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the recent educational re-
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high" level into Israel's
schools.
According to a research
project carried out by He-
brew University and ,Tel
Aviv University research-
ers, there was a three per-
cent decrease in the dropout
rate of junior high pupils
compared to those who
stayed in elementary
school.
Contrary to pessimistic
forecasts, the dis-
advantaged children who
formed most of the junior
high population in The first
year of the educational re-
form did not lag behind
their counterparts who re-
mained in elementary
schools. The rate of their
academic progress re-
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tic about the likelihood of
the junior high pupils ad-
vancing academically in
general, and the likelihood
that junior high pupils of
Asian-North African parent-
age would complete second-
ary school in particular
compared to their chances
of finishing high school un-
der the old structure.
The research was based
on a large sample of school
children, teachers and par-
ents in 19 out of the coun-
try's 84 junior high schools
operating in 1972. Follow-up
studies were carried out for
WASHINGTON — Prior to
the Belgrade conference on
the Helsinki Agreement,
Jiri Hochman, a member of
the London-based Inter-
national Council of Jews
from Czechoslovakia, ap-
peared before the U.S. Com-
mission on Security and Co-
operation in Europe, to give
a deposition of the freedom
of religion in Czechoslova-
kia.
Hochman, currently pro-
fessor of journalism at Ohio
State University, was exiled
in 1974 from Czechoslova-
kia. He was formerly the
editor of a liberal Prague
MONTREAL (JTA)—In
what is believed to be a first
for an Orthodox synagogue
in Canada, two women have
been elected- to the execu-
tive of the board of the
Spanish and Portuguese
congregation in this city, it
was reported in The Cana-
dian Jewish News.
Miriam Regenstreif was
elected treasurer and Claire
Chitayat was elected a vice
president.
Mrs. Regenstreif has been
associated with the congre-
gation since her childhood
and has been a member of
the board for 15 years. In
addition to her synagogue
activities, which include the
office of past president of its
sisterhood, she is a founder
of ORT and Bnai Brith
Women in Montreal. She
has also been active in Ha-
dassah, Young Judea, and
the women's branch of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America.
Mrs. Chitayat, a native of
Iraq, is a past president of
the synagogue's sisterhood.
Mideast Charter?
NEW YORK—Trans In-
ternational Airlines and Ar-
thur Frommer Charters of
New York have applied to
Israel' and Egypt for per-
mission to begin a charter
package linking the - two
countries.
weekly and foreign corre-
spondent for a major Czech
daily.
In his testimony, Hoch-
man stated that the 5,000
Jews remaining in the coun-
try, whose average age is
between 60 and 70, are being
treated by the authorities as
if they "constituted a threat
to existing order. -
Hochman, also said that
the government allows no
form of Jewish education,
religious or secular, and
Jews are not allowed any
cultural activities. In fact,
Hochman said, the Czech
government itself operates
the Jewish relics in Prague,
as a tourist attraction pro-
viding hard currency.
"Current political -cam-
paigns of the regime bear
the vilest anti-Semitic ver-
biage," Hochman added.
The current Czech govern-
ment, he said, is engaged in
"practical cultural gen-
ocide" of its Jewish commu-
nity.
Israel Rejects
Egypt Oil Claim
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—
. Minister of Energy Yitzhak
Modai has flatly rejected a
$2 billion Egyptian claim for
oil Israel has extracted
from wells in Sinai since the
1967 Six-Day War. He said
that the claim has no foun-
dation in international law.
Modai expressed hope
that the oil drillings in Sinai
would not become an ob-
stacle to an Israeli-Egyptian
peace settlement. However,
he said that Israel would
continue drilling oil in Sinai
"unless significant changes
occur in the negotiations
with Egypt." -
American experts say
that the offshore wells in the
Gulf of Suez operated by
Israel yield about 10,000
tons every 24 hours, repre-
senting one-third of Israel's
daily consumption and an
income of $900,000. The
wells have an earning po-
tential of $40 million a year
for a period of 20-30 years,
the experts say.
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four years,. and the final
report has been submitted
to the Ministry.
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Executive Board
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mained the same; while the
disadvantaged group had a
lower level of achievement
to begin with, the reform
did not increase the gap
between them and the more
advantaged children.
One of th aims of the
reform was to integrate
children of differing social
classes and ethnic groups
under one roof. When asked
if this change in the educa
tional system was neces-
sary, and if it helped in
achieving the goals of social
integration and the raising
of academic achievement,
74 percent of the junior high
teachers replied in the af-
firmative.
The research showed that
teachers were very optimis-
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