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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Druze Judge Gives Salary to IDF
By MOSHE RON
the father of nine children.
Halabi is always open for
The,jewish News Special
His family lives in the
guests. From the house
Israel Correspondent
Druze village of Daliat El
one has a splendid view
TEL AVIV — Sheikh Carmel near Haifa.
of the mountains around
Nureldm Halabi is a Druze
Judge Halabi has decided Haifa. On the •walls we
judge in Haifa. His court
see photographs of
deals with the religious to donate his salary to the
Israel army for the security Jewish leaders, among
problems of the DrUze popu-
of Israel. He says, "The se- them Prime Minister
lation. He has been a judge
curity situation of Israel is Menahem Begin. The
for 12 years. He is 63 and
such that every citizen has house is frequented by
to care for it. Israel is my many guests, mostly of
country. Even before the es- the Druze villagers on the
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tablishment of the state of border with Lebanon.
Israel the Druze population
Sheikh Halabi is very
MEDICAL-DENTAL
was connected to its fate.
popular among the Druze
PRACTICE
The Druze and Israel have population. His authority is
aimed at creating 4 demo- accepted by all and he acts
Our practice appraisal and
cratic state, which should
brokerage is confidential,
as mediator in all disputes
protect all ethnic groups .between the Israeli
prompt and guarantees opti-
and religions.
mal results. We represent
authorities and the Druze
many physicians in all spe-
"When the state was es- population.
cialties looking for new prac-
tablished, the rights of the
Recently, he was granted
tice opportunities. Save time
Druze population were a special permit to visit all
and money, call us for a con-
sanctioned. We all, without Druze villages on both sides
fidential assessment.
distinction of race and reli- of the border. He can move
gion, have to support our freely in Lebanon. He had
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army, which protects the also taken part in a seminar
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borders of the country. Also on the Christian faith. He is
because our sons, the chil- one of- the great authorities
SINCE 1970
dren of the Druze popula- in matters of Druze religion.
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the religious leaders of the
The house of Sheikh Druze community.
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Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.)
COMMUNITY CONCERNS: A broad range of chal-
lenges now faced by the organized Jewish communities
throughout the United States as a result of the depression
was brought to the attention of a substantial number of
members of both houses of Congress. The problems were
outlined to the legislators by Detroit's Martin Citrin,
president of the Council of Jewish Federations, at a Con-
gressional reception given by the CJF during its two-day
quarterly meeting in the capital.
NEW YORK — A U.S.
District judge has perma-
nently -barred the village of
Suffern, N.Y. and its fire
Citrin pointed out that American Jews are supportive
department from hanging a
of many of the initiatives which the U.S. government has
sign reading "Keep Christ
undertaken to help bring about peace in the Middle East in
in Christmas" during the close
concert with Israel as a staunch ally.
holiday season on any pub-
However, the central theme of his address was the
lic property in the village.
Judge Henry F. Werker impact of the current recession on the social planning and
ruled that the sign created budgeting of the organized Jewish communities and their
the impression that the vil- institutions. He concentrated on the domestic Jewish con-
lage was "promoting or ap- cerns; on the extent to which a variety Of elements in
proving of the theological American Jewry are suffering severely from the economic
origins of Christmas," and uncertainty in the country and from the federal cuts in
was therefore a violation of financial aid for social welfare.
the First Amendment doc-
A GLOOMY PIC-
trine of church-state sep-
TURE: The facts presented
aration.
by Citrin to the legislators
were very gloomy. A picture
emerged showing that not
since the years of the great
Depression have the Jewish
communities been con-
fronted with such dimen-
NEW YORK — The Nat
sions of human needs:
Holman Chair in Physical
The president of the
Education, named for the
CJF
welcomed the begin-
former NBA star, has been
ning signs of economic re-
established at Ben-Gurion
covery, but stressed that
University of the Negev.
"what we see now happen-
The chair is part of the first
ing to our people is not a
academic department of
transitory
or temporary
physical education and
phenomenon." He cited the
MARTIN CITRIN
sports at an Israeli institu-
following problems:
tion of higher learning.
•
Literally
thousands
of
Jews
have beCome part of the
The program has been
vulnerable populations as a result of the economic difficul-
conceived as an interdisci-
plinary, four-year course of ties; many of them elderly and single parents.
• A new group of unemployed have been swept out of
study, leading to a BS de-
the middle class by the rising tide of recession, plant clos-
gree, through which the
ings and business failures.
theory, the science and the
• There is a large number of university trained profes-
psychology of ,physical edu-
sionals among Jewish unemployed.
cation will be taught.
• There are growing waiting lists at the Jewish voca-
tional agencies.
• The ravages of unemployment are taking their toll in
the breakdown of morale in Jewish families with shocking
consequences in school dropouts, separation and divorce.
Jewish communities all over the country are being
pressured for more and more scholarships to keep children
PRINCETON, N.J. _—
in Jewish schools.
Rabbi Sanford Seltzer, na-
• Jewish aged are especially hard hit with the closure
tional director for geriatrics
of
many
specialized day-care facilities and the phasing out
of the Union of American
of some of the nutrition programs.
Hebrew Congregations
• The communities had to increase the sources avail-
(UAHC), has been named to
able
for emergency financial aid.
the national advisory com-
• The communities are developing food pantries,
mittee of a new program to
emergency shelters and multi-service centers. They have
assist volunteers from local
developed
special allotments to cover fuel for heating
churches and synagogues in
homes, and they are reaching out to people who never
caring for elderly and dis-
before required the help of social agencies.
abled persons.
This situation, Citrin said, is not limited to the larger
The project, to be called
cities alone. Smaller communities in the Northeast. and
the Interfaith Volunteer
Caregivers Program, was : Midwest are reporting expanded needs for emergency
loans, increased job-finding and growing case loads in their
made 'possible by a $2.25
family agencies.
million grant from the
DIMENSION OF NEEDS: The Jewish federations
Robert Wood Johnson
and their social agencies have mobilized their resources
Foundation.
and manpower to meet the growing problems, but the di-
For further information,
mensions of the needs exceed the capacity of voluntary
contact Dr. Kenneth
organizations to provide,
Johnson, director, Inter-
The CJF president therefore asked the assembled
faith Volunteer Caregivers
legislators to provide legislation and resources to meet the _
Program,• Kingston Hospi-
human needs. He reminded them of the provision in the
tal, P.O. Box 1939, Kings-
Constitution that the government has to promote the gen-
ton, N.Y. 12401.
eral welfare.
He assured the legislators that the Jewish community
Conscience and reputa-
will shoulder - its fair share of the partnership between the
tion are two things. Con-
government and the voluntary sector. The organized
science 'is do to yourself, Jewish communities, he said, are fully committed to a
reputation to your strengthened role for the voluntary sector, but such com-
neighbor.
mitment can hardly take place without the basic respon-
—St. Augustine
sibilities for human needs being met by the governmment.
Holman Physical
Education Chair
at Ben-Gruion U.
Paris
The
Pulsar H
The Israeli government
sent Sheikh Halabi to the
United States on an infor-
mation mission after the
signing of 'the Camp David
Agreement. He hopes to see
peace in the Middle East
and full understanding be=
tween all religious denomi-
nations.
Boris Smolar's
UAHC Official
Joins Interfaith
Volunteer Effort •
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