24—Friday, June 21, 1968
THE DETROIT JIEWIISIlli NEWS
Planned Closing of Hebrew School
Brings Protest; Classes to Resume
In response to the expressed con-
cern of parents who feared the
closing of a Hebrew school branch
would impose hardship on their
children, the United Hebrew
Schools announced that classes will
continue in the fall at. the Esther
Berman building, Schaefer and
Seven Mile Rds.
UHS Superintendent Albert Ela-
zar stated that there will be one
class per grade. He stressed that
the building is not up for sale and
that a day school had not indicated
with any certainty that it wished to
acquire the building.
(Beth Yehuda Schools Executive
Secretary Rabbi Norman Kahn
said negotiations are under way
elsewhere for location of the Beth
Jacob girls school, whose classes
until now have been held in the
old Shaarey Zedek nursery school
building. That building. one block
from Esther Berman, has been
sold to the Detroit Public Schools
for additional classroom space,
and the UHS parents' group had
wrongly assumed that Yeshiva ne-
gotiations for the Esther Berman
building had been completed.)
According to original plans,
had the Esther Berman building
been rented, all UHS elementary
students currently' attending that
branch would have been bussed
to the Borman branch, on Seven
Mile three blocks east of Lahser
Rd. High school and Midrasha
students would not be affected
by the MOAT.
The parents were protesting the
distance their children would be
forced to travel to and from home
—approximately 40 minutes each
way, Elazar said.
Elazar stressed, however, that
the United Hebrew Schools had
never made public any statement
that the elementary school branch
would be transferred to the Bor-
man building and said that the
UHS board of directors had not
approved any decision.
He added that the maximum
number of elementary school chil-
dren returning to the Esther Ber-
man building in the fall will be
130-150. The building can accom-
modate 400 to 500 students.
A transfer to the BorMan build-
ing would have been a "healthy"
one. Elazar said, in that more
"parallel claSses," accommodat-
ing children with varying degrees
of skill. would have been possible.
At the Esther Berman building,
there will be one class for each
grade, he said.
At a meeting June 6, a number
of parents expressed their con-
cerns to Elazar that the move of a
Hebrew school would represent an
abandonment by Jewish communal
institutions of the Jewish families
who remain in Northwest Detroit.
"Appreciating the concern of
parents with the maintenance of
the Jewish community in the
area," said Elazar, "the execu-
tive committee decided to main-
tain one grade at each level at
the Esther Berman building."
This decision was made, he said,
despite the increased costs in-
volved in maintaining the build-
ing. The high school and Mid-
rasha meet 4:30.9:30 p.m., so
they were not affected by any
negotiations.
New elementary school students
who live west of Greenfield auto-
matically will be enrolled at the
Borman branch, starting in the
fall, said Elazar. He stated that
between Woodward and Schaefer,
there are "no more than 75" ele-
mentary school students.
Ralph Levy, a spokesman for the
parents group, is objecting to the
geographical alterations as having
the effect of "emasculating the
school."
According to the United Hebrew
Schools, however, the new geo-
graphical boundaries will affect 18
students, who will now be trans-
ferred to Borman.
The breakdown for returning and
newly enrolled children at the
Esther Berman branch will be as
follows for each class:
1st grade: 14: 2nd grade: 29; 3rd
grade: 19: 4th grade: 30; and 5th
grade: 32.
Isadore Goldstein. UHS executive
secretary, said the figures are
tentative since some parents plan
to move this summer.
The geographical boundaries
were altered, he added. because
"the several extra students would
have made each class dispropor-
tionately large. For economic rea-
sons, as well as proper classifica-
tion, these changes are absolutely
necessary."
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Hemophilia Being Fought
Through Campaign Here
A goal of $20,000 has been set by
the Detroit Metropolitan Chapter
of the National Hemophilia Foun-
dation in its fight against the life-
long disorder commonly known as
"the bleeders disease."
Hoping to enlist the community's
aid, the chapter campaign is cur-
rently at the half-way point. An
active worker in this campaign is
Mrs. Florence Lebowitz, supervisor
at the hemophilia headquarters,
14755 Grand River.
Hemophilia is an inherited dis
ease in which the clotting of blood
is abnormally delayed. Primary
goal of the fund campaign is the
establishment of an outpatient
clinic at Wayne State University,
which would provide the treatment
necessary to help control the dis-
ease, and medical research to find
a lasting cure.
Dr. afid Airs. Sapersiein Set United Israel Bond
ive in Fa oni ngton
Dinner. This Saturday;
Social Nets $35,000
WELL INFORMED
Democracy depends_ upon the
intelligence of the many rather
than the wisdom of a few.
The leadership reception in ad-
Exclusive Designs • Amazing Service
vance of the United Israel Bond
Champagne Dinner-Dance, hosted
Invitations by . • .
by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Halpern,
Donna and .Sybil
yielded more than $35,000 in Israel
Weddings • Bar Mitzvahs • Showers
Bond subscriptions. Ira Feinberg
of New York was guest speaker.
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Six organizations are combining
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to sponsor the dinner-dance 9:45
p.m. Saturday at Cong. Shaarey
For the HY Spot
Zedek. They are the Zionist. Re-
Of Your Affair
visionists; United Jewish Social
Music by
Club; Workmen's Circle, Branch
227; Radomer Mutual Society;
Sephardic Community of Greater
And His Orchestra
Detroit; and Shaarit Hapalyta.
(Hy Utchenik)
Itzhak Yavneh, who served as
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an officer in three wars fought by
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Israel, will be guest speaker. Be
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is now air adviser to the divisions
commander of the Israel Defense
MRS. DAVID SAPERSTEIN
Forces. Singer Ginetta la Bianca
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Beverly Jeanne Be rmani s, will be guest artist.
Fred Ferber is dinner - d a n. e o
daughter of Cantor and Mrs.
Simon Bermanis of Pembroke chairman.
Ave., and Dr. David Jeffrey
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A son fears his father more than
Saperstein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Saperstein of Northgate his mother.—Kiddushin 31
Blvd., Oak Park, were married
recently at Cong. Ahavas Achim.
WHEN PHOTOGRAPHED
Music . the .
Rabbi Milton Arm and Cantor Ber-
manis officiated.
BY BERNARD H.
The bride wore a princess--line
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gown of luster satin with a Sabrina
neckline, sleeves and hem ap-
pliqued in hand-colored Alencon
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lace and cathedral-length mantilla
of silk illusion appliqued in match-
ing lace. She carried orchids,
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roses and Stephanotis.
Mrs. Larry Hirsch of Sherman
Oaks, Calif., sister of the bride,
was matron of honor. Brides-
maids were Jill Politzer, Bar-
bara Kosit, Dana Arm, Sharon
Hirsch, Mrs. Mark Mellen, Mrs.
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Harold Hauer.
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Dr. Terry Weingarden of Alex-
andria, Va., was best man. Ushers
were Dr. Donald Speyer, Dr.
Michael 'Weingarden, Donald Miller
and James Miller.
Following a Puerto Rico and St.
Thomas honeymoon, the couple
will live in Farmington.
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