, Where Do All Our Dollars Go? 7 \ OUR SINCEREST THANKS brilliantly, it couldn't possibly serve all the worthy causes there that the government is unable to support. Probably the best-known case of a new organization that has filled some of these gaps is the New Israel Fund. But the list of worthy causes and their associ- ated fund-raising campaigns abroad grows longer all the time. TO THE MANY WELL-WISHERS WHO HAVE PROVIDED US WITH COMFORT DURING SAM'S RECOVERY. The increasing sophistication of Diaspora Jewry and the desire of individuals and communities for direct involvement in Israel has been universally welcomed as a positive trend. But it has spawned independent federation projects in Israel that are seen by the Agency fund-raising establish- ment as threats to the unified campaign. The opening of offices in Israel by the federations of San Francisco and Los Angeles are seen — rightly or wrongly — in this light. 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These barriers had names too: UJA and UIA. But the recent emergence of the CJF Jewish Agency Committee and the expansion of community federation representation on the UIA have broken down some of these barriers, thereby enhancing the ability of the communities to review what is done with their money and putting them in a bet- ter position to press for changes in the Agency: Still, significant pro- gress toward their goal of de- politicizing the Agency will prob- ably not occur until they demon- strate that they are willing to face the ultimate showdown: turning off the flow of money that runs through the UIA. Sitting now in greater numbers on the UIA board, with their hands on the tap, how will they proceed if this becomes the only way to reach their goal? ❑ Charles Hoffman is a veteran reporter for the Jerusalem Post who has written frequently on the Jewish Agency and Israel-Diaspora relations. New Charges Raised In Bank Scandal Jerusalem (JTA) — Finance Minister Moshe Nissim refused last Sunday to convene the ministerial committee charged with implementing the recom- mendations of the Beisky com- mission which rendered its report two months ago on the 1983 bank shares scandal. Energy Minister Moshe Shahal demanded that the com- mittee meet amid growing con- sternation over one bank direc- tor's refusal to resign and charges that another received disproportionate compensation for stepping down. But Nissim insisted there was no point for the committee to meet until the team of professionals studying the report completes its work. The commission, headed by Supreme Court Justice Chaim Beisky, issued a scathing report on April 20 accusing Israel's five largest commercial banks of grossly inflating the value of their shares to mislead investors leading to the financial panic of October, i983. Attention was f,.)cussed on Raphael Recanati, chairman of the board of the Israel Discount Bank, who refused to quit when the deadline passed. His col- leagues at the other banks have all stepped down, and Michael Bruno, the newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Israel, demanded that Recanati do likewise. Recanati threatened in media interviews to pull the Recanati family out of the Discount Bank which they have largely owned for years. Bruno refused to com- ment but apparently decided to wait several days to study legal means to bring about Recanati's departure. Nissim, for his part, argued that the Cabinet had no reason to discuss the personal implica- tions of the Beisky report since that was the province of the cen- tral bank, headed by Bruno. t. Meanwhile, Labor MK Haim Ramon, a member of the Knesset's State Control Corn- mittee, received a sharp rebuff from a top official of the Bank Leumi whom he had asked for details about compensation awarded its former chairman, Ernest Japhet. Japhet resigned immediately after the Beisky report was released. According to Ramon, he was awarded $5 million, plus his year's salary in advance along with "vary generous" ex- penses, and receives a monthly pension. Ramon alleged that the deci- sion to grant him a $5 million severance was made in secret by a four member committee of the bank's directorate.