THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Bar-Ilan Introduces 61/2-Week Summer Program 'Young Marrieds Are Not Attracted to Synagogue Despite Lower Dues' Bar-Dan University, America's campus, at Ramat Gan, just outside sites if the Six-Day War. only chartered university in Israel, of Tel-Aviv. From this base, they The program wil extend from has announced a special six-and-a- will embark on a series of tours July 7 to Aug. 20. half week summer program encom- that will include visits to battle The total all-inclusive cost will passing a schedule of courses for be $945. college credit, tours of Israel and Applications for the summer pro- Israel Friendship its environs, and an introduction to gram may be obtained from the the cultural and social life of the Rejected by India Office of Admissions, Bar-Ilan Uni- country. NEW DELHI (JTA)—The gov- versity, 641 Lexington, New York The program is open to under- ernment of India has rejected any 10022, phone 212-751-6366. graduate and graduate students, cultural and technical cooperation Bar-Ilan also invites inquiries teachers and others who have com- pleted at least one semester of agreements with Israel because about regular academic programs of India "has no diplomatic relations" one year or longer. college work. Participants will have with Israel, the Indian minister of a selection of courses in political state for external affairs said this science, religion, literature and week in Parliament. He added that language, with an opportunity to such agreements could not be di earn up to six credits. Classes will vorced from diplomatic relations IMP. ID be conducted in Engish by regular with a country. The Israel delega- e addkc i members of the Bar-Ilan faculty. tion at the United Nations Con- All participants will be housed in ference on Trade and Develop- the dormitories of the Bar-Ilan ment, now taking place here, has I sought to induce Indian officials to SEE OR CALL consider such cooperation with Bar-Ilan U. Graduates Israel, apart from political dif- 317 at Ninth Exercises ferences. 6—Friday, February 23, 1968 NEW YORK (JTA) — The peren- nial problem of enrolling and re- taining young married couples in synagogues is not likely to be solved by such practices as exempting them from synagogue dues during their first year of membership, according to the views of a group of administrators of Conservative congregations. A majority of such administra- tors polled in a new survey, spon- sored by the National Association of Synagogue Administrators, gave a low rating to the practice, 60 per cent reporting that they felt this procedure had no value in re- cruiting married couples and 90 per cent that it had no value in re- taining them. For the survey, 110 question- naires were distributed, with 45 administrators responding of which 41 replies were usable. The four not usable were from congrega- tions with no married members under age 31. Young marrieds were defined in the survey as be- tween the ages of 20 and 30. There were 2.388 young married couples in the 41 responding congregations. averaging 58 young married couples per synagogue. The couples paid an average of $88 a year in congregation dues, slightly more than half of the average older families' dues. The average annual income of the young mar- ried couples was around $9,000. The survey concluded that, con- sidering such incomes, the offer of free membership for the first or second year was not realistically a "poverty concern." Not only are young marrieds lacking in synagogue membership but those who are members are only slightly involved in congrega- tional activities. The administrators were asked for estimates of the number of Vanderbilt U. Panel Hits Watered-Down Judaism' on Campus NASHVILLE (JTA)—A Vander- bilt University s t u d e n t-faculty panel discussing "what Judaism says to our college youth" came to the conclusion that the answer is nothing according to a report in the student newspaper, the Hustler. The panel was comprised of Rabbi Arthur Hollander, the uni- versity's "Hillel director; Dr. Stan- ley Glasser, associate professor at the Vanderbilt medical school, and two senior students, Ros Frank, president of the women's student government association, and Paul Kurtz, the Hustler's sports editor. Kurtz's outspoken demand that "we want Judaism" not "watered- down Judaism" may have echoed the frustrations of Jewish men and women on campuses all over the country, the Hustler said. Kurtz contended that "the half-hearted attempts Judaism has made on the campus have made it worse for the cause. It has alienated many (Jewish) students . . Jewish stu- dents think they