THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Two Income Israel Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
By DVORA 'WAYSMAN
World Zionist Press Service
All families in Israel are
affected by inflation, but
those who find it hardest to
cope are couples with sev-
ii eral young children, like
Shoshana and Dov Ben-
Shalom who live in
Jerusalem's Katamon dis-
c
trict.
The Ben-Shaloms have a
or three-room apartment on
the third floor of a six-year-
old apartment building. So
far, they have two children
nit age 5, and Shai, 18
s.
Tneir lifestyle is typical of
many young couples in Is
rael today. Although they
both work, the money seems
to go out as rapidly as it
comes in, and luxuries and
special treats are becoming
increasingly rare.
Dov, who is a com-
munications technician,
passed his last qualifying
► -'d• examination last year,
and with it-came a secure
and better-paid job with
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Aw
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muni'cations. His gross
salary is now IS2,600 (ab-
out $370), of which he
takes home IS1,950 a
month.
Shoshana, a librarian
works from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
six days a week. Her gross
salary is IS2,000 of which
she retains IS1,700 after
tax. Between them, they
have IS3,650 for the month.
Which sounds reasonably
substantial until one con-
siders their living costs.
The Ben-Shaloms'
biggest problem is that they
have not ma p aged to-iouy ai-
apartment, so they must
still pay rent.
"We are in one of the bank
saving schemes," said
Shoshana, "so that what-
ever we had when we got
married was put on fixed
deposit for six years, linked
to the cost-of-living index —
plus we'll receive a contri-
bution from the bank as
well.
"But we only deposited
the money three years
Ago, which means we
can't touch it for another
three years. And even
then we can't be certain
that there will be enough
to buy an apartment the
way prices are skyroc-
keting."
So their first commitment
each month is IS800 for the
rent; plus IS 100 for the cen-
tral fund in their building
— which covers two hours of
hot water a day and a few
hours a day heating in
winter, plus the cleaning of
the stairs and lobby of their
building.
In addition, their contract
requires them to pay munic-
ipal rates which in their
case is another IS80 a
month. So before they start
the month, they have spent
IS980, leaving a balance of
IS2,670.
Their next biggest ex-
pense is -child care, without
which Shoshana would not
of
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1AI Is Largest
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
rael Aircraft Industries
(IAI) is the country's largest
industrial concern, accord-
ing to a list of Israel's 100
biggest firms just issued by
Dun and Bradstreet(Israel)
Ltd.
The companies are listed
by their sales volume. IAI
reported sales of $375 mil-
lion in 1980. Second on the
list was the Tadiran Elec-
tronics firm with sales of
$177 million, followed by
Tnuva, the milk and dairy
products company, with
$174 million in sales.
Of the "Top 100" list, 64
percent were in the private
sector, 24 percent in the
Histadrut cooperative sec-
tor while 12 percent were
government-owned corpo-
rations.
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in two years.
They used to enjoy going
to the theater, but can no
longer affort it. Instead,
about once a month, they
might go to a movie.
The Ben-Shaloms are by
no means the.hardest hit by
inflation in Israel. They
both have jobs that give
them good wages, and on
paper at least their com-
bined income is good.
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be able to work. This year
will be easier as Ronit is fi-
nally old enough to go to
school, which is free; and
after school she goes to her
aunt, who lives close by,
until Shoshana collects her
on her way home from work.
Last year, the kindergarten
cost 15360 a month.
But Shai's care is by no
means free. Shoshana
pays a babysitter IS600 a
month to stay with him in
her apartment every day
while she is out at work.
Of the remaining IS2,070,
IS1,200 is spent on food;
IS100 on electricity; IL100
on tereTnone, 11JOU on gas,
and IS40 on water, leaving
only IS550 a month for
clothes, transportation,
entertainment, insurance
and gas — they own a small
car.
How do they manage? "In
the beginning, we gave up
the luxuries," said Dov.
"Now we are trying to cut
down on necessities."
"Of course, the children
get priority with the
clothes," said Shoshana.
"And they are constantly
growing."
Added Dov: "We've al-
most stopped using the
car — unless we visit
Shoshana's parents in
Petah Tikva. It's a long
shiep on the bus with the
children."
Shoshana has not bought
any new clothes for herself
Friday, April 17, 1981
LARRY KORNWISE
STEPHEN M. ROSMAN
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TEL AVIV (JNI) — A
number of individual Peace
Now leaders joined the Citi-
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(CRM) of MK Shulamit
Aloni last week after the
CRM accepted the Peace
Now condition that they
join a coalition Labor Gov-
ernment. This would enable
Labor Party Chairman
Shimon Peres to form a gov-
ernment without Moshe
Dayan or the National Reli-
gious Party.
The CRM will change its
name to the Peace and Citi-
zens Rights Party under the
new arrangement.
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pathize raises man above
the animals.
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