MEL STERNFELD-SHERM FREUND'S Give Something Original... for Israel and instead spen- ding as much as possible for Diaspora Jewry, particularly to enhance Jewish educa- tional, religious, and family- preserving services. In my experience, many members of the donor elite and many senior American professional "apparachniks" running the UJA and the campaigns for Israel are among the least learned and Jewishly educated in America. Many of these donors have substituted charity for Judaism and "humanism" for sophisticated systematic Jewish and Hebrew education. Apart from the many Israeli political personalities benefiting from the present Diaspora-Agency ar- rangements, the average Israeli has no love for the Agency, no commitment to it, and would not miss it. Israelis generally have no sense of at- tachment or appreciation for what the donors are trying to do in Israel. One major excep- tion is the few Project Renewal neighborhoods where a handful of local residents have superb rela- tionships with several ex- tremely committed donors. No words are more treasured by preservers of the status quo than "realistic," "pragmatic," and "program- matic." These, of course, are relative terms, for one man's realism is another man's radicalism. Reconceptualiz- ing the philanthropic connec- tion between Israel and the Diaspora communities is a very sensitive, difficult under- taking which tampers with values, power, and communal structures built up with great labor over many decades. Basically, there are two pro- totype approaches, each of which offers variations on the same theme. One model in- volves cessation of federation fund-raising for Israel and total use of campaign funds for local and national Jewish causes. 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