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THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FROM
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

Through the Jewish Ndtional Fund, your roots run deep — to the heart of Eretz Israel!

The challenges are monumental!

The projection of 250,000 or more Soviet immigrants arriving in Israel each year is based on current
realities. This figure presents the Jewish National Fund with a tremendous task: to prepare the land for housing on
a massive scale.

In Tiberias, a residential quarter of 500 housing units will soon be built on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
while in Re'ut, located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, plans call for 1,000 new homes. Hundreds of additional
homes will be constructed in the adjacent community of Maccabim. Farther south in Ashdod, 700 new units are
needed in this Mediterranean port city.

At Sde Boker, in the heart of the Negev, a new 300-unit residential quarter will be built to house immigrant

scientists and academicians who will be employed at the nearby Center for Desert Research. And after having
recently developed land for 1,000 housing units in Eilat, JNF has begun preparing the area for an additional
1,000 units. Projections call for the construction of 6,000 new homes in Eilat. This year alone, JNF WILL

RECLAIM LAND FOR A TOTAL OF 20,000 NEW UNITS IN ISRAEL.

And JNF cannot stop at developing land for housing. In Ei lat, JNF IS ALSO RECLAIMING THE
TERRAIN FOR SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, HEALTH CARE CLINICS, SYNAGOGUES AND A
COMMUNITY CENTER. In Mitzpe Ramon, JNF is building roads to various scenic attractions and creating
recreational areas, including a zoological park. In Ein Gedi, JNF is developing beach resort areas, a tourist center

and hiking trails.

Such projects, in these communities and elsewhere, not only improve the quality of life for native Israelis and
Soviet immigrants, but they also create new sources of livelihood for thousands of families and attract new residents
to outlying areas.

As communities grow, they require an expanded road system to connect them with major population centers.
Building roads opens up entire areas and increases the sense of personal security among their inhabitants.
Consequently, JNF will be expanding the nation's system of roads and highways in the northern border, Galilee
and the Negev.

If these tasks seem monumental, that's because they are. But they can be accomplished through your support
of JNF'S "Operation Promised Land" campaign for the absorption of Soviet Jews.

EVERY RESPONSIBLE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS OPERATION EXODUS.
JNF SUPPORTED OPERATION EXODUS BY CANCELING OUR SPRING CAMPAIGN!!! WE ARE
NOW FACING A FINANCIAL DILEMMA AND EMERGENCY. WE NEED YOUR HELP!.

The Israelis are greeting the Soviet Jewish immigrants with great enthusiasm, opening up their homes and
their hearts. You may not be able to open up your home to them, but you can open up your heart. Help us
provide the best new year possible for the Soviet immigrants as they start new lives in the Jewish homeland! When
you are approached for "Operation Promised Land," please respond generously.

Thank you,

SUE ELLEN EISENBERG

JACK ZWICK

President
Jewish National Fund Council

Chairman
Operation Promised Land

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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