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October 09, 1981 - Image 14

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1981-10-09

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

16 Friday, October 9, 1981

Approximately 25 percent of JDC Budget Supports Education

NEW YORK — Some

150,000 children in Jewish
schools in more than 30
countries around the world

United States.
The students are enrolled
in schools in Israel, Europe,
North Africa, Latin
America and Asia, and
though most are are day

tee IJDC) and the cam-
paigns of the United Jewish
Appeal and the Federation
and Welfare Funds of the

returned to classes this Fall
thanks, in part, to the sup-
port of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Commit-

schools offering a blend of

Jewish and academic
studies, religious yeshivot
and vocational schools are
also included. JDC will
spend $9.6 million out of its
$38.8 million budget on
Jewish education this year.

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and Tunisia, and in
Ethiopia in East Africa.
In Latin America,
JDC-supported students
attend schools in Argen-
tina, Brazil, Uruguay and
Chile. In the Far East,
children studying in
India and Thailand re-
ceive JDC aid. A little
over 100,000 of JDC's
children attend school in
Israel.
The Kfar Avraham
Technological Yeshiva in
Petakh Tikva is one of 165
yeshivot in Israel assisted

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the JDC. The school is
equipped with laboratories
for electronic study, draft-
ing rooms, and a building
filled with tool and die
machinery. At the heart of
the yeshiva, of course, is the
synagogue.
After four years of study
the boys attending the
school will enter the Army,
where they will work at the
trades they have learned.
Some will then enter the
universities to pursue
higher degrees in technol-
ogy.
Other schools in Israel re-
ceiving JDC support are
those of ORT, which has 106
schools in Israel and 64,000
students. A partner with
JDC since 1922, ORT re-
ceived a global allocation of
$3.9 million from JDC in
1981. ORT operates schools
in 24 countries.
It is estimated that
about 23,000 Jewish chil-
dren are receiving a
Jewish education in Fr-
ance. In addition to fi-
nancial support for
French Jewish school
systems, such as Alliance
Israelite Universelle,

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Lubavitch and ORT, JDC
plays an important role
in providing professional
guidance and encourag-
ing innovative projects.
Not all of the JDC's prog-
rams are found in the clas-
sroom. Jewish education is
provided more informally in
summer camps in Yugos-
lavia and scouting groups in
Morocco, as well as other
youth activities in many
other countries.
Soviet emigrants in Rome
are exposed to a rich prog-
ram of Jewish education de-
signed to help them redis-
cover their Jewish heritage.
The emigrants prepare and
celebrate Jewish holidays,
attend lectures on Israel,
meet with Israeli youth and
learn Hebrew and Jewish
history.
From Buenos Aires to
Beersheva, JDC funds are
helping thousands of
Jewish children receive an
education rich in Jewish
content, one which will
make it possible for them to
be productive adults who
will contribute to the vital-
ity of their community and
help assure its survival.

JERUSALEM — They
have come to Jerusalem
from 12 different countries,
including Turkey and Swe-
den. They sometimes celeb-
rate the Mass in Hebrew
and can bargain in fluent
Arabic. And they produce
some of the finest honey in
the Holy Land.
Anyone in Jerusalem can
direct you to the Sisters of
Zion. Half of their number
lives at the Ecce Homo Con-
vent on the Via Dolorosa.
The other 19 -sisters make
up a second community in
the picturesque village of
Ein Kerem, the traditional
birthplace of John the Bap-
tist, on the western edge of
Jerusalem.
The Sisters belong to the
Congregation of Our Lady
of Zion, which was founded
in the middle of the last cen-
tury in Paris. This unique
Catholic community is de-
dicated to reminding Chris-
tians that their faith has
Jewish roots, which, say the
sisters, must be tapped to
understand Christianity.
and what better way is
there, they ask, to encour-
age positive relations bet-
ween Christians and Jews?
Every year, some
250,000 pilgrims from
every part of the globe
step across the threshold
of the 120-year-old Ecce
Homo Convent. They
come, like the many Is-
raeli visitors, to see the
flagstoned Roman cour-
tyard preserved in the
Convent's basement.
This is believed by many
to be the actual Lithos-
trotos, where Jesus was
presented to the public
with the words: "Ecco
homo," ("Behold the
man").

A guesthouse and youth
hostel take up a large por-
tion of the Convent's an-
tiquated premises, but
there is more to staying at
Ecce Homo than just room
and board. Sister Donna
(the Superior) explains that
most of the guests have no
real opportunity for contact
with the many facets of life
in the country.
"We want this place to
serve as a kind of window on
Jerusalem and Israel, and
all the rich complexity of
this land." In the evening,
the visitors can hear Jewish
and Arab speakers on sub-
jects ranging from the prob-
lems of Israeli society to the
Jewish Sabbath.
"We also try to reach out
and contribute in a practical
way to the communities liv-
ing here," Sister Donna
said. "Sister Carmen, for in-
stance, who comes from
Malta, teaches English to
Arab children in a state
high school. She also gives
Hebrew classes to visiting
Christian students at
Ratisbonne.
What is the guiding prin-
ciple of a Sister of Zion? For
Sister Jocelyn of Ecce
Homo, the answer lies in the
Bible, in Isaiah, Chapter 54:
"Enlarge the place of thy
tent, and let them stretch
forth the curtains of thine
habitations: spare not,
lengthen thy cords and
strengthen thy stakes." She
adds, "The tent is a canopy
of peace. We try to stretch it
a little further each day."

Highway Toll

JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
More Israelis have been kil-
led in traffic accidents dur-
ing Israel's 33-year history
(14,000) than in all of Is-
rael's wars (12,500).

Delay is the deadliest
form of denial.

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