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reasons have remained," not-
ed YESHA spokeswoman
Yehudit Tayar. "Even through
the late '80s, the years of the
intifada, people who had sud-
denly moved to the new set-
tlements for a better quality
of life were suddenly dealing
with terrorism. Parents were
teaching their children sur-
vival skills, like what to do if
the car was hit with cucum-
bers filled with nails." She said
terrorism only made people
more determined to defend
their homes.
Neve Daniel, perched on a
hilltop, was founded in the late
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Each federation has a tight to decide how much it will keep in
the community and how much it will send abroad. Last year, the
local Jewish Federation earmarked 50 percent of its money for De-
troit, while the other half went for projects in Israel. It's not sent
directly to Israel, of course; it is given, instead, to the Urlited Jew-
ish Appeal, which is "owned" by the Joint Distribution Committee
(JDC) and the United Israel Appeal (UIA), explains Rabbi Daniel
Allen, acting UTA executive director.
"These two organizations [JDC and UIA] have a signed con-
tractual agreement which outlines the disbursement of these
funds," he said. The JDC determines how its money will be spent
according to the directives of its board. The UIA spends its mon-
ey through its exclusive representative in Israel, the Jewish Agency.
About 75 percent of the UlA money is sent to the Jewish Agency,
a quasi-governmental organization. The balance is channeled to
the JDC, which uses the funding for research and outreach pro-
grams that study Israel's social problems and immigration ab-
sorption
1980s. It is named after one
"We are then asked to allocate to the Jewish Agency's budget,
of the men who fell in the con-
and the UTA has the right and the responsibility to act according
voy trying to get to the strand-
to what the Jewish Federation system wants to happen," Rabbi
ed Etzion bloc kibbutzim.
Allen said. "A series of budgetary decisions are based on policy needs
Today, Neve Daniel is home to
decided by the UTA board."
Rabbi Kenny Hirshorn, a New
The UTA board, chaired by Shoshana Cardin, meets three times
York-born Jewish educator
a year in New York, where members are drawn from the various
who came on aliyah with his
Zionist organizations, religious movements, and federations
wife Sara and three children.
throughout the country. Mrs. Cardin acknowledged that the is-
Both commute to work in
sue of funding projects over the green line is sensitive.
Jerusalem, about a 20-minute
"We do hope as the peace process moves forward, we will prob-
drive. Children study in near-
ably be asked to look into some of the policies and notions," she said.
by Mon Ahvut, which Rabbi
Hirshorn said has one of the
"I do understand the concerns of those living in the territories,"
most innovative educational
Mrs. Cardin said. "And I have no problem with those who want
programs in the country.
to fund activities in the territories. There are other entities [out-
Sitting in the rabbi's home,
side the UTA] of supporting them."
with its state-of-the-art Amer-
"Obviously yes, it is a political decision not to change [UTA
ican appliances and
policy]," said one UTA
tufted valances around
executive who asked
the bay window, it's
not to be identified. "It
hard to believe that this
is a question of alien-
place is an obstacle to
ating donors.
peace.
`The IRS has not said
Rabbi Hirshorn said
that we cannot spend
his family's first home
U.S. dollars over the
was a trailer on the site
green line," he added.
where their four-bed-
"But we are a high-pro-
room, split-level house
file group, and the bot-
now sits. His father
tom line is that no one
joked that when Sukkot
wants to rock the boat
came, they didn't need
with the IRS."
to go out to a temporary
Mrs. Cardin main-
dwelling.
tains that the UTA is
Like the Kamins,
Creative solutions, working within fiscal and legal restraints. Internation-
Rabbi Hirshorn said his such
al lawyer Marc Zell of Tel Aviv disagrees.
as those with
decision about where to Magen David
Mr. Zell, who specializes in overseas business trans-
live was, for the most Adorn, can be
actions and serves as chairman of the Israel Commu-
part, a practical one. "It's found.
nity Development Foundation, which funds projects
the suburbs. We couldn't
in Judea and Samaria, is a strong critic of the UJA-
afford Jerusalem hous-
LTIA policy.
ing, and we were looking for a
"Our supporters in the United States enjoy a tax exemption
community with a sense of
from the IRS, even though we spend money on education and
commitment." He was almost
recreational projects in Jewish settlements," he said.
bashful at the suggestion that
(The IRS doesn't make political policy," he added. "Boundaries
some see him as a pioneer.
change all the time."
Ms. Tayar draws a parallel
At times, creative solutions have beenfound to this perplexing
between the settlement in
funding
issue. Yehudit Tayar said that until recently, Magen
Judea and Samaria and the
David
Mom
did not station its ambulances in Judea and Samaria.
first waves of immigration to
Now, residents in the territories lease the vehicles from Magen
the country. She concluded
David Adorn.
that the settlers did not rein-
Israel government policy, meanwhile, is to disperse money
vent the wheel: "We are doing
throughout the country, from the Golan to Jerusalem, from Tel
what our ancestors did gener-
Aviv to the West Bank.
ations ago when they settled
"First of all, we appreciate any assistance, no matter where it
in the Galilee."
goes," said Bobby. Brown, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's
While the Israeli govern-
adviser on Diaspora affairs. "But the Israeli government's posi-
ment defends its settlement
tion is to help its citizens, no matter where they live. We are ge-
policy to a world questioning
ographically blind.
the right of Jews to live there,
wro us, it makes no difference if somebody has a heart attack
Ms. Tayar calmly but firmly
in downtown Jerusalem or in Ma'alah Adumim. They need Our
answers that "We've an-
help and we are going to help them." LI
swered the question by doing
what we're doing." Cl