40—Friday, June 5, 1970 THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS American Jewish Congress to Contest Legality of Public Funds for Sectarian College Use TRENTON, N. J. (JTA)—A Jersey Educational Facilities Au- major test case to decide whether thority Act of 1966. Two Catholic colleges, St. Peter's or not a sectarian college can con- stitutionally receive public funds College in Jersey City and Cald- to build a dormitory or a library well College for Women in Cald- was argued Tuesday in the state well, and Bloomfield College and Seminary in Bloomfield, a Protes- supreme court. Leo Pfeffer, special counsel of tant institution, were agreed upon the American Jewish Congress rep- by attorneys for all sides in the resented four AJCongress mem- case as representative of the sec- bers who are New Jersey taxpay- tarian colleges who would be bene- ers in a suit challenging the New fitted by the act. In his argument before the court, Pfeffer will assert that a recent U. S. Supreme Court de- cision makes a clear distinction between tax exemption, which is constitutional, and a direct sub- sidy, which is not. According io ?faker, the Su- May 29—To Mr. and Mrs. Elliot preme Court decision declared, "No Nelson (Joyce Sherman), 2203 tax in any amount, large or small, Cloverlawn, Oak Park, a daughter can be levied to support any reli- Lori Beth. gious activities or institutions, • • May 28—To Mr. and Mrs. Ken- whatever they may be called, or neth H. Lynn (Susan R. Mandell), whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion." Pfef- 13330 Rosemary, Oak Park, a son, fer will contend further that a col- David Mathew. lege's eligibility for public support should depend not on whether a May 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel given facility is to be used for D. Feber (Lorraine Silverman) secular or sectarian purposes, as 29890 Brentwood, Southfield, a son, the New Jersey Act specifies, but Kevin Michael. on how religious the college is. • • • His law brief declares: "At some May 22—To Mr. and Mrs. San- point, the badges of religion be- ford Layne (Judith Newman), 22821 Stanton, Southfield, a daugh- come so prominent in the life of an educational institution that it must ter, Rachel Suzanne. be adjudged to be sectarian." For • • • this reason, then, "such an institu- May 20—To Mr. and Mrs. Ross tion may not receive government A. Richman (Libbie Fox), 14200 funds even if they are for the con- Talbot, Oak Park, a son, Steven struction of buildings for secular Jay. use only." ,Announcements May 20—To Mr. and Mrs. Ste- phen Green (Barbara Kash), 13230 Lyons, Oak Park, a son, Jeffrey Marc. * • • May 19—To Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ley Cooper, Elaine Braverman), 23851 Wendy Lane, Southfield, a son, Jonathon Scott. * • • May 14 — To former Detroiters Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence V. Mendel- sohn (Jane Hessel) of San Antonio, a son, David Joseph. • • • May 8—To Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Shapero (Rhoda Gould), 28856 Still Valley, Farmington, a son, An- thony Dale. • • • May 6—To Mr. and Mrs. Ste- phen P. Leff (Ilene Mirvis), for- mer Detroiters, of Rome, a daugh- ter, Sandra Renee. Rev. HERSHL ROTH Experienced Mabel Licensed - Certified 352-3186 Recommended by Physicians RABBI Leo Goldman Expert Mohel Serving Hospitals and Homes LI 1-9769 LI 2-4444 REV. GOLDMAN L. MARSHALL MONEL 353-5444 ZialaarSH MOHEL 341-1595 Classified Ads Get Quick Results Farbstein Asks Probe of Alleged Purdue Bias WASHINGTON (JTA)—Rep. Leo- nard Farbstein, New York Demo- crat, has called on Attorney Gen- eral John N. Mitchell to investi- gate "possible discrimination" against Jews, Negroes, Puerto Ricans and other minorities by Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Rep. Farbstein pointed out that Purdue, a state university, has limited out-of-state acceptances to 25 per cent of the total studentry and has, in addition, placed special restrictions on New York state and New Jersey, Purdue has reduced acceptances from those two states to their per- centages of the out-of-state popula- tion, the congressman pointed out. New York state applicants, there- fore, are limited to 10 per cent of 25 per cent. Farbstein, noting that Jewish en- rollment at Purdue decreased by two-thirds between 1966 and 1969, asserted, "Purdue's intent is clear." He said Purdue's policy was the most blatant of all. Farbstein's statement was based in large part on a recent study by the Anti- Defamation League of