The Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency is to meet here tomorrow to approve an increase in the Agency’s budget from $470 million to $720 million. This increase is mainly due to the greater needs of Israel since the Yom Kippur War, and to the intention of the Agency to take over as many civilian expenses as possible so that Israeli resources can be devoted to security expenses. The added funds will enable concentrated efforts in immigrant absorption and housing.
Moshe Rivlin, director general of the agency, told the JTA today that the nature of fund-raising has changed from an image of “shnoring” to a true feeling of a sharing of the burden by the Jewish people. “For many Jews abroad it is just like paying taxes,” he said. He noted that there is an increased participation by the younger generation among the organizers of the funds, which gives reason to believe that the participation of the Jewish people in the future will be just as good as in the present.
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