THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Canada Jewish Day School
May Join Public System
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TORONTO (JTA) —
The Board of Education
of North York, a borough
within Metropolitan To-
ronto, has voted unanim-
ously to integrate part of
a Jewish day school into
its structure and pay all
costs. The integration
will take place September
if the province's ministry
of education gives ap-
proval.
This move, which may
be a historic one, culmi-
nates negotiations, cam-
paigns and discussions
which have been going on
for years to obtain tax aid
"ra. the Jewish day school
id alleviate the heavy
„urden on Jewish day
school parents whose full
tuition fee for such
schooling has been $1,525
per year and who pay
school taxes as well.
The proposal is re-
garded as an experiment
and will effect grades 7, 8
and 9— in effect, the 400
pupils of the Junior High
School of the Associated
Hebrew Schools, one of
Canada's largest Jewish
all-day schools.
During the two-year ex-
periment this Jewish
junior high school will be
treated the same as all
other North York public
schools, with the teachers
receiving regular North
York salaries, and with the
same student-teacher
ratio and the same support
services such as health.
Hebrew - language
courses will be considered
as part of the general
curriculum. Purely re-
ligious studies, however,
will be given after official
hours and will be paid for
out of Jewish community
funds. No fees will be paid
by students. '
It has not yet been ail-
flounced which studies
will be considered
"Hebrew-language" and
which "religious." Be-
cause the school is part of
the public system, chil-
dren of all faiths will be
admitted providing they
are willing to accept the
Hebrew part of the cur-
riculum.
Reception of the news
has not been unanimous.
The Toronto Star, the
country's largest daily,
last week headed an edito-
rial with the caption "A
Jewish School is No Public
School." It criticized the
plan as "merely a method
of opening the door to pub-
lic funding of private
schools" and advising the
minister of education "to
reject it."
North York, a populous
suburb within Metropoli-
tan Toronto, contains
about 75-80 percent of To-
ronto's Jewish popula-
tion. Jews constitute
about 20 percent of the
borough's population.
`Israel, Diaspora Unity Key
to Jewish State's Survival'
KIAMESHA LAKE,
N.Y. (JTA) — Simha Di-
nitz, Israel's Ambassador
to the United States. said
here that the greatest
source of Israel's
strength, aside from its
indomitable will to sur-
vive, is in the unity bet-
ween that nation and the
Jewish people
everywhere.
Addressing the 47th
annual convention of the
National Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubs, an
organization of 375
Jewish Education
for South America
NEW YORK — The Na-
tional Society for Hebrew
Day Schools has de-
veloped a program to
serve Jewish com-
munities in Central and
South America. Panama
City and Caracas, Ven-
ezuela are this summer
hosting a summer educa-
mal environmental de-
lopment program, in-
residence seminaries and
adult education schools.
In addition, ,Torah
Umesorah's summer
SEED project is also
operating this year in
eight U.S. communities:
Atlanta, Ga.; Columbus,
Ohio; Kansas City, Mo.;
Milwaukee, Wis.; Min-
neapolis, Minn.; San Fer-
nando Valley, Calif.;
South Bend, Ind.; and
Washington, D. C.
brotEi erhoods affiliated
with Conservative
synagogues in the U.S.
and Canada, Dinitz de-
clared:
"Let us not kid ourse-
lves. Our strength lies in
the unity that exists bet-
ween us and the Jewish
people throughout the
world and especially in
the great Jewish com-
munities of the United
States and Canada. This
is the source of our
strength. If one were to
judge us by the sheer
physical characteristics
of 3 1/2 million people with
a few thousand square
miles, surrounded by 100
million people with 1 1/2
million square miles, with
oil resources and money
— then our place will
dwindle into insignifi-
cance."
Referring to the rescue
of hostages at Entebbe
Airport, Dinitz said that
following this incident,
tens of thousands of let-
ters, phone calls and gifts
poured into the Israeli
Embassy in Washington
from Americans in all
parts of the country, Jews
as well as non-Jews.
Dinitz expressed
gratitude for the flow of
economic and military
assistance from the Un-
ited States and added
that his nation has no
need for American sol-
diers. "If that day ever
came, we would lose the
right to exist," he said.
Value Added Tax
Results in Protest
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
West Bank stores shut
down Sunday and con-
tinued to stay closed
Monday in a protest
against the value added
tax (VAT) which went
into effect Sunday in the
administered territories.
VAT was imposed in Is-
rael on July 1 but was de-
layed on the West Bank
for a month because of
the opposition of local
Arab businessmen.
Israeli authorities
have insisted that VAT
must include the West
Bank because of the in-
tegrated economy bet-
ween Israel and the West
Bank. While West Bank
Chambers of Commerce
supported this idea in
theory they officially op-
posed the new tax.
There were a few minor
rock throwing incidents
Sunday in Nablus, Jenin
and Tulkarem. An Israeli
soldier was injured in
Nablus. Two Arab youths
were wounded during
Nablus disturbances over
the weekend. Many Arab
bakeries and vegetable
shops opened Monday
morning but closed down
a few hours later.
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Israel Contests
Syria Charges
UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — Israel refuted
Syrian charges, made
July 22 in a letter to Sec-
retary General Kurt
Waldheim, that Israeli
forces opened fired on Sy-
rian civilians working
their fields on June 21.
In a letter to Wal-
dheim, the Acting Per-
manent Representative
of Israel to the UN, Am-
bassador Pinhas Eliav
termed the Syrian
charges "untrue" and
contended that "the- only
firing by Israeli forces in
the area in question on
that date was a routine
weapon test during which
in compliance with stand-
ing orders, the shots were
all directed west of line A
and in no case into Syrian
territory. This is borne
out by the UNDOF inves-
tigation," the Israeli rep-
resentative said.
Eliav accused Syria
With an attempt "to in-
flate a routine and insig-
nificant weapons test
into' an international in-
cident" while Syria is en-
gaged in a massive milit-
ary intervention in
Lebanon.
The Israeli envoy re-
quested his letter be cir-
culated as an official
document of the General
Assembly and the Sec-
urity Council.
Allon Cites Envoy
With Tree Tribute
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Foreign Minister Yigal
Allon has honored the
outgoing Austrian envoy,
Dr. Johanna Nestor, with
a certificate for 100 trees
in a Jewish National
Fund forest.
He presented her with
this memento at a recep-
tion in her honor. Dr.
Nestor will be ending her
tour next month.
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