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.KENTUCKY
JEWISH
FEDERATION

 

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FEBRUARY 1992

 

”A DECADE OF LIVING:

Our theme for this year’s
CKJF—UJA Super Sunday reflects
both our accomplishments over
the past ten years as well as
the need to continue our
commitment. All of you are
aware of the tremendous
challenge of the resettlement
in Israel of the many
thousands of Jews from the
former Soviet Republics and
Ethiopia. In addition, CKJF is
on the front line of
resettling new Americans here
in Lexington.

You can be proud of the
many accomplishments made
Afipossible by your generous
.ionations in past years.

THE CHALLENGE CONTINUES”

Our needs, and therefore,
our goals, are still
increasing. You can help reach
these goals in two ways.
First, be generous with your
contribution to this year’s
campaign. Second, join us on
Sunday, March 8th, at the
Lexington Chamber of Commerce,
at the largest one-day fund-
raising event for the Central
Kentucky Jewish community.

Please sign up to
volunteer your time by
returning the volunteer form
in this bulletin or by calling
the CKJF office 252-7622 or
252-7600.

 

  

LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM FOR FEDERATIONS. C

Council of Jewish Federations (“CJF”),
the association of approximately 200 U.S.
community federations of which Central
Kentucky Jewish Federation ("CKJF") is a
member, has proposed a Loan Guarantee Program
for immigrants arriving in Israel after April
1, 1991. Most of these immigrants are from
the Republics that formerly composed the
Soviet Union. The loans are available to
immigrants for food, clothing, shelter and
other necessities, will not exceed $1,250.00
per family member, and are scheduled for
repayment with interest over a five to ten
year period. Each loan will be coAsigned by
the borrower’s spouse, if any, and will also
be guaranteed by two individuals. No loans
will be made after September 30, 1997.

$900 million will be made available for
loans by participating Israeli banks directly
to the immigrants. In order to induce the
Israeli banks to make the loans, CJF and
member federations in the United States and
in other nations will guarantee the payment
of the loans under specific conditions in the
event of non-payment by the borrowers and
individual guarantors. A reserve fund of $200
million will be established that would be the
first source of payment for any defaulted
loans.

As a member federation, CKJF’s fair
share portion of the loan guarantee is
$240,564.00, or 0.032% of the total amount
guaranteed by all U.S. community federations.
This amount, plus interest, would be the
maximum amount payable by CKJF under the loan
guarantee program if maximum losses were
incurred and the full guarantee was required
to be paid by CKJF. The guarantee by CKJF
represents our “fair share“ of the total
guaranteed by all U.S. federations based on
the size of our Jewish community and the
amount raised in our campaigns in recent
years compared to other U.S. federations.

The loan guarantee program will not
require any direct payments by CKJF in the
near future, but could become a liability of
CKJF in the future if a substantial amount of
immigrant loans have not been repaid by the
borrowers and their individual guarantors and
the loan reserve funds are exhausted.

In prior years similar loan programs for
Israeli immigrants have resulted in a very
high percentage of loan repayments by the
borrowers. If this experience is repeated,
then CKJF will have no liability on its
guarantee.

This Loan Guarantee Program is in
addition to the ongoing Operation Exodus
Campaign and other sources for resettlement
costs borne privately and by the Government
of Israel. This request of loan guarantees
from the Jewish Federations is also
independent of the loan guarantees being
requested of the U.S. Government by Israel.

The CKJF Board has discussed our
participation in the Loan Guarantee Program
at two meetings and will again discuss it and
vote on our participation at the CKJF monthly
meeting scheduled for Wednesday night,
February 26, 1992. The meeting will be held
at the CKJF office, Suite 5, 333 Waller
Avenue and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

If you have any questions or would like
additional
Guarantee
participation of CKJF, please contact any
Board member or the CKJF office 252 7622 or
252‘7600.

Documents are available at the CKJF
office about the Program for anyone
interested.

Because of the tremendous importance of
assisting immigrants to Israel and the unique
aspects of the Loan Guarantee Program,
particularly involving the guarantees by CKJF
and other community federations, the CKJF
Board believes it important to provide this
information to all members. You will have the
opportunity to ask questions and voice your
opinions to the Board in advance of or at the
February 26, 1992 CKJF Board meeting at which
the Board anticipates taking final action as
to whether CKJF will participate in the Loan
Guarantee Program.

