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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Boris Smolar's

'Between You
... and Me'

Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.)

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IN THE MILITARY: There are more than 80,000 Jews
now serving in the U.S. armed forces. The proportion of
Jewish children who receive systematic Jewish education
in classes on military bases is larger than the proportion
in civilian life. This due to the fact that close relationships
exist among the Jewish servicemen; they fell more in-
timate among themselves than Jews in the large cities.
Classes for Jewish children function in the military in-
stallations in the United States, including Alaska, as well
as in foreign countries_where American military units are
stationed.
A Unified Jewish Education Curriculum has been pre-
red by the National Jewish Welfare Board which serves
cultural and religious needs of Jewish servicemen. The
riculum is used as a guide for teaching children of all
ages—from kindergarten till after Bar Mitzva.
The United Jewish Education Curriculum promotes the
continuity of the children's Jewish education. When Jewish
servicemen are transferred from one duty station to anoth-
er—often from one cftntry to another—the Jewish educa-
tion of their children remains uninterrupted since it is
being conducted on a unified program. The program is
similiar to that of a Hebrew school in civilian life and is
accepted by all three branches of Judaism—Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform. It includes Jewish history, Hebrew,
'customs, ceremonials and all the Jewish holidays.
On some bases, the Jewish school functions as an after-
noon school three times a week. On others, with fewer Jew-
ish children; the classes are conducted on Saturdays or
Sundays.
• On some military bases there are, in addition to classes
for childr=en, also courses in Jewish knowledge for parents
who wish to know more about Judaism. They are being
conducted by the Jewish chaplains who also conduct
services in synagogues on the larger bases on Friday, Sat-
urday and holidays. In the States where the base is near
some civilian communities, the military and civilian con-
gregations combine forces. Jewish lecturers are aften in-
vited.
There are Jewish military sisterhoods and they help the
chaplains by serving as teachers and in arranging celebra-
tions during the Jewish holidays.

FUNDING JEWISH EDUCATION: As the principal of
the military Jewish school, the Jewish chaplain at least
has one fewer problem than his civilian. counterpart—the
funds for purchasing textbooks and visual aids are
supplied by the military. Likewise, many large military in-
stallations have modern classroom facilities.
The military even provides films and filmstrips of Jew-
ish interest for the Jewish schools as well as projection
equipment. About the only requisite for the schools that
the military is not able to supply is the faculty. Qualified
Jewish teachers are not easy to find for the schools, and
the chaplain must sometimes—in addition to other
duties—conduct formal training for teachers. -
In the absence of a Jewish chaplain—or if there are too
many grade levels for him to, teach personally—other ar-
rangements are made. Here is where the 127-page unified
curriculum issued by the National Jewish Welfare Board
is of great help. It serves as a training guide for in-
experienced teachers and for small congregations on scat-
tered military posts whose size precludes formal class-
room structures.
In territories where the American military posts are
scattered, the children are taken . to a central Jewish.
school by military buses and brought back home. This is
especially the case in Japan, where the Jewish school is
located in Yakota. Children from five military posts are
brought there every Sunday by bus.
The situation is quite different in West Germany. There,
regular three-day Jewish afternoon schools function on the
American bases in Berlin, Munich, Wiesbaden, Nurem-
berg, Frankfurt-on-Main and Heidelberg.

Ak French Jews Meet Giscard d'Estaing

PARIS, (JTA)—A delega-
tion representing the Inter-
national League Against
Anti-Semitism and Racism
(LICA) _met with French
President Valery Giscard
d'Estaing. The meeting was
held to mark the 50th anni-
versary of the pre
dominantly Jewish organiza-
tion and it was the second
time in less than two weeks
that Giscard had met with
a Jewish delegation.
The head of the delega-

tion, LICA PresidentJean
Pierre-Bloch, said after the
meeting that the President
"has congratulated us on
our activity and expressed
the hope we shall continue
it."

Pierre-Bloch said the dele-
gation had raised with the
French chief executive cer-
tain topical subjects "such
as the difficult situation of
Moslem workers in
France."

Probus Names WSU Profs

Two Wayne State Univer-
sity professors have been
named the recipients of the
15th annual Probus Club
Awards for Academic
Achievement.
They are Dr. James J.
Hartway, composer and as-
sistant professor of music:
and Dr. William M.
McClain, associate profes-
sor of chemistry.
The awards, • granted an-
nually to WSU faculty in
the humanities and natural
sciences, Include_ $1,000
grants, without restrictions,
and Probus Club plaques.•
Dr. Hartway and Dr.
McClain will receive the
awards at a reception to be
held at 3:30 p.m. - today at
the McGregor Memorial.
Conference, Center on
campus.

at Michigan State Univer-
sity in 1971.
- Dr. McClain came to
WSU in 1973 from the Uni-
versity of California, Berke-
ley, where he was an'assist-
ant professor. A 1960 gradu-
ate of Rice University, he
holds a PhD degree from
Cornell University and was
a postdoctoral fellow of the
National Science Founda-
tion at Cambridge-Univer-
sity, England, from 1965 to
1967. -

Czechs Withdraw Jewish Postcards

LONDON—Picture post-
cards of the ancient Jewish
town hall of Prague, until
recently available to tour-
ists visiting the State Jew-
ish Museum, have . now
been withdrawn according
to reports to the Inter-
national Council of Jews
from Czechoslovakia. The
decision is believed to be
due to the fact that the cu-
pola of the town hall, domin-
ating the • world-famous
clock with Hebrew numer-

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Magen David which forms
the framework for an an-
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Reform Group
Seeks Gun Control

NEW YORK—Citing the
recent acts of terrorism in
the United States, the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations has called
upon President Carter to
take strong leadership in
legislative efforts to dimin-
ish "the plague of violence
in the United States" and
"to stop the crime which
we do to ourselves-our con-
sistent refusal to take effec-
tive, measures to control the
manufacture, sale and own-
ership of guns."
In a letter to P resident
Carter, which will also ap-
pear in Reform Judaism,
the official publication of
the Reform Jewish move-
ment, the group said that
the recent episodes of ter-
rorism "have one thing in
common-the insane avail-
ability of guns...only in
America could one walk
into a shop, buy a murder
weapon and sally forth to
translate private furies into
public horrors."
Albert Vorspan, UAHC
vice - president, announced
that the UAHC is launching
a comprehensive education-
al and action campaign
among its 720 Reform syna-
gogues and 1.2 million mem-
bers in the nation. These
congregations are being
asked, he said, to join with
churches and like-minded
community groups in devel-
oping common programs,
specifically making their
views known to members of
Congress.

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