Israel Education Fund Turns Dream to Reality

MONUMENT UNVEILINGS

tionally a n d academically I go on to high schools, thanks
to the IEF," he stated.
trained Occidental Jews."
Shavit himself exuded op-
The problem, Shavit and
The family of the late
other educators noted, is not timism. "In three to four
Israel's reluctance to spend years I am confident that all Rebecca Goldberg announces
huge sums of money to build children will be going to sec- the unveiling of a monument
in her memory 11 a.m. Sun-
educational facilities. Actu• ondary schools."
ally, Israel spends more than
IEF facilities established day, Sept. 2 at Chesed Shel
61,200,000,000 annually on include 105 high schools, 155 Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Gold-
education, making it the sec- day centers and pre-kinder- schlag will officiate. Rela-
ond ranking item to defense gartens, 34 youth cultural and tives and friends are asked
By MURRAY ZUCKOFF
in the nation's budget.
community centers, 13 public to attend.
JTA News Editor
After the War of Indepen- libraries and five sports fa-
(Copyright 1973, JTA, Inc.)
When the Israel Education Bence, education in Israel cilities. Since 1965, one-third
The Family of the Late
of all the expenditures on post
Fund, a program of the was governed by two basic elementary school construc-
laws:
the
Free
Compulsory
DAVID BERT
United Jewish Appeal, was
tion in Israel has come from
establish in 1964 to meet Is- Education Law of 1949 and the IEF. By the end of 1973
ROSENBLAT
rael's critical shortage of the State Education Law of the funds for at least 90 per
Announces the unveil-
1953.
(vocational and comprehen-
ing of a monument in
Under the first law, all cent of the high school con-
sive high schools, there was
struction in the development
his memory 10:30 a.m.
every indication that its mis- children between the ages of areas of Israel will have
Sunday, Sept. 2 at He-
5-14
had
to
attend
school
—
sion would be accomplished.
come through the IEF.
brew Memorial Park.
one
year
of
kindergarten
fol-
Now, nine years and 312
Cantor Adler will offici-
lowed
by
eight
years
of
ele-
educational and enducational-
ate. Relatives and
mentary
education
which
is
Israel Stock Report
'elated facilities later, the
friends are asked to at-
free.
success of IEF can only be
NEW YORK—The follow-
tend.
The 1949 law also required ing quotations from the Tel
described as phenomenal.
boys
and
girls
aged
14-17
who
Aviv Stock Exchange are pro-
In Beersheba, Dimona,
Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, had not completed their ele- vided by the Jewish Tele-
Sde Boker, Ramle, Ashdod, mentary education in Israel graphic Ageny by Leumi Se-
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Arad, Acre, Yeruham, West- and who were employed to curities, 18 E. 48 St., New
ern Galili and Tiberias, and _attend schools for working York, N.Y. 10017. This is a
ROSA
in dozens of other develop- youth during afternoon or selected list of the most ative
ROSENROTH
ment towns, hamlets and evening hours. As of 1968, stocks.
Announces the unveil-
settlements—some too small these courses were also free
Closing Prices
8/27
8/20
ing of a monument in
to be listed on maps — a but secondary education was
$ 7.00
I Africa Israel
$ 6.83
her memory 11:30 a.m.
vast network of pre-kinder- not compulsory.
Alliance 'B'
12.50
12.52
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
The 1953 law was designed ATA
gartens, comprehensive and
.291/2
.73
Bank Leumi
.73
Chesed Shel Emes
vocational high schools, li- to end a system, in existence Bank
Leumi
Cemetery. Rabbi Grus-
braries, youth centers and for three decades, that linked
Investment
.53
.52
kin will officiate. Rela-
.46
.46
sports facilities have been schools with political organi- Delek
Discount Bank
tives and friends are
set up or are in the process zations. It provided for a
Investment
3.14
3.14
asked to attend.
2.92
2.97
of being built for the teen- unified public school system Electra
Wire &
with two parallel trends: Electric
age school population.
1.27
Cable
1.29
In still more areas across state schools and religious General Mortgage
Bank
2.82
2.82
state
schools.
These
were
fi-
the length and breadth of
Hassneh
Insurance
5.86
5.80
Israel similar facilities are nanced by the state and some
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.53
Mehadrin Citrus
.52
on the drawing boards and 750 municipal authorities.
Shemen
1.46
1.38
Parents
are
free
to
decide
1.45
1.44
Taal Plywood
will go beyond the blueprint
EVA RUBIN
stage as soon as sufficient which school their children
funds are available to make would attend. (The kibutzim
Announces the unveil-
Mechanical Harvester
.maintain their own educa-
the dreams realities.
ing of a monument in
mechanical
olive
har-
A
her memory 12 noon,
What does all this mean to tional system in or nearby vester imported from Italy by
