Lack of Moll Schools Threaten - To Hurt Israel's Hard-Won Democracy DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-45 Friday, April 16, 1954 but as a hevra, a close group that shares all its activities desire to go to sleep, and in- together both in and out of stead decided to at least find school. There were no "out- Last summer I witnessed an I out what was going on. siders" there, when we came, event that is not within the No sooner did we approach, no chaperon s, no outside usual itinerary of the visitor to dates, just the group that was Israel — and which is becoming than several of the boys came celebrating their high school increasingly rare. I attended a over to offer us refreshments so graduation. high school graduation party. that we, too, could celebrate the For good reason, this was an We had returned to the Reha- event with them. No tickets all night party. The boys would via Gymnasia (high school) in needed here -- we didn't even soon go into the army and Jerusalem, where we were quar- have to "know someone" to get shortly the girls would follow. tered during our stay in that in. In the future some intended to city, to find the recreation room In Israel a class goes get jobs in the city, others to filled with singing, dancing through the teen-age years continue their studies at the He- teenagers. Several of us lost our not only as a "class" in school brew University and some would go back to the land. This would be their last night together as a Passover Greetings to our group and the singing and dancing went on till morning. Friends and Patrons It takes little investigation to see why a high school gradua- tion is such a rare • event in • Charming Atmosphere • Excellent Viands Israel. The Jewish Agency's Di- Longtime Popular Eating Place, gest of Press and Events gives Dancing Saturday Night — Closed Sunday these figures: Out of a school population of about 310,000 last 8800 W. Jefferson VI. 3-3636 year, only 4,800 attended high school. This year, out of a larger school population, the Holiday Good Cheer number in high school has de- creased to 4,500 students. What will this mean to the future of Israel? Since the establishment of Businessmen's Lunch, 85c to $1.10 the state, compulsory education Complete Dinners, $1.50 and up has been introduced, the school system has more than trebled Visit Our Main Dining Room in size and a start has been and Cocktail Lounge made towards unified education. 928 W. McN . ICHOLS UN. 3-0100 However with so many eco- nomic problems, the education budget is restricted. Thus edu- cation is compulsory only from kindergarten through the eighth Best Wishes for a Happy Passover grade, and this year saw tuition fees imposed on the kindergar- To Our Friends and Patrons ten. By DANIEL ELAZAR •••- ■ ,^ 1.. -Tr JOEY'S STABLES high school teachers should be developed; American Jew- ish young people should be urged to train to teach in Is- rael for at least two or three years; welfare federations should set aside funds to be used only for such projects. The Jewish youth of America can be especially helpful in this work. Organizations such as Young Judaea and BBYO, which so often raise fUnds for Israel, should adopt the high schools of Israel as their special contri- bution to Jewish life. They could undertake projects to give scholarships, to buy books and equipment for school libaries. Much could be done to pro- mote the development of Israel if we in America would extend our development program to in- clude this vital part of Israeli life. 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At Rutherford VE. 6-1450 Passover Greetings to Our Friends and Patrons TOMMY'S BARBER SHOP Men's Manicuring - Home Service THOMAS POSTIN, Prop. 18615 Livernois UN. 4-8959 Best Wishes to the Community For a Happy Passover HANDLEMAN DRUG COMPANY High schools in Israel are private institutions, sponsored by non-governmental groups, and tuitions are high. It costs more to spend a year studying in a high school than it does to study at the Hebrew Uni- versity — and there are very few families who can afford the additional expense. But the problem goes even deeper than that. Of the 4,500 students able to attend high school, about 95% are Ashkena- zim while only 5% are Sephar- dim. The general population is almost equally divided. When an Ashkenazic family with two or three children must sacrifice to send a child through high school it is hard enough: •In a Sephardic family with eight or more children, it is impos- sible to pay for the high school education of one child. In the future, few students will go on with their higher education, which means that Israel will not have enough edu- cated people to run a modern democratic state. At the same time an elite might arise to *un- dermine the democratic char- acter of the country. At present the hard-pressed state can do little or nothing about this problem, much as it would like to. Thus it is up to world Jewry and American Jewry, in particular, to assume the responsibility for improving the situation. Education is as important to Israel as economic progress. In recent years we have seen how economic aid in the world is useless when there is no one who knows how to make use of it. The Jewish Community Cen- ter's spring vacation day camp has a few openings left for en- rollment. The camp offers chil- dren 6 to 12' four days of fun, from April 20 to 23. Optional bus transportation is available, to and from home, for all children living in the North- west, Dexter and 12th St. areas. 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