are being preached at: Miss Frank said that she has "had many doubts" and complained that ''it's very difficult to find somebody who understands you and will listen to you." Dr. Glasser seemed to agree when he said that "we provide the students with a structure where they can have a prophy- lactic social life and educational life." Judaism, he said,•"as say- ing nothing specific to students . about ethics in business, in- trapersonal relationship or Viet- nam." Rabbi Hollander remarked that "80 per cent of the 5,000 students at Vanderbilt do not see the inside of a church or synagogue from one end of the year to another." How- ever. he expressed hope for the re- vival of overt Judaism on the Van- derbilt campus. "We of Hillel are beginning to understand that we need a new approach to students ", he said. propsective synagogue member s among young marrieds in their synagogue neighborhoods. The re- plies indicated a range of 50 to 2,000 such couples, with an aver- age of 200. However, administra- tor-served congregations — mean- ing those in metropolitan areas with sizeable Jewish populations— reported a recruitment average of only 14 couples per year during the past three years. Of the average of 42 Young Mar- ried couples recruited over three years. or about 14 per year, losses were about ten couples in the same period for a general net gain in Young Marrieds of about 10 per cent a year for the three years. The administrators were asked to list their views on the reasons for the disproportion between the large potential and the small re- cruitment and offered 19 responses. The seven main reasons were: economic, synagogue not valued, rather spend on material things, synagogue stress on finances and fundraising was an alienating fac- tor, presence of too many older persons, synagogue religion not meaningful and young marrieds are not "religious minded." • VIC DOUCETTE- • AT (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) Don't look backward too much- TEL-AVIV—Bar-Ilan University you may head that way. awarded degrees to 317 graduates at its ninth commencement exer- cises here Tuesday. WHEN YOU !A'c A COCKTAIL Chief Rabbi I. Unterman deliver- ed the invocation. The degrees were confirmed by Dr. Joseph H. Ca dig Lookstein, chancellor, and Prof. Max Jammer, rector of the uni- versity. W iLon-Criiiman Ca di fia c Al 1350 N. Woodward Birmingham , MI 4-1930 Res. 357-0326 . deo — 4 gl1111111101011111111MMUMMIIMUM0111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I111111111111111111111111111111111111111% •- - B . = -a. - . E m- E- I 1 g = = . g: E-- -... .E - - E-- _ . E-._ -k-. - E--, -m. = . F=--- P - = .7_, - - . .T-_ = = -. MIDSTREAM I A MONTHLY JEWISH REVIEW ._ - . -3 r -- ---- .m Each month our readers are offered a thorough examination of the complex problems affecting Jewish life. E-: '- Recent issues have included these important contributions, which have stimu- lated widespread discussion: • I. F. STONE RECONSIDERS ISRAEL by Marie Syrkin, • THE CHANGING AMERICAN RABBINATE by Arthur Hertzberg • TWO STORIES by S. Y. Agnon Joel Carmichael and Lionel Abel • IDA KAMINSKA AND THE YIDDISH THEATRE by Harold Clurman • MIDDLE EAST DIALOGUE—The Struggle for Peace b y Joel Carmicheal • THE RIFT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND FRANCE by Joel Marcus • THE CIVIL WAR IN NIGERIA by Audrey R. Chapman • RUMANIA'S RESISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION by Joel Marcus • NEGRO—JEWISH RELATIONS IN AMERICA: Complete issue devoted :- - -- --7.- ... 2- to a symposium on this subject by 27 leading contributors. Since pub- lished as a book by Macmillan under the title "NEGRO AND JEW— ENCOUNTER IN AMERICA" .a. -.7:- • THE BALFOUR DECLARATION 1917-67. An historical analysis g .... .,.._ = = by Richard H. S. Grossman,M.P. Special Introductory 1/2 Price Offer 1 E E -.- . An Indispensable Guide To A Richer Understanding Of The Fateful Changes Confronting World Jewry Today -.--- ff- == DON'T DELAY Midstream is a must for every American desirous of understanding the critical issues of Jewish life in America, Israel and throughout the world. MIDSTREAM 515 Park Avenu New York, N.Y. 110022 Enter my subscription to MIDSTREAM at the Special New Introductory rate— 1 year for only $3.50. (A 50% savings on newsstand price). NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE r 0 Payment enclosed E. IS IE F_-- = _. 1E-- --. _ 1 - - - e - - — IS -,:.. -=- :------. ZIP • Bill me . - m = WIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMM111111111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111U1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ff ,,.. = —