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NEW YORK—-The overseas di-^ rector for th^ largest American agency aidiiig .jdistressed Jews a-biro^d, iias i}i*€fdict^^ that the end of 19i5l may well see the solution to the single most diiEficult problem facing Europe's DP Jews following the end of World Warll--the, future of the so-called -'hard cores." . i '
: Moses ^.;Beckelman, Director-General of the Joint Distrbution Committee's overseas operations, reported^ that hundreds of ^ged, ill and handicapped DP's, whose emi^ation had been delayed for years by lack of facilities needed for their care in Israel, only country willing to accept them, are already in Israel or are scheduled to leave for the Holy Land by ithe end of the year.
^ Their care in. the Jewish state, Bieckelman iindicated, is being provided by JDC through its special welfare program on behalf of handicapped newcbmers, known as Malben, in old'age homes, TB sanitaria, hospitals and other institutions scattered throughout Israel. . > ' '■'.vV • JDC receivesthe funds for its relief,- resettlement and reconstruc-^tioh operations in twenty co^-
Jewish'Appeal. ^: : In, addition to nearly 4,000 mein women and children already in Malben , institutions, Beckelman reported, substantial numbers of the 1,500 "hard core" DP^s how in institutions in Germany, Austria and Italy will be emigrate during the coming months, along witb their dependents.
^ The largest group, he indicated, l^wUl consist of tuberculosis cases, l^th active and arrested. Among V&ese are: some l4o TB's now at lUf Gauting IRO Sanitarium in |k^^any, and 120 at GrottafCr-
M. W. BECKLEMAN
in Italy.
speed the emigration of the g "hard cores," the JDC said, SEaklben is now open-^^.e new institutions in Is-" including a home for 100
aged persons In Jlosh Ain, a 70-bed custodial calre center at Ein Shemer, and two additional wings of a custodial care center at Mach-aney, Israel.
To make it possible for TB's to emigrate, Beckelman noted, a variety of special institutions had to be established. Hospitals were setup, or taken over, to care for active TB cases; sanitaria were ^»*wi*edy^^
;their convalescent periods; rehab-ilit^ition ceiitere gave mental rehabilitation, : pccupatipnal: tfier^py and vocational retraining* IRO also contributed to the cost of establishing some of these institutions. '
"The newest Malben development," he said, "has been the establishment of sheltered workshops in which former TB's can work under controlled conditions and with special care. Through these workshops, we; are succeeding in integrating these men and women into the economic life of Israel, and in re-establishing their confidence in their ability to provide for themselves in the future."
For 1951, JDC has allocated $8,000,000 to Mjdben, out of a total budget of $22,500,000.
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MONTREAL—In. view of a world-wide census of Israeli students conducted throughout the month of July by the fc-rael Ministry of Education, the Consulate General of Israel in Canada requests all Israeli students to contact the office of the Consulate General at 1260 University. Street Montreal, so that the necessary forms can be forwarded to them.
YOUTH STARtS
IN ISRAEL, IN SEPTEMBER'
NEW YORK (ISI)—The Youth<?> Workshop in Israel, a plan by >which a £proup of American and Canacliah Jewish youth will go to Israel for an eight-months' program of studies, work and toiwsi is being sponsored by Habonim, Labor Zionist Youth organization, in cooperation with the .Jewish Agency for Palestine and the Hista^ruth (Iialibr Federation) cf Israel. The Workshop will take place from September 1951 to Jiine 1952, and is open to all Jew-
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Israel Offers To l^ke /lUndesired' Hungarian Jews
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Israe Government has proposed to the Hungarian Government that the "undesired" Jews, now being deported from Budapest and other Hungarian cities under Hungary's so-called "resettlement" program, be transferred to Israel, it was learned here last week.
The proposal was submitted to the Hungarian Government by the Israeli charge d'affaires in Budapest who also asked that the fate, of all th^^remauimig Jews bf H^gJii#^i#^i^ifls gariain authorities hiive so far delayed tJieir answer.
Over 2,000 former Hungarian Jews attended a public demonstration here today to protest the expulsion of "un|lesired" Hungar-an Jews from the major Hungarian cities and population centers; to small towns in that country. The parley also called on the Israel Gqyernment to give priority in immigration to 130,000 Hungarian Jews. Attempts by Com-mimist groups here to disrupt the meeting failed.
The pro^pB^^l^^ded ^into three phase^f af^^f^TSionth period of studi^^-i^ll^onth-period of supeilrise^^^^^f^livn va collective a
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Institute^^fiilli:^^^ recog-ducatic^j^l^^SiftB^
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Hebrew language, Zionist Studies, Gebgriaphy of Israel, Current Problems of Israel, Folk Songs and Dances. At alL. times the^ group will be under the supervision of trained youth leaders. In Israel the group will be guided by educators and leaders drawn from the ranks of American settlers who are especially qualified for these positions by their personal experiences in'Israel and by their work with youth organizations in America. Aside from
^e regular staff of instructors, inany lectures will be given by prominent leaders of the Israel conunimity.
Shirley Gurevich is going from Vancouver. (See page 3);-
Hew Bullet-in Chairmpi^'
Arthtir Fouks has been named. chaiiTiian .of the Bulletin ..Committee of; the Jiewish Community quiidiL^^,^^ appoirijtment was anpoURced la^t week by Dr. J..V. White, Council chairman.
