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." , 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. 647-4778 642-6480 Six organizations are combining ■ to sponsor the dinner-dance 9:45 p.m. Saturday at Cong. Shaarey For the HY Spot Zedek. They are the Zionist. 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