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Beth Din to Back Arbitrators in Hebrew Teacher Job Disputes

By BEN GALLOB
NEW YORK (JTA) — For
the first time in the history
of the Hebrew day school
movement, an arbitration
board, backed by a rabbin-
ical court (Beth Din) will be
available to d a y school
teachers in disputes over sal-
aries and working conditions
during the new school year,
an official of Torah Umesor-
ah, the National Society for
Hebrew Day Schools, dis-
closed.
Rabbi Bernard Golden-
berg, director of organiza-
tion for Torah Umesorah,
told the JTA that the arbi-
tration board proposal had
been approved by the Nation-
al Conference of Yeshiva
Principals, a Torah Umesor-

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ah affiliate, and by the Rab-
binical Administrative Board
of Torah Umesorah.
He said the arbitration
board will be headed by Rab-
bi Simon Schwab of New
York, a prominent Orthodox
scholar. The board will meet
in the offices of Torah Ume-
sorah.
Rabbi Goldenberg said the
arbitration board, comprised
of school principals, rabbis
and lay leaders, will seek to
arbitrate disputes between
school boards and teachers
over issues of tenure, secur-
ity, salaries and similar
problems.
When such a dispute is
brought to the arbitration
board, R a bb i Goldenberg
said, the parties will be ad-
vised to settle it between
themselves. If that procedure
fails, the teacher can bring
the matter back to the board
for arbitration. Though the
arbitration ruling is not bind-

ing on the school board, a
refusal by the board will re-
sult in a hearing and a rul-
ing by the board's Beth Din,
which will carry "tremen-
dous moral pressure," Rabbi
Goldenberg said.

In addition, he added, Tor-
ah Umesorah will have the
additional weapon of refus-
ing to provide teachers to
an obdurate school board.
Rabbi Goldenberg disclosed
formation of the arbitration
board during a review of the
financial situation of the day
school movement on the eve
of the start of the new school
year, which he said had
worsened severely under the
impact of inflationary pres-
sures on all costs of the
schools.

Rabbi Goldenberg said the
increased financial burden
imposed by spiraling infla-
tionary raises were being
borne largely by parents and

Shamgar: No Basis for Punishing
Ma'alot Teachers Who Fled Site

JERUSALEM (JTA) — At-
torney General Meir Sham-
gar told the cabinet.) he
found no grounds for legal
prosecution or disciplinary
action against the hike lead-
er, teachers and guides who
fled from the Ma'alot school-
house when three terrorists
attacked on May 15, leaving
their young charges to the
mercy of the assailants.
The terrorists murdered 21.
children, three members of
a family and a soldier.

THE VERDI TOURING OPERA COMPANY
Pays Tribute
to

DON FROHMAN

on the occasion of his 30th year as
Principal Conductor and
Musical Director

Don Frohman who has been singing the leading bari-
tone roles with the company for 20 years, and was then
appointed as principal Conductor and Musical Director
for the past 10 years.

The Company whose repertoire consists of 13 operas
will now add two more operas, Menotti's "The Tele-
phone" and the "Medium," and Verdi's grand opera
"La Forza Del Destino" which Director Frohman has
prepared with the company for the coming tour.

We wish Mr. Frohman many years of good health and
guidance with this company, for we find him to be as
excellent and exciting a Conductor as he is a singer.

Mr. Frohman starts his tour with the company Sep-
tember 30th and will conclude the tour in the month of
June.

The Verdi Touring Opera Company
Enzono Carano
Impressario and Managing Director

Shamgar found hike lead-
er Yona Amrossi's actions
"reasonable a n d without
fault" since Amrossi had
clearly leapt from a window
in a vain effort to make for
his parked car where his
Uzi sub-ma chinegun had
been left for the night.
Two teachers, Zion Cohen
and Rabbi Yosef Amar, had
"acted without much
thought" in following Am-
, rossi through the window
and fleeing. They ought to
have been among the last
to flee, not among the first,
Shamgar noted. But their ac-
tion provided no basis for
legal prosecution nor disci-
plinary action, though it
might "throw light upon
their stability to serve as
teachers," he added.
The cases of two soldiers
who accompanied the hike
and also fled through the
window were transferred to
the army's judge-advocate
who also found no grounds
for legal action against them.
Parents in Safed of the,
Ma'alot victims angrily re-
jected the'sreport and threat-
ened to stage a hunger strike
in Jerusalem if the teachers
and hike leader were not
punished. Safed Mayor Ah-
aron Nahmias promised the
angry parents that he would
fully report their reserva-
tions to Premier Yitzhak Ra-
bin and relay a response
from him within two days.
In his 11-page report to
the cabinet, S h a m g a r
stressed the need to view the
events not in the light of
hindsight but in the light of
the circumstances and con-
siderations pertaining to the
time the actions were com-
mitted.
Thus, Shamgar said, he be-
lieved Amrossi, who testi-
fied that he thought the
three assailants were about
to slaughter all the children
and his only hope of saving
them was to leap out, bring
his gun, and shoot it out.
Amrossi insisted that he had
not lost his head but that
this was the sanest course of
action.

GRIM REALITY
It's easy enough to buy lux-
ury goods on time—the trou-
ble comes in paying on time.

teachers. He said except for
a few localities, aid from
Jewish federations fell far
short of the needs of the day
schools and that in the Great-
er New York metropolitan
area, federation aid was a
"pittance."
Meanwhile, 12 new Hebrew
day schools, including six at
the high school level, have
been established with the
opening of the 1974-75 school
year in various parts of the
United States, according to
a report issued at the start
of the new school year by
Samuel C. Feuerstein, presi-
dent of Torah Umesorah,
and Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky,
director to the day school
society's board of directors.
The two day school leaders
also reported that the 12 new
schools bring the total num-
ber of Hebrew day schools
this year to a record number
of 420 schools located in 34
states and about 154 com-
munities.
The Hebrew day school re-
port which detailed Torah
Umesorah's involvement in
the various communities,
called attention to the fact
that of the 12 new schools —
seven were established out-
side of New York and only
five in the New York City
area. -
There are an additional 50
schools in Canada located in
five provinces and in 13 com-
munities making for a total
in North America of nearly
470 schools. Dr. Kaminetsky
said that it is expected that
the enrollment this year will
reach a total of about 92,000
students.

IF YOU TURN THE

PARIS — Fifty boys and
girls who are students in re-
ligious schools in the Lyons
area visited ORT Lyons as
part of a regular school pro-
gram. The students heard
ORT Lyons Director Georges
Emsalem, describe the ac-
tivities of ORT in France
and visited various class-
rooms and workshops.

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