22 Friday, August 12, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS $300,000 Bequest to NY Library 'ROLLS' ROYCE, 460:4,1-1. C isttfl#Ge Buick Honda 28585 Telegraph Rd. Across From Tel-Twelve Mall Southfield, Mich. (313)353-1300 NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York Public Li- brary has announced a be- quest of $300,000 to its Jewish division. Dr. Vartan Gregorian, li- brary president, said the gift "assures the perpetua- tion of the library's Jewish division as a vital source of knowledge for scholars of all nations." He said the gift from the estate of Jacob Perlow is in- tended for acquisition and conservation, and for public programs and exhibits to make the Jewish division better known. He said the bequest is comprised of an endowment of $250,000, plus $50,000 in funds which are immediately available. Perlow was a Polish-born immigrant who came to the United States in the early . 1920s and developed a suc- cessful real estate business in New York. He died in June 1981, leaving a por- tion of his estate to be dis- tributed to charitable organizations. Jewish sage Solomon Ibn Gabirol was known among Christian philosophers of the Middle Ages by the name "Avicebron. COME JOIN WITH US AS 1311111 B'RITH BOWLING CELEBRATES Our Youth and Sixty Years of B.B.Y.O-A.Z.A. Contact the league of choice for both team and individual openings. Secretary Mark B. Sperling B'nai B'rith Bwl. Association 477-2786 Ivan S. Bloch/Israel Wednesday Emerald Lanes 6:30 p:m. Nate Zeron B'nai B'rith Couplets Sunday Nor-West (every other) 6:00 p.m. Bill Simons 477-2133 Ben Lusky Traveling Sunday Luxury Bdwlero Thunderbird 9:30 a.m. Paul Gross 358-2288 Brandeis/Tucker-Grant Thursday Ark West 9:30 p.m. Sam Goodman 541-2914 Brotherhood - Eddie Jacobson Monday Ark West 9:15 p.m. Mark Klinger 355-3316 Downtown-Fox Tuesday Strike & Spare 9:30 p.m. Paul Kales 851-4334 _ 542-1973 . . Morgenthau - L'Chayim Couples Sunday Ark West (every other) -6:15 p.m. Gayle & Gary Granet 968-2866 Morgenthau - L'Chayim Tuesday Yorba Linda Thursday Strike & Spare 8:00 Robert Franklin 548-2884 7:30 p.m. Norman Schwartz 569-7176 Tuesday Southfield'Bowl Thursday West Bloomfield 6:30 p.m. Henry Zaft 569-3867 9:15 p.m. Joseph Burnstein 399-1748 Tikvah Monday Ark West 7:00 p.m. Israel Liebowitz 557-0966 Zager - Stone Wednesday Ark West 9:30 p.m. Mark B. Sperling 477-2786 M.C. Zeiger Monday Ark West 7:30 p.m. Alan Kaczander 356-2124 Pisgah Aridor, Duizin Clash Over Funding of Project Renewal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Finance Minister Yoram Aridor and Leon Duizin, chairman of the World Zionist Organization and . Jewish Agency Executives, clashed in a sharp exchange over funding of Project Re- newal, the program to re- vitalize slum areas in Is- rael. Aridor reportedly accused Duizin and Akiva Levinsky, the Jewish Agency trea- surer, of failing to meet the commitments they under- took as equal partners in the project. Under the agreement, the Jewish Agency is in charge of social welfare aspects of Project Renewal, while the gov- ernment takes care of the physical elements. Specifically, Aridor de- clared, a contribution of $5 million, promised by the Jewish Agency five months ago for the rehabilitation of 13 deteriorated neighbor- hoods, has not yet been transmitted to the govern- ment. Duizin, reportedly was furious about both the content and the style of Aridor's charges, telling Aridor he would not let him treat the Jewish Agency "the way he treated the industrialists and the doctors." Meanwhile, Dulzin said the rehabilitation of 15 more Project Renewal neighborhoods will be com- pleted next year. He also told the weekly meeting of the Agency Executive that another 30 neighborhoods will be re- habilitated within two or three years. Duizin stated that considerable progress could already be noticed in the Project Renewal un- dertaking to rehabilitate 84 deteriorated neighbor- hoods, housing 600,000 residents. He said the main problem now was to determine who would be responsible for the Project after the Jewish Agency fulfills its role as a partner with the govern- ment in the project. Duizin told the WZO Executive that he had asked the WZO's settle- ment department co, chairman, Raanan Weitz, a noted expert on rural development, to prepare a comprehensive plan to help the moshavim (cooperative farm vil- lages) solve their growing financial crisis. Moshav spokesmen have claimed that the coopera- tives are foundering be- cause of lack of government support to help them over- come problems arising from a shrinking export market. Some 150 moshavim of the 239 moshavim nation- wide are said to be in finan- cial difficulties and some of them, especially in the Negev region, are in danger of closing down completely. Many farmers have been threatened with legal ac- tion and possible fofeclo- sures for failing to pay their debts. According to Yair Yakir, the registrar of Cooperative Organizations, the debts of the 239 moshavim amount to $70 million. Pesach Grupper, act- ing agriculture minister, has compained that the Finance Ministry has failed to provide the necessary funds to help the faltering moshavim. The Finance Ministry has responded by saying that funds provided to the ministry are allocated by the ministry on the basis of its list of priorities. Agriculture experts say the main problem with farm exports is the government's slow rate of devaluation of the shekel, which makes Is- raeli exports of fruits, veg- etables and flowers too ex- pensive on the European market where they once enjoyed premium prices be- cause of quality and early marketing. The kibutzim are also af4 fected by export exchange rate problems, but to a les- ser degree than the moshavim and private far- mers. Although originally based only on agriculture, virtually all kibutzim today have adapted themselves to the contracting profit earn- ings of farming. The bulk of their income is derived from industrial enterprises they have estab- lished within each kibutz. While they share agricul- tural export problems with the moshavim, the kibutzim share industrial export problems with other indus- tries. In the moshavim, each individual farmer tries to extract a living from his own land and there is no industrial enterprise to fall back on to increase their profit margins. The future of the moshavim may now depend on re- ducing the number of moshavim, limiting over- production and agricul- tural exports and engag- ing in what some experts refer to as a "face lift." But unlike the kibbutzim, where industries tend to be highly sophisticated, oper- ated by highly motivated workers and managers who can adapt quickly to new problems as they arise, moshavim are traditionally less able to adapt to chang- ing technologies. Magazine Delves Into Mysticism HOLLYWOOD, Fla — A bi-monthly periodical exploring Jewish mysticism and the contemporary rele- vance of the Kabala is now available. The magazine, "Four Worlds Journal," features original articles, inter- views, book reviews and poetry. For information on the magazine or to begin a sub- scription, write to "Four Worlds Journal," 11301 N.W. 15 St. Hollywood, Fla. 33026. d.•