THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

UHS School Strike Averted; Classes Begin

10—Friday, September 11, 1970

Hebrew Teachers Agree to 2-Year Contract

Mrs. Linda Polk Akiva Student Council Adviser

The United Hebrew School teach-
ers agreed Monday night to return
to their classrooms this week—
thus averting a threatened strike—
following approval of a two-year
contract.
Although all the terms they had
originally demanded were not met,
the president of the Association M
Hebrew Teachers of Metropolitan
Detroit said the teachers' position
had been greatly enhanced by the
contract.
Actual union ratification of the
contract will take place sometime
next week after "loose ends have
been tied together," said Rabbi
Charles Rosenzveig, president of
the association. He did not antici-
pate any problems either from the
union or from the United Hebrew
Schools board of directors, which
meets Sept. 13.
Rabbi Rosenzveig said that the
first of four key issues, that of the
reversal of a trend toward fewer
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UHS Re-Elects
Jack Shenkman

At its 50th annual dinner meet-
ing, the United Hebrew Schools
elected Jack Shenkman president
for a third term.
Shenkman, a graduate of the
UHS has served on the board of
directors as
chairman of the
building
a n d
transportation
committees; is a
member of the
board of gover-
nors of the Jew-
ish Welfare Fed-
eration; and for
two years served
as president of
the Beth Aaron:
Synagogue.
Shenkman
During his ad-
ministration, a new UHS complex
was built at 12 Mile Rd. in South-
field.
Shenkman, a builder and de-
veloper, contributed his services
in an advisory capacity, drawing
on his building experience. He as-
sisted in the acquisition of the
property, toward which he made
a major contribution, and served
as chairman of the building com-
mittee responsible for plans and
the actual construction of the
complex.

Mrs. Linda Polk, general studies coming year.
Kindergarten enrollments are
instructor of Akiva Hebrew Day
School's sixth grade, will serve as still available by calling the school
greater role in board and execu- student council adviser for the office, 545-1060.
tive committee deliberations. Al-
though currently the association
does have a hearing with the
board and with the president, "Our
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last proposal was that wherever
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a change in UHS operations is
contemplated at the initial (com-
mittee) stage, we should be invit-
ed to present our point of vew."
This proposal was rejected by
the board. and instead it was
agreed that one full board meeting
per year would be devoted main-
ly to a presentation by associa-
tion representatives and a discus-
sion of that presentation, Rabbi
Rosenzveig said.
One point won by the associa-
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ers in the United Hebrew Schools
will be bound by the association
rulings, and those who are not
For the
dues-paying members of the union
Most Elegant
must instead pay fees of equal
amount. Currently, there are 56
Bar Mitzva
members of the association; four
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Suits in Town
or five teachers do not belong,
with the
said Rabbi Rosenzveig.
Another point that Rabbi Rosenz-
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veig felt was an important gain
Slims and Huskies
was that those teachers currently
working 6-8 hours who wish to
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work 12 hours will now be able to
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PLUS all the latest
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accommodated because it is ad-
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ministratively impossible to ern-
ploy them an additional six hours
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will get a full year's increment,
he said.

full-time teachers, had been met participation; the union sought a

amicably.
It was agreed that a committee
from the teachers' association and
from the administration would be
formed within the next 15 days:
and within the next 30 days, the
committee would have to find
"means and methods" to find at
least 20 students willing to take
additional hours at night so that
more full-time teachers would be
employed.

Rabbi Rosenzveig said that the
committee would try to locate

20 students at each school—
either these who need extra help
or who want accelerated work.
There are currently it full-time
teachers, a reduction over the
past several years, he said.
Rabbi Rosenzveig said the asso-
ciation believes that there has
been a lag in enrollment over the
past several years because the
United Hebrew Schools eliminated
second sessions and the fourth day
of school per week.
By virtue of the agreement,
Rabbi Rosenzveig added, the asso-
ciation "is determined the UHS
will do all in its power to supply
the students with all the needs that
we consider appropriate" to fulfill
the terms of the agreement.
The second area covered in the
contract was that of salaries. On
this point, said Rabbi Rosenzveig,
the teachers' association feels that
it failed to receive what it con-
sidered the minimum: a 5 per
cent pay increment over the cost
of living this year and at least 5
per cent next year. This would
have meant an 11 per cent total
pay increase this year.
Instead, the association received
an 8 per cent total pay increase
this year and 6 per cent next
year, he says.
However, the UHS did add a
long-term disability insurance to
the contract, Rabbi Rosenzveig
said.
The third point, that of sever-
ance pay, was not met, primar-
ily because the United Hebrew
Schools board argued that half
of the teachers were not on
tenure, and the issue of sever-
ance pay was of little use.
Rosenzveig conceded that this
may be the case, "but psycho-
logically it would have been a
boost for us."
The fourth issue was that of

