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TOO MANY IMMIGRANTS? KEREN TELFED 15,000 immigrants in two weeks! Destitute im- After many months of gestation we announce migrants, without possessions, many without fam with pleasure, pride and hope the formal birth and ily. These immigrants, however, were not Jews. registration of a brand new Ottoman Society — They were Cubans "sent" out of Cuba to find KEREN TELFED. We hope that with the generous their fate in the United States. They sailed towards support of all who can afford to donate this Fund the American coast in their flimsy boats — often will grow rapidly and be strong. into horrific storms. Key West, and other west The object of KEREN TELFED is to try to render coast affluent communities called out to the rest financial assistance in various forms to former of the United States — and even to other coun Southern Africans, irrespective of their date of tries — to take some of the immigrants off their aliyah, who have no other address to turn to. hands as they couldn't cope with 15,000 people in Having regard to the current qualifications for two weeks, with more on the way. Their message loans and financial assistance, KEREN TELFED's was well received and help was forthcoming. arrival on the scene offers even old timers the In 1948, after the establishment of the State of possibility of obtaining much needed finance. Israel and in the years that followed, the Mediter The Fund will offer limited housing and com ranean Sea was thronged with boats, and the air mercial loans as well as personal loans. Further above buzzed with planes, bringing to Israel every more, built into the Fund is the aspect of Gemillut day about 1,000 Jewish immigrants who had fled Hassadim (Gemillus Hesed). The Fund has already from countries of oppression, Israel accepted these received contributions ranging from ILIOO.OOO to immigrants. She never complained that there were IL4,000, as well as substantial support from an t o o m a n y n o r d i d s h e a s k a n y o t h e r c o u n t r y t o Estate. Further support has been promised by t a k e . t h e m o f f h e r h a n d s . various institutions. KEREN TELFED will clearly not 15,000 immigrants in two weeks ! Destitute im be able to help everyone who turns to it for help migrants, without possessions, many without fam but the Committee controlling the distribution of ily. They continued to stream into Israel at this i t s f u n d s i s s e n s i t i v e t o t h e n e e d s o f t h e c o m m u incredible rate during the years 1948 to 1962 and nity and, motivated by a sincere desire to help, beyond. Israel was a tiny country, a mere fraction will undoubtedly come to the assistance of many of the great American continent and her popula applicants who hitherto had no one to turn to. tion a mere fraction of the great America popula This is the first time that the Israel Executive tion, and wealth she had none. She was exhausted has pioneered such a project. Having regard to its after years of fighting for her life, albeit exhilarated commendable objective and the vital role it can at her newfound freedom attained at such high play to promote the settling of former Southern price and with so much sacrifice. She could not Africans, a simple and personal call goes to all cope in the best way possible to help her outcast to help it succeed. Further details can be obtained Jews to the extent she would have wished, and from Keren Telfed, P.O.Box 11556, Tel Aviv — she called for help from the Diaspora. •Rhone 03-290131. Diaspora Jews heard the cry and they responded. Money came from the Diaspora and moral support and remains, far away and scattered. was never lacking. But the money was never quite It is to be hoped that this crucial period of enough to cope with the needs of the heavy swell Israel's history will not go unnoticed by Jews of of olim and the moral support was not, and never the western world as the call goes out to them, has been, a substitute for western aliyah. For especially to the younger generation, to come on apart from a relatively small percentage of dedi aliyah now when they are so much needed. cated and motivated Jews and Zionists, for the It is to be hoped, too, that it will not become most part the Jews of the west remained where an historical fact that today's call to western they were... Jewry went unheeded because the Jews of the It would not be correct to say that Israel stood western world, still with a generous hand in their alone with her immigrants then, nor does she stand pockets, turned their backs, blocked their ears — alone now in these worrisome days, for she has and prayed in their generous hearts that they would never been alone. But her larger family has been. be spared having to flee to Israel. HAVE A BURBER AT THE >

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4 FACT AND FICTION MIDST A L L T H I S T A X H Y S T E R I A

