Jewish Campus Has Hopeful
Side, 2 Hillel Directors Agree
When 40 Jewish college
students, many from nontra-
ditional homes, voluntarily
study Talmud, and when an-
other 300 - elect Judaica
studies, that's news. Not the
kind of news that Key 73 is
making, but certainly of
more lasting effect, says the
assistant director of the
Hillel Foundation at the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
Rabbi Joel Poupko shared
the Jewish Community Coun-
cil delegate assembly podium
last week with Rabbi Max
Kapustin, Wayne State Uni-
versity Hillel director, and
Gordon Silverman, college
student coordinator for the
- Jewish Center. The panel
took "A View of the Jewish
Campus" at Cong. Beth
Shalom.
labbi Poupko character-
Jd the campus mood as
tending toward "privatism,"
an interest in self. "The
counter-culture scene is dead;
the social action thing is
dead; the political action
thing is dead. The Jewish
kids have changed, too. Now
they want skating parttes
and the bagel-lox brunches
that we hated so much. Jew-
ish boys want to meet Jewish
girls, and that's a beautiful
thing.
"The mass of kids is like
the general community," he
emphasized. "To expect 100
per cent attendance" at Sab-
bath services and "a real
commitment to Jewish values
and education among the
total Jewish student popula-
tion is an unrealistic 'goal."
As for the effect of Key
73, "I predict a bombout.
The evangelists haven't the
sophistication to change Jew-
ish students." He acknowl-
edged that "we'll lose some
Jews . . . just as we always
have."
In the 25 years that he has
served as Hine' director at
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WSU, Rabbi Kapustin has
seen Jewish students go
through many changes. After
World War II, they were in-
different to their Jewishness.
But after 1948, Israel's crea-
tion provided "an almost
ready-made identification for
the Jewish student — an
emotional identification with-
out any intellectual base."
In 1967, said Rabbi Kapus-
tin, "there was an unbeliev-
able experience on campus.
Some said it was a turning
point in the consciousness and
action perimeter for the stu-
dents and the community.
"But that's not true. In-
stant changes don't stay."
When all calmed down, how-
ever, "what remained was a
serious search for content to
supply that which is miss-
ing." He noted that there is
much religious exploration
going on "but the ultimate
positive result will depend
on the American Jewish
community and its concern
for the campus."
Silverman agreed that the
students involved in Key 73
are marginal. At the same
time, "the number of stu-
dents in Jewish activity is
very small . . . most youth
don't even have a negative
feeling toward Judaism." He
urged the Jewish community
to "reach out and make
them part of our commu-
nity."
During the business por-
tion of the assembly, Council
President Hubert Sidlow an-
nounced that the 1974 plen-
ary of the National Jewish
Community Relations Advis-
ory Council will be held in
Detroit.
Judge Lawrence Gubow,
chairman of the Council
nominating committee, read
the list of officer and execu-
tive committee nominees and
advised those who wish to
submit names by petition to
do so by March 29.
Council Expresses Fear at Cuts
in Programs by Administration
The Jewish Community
Council testified Monday at
a federal hearing held by the
equal opportunities subcom-
mittee of the U. S. House
Committee on Education and
Labor.
The two-day session was
held in the City-County Build-
ing to hear testimony on the
Office of Equal Opportunity
for the seven-state Midwest
region.
Speaking for the Jewish
Community Council, Mrs.
Beatrice Rowe said, "As the
roster of community develop-
ment, educational, health,
and manpower training pro-
grams terminated by the ad-
'nistration grows, we feel
Teasing anxiety about the
effect of their termination
on the economic and social
health of the entire commu-
nity. We are concerned about
the dismantlement of 0E0
and the vacuum created
without the beginnings of al-
ternative programs."
Mrs. Rowe spoke of Coun-
cil's involvement with the
Mayor's Commission on
Human Resource Develop-
ment through the provision
of volunteers and financial
support to the General
Equivalency Degree program
and Focus: Hope, the food
prescription program.
Concurring with the state-
ment of the Jewish Commu-
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nity Council and submitting
statements of their own were
the National Council of Jew-
ish Women and the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress Michi-
gan Council and women's
division.
