THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
10—Friday, Dee. 1, 1972

Prospects Dim
of Border Quiet,
Da-an Says

JERUSALEM (JTA) — De-
fense Minister Moshe Dayan
has expressed increasingly
pessimisitic views over the
prospects of quiet along the
Syrian border and believes
that hostilities can break out
on other fronts as well.
He told 200 Anglo-Jewish
leaders at a meeting here
that he saw little chance of
peace on the Golan Heights.
predicted that Syria would
respond to any Egyptian call
for renewed hostilities
against Israel and raised the
rarospect that even Jordan. •
the most moderate of Arab •
countries," might not he able
to resist the pressure from
other Arab states if they de-
cide to fight Israel again.
The Jewish leaders Dayan
addressed comprised a spe-
cial mission of the Joint
Palestine Appeal.

Regarding a move to re-
open the Suez Canal, Dayan
said the details were unim-
portant so long as the result
made sure that the canal
changes from a military to
a navigational line."
Addressing an assembly of
defense ministry staff mem-
bers to mark the 25th anni-
versary of the UN's partition
decision, Dayan warned that
renewed fighting in the Golan
Heights could "ruin any
chances for a settlement."
Ile said the internal trou-
bles in the Arab countries,
especially Egypt, m i g h t
cause Arab leaders to lose
their sense of balance and
escalate military or political ,
warfare to force concessions!
from Israel.
Premier Golda Meir said
at a dinner that the United
States may undertake a new
initiative, "during February,
March, April or May." to
bring the parties in the Mid-
dle East "into some sort of
negotiating process, either
proximity talks or something
else."

A DEMAND FOR JUSTICE

THE ASSOCIATION OF HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS REPRESENTING AKIVA, BETH YEHUDA AND
HILLEL, meet the different educational needs in the Jewish Community. Each institution is doing a splendid job

of Jewish Education in relation to its respective goals. We provide the most intensive and effective programs
of Jewish Education on the Elementary and Secondary levels. Together, we provide Jewish students and
their parents in the Metropolitan area with a wide array of Jewish educational options. The children

are happy. The parents are satisfied.

We are now serving:
• 1,020 children.
• Our Day school students receive an average of 18 hours per week of Jewish studies
and religious instruction.

• Our support from Jewish Welfare Federation for the last four years has come to an
annual total of $39,000 ( $13,000 per school). While this was initially regarded as a
subvention for a Junior High teacher it in fact amounts to the equivalent of approxi-

mately $39.00 per child.

The Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit has a fine record of support for Jewish
afternoon school education. More than 20% of its local allocations has been used for
Jewish education of this type. Recently this has amounted to well over $600,000 on
elementary and secondary levels alone. But except for $39,000, all the dollars provide
primarily for afternoon school education that today:

• Serves about 1,000 afternoon school-children,

• Provides each child with no more than 6 hours per week of Jewish studies and

• religious instruction,

• This amounts to approximately $600 support per child.

Are children who receive an average of 18 hours per week in Jewish instruction less
deservant of community support than those children who receive only six hours per week?

Are children whose Jewish instruction takes place daily from 9 A.M. - 12 Noon or from
12 P.M. to 3 P.M. less worthy of community support than children who study from 4 - 6 P.M.

of 6 - 8 P.M. several days a week?

For several years, the Days Schools have been negotiating with the Jewish Welfare Federation,
we have made available to them our school records, our financial records, our curriculum. Whatever
information was requested was given. We have dealt in good faith. But these negotiations have thus
far proved fruitless.

Asked if Israel could af-
ford to absorb the growing
influx of Jewish immigrants
from the Soviet Union, the
premier replied. "We cannot
-afford to ask ourselves if we
can afford it. Israel has nev-
er asked itself that question." i

At the appeal which fol
lowed Mrs. Meir's speech,
the guests pledged nearly,
double the sums they con-
tributed last year to the JPA..

Leaders at Meeting

of Jewish Agency

LONDON (JTA) — A meet-
ing of the Jewish Agency Ex-
ecutive and a seminar of
campaign leaders sponsored
by the
agency's recently
created fund-raising commit-
tee were held here last week.
A Jewish Agency spokes-
man said the executive gave
special attention to immigra-
tion, with emphasis on Soviet
Jews and to the 1973 budget.
Also discussed was the next
general assembly of the Jew-
ish Agency, scheduled to be
held in Jerusalem Feb. 5.
It will be the first regular
session of the 300-member

body since its inaugural
meeting last year.
Among the Jewish Agency
leaders attending the execu-

tive meeting were Detroiters
Max Fisher and Paul Zucker-
man.

The Jewish Welfare Federation has:

A. Unequivocally rejected any formula of support for the elementary Jewish studies
program in the day schools.

B. They have proposed a formula for the support of secondary level Jewish studies
which would require the elimination of the current existing viable and growing
secondary programs of the three day schools. This is totally unacceptable to
any of the three existing institutions in our Association.

The Hebrew Day School Association and its constituent schools, have always indicated their
readiness for communal responsibility and accountability and willingness to work with other com-
munal agencies.

We know that important and distinguished figures in the Federation leadership support our
position. But their voices, too, have thus far proven ineffective in the inner councils and in Fed-
eration's decision-making processes. We welcome your private support. We now solicit your public
support.

We also ask the wider public to make your views known

at appropriate times to redress the

injustice.

WHAT ARE WE ASKING

The Association of Hebrew Day Schools wishes to be recog-
nized as a Community enterprise, to be incorporated into the
community structure without unnecessary surgery of its healthy
and viable limbs, and wishes to claim its rightful share of Allied
Jewish Campaign monies.

THE ASSOCIATION OF HEBREW DAY SCHOOLS CALLS FOR JUSTICE!

This is the first in a series of educational communications to the Detroit Jewish Community.

