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Meeting co-chairman Jack Robinson, left, greets A. Alfred Taubman,
right, with Max Fisher.
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chairman. With his prepared
text in his jacket. pocket,
Fisher recalled his first gift to
the Allied Jewish Campaign.
It was 50 years ago, during the
Depression, and he gave $5.
He spoke of the need for young
people to continue this great
Detroit tradition, which has
made us Number One in the
country," and he talked of Is-
rael's most serious problems,
which he said are internal
rather than external.
He cited the chaotic Israeli
economy, the exciting but
costly effort to rescue and
integrate Ethiopian Jews into
Israeli society, the importance
of Youth Aliyah and Project
Renewal, as well as the need to
combat poverty in the Detroit
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He added that current U.S.-
Israel relations have never
been better" and said he took
some pride in this fact.
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The political implications
were not lost on his audience,
especially since the meeting
took place the day after Fisher
chaired the Economic Club
meeting in Detroit which fea-
tured President Reagan. But
there was some good-natured
ribbing at the Fisher Meeting,
as when one Jewish leader, in
announcing his gift, regretted
that his son could not be pre-
sent because he is campus
coordinator for the Mondale
campaign.
Fisher closed his remarks by
asking those present to "open
your hearts and pocketbooks
for a noble cause," and they
responded in kind.
Federation officials said
that more than 30 Detroiters
contribute $100,000 or more to
the Campaign and that there
were six new $100,000 or more
gifts. Last year's Campaign
raised $20.5 million and this
year's goal is $22 million.
Erfurt synagogue goes unused
as Jewish population ages
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Erfurt, East Germany (JTA) —
There is a large, well kept
synagogue in this city in the prov-
ince of Thuringai, rebuilt in 1952
to replace the larger, more im-
pressive edifice destroyed by the
Nazis during the notorious "Kris-
tallnacht" of November 1938.
But the Erfurt synagogue is not
used most of the time. The local
Jewish community numbers
about 100 people, most of them too
old and infirm to attend services
regularly.
The last time the congregation
gathered there was to celebrate
the Passover Seder with kosher
food supplied from Hungary along
with Haggadas in Hebrew. The
last Jewish wedding was held
here more than 10 years ago.
Herbert Ringer, chairman of
the Jewish community in Thurin-
gia, said that about 1,000 Jews
lived in Erfurt before World War
II. Of that number, 850 were kil-
led by the Nazis in concentration
camps and elsewhere.
The survivors emigrated after
the war to Israel, the United
States and European countries.
But 15 Jews subsequently re-
turned to Erfurt to form the nuc-
leus of a revived Jewish commu-
nity which now accounts for al-
most all of the Jewish population
of Thuringia.
Most of them are old because
the Communist authorities do not
encourage young people to retain
their ties to the Jewish commu-
nity. Nevertheless, the commu-
nity is treated well and receives
subsidies from state and local
authorities. But Jewish education
is not available.
According to Ringer, the main
task of the Jewish community
here is to look after the 34 Jewish
cemeteries in Thuringia. The
work is on a voluntary basis and
sometimes church and other
organizations help.
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