AJCommittee Wants President to Encourage
Study of Dual Enrollment to Meet School Crisis
NEW YORK (JTA )—The Amer-
ican Jewish Committee has called
on President Nixon to "convene
Concerned, national educational
and religious leaders to consider
together plans for possible imple-
mentation of 'dual enrollment'
programs" as a means of meet-
ing the financial problems of
parochial schools.
Philip E. Hoffman. AJCommit-
tee president. explained that the
dual enrollment concept, also
known as "shared time," permits
religious school pupils to attend
nearby public schools, on a part-
time basis, for instruction in non-
religious subjects such as mathe-
matics, science, industrial arts,
home economics and physical edu-
cation."
Hoffman made his suggestion
following President Nixon's state-
ment, last week at the annual
Knights of Columbus dinner in
New York, that he would seek to
reverse the current trend toward
closing financially troubled paro-
chial schools.
Hoffman said that, "While the
American Jewish Committee is op-
posed to the use of public funds
to aid religious schools of all
faiths, it is deeply concerned about
quality education for all Amer-
ican children and is sympathetic
to the predicament of all denomi-
ry's national Orthodox synagogue
national schools and of parents
who wish to utilize them."
The president of American Jew-
ry's National Orthodox synagogue
organization suggested, in a letter
to President Nixon, that "legal
ways must be found to let the
parent determine in which school
the city, the state and the federal
government :-.1ouid support his
child's education, not limiting this
choice to the public school."
Rabbi Jo.fepn Karasick, presi-
dent of the Union of Orthodox Con-
gregations of America, commend-
ed President Nixon for his recent
statement, which was applauded
also by a group of seven promi-
nent spokesmen of Conservative
Judaism.
The leaders contended th a t those
individuals and groups within and
outside the Jewish community who
have expressed their opposition
to the Nixon statement "are op-
posed to any form of aid to re-
ligious-oriented schools, whether
constitutional or not."
The statement was signed by
Ribbis Gilbert Epstein. the Rab-
binical Assembly's director of
community services; Jules Harlow,
RA's director of publications;
Wolfe Kelman, executive vice pres-
ident of the RA; and Profs Israel
Francus, Edwards Gerschfield,
Seymour Siegal and Fritz Roth-
child of the Jewish Theological
Seminary.
The Supreme Court ruling
prohibiting state aid to sectarian
schools is likely to influence the
outcome of 27 among 60 cases
tion of church and state cur-
on religious freedom and separa-
rently awaiting decision in state
and federal courts, a national
survey by the American Jewish
Congress revealed.
In a statement accompanying
release of the findings, Joseph B.
Robison, general counsel of the
AJCongress and director of its
commission on law and social ac-
tion, declared that in the nearly
two months that have elapsed
since the U.S. Supreme Court is-
sued its decision in the parochiaid
cases, "proponents of government
aid for the church-affiliated ele-
mentary and high schools have
not reduced either the level of
their demands or the vigor with
which they have pressed for them.
They have insisted that ways can
and must be found to get around
the court's decision."
With the advent or the new
school in September, a number of
Hebrew day schools throughout
the United States are increasingly
concerned about the availability
of new income sources to make
up for the financial losses incurred
by the Supreme Court decision, ac-
cording to Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky,
national director of Torah Ume-
sorah, the national society for
I Hebrew day schools.
COLIDA, Aguda Leaders Applaud Nixon's
Private School Pledge; Assailed by Congress
NEW YORK (JTA)—Leaders of
two Jewish organizations hailed
President Nixon's declaration at
a dimmer of the Knights of Colum-
bus that he would help reverse
the current closing of private and
parochial schools.
Julius Berman, president of the ligion." It declared unconstitu-
National Commission on Law and tional programs that reimbursed
Public Affairs, stated that the or- private schools for instruction in
ganization welcomed the Presi-
secular subjects. Nixon told the
dent's "offer of help in efforts to
Knights of Columbus audience
reverse the continually worsening
that "you can count on my sup-
financial p 1 i g h t of parochial
port" to halt the trend of the
schools." Rabbi Moshe Sherer, ex-
c:esing down of non-public
ecutive president of Agudat Israel,
schools.
Verna) ELECTRONIC sent a telegram to Nixon stating: The American Jewish Congress
"Your forthright stand, coming criticized President Nixon's pledge
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by the U.S. Supreme Court on chial schools and called on him
this issue, hay prove to be a his- to "uphold the Constitution in-
toric turning point in the struggle stead of promising prohibited gov-
to end discrimination from which ernment aid to sectarian institu-
the non-public schools have been tions."
suffering for so long."
In a statement commenting on
On June 28 the Supreme Nixon's remarks, the AJCongress
Court ruled 8-1 that public aid to
said Nixon's support of govern-
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private schools for secular pur-
ment aid represented "a turning
poses constituted "excessive goy; aside from his constitutional re-
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ernment entanglement with re•
sponsibility and from the nation's
commitment to equal opportunity
for disadvantaged children."
Will Maslow, executive direc-
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tor of the AJCongress, declared:
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of parochial schools is to propa-
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independence or infringing on the
rights of others by seeking public
funds for religious education—so
do we respectfully suggest that
the Catholic community provide
the support its parochial schools
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Soviet Cantor Asks U. S. Friend
to Send His Appeal to Mrs. Meir
Cantor Louis Danto of Park
Synagogue, Cleveland, has re-
ceived a smuggled "open letter"
intended for Prime Minister Golda
Meeir, from the Soviet Union.
The letter writer is noted singer
Cantor Michail D. Aleksandrovich,
uncle of imprisoned "Riga 4" de-
fendant Ruth Alexandrovich. Both
are being penalized for wanting
to emigrate to Israel.
Ex-Soviet Cantor Danto has cor-
responded with Cantor Alexandro-
vich since their meeting in 1966.
They were reunited in 1969 while
Cantor Danto made a European
concert tour, including the USSR.
In his appeal to Mrs. Meir, Can-
tor Aleksandrovich said:
"I address you and in your
person all the Jewish people
with my passionate appeal to
help me and my family to go
back home, because 2,000 years
of dispersion could not tear our
long-suffering Jewish people off
their national land."
He says that he and his family
are dependent on friends for sus-
tenance because he has no means
of earning a living.
He added: "My wife is ill. The
sufferings because of the forced
separation with her only brother
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into despair."
The letter was smuggled out of
the Soviet Union through Yugo-
slavia by travelers.
In addition to forwarding the
letter to Mrs. Meir, Cantor Danto
has asked the members of the
Cantors Assembly of America to
try to arouse public opinion of
his friend's plight. One way, he
said, is to write to members of
the Politburo, requesting Can-
tor Alexandrovich's release.
"Public reaction has been help-
ful in the past," said Cantor Danto.
"Let's hope it will succeed again."
He said letters sent to Cantor
Alexandrovich can provide moral
support. The address is: A57 Novo-
pietchanaya, Ul. Dom. 3, Ku. 7,
Moscow, USSR.
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