Sunday, Sept. 2 at
the young people? What is settlements). Since 1969, ele- the Israel Agricultural Min-
Chesed Shel Emes Ce-
its impact on the parents of mentary education has been istry will be put to work in
metery. Rabbi Schnip-
those children now enrolled limited to six years, followed groves in the Galilee and the
by six post-primary years.
per
will officiate. Rela-
in these institutions?
West Bank. The IL 40,000
tives and friends are
Israel's structure of higher ($10,000) machine will re-
Eliezer Shavit, executive
asked to attend.
director of the Israel Educa- education — the Hebrew Uni- lieve the shortage of laborers.
versity,
Weizmann
Institute,
tion Fund in Israel, spread
out his fingers on a pile of Technion, Tel Aviv Univers-
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reports on his desk in Tel ity and Bar-Ilan University
Aviv, smiled broadly and — is on par with the best in
ALVIN E.
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said: "It's simple. The role any Western country. The
JACOBSON
weakness
of
Israel's
educa-
FRED M.
of the IEF is to overcome
Announces the unveil-
the culture shock, provide the tional system is in the field
SCHUMAN
ing of a- monument in
wherewithall f o r fulfilling of secondary education,
Announces the unveil-
his memory 11 a.m.
potential, stimulate a greater which is neither free nor
ing of a monument in
compulsory.
And
it
is
in
this
Sunday,
Sept.
9
at
attraction for education, pro-
his memory 10:30 a.m.
Clover Hill Memorial
vide a corps of skilled labor sphere that the IEF has all
Sunday, Sept. 9 at Adat
Park. Rabbi Berman
and help integrate all seg- but revolutionized the edu-
Shalom Memorial
cational
system.
and
Cantor
Klein
will
ments of our society."
Park. Rabbi Segal will
officiate. Relatives and
The greatest impact of the
There are more than 200,000
officiate. Relatives and
friends
are
asked
to
children of high-school age in IEF facilities has been in
friends are asked to at-
attend.
Israel, and there is an acute development towns, several
tend.
educators
pointed
out.
shortage of educational fa-
Avner Chitreet, director of
cilities because of the rapid
pace of immigration. This the Department of Education
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situation affects first and in Dimona, noted that in
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DO RA
some
development
towns
res-
foremost Oriental Jewish
(MULLER)
children, many of whose ed- idents began to leave because
ILSE STRAUS
ucational background is gen- schools were ill equipped
WEISMAN
technically
and
because
erally than that of
Announces the unveil-
Announces the unveil-
Jewish children from the teachers refused to live in
ing of a monument in
ing
of
a
monument
in
Western countries or the So- these towns. There was, in
her memory 10 a.m.
her memory 10 a.m.
effect, a snowballing develop-
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
viet Union.
Sunday,
Sept.
9
at
The problem, Shavit said, ment, he said.
Clover Hill :Memorial
Ma chpelah Cemetery.
"Poor
educational
facilities
can best be appreciated in
Park. Rabbi Roth will
Cantor
Ackerman
will
line with the following sta- stopped ncw immigrants
officiate. Relatives and
officiate. Relatives and
tistics : While 55 per cent of from moving to these towns.
friends are asked to
friends
are
asked
to
the Jewish population of Is- Industrial plants could not
attend.
attend.
be
built
because
there
was
a
rael is made up of Oriental
Jews, only 12 per cent attend shortage of skilled labor. In-
universities and only 40 per tellectuals shunned these
cent are enrolled in secondary areas. Doctors stayed away
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schools. "With the tremend- because there were few who
STEVE 'YEIS
ous increase in aliya, espe- could afford them. Health
SOL YARZIG
cially from the Soviet Union, facilities suffered as a con-
Announces
the unveil-
this gap can only become sequence. Social tensions
Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
mounted
as
dissatisfaction
wider. There is a danger that
ing of a monument in
his memory 10 a.m.
if the gat) isn't narrowed spread like an infectious
his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
disease,
especially
among
there will be, in the not too
Monday, Sept. 3 at He-
C h e s e d Shel Emes
distant future, two Israels- Oriental Jews."
brew Memorial Park.
Cemetery. Rabbi Sch•
This
was
the
general
situ-
an Israel of unskilled, under-
Rabbi Zachariash will
nipper a n d Cantor
educated Oriental Jews, and ation before the IEF facilities
officiate. Relatives and
Fenakel will officiate.
ca
me
on
the
scene,
Chitreet
an Israel of skilled, voca-
friends are asked to
and friends
R ^1 "" VPs
said. "Now in towns like Di-
attend.
attend.
,.
ske
are
a
THE DETROIT JEWISH MCwc mona, 90 per cent of the
3,.? Friday, Aususi
19;- 3 elemt school children

