President's Column
KEREN'KAYEMETH.tE
by Eli A. Scherr
F
r over 90 years, JNF has been meeting the challenge of war — war against Israel's hostile environment,
war against the rocky hillsides, war against the desolation of the Negev, and war against the boredom and
frustration of unemployment.
We have done this as partners with God in changing the topography of Israel on land bought or adminis-
tered by JNF.
Today, however, we face a new challenge: the challenge of peace. With the momentous signing of the agreement between Israel
and the PLO occurring just before the beginning of our New Year, 5754, the role of JNF becomes even more urgent.
It is the opinion of many experts that any peace in the Middle East will be decided over the issue of water. It is no coincidence
that the border tranquility between Jordan and Israel is in great measure due to the fact that the two countries have been successful
in sharing water.
Israel relies on three main fresh water sources: The Sea of Galilee and two major underground aquifers which stretch beneath
the coastal plain and the central mountain ridge. Annual rainfall in Israel ranges between six and ten billion cubic meters of water,
mainly between November and March, and is concentrated in the north of the country. Most of this water, about 60 percent, is lost
to evaporation in Israel's intense heat. Approximately 35 percent percolates into the subsoil where about half recharges the
aquifers and half is lost as run-off. The remaining five percent constitutes surface floodwaters of which only about one-fifth is cap-
tured before the balance drains into the sea. As a result, Israel is left with an annual renewable average of some 1.7 billion cubic me-
ters of fresh water.
This 1.7 billion cubic meters of fresh annual accumulation is barely enough to supply the needs of the present population of Is-
rael in a "normal" year. Additional immigration, erratic rainfall, and periodic drought exacerbate the water shortage and create the
potential crisis faced by Israelis every year. Israel's water problems cannot be solved by conservation alone. New sources must be
created to meet the growing demand.
Today, JNF has accepted this challenge — a challenge of peace.
To this end, JNF and the State of Israel have geared up for a three-pronged program to expand water availability nationwide.
Plans call for purifying and re-cycling an additional 100 million cubic meters of sewage water for agriculture, desalinating another
100 million cubic meters of brackish water, and constructing a new system of dams and water reservoirs to capture at least 100 mil-
lion cubic meters of floodwater. The first 14 of these facilities have been completed. They have proved their ability to make a major
difference in solving the potential water crisis. JNF has developed proven techniques which will be of great help to the economy
and life of Israel's Arab neighbors.
Our JNF staff will be happy to provide more complete details about this challenge of peace and the steps that are being taken to
meet the ongoing problems that this challenge produces. Please call 577-6644 during normal business hours.
By providing assistance to development of a dependable fresh water supply for Israel, you will be supporting the process of peace
and assuring the very lifeblood of survival to our fellow Jews and to the State of Israel.
On behalf of my colleagues from the JNF Detroit family, please accept my sincerest best wishes for a most meaningful Passover to
you and yours.
Garden Donors
Enrolled As Of
January 15, 199.4
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We acknowledge with sincere
appreciation the following Gar-
den Donors who enrolled in the
Michigan Garden Club as ofJan-
uary 15,1994:
MICHAEL & JAY FLEISHER
& grandson AARON; DAVID B.
& DOREEN HERMELIN; FLO-
RENCE & IRVING HERMELIN;
MELVIN KEPES; "friends" ofJA-
SON HOWARD REMER;
EMMA LAZAROFF SCHAVER
& ISAAC SCHAVER; GRANT &
BETTY SILVERFARB; HENRI-
Edythe tackier
Mulivor To Be JNF
Dinner Honoree
Golden Book
Subscribers As Of
January 15,1994:
Eli A. Scherr, President of the
Jewish National Fund Council,
announces that Edythe tackier
Mulivor will be honored at the
30th annual Keter Shem Tov-
Crown of Good Name - Award
Dinner on June 21 at Congrega-
tion Shaarey Zedek.
Lawrence S. Jackier will serve
as the General Chairman for the
Dinner and Dr. Martin tackier,
Robert and Christine tackier and
Frank Mulivor will be serving as .
Associate Dinner Chairmen.
In paying tribute to Edythe,
the JNF honors an outstanding
leader in the community whose
efforts to improve the quality of
life for all people, warrants spe-
cial recognition. Mrs. Mulivor has
served our community well.
Some of the organizations she
has and continues to serve in-
clude: Vice President of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation, President
of the Women's Division, Presi-
dent of the Jewish Family Service,
President of Hadassah House,
Founding President of JEFF &
Executive Vice President of De-
troit Chapter of Hadassah. She
has been a Board Member of
Jewish National Fund, Weitz-
mann Institute, Jewish Federa-
tion Apts., Jewish Community
Foundation and is an active
member of Cong. Shaarey
Zedek. In 1979 with her late hus-
band she established the Edythe
Golden Book subscribers help
the JNF continue land reclama-
tion in Israel. We salute the fol-
lowing contributors of Golden
Books as of January 15, 1994:
DAVID B. & DOREEN HER
FLORENCE & IRVING
HERMELIN; MELVIN KEPES;
HENRIETTA WEINBERG.
The Young Leadership of
Jewish National Fund
cordially invites you to
C CASTL
MEDY
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17100 West
10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI
48075
Phone 557-6644
FAX: (313) 557-2412
ETTA WEINBERG; SHIRA,
STEVEN, ARIELLA & ETAN,
DAVIDA, WARREN, RUBY, IAN
& AVERY.
for a special evening of
live comedy
Thursday, April 14, 1994 • 7:30 pm
Tickets: $25.00 per person
Limited Seating
Valet Parking Available
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle
269 E. 4th Street • Royal Oak, Michigan
R.S.V.P. by April 1, 1994
JNF Office 557-6644
Edythe tackier Mulivor
and Joseph Jackier Observation
Point in the American Indepen-
dence Park. The couple also re-
ceived the community's highest
honor, the Butzel Award, in 1985.
For further information about
the dinner, please call the JNF at
557-6644.
"Of Blessed
Memory"
We mourn the loss of: DAVID
AARON; FLORENCE COOP-
ER; MOLLY FERLEGER; FAY
GOLD; SOL GOODMAN;
SAMUEL HECHTMAN; LEON
KAMERMAN; HAROLD KIRSCH-
NER; BEN KRIGEL; LENA
LEBOWSKI; DORIS MARKEL;
GRANT MITCHELL; JASON
REMER; DAVID RISEMAN; EVE-
LYN SANDWEISS; THELMA
SCHMOLKA; SARA ZALC.