THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
N.Y. Phone Company
Ends Policy of Not
H iring Sabbatarians
Friday, April 24, 1970-35
Hillel Happenings
NEW YORK (JTA)—The New
York Telephone Co. has dropped a
long-standing policy of refusing to
hire computer programers who are
Sabbath observers, following sev-
eral months of negotiations with
the National Jewish Commission
on Law and Public Affairs, Julius
Berman, COLPA president, report-
ed.
The test case involved a Brook-
lyn Jew who applied for examina-
tion for such a post and was re-
jected. Berman said the applicant
was told specifically that the firm
did not hire Sabbath observers for
jobs because their religious re-
quirements could create complica-
tions in the company's computer
operations.
He said COLPA decided to seek
an agreement on hiring such appli-
cants, rather than by filing a for-
mal complaint. Howard Rhine, an
attorney and COLPA vice-presi-
dent, prepared and sent a letter to
the company president, protesting
the no-hiring policy. The COLPA
official then began a series of dis-
cussions which led to a company
decision to drop the ban.
By ILANA BARLEVAV and DANNY SCHNIPPER
This year, the whole student seders. Both began at 11 a.m.
body of Hillel Day School enjoyed sharp at the main building. The
model seders sponsored by the junior high seder was organized
PTO. Among the PTO mothers by Jeremy Segal. He called it a
"creative" service. Students
who helped make the seders pos-
sible were Mrs. Charles Goodman, read parts and then explained
Mrs. Simon Murciano, Mrs. Ar- in their own words what the
nold Zuroff and Mrs. Irving Cap- parts meant.
lan. We owe these fine women who
gave their time and effort, a hear-
ty mazal tov.
There were four seders in all.
The first one took place on April
16 at 10:30 a.m. at the Bnai Moshe
Jonathan Freier, Zachary Levey,
Elliot Baum, Bobby Schostak and
Matthew Rose were just a few of
the eighth graders who had parts.
Tom Colton, Jonathan Leon, David
Aboulafia and Richard Spatter
were some of the seventh grade
participants.
The morning and afternoon
classes joined together for the kin-
dergarten seder which was held
in their own room. White table-
cloths covered the tables, which
were set with all the traditional
foods. One of the ways the kinder-
garten prepared for Passover was
to build miniature seder tables.
Michael Elazar was the father and
Sandra Lefkofsky, the mother.
These seders that the students
of Hillel Day School enjoy so much
also help us to understand the
real meaning of Passover and
prepare us for the seders we
later share with family and friends.
social hall. This seder was for the
second through sixth graders. The
father of this seder was Robert
Schwartz and the mother was An-
drea Schnipper, both of the sixth
grade. All the children Caine ,
dressed up — the boys in white
shirts and sports jackets and the' Youth Passover Service
girls in pretty dresses. Parents
Manned at Adas Shalom
and grandparents were in atten-
Members of United Synagogue
dance to watch their children and
grandchildren perform the seder Youth chapter s, confirmation
classes,
junior and youth congre-
ritual. The cameras were clicking
gations will conduct the entire
away all through the festivities.
On April 17, the kindergarten Shabat service 9 a.m. Saturday in
and the junior high held separate the main sanctuary of Adas Sha-
lom Synagogue.
Participants are Jeff Weingar-
Yiddish Press' 100th Year ten, Jeremy Segal, Diane Shree-
man,
Philip Wolok, Ben Steinhart,
in America Marked at
Eric S h r e e m a n, Mark Kahn,
Conference With Exhibit Robert Schostak, Larry Sklar.
NEW YORK — A century ago Gordon Fuller, Linda Abramson,
the first Yiddish newspaper was Sheldon Kaplan, Anita Eisenstadt,
published in the Western Hemis- Beth Liberson, Elaine Zaks, Mark
phere. To mark this occasion the Vieder. Laurie Platt and Mark
YIVO Institute for Jewish Re- Sinkoff. .
search has arranged an exhibit.
A luncheon sponsored by the
"One Hundred Years of the Yid- Ronnie Posen Youth Fund will be
dish Press in America, 1870-1970, - held in the social hall following
May 3, as part of the 44th annual services.
