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"I really feel that the most important
and best part of camp is meeting new people
and making new friends..."
—Emily Shwedel (8th grade)

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"I really enjoyed sailing, the 4-day canoe trip
and a lot of other activities like the ropes course,
climbing tower, and the Fourth of July carnival."
—David Bickart (7th grade)

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"Camp Maas is really great..."
—Rachel Lessen (7th grade)

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TAMARACK CAMPS PRODUCTION
directed by MARVIN BERMAN associate executive director ROBERT LIPSITZ
program director WARREN COHEN team supervisor RUTH GREY
team supervisor JOAN LIPSITZ drama supervisor MICHAEL PRENEVOST
horsebackriding supervisor JACQUELIN STEVENS
ceramics supervisor GARY RICHMOND tripping supervisor JODY WINKLEMAN
Jewish resource coordinator HOWARD COOPER

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STARTS JUNE 29
for entering
6th - 10th grades

Call 661-CAMP for
spaces available.

esessossamaesime.

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he Treasurer of the Agency
and WZO, Akiva Kewinsky,
is an articulate man who
knows how to say "no"
firmly but graciously, and
has clearly had a lot of
practice at this in his eight years as the top
money man elected jointly by these two
bodies. Lewinsky, a kibbutznik and Labor
Party stalwart with extensive experience
in Agency affairs, conveyed the official
Agency position on the sweeping demands
of the Reform movement, which also ap-
plies in a general sense to the demands of
the Conservative movement.
"When the Reform movement submitted
its grand proposal to us," he recalled, "they
came with two arguments: First, that the
Orthodox get funds from a variety of
sources, and the Reform are discriminated
against. And two, that Reform Jews, and
Conservative Jews for that matter, are im-
portant in fund-raising for the Agency.
"Now the Agency and WZO are not char-
itable funds that just hand out money to
other organizations. The Agency provides
services to individuals; it doesn't allocate
funds to institutions. The Agency also has
responsibility for certain defined areas,
such as settlement and immigrant absorp-
tion. All immigrants or settlement groups
get the same treatment, according to stan-
dard criteria for aid, no matter what their
religious background. There is no discrim-
ination in the provision of these services
to individuals.
"lb build up the Reform movement in
Israel is not our job. I don't think that the
Agency should build their synagogues and
schools. The Agency is not here to compen-

sate for what is done or not done for the
Reform movement by the government, for
example. But on the other hand, I won't
listen to anyone who tells me not to con-
sider applications from the Reform move-
ment. Our approach is pluralistic, and our
door is not closed to anyone.
"No one has to remind me how many
Reform Jews give to the UJA! But what
I won't accept is that people who live
abroad think they have the right to tell us
what to do, and can say 'I want this money
I gave earmarked for the Reform move-
ment: This kind of approach is alien to us."
Lewinsky is aware that there are some
requests from organizations that don't fall
into the category of services for indi-
viduals, but are considered to be legitimate
nevertheless. He refers to these as "proj-
ects" that may be initiated by an organi-
zation outside the Agency, and which may
be funded either through the -departments,
which he sees as preferable, or by a special
request to the Board of Governors, which
happened in the case of the Reform youth
hostel.
"The Reform movement, though, didn't
want to go through the departments. They
went straight to the top. The Board voted
the money for their hostel, but you must
realize that the Agency still has no say in
how they run this project. If this sort of
thing goes too far, then I'll have to start
handing out checks to everybody. Still, I'm
glad that the entire matter came out in the
open at the Board, that we had a produc-
tive discussion of the issues involved, and
that a special committee of the Board will
now examine the entire issue of Agency
allocations to organizations that don't

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