You are cordially invited to attend the

meeting and participate in the discussion.

 

information about the 1.0a”
Program and the propose

  

 

. National Writing Contest on the
' Holocaust

Sponsored by the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum.

SUBIECT: I/Vhat are the lessons of the Holocaust for
Americans?

FORMAT: Open: Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry,
Drama

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all students, grades 7 and
8 (Division I); grades 912 (Division II)

DEADLINE: Entry must be postmarked no later
than March 2, 1992

Awards in each division will be announced by May
1, 1992. For guidelines, contact CKIF oflice at 252—
7622 or 2527600.

 

Gyorgy Kadar Exhibit

The University of Kentucky, along
with Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation, will co-sponsor an exhibit of
Gyorgy Kadar. April 5th through May
17th at the UK Singletary Center for the
Arts. This exhibit is the Vanderbilt
Holocaust Art Collection. "Gyorgy Kadar:
Survivor of Death. Witness to Life," and
consists of 57 drawings by Hungarian
Holocaust survivor Gyorgy Kadar. The
works were completed in just eight
months following the artist's liberation
from the death camp at Buchenwald in
1945.

The works depict the horror that
Kadar himself witnessed during his
incarceration in five camps.

Watch future Bulletins for
announcements associated with this
important event.

 

 

"LIVE FROM OZS, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT”

Personal Services Auction
at Ohavay Zion, March 14, 1992

Cocktail Parties are breaking out
all over town (with special
gathering for singles) prior to a
Personal Services Auction
and a party time
starting at 9:00 pm. at 028

A casual evening of fun and
surprises

For more info call Andrea Doren
223-3017

 

CAMPERSHIPS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS A VAILABLE

Based on need, camperships are available from CKJF to
community children who wish to attend a non-profit Jewish
camp. All application information is kept strictly
confidential.

CKJF also has scholarships (not based on need)
available to students wishing to study/travel in Israel.

Scholarships (not based on need) are also
available for Anytown, a one week summer leadership
program of the National Conference of Christians and
Jews for junior and senior high school students.

For additional information about these
camperships and scholarships, contact the CKJF office
252-7622 or 252-7600.

Deadline for applications is March 15, 1992.

Camperships and scholarships are made possible through
your contributions to the CKJF/UJA campaign.

 

 

  

 

Martin Luther King Rally

Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation had a representative group of
about 25 "Freedom Marchers" at the
Martin Luther King rally on January
20th. Rabbi Eric Slaton made an
inspiring invocation.

Martin Luther King did much to
help combat anti-Israel propaganda. Then
days before he was murdered. at the
annual convention of the Rabbinical
Assembly. Dr. King said:

"Peace for Israel means
security. and we must stand with all our
might to protect its right to exist. its
territorial integrity and
its right to use whatever sea
lanes it needs. Israel is one of
the great outposts of democracy in
the world, and a marvelous example
of what can be done, how desert
land can be transformed into an
oasis of Brotherhood and Democracy.
Peace for Israel means security,
and that security must be a reality."

Dr. King also spoke out for Soviet
Jews. In a letter to the "New York Times" ,
King wrote:

"The struggle of the Negro people
for freedom is inextricably intertwined
with the universal struggle of all people
to be free from discrimination and
oppression. In the name of humanity, I
urge that the Soviet government end all
the discriminatory measures against the
Jewish community."

And he strongly supported Israel
during the Six-Day War. while many
clergymen were silent.

 

 

 

UK Multicultural Day

Central Kentucky Jewish Federation
and Hillel are sponsoring a booth a
the University of Kentucky
Multicultural Diversity Day,February
25th from ll:00a.m.to 3:30p.m. and
on the 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. The first day will be primarily
for UK students and the second day
will be for Fayette County students.
It is a festive and educational
time, and we welcome your
involvement.

Anyone who would like to assist
at the booth and anyone who has any
interesting Jewish ceremonial
(menorah, dreidal shofar) or
cultural objects to loan for display
at the booth, please contact Sharyn
Sharer at 252-7600 or 252—7622.