YIVO conference.
The exhibit,, which consists of
more than 530 items, gives a de-
tailed picture of the American Yid-
Akiva Hebrew Day School's
dish press including both its role seventh and eighth grade students
in the cultural, social and political participated in the recent Science
life of American Jewry during the Fair, with seven projects accepted
past century and its internal de- by the metropolitan Detroit Science
velopment. A special section deals Fair for exhibition at the Cran-
with the interaction between the brook Museum of Science.
Judged by Mrs. Lawrence Hal-
Yiddish and the English press.
Almost 50 daily newspapers pern, Alma's science teacher, and
which at one time or another ap- Mrs. Harvey Zalesin, former
peared in the United States will Akiva science instructor, the fol-
be shown. Some of them are now lowing had winning entries:
Lynn Dombey, David Donin,
extremely rare. Together with
the hundreds of other periodi- Leah Herman, Yeshai Koenigs-
cals — weeklies, monthlies and berg, Benny Micznik, Sharon Rose
others — and dozens of docu- and Rivka Tatelbaum.
Akiva Science Buff
ments, letters, cartoons and pho-
tographs, they produce a graphic Beth El Youth Group
view of the scope and influence
to Conduct Services
of the Yiddish press.
The exhibit, which was arranged
A special youth worship service
by the YIVO research associate
and prominent historian, Z. Szaj-
kowski, will be open to the public
Mondays through Fridays at YIVO,
1048 Fifth Ave.
The YIVO conference will open
with two papers: "1900 Years of
Diaspora Experience" by Dr. Ar-
thur Hertzberg of Columbia Uni-
versity; and "Nationalism and
Language: Social Process in the
19th and 20th centuries" by Dr.
Joshua A. Fishman, Yeshiva Uni-
versity. Subsequent sessions, deal-
ing with Yiddish language and
literature, Jewish history and so-
cial science in the Jewish field,
will take place through May 6.
and study discussion of "The Jew-
ish Attitude Toward Peace" will
be held at Temple Beth El 8:30
, p.m. today.
Young People's Society partici-
pants will be Ivan Behrmann, Bar-
bara Breskin, Jill • Colman, Perry
Gaynes, Martha Goldman, Bill Kux,
Robin Levitt, Joan Merdler, David
Shapero, John Sherman and
Wendy Snyder.
They Made
The Grade
JANET SIMON, daughter of Mr.
Established in Vilna, Poland, in and Mrs. David Simon, 20060 Hey-
1925, YIVO is the only Jewish cul- den, a senior at Henry Ford High
tural and educational institution of School,-has become the recipient of
Polish Jewry to find a new life the locally sponsored Soroptimist
Youth Citizenship Award. Chosen
on American soil.
for a record of service in home,
Big Mac, arching five miles school and community, as well as
to
over the Straits of Mackinac
a stated concept of responsible
connect the Upper and Lower citizenship, Janet is now a candi-
Peninsulas, is one of the world's date for the Soroptimist Founda-
tion's Youth Citizenship Award.
great bridges.
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Youth News
Shaarey Zedek Youth Symphony
Schedules Benefit Performance
Stasson, pianist Betty Kowalsky
Members of the Shdarey Zedek
Youth Symphony Orchestra will and Cantor Reuven Frankel of
hold a benefit concert 3:30 p.m. Shaarey Zedek will perform
May 3 to raise needed funds for "Hahasid" and "Halleluya."
its operation.
The orchestra will give its ren-
The orchestra, organized nine ditions of "Entrance of the Sir-
years ago, is composed of 30-40 dar," "Oirn Pripichuk," the
finale from Beethoven's Fifth
youngsters who attend Shaarey
Zedek's Hebrew school, although Symphony, a Hebraic sketch, an
several members come from other Israeli folk suite, "Fiddler on
synagogues in the area. Director the Roof" and the "Overture to
William Tell." Student conductor
is violinist Jerome Stasson.
will be Morris Bornstein.
