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European Jewish leaders, with ambivalence, are turning to Israel for funds to meet needs
By Cnaan Liphshiz · June 19, 2012
"Kada otac daje svom sinu, oboje se smiješe, kada sin daje ocu, onda oboje plaču- rekao je Nassi.
"When the father gives to the son, they both laugh. When the son gives to the father, they both cry," he said.
Nassi je govorio o svojem oklijevanju da se obrati Izraelu za pomoć , što su lideri iz
80 evropskih židovskih zajednica tražili u zajedničkom istupu. U njihovoj konverzaciji je dominirala diskusija o potrebi da se osigura povećani trošak osiguranja, židovskog školovanja i pomoći potrebnim Židovima....
U borbi
sa neočekivanim i stalno rastučim troškovima,
lideri evropskih Židova su se obratili za pomoć Izraelu, inače njihovom tradicionalnom korisniku, a sada vlasniku rastuće ekonomije.
... Mi vjerujemo da je odgovornost države Izrael da pomogne židovskim zajednicama u Evropi u ovim teškoćama, rekao je Robert Ejnes, predsjednik židovske zajednice u Boulogne, u Francuskoj.
Francuska zajednica sa oko 500.000 članova je najveća zajednica u Evropi (osim Rusije) i bori se da osigura pomoć za svoje članstvo te je "ograničena" za pomoć drugim zajednicama. ...
Evropske židovske zajednice su dekadama pomagale Izrael da ustanovi svoju ekonomiju i izgradi jaku armiju, rekao je Ejnes, ali evropske zajednice nemaju više snagu koju su imale ranije.
Predsjednici zajednica u Lisabonu ( Portugal ) i Sofiji (Bugarska) su podržali njegov poziv.
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Ruth Ellen Gruber, a JTA correspondent and coordinator for Jewish Heritage Europe -- a website supported by the Rothchild Foundation Europe -- noted the mutual consent as “an important point that has not been so openly said until now.”
The acute economic crisis in Greece was not surprisingly a matter of concern. The president of the Jewish community of Athens credited Israel and American Jews for their support, and noted that European communities "gave less." Benjamin Albalas of Athens said the JDC alone has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Greek Jewish community since the crisis made it one of the hardest hit Jewish communities in Europe.He declined to tell JTA how much money Israel is giving.
"Israel has its channels to help. It is represented by the Jewish Agency," Albalas said...
So far, only one European Jewish community has helped Greek Jewry, he added. The tiny Jewish community of Luxembourg gave 1,000 euros, or about $1,260. Its president, Francois Moyse, said he was "surprised and ashamed" to hear that the Luxembourg community was the only one to give.
Mario Izcovich, director of pan-European programs at the JDC, urged European Jewish communities to help one another and to reconsider “a culture or tendency,” which places responsibility for action with the state. He called the donation by Luxembourg’s Jewish community "an example" for other communities...
The motivation for such joint initiatives and declarations lies in how European Jewish communities are "needlessly divided," according to Izcovich, who has lived in Spain for the past 25 years... Referring to the 1985 treaty that led to a borderless European Union, he said, "We need to create our own mental Schengen [agreement]."
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