(Editor's Note: When Murray
Zuckoff was in Israel not long
ago he interviewed educators and
leaders of the Israel Education
Fund in an effort to find out
what was being done to alleviate
Israel's shortage of educational
facilities. In addition, he made
several field trips to various
cities and development towns to
view the growth of much-needed
educational institutions. In a
series, Zuckoff describes the
problems and the solutions.)
* *

The family of the late
Beckie Whitman announces
an unveiling of a monument
in her memory 2:15 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at Bnai
David Cemetery. Rabbi
Donin and Cantor Adler
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.

The family of the late
Dora Tilson announces the
unveiling of a monument in
her memory 10:30 a.m. Sun-
day, Sept. 9 at Chesed Shel
Emes Cemetery. Rabbi Arm
will officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to attend.

The Family of the Late

The Family of the Late

ZALMAN
KAMEN

ISEDORE
DEAL

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2 at
S h a a r Hashomayim
Cemetery, W i n d s o r.
Rabbi Stollman will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announce the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
Chesed Shel Env
Cemetery. Rabbi Gm,
kin will officiate. Rel-
atives and friends are
asked to attend.

The Family of the Late

The Family of the Late

MARY
LAKRITZ

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
Adat Shalom Memo-
rial Park. Rabbi
Sperka will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

The Family of the Late

IDA DICKMAN

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9 at
Clover Hill Memorial
Park. Rabbi Syme will
officiate. Relatives and
friends _ are asked to
attend.

The Family of the Late

ELI LEWIS

ANN LUTSKY
ERMAN

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Cantor Adler will of-
ficiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2, at
Clover Hill Memorial
Park. Rabbi Groner
and Cantor Barkin will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.

The Family of the Late

The Family of the Late

SARAH MOORE

LILLIAN FRANK

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 9, at
Workmen's Circle Cem-
etery. Rabbi Loss will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2, at
Adat Shalom Ceme-
tery. Rabbi Lehrman
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked
to attend.

The Family of the Late

The Family of the Late

ROSE RASKIN

JACK HAROLD
GOLDIN

Announces the unveil.
ing of a monument in
her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2 at
Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Stollman will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory 11 a.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2 at Clov-
er Hill Memorial Pa
Rabbi Schnipper •
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to
attend.

The Family of the 'ate

The Family of the Late

SAM ROMAN

TANIA INSOFT

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
his memory 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 16 at
Clover Hill Memorial
Park. Rabbi L e i z e r
L e v i n will officiate.
Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.

Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in
her memory 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2 at
Adat Shalom Ceme-
tery. Rabbi Conrad
will officiate. Relatives
and friends are asked
to atteml,