 

 

 C CONTINUE THE CHALLENGE "

”A DECADE 0F GIVING;

SUPER SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1992

     

(‘UNIINUH Tl"! ('IIAIJJZNGI’,
A DECADE Ol" (“VINO

For the tenth consecutive year, the Central Kentucky Jewish community joins Jews in
communities around the nation in holding a day-long, fund raising phonathon. A major objective
this year is to enlighten the Jewish community about the diversity of recipients who benefit from
your contribution to the campaign.

When you help "Continue the Challenge", you strengthen the quality of life for the people of
Israel; sustain Jewish life throughout the world; and build communal life for the Central Kentucky
Jewish community.

Money raised on Super Sunday helps provide opportunities for Jews locally, overseas and in Israel.
Your dollars support numerous programs in Central Kentucky, which provide educational
community services to everyone from Jewish youth to Jewish elderly:

$25 - pays a month’s rent for an elderly Jewish couple in Sousse, Tunisia

$40 — helps send a child to Camp Shalom

$200 - provides 100 meals at Community Kitchen

$300 - provides a month’s care in a hostel for an elderly immigrant to
Israel

$800 - provides annual funds for Central Kentucky’s Transient Relief
fund

$2000 - subsidizes as many as five young people to Jewish summer camps

associated with the Lexington Jewish community
provides a year of learning and working on a kibbutz to a new
immigrant family

$4800

Many members of the Central Kentucky Jewish community are already involved in this effort and
have volunteered their time to coordinate key functions in this campaign. You can join your
friends in this important effort. Remember "Continue The Challenge."

Please contact the CKJF office (252-7622 or 252-7600) or complete and mail the following form to
the CKJF office, 333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5, Lexington, KY. 40504.

Name Phone Number Assignment Choice Indicate 1st & 2nd Choice
Phone Non-Phoner 9-12 1 1-2 5-8 Other

 

 

  

 

Hold those Empty Walls!

The Hadassah Art Auction
is on the way.

To be presented:
Sunday, March 22, 1992
at Temple Adath Israel

Featuring local Jewish and Kentucky
Artists

 

Bat Mitzvah of Lauren Sander

Our daughter, Lauren Sander
will be called to the Torah as a Bat
Mitzvah
Friday, March 6, 1992, at 8:00 pm.
at TAI

We invite you to worship with us on this joyous
occasion and to be our guest for an Oneg Shabbat
following services.

An open house will be held in Lauren’s honor at
our home, 3514 Kedgewick Court on Saturday,
March 7th, from 1:00 , 4:00 pm.

[erry and Karen Sander

 

 

 

Mazel Tov

NCCJ welcomes to its Board, new member,
Cheri Rose. Co-chalrpersons of the NCCJ
Board are Bob Cohen, Simone Salomon,
and George Zack.

************************************

Sue Ezrlne is the new coordinator for the
Green Circle program of NCCJ.

Sue has assumed the Duties of
Scheduling Green Circle classes in the
Fayette County schools, as well as teaching
them.

 

BIRENBAUM AND BABBAGES RECEIVE
NCCJ Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Awards

I

Mary Birenbaum and Laura and Bob Babbage.

are this years recipients of the NCCJ
Brotherhood/Sisterhood Awards.

DAaryIfirenbaunibehevesthatthecure
for prejudice is education. Through her
numerous activities, from Girl Scouts to being
a prison chaplain, she educates, helping
people of different races and religions
understand each other.

Mary is an active member of Temple
Adath Israel, Hadassah and other Jewish
organizations, and remains an active and
supportive alumna of Earlham College. Mary
also has been a member of a local Catholic-
Jewish dialogue group for 15 years.

Laura and Bob Babbage live lives
woven of love- for each other, for their
children, and for humanity. For altruism in
their professional and private lives, they will
be two of the recipients for the Awards.

Bob is Kentucky’s new Secretary of

 

State. Laura is chief executive officer of" ‘

Lexington’s Urgent Treatment Centers.

