page 8-THE NEWS-February 1979
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NEW J.dc, MEMBERS:
Mr. Richard Roskind
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Labovitz
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please contact: Membership
Chairmen: Marilyn Shapiro,
366-5866, Lou Fein, 364-
0711; Center Director: Mar
vin Bienstock, 366-0357.
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center fund
Mr. & Mrs. Sherman
Levine
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ATCHArtLOTTE
P.T.A. (Horim v'MorIm)
cordially Invites you to'^a Tu B-Shvat Seder to com-
' memorate the cycle of growth and regeneration of
trees in Israel. ^
Date: Sunday, February 11th
Place: Jewish Community Center
Timd: 2:00-4:00 P.M.
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Everything You’d Want to
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Contributions
to the
Hebrew Academy
N.C. Assqc. of Jewish
Women
Mr. & Mrs; Stan Greenspon
Colora Knit
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Good
man
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Glick
Rabbi & Mrs. S. Heustein
L&S Fashion
Mr..& Mrs. Leon Levine
Mr. & Mrs. David
Kronpvet
Mr.’ & Mrs. Abe Luski
Annie Gorelick ; ’ |
Frieda Dans
Mr. & Mrs. Hy Polk
In. memory ^ of I.D.
^lumenthal '
Mr. & Mrs. Robert
Dr, & Mrs. Stephen
Fishman .\v‘ % i
In memory of Charlotte
Glazier
Helen Bernhardt
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Meiselman
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Segal
Mr. & Mrs. A.L. Meiselman
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lerner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bi'odsky
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen
Fishman
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Goldberg
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Mond
Made In Israel
But Few Know It
Jerusalem Post Reporter
TEL AVIV — The Export In
stitute is now putting special
emphasis on the export of
automobile and aircraft spare
parts, Uzi Segev, acting head of
the industrial marketing depart
ment told the press here last
week.
Segev said that few Israelis
know that there are over 200
manufacturers in the country
who produce spare parts and
equipment for automobiles.
About 35 of them already did ex
port business to the tune of
$15m. in 1977, compared to
$llm. in 1976. This figure does
not include equipment for gar
ages or tires. Exports of garage
equipment reached $lm. in
1977, with only four plants
producing for export.
, One of the problems in the ex
port push is that 70 per cent of
these/exports are going to the
U.S. and only 10 per cent to the
Common Market countries,
Segev said. He is optimistic,
however, that with proper plan
ning exports to Europe will in
crease from $lin. today to $10m.
Among the steps the Export
Institute i^ taking is the forma
tion of ah Israeli' marketing
chain in Europe, which will in
clude a central warehouse there.
Israeli car owners seem to be
ignorant of the high quality of
local products, Segev said. A
garage mechanic offers an
Israeli the choice between a
locally made spare part and an
imported part. Usually the
Israeli will choose the impoift,
although it may cost a lot more.
In some cases the import may
even turn out to be an Israel-
made product, sold to a foreign
manufacturer, who resells it un
der his label.
Concerning the export of avia
tion spare parts. Segev explain
ed that at present plants here
produce only for military air
craft and must invest further in
order to switch over to civilian
production. ITiey also lack infor
mation on U.S. markets and
their demands, Segev said.
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Blasphemy
Charged
LONDON (JTA) - Marks
and Spencer, the Jewish-owned
British department store chain,
is in danger of becoming the
target of a new Moslem holy war
following the discovery that a
pattern on some of its ladies
panties was not just a piece of
abstract art but the Arabic
words, “There is no God but
Allah...”
The offending garments were
withdrawn from display in
March, but it was too late to half
the growing wave of indigna
tion. Kuwait has called on all
Arab and Moslem embassies
here to “counter this outrageous
desecration of the Moslem
faith.” Arabs would be asked to
stop visiting Britain as a holi
day center, the Kuwaiti
religious authorities an
nounced.
A Kuwaiti newspaper colum
nist accused Marks and Spencer
of having “degraded the most
respected phrase in Islam” by
sticking it on an undergarment.