250 Israeli Teachers
to Serve in U.S. Camps
NEW YORK — Some 250 Israeli
educators will arrive here during
the latter part of June and will
serve as counselors and program
specialists in a variety of summer
youth camps under the auspices of
the American Zionist Youth Foun-
dation.
The Association of Orthodox
The number of Israeli educators
Jewish Teachers disclosed Tues- coming especially for the summer
day that their public school prin- camps is the highest since the in-
cipals may oppose their efforts ception of the program five years
to use a newly created option to ago.
take time off for religious holi-
Approximately 90 of them will
days without loss of pay.
serve on staffs of seven Ramah
Philip Kipust, president of the camps of the Conservative move-
association, reporting-on the prob- ment, 20 Masada camps, 75 in
lem, said the association was urg- communal camps sponsored by
ing its 2,500 member teachers to Jewish centers through the Na-
file immediately for time off for tional Jewish Welfare Board. 15
Passover under a clause in the cur- in youth camps of the Reform
rent contract between the City movement, 20 in camps of Zionist
Board of Education and the United youth movements and the rest in
Federation of Teachers. That other institutions in the U.S. and
clause incorporated in a new three- Canada.
year contract signed last Septem-
ber that teachers may apply for r
three days of absence annually for Camp Yehuda Slides
religious holiday observances as to Be Shown at Meeting
"personal business."
Parents, grandparents and young
Under this arrangement, teach-
ers are not docked for pay as they people age 8-17 are invited to a
are now for taking time off for meeting at the Zionist House 2
such observance. Kipust said that p.m. May 3 to acquaint themselves
the time-off clause included in the with Camp Yehuda, Leonidas,
current contract at the associa- Mich.
tion's specific request is deducted
Reubin Young, youth chairman
from accrued sick leave. This is of the Zionist Organization of De-
the first test of the application of troit, will present Seymonur Pikof-
this clause since it went into ef- sky, associate director of Camp
fect last fall after the Jewish Yehuda, who will show slides, de-
New Year.
scribe activities and answer all
questions. Refreshments will be
served.
Brochures can be obtained at the
Zionist Organization of Detroit
office by calling 353-3636.
`Lenin's Struggle'
Relates Stalin,
Trotsky Conflict
On the 100th anniversary of
Lenin's birth, as the occasion is
being marked in the USSR, the
events that led to the death of
the Communist leader, his close
relationship with Trotsky, the an-
tagonism of Stalin and Lenin's ill-
ness and his rejection of the man
who became his successor emerge
as vital issues in reviewing Com-
munist history.
In "Lenin's Last Struggle" pub-
lished by Random House as a Vin-
tage paperback, Moshe Lewin, a
leading authority on events in Rus-
sia, outlines the occurrences, tells
about the resentment of Stalin's
actions by N. K. Knmskaya, Le-
nin's wife, and of the struggle be-
tween Stalin and Trotsky.
The roles of other Communist
leaders are outlined here, and the
last days of Lenin are described
here as marked by intrigues, in-
ner conflicts, crises that menaced
the change in leadership.
In a translation from the French
by A. M. Sheridan Smith, Lewin's
"Lenin's Last Struggle" is supple-
mented by numerous appendices,
containing documents that clarify
some of the issues and throw ad-
ditional light on the occurrences
in the USSR in 1922 and 1923.
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Also performing will be the
Junior Congregation Choir and the
Meshorerot (young girls choir)
with selections by Cantor Frankel.
Prime purpose of the orchestra
has been to introduce Jewish and
Israeli music to the youngsters of
Shaarey Zedek and the Jewish
community. It is one of few regu-
lar-scheduled youth orchestras in
the country.
Stasson has received many re-
quests from synagogues in the
United States asking his assistance
in organizing a similar orchestra.
The orchestra has performed at
graduation and honors assemblies,
at the Jewish Home for the Aged,
in Israel Independence Day cele-
brations and on local television.
The orchestra has served as a
springboard for many players to
advance to professional and semi-
professional groups.
Tickets for the concert can be
purchased at the Shaarey Zedek
office, or from ticket co-chairmen
Louis Klein, 626-4690, or Mrs.
Claire Bronson, 851-3033.
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