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December 12, 1986 - Image 60

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1986-12-12

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Jewish population of Greater
Houston increased by 70 per-
cent since 1976 to approx-
imately 42,500, according to
a demographic survey re-
leased recently by the Jewish
Federation of Greater Hous-
ton. Assuming less drastic
growth in other Jewish com-
munities, Houston now has
approximately the 24th larg-
est Jewish community in
North America, up from 33rd.
Findings were based on a
sample of 600 Jewish house-
holds during late spring and
summer 1986 by Iblesurveys
of Thxas, according to Federa-
tion survey chairman J. Vic-
tor Samuels. In a report on
survey findings, Samuels said
Houston Jewry is young, in-
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Consultant Bruce Phillips
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in Los Angeles said the
Jewish community, compared
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with children and fewer
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than other Sun Belt Jewish
communities, as 70 percent of
Houston Jews belong either
to Jewish organizations or
congregations or donate
money to the federation cam-
paign and 89 percent said
they give to some charity.
Forty percent here lived in
Houston less than 10 years,
while other Sun Belt cities
have higher in-migration.
More than a quarter of the
population is under 18 and
the median age is 33 1/2. Forty-
seven percent are ages 19 to
44, 18 percent are 45 to 64
and eight percent are over 65.
Two thirds of those sur-
veyed are married, 21 percent
have never been married, 13
percent are separated or
widowed. Wenty-two percent
live alone and 32 percent live
in two-person households.
Five percent of the house-
holds consider themselves Or-
thodox, 29 percent Conser-
vative, 49 percent Reform and
the remainder reported a
variety of affiliations —
Reconstructionist, tradi-
tional, secular, "just Jewish"
and other. Fifty-one percent
are affiliated with a con-
gregation.

Serving His Country

Jerusalem — There is a
certain irony over the strug-
gle of Zeidan Atashi to pro-
tect the rights of Jews who
are affiliated with the Con-
and Reform
servative
movements.
synagogue
Atashi, a Knesset Member of
the Shinui party, which is
part of the National Unity
government, is a Druze and
not a Jew.
He resents any implica-
tions that there is an ano-
maly in his fighting for
Jewish causes. "I am first
and foremost an Israeli," he
stresses. "My religion hap-
pens to be that of a Druze,
and while I am obviously
concerned with the specific
issues that effect the Druze
and Arab sectors of Israel, it
is also my duty to be involved
in the debates that touch the
entire country with its
Jewish majority."
Atashi asserts that al-
though he is a member of a
minority religion, as with all
minorities in democratic
countries he enjoys full
rights. "This is my country,"
he says. "I have full territo-
rial rights here. I serve in the
army and I pay taxes."
Lest his statement about
his own territorial rights be
misconstrued, he is quick to
espouse support for Zionism
and the Jewish People's right
to settle in its ancestral
homeland. Atashi is a former
information officer at the Is-
raeli Consulate in New York
and consequently he is adept
at defending Zionism.
Atashi belongs to a com-
munity that has wholehear-

tedly supported the existence
of Israel. The 65,000 Druze
living in 18 villages dotted
about the Galilee and Mount
Carmel regions have, at their
own request, been conscripted
into the Israel Defense Forces
since 1957. In total, 180
Druze have fallen while serv-
ing in the Israeli army.
Atashi feels that the educa-
tional system exemplifies the
manner in which Israel's
Druze and Arab citizens have
full rights but are not fully
equal. He claims that gov-
ernment budgetary allocation
to the Arab sector, not only
in education but in all areas
of municipal activity — cul-
ture, social welfare, health
and public building, are far
lower than in the Jewish sec-
tor. He also sees discrimina-
tion against Arabs in civil
service appointments and
generally in the hiring of
staff for senior management
positions. But Atashi remains
optimistic that these imbal-
ances can be rectified.
"Over the years, the Israeli
government has aggravated
the alienation of the Arab
minority by being too sus-
picious of them," he remarks.
"Israeli Arabs are forbidden
to serve in the army. This is
wrong. Israeli Arabs should
have the option of serving in
the army, or at least perform-
ing three years of public serv-
ice. How can Israeli Arabs be
expected to feel an integral
part of the nation if they are
barred from serving it? This
policy is encouraging them to
search for extremist alterna-
tives."

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