12 Friday, July 23, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Anti-Wife Beating Bill Due in Israel?
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JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Marcia Freedman, of the
Independent Socialist fac-
tion, proposed legislation in
the Knesset that would
provide severe penalties for
husbands who beat their
Wives.
She claimed that "The
number of women beaten up
by their husbands can be
counted in the thousands
rather than hundreds" and
charged that there was a
"conspiracy of silence".
Although she was greeted
with derision and what she
called "had jokes - in the
predominantly male legisla-
ture, the Knesset rejected a
motion by Police Minister
Shlomo Hillel to strike
Freedman's bill from the
agenda. It was referred to
an appropriate Knesset
committee for debate.
Opposition came mainly
from Likud but also, unex-
pectedly, from Meir Payil of
the leftist Miked faction.
Payil suggested that if a
woman heats her husband,
the husband should he de-
tained.
PRIMARY ELECTION
RE-ELECT
JOSEPHINE D.
August 3rd, 1976
1ST DISTRICT
HUNSINGER
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Full Time Legislator
DEMOCRAT
• Majority Whip — House of Representatives
• Chairman of Wayne County Delegation
• Chairman of House Committee on State Affairs
• Member of House Committee on Consumers
• Member of House Committee on Roads and Bridges
• Member of House Committee on House Policy
• Member of House Committee on Legislative Council
• Civil Service Study Comm.
Resident and Homeowner
in the 1st District
Endorsed and Recommended by
DPOA, Business, Labor, Civic Groups and Democrats
WHAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSEPH FORBES, Ma-
jority Floor Leader of the Michigan House of Represent-
atives has to say about Representative Josephine D.
Hun singer:
It has been my sincere pleasure to work with Represent-
ative Josephine D. Hunsinger, who is serving her 22nd
year in the Michigan Legislature and who is the Major-
ity Whip.
Representative Hunsinger's keen insight into legislative
problems and her outstanding leadership was of special
assistance to me. I am particularly grateful for the ma-
jor efforts put forth by Representative Hunsinger in
helping me become the Majority Floor Leader of the
Michigan House of Representatives.
I can honestly say that the ability, integrity, and high
principles which characterize her have been of great
help to me. And they have enabled her to build an
outstanding record on behalf of all of the people in the
1st State Representative District and the State of
Michigan.
A Legislator, like a member of the clergy, a policeman,
or a teacher, should set an example of high moral
standards of integrity for the people she serves. If a
Legislator is to be a genuine leader, she must have the
respect of the people. Representative Hunsinger, a full-
time Legislator, is this kind of person.
Representative Josephine D. Hunsinger should be re-
elected so that she can continue to serve you.
Cordially,
Rep. Joseph Forbes
Majority Floor Leader
BALLOT #326
OPPOSED TO SALARY INCREASES
FOR STATE LEGISLATORS
VOTED FOR .. .
• AID FOR Detroit, an emergency financial grant of
£27.9 Mi. to be used for city transportation, hospi-
tals, health care, the Art Institute and Historical
Museums
• TO PROVIDE Compensation for victims of certain
crimes
• TO ALLOW Tax Credits and maintenance repairs to
a home without increasing the assessed valuation of
the property
• ENCOURAGE Equal opportunities for women and
men
• DEVELOP our emergency resources
Boris Smolar's
'Between You
... and Me'
Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1976, JTA, Inc.)
JEWISH SUMMER CAMPS: Jewish parents will
spend more than $40 million this summer to send their chil-
dren to Jewish resident camps. This sum does not include
the costs of day camps sponsored usually by Jewish corn-
•munity centers.
There are this summer some 160 Jewish resident
camps. Of them, 70 are under the auspices of Jewish federa-
tions, Jewish centers, YM-YWHAs, or are affiliated with
the National Jewish Welfare Board. Approximately 90 resi-
dent camps are under auspices of other Jewish organiza-
tions.
The Jewish Welfare Board, which serves primarily the
communal camps, estimates that the total number of chil-
dren attending the 160 camps would reach 90,000 this sum-
mer. In the day camps there will he about 95,000 Jewish
children.
The Jewish organizations maintaining resident camps
include various groups of various ideologies. There are
strictly Orthodox camps where only "glatt kosher" food is
served; there are less extreme religious camps where the
food is "strictly kosher" but not "glatt kosher"; there are
camps where the food is "kosher style"; and there are also
camps which limit themselves to announcing that their food
contains no pork ingredients. The great majority of all the
camps, however, maintain kosher kitchens.
THE JEWISH IMPACT: Because of the variety of
sponsorship, the programs of the camps also vary. All
camps were thought of merely as a place of recreation for
children during the months when their public schools are
losed. Today, the Jewish camp is considered as a place for
strengthening Jewish feelings among youngsters in a
purely Jewish atmosphere through formal and informal
Jewish education. In fact, educators look now upon the
camps as a continuation of the education which children
receive in their Jewish schools in the city.
Because of the totality- of Jewish atmosphere in the
summer camp — and the pleasant surroundings there —
the Jewish impact on the children remains with them for
many years. It has a Jewish continuity effect upon them in
their adolescent years. It also strengthens their ties to their
parents.
Some of the camps have among their instructors young
Israelis who come over from Israel for the sole purpose of
serving as general counselors and as specialists who teach
the children the Hebrew language, songs, music. drama and
other subjects in which they were trained. This summer
there are 64 young Israelis participating in a number of
camps.
FAMILY CAMPING: There is a growing tendency
among Jewish organizations and synagogues to develop pro-
grams in camp settings geared to family groups, especially
during weekends. Some synagogues are arranging week-
ends in camps either for their members to study with the
rabbi or for the board of directors to deal with organiza-
tional problems. National Jewish organizations are experi-
menting with institutes, seminars, conferences in camp
settings.
Studies are being conducted now on the effectiveness of
serving Jewish families in camp settings. The total environ-
ment of the camp is structured to reflect Jewish values. It
strengthens family life by building closer understanding
between parents and children. It also helps families to be-
come more knowledgeable with Jewish customs and prac-
tices stimulating them to later translate their newly-ac-
quired knowledge into a Jewish atmosphere at home.
It is a well-established fact that one of the major prob-
lems in the system of Jewish education for children is the
lack of its reinforcement by the family. The actual educa-
tional experience of many children in Jewish schools is, in
many cases; superior to that of their parents. However, the
impact is frequently diluted-by the absence of supportive
Jewish environment at home. In a camp setting the total
family is involved in a Jewish living.
Some Jewish educators today consider the camp pro-
grams for Jewish children more effective than the programs
of the Jewish weekend schools in the city. They even suggest
that the weekend school be abolished and replaced with a
Jewish education program which take: place solely on
weekends and holidays in a camp setting. This is a far
fetched suggestion, but it indicates the extent to which Jew-
ish camps — with their formal and informal Jewish educa-
tion — are becoming more and more a part of Jewish life.
UN Uganda Debate Gratifies Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel reacted with uncon-
cealed gratification to the
windup of the UN Security
Council's debate on Israel's
rescue operation at Entebbe
Airport in Uganda.
The resolution by the Or-
ganization of African Unity
calling on the council to con-
demn the Israeli action was
withdrawn at the last. mo-
ment when its sponsors
realized that the measure
would fail to receive the
nine votes
rennireri.