Bnai Brith indicating that Jewish students were being disproportionately af- fected by reductions of out-of-state acceptances by state colleges. The schools adopted that policy on the grounds that "outsiders" were the chief cause of campus unrest. Rabbi Gerald Engel, director of the Bnai Brith Hillel at Purdue, said that friends and alumni of the university will endorse the ac- tion taken by Rep. Farbstein. Rabbi Engel noted that Purdue is only one of 136 state institutions polled by the ADL. "While Purdue Boris Smolar's 'Between You ... and Me' (Copyright 1970, JTA Inc.) U.S. COLLEGE IN ISRAEL: The United States has been helping American schools of higher education in Arab countries financially for quite a number of years. The American University in Beirut will receive about $9,500,000 this year under the Foreign Aid Bill. The American University in Cairo will receive $200,000, plus $1,000,000 in currency. The American College in Jerusalem, a liberal arts English-language college, is now seeking financial aid from the U.S. government similar to the one given to the American Universities in Beirut and Cairo. A young institution--chartered in Washington, D.C.—the college has now 145 students, most of them from the United States, but also a dozen of Arabs and Armenians from the Old City section of Jerusalem. The college uses English as its language of instruction. It teaches general subjects like physics, chemistry, economics, sociology, biology, psychology, mathematics, political science, anthropology, archaelogy and the fine arts. It also teaches Hebrew, Arabic, Jewish history and Biblical science subjects. Its course in literature, includes not only English and American literature but also Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature in English translation, and classics of European and Oriental literature in English translation. A dozen of American universities have already accepted transfer credits from the college, and more American universities indicated that they are ready to recognize the credits students receive in the Jerusalem institution after June 1970, when the college will have graduated its first students. . • • • ACCENT ON U.S. YOUTH: Few Jews in the United States are aware of the existence of the American College in Jerusalem. This is because the college did not indulge in seeking publicity on its activities during the few years of its existence. However, the college is now beginning to arouse much interest among Jewish families in this country who want to send their high school graduate children for a year or two to Israel to study there. There are many Jewish youths in the United States who, intending to continue their study in schools of higher learning abroad, would like to spend a semester or two in Israel. They can, of course, enter the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv University, the Weizmann Institute and the Haifa Technion. However, they know no Hebrew, which is the language of instruction in these institutions. In the American College the language of instruction is English. In addition, the learning of Hebrew there is simplified. Prof. Norman Greenwald, president of the college, and Prof. Sol Liptzin, chairman of its department of humanities, forsee a large registration of American Jewish youngsters in their institution for the next year, when its credits will become transferable to numerous American colleges and universities. • • • AIM OF FOUNDERS: The college is not being subsidized by the Israel government. It is maintained by tuition. The students live in dormitories in Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem, and attend classes in adjacent buildings. They pay $1,250 tuition fee and $1,100 for room and board for the full academy year. Full and partial tuition scholarships are provided for as many worthy students as possible. Also part-time work opportunities on and off the campus. Although all instruction in the college is in English, American students are expected to learn Hebrew there and to to a basic courses in Israel's history and literature. ended blanket discrimination against the New York metropoli- tan area and the state of New Jersey this past semester, the uni- versity did not make all necessary changes to enable those applying from this area of racial and reli- gious minorities to feel they were first class citizens," Rabbi Engel said. American Israel Chamber of Commerce to Honor Shipping, Film Magnate NEW YORK—Spyros P. 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