 

  

NCC] Banquet March 5

The 1992 Brotherhood/ Sisterhood Awards
Banquet will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday,
March 5 at the Marriott in Lexington. Tickets

are $65.00 each. Reservations can be made by
calling NCC], 277-4434.

 

"SA DIE HA WKSTEIN”
DANCE

It’s your call gals, ya’ know what that means.
On February 29th, it 's ”Sadie Hawkstein!"
So grab that guy, and make the move

It 's dinner and danc’n, you’re in the groove,
Daisy ”Meir” and Little "Able”

Invite you to join them, so please be brave.
Ask those guys and join the fin,

On February 29th, he '11 be on the run.

We ’11 start at seven and g0 real late,

Ya ’all come now and participate!

Dinner & Dancing, Service Auction
Cash Bar

Temple Adath Israel
124 North Ashland Avenue 7:00 p.m.

”Hillbilly” clothes, be comfortable!

RSVP by February 14th to TAI
269-2979 or Ruth Baker 278-4038

Portion of Proceeds benefit Temple Religious
School. Sponsored by Temple Adath Israel
Sisterhood.

 

Central Kentucky Jewish
Federation Newsletter
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5
Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2901
Judith Saxe, President
Linda Ravvin, Executive Director
Sharyn Sharer, Program Cmrdinator
Becca Hamrin, Office Manager
Member of Council of Jewish Federations

 

Dr. Michael Morgan To Be TAI Scholar
In Residence

TAI Adult Education presents Dr.
Michael Morgan, a professor of
Psychology and Jewish studies at
Indiana University as this year's Scholar
In Residence, March 20-22.

Dr. Morgan has achieved National
acclaim as an author, teacher, and
lecturer. His forthcoming book, "Horror
and the Mind's Limit : An Anthology of
Philosophy, Christian Theology, and
Jewish Thought after the Holocaust”will
be a fascinating look at the impact of
the Holocaust on
contemporary theology and thinking.
He has been a faculty member at IU
since 1975.

Dr. Morgan will give 3 lectures at
TAI. The first during Erev Shabbat
Services on Friday, March 20th, 8:00
p.m. on Jewish Thought and the
Holocaust:Before and After the Six Day
War. The second, an informal
lecture/discussion during a pot luck
lunch on March 21st, 1 1:30 a.m., where
his topic will be The Jewish Thought of
Emil Fackenheim. The third lecture will
be Sunday, March 22nd, 10:15 a.m.-
11:15 a.m. on The New Dilemma of
Liberal Judaism.

 

TEMPLE ADA'IH ISRAEL SPRING FLING

Spring Fling, the March 28 fund raiser
for Temple Adath Israel, includes a
Reverse Raffle for a $4,000.00 cash
prize. The dinner and dance begins at
7:30 p.m. at the Temple on North
Ashland Avenue. Auction items and door
prizes are included. Co-Chairpersons for
the event are Ruth Baker and Jeff
Heller. The tax deductible tickets are
$50.00 per person or $60.00 per couple.
For ticket information, contact Ben
Baker 278-4038 or Al Kaplan 223-2846.

 

 

  

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MARCH 2330 Midwest Discovery Mission

IUNE 15—25 National Summer Family I Mission

[UNE 22— [ULY 2 National Summer Family II Mission

JULY 5—16 National Summer Singles I Mission

IULY 13—23 National Summer Family III Mission

IULY 26 - AUGUST 6 National Summer Singles II Mission

AUGUST 10—20 National Summer Family IV Mission

DEC 24 — [AN 33, 1993 Winter Family Mission . ‘

 

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CKJF CALENDAR OF EVENTS

FEBRUARY

4 OZS and TAI Board Meetings

5 Hadassah General Meeting 7:30 p.m.

11 Hadassah Board Meeting

13 Hadassah Women’s Discussion Group 7:30 p.m.
16 Havurah Retreat 9:30 - 3:00

18 TAI Sisterhood Eve at 6:30 p.m.

19 OZS Sisterhood Game Night 7:00 p.m.

25 Hadassah Newcomers Tea 7:30 p.m.

26 CKJF Board Meeting 7:30 p.m.

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TAI Donor Affair 6:15 p.m.
Sadie Hawkstein Night

