Vol. XXXVII
No. 43
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COMMUNITIES RAISE $38,150,000 AT UJA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
New York (JTA I - Kit;) y pn cent of the 5.2o'0,000 ,U" J1OW living in the United Sta •s a i e American-born, according o t i l " 1959 edition of the Amerie. J e u Division 1»5» Total ish Year Hook published jo illy b> Initinl Cilts $;jM,4:i7.5() the American Jewish Coi m i f t r e Men's Division ... Z"i,lL»2.()0 and the Jewish Publication Women's Division (i2,L'(>0.f)0 of America. I?. A I». Unit a.«)H7.50 'Hie year book carries data Children's Division 3,871.50 '«*>«^xl»* showing that in the 12-yea postHigh School Division J/i(M.15 war period, from 194(> to 195H ! i University Division 275.00 Jewish philanthropy conti United Organizations 2,807.50 more than $1,7H(),0()0,000 II rough Miscellaneous ],1:10.00 central Jewish community i rgani zations for a broad number of di Total $') ••lU.ZTi.fi.'S verse causes. In another s'ction, the year book reported tha antiSemitic agitation in this c null'} 'W"*»ffi»"^>^yi»."j{'w-WT' has increased in the Soutl with the growth of desegregati I tenWorn tliiin 000 reprrxf ntalivts of Anurii.in Jnw-h loinmiiiutint sions. prustnlrd MS nO.OOO in cash <ol!c i (IDTIS ugainst pledges to the na» In a report on world Jewisji poptimi»idu 1II59 United Jen mil Appt.il uini|uiKii, SuaiUi), June 21, Residents of Jewish homes for vivois Insurance. Very few had ulation, the year book said there 111 the U.IA'H Niilional (.'ash (onforenct at the Ilolol liooscvell in tin' aged me generally older than supplementary incomes from in- was a total Jewish popillaliin esNow York City. Delegated passed a resolution urging Jewish comin previous years, Use longer, are timated at more than 12,0(0,000. munities in the United States to raise a like amount of cash in th» subject to more hitmen's and re- vestments or public assistance. last half of I1I39, for a year's total of $75,000,000 cash. .Shown with Of this number, about 0,210,000 UcspniisihUitlcH quire an increasing aniount of symbolic check representinjr cash announced at conference art', left Jews live in North, C'enln and to right; Mclvin Duhinsky, U.IA National Cash ('Iniiriniiii, Morris W. medical care and services. These Two crucial questions raised by South America: about •'!,-"J0.000 Ilcrinstvin, U.IA General (hnirnian and Itnhlii Herbert A. l-'ricdman, me. among the major findings of the study are: To what extent can are. in Kurope, while Asii has r U.IA Kvi-cnfivt; Vic« CliairMnn. tin? National Study of the Council about. 1,900,000.-Some .>fi0,00( .Tews the Jewish homes for the aged asof Jewish Federations find Welfare live in Africa, and about J5.000 Knurls on the health needs of resi- sume responsibility f<jr the care are in Australia and NcW'Zo dand. dents of Jewish homes for theof the menially impaired without The population of Israel, i< cord mjeil, neglecting the needs ol other ail- ing to the year book report, s apMental Impairment ing residents?; and how can an ex- proximately 1,7HO,000 Jews; and Arteriosclerosis mill mental Im- tended spychiiilric service be or-217,000 non-Jews. Jerusalem, (JTA I-Civil courts pairment ivero found to lie tlie ganized and financed?.' will have exclusive authority to most widespread ailrne.nis afflictJerusalem (JTA'i- A bill to pay issue orders for adoption of chilTint financial problems created ing tho aged. ThT* greatest scourge, government allowances, ranging dren under a bill which has passed Hie report declared, was mental hv the Increasing health needs of from six Israeli pounds per month its first leading in Knesset. liii|)alriiient, ranging from loss of the residents are likely to grow Rejecting objections of Religious mental vigor to e.vlrrnin defieleu- mure si'rloim In the future. The Vienna, (JTA) — Thousai Is of to ten pounds, lo all families with <lci. Almost 7(1 per cent of nil III— average age 111 the home* will most Jews from nil 'over Poland gat eretl four children or more, was intro- Party deputies, Finchns ltosen, duced in the Parliament. The likely cnnliiiiic to climb ami with Minister of Justice, who introfirinary iiatlents Ntmlieil were (lie added yearn will come. In- at tho Olympic Stadium in \ oc- measure, sponsored by the Minis- duced the bill on behalf of (lovjil'iitally confused. law, to watch the Israel for >all try of Labor, and approved by the ernment, said that Jewish religious creased health problems. It was to Cabinet's e c o n o m i c committee, law does not cover arloptions of 'l'iireo qunrlois of the residents also hollevrd that evpauslon ami team play the Polish team-a thrill to the music of Hat vah would go into effect November 1, children, only guardianship. Ho covered by the study r e q u i r e d Improvement of Jienllh services medical visits once a week or less; will result from community pres- played by an official Polish ind, and would cost the Ciovernmenl 7,- said that there was therefore no while the Israel flag flew fr I a 700,000 pouds a year, if adopted. 20 per cent required more exten- sure* for adeipiale Institutional conflict between Israel's civil a,nd sive service.'Mt'il . th<" remainder earn for morn people with pro- flagpole. religious courts In this area. All Israelis with families of four The Israelis, participating i the deeded L'illit.c tia.ily visits or <i doc- longed llliip.xH or serious Impairor more children would benefit. The huHic provision of the. bill in International Football Conle at r tor constantly on c:iH. All- J>ol.