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Detroit's Jewish Experiences for Families, funded by the Man dell L. and Madeleine Berman Foundation, was one of four pro- grams honored by the Universi- ty of Judaism and its Whizin Institute for Jewish Famil Life for furthering Jewish education. Dr. Conrad L. Giles of Detroit was elected a vice president of have to be ready to pay a painful price." He later told the press, "The reason there are money problems between the Palestinian Author- ity and the [various national] donors is that the Palestinians are not accustomed to account- able budgets. They got lump sums of money from rich Arab countries and it takes time for the Palestinians to change their ap- proach." Issues expressly faced by women's divisions in federations around the country were re- stricted to a "women's day" that preceded the G,A.'s official open- ing. But women concerned with raising awareness considered it a gain that excerpts from com- poser Elizabeth Swados' "Bible Women" were integrated into the GA's opening plenary. A continuing source of frus- Issues faced by women's divisions were restricted to a `women's day.' tration to many women was the second-rate status that many women feel "women's divisions" are given by their respective fed- erations. What may be one of the major issues for future GAs and future federation fund raising was bare- Baltimore's Shoshana Cardin, ly mentioned in the Denver as- who has headed most of Ameri- sembly's 134 pages of ca's major Jewish organizations programming: Only one session and recently stepped down as vice dealt with the aging Jewish pop- chairman of the North American Commission on Jewish Identity and Continuity, told the session on "Students and the Continuity Agenda," "We didn't pay atten- tion to students in the past. Now, you are part of the decision-mak- Mrs. Cardin said she looked forward to the time when "conti- nuity" is no longer the issue and "college students' discussion can be how to improve the world, be- cause that is our mission." Mr. Netanyahu, who was the first Israeli opposition leader to address a G.A., told delegates that the "silent loss from assimi- lation or intermarriage or both exceeded the number of Jews lost in the Holocaust." Since Jews who marry other Jews may not know how to set up a Jewish household, Mr.- Netanyahu proposed that CJF and Israel "organize a library of 10 basic books to give to every young Jewish couple free of charge. The first book would be the Bible." Of the peace process, Mr. Ra- bin said that without Israel's agreement with the PLO, "there would be no peace treaty with Jordan ... I believe for peace you Shoshana Cardin: Seeks world improvement. ulation, specifically "New Devel- opments in Housing for the Elderly." The aged are already Jewish, so they're not part of the current concern with continuity. But they are also the largest growing segment of the Jewish population. While it's invigorat- ing to enrich Hillel or to send teen-agers to Israel, caring for Jews at the other end of the life- cycle is less glamorous — and much more costly. ❑