207 Hungarian Jews Leave For Israel
BUDAPEST (JTA)—A party of 207 Hungarian Jewish men, women and children left here by train for Genoa last week on the first leg of their journey to Israel. They are part of the group of, 3,000 whom the Hungarian Government last year agreed to permit to emigrate. So far about 2,4O0 of the 3,000 have gone.
OBITUARY
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Pioiieer $850^000
NEW iTORKr-^itb less than a<^ monthtb go, $850,000 of a mil-
lion dollar quota toward the establishment of the new youth village and* agricultural training settlement near Gedera, on the road to the Negev in Israel, "has been raised, accordihg to a recent announcement by Mrs. Stanley L^, National Moatzat\ Hapoalot Chairman, Pioneer Women's sister Organization in IsraeL This
WASHINGTON—(JTA)—Israel will receive part of Italy's unused wheat allocation for; the period ending July 31, it was learned here last week, thus reducing Israel's need for open-market purchases.
Israel, which had a quota of 160,000 tons of wheat fixed by the International Wheat Council for he year ending July 31, had to buy an additional 60,000 tons at a price of $20 a ton over the price set by the ekport q«o<;a "agree-' ment. An application was made o the Council at its meeting in London to increase the Israel quota to 280,000 in view of the increase in^tii^^^
;he dependence a- large^part of he population on bread as a major, item of diet, ^nd the failure of the Israel wheat crop this year.
The Council decided not to increase quotais for any country, but to re-establish the same quotas for the coining year as for the past year. However, the Council agreed tl^at surplus, unused wheat quotas would be made available in part at least to Israel.
Mr. Ben Lotzkar passed away Saturday, July 7, at Rochester, Minn. He had been a resident of this city since 1909, coming from the old country. He first organized the Lotzkar Sheet Metal Works, and later managed the Pacific Junk Company. Mr. Lotzkar held various prominent positions in the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue and also was a long time menaber ,of the B'nai B'rith, and Jewish Home for the Aged. Sur~ viving are his widow Eta, six daughters, Mrs. Laurie Goldberg, Mrs. Jack Lemer, Brana, Dolly, Ruth and Zesel and three grandchildren, all residing in the city. He is also survived by his sister bina of Los Angeles, and his brother Leon. Interment took place at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery.
Jews in Canada Increose By 30,000 n 10 Years
MONTREAL (JTA)-^lthough the results of the national census will not be available for some time, a survey made by the Research Bureau of the Canadian Jewish Congress estimates that the Jewish population of Canada now approximately 200,000, having been more than doubled n the past 30 years.
The 200,000 estimate of Jewish population in 1951 represents an increase of 30,000 during the past decade. Of this, natural increase was about 18,200, while immigration accounted for 11,800. The number of Jewish births reached a low in 1927 of 1,958, and a peak in 1947 of 3,391, the report states. The number of Jewish deaths increased, steadily^from 580 in 1926 to 1,376 in 1948.
settlement Is one of a chain of institutions established by Pioneer Women, the Women's Labor Zionist Organization of America and' Mbatzat Hapoalot (CbuncU of Working Womien in Israel).
The settlement will ihcliide eight student houses each with a two-room apartment for a resident advisor with a recreation room. One similar house for women immigrants; a similar house for women instructors; a dining hall accommodating 400 persons; a kitchen house with facilities for cooking instructions; a twelve room school house; a chemistry and biology laboratory; a gymnasium and sports auditorium; an infirmary and hospital; a kindergarten; four houses for instructors and their families; live stock barn and poultry- houses; an administration building; a swinuhing pool and an outdoor athletic field.
This project is being built in accordance with a proclamation adopted by Pioneer Women last October.
The Moafeat Hapoaldt; Israel's Council of Working Women, sister organization of Pioneer Women of America will administer the new building,
Pioneer Women in Vancouver hay4^so-cpiitr>^^^ neW ^yx)ffi on "fhr ¥6ad
to the Negev.
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NEW YORK (JTA)—Approximately 120,000 Jewish immigrants entered the United States in the years since the end of the war, according to figures released here by the United Service for New Americans. This immigration was under the regular immigration law and the Displaced Persons
During the first six months of
BB Balf Team Enters Playoffs
B'nai B'rith Lions' Gate ball team beat Hunting-Merritt by a score of 3 to 2 last Sunday. The latter are tied for first place with the Clover Leafs in the Fairview Senior B League, witli the^ BB team in third place about five games behind the leaders.
On Tuesday the BB team lost to the Alpen team by a score of 10-4. One of the brighter moments of the game came when Moe Packer hit a home-run.
This coming Sunday the BB team will play the Bowen Island All-Stars at the B'nai B'rith Picnic in a game arranged by Alby Cohen.
Coach Neal Willis says that the team has shown considerable improvement in recent games. Arie Moscovitz, Harry Hamer and George Blanck have been sharing pitching duties. The BB nine is entered in the B.C. fastball play-downs with the opening round set to start next Monday. The place of the game is not yet known, but it will be announced at the BB picnic.
this year, 6,500 Jewish displaced persons were admitted into the United States under'the D.P. Act and another 3,500 came in under the immigration quota system. An additional 10,000 Jewish displaced persons are expected to arrive here during the remaining six months of the year under the extension of the Displaced Persons Act enacted by Congress.
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