The Treasury's efforts to put Israeli tax morality over IS 500, including payments to Kupat Cholim in line with other Western-styled (Anglo-Saxon) and other medical insurances and dental expenses democracies, has caused distress at the seemingly (limited to fixe(3 amount). "heavy-handed" measures. In fact, there should be ii. Increased deductions and tax credits for pay little here to deter the law-abiding citizen; on the ments for life insurance, provident funds and pen contrary, this is a further step along the road since sion funds. the tax reform of 1975. iii. Deduction (only for self-employed taxpay A. Asset Declaration dirt ninsn) ers) of variable car expenses (petrol, oil and re pairs) up to 25",) of all these expenses, or, alter The asset declaration is not an innovation; it has natively, calculated per kilometre over the total existed for many years (prior to the 1975 tax kilometrage, after disallowing the first 9,000 kilo reform) and the income tax ordinance empowered m e t r e s p e r a n n u m . the tax authorities to demand such a statement iv. Employees are advised to check their tax from any taxpayer. The recent proposed changes are based on certain taxpayers being legally obliged deductions for the fiscal year (form 106) so as to submit such asset declarations even in the to ascertain whether a tax refund is due them. This article was submitted by a South absence of such a demand from the tax authorities African accountant, practising in Israel (similar to the obligation to submit an annual tax return). In employing such measures, the income tax HERZL ZUCKERMAN authorities attempt to reconcile the "net" assets (viz. assets less liabilities) between one tax year ~ A T R I B U T E and the next after due allowance for taxable in come, other sources of income (e.g. overseas Herzl Zuckerman, who died a short while ago, sources, gifts, etc.) and living standards, and thus was a "chalutz" in the best sense of that word. determine the existence (or absence) of any un The wholly dedicated son of fanatically Zionist explained increases in assets. parents — as he was described by Judge Herb- stein at his graveside — he spent his youthful B. Filling in the asset declaration: years in South Africa in intensive work for the The form encompasses reporting on the tax Young Israel Movement, of which he, inevitably, became one of its dynamic leaders. payer's assets and liabilities — local and foreign. Each item must be stated at cost — not at value, After he had qualified and, for a short while, not at translated dollar rates and not at estimated practised as an attorney, he took what was to him current prices. The assets reported on are limited the only natural and logical course for a Zionist to those in the ownership of the taxpayer — not of going on aliyah. This was in 1934, shortly be those held in trust or on behalf of others. Such fore the outbreak of serious Arab riots which assets include business assets, motor vehicles, closed the Port of Jaffa to the yishuv. Herzl spent apartments, all sorts of investments (real estate, a short period with the Anglo-Palestine Bank, and shares, bonds, savings schemes), cash held at then, for ten years was actively associated with banks in shekels and foreign currency, personal the building and operation of the Tel Aviv Port. effects costing over a certain amount, valuable After the establishment of the State, he became collections (stamps, coins, paintings, jewellery, engaged in commercial matters — some for the gold, etc.) and contents of safety-deposit boxes. state, others for foreign investors. During all this Major liabilities will include mortgage and other period he and his late wife, Judith Mossieri.'a noted loans. All items detailed must be properly docu "Cordon Bleu", held open house for all visiting mented. South Africans. In 1957, Herzl established his own business, the C. Submission of income-tax returns for the Israel Board of Executors and soon thereafter be 1979 tax year came the General Secretary of the Anglo-Israel Income tax returns for the 1979/80 tax year Chamber of Commerce. For his services in foster (ending 31st March, 1980) must be submitted not ing trade relations with Great Britain he was, in later than July 31, 1980; excluded are companies 1966, awarded an O.B.E. and other taxpayers who keep books of account Israel, especially from the commercial angle, on the double-entry system, whose date of sub owes much to Herzl and will be the poorer for mission is August 31st. his death. So will his family and his large circle of New allowances this year include: friends here and in the Diaspora, to all of whom i. A tax credit of 25% of medical expenses we extend our deepest sympathy. ALL WATS TRAVEL ALBANT^^

5 S P O R T S C O L U M N Sharon came on aliyah from Johannesburg with her parents in September, 1973. We wish her the b y S p e c t a t o r best of luck and hope she brings back the Cup ISRAEL BOWLERS ON INTERNATIONAL MAP f o r h e r h o m e T e a m .