MARCH

1 TAI Brotherhood/Sisterhood Program 10:00 a.m.

3 OZS and TAI Board Meetings

4 Hadassah General Meeting

5 NCCJ Banquet

6 Lauren Sander Bat Mitzvah - TAI

8 CKJF Super Sunday

10 Hadassah Board Meeting

14 OZS - "Live From OZS, It’s Saturday Night"

18 Havurah Purim Celebration 7:00 p.m.
.22 Hadassah Art Auction - TAI

25 CKJF Board Meeting 7:30 p.m.

 

  

 

OFFICE APOLOGIZES FOR INCONVENIENCE

The CKJF office has undergone some
dramatic changes this year. We have a new
computer and data system and had seen a
turnover of office managers. This has
resulted in some difficulties throughout the
year. We apologize for any confusion or
inconvenience this has caused anyone. We
are working very hard to correct any
inaccuracies that may have occurred. Your
patience, understanding, and continued
support are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Linda Ravvin, Executive Director

NEWS FROM CAMP SHALOM !

CKlP is now accggting Employment
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for Summer 1992 (Iune 9 - 26)

Positions Available:
Camp Director
Assistant Camp Director
Head Counselor
3 Senior Counselors
3 Junior Counselors
3 Counselors in Training (CIT ’s)

For Job Description Information,
please contact CKIF at 252-7600,
or Iessica Ross (Chair, Camp Shalom
Committee) at 273-4231

Send resume to CKIF office: 6
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 5
Lexington, Kentucky 40504-2901

 

 

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Lexington. Kentucky 40504-2901

 

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 The current increased aliyah represents a historic opportunity for Israel
and the Jewish people. The resettlement in freedom of hundreds of thousands
of Soviet and rescued Ethiopian Jews under the Operation Exodus
Campaign will create a stronger, healthier Jewish State. Meanwhile, the
1992 UJA/Federation Regular Campaign provides the essential
resources to meet the needs of these olim that lie beyond the scope of
the Exodus Campaign, as well as the needs of other immigrants and hundreds
of thousands of other Israelis. Moreover, the Regular Campaign plays a
crucial role in meeting these continuing challenges:

building the Jewish homeland for Israelis and Jews everywhere, and...
sustaining and nurturing Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union
and around the world.

 

  

In war and peace, immigrants have continued to stream
into Israel. In the first six months of 1991 and in all of 1990,
Israel welcomed with open arms 271,894 Soviet olim and
23,058 Ethiopian Jews, in addition to thousands of
immigrants from other countries. By the end of 1994, more
than one million Jews, mostly from the USSR, will have
made aliyah. We must help place in those welcoming Israeli
arms the tools with which to bring the newcomers into the
mainstream of Israeli society.

This year, 170,000 Soviet Jews, as well as 26,000
immigrants from other countries, including approximately
19,000 from Ethiopia, are expected to settle in Israel.

$366 millioniapproximately 60 percent of the Jewish
Agency’s total budgetiis for all immigration and absorption.

 

Operation Exodus funds are in action before, during
and after Soviet Jewish immigration: In the USSR, they
support Jewish Agency efforts in aliyah promotion and
preparation. The funds pay for transportation to Israel. They
sustain the initial services these olim receive upon arrival?
including 92 municipally based programs for social and
cultural absorption—and provide salary subsidies to
encourage the hiring of Soviet scientists and artists.

Meanwhile, funds raised by the 1992 Regular
Campaign provide the resources that ensure the
successful absorption of Soviet, Ethiopian and other
immigrants from countries of distress.

NOTE‘ Information herein 15 current as of July I, 1991 All Jemsh Agency dollar amounts
stated are based on the Agency's current budget. Whu‘l] covers a period of nine months
[through the end of 1991). On January 1, 1992, the Agency's fiseal year Wlll convert to
a calendar (12 month) year in coordination With a Similar change by the Israeli Government

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Expanded programs of kibbutz language classes, allowing
young adults to work while learning Hebrew, and
scholarships for higher education help new immigrants.

The budget includes $7.5 million for programs in
“Operation Opportunity,” to utilize the resources of Soviet
olim as the basis for economic growth and development
through innovative initiatives that, for example, assist the
startup of new enterprises and provide loan funds for small
businesses.

