THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Plan- Unveiled
to Aid Chicago
Jewish Schools
CHICAGO' (JTA) — A
plan which provides for the
Jewish Federation of Met-
ropolitan Chicago to pro-
vide aid to Jewish elemen-
tary day schools which
gradually increase tuition
charges to levels close to ac-
tual cost has been initiated
by unanimous vote of the
federation board of direc-
tors.
The federation board ap-
proved the plan last Jan. 29,
a plan which may increase
by nearly 40 percent the
federation's current
$567,000 allocation to seven
elementary day schools, ac-
cording to Robert Schrayer,
chairman of the federation
Jewish education commit-
tee. The plan will be im-
plemented during the
1979-1980 school year,
starting in September.
Schrayer said schools
which raise tuition to 70
percent of cost for the next
school year will get a per
student allocation from fed-
eration equal to 21 percent
of total cost. He said "this
means that 91 percent of a
participating school's total
costs will be covered by the
plan next year," adding that
the remaining funds would
be raised by the individual
day schools through sup-
plemental campaign activi-
ties.
Africans Join
in Book Fair
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Uganda and Tanzania be-
came last-minute partici-
pants in the ninth
Jerusalem International
Book Fair. Some 55 coun-
tries participated in the
fair, which is considered the
second largest in the world,
second only to the
Frankfurt fair.
Seven kilometers (four
miles) of bookstalls showed
the works of 1,200 publish-
_ing houses to the Israeli
public during the week-long
fair.
Syrian .Children
Get Sidurim •
NEW YORK — The Cen-
tral Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis has shipped a
supply of prayerbooks to Sy-
rian Jewish schoolchildren,
Rabbi Joseph B. Glaser an-
ounced. The shipments are
he work of the conference's
committee on Jews in Arab
Lands.
"We decided to ship the
books to Syria because of
the relatively large number
of children enrolled in the
Hebrew schools there,"
committee chairman Ste-
ven Goldrich said.
"Whereas, in Cairo, where
the Egyptian Jewish popu-
lation is centered, there are
only four children in the
congregation."
The latest shipment of
books included the Tanakh,
Haggadot, Sidurim, and
sections of the Talmud. In
all, over 1,300 books have
been sent to Syria, plus re-
quested religious articles,
including tefilin, taleisim
and mezuzot. - •
Friday, May 4, 1919 11
Southfield Couple Expands Israel Grove into Woodland`
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R.
Nelson of Southfield last
month dedicated the
"Harold and Estelle Nelson
Woodland" of 2,500 trees lo-
cated at Lahav in Israel.
Initially, the Nelsons had
planted a grove, but last
year decided to expand it to
a woodland.
A lifelong Zionist, begin-
ning with his activity in
Young Judea, Nelson is
affiliated with the Zionist
Organization of America
and Detroit and with His-
tadrut. He has been active
in the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign for more than 40
years and in Temple Beth
El. He is a member of the
Shriners, Masons and Rot-
ary Club. Nelson attended
the University of Detroit
and University of Michigan.
science from Wayne State
University and served as
librarian at Beth El for
many years. She is past
* *
president of the Northwest
Chapter of the American
Jewish Congress and active
in Women's American ORT.
*
Mrs. Nelson was con-
firmed at Temple Beth El 51
years ago. She has a law de-
gree from the University of
Detroit Law School and a
master's degree in library
Israeli Students Are Among
Recipients of PEF Awards
NEW YORK — The
P.E.F. Israel Endowment
Funds, Inc., in its annual
report for 1978, reports
award-s of 2,745 schol-
arships to high school stu-
dents in Israel, according to
Sidney Musher, president.
These scholarships are
but one facet of the funds'
disbursements of
$1,262,863 during the 1978
fiscalyear. In its 56th year
of operation, P.E.F.'s
philanthropic activities
continued to expand in the
science, humanities, educa-
tion, scholarship and social
areas.
Recipients include the Is-
rael Exploration Society,
Association for Welfare of
Soldiers, the Hebrew Uni-
versity, Association for the
Blind, Foundation for
Handicapped _ Children,_
Yeshivath Or Hachaim,
Chaim Sheba Medical Cen-
ter, Ichilov Hospital,
Romemah Institute of Rab-
binics and Beersheba Or-
chestra. More than 90 in-
stitutions and projects re-
ceived P.E.F. gifts ranging
from $250 to more than
$100,000.
P.E.F.'s
scientific
grants have supported
technological develop-
ments in fields that in-
clude computer science
and lasers; in medical
areas such as ophthal-
mology and medical in-
strumentation; and in
environmental ecology,
including solar energy
and air and water pollu-
tion control.
for
the
Grants
humanities have been made
in economics, Jewish his-
tory and philosophy and Is-
lamic studies. Educational
grants have included sup-
port for innovative teaching
programs in elementary
schools, support of yeshivot
and schools for the educa-
tion of the blind.
Among the projects ap-
proved within the past year
are–Yad Vashem, Israel-
Exploration Society,
Jerusalem Society for Re-
tarded Adults and Society
for the Protection of Nature.
For information about
P.E.F. and a copy of its 1978
annual report, write Sidney
Musher, President, P.E.F.
Israel Endowment Funds,
Inc., 511 Fifth Ave., New
York, N.Y., 10017.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Nelson of Southfield are
pictured in Israel at the dedication of a woodland
bearing their names, which they planted under the
auspices of the Jewish National Fund.
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S.W. Corner of Evergreen
MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 13th
Large selection of rings
watches and other fine jewelry
14 and 18 K GOLD
Diamonds and Fine Jewelry
These services done on premises
• Jewelry Repair
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• Restringing
No Job Too Small
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Mon.-Fri. 9 to 5 Sat. 9-3
All bankards honored
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Phone (313) 557-6644
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1979
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