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She said terrorism only made people more determined to defend their homes. Neve Daniel, perched on a hilltop, was founded in the late THE BUCK page 57 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