W. German Govt. Authorizes Development Loan for Israel NOW OPEN BEAD BONN (JTA) — The Bonn government has signed an agreement to provide Israel with a 140 million mark ($50 million) development loan which the Israelis are to use for special projects such as road construction, construction of electric power stations and invest- ment in high-tech industry. The loan, for fiscal 1984, was approved over the strong objections of Deputy RKS, inc. Complete line of beads, jewels, shells, nuts and beading supplies. IDA JOYRICH GHINDA MARRICH Tues.-Sat. 10-5 Classes-Mondays 32751 FRANKLIN RD. Just S. of 14 Mi. 855-5230 Choose from a fashionable selection of cultured, fresh water pearls and genuine stone bead necklaces and earrings. Visa Master Charge 32940 Middlebelt Rd. at 14 Mile in the Broadway Plaza BUICK OLDSMOBILE CHEVY Phone: 855-1730 FORD Foreign Minister Juergen Moellemann of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), coalition partner of the rul- ing Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Moellemann has been one of the leading opponents of continuing West German economic aid to Israel for long-range development projects. The loans began in 1965 when Bonn and Israel established formal diploma- tic relations. The opposition Green Party also opposes eco- nomic aid to Israel and only a few weeks ago urged the government to make the money avail- able instead for the Palestinians who suffer under "Israeli aggres- sion." The Federal Republic is the only country, apart from the United States which regularly grants develop- ment aid loans to Israel, but the practice has had a trou- bled history. In 1976, the then Israeli Foreign Minister, Yigal Al- lon, sought to have repay- ment on the loans extended beyond the annual terms because of the burden on Is- rael's economy. In 1979, then Chancellor Helmut Schmidt agreed to extend the repayment terms despite protests from his finance minister that to do so would establish a pre- cedent for Bonn's develop- ment aid to other countries. Schmidt was not moved but ordered his ministers to keep the matter discreet to avoid pressure from Arab governments. Last year, in the after- math of Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Moellemann urged Chancellor Helmut Kohl publicly to "punish" Jerusalem on grounds that the Arab countries would reward Bonn fi- nancially and politically. Kohl rejected these arguments as one-sided and ordered the Foreign Minis- try to sign that year's loan agreement with Israel. : MAZDA SAVE MONEY! a 0 INCREDIBLE LEASE RATES a H RY L E ' c Your Cho,i7: O a ti n, m 4,11liMie EQUIPPED WITH Air, stereo, tilt wheel, automatic, power steering and brakes, rear defroster, white side walls and more. z cn U) F- at PONTIAC 0 . 441:1. koritirff ■ EX 11 11.. co AMC FORD CHEVROLET MERCURY Boris Smolar's . `Between You . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1983, JTA, Inc.) AN IMPORTANT TENET: The Jewish community in the U.S. is the largest Jewish community in the world. Since the establishment in 1895 of the first two Jewish federations in Boston and Cincinnai, the federation move- ment has grown to 210 federations in larger cities in the U.S. and Canada and about 800 in small communities, embracing 95 percent of the entire Jewish population. The Jewish federations are the counterpart of the charitable, welfare and educational functions of the kehilla. However, they distinguished themselves by their voluntarism. They are voluntary bodies created, main- tained and perpetuated by volunteers. Over 1,000,000 con- tributors in the U.S. and Canada make their contributions to them voluntarily every year. The voluntary character of the Jewish federations ex- presses itself in the fact that any Jewish resident can join his local federation by becoming a contributor and can decide at any time to sever his relationship. There are no obligatory ties of any kind, the only ties being a sense of moral obligation and responsibility. The federations have been able to transcend the organ- izational, ideological, religious, and political -differences which characterize Jewish life in this country. They brought together the broadest range of people with the most diverse philosophies, views and priorities to work together for purposes and needs they all share. In their combined power the federations have found unparalled strength. The central body is the Council of Jewish Federations which serves as an instrument to strengthen — through planning and services — the work and impact of the federa- tions. AN IMPORTANT BOOK: An excellent and com- prehensive book on the Jewish federation movement — vividly presenting the American Jewish community as coming of age in the most demanding and creative period of the last 25 years — has been published this week by the Jewish Publication Society. The title of this 400-page vol- ume is "To Dwell in Unity." The author is Philip Bernstein, the very popular executive vice president of the Council of - Jewish Federations who retired in 1979. The book is a fundamental contribution to the history of Jewish communal life in this country. The author mas- terfully paints a portrait of the community. He does not miss a nuance in the development of Jewish organizational life, and of the role played by the federations and their council by constantly expending their obligations. He pre- sents facts exhaustively, reflects on them scholarly and analyzes all the currents and undercurrents in the activi- ties of American Jewry since 1960 when the community grew to unprecedented heights. The book is encyclopedic on all aspects of the activities_ of American Jewry concerning local, domestic and interna- tional Jewish communal interests, including action of American Jewry in aiding Israel to meet humanitarian needs. The author deals only with the years of the 1960s and 1970s which were years of turbulent events and his- toric changes for the Jewish federations. The earlier years of the origin and growth of the Federations from their beginning in 1895 were dealt with by his predecessor the late Harry Lurie, in a volume entitled "A Heritage Af- firmed." "To Dwell in Unity" is shaped by the insights Berns- tein gained from his 45 years of involvement in professional leadership in Jewish federation work. Prior to his joining the Council of Jewish t'ederations, he held executive posi- tions in the Cleveland Jewish community. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan and a reci- pient of the Distinguished Service Award from Case West- ern Reserve University's School of Applied Social Sciences, where he was on the faculty. AN IMPORTANT GOAL: It is interesting to note that just a few days before Bernstein's book appeared, a study in Israel has shown that the press there keeps the Israelis practically uninformed about Jewish communal life in the North American countries. The news carried by the newspapers in Israel about American Jewry is limited practically to the fund-raising conducted for Israel, to pro- Israel efforts in Washington by American Jewish groups and to anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. Nothing is printed about the creative side of Jewish life in America, about the variety of activities conducted by Jewish organizations in the U.S. and Canada, on the domestic scene; nothing on the important role which Jews in the U.S. play in the general life of the country; nothing on Jewish achievements. Bernstein's "To Dwell in Unity" gives the Israelis the opportunity to learn more about the wide scope of activities in the largest Jewish community in the world. The book should be a "must" in Israel for readers and leaders in order to help them maintain bridges of understanding between Israel and American Jewry.