10—Friday, December 29, 1967 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Study on Jewish Education in America Shows Drop in School Enrollment NEW YORK (JTA) — A slight more than 46,000 children or half decline in enrollment in Jewish of the 96,000 children attending schools in the United States since Orthodox-sponsored schools, are 1960 has been reported by the registered in all-day schools. At American Association for Jewish the other extreme, only 9,600 chil- Education on the basis of data dren attend one - day - a - week from its third quinquennial nation- schools. However, it was pointed al census of Jewish schools. out, the total of 96.000 children be- Other findings from the compre- ing educated under Orthodox aus- hensive national survey were that pices represents 21.5 per cent of more than 40 per cent of all re- the total number of enrolled chil- a-week students schools; attended Yiddish-speaking ported one-day- dren, which is the smallest of the three major congregational group- schools have ceased o be a signif- ings. The data showed that one-day-a- icant element in American Jewish education; and that more than 90 week Jewish education remains per cent of all children receiving a largely a Reform approach, with Jewish education attend congrega- 125,000 or 78 per cent of all chil- dren of Reform families attending tional schools. school one day a week, which rep- Data from 1955 and 1962 pre- resents more than 84 per cent of vious studies indicated that was a all such children in the United States in plateau in school enrollment schools. reached in 1960. The slight de- Jewish education under Yid- cline was attributed to the de- dish auspices was reported to be clining Jewish birthrate during essentially a large city phenom- the 1950s and 1960s. enon. Some 80 per cent of the The latest AAJE census showed 4,364 children attending such that more than 540,000 Jewish chil- schools do so in the four largest dren from three to 17 years of age Jewish communities. were estimated to be receiving It may be concluded that, except some form of Jewish education. A response to the survey ques- for a constantly diminishing and scattered enrollment in several tionnaire was obtained from 455 communities, Yiddish schooling is out of 671 Jewish communities, the American representing more than 95 per cent disappearing scene. It was from predicted that such of the total American Jewish pop- ulation. These communities in- enrollment in the larger cities also become of a victim of the cluded 2,070 out of 2,727 listed would decentraliziation the Jewish Wall Street Journal Sees Grim Egypt Trusting Nasser NEW YORK (JTA) — Despite I the devastation of the Egyptian economy as the result of the Six- Day War, the fellahin have been virtually untouched and live as they have always lived with the result that they have remained loyal to Nasser and are prepared to follow him into another war with Israel. These were the con- clusions reached by Wall Street Journal correspondent Ray Vicker, Eepytian village after visiting typical. he said, of those in which 24,000.000 of the country's 31,500,000 people live. Writing from the village of Mit- Rahina. the correspondent reported that the war has had an impact on the villages in only the smallest ways, the chief being the curtail- ment of kerosene supplies. "The peasantry remains almost untouch- ed by the conflict of captains and kings," the correspondent declared. "Their stomachs still full. their way of life unshaken. the fellahin have no reason to abandon their firm allegiance to President Nasser — one important reason Egypt's ruler has been able to maintain a strong diplomatic (if not military) front against Israel, despite crush- ing problems." The Wall Street Journal corres- pondent painted a grim picture of the Egyptian situation. "Economic worries continue to mount," he said. "Egypt today is nearly in- solvent, and owes more than $1,000,000,000 to foreign govern- ! ments, not including debts incur- schools. community the movement to ,' red in the recent acquisition of The study found that more than and suburbia. Red arms to replace those aban- half of all reported students at- tend religious schools for two days a week or less. The study found also that 193,000 were enrolled two to five days a week and 59,800, or 13.5 per cent, were enrolled in day Jewish schools. However, the re- port found, day school enrollment accounts for only 4.5 per cent of all educable Jewish Children. Among the major conclusions was the fact that Yiddish-speaking schools, which were a substantial part of the Jewish educational sys- tem in the United States in the early part of this century, are no longer significant. Only 4,364 are , currently enrolled in such schools.' Another conclusion was that afternoon Hebrew schools under communal auspices, which for a long time were the major insti- tution for educating Jewish chil- dren, are diminishing. Such schools now enroll only 21,456 children or less than 5 per cent of the total. A consequence of these devel- opments, it was indicated, was that the responsibility for providing Jewish education in the United States is now virtually in congre- gational hands. In evaluating the implications of the survey findings by congrega- tional groups, it was noted that doned in the desert during the June war. Roughly 80 per cent of the UAR's oil-refining capacity has been destroyed by Israeli shelling. The cotton crop, an important ex- port, is off 11 per cent this year because necessary insecticides weren't distributed. The Suez Cane]. which normally brings in $250,000,000 a year, is shut down. The tourist business has all but disappeared. Amin Shaker, minis- ter of tourism, estimates it for- merly brought Egypt $100,000,000 a year." The correspondent noted the aid Egypt is receiving from the Com- munist bloc, the other Arab states, Italy and France, but he said, "the real strength of Egypt lies on the apparent willingness of its people to trust President Nasser's judge- ment. A Western diplomat in Cario, asked if economic pressures are likely to force the UAR into a settlement with Israel, shakes his head and declares: "the world is going to have a long wait if it thinks economic problems will force the UAR to bargain on Israeli terms." Vickers reported that "un- BOW TO OBTAIN 126 ANSWERS TO 127 QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO AMBER FLATLETS Merely ring 549-4045 and ask for the "Q and A booklet," our catechism on apartment living. But we prefer that you and your kith and kin come in person Sunday betwixt 1:00 and 6:00.. 3807 Crooks Road, Royal Oak. P.S. We have a prize for you, a genuine import, if you read the en- tire booklet and promise to tell someone about Amber Flatlets. realistic as the determination not to compromise with Israel may seem to a visitor, it is obviously firmly entrenched. And it is entrenched most firmly of all among the fella- Inn." He points out that "almost no one places any blame for the war and Egypt's defeat on Presi- dent Nasser." One villager he quoted as typical, said the fiasco was caused by "bad people" since removed from the government, and "on Israeli aggression supported by the United States." Who is the forgotten man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of out of his little circle.—William Graham Sumner. nu ■ anatmiatutsj • SLATKIN S ■ DEXTER ■ CHEVROLET a "TOPS THEM ALL" • M FOR YOUR BEST DEAL It SEE US • 111 KE 4-1400 U Between Southfield & Telegraph "2 Minutes from Northland" -ANNE•1111**ININIC.. CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK Presents "HERITAGE AND HOPE" Adult Studies Lecture Series for 1968 2 Arab Students Nabbed in Israel as Agitators (Direct JTA Teletype wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM—The arrest of a second Arab student leader who entered Israel illegally to foment unrest in the West Bank and East Jerusalem was announced by police Wednesday. He is Taisir Kuba, a fourth-year history major at Cairo University and president of the Palestine Stu- dents Organization. Tuesday, police announced the arrest of the presi- dent of the Lebanese Students Union, a senior at Beirut Univer- sity, who infiltrated into Israel with a band of El Fatah terrorists and was agitating among young educated Arabs in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Kuba, who was born in the West Bank, participated in student con- gresses in Moscow and other Communist capitals and also at- tended a congress of Palestinian terrorist organizations. The Pales- tine Students Organization which he heads has branches in 30 coun- tries. PROF. WILLIAM F. ALBRIGHT PROF. CECIL ROTH ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Insights and values of the Jewish Tradition will be considered by distinguished scholars in response to the challenges of the contemporary scene. PROGRAM TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 Professor William F. 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