Israel bowlers are making their mark (and having a great time doing so) on the international bowl SOUTH AFRICAN ZIONIST FEDERATION ing scene. The Israel Bowls Team participated, for the third time, in the World Bowls Tournament. invites you The tourney was held in Australia recently, where to a 20 countries, including, Japan, Hong Kong, Samoa, Fiji, Zambia, Malawi, Swaziland, the U.S.A., Canda, T E N N I S D A Y the U.K. and the Channel Islands, participated. All teams consisted of five players and a man F O R T H E F A M I L Y ager. The Israel team was made up of four South FOR EX-SOUTH AFRICANS & RHODESIANS African dim — Cecil Cooper, Okkie Rabinowitz, Sam Skudowitz, and Jack Trappier and Israeli-born to be held at the Tennis Centre, Ramat Hasharon Yehuda Lebel. Max Spitz, also a former South on Friday, 4th July, 1980. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. African, who put bowls on the map in Israel and is President of the Israel Bowling Association, * T e n n i s T o u r n a m e n t was the team's martager. * F i l m S h o w s The Israeli team competed against some of the * Children's Coaching world's finest bowlers (including David Bryant of (Tennis racquets available on loan) England, World No. 1 Bowler, and John Sneli, of Australia) and acquitted itself very well indeed — it Bring a Picnic or use the facilities of the Kiosk came 15th in the pairs and Cecil Cooper was at the Centre. placed 13th in the singles. The fours team also came 13th. Participation: IL1(X).— per family The Jewish community of Australia, from Perth Contact Rose (03-290131) by July 2, to Adelaide, and also of New Zealand, wined, for registration. dined and entertained their guests on a fantastic scale and all agreed that Max Spitz, who gave some, fine Zionist speeches, was one of Israel's best " a m b a s s a d o r s " e v e r . Other events were held to co-incide with the World Games, including Australian Maccabi's 35th BOWLS annual celebrations, a match in Perth against a selected Australian Maccabi Team and another, IN SOUTH AFRICA in Adelaide, against a top team selected from the best southern Australian State players. In addi JOIN CAESAREA CLUB tion, Max Spitz represented the Israel Bowling Association at a meeting of the International Bowl ing Board. ON A MEMORABLE 30-DAY TOUR TO Israel's place in the International Bowling scene S I X M A J O R C I T I E S P L U S S I G H T S E E I N G looks very rosy indeed with the recent arrival on aliyah of Cecil Bransky, of Johannesburg, virho is (KRUGER PARK, CANGO CAVES, recognised today as one of the world's top OSTRICH FARM, WINE ROUTE, ETC.) bowlers. Hopefully, he will be a member of the Israel Bowling Team to take part in the next Inter B & B i n * * * H o t e l s national Bowls Tournament in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1984. Also on the schedule for Israel bowlers LEAVING MID-NOVEMBER, 1980 is the Ladies' International Bowls Tournament, to be held in Toronto, Canada, in August, 1981. F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n c a l l :

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"CONSUMERISM" EVOKES HEALTHY CRITICISM were we to refuse our columns to those who wish to express their views. Though our readers The Editor, TELFED may not think alike, we are sure all feel that where Sir: things are wrong in Israel they must be put right Kindly allow me to refer to the article Con and that it is neither correct nor warranted for sumerism in Israel", appearing in your March-April, unjust criticism to be levelled against Israel. We 1980 issue. I take particular objection to the believe that the term "honest ex-S.A. mechanic" sentence in the third paragraph thereof which reads was never intended to be offensive. Ed. a s f o l l o w s : — "I made arrangements for my honest ex-South TOWARDS FACILITIES FOR THE RETARDED African mechanic to drive the car away to his To the Editor, TELFED own workshop for