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- 5 Adar 5740 Feb. 22, 1980
Workers Assume Roles for Campaign
Fourteen young men met at the JCC
building Sunday morning to discuss
current campaign needs and goals and
techniques for accomplishing these.
Carl Kaplan of Washington, D.C.,
the facilitator of the meeting gave an
update on the circumstances in Israel.
Politically, Israel is in a state of flux,
the people "anesthetized by the promise
of peace. Yet Peace will not solve all of
Israel's problems," he said.
Economically, inflation has reached
110% in the past year. In 1969 the
exchaflge rate was four Israeli pounds
to the American dollar. Last week, the
Jerusalem Post listed the rate of 37.5
pounds to the dollar. "The price of
peace fuels inflation," said Kaplan.
Inflation has required the government
to cut back on social programs, has
caused unemployment among the most
unexpected sectors of the population,
such as doctors, nurses, etc.
Standard government subsidies that
have always made the basic food needs
accessible to all Israelis have been
removed. Thus, items such as milk,
cheese, and bread are no longer easily
purchased, and survival on a daily
basis has beome part of what is histori-
cally a tong range concern for the State.
Socially, Russian resettlement costs
money, no matter where the families
settle. ,Education, which has always
been a priority for Jews, will require
the parents to pay for yet another
grade in high school for their children.
Israel can boast of having some of
the best homes for the elderly in the
worlcL They, too, are in need of refurbishing
physically, as well as being in need of
more social services staff. But social
service programs are the ones being
. cut.
"Generally, the level of giving is
stagnant; it is not increasing to meet
the increased costs -- in Israel or in the
local communities." Kaplan, whose
credentials make his commitment to
the survival of the Jewish people obvious,
outlined the four major points that
apply to workers and contributors. They
are 1. commitment to hard work 2. the
need for being nformed on the issues
3. the critical need for being serious
and sincere, as the success of a campaign
is an implied expression of a commumtY 's
concern for human lives 4. and the
need to act on this concern by making
the most meaningful gift possible.
Kaplan, past president of the Lansing
0V!ich.) Jewi Federation, and recipient
of the 1976 Young Leadership Award,
is a member of the Washington UJA-
Federation General Campaign Cabinet,
the UJA Young Leadership Cabinet
Executive Committee, The Federal
Government Campaign, and is chair-
man of the Department of Energy UJA
Campaign. He is an attorney, presently
serving as Deputy Director of the De-
partment of Energy, Division of Regula-
tory Proceedings.
To helpthe groups make the techniques
of which he spoke become a reality,
Kaplan asked for volunteers from his
audience, who assumed the roles people
would have in a face-to-face solicita-
tion. The audience and Kaplsn then
critiqued the "mock Solicitation." Fol-
lowing this, Kaplan explained to the
men how he determines his own gift,
and the importance of establishing one's
own credibility first, by committing his
own gift before asking others for one.
Dr. Robert M. Rubin, meeting chair-
man and a past president of the Fader-
Carl Kap/an
ation, carried out the suggestion of
Kaplan, with a call for everyone to pair
off in a real face-to-face solicitation of
each other's gift. The 14 gifts made by
the ! 4 people solicited, surely indicated
that the "message" which ICutplan gave
was understood. The total giving for
the same men showed an 18 percent
increase over last year.
Local Representatives .
00our to Attend UJA Young Leadership C reference
Assistant Secretary Near Eastern and land. On the subject of energy, there Energy, Division of Regulatory Pro-
South Assian Affairs; and Robert Murray will be several workshop sessions, among ceedings.
of the Pentagon. which sre"Alternate Sources of Energy," Representatives of the local corn-
One thousand young men and women
from all parts of the country are expected
to attend the UJA Young Leadership
Conference at the Washington, D.C.,
Sheraton Hotel on Feb. 24 - 26.
Among the topics to be discussed at
the conference are "The Issues and
Answers" with Aaron Rosenbaum of
AIPCA; The Middle East, which will
be done in the format of "Meet the
Press" with David Aaron on the National
Security Council, Morris Draper, Deputy
Art Through Ages
YAD Seminar Topic
Anna Cohen, director of the B'nm Bath
Klutznick Museum, Washington, D.C.,
will be the guest lecturer at the second
session of the YAD "Jewish/Community
Awareness Seminar," Monday evening,
Feb. 25, at the home of Dottle and
Chuck Goodman. Her topic will be
"Art Through The Ages."
The customs and ceremonies have
found an artistic expression throughout
history. Ms. Cohen will give an illustrated
tour of the role art has played in the
lives of Jewish people .....
A Senatorial Dinner will take place moderated by Carl Kaplan, a recent munity who will attend the conference
Sunday evening with Robert Packwood, guest of the Norfolk community, who is are Dr. Marshall Bonnie, David Brand,
R-Oregon, and Paul Sarbanes, D-Mary- deputy director of the Department of Ron Kramer, and Rachel LindanthaL
Neighborhood Coffees Planned
.,. Judy S/ater
Judy Sister, chairman of the 1977 Women's Division Campaign of the
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, will be among the special
speakers at the "Operation Neighborhood coffees" on March 5 and 6. She will
speak in residents homes in the Kempsville and Ocean Front areas.
Ms. Slater, who is also the division's vice president and a trustee and
member of the CJP Executive Board, will speak on Wednesday, March 5 at 8 p.m.
atthe home of Trudy Warancl On Thursday, March 6 she will be a speaker atthe
home of Nancy Rosenblatt at 10 a.m. and Jeri Jacobson at 4 p.m.
A frequent traveler to Israel, Ms. Sister visits the Jewish state on an average
of twice a year. She has participated in a variety of national and community
missions. Among her many Jewish and civic activities in the Boston area are
membership on the boards of the Associated Jewish Community Centers and the
Brandeis Women's Committee. A past president and founder of the Women's
Division of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Heart Association, she has been
honored.with the association's Distinguished Service Award. She is Chairman of
the Boston chapter of the American Friends of Hails University.
Mrs. Sister travels around the country conducting Training for Trainers
workshops and is a graduate of the National Women's Division Training for
Trainers Program at the Wharton School.
Six other coffees have been scheduled during the two-day neighborhood
event, featuring distinguished national figures. Those interested in further
information may contact Ann Copeland at 489-4078 of the UJF office, 489-8040.
