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He who throws bread to
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he is in need of the support
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Michigan Hadassah leaders join Bernice S. Tannen-
baum, national president of Hadassah, front row, cen-
ter, in front of the Jacques Lipschitz sculpture "Tree
of Life" unveiled at the Hadassah-Hebrew University
Hospital in Jerusalem during the women's 64th na-
tional convention, the first Hadassah convention ever
held in Israel. Shown are, from left, front row; Betty
Bienstock, chairman of the Midwest Region of the
Hadassah Youth Commission; Mrs. Tannenbaum;
and Irma Samrick, president of the Michigan Region
Pictured in back row is Stephanie
of
Goldsmith of Grand Rapids.

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The 52nd annual meeting
of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration will take place fol-
lowing a 7 p.m. dinner Nov.
6 at Adat Shalom
Synagogue, Federation
President Martin E. Citrin
has announced. A reception
will be held at 6 p.m. Reser-
vations are required.
Highlighting the pro-
gram will be the presenta-
tion of the Fred M. Butzel
Award for distinguished
communal service, the
Jewish community's high-
est honor, and an audio-
visual presentation, "To
Life!", which describes the
work of Federation's
member agencies.
Citrin will deliver his an-
nual report, and elections to
the board of governors will
be held.
Nominated for three-
year terms on the board

Mrs. King Here
for Dinner Event

Coretta Scott King will
address the 10th annual
dinner-meeting of the
Inter-Faith Centers for Ra-
cial Justice, Inc., 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 26 at the Mercy College
Conference Center.
For reservations, call Lil-
lian Jensen, 833-1079.

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are N. Brewster Broder,
Maurice S. Cohen, Dr.
Milton H. Goldrath,
Rabbi James I. Gordon,
Lawrence S. Jackier, Mil-
ton J. Miller and Jane
Sherman. Nominated for
re-election are Lester S.
Burton and Carolyn
Greenberg.
For information, contact
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, 965-3939.

BB -Hillel Groups
Start Activities

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The Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundations at Wayne
State University, Oakland
University and Oakland
Community College have
begun their fall programm-
ing.
The constituent groups
will sponsor a coffee house 8
p.m. ,Wednesday at Temple
Emanu-El. Folk singer
Gary Karp will entertain.
Dress is_ casual, and re-
freshments will be served.
There is a nominal charge.
The Hillel House is open
8-11 p.m. Monday through
Thursday for relaxing or
discussions.
Max's Cigar, the kosher
cafeteria at WSU Hillel,
named for its former direc-
tor, Rabbi Max Kapustin,
has opened. Lunch is served
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, and
sandwiches are available on
Friday.

Kostelanetz
Here for Concert

Conductor Andre Kos-
telanetz will be on the
podium for the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra's
Kresge Family Concert 3:30
p.m. Oct. 22 at Ford Au-
ditorium.
Tickets are available at
the Ford Auditorium box
office.

THE SCHOOL SEASON: The Jewish school season
opens this year in a melancholic mood. It is estimated, by
the American Association for Jewish Education that the
schools — all types of Jewish schools — will this year have
an enrollment of 360,000 pupils. This is 40,000 less than
four years ago. Fifteen years ago the number of pupils in
Jewish schools was about 600,000. It has been declining
ever since.
The decline is felt especially in the supplemen \
schools. A national census for 1974/75 indicated that th re
were about 200,000 children enrolled in the weekday after-
noon schools. The current enrollment is 147,000. In the
Sunday schools the enrollment this year is about 120,000.
In the day schools for all religious denominations — Or-
thodox, Conservative, Reform, as well as in the communal
schools — there will be 93,000 children attending this year.
This is an increase of 13,000 as compared with the
attendance indicated in the 1974/75 census.
The great majority of day schools are under Orthodox
auspices. These include the Torah Umesorah school sys-
tem, the Lubavitcher, the Satmar, and other Hasidic-
sponsored schools. The pupils there constitute this year 82
percent of all pupils in day schools. Of the rest-, more than
10 percent are in schools under Conservative auspices, less
than two percent are under Reform auspices, and more
than six percent are under communal auspices. The latter
serve the entire Jewish community and are responsive in
their programs to the input from local constituents who are
not interested_ primarily in ideologies, but in giving the
children fundamental Jewish education.

There are today more than 30 communal day schools.
They function in communities where the Jewish population
is too small to maintain more than one day school. They
receive financial assistance from the community, in addi-
tion to the tuition paid by parents. The Conservative
movement will this year have 52 day schools functioning in
13 states. The Reform movement, which was originally
very cool to the idea of establishing Jewish day schools, now
has nine such schools.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The constant decline in the
number of pupils in the afternoon and week-end schools,
compared with the gradual increase in the enrollment in
day schools, is giving much food for thought to Jewish
leaders in this country. They realize that Jewish continuity
depends to a very great extent on Jewish education, and
they are greatly worried over the fact that with each year-
the total number of pupils is visibly declining in the
supplementary school system which always constituted the
largest section in the entire Jewish school movement. Even
today, despite the decline in enrollment, the supplemen-
tary schools are still the largest unit in the school totality.
Some are inclined to attribute the decline in the schools
to the lower birthrate among Jews which started a decade
or so ago; also to the growing breakdown in Jewish family
life producing constant rise in the "one parent family"— an
element which tends to neglect the Jewish education of its
children; and, of course, to the growing inflation which
makes it difficult for many parents to meet increased tui-
tion. The growth in the day school attendance is explained
by some as an indication of the sincere desire of many
parents to give their children a full Jewish education, while,
others attribute it to desegregation or to snobbery of par-
ents who want to have their children educated not in public
schools but in recognized private schools where they re-
ceive general education in addition to Jewish.

ACTION STUDIED: The CJF is now posing the ques-
tion: What is the range of possibilities open to federations to
help the schools and what positions are synagogues taking?
Federations throughout the country, aware of the need to
assume greater financial responsibility in sharing in he
maintenance of the Jewish school system, are now a
ing with every year more funds for Jewish education
year their allocations may reach $30 million for Jewish
education. Together with the American Association for
Jewish Education the CJF is now conducting a study to
can of local communities in
establish the most urgent
Jewish education that can be met by a national agency. -
Also what guidance can a national agency provide in set-
ting standards for financial support of Jewish education —
day schools, congregational schools, community schools?
The federations have not yet given Jewish education the
priority which is demanded from various sides. But the
federations are on the road to supplying it. This would
mean not only greater financial support for Jewish schools,
but also greater communal efforts for the intensification of
programs. for family education, so that parents would
understand the importance of sending their children to
Jewish schools, whether day schools or afternoon and
week-end schools.