Aliya Center Head
to Address Group
on Living in Israel
The Association of Ameri-
cans and Canadians f o r
Aliya, Detroit Chapter, will
meet 2 p.m. Sunday at the
Jewish Center. Gideon Biran,
local director of the Israel
Aliya Center, will speak on
"Why Live in Israel—Bene-
fits and Advantages."
Arrangements are being
made for an aliya seminar
in Israel Aug. 13-27, with an.
option to stay on until Sept.
3. Applicants must be paid-
up members of AACA who
plan aliya after summer
1974.
For information, call Mor-
rie C o o p e r, 548-6159, or
Marty Levine, 837-0044.
YO'HANAN COHEN, Israel's
new ambassador to Romania,
President Nicolae Ceausescu
President Nicolae Ceasescu
in Bucharest. Ceausescu ex-
pressed satisfaction over the
development of relations be-
tween Romania and Israel.
AMIKINOMWeligattallatial
'Cincy' Sacks to Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame
"Cincy" Sachs has
been named to the Michigan
Sports Hall of Fame and will
be inducted at the hall's an-
nual dinner May 21 in Cobo
Hall.
Sachs has been active in
basketball as a player,
coach, promoter, teacher
and scout for more than 50
years.
All-time Michigan State
great halfback John Pingel
and deceased Olympic gold
medal winner Lorenzo
Wright of Wayne State also
will be inducted.
Hall of Fame Commis-
sioner W. Nicholas Kerbawy,
in announcing the selection
of the trio Wednesday, said
that this brings the number
in the hall to 75.
The sport of basketball has
benefited I: Sachs' efforts
for more than 50 years. First
as a player, then as a teach-
er and coach, later as a
tournament promoter and
now as a scout for the De-
troit Pistons. Sachs is known
as "Mr. Basketball."
Philip
amazing winning percentage
of .832.
In 1950, he shifted from
competitive coaching to
teaching and started the
first basketball schools that
attracted boys from all over
Michigan. More than 100
boys earned basketball
scholarships in colleges and
universities largely from the
training in these schools.
Tickets will go on sale
April 1 at the Michigan
Sports Hall of Fame, Box
613, Detroit, Michigan 48221.
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`CINCY' SACHS
Last year, Sachs was hon-
ored by former players,
coaches and friends at a
testimonial dinner honoring
his 50 years of basketball
teaching in Michigan. Sachs
organized his first team at
age 12 in Cincinnati.
All told, Sachs' coaching
teams — amateur, college,
pro — garnered 28 champion-
ships in winning 782 games
while losing but 158 for an
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Official Visit Detroit Next Week
The Moslem mayor of
Nazareth, the Jewish mayor
of Upper Nazareth and the
Catholic director of Naza-
reth's tourist 'committee will
be guests of honor at a
luncheon noon Thursday at
the Standard City Club.
Hosted by Alfred A. May,
president of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews, the luncheon will be
attended by a number of
clergymen and communal
and civic leaders.
The three are Seif el Deen
Zuabi, mayor of Nazareth
and a member of the Knes-
set; Mordecai Alon, mayor
of Upper Nazareth since its
establishment in 1957; and
Antoine H. Shaheen, direc-
tor of the Government Tour-
ist Bureau of Nazareth.
In the. U. S. to promote
tourism, the three officials
will appear on television,
meet with Mayor Gribbs and
address a press conference,
all on Thursday.
Zuabi became the first
Arab elected to Israel's par-
liament in 1949. He subse-
quently served three addi-
tional terms. In 1969, he was
appointed deputy speaker,
the first non-Jew to assume
such a post. Zuabi was elect-
ed Nazareth mayor in 1959
and re-elected in 1971.
He is widely known for
his resettlement work with
Arabs in Israel and for suc-
cessful efforts in establish-
ing peaceful relations be-
tween Arabs and Jews.
Alon, a leading member of
the Labor Party, is a mem-
ber of the National Council
for Culture and the Arts. He
is chairman of the National
Minorities Research Bureau
and is considered the majcr
force behind the economic
growth of the entire Naza-
reth region.
Shaheen, executive direc-
tor of • the Nazareth Public
Tourist Committee, is a lead-
er of the Catholic community
of Nazareth. A former editor
and announcer for Kol Israel,
he holds a law degree from
Hebrew U. He taught Arabic
and Hebrew in a Haifa high
school.
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