38—Friday, May 10, 1968 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Youth News Scholarship Winner Sets Sights on Israel • Evelyn Naftalie, daughter of the Fred Naftalies of Winthrop Ave., accepts the 1967 Sidney Kalt Memorial Scholarship, which will take her to Israel this summer. Evelyn was unable to go last summer because of the Arab-Israel conflict. This year, she and the as-yet-unnamed winner of the 1968 award will share the experience. Mrs. Kalt makes the presentation to Evelyn while Robert Schlaff (left), past president of Cong. Beth Abraham, Janice Blau, 1966 winner, and Rabbi Israel I. Halpern_ look on. The scholarship, sponsored by Beth Abraham, is open to all teen-agers of the con- gregation, who submit along with their application, an essay on "Why I Want to Visit Israel." A panel of judges selects the winner. Inner-City Teens View College Life, Thanks to Clothier Jack M. Citron A Detroit clothier is leading a drive to get more inner-city De- troit high school students interested in college. Jack M. Citron, owner of J. M. Citron's Men's Wear, has donated money to cover the expenses for tours of Wayne State University by ninth and tenth graders. Citron has been making dona- tions for this purpose since the idea was developed several years ago. A teacher at a suburban high school collaborated with Citron and Wayne State officials to start the first tour, and the reports which the clothier received from teacher and student alike en- couraged him to continue. Teachers informed Citron that class discipline improved, that the general student attitude became more serious in regard to their studies, marks showed sharp im- provement and students began to make inquiry about subjects neces- sary for college preparation. Many of the students wrote reports on their tours of the Wayne campus and their reac. tions were passed along to Cit- ron. He was so impressed with their responses that he sent some of them to Vice President Hubert 11. Humphrey who re- turned a letter congratulating Citron on the results. The program attracted other contributors and currently is oper- ating in conjunction with the High- er Education Opportunities Com- mittee, a group providing resources for needy students with college potential. Hillel Students to Show Science Fair Projects call the sitter.. and make a weekend reservation at the ST. REGIS Friday evening dinner Fisher Theatre tickets for two ...breakfast and Saturday evening dinner . . . Sunday morning breakfast . . . A marvel- ous weekend for only $42.50 per person (dou- ble occupancy)! . . . no strings attached. HOTEL ST+ ReGIS WEST GRAND BLVD. at CASS FREE PARKING TR 3.3000 R • Students of Hillel Day School will demonstate their projects at the Annual Science Fair 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the school. The student body wil view the projects the fol- lowing afternoon. Teachers who are guiding the students in developing their pro- jects are Mrs. Frances Bloom and Mrs. Barbara Sachse, elementary science teachers, and Zina Perl- man, junior high science teacher. Judges who will award the prizes are Dr. Harry Maisel, professor of anatomy at Wayne State Univer- sity, Dr. Leora Shelef, food techno- logist at Wayne State University, and Mrs. Henry Politzer, teacher of science in the Berkely School District. The students participating in the Science Fair will answer questions and demonstrate their proj ects. Ronald Schreiber, an eighth grade student, entered his project in the South Oakland County Science Fair. His project was "Nerve Impulses and How They Travel." Religious Student on Secular Campus: Tuna Sandiviches By MORRISON ZACK We are all concerned about Jew- ish students who lose their identity as Jews while in college. But what problems confront the observant Jewish student, say, at Wayne State University? The first problem which arises is that of food. The observant Jew cannot obtain a kosher meal on campus, with the exception of the Passover meals prepared by the Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation. Ezra Roberg, a senior majoring in English and biology, says that the biggest difficulty is in obtain- ing "a basic meal." He generally brings his meals from home and buys soft drinks from vending ma- chines or the cafeteria. Howard Berris, a sophomore in pre-dentistry, also brings lunch from home, but luckily tuna fish sandwiches are always available. "However, it's unfortunate," he adds, "if the observant Jewish stu- dent doesn't like tuna fish!" Another problem faced by the observant Jew is missed school- work during the Jewish holidays. Marilyn Sitron, a senior major- ing in mathematics, generally in- forms her instructors that she will be absent on certain days, and obtains the assignments from them. "I've had no difficulty with this," she adds. The university has aided matters greatly by recently adyising all faculty members of the dates of the Jewish holidays and requesting that no exams be given on those dates. Most observant Jewish students hold the position that missing school during holidays is some- thing which must be accepted as a part of being observant. Sheila Katt, a freshman in pre- medicine, says "I can't expect the school to stop the process of edu- cating others just because I choose to observe my religious holidays." Some instructors, however, ap- parently are still confused about the Jewish holidays. Marlene Cern, a senior in elementary education, says that in those classes with largely Jewish enrollment, "the in- structors sometimes don't under- stand why some of the students are absent for holidays like Sukkot, while others are not." An observation often heard on campus regarding observant Jew- ish students is that they tend to segregate themselves from the larger Jewish student body. Rabbi Max Kapustin, Hillel Foundation director, says that the statement just isn't true.• But Marlene says that "there is a clan of Orthodox students on campus which gathers in the university snack bar." Ronne Kritzer, a junior majoring in Spanish, finds that "Many of the observant Jewish students con- gregate in the Kasle collection room of the Wayne library." The observant Jewish student often faces the problem of home- work which can be done on Sunday only, due to observance of the Sabbath. "The problem is often compound- ed by the fact that many instruc- tors, not realizing that some stu- dents are unable to write on Satur- day, "assign more work over the weekend, believing that students have two days in which to do it," says Marlene. Employment is often a problem for the observant Jewish student. Those students desiring jobs which will allow observance of the Sab- bath can sometimes obtain one with the aid of Rabbi Kapustin. But the Hillel director says that the jobs are usually for lower pay than Saturday jobs. Marlene applied for a job at the Detroit Public Library. "I told them immediately that I would be unable to work on Saturdays. They were very cooperative, but they told me that I would earn less pay because I would be working fewer hours." Hedy Coblentz, a senior in special education, has been working "at Frank's Nursery for a couple of years now, and I've never had any difficulty about observing the Sabbath," she says. _ A problem which often arises for the observant Jewish student is that of a conflict between the teachings of Judaism and those of courses such as philosophy, biol- ogy, and geology. These conflicts usually center around two areas of thought—the evolution of man and the creation of the world. Most students say that the only thing to do is to learn the scientific viewpoint for the exams. 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