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It is so much like the United States composite and Detroit is no more or less observant" than any other older major U.S. city. Cohen emphasized that the overall study "is more than just a census. It is a tool for making important policy decisions." As an example, Ukeles pointed to the 20,400 persons that the study in- dicates live outside the core Jewish community. Aronson said finding these people and offering Jewish services is one of the major problems presented by the study. The study, Cohen said, in- dicates that Jewish Detroiters are mobile within the community, but tend to stay in the Detroit area: "There is a small but steady in-migration which helps maintain the popula- tion balance," offsetting the out-migration of some Detroiters. He added that the Southfield - Oak Park - Huntington Woods area continues to have the most Jews, "indicating a tremen- dous Jewish communal in- vestment in this area." But the pattern of mobility within the Detroit area follows the national trends. Patty Becker of the Federa- tion Planning Department said that in the 1950s, when Dexter Avenue was its center, the Jewish commun- ity was concentrated in 12 square miles. At the time of the 1963 study, the commun- ity covered 20 square miles. It is now spread over 100 square miles. Federation's Aronson said the challenge of the new population study is to pro- vide services for more Jews, to boost the Allied Jewish Campaign, and to reach out to families — "young and old." "We are finding Jewish populations with needs, that have identities as com- munities. We have to learn how to reach out to them." He pointed to the Shir Tikvah congregation in Troy as an example. While many Jews in Detroit believe there are no Jews east of Wood- ward Avenue, he said, Shir Tikvah's members in Troy and Rochester feel they are not members of the commun- ity west of Woodward. Aron- son said overcoming that thinking is the challenge. He said Federation is greeting the study "with tremendous enthusiasm. It gives us opportunities for planning that we haven't had until now." ❑ Staff writer Kimberly Lifton contributed to this story. Absorption Budget Soars - Jerusalem (JTA) Absorp- tion Minister Yitzhak Peretz has demanded the govern- ment revise its entire budgetary projections and provisions for immigration and absorption. Peretz, addressing a joint session of the Knesset Fi- nance and Aliyah corn- mittees, said the recently decided absorption budget was obsolete because of the soaring Soviet immigration. Peretz appeared before the joint session to urge addi- tional allocations for absorp- tion, including housing and the creation of jobs for the immigrants. The minister, who represents the ultra- Orthodox Shas party, received broad support from the legislators. Michael Kleiner of Likud, chairman of the Aliyah Committee, said the government would have to think in terms of a $250 million to $300 million ab- sorption budget for this year. Ariel Weinstein, a ranking member of the Finance Committee, suggested work begin immediately on a re- vised budget for absorption and housing, to be available by May. A prediction made to the joint session, that some 100,000 Soviet Jews would come to Israel this year, was essentially corroborated by Simcha Dinitz, chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Executives. Dinitz told the government agency coordinating body that the current rate of 7,000 Soviet immigrants a month is likely to rise to 9,000.