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speech to the G.A., noting
that it is human nature to
respond more enthusi-
astically to a crisis than to
an ongoing situation. But he
stressed that while Soviet
Jews may be coming out in
high numbers for years, this
was the challenge of the
decade and we must respond
accordingly.
More than 100,000 Soviet
Jews are expected to come to
Israel in the next three
years, and Israel says she
needs $2 billion for their ab-
sorption and housing. An
agreement reached by the
Israeli government and the
Jewish Agency last month
calls for $350 million of the
total to be raised during that
time by the North American
Jewish community and $150
million by other corn-
munities in the Diaspora.
Some 9,500 Jews left the
USSR in October, bringing
the total for the first 10 mon-
ths of 1989 to more than
51,000. Sixteen percent of
the October emigres went to
Israel, and that percentage
is expected to rise as U.S. re-
strictions on Soviet im-
migration take effect.
Large-city delegates at the
G.A. raised questions about
Israel's preparedness to
resettle 100,000 Soviet Jews
and 15,000 Ethiopian Jews,
as well as pressures on local
needs in the United States
and Israel, and fund-raising
methods.
"There is a fear of finan-
cial failure among the
leadership," said one leader.
"They want to help; they're
prepared to help, but based
on their experience with
Passage To Freedom, they're
afraid they may flop."
Passage To Freedom, a
special resettlement cam-
paign to raise $75 million in
cash by Dec. 31, has only
reached $45 million in
pledges to date. (less than
$16 million in cash). Detroit
was one of the few corn-
munities to complete
Passage to Freedom suc-
cessfully, raising $2.25
million of its $2.50 million
goal in six weeks last spring
at the conclusion of the
regular Allied Jewish Cam-
paign. National leadership
is worried about a $350
million national goal over
the next three years.
But optimists were quick
to note that while Passage
To Freedom was launched
hastily and its message was
fuzzy — people were unclear
as to how the funds would be
Alan Hitsky, associate editor of
The Jewish News, contributed
to this report, as did the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
divided between America
and Israel for resettlement
— the next campaign will be
clearer and the thrust will
be on funds for resettlement
in Israel, a more popular
proposition.
One federation executive
of a large city voiced the con-
cerns of many of his col-
leagues when he suggested
that "the dollars need to be
thought out very carefully."
He readily acknowledged
that the resettlement needs
"The care and
concern are there
[for Soviet Jewish
resettlement], but
are the dollars?"
.
in Israel are the highest
priority, but worried what
will happen to local
American priorities like
funding for Jewish edu-
cation and the elderly and
the whole range of com-
munity services over the
next five years.
"The care and concern are
there, but are the dollars?"
he asked.
Yes, according to three in-
ternational leaders who met
with representatives of the
Jewish press.
Ben-Zion Leuchter of
Vineland, New Jersey, and
president of the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society
(BIAS), said that "the worst
mistake we as a community
can make is to allow people
to think that this special
campaign is 'only' a UJA
campaign. It's a respon-
sibility for the Jewish com-
munity of the world and we
all have to recognize the
historic nature of this oppor-
tunity." He said that he felt
that as many as 250,000
Soviet Jews might be coming
out in the next five years
and that "this is the next
step of what was an ad-
vocacy movement over the
last two decades to free
Soviet Jews. This cannot
fail."
Shoshana Cardin of
Baltimore, president of the
National Conference on
Soviet Jewry, emphasized
that "this is not business as
usual, and we do not know
the time frame for our
efforts." She said the
American Jewish communi-
ty has the ability to respond
and that the leaders need
the courage to emphasize the
urgency of this campaign.
Simcha Dinitz of the
Jewish Agency noted that a
campaign involves more
than funds raised, and that
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