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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

JDC Receives Recognition

Frioay, June

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At present, the Joint is
home for older people; in
France it helps to educate building a new home for the
youngsters for profes- elderly in Safed. Nearby
If I can't Beat Your Best Deal
TEL AVIV — The direc- sional and volunteer will be a kindergarten. The
home will be connected with
for general of the American community activity.
In most countries the a community center. The
Jewish Joint Distribution
Ralph Joint acts officially, in some Joint is also building a cen-
Committee,
6 Mile, 1 Blk..W. of Schaefer
Goldman, tias come from unofficially. For Passover, ter for physical health.
Hungary, where he recently it sends matzot to some Limited projects are carried
sianed an agreement with countries where Jews have out in Beersheba and
the Hungarian Minister for no possibility of baking or to Ofakim, with the aid of
, ARNOLD MARGOLIS
Ben-Gurion University,
Religious Affairs. Accord- buying them. ,
INTERIOR
This year, for the first Kupat Holim of the Histad-
ing to this aareement, the
DECORATOR
rut
and
the
Soroka
Hospi-
Joint will be able to give so- time, the Joint sent matzot
Qn All Name Brands
SERVICE
cial help to the Jewish to Egypt from Israel. Matzot tal.
The
aim
of
this
Negev
were
also
sent
to
Kabul,
community in Hungary.
project is to provide medical
It was official recognition capital of Afghanistan.
The Joint assits Jews help on a high standard to
of the unofficial activity of
•SCHOOLFIELD •SELIG •SIMMONS •SEALY •SERTA •SPRING AIR •LA-Z-
the Joint. Up till now, the from Russia who come via the Negev population. The
BOY •STIFFEL LAMPS • KROEHLER • AMERICAN •BURLINGTON • BASSETT
Joint
has
committed
Joint was officially active Austria to Italy, unwilling
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only in one East European to go to Israel. The Jewish $500,000 per year for five
years
to
this
project.
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W.
McNichols
342-5351 Hrs. Mon thru Sat. 9:30 til 5:30
Agency has differences with
country: Romania.
Goldman is convinced the Joint on this question.
that government Goldman says that the Joint
authorities in Hungary is a non-political organiza-
have a positive attitude to tion which helps Jewish
the Jewish community and people in need and distress
try to help it, especially the - wherever they may be. The
elderly. The memories of kind of help is determined
the Holocaust are still alive by the Jewish community in
in Hungary. This remembr- each country.
Some leaders of the
ante has a positive effect on
the relations between the Atherican community
state authorities and the have changed their atti-
c Jews. tude in this respect, after
There are still 80,000- meeting Israeli Prime
100,000 Jews in Hungary, Minister Menahem Be-
living mostly in gin.
Budapest. The Joint in -
Previously the language
tends to open a kosher used in the seminary was
kitchen in Budapest Hungarian, but as students
which will serve 350,000 from other countries were
meals a year. The Joint received, Hebrew became
will also organize special the language of study.
social services for older
Goldman stated that He-
,
people. -
brew became an interna-
Goldman said he visited tional language. In fact, it is
the rabbinical seminary in the only language in which
which 14 youngsters from representatives of the Joint
East European countries, in U.S. can talk with Jews
including the Soviet Union, in Hungary and in Morocco.
are studying. A short while
recom-
Certain
ago a young man from the mendations were adopted to
Soviet Union was ordained decrease the number of
as rabbi and returned to Russian Jews refusing to go
Russia.
to Israel.
The Joint aids such Jews
The Joint is active in all
European countries. It in Rome. It has opened a
has built in Romania a special school for their chil-
dren with teachers from Is-
Krishna Leaders rael. It oraanizes cultural
events with Israeli partici-
Charge BB
pation. The teaching pro-
With Defamation gram is prepared by the Is-
WASHINGTON — Bnai raeli Ministry for Education
Brith has been charged with and Culture.
According to Goldman,
religious defamation by
leaders of the Hare Krishna the stay and all medical aid
, for the Russian Jews in
movement.
The charges were made - Rome is financed by the
following publication of a American government. The
recent Bnai Brith pamphlet Joint contributes the ex-
dealing with cults that penses for education and
called the Krishna move- culture. Some 93 percent of
ment a "menace that instills the expenses are covered by
in its members fear of and U.S. government and only
hatred for the outside seven percent by the Joint.
The overall budget of
world."
The pamphlet includes the Joint is $60 million.
anti-cult statements al- Some $23 million is for ac-
legedly made by a former tivities in connection
Krishna and by ex- with Russian Jews in
members of other groups Vienna and Italy, $10 mil-
that regard themselves as lion is for Israel, $9 mil-
bonafide religious organiza- lion for Jewish education
tions. in France, Morocco and
"It surprises me," said J. Tunisia, and the rest to
Eliot Israel, editor of "Back social activities in other
to Godhead," the Krishna countries for the elderly.
magazine, "that a respecta- A new Joint center will be
ble religious organization inaugurated in Jerusalem
like Bnai Brith would do in June. It is situated be-
something like this. They, tween Kiryat Ben-Gurion
of all people, should know and Givat Ram. The Joint
about what happens when a also participates in Israel's
minority religious group Brookdale Institute for re-
Warning The Surgeon General Has Determined
like us becomes the target of search of genetic problems
That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous toYour Health.
that kind of unjustified, voc- and Eshel Center for serv- ,
ices for old people.
iferous attack."

By MOSHE RON

The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent

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