Guest speaker of the evening
direc-
was Dr. Samuel
tor of the
he department of com-
munity service of the American
Association for Jewish Educa- o
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tion. His topic was 'Trends and
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tion: the Outlook for the 70's."

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Rabbi Rosenzveig said the
association is not fully satisfied
with the outcome of the agree-
ment, but "we felt that we were
not morally ready to go out on
strike. Our teachers were in full
agreement to go on strike, but
were terribly concerned about
the welfare of the Jewish com-
munity. We had the power to
destroy more than we were will-
ing to destroy."

The assoeiation has determined,
however, that "Within the next
two years, we must do a greater
job of explaining to the board
exactly what it means to teach in
the Hebrew schools. We must en-
hance the teachers' position. The
tragedy is that we have not been
getting new people to teach."
Teachers at Hillel Day School,
Shaarey Zedek and Beth Shalom
also reached negotiations separate-
ly.

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ship of Hebrew books dating back
to medieval times, the Jew in re-
cent American drama and Jewish
books published by university pres-
ses are among the articles featured
in Volume 28 of the Jewish Book
Annual, published this week by
the Jewish Book Council of the
National Jewish Welfare Board.
The 280-page yearbook of Jewish
literary creativity also lists and
briefly describes 905 books of
Jewish interest published in the
United States. Israel and Great
Britain during the 12-month period
ending May 1970. It makes its ap-
pearance as the Book Council is
concluding arrangements for the
national observance of Jewish
Book Month, Nov. 20 Dec. 20
under its sponsorship.
"All the writers represented in
this volumn belong to the cate-
gory of those to whom the thought
of estrangement from the Jewish
community is wholly alien." Dr.
A. Alan Steinbach. honorary presi-
dent of the Jewish Book Council
and editor of the Book Annual.:
states in his introduction to the .

yearbook.
He further notes that for the
past 28 years the Book Council
has "succeeded in enlisting the
talents, the erudition and schol-
arship of many writers profund-
ly committed to Jewish culture
and to the Jewish ethos. These

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selected books of Israel (100).
Articles published in the Jewish
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Internal Censorship of Hebrew
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berger: "The Jew in Recent
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Recognition." by Sidney L. Berger;
"The Literary Creativity of the
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Censorship of Hebrew Books Topic
f Article in Jew's
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In addition to annual reports
on- activities of the UHS by Super-
intendent Albert Elazar and Jack
Shenkman, nominations chairman
William Yolles presented the fol-
lowing slate, which was unani-
mously adopted:
Robert Kasle, vice president:
William Yolles, treasurer: and
Norbert Reinstein• assistant treas-
urer. Norman D. Katz and Julian
S. Tobias, vice presidents, and
Milton Luco• secretary, were re-
nominated.
New members elected to the
board for a three-year term in-
clude Mrs. Oscar U. Bank. I. Wil-
liam Sherr. Mark E. Schlussel and
Barry D. Yaker. Henry R. Winkel-
man was elccted for a two-year
term. and Mrs. Carl Schiller was
made a member of the advisory
committee.
Re-elected to the board for a
three-year term are: Arthur J.
Mitchell Feldman. Salman ,
Grand. Mrs. Lewis Grossman,
Judge Ira G. Kaufman. Norbert
Reinstein, Mrs. Norman Rosen-
feld, William Schumer. Jack
Shenkman, Phillip Stollman• Julian
S. Tobias and William A. Yolles.
Mrs. Joseph B. Kripke. Mrs. El-
bert Diamond and Mrs. Max Dush-;
kin • were appointed representa-
tives of the Woman's Auxiliary of

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