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Pag9 2 - Th§ N§wi • March, 1995 Federation Connection Thank you! Thank you! Certainly, we can’t say thank you enough for your support of this year’s Federation campaign A generous response on Super Sunday, March 5, should enable us to raise even more money than last yean Then, we must begin the task of defming the needs of so many deserving re cipients of your dollars. Ail too often I hear from many of you after our alloca tions process. TTiis year I would like to hear from you how Fed eration might be more respon sive to our community’s needs. While we certainly would like more input from you, our task would be easier if we had more dollars. We must continue to ad dress the question of local ver sus overseas needs anc’ how to properly balance them. There are also priorities in our own community such as increasing our support for Jewish educa- HarryLemer tion, Jewish Family Services and the Blumenthal Home, to name but a few that deserve our increased support. I have kept my comments brief in the hope of eliciting a broader range of responses from you. It is your Federation - we invite you to take more owner ship by offering your thoughts and possibly involving yourself in our work. Did You Know? 4“ 82,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel in 1994 - an increase of 6 percent over 1993; 83 percent came from the former Soviet Union. 4- Since the current surge of immigration began in late 1989, roughly 635,000 immigrants have arrived in Israel, including 543,600 from the former Soviet Union. 4 Israel’s population on January 1, 1995 was estimated at 5.46 million residents, including 4.43 million Jews (81.1 percent), 777,000 Muslims, (14.2 percent), 161,000 Christians (3 percent), and 92,000 Druze (1.7 percent). ^ In 1994, Israel’s population grew by 134,00 - a 2.5 percent increase. Of that growth, 60 percent resulted from natural increase (the number of births minus the number of deaths), and the rest from immigration. Compiled by the Near East Report THE CHARLOTTE JEWISH HEWS 5007 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28226 366*5007 Fax 365-4507 Published by: Jewish Federatioii of Greater Charlotte Daniel Z. Lepow, Director Jewish Community Center Alan Feldman, Director Editor Harvey Cohen Advertising Coordinator Rita Mond Advertising Rep Larry Levy CJN Executive Board Rosalind Taranto, chair Evelyn Berger, Bob Davis, Leora Itzhaki, Susan Kramer, Ann Langman, Linda Levy, Dr. SeKvyn Spangenthal IhibHehed monthly •xeapt foe July Copy dMdiln* the 10th of MCh month prsosding month of ISMM TW CJN dmmm mmt ■■■■■■■ raapoaaiMMy iw dM leelity wr lieefcrwtfc mi aay yredect *r Mrvic* aii ■rtissi. N« urtlclcs mr aJs'trtiaswto —y be raprfait»J irfAaul PaUMiaf mi a paid paltical advsrtissaisrt deee Mt cwMtitate am widatsf—t mi aay raadiiats, paBtical party «r paBtical p«aitiM by Intematiwnal Dateline Israel Poised For Economic Boom In 1995 Buoyed by a sharp curtailment of the Arab boycott, dramatic increases in foreign investments and a rapid growth in exports, Is rael stands poised to become the fmancial center of the new Middle East. So stated Elmer L. Winter, chairman of The Committee for Economic Growth of Israel (CEGI). Winter, a co-founder and long-time president of Manpower Inc., expressed optimism that the ongoing peace process “provides Israel with an extraordinary chal lenge and opportunity.” Israel’s economy continues to flourish, Mr. Winter reports. Its Gross Domestic Product has grown 25 percent over the last five years and is projected to grow at a simi lar rate until the year 2000. Ex ports, which rose 8.6 percent last year are expected to nearly double by the end of the century, reach ing $39.8 billion per year by 2000. American companies such as Kodak, Phillips Semiconductor, American Paging, FORE Systems, Telenex Corporation, Phoenix Tech, EG&G Power Systems, Har monic Lightwaves, Tecnomatix Quality, Xoma Corporation, SPl, Geotek Communications and FiberSense, are using BIRD-F grants — to conduct research and development projects in the fields of telecommunications, software, power supplies, graphic arts, medi cine and semiconductors. BIRD-F (Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foun dation), offers grants — funded 50% by the U.S. and 50% by Is rael — to companies conducting research and development in Is rael. Lehman Brothers has opened an office in Israel and other major investment banks are showing in Israeli Cabinet Ministers January 1995 Yitzhak Rabin - Prime Minister and Minister of Defense (also holds Interior and Religion portfolios) Shimon Peres - Minister of Foreign Affairs Shulamit Aloni - Minister of Communications, Science and Technology Uzi Baram - Minister of Tourism Benjamin Ben-Eliezer - Minister of Housing Michael Harish - Minister of Industry and Trade Yisrael Kessar - Minister of Transport Prof. David Libai - Minister of Justice Ora Namir - Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Prof. Amnon Rubinstein - Minister of Education and Culture Yossi Sarid - Minister of the Environment Dr. Gonen Segev - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Moshe Shahal - Minister of Police Prof. Shimon Shetreet - Minister of Economics and Social Development Avraham Shochat - Minister of Finance Dr. Ephraim Sneh - Minister of Health Yair Tsaban - Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ya’akov Teur - Minister of Agriculturt The above list was provided by the Consulate General of Israel in Atlanta. Any questions should be directed to Jonathan Schanzer- (404) 875-7851 creasing signs of interest. Morgan Stanley is advising Israel on the privatization of Bezeq, the govem- ment-owned telecommunications authority, and is planning to bid on the second public offering of government-owned Israel Chemi cals. Paine Webber (USA) will be the lead underwriter in the forth coming ZIM Israel Navigation Company offering on Wall Street Chase Manhattan Bank and Bank Leumi will jointly issue certifi cates of deposit for shares of Is raeli companies on U.S. and other exchanges. Republic Bank of New York intends to establish a fund specializing in investments in Is rael, and Citibank is considering establishing an office in Tel Aviv. Five of the U.S. Big Six ac counting firms — KPMG-Peat Marwick, Ernst & Young, Coopers and Lybrand, Deloitte and Touche, Price Waterhouse — are now rep resented in Israel and BBDO Worldwide has purchased a 20 per cent share of an Israeli advertis ing firm. Israel has much to offer in the field of technology, Mr. Winter reported. IBM, the computer giant which has a subsidiary in Israel, exported computer components, software and other technology worth some $185 million in 1994— more than half the country’s total computer exports of $350 million. General Electric and ZAG Projects Development will build a factory to make plastic shipping pallets from recycled plastic. Toys “R” Us is planning to open a branch in Israel. All remaining customs duties on imported goods from the U.S. will be abolished. This eliminates duties of from 10 to 20 percent on such American-made items as re frigerators, telephones and air con ditioners. t "WAlCRftTJiifMiS 4K)|»Tfiev5TAr!Jl6ailiB
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