20 Friday, July 20, 1919
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Simone Veil Elected Head
of New, /Europe Parliament
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PARIS (JTA) — Simone
Veil, a 52-year-old French-
born Jewish survivor of Au-
schwitz, became the first
elected ,president of the
European Parliament
Tuesday.
She won the office by a
vote of 192-138 over her
closest opponent, Italian
Socialist Mario Zagari, at
the newly-elected parlia-
ment's inaugural session in
Strasbourg.
A champion of Women's
rights and liberal abortion
laws, she had served for five
years as health minister of
France. In recent years,
Mrs. Veil has consistently
emerged from public opin-
ion polls as the most popular
public official in France.
The Parliament of
EuroPe, which is com-
prised of the nine
member states of the
European Economic
Community (EEC), con-
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SIMONE VEIL -
sists of 410 members.
They were chosen last
month by direct election
in which 110 million
Europeans of many
nationalities cast ballots.
Previously, members had
been appointed by their
respective national par-
liaments.
The Parliament of Europe
has limited powers and -no
authority over the govern-
ments of its member na-
tions. It serves largely in an
advisory capacity, but does
have a degree of influence
on major issues confronting
Europe.
Mrs. Veil was born in
Nice, studied law after
World War II and was em-
ployed by the French Minis-
try of Justice until named to
the cabinet of President
Valery Giscard-D'Estaing.
She resigned from the
cabinet last month after
being elected to the Euro-
pean Parliament.
Her mother died in Au-
schwitz and her father and
brother were killed by the
Nazis. Mrs. Veil bears her
concentration camp number
tattooed on her arm. The
fact that she is a Holocaust
survivor was said to have
motivated many West Ger-
mans to vote for her al-
though she was regarded as
the personal candidate of
Giscard.
Soldiers Protest
Reduced Sentence
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A
group of about 150 reserve
soldiers have protested to
-Chief of Staff Gen. Raphael
Eytan over his reduction of
the sentence imposed by a
military court on an Israel
officer convicted of murder-
ing four Arab prisoners dur-
ing Israel's occupation of
south Lebanon in the spring
of 1978. •
The 12-year prison term
originally imposed was re-
duced to eight years by an
appeals court, but later cut
to two years by Eytan who is
empowered to approve or
reduce military sentences.
The soldiers expressed
grave concern, in a letter
to Eytan, about the
morale and integrity of
the armed forces in light
of his action.
The matter has also been
taken up in the Knesset
where a number of MKs
have demanded that the
chief of staff be stripped of
his power to reduce sen-
tences determined by a
court of appeals.
FEDERATION PERSONNEL: The Jewish federa-
tions in this country, which raise close to $500 million a
year for communal purposes and for needy Jewish com-
munities overseas, including Israel, are considered the fi-
nancial backbone of American Jewish communal life. They
embrace 90 percent of the Jewish population in the U.S.
and Canada: They have a high grade of lay leadership both
locally as well as in their central representative body, the
Council of Jewish Federations.
What about their professional leadership — the people
who meet the day-to-day requirements and challenges
federation work?
The Council of Jewish Federations considers personnel
a vital concern to the federation field. It has appointed a
task force to conduct a comprehensive study of federation
personnel and to recommend a total program of personnel
development.
Many federations now represent multi-million dollar
operations. In addition to their-fund-raising campaigns,
they are now heavily involved in government funding and
in developing extensive endowment programs. Not to
speak of the fact that 10 years ago- only 21 community
campaigns exceeded $1 million while today 75 cities are in
this class.
The CJF task force established that at present the
federations have a total of about 1,000 men and women in
professional positions; 60 percent of them are concentrated
in the largest cities with Jewish populations of 40,000 or
more.
The annual turnover among executives, campaign and
program personnel is about 20 percent, including retire-
ments. It is anticipated that during the next 10 years about
200 vacancies per year will need to be filled in the major
categories. While expecting that 25 percent of the openings
will be filled by professionals already employed in federa-
tions, the study stresses that 75 percent of the needed
professionals will have to be recruited from other sources.
The Council of Jewish Federations established a Fed-
eration Executive Recruitment and Education Program a
few years ago with a curriculum that coordinates univer-
sity study at university graduate schools of social work, and
colleges of Jewish studies, leading to placement in federa-
tions after field training. This is a two-year graduate pro-
gram,'which is already in effect in New, York, Baltimore,
Boston, Cleveland and Los Angeles. Liberal scholarships in
the form of stipends and loans totalling up to $6,000 in the
first year, and similar, long-term loans for the second year,
are available for those who qualify for the program which-
leads to a masters degree.
WHO ARE THEY?: Jewish motivation is by far the
major reason given by professionals for entering the federa-
tion field. The task force established that there is high job
satisfaction among the federation professionals. Almost all
feel their work to be important and challenging.
Viewed as a total group, federation professionals are,
according to the study, in their middle years, with a median
age of 41.2. They are highly educated and have a considera-
ble prior Jewish communal experience. About 80 percent of
them are married and have two children. Close to 75 per-
cent of the men — but less than 50 percent of the women —
had graduate education. One-third of all professionals in
all positions had a masters in social work.
They seem to have a greater degree of Jewish back-
ground and affiliation with Jewish institutions than the
average American Jew has. Thus, about three-fourths of
them are affiliated with synagogues whereas community
studies indicate that this is true of only about 50 percent of
the total Jewish population.
A significant number of professionals have had a back-
ground of volunteer activity in the Jewish community.
Over one-third reported that close family members have
been or are professionals in Jewish organizations. Mor -
than half of all professionals were employed in a federatii
or related Jewish agency in their last prior job.
Women in the field constitute about 25 percent of the
total, but occupy quite different positions from men. They
are almost totally absent from top executive and campaign
director positions, but they are most heavily represented in
women's division activities. They also constitute about half
of the personnel in public relations and community rela-
tions.
The women are less highly educated professionally
then men and have less Jewish background. Less difference
was found among the men and women in the younger pro-
fessional group.
More than 75 percent of all professionals expect to stay
in federation work, but others expect to leave their present
jobs within the next five years for career advancement. Of
those who change jobs, the large majority move to other
federations or to related Jewish agencies.
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