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Educators Cha !lenge Isaac T oubin's V 1_ e ws;
Demand Voice in Federation S chool Plans

A statement issued by the execu-
tive committee of the Detroit
Jewish Educators Council chal-
lenges the views expressed by
Isaac Toubin. executive vice presi-
dent of the American Association
for Jewish Education and renews
an earlier "demand (for) a voice
in the Federation committees on
Jewish education."
The Educators Council's state-
ment declares that there also is
a professional National Council for
Jewish Education which takes a
stand for an educators code. In
effect, their reply to Toubin's views
renews insistence on "the right of
all men to collective bargaining."
The statement poses the question:
"Would the community have grant-
ed the dedicated loyal teachers of
our community their rights with-
out the union?"
Claming the same rights as
teachers, the educators—speaking
for the principals who are equated
here as educators — make the
claim:
"In recent years seven full time
Jewish educators have left the
Detroit area because of various
pressures. The Jewish educators of
this city are asking for those ma-
terial benefits which have been
given to all professional people

from the lowest mechanic in the
automobile factories to the most
highly trained professional. If full-
time Jewish educators are required
and desired, then the Jewish com-
munity must re-evaluate is priori-
ties."

Urge Protests
Against Syrian
Inhuman Acts

Describing the Jewish Educators
Council as a ' - self-union" of De-1
troit educators, the statement de- 1
clares that "we are not 'fragmen-
tized.• " but: "As a self-union, can
we be truly effective if the com-1
munity does not listen to our cries
on behalf of our colleagues and'
our students? Can we be effective
when synagogues unethically re-;
fuse to go to Jewish courts and
members of the established Jewish j
community consistently refuse to
listen to our needs and our sug-
gestions?"

The current state of Jewish edu-
cation in Detroit is described in
this statement as being "at this
moment quite good." Declaring
that "we are constantly prodding
this community to raise its stand-
ards on behalf of Jewish educa-
tion," the educators define their
demand for representation on the
Federation education committee,
stating:

"We have demanded on a num-
ber of occasions a voice on the
Federation Committee for Jewish

Education. This committee makes
educational decisions for the entire
community, though we have been
consistently refused membership
on this committee. We have sug-
gested to the educational estab-
lishment of this city that a profes-
sional group of educators be form-
ed who would guide and, air the de-
cisions by the Federation CoMmit-
tee on Jewish Education. We have
demanded funds for experimental
education. Only this year did the
community respond by providing
a token form of a seminar in a
new method of teaching Hebrew.
Will the funds for experimental
education continue in the future?
The Detroit Jewish educators are
prepared to implement many new
and creative programs if we are
given the chance and the time to
work out these significant pro-
grams."

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General U Thant. The memo cited
the increasingly oppressive condi- '
Another issue raised in the edu-
tion of Syrian Jews as reflected cators' statement calls for com-
in the recent report by the Commit- munity support of all Jewish
tee of Concern, a nonsecretarian schools and not the socalled Coin-
organization formed to focus munal School System. It declares:
world attention on the plight of
"The Detroit community spends
Jews in Arab countries. Gen. Lu- $786,428 on Jewish education yet
cius D. Clay serves as chairman. the benefit of these funds are given
Detroit rabbis also were urged only to a small percentage of the
to participate in the nationwide total community.. Only one school
call for observance of a Sabbath system, the so called Communal
of Concern this weekend.
School System, receives any bene-
In Brussels, the International fit from the total educational ex-
Association of Former Resist-
penditure of the community. Are
ance Fighters and Deportees has
not the majority of students who
demanded that Syria permit an
study in Synagogue schools en-
impartial commission to inves-
titled to the benefit of community
tigate the situation of Syrian
funds? Is the religious community
Jews.
to be excluded from the total
In Tel Aviv, the executive com- Jewish educational communi-
mittee of Histadrut called on free
trade
union movements around
Jewish Studies Group
the world to take action on be-
half of 4,500 Jews in Syria who 1 to Advise Universities
have been deprived of their civil
WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA) —
rights and are persecuted by Syr- Plans for an advisory service for
.
ian authorities.
American and Canadian universi-
According to Histadrut, 250 Jews ties considering programs of Jewish

have been arrested and tortured
and some have died in prison.
The vice president of the Italian
Senate, Prof. Piero Caleffi, has
sent a formal protest to the Syrian
Embassy in Rome on the con-
tinued detention without any trial
of 12 Damascus Jews, including
four children.
Prof. Caleffi, who also serves as
president of the Italian Committee
fcr the Protection of Jews in the
Arab States, called on the Syrian
government to release the arrested
Jews. •

studies have been announced by
Prof. Baruch Levine of New York
University, the new president of
the Association for Jewish Studies.
The proposal was approved at
the annual confetence of the as-
sociation, attended by more than
100 educators and graduate stu-
dents, teaching - or preparing for
careers in Jewish studies. Prof.
Leon A. Jick of Brandeis, the out-
going president, said the advisory
program would be available to
schools seeking to expand existing
programs of Jewish studies.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friday, October 22, 1971

Detroit area citizens liave con-
tributed over $400,000,000 to the
annual Torch
ty? Should not the lives of an the United Foundation's
children in the Detroit area be Drive since its inception in 1949.
affected by the expenditures of the '
total community and not a selected
group who attend the communal
school system? As educators we
have asked for a voice in the Mid- ,
rasha College of Jewish Studies
which trains our teachers. Yet we
have been consistently refused.
Should not we ■ A ho guide the edu-
cational process of thousands share
our experience with those who
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The "demand for a voice" is fol -
lowed by this declaration:
"We see the need for the total
community to support all the Jew-
ish children in Detroit and not
just those select few children who
go to a communal school. We ask
the community to seek new ap-
proaches in Jewish education and
fund the experimental program de-
veloped by the educators of this
city and those nation-wide. We
know if our request would be met,
the status of Jewish education
Would be raised here in Detroit and

the educational process would be
seriously improved.
"Let us leave rhetoric
and theory to the profes-
sionals and the professors who
guide national policy and begin to
implement a practical program
here in Detroit which will make
our community a model Jewish
community in its dedication to the
education of all its Jewish young
people."

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