The absorption of Ethiopian olimiincluding comprehen-
sive social services and absorption centers ($40.8 million
is earmarked for the operation of 40 new absorption centers
for Ethiopians who arrived in the May 1991 airliftliwill
account for more than 40 percent of the Agency's regular
immigration and absorption budget.

 

 

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 Youth Aliyah’s $56.1 million budget is a reduction from
last year’s allocation. As a result, only 14,000 places are
available for the 1991-92 school year.

Because of Youth Aliyah’s new emphasis on the needs
of young immigrants, thousands of others from the country’s
most deprived families must be turned away.

Special remedial programs have been established to
integrate oIim into the regular school system within two
years.

Psychological and social services are geared to the special
problems of immigrant and educationally deprived youth.

 

To successfully absorb newcomers, economic expansion
is crucial, but funds for Israel’s economic and social
development are being stretched to the limit.

The current massive aliyah is producing demographic
changes in Project Renewal neighborhoods and development
towns in the Negev and Galilee that have increased the
importance of comprehensive rehabilitation programs in
these areas.

Rural settlements are important in absorbing new
immigrants. However, the nearly $37.5 million budgeted for
rural development will provide only bare-bones support for
kibbutzim and moshavim. Limited resources mean that
Jewish Agency-funded agricultural and industrial expansion
must wait.

The Rural Development Department’s budget includes
almost $2 million for projects in the Negev and Arava ranging
from water desalination to mango production to fish farming.

The Renewal and Development Department’s budget
targets $5.9 million for economic and educational develop
ment in the Negev and Galilee. It allocates $2.4 million to
improve science education—to prepare students for
employment—and provides for management training.

The department’s $1.4 million for leadership development
is helping to maintain the achievements of Project Renewal.

Some $4.5 million has been budgeted for grants to assist
innovative programs building democratic and pluralistic
values. Such projects have a positive impact on Israeli society

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by actively promoting civil rights, equality of the sexes,
religious tolerance and ethnic understanding.

Nearly all of the many programs of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Israel help the
country cope with the massive numbers of immigrants. By
shifting funds and making painful cuts in other program areas
in midyear, JDC was able to add $3 million to its 1990 Israel
budget, while its 40-nation 1991 global budget of $62.4 million
includes almost $21.8 million for JDC’s current programs
in Israel.

JDC-Israel works with the Jewish Agency, government
ministries and local authorities to implement activities for
olim, concentrating on job training and placement, and on
the increased demand for care of the immigrant elderly and
handicapped. In addition, it promotes the newcomers’ social
absorption through community center-based support groups
and educational activities.

 

 JDC—Israel devised a variety of retraining, on-the-job
training and placement programs for the olim, in partnership
with various industries, the Israel Manufacturers Association
and the Israel Chamber of Commerce. Special assistance
is given to those who wish to start their own businesses.

JDC-Israel has designed a variety of programs to advance
the absorption of the earlier Ethiopian immigrants and to
assist the most recent arrivals.

JDC-Israel is working to expand and improve services
for the elderly and handicapped in Israeli society at large.

JDC-Israel has developed new training programs for
young Israelis on the margins of society and has embarked
on a new initiative to help meet the special needs of the
100,000 children aged 14 and under who are “at risk” because
of family disruptions.

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JDC’S top priority is maintaining its commitment to aging
Holocaust survivors: poor and infirm Jews who have been
especially hard hit by Eastern Europe’s disastrous economic
conditions and have nobody—and nothingfielse to fall back
on. But as costs rise and impoverishment increases in
Eastern Europe, JDC’s effort to ensure that no Jew goes
to sleep hungry or without adequate shelter has placed added
strain on its financial resources.

As a result, JDC has been forced to scale back plans
and reduce funding for other regional programs, including
some it has worked for years to help establish. This is
particularly unfortunate at a time when increasing numbers
of Eastern European Jews are attempting to rediscover their
Jewish heritage and reaffirm their Jewish identity through
the variety of Jewish educational and cultural activities for
all ages that JDC helped to nurture.

