Friday, January 22, 1982 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Boris Smolar's etween You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) ORT-JDC PARTNERSHIP: The annual three-day national conference of the American ORT Federation, which opens today in New York, attended by about 700 d.legates from all parts of the country, will mark 35 years ose cooperation between ORT and the Joint Distribu- , ti„. Committee — the two gigantic organizations which became deeply rooted in Jewish contemporary history by assisting Jewish communities in about 30 countries to meet their needs. • ORT has been in existence 100 years; it now starts its second century of existence. The JDC was formed 68 years ago, when World War I broke out and millions of Jews in the war countries were uprooted and in great need of relief. ORT is a product of the Jewish community in Czarist Rus- sia where the Jews lived under persecution and in misera- ble economic conditions. JDC is a product of American Jewry. Both organizations are products of strong humanitarian feeling which is traditional with Jews. The founders of the organizations in each of the two countries were outstanding philanthropists. They were not close to the masses, but they felt it their primary obligation to come to the aid of the masses of Jews in need. THE "ORT" SAGA: During the first decades of its existence, ORT did not turn to American Jewry for assis- tance. It raised its funds among Jews in Russia — mostly among middle-class elements — through appeals similar to the United Jewish Appeal now in the United States. The first letter of appeal sent out by the ORT founders to 10,000 Jews in 400 communities throughout Russia brought an exceptional response. A quarter-of-a-million rubles — a huge sum of money at that time — was raised during the first year of ORT's existence. World War I, and the Community revolution that fol- lowed, completely ruined the wealthier and middle class Jews in Russia. The ORT leaders had to leave the Soviet Union. The Kremlin had recognized the importance of ORT in retraining helpless Jews to productive vocations and permitted the ORT to function, but under Communist lead- ership. • A World ORT Union was then formed in Berlin with the participation of Jewish leaders from various countries. ORT thus ceased to be an organization of Russian Jews and became a world organization. It started to raise funds in Jewish communities throughout the free world. In the United States, the ORT schools were almost unknown in those years, because ORT never conducted fund raising in America. It needed no assistance from American Jewry until the Communists came to power. In 1922, after the formation of the World ORT Union in Be- rlin, an ORT delegation came to New York for the first time to seek aid from Jews in this country. The delegation of Dr. Leon Bramson and Dr. Arom Syngalowski, was coldly re- ceived by the wealthy elements in American Jewry. How- ever, the delegation was helped by the Workmen's Circle, by landsrnanshaften and by the Jewish labor unions. Al- most all members of these groups were emigrants from Eastern Europe and knew of the ORT vocational activities in the towns from which they emigrated. They therefore helped the delegation to establish American ORT. THE JDC-ORT AGREEMENT: The fundamental cooperation between JDC and ORT started 35 years ago, in 1947, after World War II, when the World ORT Union developed an intensive program of vocational training for Jews who survived the Nazi camps and became "displaced persons" in need of adjustment to a new and free life. An agreement concluded in that year between JDC and ORT provided $2 million a year for the ORT budget. This allocation grew from year to year as the ties be- tween the two organizations became closer. During the 35 years of cemented friendship the ORT received from JDC a total of $83 million. The JDC contribution to ORT reached ' • million last year. The World ORT Union also received 2 million last year from Women's American ORT, and more than $1 million from the ORT men's groups and from labor unions. Evron Asks End to Friction' Between U.S. and Israel . _ NEW YORK (JTA) — Ephraim Evron, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, has called for the be- ginning of a "dialogue" be- tween the U.S. and Israeli governments to bring an end "to the friction between the two countries." Evron made his remarks at a farewell luncheon last week, given in his honor by the Conference of Presidents of Major Ameri- can Jewish Organizations at the Hyatt Hotel here. Evron returns to Israel this month after nearly five years of duty in Washing- ton. He will be replaced by Moshe Arens, a leader of Likud. Evron said that the friendship between Israel and the U.S. is "one of the most vital elements of Is- rael's security and future" and therefore it "behooves both countries to do every- thing to maintain this friendship." He said the U.S. should be loyal to its commitments and agree- ments with Israel, an ob- lique reference to the U.S. suspension of the strategic, cooperation agreement signed recently by the two countries. Evron said, however, that he is certain that the U.S. "will never turn its back on Israel," noting that Israel is NELLIE FRIEDMAN IS STILL GOING STRONG AT 9 & COOLIDGE! America's only friend and strategic ally in the Middle East. 50% OFF 20 OFF* A SELECT GROUP WALL DECOR ... LAMPS thru Jan. 29 TABLES ... TABLES LAMPS GIFTS Yeshiva Hebrew Enrollment Now One-Fifth of Total NEW YORK — Yeshiva University accounts for 20.4 percent of the total enroll- ment in Hebrew-language courses in all American col- leges and universities, ac- cording to the results of a survey by the Modern Lan- guage Association. At the undergraduate level, the Yeshiva Univer- sity students account for - 25.6 percent of the national total; at the graduate level, Yeshiva University repre- sents 1.3 percent of the nationwide enrollment. FREE GIFT WRAPPING USE OUR BRIDAL REGISTRY irti? $10.98 *over X. 7 • # UNIQUE Member N.H.F.L. LAMP ANd GIFT Shop_ visa mastercharg e Lamps'-Shades-Tables-Wall Deco r- Gifts 22126 Coolidge at 9 Mile, Oak Park 545-1410 Daily: 9:30-5:30 pm Mina 7 . 1 Audrey Lorber 585-7223 or 559-6022 =MO ■■■ .■IM =NM =MI =Oa JINNI = = = ■■•■ •■■■■ = === = = .1•OlO =. = MUM A memory you will have forever . 6 VIDEO TAPING SERVICES Legal Taping Business Meetings Weddings t. NO EN MI NM 11111 1111 MI UM I= me No El I I ‘ Advertising Social Events Bar Mitzvahs ow so Nu I. mum I. .1 I. so IN I. mo mow iss 850 S. Woodward Ave., Birmingham, Michigan Open Daily 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Saturday • Sunday 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. All merchandise subject to availability Metamucil Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion 21 oz. reg. mai & Or Lotion 11 oz. orange flavor 1.19 Lotion 16 oz. $4.24 Cream 3 oz $669 1.82 Keri Lotion 7 oz. aerosol $1.38 reg., extra hold, unsc. FOR DRY SKIN CARE 13 oz. reg. or scented $399 Low-Grade Fuel for Reactor PARIS (JTA) — France formed Iraq that the new said last week that it will equipment supplied by supply Iraq with low- France will be based on enriched "Caramel" non-military fuel and that uranium and a low-grade contrary to Baghdad's de- fuel not suitable for mands, formerly enriched weapons when it recon- uranium will no longer be structs Iraq's nuclear reac- shipped to Iraq. France, tor which was destroyed last which opposes the spread of June by Israel. nuclear arms, is formally Foreign Minister Claude committed to reconstruct- Cheysson told Parliament ing the nuclear plant at that France has already in- Tamuz, near Baghdad. LIP SALM relieves dry, chapped, sun & windburned lips 43c 11. 1.11.m.m. Selsun Blue oz. dry, normal, oily $3.69 ' Tampax Tampons 40 ct. reg., slender reg., super, super plus $ 259 Aquafresh Toothpaste 6.4 oz . $ 1 39 1111111MMINNIONMINIIIMIMINONNIIIINNMIMINIINO1111111111111111111BMIMINI111111