Slow Learners Blooming in Program Introduced by JDC in Tehran
TEHRAN — A special education
program for "slow learners" intro-
duced by the Joint Distribution
Committee in two Jewish schools
here has enjoy e d exceptional
success, it was reported by Morris
Rombro, JDC director for Iran.
The program, designed especial-
ly for a particularly disadvantaged
group of Jewish children in the
mahalleh (Jewish quarter), in-
cludes special classes and outings
to factories, the zoo and other
places which are new and exciting
experiences for the children who
have rarely been outside the quar-
ter, Rombro said.
While the JDC has been aware
of the need for such a program programs, Rombro said.
for some time, it became practical
The program was developed
only after the Iranian Ministry of by a team. consisting of the JDC
Education, following the interven- medical director, the JDC social
tion of Queen Farah, established service consultant, a psycholog-
a department of special education ist from the Jewish hospital and
and began to train teachers in new two social workers from the lo-
methods of educating children who cal Jewish community agencies.
did not fit into the regular school Cooperating were the ministry of
education, the Hater (Jewish)
Ladies Welfare Committee and
the Ozar Haterah and Affiance
Israelite Universelle schools.
and no Jewish (social) clubs," he
Twenty-two youngsters from age
added," and many Jews have 6 to 15 are enrolled in three spe-
changed their names and can no cial classes at two JDC-sponsored
Jewish schools. One is in the ma-
longer be identified as Jews."
Rosenthal's optimism was based, halleh and the other is in the
he said, on the regard the French nearby Dorgan district.
The children were selected fol-
people have for Israel's military
valor; their knowledge that Israel's lowing medical and psychological
victory was made possible, in part, tests of children from 73 families,
by French arms and equipment; Rombro continued. The tests re-
by France having "been bitten" in vealed that while some of the chil-
North Africa; and on the_belief by dren had more than one handicap,
large segments of the French peo- many were of normal intelligence.
ple that Israel is a bridgehead of Some were children of parents so
poor and backward that their slow-
Europe in a Middle Ages world.
ness in learning, at least in part,
Despite the apathy of the French could be attributed to cultural
Jewish population regarding Jewish deprivation.
affairs, Rosenthal said there was
a growing minority of Jews which
DICK STEIN
has become more strongly imbued
Presents
with religion and Zionism. Aliya
from France has increased from
THE DICK STEIN ORCHESTRA
AND
500 in 1966 to 6,000 in 1970, and
is expected to reach 7,000-8,000 in
THE JEEP SMITH ORCHESTRA
The spirit's foe in man has not
been simplicity, but sophistication.
—George Santayana
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 7, 1971-37
Specializing
in the
French Jews in State of Flux, Leader Says
By DAVID GOLDSTEIN
JTA Staff Reporter
NEW YORK (JTA)—Pessimism
over the future of French Jewry
and optimism over the possibili-
ties of a Franco-Israeli rapproche-
ment were voiced by Jean Rosen-
hal, president of the executive
_ eommittee of the United Jewish
Appeal of France (Appel Juif
Unifie de France).
His pessimism was caused not
by a growth in anti-Semitism
which he declared had waned in
France in recent years, but because
of the open nature of French so-
ciety which encourages assimila-
tion.
"Unlike America and England,"
he said, "where Jews tend to con-
gregate among Jews, in France
Jews live among and with non-
Jews and attend the same clubs
and functions. There are no ghettos
,
New Type Moshav in Jerusalem Hills
By AVRAHAM BAHARAV
JERUSALEM—A group of im-
migrants who have left behind
careers and prosperous businesses
in the U.S. are organizing a uni-
que collective settlement outside
Jerusalem.
Whereas a moshav in Israel has
always meant a farming settle-
ment, the one planned for Neve
Ilan will be based on the tech-
nical skills. many of them highly
specialized, which the settlers have
brought with them from the U.S.
