THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, May 23, 1980 BETTER BUSINESS AAJE Official Predicts Drop in Jewish Day School Rolls EQUIPMENT CO. SWIVEL CHAIRS From $ 59. '89 TYPEWRITERS $ 5995 FILE CABINETS $7995 We Got 'Ern OPEN SAE. 548-6404 231 W. 9 Mile Rd. - '4 flak Iladt West el Weeetweri By BEN GALLOB the virtual certainty of a continuing drop in the Jewish birthrate. The peek into the future was made by Dr. George Pollak, director of the de- partment of community services, studies and statis- tical information for the American Association of Jewish Education (AAJE). His preview appeared in the winter 1980 issue of "The Pedagogic Reporter." Pollak reported that while the most recent Jewish school census noted "a promising increase" in the primary age groups, all too often, "while nursery and kindergarten enrollments seem promis- ing," with the start of the elementary grades, "a number of potential stu- dents disappear into the non-Jewish private schools." He suggested that the influx of Soviet Jewish newcomer children might alter a forecast of flat or slightly decreased day school enrollment "in the short run," but ul- timately, the costs of day school education would "prove to be a serious de- terrent." He warned that "federations may not be able to sustain a higher (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) A leading Jewish educa- tion administrator, taking "a lock into the '80s," has predicted that Sunday school attendance would continue to decline and that day school enrollment will reach a plateau or perhaps drop slightly "because of the inexorable rise in costs" and REUNION AT RAMAH Camp Ramah In Canada Campers and Staff (1960-69) June 20-22, 1980 Weekend at Camp Contact Howard Levenson Now at 146 Davenport Rd., Toronto M5RIJ2 (416) 922-4754 Tapper's does APPRAISALS Jewelry Appraisals Done While You Wait $15 for the first item $5 for every other item NY Parade `Salute to Israel' We purchase your unwanted precious Gems, Antiques and Gold Jewelry for immediate -- cash. NEW YORK — Some 75,000 people from Jewish day schools, synagogues and youth organizations will celebrate Israel's an- niversary of independence in a colorful march of ban- ners, bands, and floats here in the 16th annual Salute to Israel Parade, June 1. 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Pollak added that the enrollment in supplemen- tary Jewish schools prob- ably will not increase dramatically, but that "the content of education" will be more "formally oriented." Pollak also applied his yardstick for the future to "the potential for employ- Guberman Poems Caused Arrest, Wife Claims NEW YORK — The ar- rest and imprisonment of Soviet Jewish activist Igor Guberman resulted from satirical political verses he was suspected of writing, ,according to Guberman's wife, Tatyana. The verses were among the materials the KGB asked about when they searched Guberman's apartment shortly before his arrest. Aug. 13. Guber- man was charged with trad- ing in stolen icons. Guberman, who had prev- iously remained silent about his poetry, recently smuggled some of his newest verses out of prison. The poetry, written while in jail, deals with the paradoxes of his current situation: Russia is immur2 to plan, undefinable is she. Where else must the common man go to prison to be free. ment of Jewish educators" in the coming decade. He argued that there is no evi- tlence of a reversal of the present pattern of "a declin- ing number of positions for full-time teachers under 'present conditions," a fore- cast he paid might be true, but to a lesser degree, for Jewish school adminis- trators. The AAJE expert pre- dicted that the mood for in- novation and experimental programs in Jewish schools "may be tempered by a re- turn to more traditional methods." He suggested a change in approach, geared to the possibility that "though there may be fewer students," those who "will be exposed to Jewish education will get a more stringent diet," with less stress on quan- tity and more on quality. He said "the day schools have already opted for this alternate. Other sec- tors williperforce, follow suit." He foresaw a trend toward merger of school physical plants "to conserve the resources that Jewish education will be able to muster." He also foresaw "a greater role for the central agencies for Jewish educa- tion and for community planners." This Jew is in a mess. I am at the end of my wits. I havelound the key to success B ut I can't find the door it fits. Kids of Divorced Aided by UAHC NEW YORK (JTA) — Guictelines for use by rabbis and teachers to help meet the special needs of the growing number of children in religious schools whose parents are divorced are of- fered in an -article distrib- uted in April to rabbis, school personnel and presidents of the 750 con- gregations of the Union of American Hebrew Congre- gations (UAHC) The article was prepared by Rabbi Sanford Seltzer, director of synagogue plan- ning and research of the UAHC. HIAS Opens Brooklyn Office NEW YORK — The He- brew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) opened a Brooklyn office at the Shorefront YM-YWHA early this month. The office offers many HIAS services, including the preparing of letters of invitation, adjustment of resident status, instruction in applying for citizenship and location of relatives. Court Overturns Civil Rights Law NEW YORK (JTA) — The ruling by a California federal district court declar- ing unconstitutional a 1972 amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Law requiring unions and employers to ac- commodate to "reasonable religious needs of workers was described as an "ano- maly" which will probably be reversed on appeal. Federal District Judge Edward Schwartz of San Diego ruled May 6 that such laws violate the First Amendment and "result in an impermissible govern- ment entanglement with religion." He ruled in favor of th General Dynamics Convaf Aerospace Division, which dismissed a Seventh Day Adventist who refused to join a union because of his religion. 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