THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 11, 1982 15 Boris Smolar's `Between You . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA • Block's ALL :roi. (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) THE GRADUATION SEASON: Graduation and I summer vacations for students in the more than 3,000 American colleges and universities are now going on. But many of the Jewish — as well as non-Jewish — students find themselves in financial difficulties unable to find summer jobs; even part-time jobs. There are about 12 million students registered in U.S. colleges and univereities, but the number of Jews among them can only be estimated. It cannot be established qtly because many institutions of higher learning do not wire from the applicants to state their religion. At present it is estimated that there are 400,000 Jewish students in all schools of higher learning in the country. The Bnai Brith Hillel Foundations, which serve - Jewish students with religious, and cultural programs, and conduct social activities for Jewish students, function on more than 300 campuses. They do good work in imbuing Jewishness among the students which they reach, but they do not reach all the Jewish students. Seasoned veterans of the college scene estimate that no more than 20 percent of - the Jewish students get involved with Hillel or other Jewish campus activities. Vitrually 80 percent or 90 per- cent of all Jewish youth attend college. The Council ofJewish Federations is deeply interested in helping the Hillel Foundations, which were established by Bnai Brith in 1923. Jewish federations are today al- locating about $5 million a year for strengthening Jewish activities among students and faculty members of the col- leges and universities. There are more than 25,000 Jewish professors and other faculty members in the institutions of higher learning in the United States. A large proportion of them, while not denying their Jewishness, are quite in- different to Jewish life and problems. The number of those who wish to know more of their Jewish roots is however, growing with every year. There is today even an Associa- tion of Religious Jewish Professors. Much of the strengthening of Jewish feelings among Jewish students has been contributed by the introduction of courses ofJewish knowledge in many universities. There - are today more than 300 colleges and universities conduct- ing such courses. In about 40 universities there are courses in Yiddish language and literature, with proper academic credits. ALLOCATIONS BY FEDERATIONS: The turn to Jewish interests started in 1969, when a group of 200 Jewish students came to Boston to demonstrate there in front of the hotel where the Council of Jewish Federations was holding its annual General Assembly. The demon- strators pressed the federation leaders for student partici- pation in community decision-making and for financing student programs. The CJF Assembly was only too glad to face this kind of a demonstration. They welcomed the demands of the demonstrators. The demonstrators were invited to partici- pate in discussions at the Assembly, and to have their spokesman address the Assembly. A number of Jewish federations then initiated a variety of actions to involve students in their activities. The CJF placed students on six of its national committees, and began to bring students from different communities to its quarterly board meet- ings. In today's financial arrangements, federations con- tribute 51 percent of the Hillel Foundation budgets, na- tional Bnai Brith provides about 30 percent and the bal- ance comes from dues, fees, parents and local friends of • Hillel. Ten years ago, Bnai Brith met 54 percent of the Hillel budget and the federations 28 percent. Confronted With a major fiscal difficulty, Bnai Brith cut in 1980 several hundred thousand dollars from its support of Hillel. Now, Bnai Brith is committed to consult with the CJF in advance of any contemplated reductions. Vacations Abroad Cut Israel Income JERUSALEM (ZINS) — In 1981, 550,000 Israelis , their vacations ( road and spent some '4)600 million in hard cur- rencies. This was an in- crease in travel abroad of 25 percent over the previous year and an increased spending of 17 percent. A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism, who reported those figures, also announced that tourists vis- iting Israel in 1981 spent $850 million. Out of every dollar spent by tourists in Israel 70 cents found its way out of the country via Israelis traveling abroad. The ministry also re- ported that Israel's 26,000 tourist hotel rooms had an occupancy rate of only 52 percent in 1981. However, the ministry is confident that tourism will continue to grow and that new hotels are needed. 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