Growth of American College in Jerusalem
Predicted by Academicians Meeting Here
Addressing a meeting of De-
t roiters interested ir. advancing
educational activities in Israel,
two members of the faculty and
administrative staff of American
College in Jerusalem told of the
school's growth and predicted
widest recognition for its objec-
tives.
Prof. Sol. Liptzin, head of the
humanities department at the col-
lege, and Dean Leobard J. Gold-
stein, who directs the school's ad-
ministrative forces and interviews
American applicants at the college
office, 1 E. 42nd St., New York
told the gathering, at the meeting
at the home of Benjamin M. Lai-
kin in Southfield. that the com-
mencement of the second college
year was marked by inclusion of
all important academic courses. .
They stated that advanced curri-
cula are planned, that hundreds
of applicants for admission are
being interviewed and that more
than 1.000 prominent college pro-
fessors have applied for inclusion
in the faculty.
It was announced that three
Detroiters—Bonnie Moss, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moss,
Lauder, Detroit; Jack
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Schulman of Southfield and Lau-
rence Spitler of Bloomfield—are
among the college's. enrolled
students.
Requests were made for schol-
arships to assure enrollment of
larger numbers of Americans in
the new college.
Laikin announced a scholarship
to be financed in perpetuity in
memory of his wife, Anna Laikin.
who was active in Detroit fur
many years in the Poale Zion,
Jewish National Fund, Pioneer
Women and other movements.
The two guests explained that
the importance of the new college
lies in the fact that American stu-
dents are able to enroll in an Is-
rael school of higher learning
w here the language of study- is
English and where Hebrew be-
comes a compulsory subject, en-
abling students to master the lan-
guage while pursuing their studies
in all other required subjects.
Now in its second year, the col-
lege was established to fill the
needs of university students from
abroad, mostly the United States,
who :wish to study in Israel in the
English language. The four-year
non-sectarian liberal arts institu-
tion is recognized for transfer
credits by many of the major
American colleges and state uni-
versity systems. Its current en-
rollment is 150 students from a
wide range of geographic back
`grounds with plans to multiply
this number within the next few
years.
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JERUSALEM — An ex - special
serviced, Vietnam veteran is
among the first students at a
institute
of
cently
established
higher education in Israel design-
ed for Americans.
Laurence Spitler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Spitler, 865 Nickel
Street, Bloomfield, completed his
army service in April 1968, spend-
ing another year in Vietnam atfer
a visit to Israel—at that time he
decided to return to the Holy Land.
For seven years, 1961 - 68, Larry
served in the U.S.A. Special
Forces. Two and a half of those
years were spent in Vietnam.
In May 1967, Larry Spitler re-
ceived a 30-day leave and walked
from one war into another: he
chose to take his leave in Israel
and arrived just prior to the out-
break of the Six-Day War.
"It was very hectic," Larry re-
calls, "and very stimulating and
very exciting. I knew I wanted to
come back to Israel in more
peaceful times and really get the
chance to see the country."
Now a student at the new
American College in Jerusalem,
he is majoring in English and is
active in the drama and writers
1 clubs.
"Being here and being able to
study in my own language
sents a tremendous opportunity
for me to earn my B.A. in Israel,"
Larry says. "And the Americans
who are studying here are a dif-
ferent breed than those in the
States."
Larry has found that he is bet-
ter able to communicate with Is-
raelis his own age than with young
people in America. The spirit of
the people. especially the young
people, is far different than the
temper of the youth in the United
States.
People here have a purpose,"
he declares, "they know who they
are and where they are going."
A Southfield, Mich. student is
in one of the first classes at a
newly established institute of
higher education in Israel de-
signed for Americans. Jack
Schulman, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Schulman, 22325
Avon Lane, whose father is prin-
cipal of Harrison High School in
Farmington, decided after a
year at Eastern Michigan Uni-
versity that he wanted to spend
some time in Israel. He is now
attending the new American
College in Jerusalem.
Boston Jewry Hits
Defense League's
Plan for Suburbs
BOSTON (JTA)—Strong objec-
tions to plans of the Jewish De-
Cense League to operate in deteri-
oriating areas of Boston for pro-
tection of Jewish residents were
voiced by the Jewish Community
Council, which called a news con-
ference to warn that groups like
the JDL "serve neither the Jew-
ish community nor the general
conimunity" and that "they invite
violence and inevitable counter-
violence."
, The council reacted to a meet-
ing of 75 elderly Jewish residents
of suburban Roxbury, Dorchester
and Mattapan, with Rabbi Meir
Kahane. director of the JDL, to
discuss the mounting street crimes
which the Jews believe are direct-
ed mainly against them. The resi-
dents had invited Rabbi Kahane
to meet with them to discuss the
problem.
Rabbi Mordecai Savitsky said
that robberies and beating had be-
come so frequent in some of the
now largely-slum areas that elder-
ly Jews were afraid to leave their
homes and attend synagogue serv-
ices on Friday evenings.
Victims have described their as-
sailants as 12 to 17-year-old youths.
Rabbi Kahane told the meeting
that "if the government and po-
lice" can't provide necessary safe-
ty. "then it is up to Jewish organi-
zations to provide it."
The Jewish Community Coun-
cil said, in a statement, that
"We reject and are confident
that practically the entire Jew-
ish community rejects the false
thesis that the issue before us
is endemic and unique and that
it is isolated- anti-Semitism in
Dorchester and Mattapan."
The council said that Boston po-
lice have promised to start "a to-
tal enforcement" program with uni-
formed and plainclothes patrolmen.
Robert Segal, council executive di-
rector. said that Mayor Kevin
White planned to make a detailed
statement soon on the city's plans
to deal with the problem.
The council also said taht "The
tactics and philosophy of George
Wallace will not eliminate the con-
ditions breeding violence. Rather
our hope lies not in spreading
rumors, grabbing guns and creat-
ing panic. but in the determina-
tion of an enlightened citizenry,
operating within. the framework
of order and responsibility and
motivated by compassion and un-
derstand."
24—Friday, December 5, 1969
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"I like Israel very much." de-
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After all, "he adds with a smile.
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