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The electric company is owned by Arab municipalities on the West Bank and receives a stipend from the Jordanian gov- ernment although it has op- erated under Israeli rule since 1967. It supplies elec- tric power to Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem as well as to the Arab sections and to Jewish settlements on the West Bank and Arab villages. Its concession extends for a radius of 20 miles, cen- tered on the Old City of Jerusalem and it serves about 60,000 customers in all. Bonn Agrees in Principle to Pay New Reparations No Shots No Drugs No Contracts 42 I 302 S ouhfield 1148118 Crtanbrook Centre 33 Southfield Rd Suite 112 WB Arabs Upset Over Move to Take Over Utility Firm Now in Troy 521142211 Sunset Plaza 81 E. Long Lake Rd. 4, DAILY Crary* Coln • 31233 Sidkfiel1 it DIET We 112 COUNSELING BONN (JTA) — West Germany's Parliament has agreed, in principle, to pay new reparations to Jewish victims of Nazism. These reparations would be the last payment to Jewish sur- vivors of the Holocaust. But the proposed addi- tional payments have be- come entangled with efforts to discuss restoration of the pension rights of Hitler-era MUST RAISE CASH All Merchandise 10% OFF Our Every Day Low Discount Price All Jewelry 25% OFF NET EFFECT 60% RETAIL The AVERAGE GOLD PRICE Of All Our Jewelry In Our Inventory Was Purchased At No Higher Than $310 PER OUNCE LASALLE DISTRIBUTORS In The Lathrup Landing Shopping Center On,11 Mile Rd. and Evergreen CALL 557-0676 Open Mon. Ulm Thurs. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fri. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun. 12 noon to 5 p.m. ALL SALES FINAL. NO EXCHANGES. NO REFUNDS. NO LAYAWAYS civil servants never cleared by the de-Nazification courts. Before Christmas, the Christian Democratic oppo- sition in Parliament gained backing for a plan to pay $255 million in new repara- tions but only in exchange for debate on the fate of other groups affected by the Nazi era. The debate, scheduled for March 31, would dis- cuss possible benefits for Gypsies and others who did not get any repara- tions but also to former career military officers, members of the SS elite guard and Nazi civil ser- vants. An agreement in princi- ple was reached to include . the reparations for Jews in a supplementary budget for 1980 but in conjunction with a discussion of pen- sions for Germans not cleared by de-Nazification courts. The agreement calls for making $139 million avail- able to Jewish victims in 1980, with additional grants of $58 million in each of the two following years. Of this total, $23 million would go to the Jewish community in West Ger- many and the balance to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is headed by Dr. Nahum Goldmann. Collin Arrested By Chicago Police CHICAGO — Frank Col- lin, who was recently re- moved from his post as head of the National Socialist Party of America (neo- Nazis), has been arrested by Chicago police on charges of sexually abusing young boys. While in office, Collin succeeded in overturning three court ordinances that prohibited his group from marching in the predomin- antly Jewish Chicago sub- urb of Skokie. Boris Smolar's `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) SOVIET IMMIGRANT IDENTITY: More and more the question is now being posed as to whether the Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union, after being absorbed by Jewish communities in this country, are displaying an interest in becoming integrated Jewishly. The Council of Jewish Federations is now engaged in finding the answers to this question. About four months ago, the CJF started to distribute a questionnaire to federa- tions for the purpose of determining the extent to which Soviet Jewish immigrant families identify as members of the Jewish community. The findings drawn from the survey show that a sig- nificant number of Soviet Jewish immigrants acknowledge their Jewishness and have a desire to understand it better. However, their first priority is economic survival. CHILDREN IN DAY SCHOOLS: This survey is only the beginning of a national research effort by the CJF to determine the extent to which the immigrants from the Soviet Union are becoming participants in the American Jewish community. The present limited study has established that in each of the large and intermediate Jewish communities there were Soviet Jewish children enrolled in Jewish day schools. Smaller communities indicated that where there was a Jewish day school, Soviet Jewish children were enrolled. Most of the communities indicated that those Soviet children not enrolled in day schools are attending after- noon schools or one-day-a-week schools. Some 85 percent of the communities questioned stated that Soviet Jewish families were affiliated with synagogues in those communities. As a rule, the synagogues provided free membership to the immigrants for the first year. The communities reported that after the first year of free membership, there were very few Soviet Jewish families paying membership dues. However, even after membership was terminated, participation by Soviet Jews at High Holiday services was extensive. They also reported that the newcomers did participate in synagogue programs when congregations reached out to them. The 16 largest communities stated that Soviet teena- gers participate in activities of local Jewish youth groups and congregation groups, however in small numbers. In the intermediate and small communities, 43 percent of the communities reported some involvement on the part of teenagers in youth activities. INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY: Ninety-four percent of the communities reported that Soviet Jewish families were enrolled in Jewish Community Centers. This high degree of enrollment can be attributed to the fact that Soviet families are being given free membership for the first year. Thereafter many families receive partial scholarships. For the most part, once the first year of free membership expired, paid membership renewals were few. The nature of the involvement of the newcomers included: sports recreational activities, day camp and resident camp, weekly teen clubs, Shabaton programs, holiday workshops. center committees and senior citizens activities. Approximately 56 percent of the communities reported that Soviet Jews have served as volunteers in Jewish com- munal organizations. Their number was small, but their involvement includes serving as translators and trier- preters; members of the federation JeWish resettlement committees; members of Russian self help clubs; and -. unteers in the nutrition programs of the Jewish community centers. Participation of the newcomers in adult Jewish ow - izations- is reported to be slight. But 67 percent of communities-stated that they had conducted communit; - wide celebrations for such holidays as Hanuka, Puri m. Passover and Simhat Torah. SOCIAL CONTACTS: Soviet Jewish families live mostly in clusters with each other and in neighborhoods apart from indigenousjewish families. Their involvement with indigenous families is therefore reduced. However, 69 percent of the communities reported that informal social involvement of Soviet Jews with other Jewish families does exist through hospitality programs whereby immigrant families are invited to the homes of American families on Shabat and other Jewish holidays. As a result of such social contacts, many of the families have developed rela- tionships which are sustained beyond the resettlement period. - Cabinet Confirms Ben-Elissar JERUSALEM (JTA) — Eliahu Ben-Elissar, a 48- year-old scholar who entered Herut Party politics and became one of Premier Menahem Begin's top aides, was confirmed by the Cabinet Sunday, as Israel's first Ambassador to Egypt. He will assume his post in Cairo on Feb. 26.