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Israelis may soon have to start preparing for a large im
migration of Chinese from Hong Kong. As we know, in
1997 Hong Kong will revert to the sovereignty of mainland
China, prompting some entrepreneurs to look elsewhere.
One enterprising Chinese family has edready made it in
Israel. The Lee family is operating “Cantonese"-style
Chinese restaurants in several towns. The restaurants are
staffed completely by members of their own family:
brothers, sisters, cousins, and in-laws. Over 50 Lees have
already come to Israel to make their fortunes.
If the trend continues, we could see people walking down
Dizengoff munching egg roUs instead of felafel, and office
workers sipping oolong tea rather than instant coffee. Or
perhaps, fortune cookies printed in Hebrew.
Federation Focuses On
Local Needs For *86
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earmarked for local needs un
til those needs have been met.
In truth, I feel and expect that
we will raise the new dollars
we need and suspect we will
exceed our goal.”
The setting of that goal took
place in August and continues
this month under the direction
of the Federation Allocations
Committee, chaired by Don
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Bernstein. The major local
recipient institutions and
organizations propose '86
budgets for review by the com
mittee. Careful, mutually
agreeable scrutiny leads to
determining dollars needed
from the '86 Campaign. Total
ling all the budget requests
plus the fixed dollar amount
for UJA will determine the ’86
Campaign goal.
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Women’s Division To Hold
Educational Kick-Off
By Jill Newman
The Women’s Division of
the Charlotte Jewish Federa
tion is finalizing plans for its
educational kick-off event of
the year. This program is be
ing cosponsored by Queen’s
College and will be held on its
campus the evening of Oc
tober 23.
The theme of the Women’s
Division this year is “Jewish
Destiny in Jewish Hands.” In
conjunction with this theme,
the Education Committee,
under the cochairmanship of
Lee Blumenthal and Jill
Newman, has planned a
stimulating evening with din
ner, a guest speaker and a
panel discussion. The panel,
which will include Bill Walker,
Harry Chernotsky £ind other
prominent citizens, will
discuss the controversial sub
ject “Terrorism and the
Media.”
Please mark your calendar
for October 23 and watch your
mail for more detailed
information.
New Fund Launched For Social Justice
The Jewish Fund for
Justice, a new Jewish founda
tion concerned with issues of
poverty and injustice in
America, announced its first
round of greuits — a symbolic
thirteen in all.
“In Jewish tradition, thir
teen symbolizes coming of
age,” explains Lois Roisman,
the Fund’s new Executive
Director. “These thirteen
awards represent a new ex
pression of Jewish philan
thropy in the United States.”
While Jews as individuals
have gdways been generous
where issues of social justice
were concerned, there has
never been a national Jewish
grantmaking institution
through which American Jews
could respond to issues of
poverty in America.
With the advent of the
Fund, there is now a Jewish
partner to join the other
denominations with financial
support of efforts to combat
poverty and the systemic
disenfranchisement of low-
income people in America.
Si Kahn, Acting Board
Chairman states, “The Jewish
Fund for Justice offers
American Jews a Jewish con
text for expressing our tradi
tional Jewish passion for
social justice. We are proud to
honor the memories of our im
migrant parents and grand
parents who believed in the
American dresun. Through the
Fund, we will work to make
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