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ey will go to help transport
and resettle Soviet refugees
in Israel.
With the current economic
climate, the formula often
came under fire during the
budget process, Mr. Ziffer
said. Detroit funnels more of
its Campaign fund to Israel
than most other cities.
The amount of overseas
funding was questioned this
year by the agencies as well
as many would-be donors, Mr.
Ziffer said. "Some suggested
that the need (here) is so
great and our support is so
miniscule compared to the
needs, a few percentage
points difference (in the for-
mula) would make a bigger
difference here in Detroit."
Some on the Federation ex-
ecutive committee, who are all
members of the Federation
board of governors, ques-
tioned the formula and urged
that it be re-evaluated in light
of the current economic con-
ditions. But the tradition, de-
veloped over the years by local
leaders, proved stronger than
the pressures to change it, at
least this year, Mr. Ziffer said.
"The feeling was (among
the officers of the Federation)
that no matter how serious
and profound the needs are
here, we know how great they
are in Israel as well, and it's
really not time to make a
change."
Yet the board did approve
the formation of a task force
composed of Federation offi-
cers to evaluate the Federa-
tion's funding relationships
with the UJA as well as all
other national agencies.
Arlene Goldberg, director of
clinical services at JFS, said
her agency has not experi-
enced an increase in clients
over the past year, but living
conditions have worsened and
demands are higher.
"There are situations in
which people are facing the
loss of their home — people
who are not used to this sort
of economic problem."
Margaret Weiner, JFS as-
sociate executive director,
said JFS' resources have been
especially pressed. "A number
of things converged at one
time, and it got really bad —
the dismantling of the safety
net (state public assistance),
the worsening economic con-
ditions, and the cuts in our
budget."
Jewish Vocational Service,
which helps unemployed Jews
find jobs, will receive what
amounts to a 10 percent in-
crease. "This will enable us to
expand our service to middle
and upper income individuals
who were particularly hard-
hit by the recession," said
Barbara Nurenberg, executive
director of JVS.
The allocations left Feder-
ation's own operating budget
with 5 percent less than last
year. "We froze salaries for
the year. We're cutting out
travel and other expenses,"
said Mr. Ziffer. "We thought
it was an important thing to
take the lead and say to our
agencies that we're ready to
share the pain."
Like the JCCouncil, the
Jewish Home for Aged will
also receive a 5 percent cut.
But Arnold Budin, Home for
Aged executive director, said
it will not affect the quality of
care.
Besides a flat Campaign
drive and the increasing de-
mands on local social service
agencies, the Federation had
to respond to a surge in So-
viet immigration for the
fourth year in a row. About
800 new immigrants settled
in the Detroit area last year;- j
and an additional 800 are
petted this year, said Sandy
Hyman, director of Resettle-
ment Service.
Resettlement Service will
receive $278,700, the same as
last year. The pension premi-
um does not figure into it, but
with inflation, the same allc,
cation amounts to a decrease.
Resettlement Service will
not be able to maintain its
present level of service, Ms.
Hyman said. "What will ulti-
mately have to happen is we'll
give the refugees less. We're
spread very thin already."
Because Federation pension
fund premiums are waived,
the Agency for Jewish Edu-
cation amounted to a 4 per-
cent increase. The agency will
receive $884,000 this year._
"Everyone is asking what we
are going to do about Jewish
education and Jewish identi-
ty formation, because other-
wise we're going to assimilate
into oblivion," Mr. Ziffer said.
Those local Jewish day
schools which receive Feder-
ation funding remained at
last year's levels. Because of
the cuts, Federation request-
ed a one-time, $200,000 Unit-
ed Jewish Foundation grants
included in the allocations,
that went to local social ser-
vice agencies. The UJF is the
endowment arm of the Fed-
eration.
"As a keeper of the commu-
nity's rainy-day fund," said
UJF President Jack Robin-
son, "the UJF is meeting an'
emergency situation in a year
when the Campaign is unable
to meet the demand."
Looking to the future, Mr.
Ziffer said, "It's going to be a
hard year next year, too.
Everybody knows it." ❑