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Programs
Plans High,,a0bOol
Akiva Hebrew Day School will
establish a senior high school pro-
gram,,statting with the 10th grade
next fall, it was announced by Dr.
If sytm Donk, president of the
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The AkIva board of directors
acted to establish the 10-12th grade
curriculum for the entire commu-
nity, whether or not the child is
a day school junior high graduate.
grade will be
- Each year a new
added.
Dr. Main sold • graduates of
public elementary and junior
high 'cheek with limited He-
brew'trebling will be accepted
and anwilled In special, ungrad-
ed Hebrew classes.
However, such candidates for
admission must show a superior
record from an afternoon Hebrew
school, "be highly motivated" and
carry a letter of recommendation
from the Hebrew school principal.
The program will include both
general and Judaic studies, as are
currently offered in the Akiva ele-
mentary and junior high levels.
Until now, graduates of the inter-
Israeli Diamonds Still Top Export Item
Despite Drop in Sales, Institute Says
RAMAT GAN — The Israeli dia-
mond indnatry in 1970 passed the
$200,000,00., mark in overseas sales
of finished stones for the second
time in history, it was stated by
the Israel Diamond Institute.
Despite a worldwide dip in dia-
mond sales, the Israel industry,
which represents this ,emmtry's
largest export trade, is said to
have reached net sales of more
than $202,000,000 during 1970, only
7 per Cent off its record 1969 ex-
ports of almost $215,000,000-
Moshe Schnitzer, president of the
Israel Diamond Exchange, stated
that the Israeli drop was consider-
than that experienced by
ably
other major . .diamond producing
centers, some of whose drop was
up five times that of Israel's:
In spit we the modest dip, the
23-story Israel Diamond Ex-
change- Ramat Gaa,_ said to .-
be the world's largest trading
center for the industry, will Mild
expended office facilities. A Min-
bet • of merchants and expert-
dimmed workers have emigrated
dieing the past year from An-
twerp to Israel.
(It was reported in last week's
piper that Israel's diamond indus-
try is reeling from heavy compe-
tive blows by the USSR and India,
which are undermining Israel dia-
monds in the international market.)
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A PhD degree has been awarded
on the basis of a thesis prepared
on the diamond industry.
Mithael Szenberg, an Israeli stu-
dying in the United States, was
awarded his doctorate from the
City University of New York,-upon
acceptance of a thesis entitled,
"Economics of the Israel Diamond
Industry."
The 236-page study covers vari-
ous phases of the development of
the diamond polishing industry in
Israel to its current position as this
country's leading export trade.
8 ngagernents
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Altshuler
(the former Sylvia Watnick of De-
troit); of Rockville Centre, LI,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Lenore to Mark Robin-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Rob-
inson of Rockville Centre. The
couple plans to marry in June.
mediate school went on to public
high school, to the Yeshivath Beth
Yehuda high school here, or to
yeshivot in other cities.
General studies will be geared
toward college preparation. The
Judaic studies curriculum will pre-
pare the student for advanced
Jewish studies in institutions of
higher Jewish learning.
A special facet of the program
will be a directed study pro-
gram in Israel for students in
the second half of their senior
year.
Brevities
Mrs. Helen Moss will review
"Crisis in the Classroom" by Char-
les E. Silberman 1 p.m. Wednes
day at the Southfield Parks and
Recreation building. Mrs. Moss,
president of Heights Group, Hadas-
sah, has a masters degree in guid-
ance counseling from Wayne State
University and is employed by the
Royal Oak school system. The
Friends of the Southfield Library
and the Southfield Arts Council
are co-sponsoring the review ser-
ries. The public is invited.
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Governor William G Milliken
has proclaimed Jan. 17-23 as Na-
tional Printing Week in Michigan.
The observance, which coincides
with the commemoration of Benj-
amin Franklin's birth, is held an-
nually to give special recognition
to the graphic arts industry.
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The AUSTRALIAN BALLET will
perform with special guest star
Rudolph Nureyev at the Masonic
Auditorium, Jan. 23 and 24.
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GINA BACHAUER, whose debut
at New York's Town Hall in 1950
inspired New York Times critic
Harold Schonberg to acclaim her
"as one of the most exciting pian-
ists before the public," performs
at Masonic Auditorium Feb. 5.
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Representing the colorful folk-
loric history of Yugoslavia's six
republics as well as the dynamism
of the __nation's people todaY, the
BRANKO KRSMANOVICH CHOR-
US performs at the Masonic Audi-
torium, Jan. 31.
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JOSE GRECO -brings his Spanish
Ballet, along with Nana Lorco's
Flamenco Dance Theater, to the
Masonic Auditorium, Jan. 29.
Tickets are available at the
general and Judaic studies, as are
yeshivot in other cities.
forts, Melodies concerts.
Negotiations for new rented fa-
cilities in the suburbs are under
way. Applications for fall admis-
sion will be available by Feb.' 15.
Dr. Donin said Akiva welcomes
the support of the entire commun-
ity, and anyone interested in ex-
tending such support or in helping
develop the program may contact
him at 356 - 8210; the principal,
Gerald Werner, 545-1060; or Rabbi
James I. Gordon, chairman of the
board of education, 398-1177.
Although there have been efforts
in the past to form a high school
with Hillel Day School cooperation,
there has been difficulty in blend-
ing the various organizations rep-
resented. Akiva is under Orthodox
auspices. Hillel, nominally Con-
servative, has students from varied
backgrounds, including secularists.
Dr. Donin said he feels that
many Hillel parents will be pleas-
ed at the establishment of such a
high school, and he hopes enroll-
ment -in the fall will be around 25.
Akiva will graduate 25 junior high
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
students in June.
Friday, January 15, 1971-33
Despite the failure to win in-
creased Federation support for the
day schools, Dr. Donin said Akiva
will proceed with its plans on the
theory that "the simplest way to
do anything is to do it."
He estimates that each new
grade will cost $25,000. One-
fifth of this will be covered by
tuition fees, and the remainder
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