an inspection". To me, and to Sir, , many other of your readers, the irrelevant em I am interested in developing a facility that phasis that the honest mechanic was an ex-South would serve a population of English-speaking re African smacks of baseless sanctimony at best, tarded adults who are functioning on a moderately and even possibly, crude racism at worst. retarded level. This, of course, applies only to As your publication is available for reading by those retarded persons whose families are residing all — ex-South Africans, South Africans and those in Israel as citizens or olim, or those contemplating who do not fall into either of the former two aliyah. categories ^ I believe that your editorial board Anyone interested is asked kindly to contact me should take greater care to prevent the unfortu at 063-61482, so that suggestions, offers of help nate impression that you are sponsoring a herren- and need of help can be co-ordinated. volk journal. Yours sincerely, I, for one, as an ex-South African and as a Ada Shapiro member of your executive committee, wish to dis Rehov Hamigdal 8 sociate myself most strongly from this unhappily Schunat 8, Caesarea conceived sentence. I would be grateful to you if you would publish KAITENA FOR M.T.C. CHILDREN To the Editor, TELFED this letter in the next issue of TELFED. D e a r S i r : Yourst, etc. It would be much appreciated if you would Marcus Mandel, Herzliah Pituah kindly print the following letter from the Volunteer The Editor, TELFED Committee of W.I.Z.O.'s Mothercraft Training and Sir: Child Care Centre, in Tel Aviv to our friends: — In the interests of aliyah and the image of Israel "You will no doubt have heard that the M.T.C. to those who may have read the unfortunate ar plans to close its doors within a year. This deci; ticle on "Consumerism" in your last issue, I feel sive step, after over 50 years of intensive activity, this article deserves a reply as it is completely is being taken for ﬁnancial reasons as well as for misleading, its criticism is destructive rather than educational considerations. Our children, however, constructive- will still be with us over the summer and vve ask That there are many things in our country that you please to show your previous generosity by need putting right I am prepared to concede and helping us to organise a KAITENA for them during all of us must use our best endeavours to en the holidays. courage certain changes to be made. However, to We turn to you to support this scheme at the write giving an impression that the whole business rate of IL200 per child and to send your contribu and professional "world" in Israel Is crooked and/ tion to the MTC, 40 King David St., or P.O. Box or incompetent is grossly unfair and untrue. 16106, Tel Aviv. Kol Hakavod to the English-speaking residents Yours sincerely, pf Herzlia for forming a complaints committee to Freda Raphael Freda Pincus look into the complaints of the consumer public. Chairman Chairman I presume they will liaise with the "National Com Advisory Board Voluteers Committee mittee" already in existence. MAIDEN NAMES IDENTIFY I hope that in future the Editorial Board of To the Editor, TELFED TELFED will be more careful in their choice of ar Sir, ticles for publication and exclude those which We very much enjoy reading TELFED but we level UNJUST criticism at Israel. have one criticism: on scouring through the lists of Yours, etc. names of new arrivals to seek out old friends, we John Cohen, Ra'anana are sometimes unable to identify familes for want T h i s l e t t e r h a s b e e n s h o r t e n e d . of maiden names. Would you please include maiden names in future lists? Many thanks. Opinions expressed by readers are not neces Yours, etC- sarily those of the editorial board nor of the Israel Haifa-ite Executive. It would be little short of the very "reactionism" that one of our readers castigates Happy to oblige! Please see page 13 Ed.