- n ment. Wroclaw, lost lo the Pules,7-2, The assumptions underlying the rstahllNlimcnt of procedures . or fraction needed nuir.inj.; service: The residents cannot be ex- But the sentiments of the V lisli proposed legislation are that the the termination of obligations and '">(> per wnl received sonic nursing pected to absorb the resultant inaverage worker is able Ui provide rights between tlie chilli and Its service in the residential units and crense in costs. The study which Jews witnessing the game wa cx- for a family with no more than natural parents and blood r'cla* practically nil in Hi • infirmaries stressed the importance of ade- pressed by an elderly Jewish \ m- three children, and that the moth- lives, nit'J the transfer of those ol>required regular nursing services. quate public assistance and espe- en who stated: "We don't about the defeat of the I;aeli er of a family wHh more than M^atlons and rights to tin: adopted Average ngn Is 80 cially of improved rates of p;.yment team. For us, it was enough hat three children Is liable to supple- cliilil and the adopting ugcnclc.R. The study revealed that (lie to homos for the aged which actu- we heard Hatikvah player on ment the family's income, being The Justice- Minister, in reply sierage age of the residents had ally perform the functions of high- Polish soil by nn official hand, ml loo busy to hold a job because of to ' q u e s t i o n s , said that the r sen to 80 years.'The women out- ly developed nursing homes. to see the Israel flag flying h •e." the burden of caring for her chil- adoptee's natural parents would dren. The new benefits would go continue lo be recorded in the naniiniber the men by over 50 perto all families eligible because of tional population registry to avert ThcII a g u e, ( J T A t - T h e cent. The Increase of mental imyear-old Ashkcnazl synagogu in the number of children, regardless any possibility of an adopted child pairment requires psychiatric care of whether the head of the family marrying a sibling. the former Amsterdam Oh ;lo, as we.ll as nursing services. is employed or unemployed, and desecrated during World Wa Contending that the measure II. Kesldcllts Are Dependent regardless of whether the family would fill a serious gap in present will be restored with financii The economic conditions of the London (JTA) - • Dr. August from the Dutch C.o\einment aid is itch oi poor rangeinenls, Dr. Rosen disclosed residents, as revealed by the slurry, Uiidt, United Nations High Comthai 107 children were adopted by show their dependence on both missioner for Refugees, described non-relatives in ]f)r>7. Of these, h« • public assistance and Old-Ace Sur- as "terrible" the fact that there said, 81 were born oul'of wedlock was in Kuropenn refugee, camps a and 11 came from.separated famthird generation of refugees. ilies. He sairl 115 other children Speaking before the -Combined had been adopted by relatives of Overseas Rehabilitation and Refuthe parents. . gee Appeal, he asserted that the "misconception that a refugee was Jerusalem, ' fJTA)— Tlie Israel Lin Heads JWB Kaiser-Frazer Company announced charity" should be fought. lie said New York, (JTA) — Solomon that it has received its first order there were re f u g e e es who bad Lilt, who has been 'chairman of tho from Colombia for $1,500,000 worth changed the outlook of their host executive committee of the Naof jeeps and other vehicles. The countries in many respects, both tional Jewish Welfare Board sinca order will be filled under a trade economically and culturally. 195.'!, has been elected national agreement with Colombia, calling To accept, refugees Is "u lesson president of the JWB. for import: here of Columbia cof- and not. a burden," he declared, fee. and cited one country in an lipThe firm has resumed exports to parent reference to It u m a n i a , Turkey, sending GOO d e l i v e r y where people had packed, surtrucks. The company's exports for rendered their jobs, homes mid the first lialf of this year will ex- everything and now were preventRcftiu.'-nls of Hie Dr. Philip Slier ceed the value of the exports dur- ed from leaving. Ho said they, too, Home for the Aged will be the were in dire need of assistance. ing the similar period of/liiHS. guests of tlie Council of Jewish Women for an hour's outing each weelt, The organization has chartered a bus to take the Home residents fur a ride from 6:3(1 p . m . to 7:30 p. m: each Tuesday 'evening during July and August. Parents who plan to enroll their season. All members of the Golden Age children in Camp Jay-C-C: should Rates for the second, session are Club are invited to participate in do so at once, since tlie first ses$90.00 for Omnhans and $100.00 the motor .jaunts and those intersion, July 19 lo August 1 Is alested are asked to contact David ready filled to capacity, Norman for non-residents, Departure Information and othor Orkow, superintendent at t h o Bait, Camp Chairman disclosed, home. ' Thte heavy registration has left data for campers and parents have Mrs. Albert'(Jaw, Council direc•oniy several openings for- the sec- been mailed to those regl-sterud tov lor for Home ret-real ion and therond anil final ses.'Xon, August 1 the first period. Additional Inforapy, is in cli-"-'e ot arangements to August id. Mr. Halt said he an- mntion'Is available a t tha cnrtip for this program. ticipated a waiting list again this offlco, JA. 1360. The following arc current reports from divisions in the 15159 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign: ,
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Third Generation of Refugees In Gamps
Israel Vehicles Sold to Colombia
Bus ^<les Arranged For .m& Residents
Openings Only forSecond Camp Jay-C-C Session, First Filled