Friday, ugust 22, 1960 1 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS A.R.S. Service Co., Inc. Retaining Post-Bar Mitzva Students Synagogue Project By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) Conference of Jewish Youth, the youth branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations. School officials send stu- dents to the Boro Park section of Brooklyn for a Shabat weekend and we have traveled to such places as Brookline, Mass., and Silver Spring, Md." In the last year of reli- gious school, Isaacs de- clared, students are encouraged to enter the synagogue's Hebrew high school program, and The principal of a Long Is- land Orthodox synagogue school has reported that the school has developed an ef- fective program to prevent the routine and widespread parental practice of ter- minating their child's •sh education after the Mitzva or Bat Mitzva ceremony. "Would You Believe" by marriage was neither a Mel Isaacs, principal of Sydney Harris (Sydney J. religious nor a public con- the religious school of Cong. Harris-Field Newspaper cern, but a private contract. Ohav Sholom in Merrick, Syndicate and Argus Com- (In Christianity, it was not reported on the strategy in munications) contains tid- regulated by canon law for the Curriculum Newsletter bits from the writings of the the first thousand years, section of the "Pedagogic though monogamy was Reporter" of the American popular columnist. Leonard N. