates from these commu-
nities and their institutions are attending the Assembly
which is taking place this week in Dallas.
But the organized Jewish communities—known as Feder-
ations—are highly sensitive to the fate of Israel. They raise -
hundreds of millions of dollars each year to support human-
itarian causes in Israel, and they are deeply interested in a
secure existence for Israel. This interest is finding public
expression in CJFWF Assembly resolutions each year.
As a demonstration of the profound interest of the Ameri-
can Jewish communities in the welfare and security of
Israel, the CJFWF has invited Golda Meir, the beloved for-
mer Israeli premier, to come to Dallas and address the
General Assembly. This is the second time since the estab-
lishment of Israel that she is appearing before the CJFWF
Assembly. The first time was in 1948, immediately after the
birth of the state of Israel.
THE COMMUNAL FRONT: Continued moral pressure on
the issues of Israel and of Soviet Jewry has been set as one
of the major areas of action on the part of the Jewish corn-
munities by Jerold C. Hoffberger, CJFWF president. The
other major areas he set are :
• Maintaining and nurturing Jewish cultural identity—the
kind of identity which rejects mediocrity and requires
expansion of Jewish educational and cultural programs.
• Providing more meaningful involvement in communal
work for younger Jews by constantly increasing opportu-
nities commensurate with capabilities, and by creating a
place for young leadership on federation and agency boards
and committees.
• Reaching the "unaffiliated" segments of the popu-
lation—not those who do not belong to any religious organi-
zation, but those who are "unaffiliated" with any commu-
nity action program, whether they are inside or outside any
-
congregational roster.
It is Hoffberger's view that there can be no greater leg-
acy to leave future generations than a vital Jewish
community.
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: The Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds follows no rigid blueprint in
its program of work. This is because new problems emerge
and re-assessments are needed in dealing with old
problems.
The new problems this year are primarily products of the
"psychological revolution" among young Jewish adults.
These are the young adults who lay new emphasis on pri-
vatism and concern with self. There is, for instance, the
"single-parent" phenomenon which affects young Jewish
families, especially children. There is also the problem of
single Jewish adults who are developing a new life-sty-le for
themselves—especially in the large cities—with a per-
manent single life, children without the benefit of marriage,
and no obligations toward communal responsibilities.
There is also the ever-growing problem of the Jewish
aged. The changing characteristics of the Jewish elderly
and the implications for patterns of Jewish communal serv-
ices require constant thinking as well as new techniques, on
the part of community leaders.
The person who does the analyzing and the thinking -in the
CJFWF—and who watches the emerging changes in Jewish
communal life—is Philip Bernstein, the CJFWF executive
vice president. Under his leadership the CJFWF has grown
to embrace the 800 communities, covering 95 percent of the
Jewish population in the United States and Canada.
Bernstein is the practical "engineer" of the CJFWF
which plans, reassesses and coordinates the activities of the
organized Jewish communities. He keeps his fingers on
Jewish communal needs and on the efforts to meet these
needs. In his strong dedication to Jewish communal life, he
foresees that the federations will, during the next 10 years,
come out even stronger than today.
Tourists Killed in Israel Crash
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Seven minibus, the driver and six
persons were killed and 14 tourists from Holland and
injured Saturday when a Denmark.
minibus and an Egged bus
In another accident Satur-
collided head on after trying day, one tourist was killed
to avoid a camel that had and 22 injured when a truck
wandered onto the Arava smashed into the back of a
road in the Negev. tourist bus on the Tel Aviv-
The dead were all in the Haifa road.
Begin Governments, Israeli Broadcasters
Disagree Over Control of Television Content
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Israeli media, espe-
cially television, has
become increasingly con-
cerned that the Likud gov-
ernment plans to exercise
greater control over broad-
cast content and mold it to
conform to the views of the
present coalition.
That possibility was seen
as implicit in the remarks
of Education Minister Zevu-
lun Hammer of the National
Religious Party (NRP),
who told a meeting of coali-
tion leaders Monday night,
that if they wanted a tele-
vision service in tune with
their line of thinking they
had to make sure that "tal-
ented, decent people of a
high standard" would "take
over" key posts in the
Broadcasting Authority.
Hammer's words were
viewed as significant and
ominous by observerS as far
as the present media offi-
cials are concerned,
because the education min-
ister recommends who sits
on the board of directors of
the semi-autonomous
authority. New directors
will be appointed next
March. According to some
sources, the new board will
be packed with coalition
supporters, with only a third
of the seats going to opposi-
tion elements.
Journalists in television
and the printed media are
well aware that Likud
regards many of them as
"hostile." A new wave of
criticism has arisen from
coalition sources alleging
that the media deliberately
distorted and mis-
represented the Govern-
ment's controversial new
economic program. It fol-
lowed a bitter altercation at
the Jerusalem TV studio
Saturday night, Oct. 31,
between Premier Menahem
Begin, newscaster Daniel
Peer and Dan Shilon, head
of the TV news department.
Begin, who had just gone
off the air after addressing
the nation on the new eco-
nomic measures, accused
Peer of deliberately preced-
ing his address with a news
bulletin describing a demon-
stration outside the Pre-
mier's home by groups
opposed to the economic
program. Begin refused to
leave the stage where the
live news broadcast was
still in progress. Shilon then
walked from the wings and
pulled Begin out of camera
range. The Premier left the
studio in a rage.
The incident raised an
outcry of "hostility" from
coalition MKs and demands
that the education minister
take steps to restrain the
broadcasters. The TV direc-
tors and managers have
categorically denied accusa-
tions of anti-government
bias and insist that tele-
vision gave a balanced view
of reactions to the new eco-
nomic policy.
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