Leon Dulzin, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, announced here last Thursday, at the conclusion of the Agency’s two-day meeting, that the Executive voted for a $360 million budget framework for the Agency for fiscal year 1984-85 and a budget of $8 million for Project Renewal. This recommended budget will be presented to the Agency’s Board of Governors’ meeting in Jerusalem next February.
Dulzin stressed that the budget framework which the Jewish Agency Treasurer, Akiva Lewinsky, presented to the Executive, was a balanced budget, with no provision for deficits. “This means that although the budget is based on the same level of operations as the current fiscal year, any drop in campaign income will necessarily entail cuts in vital programs and services,” he pointed out.
To this concern must be added, he emphasized, the uncertainties in relation to the dollar-shekel exchange rate and the rate of inflation in Israel. Lewinsky stressed that the Agency would also have to await the outcome of discussions on the Israel government budget, particularly in the field of welfare services, to see what the Agency might be called upon to take on as additional budget items.
Dulzin also presented to the Executive the proposals for Jewish Education which were developed at his request by leading educational authorities in Israel. The focus of the proposals is to utilize the educational resources of Israel, working in conjunction with educational leadership in the diaspora, to raise the level of Jewish education in the diaspora.
Particular stress was placed on the importance of expanding the Israel experience for greatly increased numbers of diaspora youth, and bringing much larger numbers of teachers to Israel for further training.
The Jewish Agency Executive also reviewed the relationship with the campaign organizations for the purpose of closer collaboration between the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Appeal in the United States, and the Keren Hayesod which conducts campaigns in over 60 other countries in the free world.
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