Planned are an electronics plant,
a specialized school and a com-
puter "brain pool."
The settlers, all of them married
couples with children, will live
the communal life of a moshav
shitufi, in which the entire com-
munity (100 families in the initial
stage) will decide on policy, and
income will be shared.
The nucleus consisted of grad-
uates of the Young Judea move-
ment but many had no Zionist
background. The group acquired
the patronage of the Jewish
gency's settlement department,
which dispatched a top official
to the U.S. to size them up. The
department was instrumental in
obtaining permission to establish
the settlement at the abandoned
kibutz of Neve Ilan in miles
west of tne capital. In the inter-
ests of stability, it was decided
to exclude unmarried members.
It was also decided, for the pur-
poses of better integration, to
Arms Industry
Boosts Israel's
Defense Ability
NEW YORK (ZINS) — In a
feature article, the New York
Times has cited Israel's growing
home armaments as the main fac-
tor responsible for Israel's de-
creasing reliance on f or e i g n
)urces for supplies and weapons.
According to the Times, Israel
is now capable of manufacturing
its own military jet aircraft, com-
bining the best features of the
French Mirage and the American
Phantom.
Secret plans obtained from the
Swiss engineer, Alfred Franken-
knecht, enable Israel to produce
various precision parts essential
to the fabrication of military jets.
It is estimated that there are
some 100 separate factories and
research centers devoted to arma-
ments, employing tens of thou-
sands of workers, although exact
figures are not known.
Israel's home armaments indus-
try is organized in two major divi-
sions: Bedek for the production
of aircraft, and Taas for the manu-
facture of armaments. Both com-
panies are under the control of
the defense ministry.
-
have one-third of the member-
ship consist of Israelis.
According to the principles
drawn up by the group when it
first organized, all income from
these activities would go into a
central pool. Each family would
receive money according to its
needs, and the remainder of the
funds would be invested by the
community.
Members will'be able to retain
their own savings accounts as well
as any stocks or other form of
income they may have in the
U.S., but will not be able to draw
on this income for the first three
years.
Board of Deputies Hits
New Immigration Bill
as Racially Biased
LONDON (JTA) — The immi-
gration bill now before Parliament
was the subject of a debate at a
meeting of the Board of Deputies.
Victor Mischon, vice president
of the board and chairman of the
Jewish Defense Committee, who
introduced the debate, said that in-
fluential circles within British soci-
ety, including such groups as the
British Council of Churches and
the Young Conservatives, consid-
ered this bill a "racial measure,
hat- lirul to race_ relations in this
country."
He noted that particularly re-
pugnant was the introduction for
the first time of a division between
those referred to as partials and
nonpartials. Partials are those
whose parents or grandparents
had been British citizens.
Nonpartials of any race or color
are restricted by the new bill gov-
erning immigration, if and when
adopted. This last point is of
relevance to Jews because many
Australian; South African and
Canadian Jews are nonpartials in
the sense of this bill and could not
come here with the same ease as
their fellow citizens of British
origin.
1971, he stated.
Rosenthal commented that the
Jewish community in France,
which was reduced from 300,000
to 175,000 during the Holocaust,
now ranks as.the fourth largest in
the world, following the U.S.,
Saviet Union and Israel.
During the past 10 years, he
said, successive waves of Jewish
immigration to France from Rus-
sia. Poland, Middle Europe, Ger-
many and North Africa have in-
creased the French Jewish popu-
lation to 55,000.
Despite the immediate problems
caused by the great influx of Jews
from North Africa—the need for
religious schools, synagogues and
integration into the country's eco-
nomic life—he called the Sephardi
influx "very healthy" for the long
term.
He noted, in 1969 the Jewish
community had raised $6,500,000
for Israel; had increased that
amount to $8,000,000 in 1970; and
had set a goal of $15,000,000 for
1971. This may not be much in
total sums by American standards,
he stated, but "proportionately we
give as much as any community in
the world."
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