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B REGIONAL COMMITTEE REPORTS H A I F A Y O M H A ' A T Z M A U T winners each received a brand new bicycle. Mrs. Merle Guttman, former Rhodesian, and Mike PICNIC Kronin, of England, who initiated Road Safety The Haifa Yom Ha'atzmaut picnic has become a Week, are to be congratulated on having organised popular hardy annual looked forward to as a an important event which could well be emulated delightful social event by Southern African Haifa- in other cities and towns of Israel. ites and their friends from the areas surrounding INDABA 1980 Haifa, as well as from much further afield. More than 200 ex-Rhodesians and Zambians now Some five hundred picnickers enjoyed a lovely living in Israel met for their annual "Get Together" day and beautiful weather in the fine more private recently. The glorious weather and the beautiful and secluded woods of the Scout Camp Group at setting of Ein Hemed, near Jerusalem, allowed all Ramat Yohanan (an appropriate place for S. Afri to spend a most pleasant day, renewing old c a n s s i n c e t h i s k i b b u t z i s n a m e d f o r G e n . J a n acquaintances, discussing experiences and chatting Smuts). Adv. Hertzel Katz represented Telfed. Thanks go to Regional Committee members Shaul generally. Bar Levav (chairman). Rae Bloch (hon. secretary), Amongst the guests were Judge Joseph Herb- stein and Itz Stein, both of whom represented the Ted Friedman, and Harry Shaer. for ensuring that South African Zionist Federation Israel. There were all arrangements went smoothly. also many visitors from the "old country". Perhaps the most oft-heard remark was the hope HERZLIA BICYCLE that "we won't have to wait another year to see each other again". SAFETY WEEK The Herzlia Regional Group's Civic Committee. REHOVOT CELEBRATION

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M A N O F — " d r e a m s c h e m e " — a c o m p l e t e l y moshav shitufi, such as communal, educational, new way of life — an exchange from the plastic, social/cultural values and services, whilst providing humdrum existence in a South African city to a the opportunity of self initiative of the moshav pioneering, challenging way of life in the beautiful, ovdim, such as semi-private industries and enter pastoral paradise of the country — isolated and prises. insulated from the evils of the metropolis but Today, already running, or soon to be estab close enough to draw from the better, cultural lished, are a synthetic diamond polishing factory, a qualities it offers. colour photographic processing contracting com With the new road nearing completion, Haifa is pany, silkscreening combined clothing factory en a mere 25 minutes drive from our quaint little terprise, butchery, tzarchaniya, hairdresser, beauty village, perched on one of the virgin, pollution-free salon, slimming studio, toiletries/detergents plant, hilltops of the crisp. Western Galilee. and small printing venture. The magnificent view on a clear day — West Most breadwinners are still working in outside ward, the coastline from Haifa through to Rosh jobs waiting for Manof industries to absorb them. Hanikra — Eastward, the wadis and hills of the Social and cultural activities are organised con countryside, dotted with settlements and pools of tinuously; meetings take up a lot of time. water, contrasted only by the dramatic view at So far, so good. We have come a long way, night of thousands of glittering stars and lights of but not without its problems. the glorious Galil. Manof is currently going through its most gruel Soon, five years of planning and organising will ling, toughest period. culminate in the realisation of our dream — a Test time! commercial/industrial village, serving to promote development of export-orientated products, cre The conversion from idealism into the reality ated in the Jewish-starved Galilee — the pilot that is Israel. The psychological shock, the disap project which, hopefully will attract many more pointments and frustrations. The realisation that such groups coming on aliyah from South Africa "group living" is foreign to all of us, personality and other Western countries. clashes, decisions on priorities. Not everyone is involved! 10-15 moshavim in the Segev area, all based on industry, will absorb individuals from disparate Budget cuts affecting planned roads, our mo'a- assortment of skills, forming a tightly-knit commu don, ten houses, clinic, communal and industrial nity, sharing not only their regional services but buildings, site development, landscaping, parks, also, in many cases, joint ventures for larger type trees, swimming pool, sports fields, and future factories and enterprises, bulk buying and com growth of the moshav planned for 250 families, bined marketing services. telephone/telex services, all suspended as a result of the economic situation in the country. Our Shortly, after nearly two years, 36 South African families will be moving from the merkaz klitah in houses are ready, but like sponges, soaking up Karmiel to modern 3-bedroomed, functional homes. water due to bad building. Some interior walls The architects in our group predesigned the stan could support algae farming! dard 64 sq.m. 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