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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1988
Excavations
Continued from Page 1
"The one thing we didn't
give them was the timing
because we wanted to avoid
this sort of gathering," he
said.
Arab officials disagreed,
and insisted the work would
weaken Islamic buildings in
the area.
One Arab leader claimed
the archeological dig was be-
ing carried out by "fanatic
Jews." The Islamic High
Council echoed that senti-
ment, issuing a statement
that said the excavators were
trying to create a passageway
under the mosque "to allow
Jewish fanatic groups to walk
under the holy area."
Braunstein,
Susan
associate curator for ar-
cheology at the Jewish
Museum in New York, said
she could not recall any other
incidents of violence between
Israelis and Arabs over ex-
cavations in Jerusalem.
In fact, Meir Ben-Dov, field
director for the Temple Mount
excavations, was quoted in a
1986 edition of Biblical Ar-
cheological Review as saying
how positive his experiences
had been in working with the
Arab community.
In the article by Hillel
Shanks, Ben-Dov recalled the
unearthing of a 7th or 8th
century palace near the mos-
que, to which Muslim leaders
were invited. This "dispelled
many of the fears the Arab
leaders had previously ex-
pressed," he said, and they en-
couraged him to continue the
excavations.
Likewise, the late Rafiq Da-
jani, deputy director of the
Jordanian department of an-
tiquities, offered Ben-Dov his
congratulations after seeing
how Israeli authorities handl-
ed excavations on the Temple
Mount.
The Muslim council, Waqf,
also cooperated with Israeli
authorities several years ago
when archeologists uncovered
an ancient staircase in the
area. .
In 1974, UNESCO sent a
representative to Israel
specifically to study Israel's
excavation procedures. The
representative concluded
these posed no danger to the
El-Aksa Mosque.
El-Aksa, which means `the
distant place" (from Mecca),
was built between 710 and
715. It is cited in the Koran
in reference to Mohammed's
night journey.
The mosque was also the
site of violence in 1951, when
King Abdullah of Transjor-
dan was murdered at El-
Aksa's entrance. A pillar,
marked with bullet holes
from the incident, still stands
at the front of the mosque.
Home For Aged
Continued from Page 1
Senate were still far apart on
the Medicaid issue. "The
House still wants $30 million
in cost containment," she
said.
According to Alan Funk, ex-
ecutive vice president of the
JHA, restoring cuts already
made would only bring reim-
bursement to the Home for
Aged back to the level of $44
per Medicaid patient per day.
The present level is $37. Ad-
ding a 3,1 percent increase for
inflation would lift the daily
reimbursement to JHA to
$45.50. The home figures its
daily cost per patient
averages $72.
Funk was hopeful this week
that reports of a state budget
surplus of $100 million to
$200 million might influence
the legislators' thinking on
the health and human ser-
vices budget. "They shouldn't
start new programs without
funding the old programs at
humane and reasonable
levels," Funk said.
The shortfall between
Medicaid funding and actual
costs has led to additional
funding of the JHA from the
Jewish Welkfare Federation
and United Jewish Charities
of $600,000 the last two years.
Communal funding for JHA's
400 residents has reached the
annual level of $1.5 million.
Funk is concerned about
any Medicaid shortfall. "We
want to see funding back to
the full ($44) level, the three
percent inflator and the
plant/cost (depreciation) com-
ponent which may be
eliminated," he said. "With
close to 100,000 Medicaid pa-
tient days each year, any
change makes a big difference
to us."
New federal regulations on
training for employees will
also cost Michigan's nursing
home industry $10 million
next year, Funk said, and any
change in the minimum wage
law will be expensive for
JHA. The agency has 400_
employees, with 65-70 percent
at minimum wage.
Jewish 'Big
Givers' Studied
New York (JTA) — A con-
ference entitled "Jewish
Philanthropy in Contempor-
ary America" explored the
topic of the changing nature
of Jewish contributions to