36 Friday, September 12, 1980
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
JDC Reviews Its World-Wide Efforts
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By NATHAN FREEDMAN
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(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
The American Jewish
Joint Distribution Commit-
tee aided more than 500,000
Jews in 25 overseas coun-
tries during 1979. Included
in this figure were more
than 32,700 Soviet Jewish
emigrants cared for by the
JDC in Austria and Italy.
The total expenditure for
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gram amounting to $23.7 facilities of the community
million. "This brought ex- center and public school
penditures from our regular into a single institution. In-
stead of remaining open for
budget for the Soviet Jewish
only a limited number of
emigrants down to $1.6 mil-
hours, the integrated school
lion," he said,
Jewish education as- will serve all age groups in
sistance and cultural and the community throughout
religious programs ac- the entire day.
Aid to Soviet Jewish
counted for 15 percent of
the 1979 budget, migrants in Vienna and
Goldman continued. This Italy reached a peak in
included traditional sup- 1979, Goldman reported a
port for some 165 total of 32,743 as com-
yeshivot in Israel, and al- pared with 16,073 in 197i
locations to ORT, the Al- and 7,936 in 1977. H.
liance Israelite Universe- stressed JDC's efforts to
lle, Ozar Hatorah and the draw the Soviet Jews
Lubavitch educational closer to Judaism.
In France, which still has
systems.
Expenditures in Israel to- an inordinate number of
taled $11.5 million, which new arrivals, from North
went for support of pro- Africa, the JDC continues to
grams for the aged, the support communal needs.
chronically ill and handi- One of the greatest prob-
capped, community center lems facing the French
programs, health and wel- community, Goldman re-
fare services, and man- ported, is the need to de-
velop professionals in vir-
power training.
A major new program in- tually every phase of Jewish
troduced in 1979 was "The communal service.
JDC also provides funds
Negev Project," which
Goldman termed "JDC's for diminishing residual
most ambitious program in programs in Belgium, Por-
Israel in recent years." The tugal, Spain, Sweden and
Negev Project seeks to de- Denmark. In Eastern
velop a comprehensive sys- Europe..JDC spent $11.6
tem of health care and social million for programs in
service in four Negev corn- Romania, Hungary and
munities. It was established Yugoslavia and for a relief-
in cooperation with the in-transit program cutting
Ben-Gurion University across national boundaries.
The highlight of a wide
Medical School, the Minis-
try of Health and the Kupat range of welfare and health
Holim Health Fund. The programs in Romania was
program, which provides for the completion and dedica-
the integration and upgrad- tion of the new 220-bed
ing of existing services, will Amalia and Moshe Rosen
require an expenditure of Home for the Aged in July
$2.7 million over the next 1979.- The cost of the new
home was shared by the
five years.
Another new program in JDC, British World Jewish
Israel reported by Goldman, Relief and the Romanian
still in the experimental Jewish Federation,
stages, involved the crea- Goldman said.
During 1979, he contin-
tion of community schools
which will integrate the ued, the JDC
staff, activities and strengthened its contacts
with the Jewish commu-
nity of Hungary. A coun-
try director was ap-
pointed and a review was
begun of social welfare
needs among the coun-
try's 80.000 Jews.
In Yugoslavia, said
Goldman, "JDC continued
its financial support of the
100-bed home for the aged
in Zagreb and provided wel-
fare assistance to 160 aged
and handicapped persons.
The JDC also supports ac-
Israel
tivities for .students and
young adults, mainly a
summer camp which con-
ducts seminars each year.
the year for all programs
was $61,741,727. These fig-
ures were provided to the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
during an interveiw with
Ralph Goldman, JDC
executive vice president.
At the same time, Donald
Robinson, JDC president,
pointed out that the special
highlights of JDC's activi-
ties in 1979 included the
opening of a new headquar-
ters for JDC activities. in
Jerusalem, the formal re-
newal .of ties with the
Jewish community of Hun-
gary, caring for a record
number of Soviet Jewish
emigrants and in general
improving the condition of
life for Jews and Jewish
communities overseas.
Goldman stated,
"While we are proud of
our achievements we are
neither smug nor com-
placent about our efforts.
In the coming year we
have great hopes and
ambitious plans to serve
our people better.
"In Israel, where we sup-
port 100 different programs,
we hope that the efforts
toward peace will move
closer to realization. We
will continue to support
Jewish education programs
in Europe, Israel and the
Moslem countries and bring
material aid and spiritual
comfort to the elderly and
the needy wherever in the
JDC world they may be."
Of the $61.7 million spent
during 1979, "more than
half — 53 percent — went
for general welfare pro-
grams," according to
Goldman. "The major factor
in this slice of the budget is
care of Soviet immigrants,"
he added, "which required
$25.3 million in 1979."
The JDC received reim-
bursement from the United
States Refugee Relief Pro-
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CRESCENT SHRINE
CLUB will hold its 26t.
annual birthday dinner-
dance 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at
Adat Shalom Synagogue,
announces Max Kushner,
entertainment chairman.
Cocktails and hors
d'oeuvres will be served at 6
and a kosher dinner will fol-
low. The Fenby Carr Or-
chestra will provide music
for dancing. Entertainment
will be provided by Max So-
sin, Irwin "Buddy" Nathan-
son and a sing-along will be
held. There is a charge. For
information, call Kushner,
352-8224.