Meanwhile, JDC continues to pursue new openings in
Eastern Europe as they arise. For example, last fall, it
resumed operations in Bulgaria after nearly 40 years and
it also opened an office in Budapest.

The Jewish Agency has also established its presence in
Eastern Europe, through offices in Bucharest and four other
capitals. Among other activities, its personnel serve as
teachers and cultural coordinators, assist Zionist youth
movements, run Israel-oriented programming in schools and
communities, assist employees of the aliyah transit stations
and furnish programming and Israeli counselors for a JDC-
sponsored summer camp in Hungary.

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Both the Jewish Agency and JDC continue to move
quickly to make the most of new opportunities in the Soviet
Union. On a budget of $2.7 million, 40 Agency emissaries
are working in 48 localities to promote aliyah and prepare
potential olim: providing information to overcome years of
distorted propaganda about Israel; teaching Hebrew and
training Hebrew teachers; and presenting immigration
information and seminars to help potential oIim plan their
aliyah.

JDC has opened an office in Moscow, has a representative
in Odessa and plans a presence in additional cities.

JDC’s successful holiday programs have evolved into
seminars on Jewish life: 52 public seders were held this
year in 28 cities, and 94,000 Soviet Jews in 30 cities and
“massive crowds” in Moscow took part in last fall’s activities,
which included 3,000 bar and bat mitzvah celebrations.

  

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JDC sends thousands of pieces of religious and cultural
material into the Soviet Union each year. It has begun to
transform many of the 100 Judaica libraries it has established
throughout the country into community centers for young
and old, with newly prepared resource material, like a JDC-
sponsored Russian-language edition of the Israeli version
of Sesame Street, that will give thousands of Jewish children
a taste of Israeli life.

In cooperation with the Open University of Israel, JDC
has developed a variety of courses in Jewish studies to be
offered through the Open University of Russia, to help
educate potential communal workers as well as those
planning to make aliyah.

JDC’s cantorial training academy, its support for Rabbi
Steinsaltz’s Judaic Studies Center and for hundreds of
Hebrew classes and educational and cultural activities, and
its new training programs for community workers are aimed
at ensuring that the remaining Jewish population can live
Jewish lives.

 

The emergency relief effort mounted by J DC in Addis Ababa
this past year that sustained 24,000 Ethiopian Jews, and
the additional resources directed to absorption efforts in
Israel and to programs in Eastern Europe and the Soviet
Union forced JDC to selectively cut program budgets
elsewhere or keep them at previous levels. All but emergency
repairs at various facilities have been deferred and many
country budgets have been left with little or no funds to
cover unexpected contingencies. Nevertheless...

JDC continues to assist Jews who remain in Ethiopia
and maintains non-sectarian programs in Gondar that
facilitate its operation in that country.

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In India and the Moslem countries of North Africa and
the Middle East, JDC continues to help dwindling Jewish
communities carry on essential services—primarily, relief
and shelter for infirm and impoverished Jews.

In Latin America, JDC works to strengthen communal
structures and encourage self-sufficiency.

1991 Budget (All programs) ............................................ $615 million
UJA Contribution .................................................. $340 million

Approximately 60 percent of the Jewish Agency’s
nine-months’ budget of $615 million—including Operation
Exodus — is earmarked for immigration and absorption ($366»

 

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million). The federation-guaranteed loan program will cover
the Agency’s portion of the “basket of services” that Soviet
olim receive for their first-year necessities. Thus, by repaying
these loans, the immigrants will help pay for their own
absorption.

Nevertheless, Exodus dollars are required to prepare
the huge numbers of additional newcomers for aliyah,
transport them and their belongings to Israel, and then
introduce them into the absorption process.

Because so much is allocated to immigration and
absorption, areas such as Youth Aliyah, Jewish education
and Project Renewal could suffer.

In the coming year, approximately 600,000 Israelis will
depend on UJA/federation fund raising: Our dollars make
the difference.

Beyond the regular and special campaigns, UJA’s Israel
Education Fund (IEF) provides for Israel’s future with the
construction of educational facilities, now numbering 732.

Marvin Lender
National Chairman

Morton A. Kornreich
Chairman of the Board

All campaign funds for the Jewish Agency are
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