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The United Jewish Appeal, says Director General Naphtali Lavie, is not just a conduit for Jewish American money to Israel. It is a way to connect American Jews to Israel.

In 1991 the UJA raised $760 million in its regular campaign. Half of that sum remains in the United States to finance local Jewish community services and the other half goes to the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee in Israel. In addition, the special Operation Exodus campaign raised more than $450 million to fund immigration and absorption of new immigrants in Israel. The combined goa

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