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Jerusalem (JTA) — The
governing body of the Joint
Authority for Jewish Zionist
Education convened for the
first time here last week,
although the authority still
lacks a precise definition of
its budget and functions.
It took almost three years
to set up the authority,
which is supposed to provide
Diaspora input and supervi-
sion into the Jewish edu-
cation programs for the
Diaspora rim by the Jewish
Agency and World Zionist
Organization. These bodies
spend about $50 million a
year on Diaspora Jewish ed-
ucation.
The authority is composed
of a 12-person Executive,
which incorporates the three
main education departments
of the WZO, and a 36-person
commission, which is the
governing body of the au-
thority. The commission met
during sessions of the Jew-
ish Agency Board of Gover-
nors meeting here.
The co-chairmen of the au-
thority are Simcha Dinitz,
who is also chairman of the
Jewish Agency and WZO
Executives, and Irwin Field
of Los Angeles, a member of
the Jewish Agency Exec-
utive and a former chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal.
In an interview, Mr. Field
said the idea is to create "a
mechanism which can
potentially have a signifi-
cant impact on Jewish-
Zionist education, both in
the classroom and outside.
We are trying to create a
system that better serves the
needs of 2 1st-century
families and young people."
The director-general of the
authority is David Harman,
an expert in education who
has taught at the Hebrew
University and at Harvard
and Columbia. Mr. Harman
has held senior posts with
Israel's Education Ministry
and with the American Jew-
ish Joint Distribution Com-
mittee.
The commission is com-
posed mainly of leaders of
the WZO, the United Israel
Appeal and Keren Hayesod,
but it also includes Diaspora
professionals and lay leaders
in the field of Jewish edu-
cation.
The former chairman of
the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations, Seymour
Reich, is a member of the
commission. He is also
honorary president of B'nai
B'rith, which recently af-
filiated with the WZO. The

current Conference of Presi-
dents chairman, Shoshana
Cardin, is also a member.
An important innovation
is that four leading Israeli
educators have been named
to the Executive of the au-
thority. In the past, WZO
and Jewish Agency Exec-
utive posts were held almost
exclusively by WZO politi-
cians.
The four educators are
Professor Walter Ackerman
of Ben-Gurion University,
who has held major posts in
Jewish education in the
United States; Alice Shalvi,
former professor of English
at the Hebrew University
and former principal of the
Pelech Religious High
School for Girls; Alan Hoff-
man, director of the Melton
Center for Jewish Education
in the Diaspora at the Heb-
rew University, and
Avraham Infeld, head of the
Melitz Centers for Jewish
Zionist Education.
Other members of the Ex-
ecutive are Yitzhak Mayer,
Ze'ev (Bill) Levine, Shlomo
Gravetz, Yehiel Leket,
Rabbi Haim Skirball and
Rabbi Joseph Wernik. The
latter two members repre-
sent, respectively, the
Reform and the Conser-
vative movements.

Swiss Jews
Give Support

Geneva (JTA) — The first
group of Swiss Jews to make
a show of solidarity with
Israel since it became the
target of Iraqi missile at-
tacks left Zurich for Tel Aviv
this week.
The group of 15 were led
by Zurich's chief rabbi,
Mordechai Piron. The presi-
dent of the Swiss Jewish
Communities, Michael
Kohn, did not join.
Swiss Jews, who number
some 19,000, are hesitant
about demonstrating sup-
port for Israel, given their
country's neutrality in the
Persian Gulf war.
The Jews of Zurich raised
$80,000 for Israel, a very
small sum for such a
wealthy community.
Magbit, the Swiss
equivalent of the United
Jewish Appeal, held a fund-
raising event in Geneva
which drew only 150 people.
The amount raised was not
disclosed.
Private initiatives to col-
lect blankets and transistor
radios were undertaken by
several Israeli residents
with some success.

