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Agency faces deficit 99 amAmUvltmm JERUSALEM (JTAKM enooun^iog iipMtW the prognsa of C^«r«eiaii i ExodnA, the speeW United Jbwish Appeal «-mp«{g»> for Soviet Jewish aliyidt, was overahadowed here by ' forecasts of huge deficits in the Jewish Agent's immigradcm and abedrptiaa bofigite over the nestiwo years. The naUdotl fhdnaan of UJA,ltevte Leader, tM Malilii to Oe anmnl JmUh lApncjr A»
"big givers," he said, including 42 pe<9le wlu> tiave given over 91 million eMh- "The last $109 mfliian (of the H20 million 0MD will be the hardest, and wiU take lots of work," he said.
The fund-raising targets of Operation Exodus were eat at the end off 1989, based on forecasts that about 70,000 Soviet Jews would make aliyidi this flacal Taar. Now, however, the Jtwtih Atncar expKts ISOAtt newcomers . 49dn kw nriaed tbpvt T61 tohim'WB Okti year ^jiitiili «L;ita'.' tatgal .^of flWD the Soviet Union. tmnimiMi.whichiato be The diairman of the piiajcmt antmfMmfmr pmioi. Ktna Hpveeod agSBcy'a Budget and Fiwin raise ancitber 1180 mil- naueCoaunitteB, Norman lion from Jewish com- L^poff, told assembly delmimitiei outside the Uni- egate* that the larger ted States, for a combined im^Biara mean a projected deficit of'9280 million in tdtal of 9600 minioiL "tn less than fout' the ageocy's budget for maaths,!Mkid Labdtr, "we this year and next—for a have raised tSU mtllioa. tdtal of more than 9600 And by the end of million. Septeinber, we hope to be The agency pays for the able to trai)sihr thii year's imaigraiits' tnvupoite* shanJ|14QiQilUon,tothe ti<ni coets, h«lt«|tiMir ia< tSfiUi Ageney.r Lender 4tiid-^ieo(ptiaB' ^pMvild out that the and vaHoos plectes made to Opsratioa ices. Exodus, plus thdee made •4o the regular campaign Lipoff, who is alao the (abottt 1766 rn^lM PtHoB new cfaaimum of the Unito more than tl.l UUion. ted larael Appeal, deMeet of tiie money rais- acribed this aitoation as a ed ao far has been from "snbatantial emersncy."
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No quotas Anna Metrik WASHINGTON (JTA) — RaprmataWwia of two Jwriin rr^iiwutliinii triwi to convince Preiident Euah tbBt • pi^ dvfl ij|^ bfil now before iPoottm wottb)«!« re«uH4)i
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fhg quotas. B«t luipreaeatative of a third Jewish group UAd the president Uiat his oiganiiation opposes passage of tbeKenhedy- Hawkins Civil Ril^ts Act of 1990, at least as it now stands.
T^edal^h for Soviet Jews Thb la tka fhMi eovsrirf • eaHboaed iMiahke box, the lUuslraUon for which was OnwmMfmfmfH 8'»>«> Jow^hj|k»oya|rii<i tianapeatatloo U frisdam, Teas Pelhaaa, ekairtlia afOpessUeii CMffn. skewed th^ actual box to the d(rw!t4ira el the Omak« Jswrlafc Fsdiwliaw TmMtajr otght. The bftxee, wirfefc eastaauiUy aw need to Jewish boo—kekto^fkr angatfoas to ck»it<fck> e—asa. will be ueed to kelp ndee wneK^fer tke leoattlaaMto o( SoiiftlJ««ski larael «id Oaalis
Metrik Anna Metiik,.a recmt arrival in Omaha from the Soviet Unioa. haa joined the Jewiak PMae as an interpreter/consultant for the iq>ooalng Rosh Hashanah edition. Mania Maline, editor, has announced. Mrs. Metrik, who ar rived in Omaha May 7, had taught English in soeondary achools in Odessa and Tallinn before leaving the Soviet Union with iier husband, Mio hael, aod thair aons, Vlad and George. Duriog her four-month sUy in Italy, Mrs. Metrik was smplqyed by the Joint Distribution Committee as an interprMar, Mr. Maiine said that Mrs. Metrik also will be able to serve the federati«B aclttiee as a riMMroe peraoaand that aba will be able to provide the Jewish coamMmity witk iafanna^ tion about Jewlah Ufa bk the Soviet ymoa and prob IsBMasaptbtMMthraee^ tlameat in OAdh*. Those with qusstkas for Mrs. Mtftrik may aeod them to hir at the Jawial Frees office, S98 South laaud street. Omaha, Nebr. 68164. Answers Witt b« provided when she starts writing i ragulsr column.
Iran rejects aid By Allison Kaplan NEW YORK (JTA)Though Iran has sent a public mesaam that it doea not want Israeli lielp in pscoveHng froA its disvtseus series of.earthqi^tkM. it Mtfgmi >|Qef fuads from an Amenean Jewiah organisation. RepresentativeB firom B'nai B'nth bitemafeiMial turned over a chaeic for 91,000 to the Iranian interest section of the'AIgo^ ian Embaaay in Washkigton. The check is B'nai B'rith's initial contribution to help the earthquake victims. It and the ' American Jewiah Wo^ Service liave aet up "open mailboxes" for coMributiona to aid the thousands of victims. Humanitarian efforts on the part of the Jowiah community "transeend any oonsidaratlqn of ideology and jpoUtics," B'nai B'rith F^Mident Seymour Reich said in explaining his organixatioe'e dedaian to contribute the funds. Aihir Zamani, first secretary of the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, said the assiatance
being offered by the Ao^BTican Jewish groups is "perfectly fine," as long aa it is "humahitariaii, not political"-'meaning lihat there, should be no Israeli participation in their effcats. Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy baa ottered the Iranians Israeli expertise in assisting earthquake vwtims. He reportedly passed his offer of help through the International Committee of the Red Cross snd Red Creecent, Israeli offidala sakl that the Inmiaaa have not kx" malty rehnad thefr help thitmgh these diannels. But Zam«ni confinned news reports oomiag frost tile Iranian Foreign Ministry, which said that Iran would not take aid from either larael or South Africa. When asked why Iran did not went to Uka advantage of the experience of IsranH/ftaifaial pmonnel k> aiMqoake rolief. Zamaai MaHsj "Iran haa annoaaesa that ita emergency tiaatmaat caatera arefuByataffed.
Federation appoints committee otiairmen Jajr R. Lamer. preai(lantertk» jMiahfailMtV)* of Oaaaha, haa aaaeiiaead Mtonttaa MMsHtoe ^hafaman for 1990.1lM9 appohrtad tn aslEpikara: Jerry Shuky. PUtmiag and ByahMtion: PonM* Knitter. Budget and AOocatkns; iMaa KMB. Human Reaourosa; Stave Pitlbr. BulMbif itol Qnanda; Oaqr Javitch. Peraonnel Practlcee. .:A|M, SaraiuM Oi^ick. Nominntliig; Ma;y ^"'I'T man. Va'ad Hakaahrut; 3ei iim. Bob Kully. Amu Broder, Julee Ku ..ampaigii Cockainnen; Joe Kirahenbaum. Poundatkm cba&man; D«Ml* YtK Aada IUvie#, aad Carai gatainm, E.K, Nawmao Grant* Commlttae ispieasat stive.