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NEW YORE (JTA) A: unique
educational -program" involving
American -adults as .students and
scholars as teachers- will
dart here on Oct. 6. It will sub-
sequently -spread to seven other
cities across - the United' States,
and conchide two years from now
in Israel. _
Titled "America-Israel Blum
tion Provam in Contemporary
Jewish_Civilization," it is co-spon-
- sored by the American Jewish
Committee\ and the Institute of.
Contemporary Jewry of Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. Partic-
ipating groups are being organ-
ized by AJCommittee chapters in
Hartford, Cleveland, Chicago, De-
_ troit, Dallas, Los - Angeles, Essex
County (New Jersey) and in-New
The two-year course consists of
a series of lectures and seminars
based on four" books that cover
the development of the Jewish
people and Jewish philosophical
thought from the post-Holocaust
period of the 1940s to the present
day. The books are: "Flight and
Rescue: Erich a" by Yehuda
Bauer; "Israelis and Jews: The
Continuity of an Identity" by
Simon Herman; "An introduction
to Contemporary Jewish Thought"
by Nathan Rotenstreich; and "Met-
amorphosis of the Jewish People"
by Moshe Davis.
Each ot the authors,-all of them
members of the faculty of Hebrew
University, will = visit the U.S. at
some time during the next two
years to launch discussions 'of his
book in each of the communities
participating in the program. Each
group, will then spend four to six_
sessions discussing the book with
the help- of a trained group lead--
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The four scholars also will hold
seminars and study tours in Is-
rael during the summers of 1972
andi 1973 for members of the par-
ticipating groups throughout the
United States who wish to pursue
the. study of Judaism, historical
and contemporary, in the Jewish
The American-Israel Education
Program in Contemporary Jewish-
Civilization
by AJ-
Committee'e 'department of Jewish
Communal Affairs under the di-
rection of Yehuda Rosenman.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A fund
to aid Bangle Desh refugee chil-
dren in India- was announced by
Dr; Witham Freedman, chairman
of the Haifa University roviish
department, _ who said -"Israelis
cannot stand idle while a holocaust
is engulfing 8,500,000 refugees and
several million children who are in
danger of starvation."
Dr. Freedman said that the
funds will be transferred to India
through the United- Nations Child
Care Fund. Dr. Freedman said
several Israeli artists had volun-
teered to perform at a special
concert the proceeds of which will
go to the new fund. Dr. Freed-
man came to Israel three years
ago from the United States.
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CLEVELAND (JTA) — A 15- who would not sign the Pledge but
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dent,who tried to persuade other project.
Jewish teens to sign pledges they
would remain Out of high schools
and colleges on Jewish holidays
and attend religious services said
he was "a little disillusioned" with
the results.
Alan Green said be and associ-
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than 1,000 students, but that fewer
than 100 signed the -pledge.
He said
biggest disappoint-
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NEW YORK (JTA) — The sixth
year Of a religious school for deaf
children opened- at Temple Israel
of Jamaica with an enrollment of
11 children, including two boys
and a girl studying -for confirma-
tion. They are required to study
two more years for confirmation,
synagogue officials" said. The Mac
Albert Bank school is sponsored
by the synagogue's sisterhood.
Classes are held for two hours
each Sunday for children under
13 and for three hours for those
interested in continuing studies
after Bar. or Bat Mitzva.
The curriculum includes holiday
observances, Bible stories and
basic prayers. Use of speech
lip reading are stressed. Three
of the children were "graduated"
last spring, the officials added.
The school is open to Jewish
children • from all parts , of New
York, City and Nassau. Children
can enter at the age of eight
but they start intensive training
on rituals for Bar or Bat Mitzva
when they are 9 under the
general- supervision of Rabbi
Ronald Milstein, the temple's
spiritual leader, and principal
Louis Brasz.
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The first
course of a joint five-year project,
Outing which • the Hebrew Uni-
versity of Jerusalem will assist
the Haile Selassie I University in
Addis Ababa etablish a micro-
biology unit, recently finished with
the examination of 35 students.
. The program has been sue-
cessful, And it has been decided
to run two courses in the coming .
academic year with a total of 60
students, thus almost doubling
this year's figure.
This N venture represents a n ew
concept in implementation of sci-
entific - cooperation with develop-
ing countries.
Instead of involving individuals,
the program calls 'for cooperation
between entire institutions, which
allows for sending -many experts,
for effective--use `of -equipment
partly supplied by the Hebreiv
University, -and for a constant and
rapid flow of materials and know-
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