•ITie Egyptian Gazette in Cairo
recalled Marks and Spencer’s
Zionist affiliations, and at
tacked the firm in an editorial
entitled “Scraping the Bottom,
and referring, among other
things, to Hitler, punk rock and
the Ku Klux Klan.
Marks and Spencer pleaded in
vain that they knew nothing
about the offending phrase on
the garments which were
designed for them in Paris.
Now, however, they suspect
they may have been deliberately
“set up” as a target for Moslem
fury.
Ironically, the panties were on
sale for months before the holy
text was deciphered. It was
brought to their attention not by
one of their thousands of Arab
customers but by a British
scholar of Arabic. Ironically,
too, Marks and Spencer’s
trademark, which appears on
all their intimate apparel, is
“Saint Michael,” but this has
never caused offense to the
millions of devout Christians
who wear their garments.
The theory that the campaign
against Marks and Spencer is
being deliberately fomented for
political reasons is not far
fetched. The company has long
been an anathema in the Arab
world because of its support for
Israel.
Four years ago, its president,
J. Edward Sieff, was shot and
severely wounded by a terrorist
belonging to the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine.
This year, it was in a Marks and
Spencer store that the first Jaffa
orange contaminated with mer
cury was found in Britain.
Congratulations
To The “News”
-A Friend
(Continued from Page 5)
to Hillel it knows Hillel is work
ing with 3000 Jewish students
in the state. The Home gets an
increase when the Committee
learns that 20 of the 80 residents
are from Charlotte and that we
have been giving less than our
proportionate share. Or, the
Committee tells the Jewish
Center it can expect no increase
for two years and needs to
devdop its own resource. 'Fhere
is nothing simple about the
Allocation process. It is hard,
thorough and satisfying.
I LIKE TO GET
SOMETHING FOR MY
MONEY AND, AS 1 SEE IT, I
HAVE TO GIVE TO THE
TEMPLE, TO THE JCC AND
TO THE FEDERATION. I
GET SOMETHING BACK
FROM THE FIRST TWO
BUT NOT FEDERATION.
SO, IF I HAVE TO CUT
SOMETHING IT HAS TO BE
THE FEDERATION.
The facts are that most of the
population in the Jewish Com
munity gets more from Federa
tion, than it gives. For instance,
if your family is a member of the
JCC for every dollar you pay in
dues the -Federation gives 75F.
That means that thanks to
Federation your dues haven’t
gone up in years. So, in effect the
Federation have given the JCC
$140 each year in your family’s
name. If you belong to B’nai
B’rith the Federation made con
tributions in your name to
Hillel, AUL and BBYO to the
tune of about $10 a member.
Add it all up for yourself, for
the organizations and causes in
which you believe and you will
be astonished to learn that you
may be getting more than you
give.
YOU SPEND TOO MUCH
MONEY TO RAISE THE
MONEY?
About 6.45t out of each dollar
goes to the costs of running the
Federation and its programs. If
you don’t include staff time, we
actually spent less than $1000
on campaign expenses and that
comes to 0.17% or two tenths of
one penny out of your contribu
tion dollar. The total Federation
budget was $39,000 for 1978 and
that included '/a of the l^irector’s
salary, a full time secretary,
$4000 in dues to the Council of
Jewish Federations which does
a tremendous service in timi*
and materials to keep
Federations abreast of what’s
going on, $3000 to resettle Rus
sian immigrant families, $1100
for Community Relations work
including everything done
around the TV series
“Holocaust” and $250 for
Shalon Y’All - the greeting ser
vice for newcomers.
Just as we sent a higher
percentage to Israel so we spend
a lower percentage on ad
ministration.
Mid east by Southeast
(Continued from Page 2)
the protector of the Saudi oil
fields against Iraqi aggression.
Israel can keep the Red Sea open
against communist controlled
ships from Ethiopia and South
Yemen. Israeli airpower
protects the flank of th-j U.S. 6th
Fleet in the Eastern Mediterra
nean.
Fundamentalist Christians
will appreciate that Israel is the
true protector of the Holy sites in
the Holy Land, and that Israel is
the embodiment of Bible
Prophecy.
With the thrust of these
arguments, it is possible arid
probable that Congressional
reaction in 1979 may not be as
adverse as some pessimists
predict.
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