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THE JEWISH NEWS
THIS ISSUE 50c
SERVING DETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
MARCH 15, 1985
CLOSE-UP
RAB'BI
What's life like
for the 20 women
in the Conservative
movement's first co-ed
rabbinical class?
See Page 14
Ricki Rosen
Gary Karlin, Carolyn.Braun and Shelley Melzer read the Torah during morning prayers.
An Economic
Understanding
A secret agreement
on aid for Israel
resulted from
Modal's U.S visit.
Washington (JTA) — Israeli Fi-
nance Minister Yitzhak Modai ap-
peared to have reached an understand-
ing with the Reagan Administration
last week on the level of economic aid
to be requested for Israel from Con-
gress and on the direction of Israel's
economic reform. But he said at a press
conference that he had agreed "not to
publicize any figures or any methods."
The minister, whose visit to
Washington coincided with the open-
ing of Congressional subcommittee-
level hearings on an aid package to
. Israel, told reporters, "All I can say is
that we did come to an understanding
on the objective itself." He added that
specifics would "be worked out be-
tween the parties as we go along."
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Although the Reagan Adminis-
tration has submitted its foreign aid
package to Congress for fiscal 1986, it
has omitted a figure for economic aid
to Israel and abstained from any
recommendation on meeting Israel's
request for an additional $1.5 billion
in emergency financing over two
years. It maintains that Israel must
adopt further measures to reform its
economy before additional American
aid could be effective. The package,
however, does include a request for
$1.8 billion in military aid, represent-
ing a $400 million increase over the
amount approved for fiscal year 1985.
Israel has requested a total of $4.05
billion for 1986.
Referring to his agreement with
the Administration not to publicize de-
tails, Modai declined to say whether he
had received assurance that a figure
for economic aid would be submitted
following this week's visit to Washing-
ton by Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
Continued on Page 32
Town Meeting Scans
Campaign Allocations
Public input
on the budgeting
process is set
for Wednesday.
programs of the Jewish Association for
Retarded Citizens have been funded
by the Max Fisher Jewish Community
Foundation of United Jewish
Charities. Proponents of those pro-
grams lobbied vigorously in past town
meetings, and through the regular
Staff Report
Continued on. Page 34
Detroiters this week can have di-
rect input into how their Allied Jewish
Campaign dollars are spent. The
Jewish Welfare Federation is sponsor-
ing "Decisions '85: A Federation Town
Meeting on Budget Priorities" at 6
p.m. Wednesday at the Maple-Drake
Jewish Community Center.
Although similar meetings were
held in the past, none have been
scheduled in recent years. Federation
sources credit the town meeting con-
cept with initiating Campaign fund-
ing for Detroit's Jewish day schools
and programs for the retarded. Hillel
Day School, Akiva and Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah now receive annual al-
locations from the Campaign and some
Births
B'nai Mitzvah
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Engagements
Obituaries
Purely Commentary
Danny Raskin
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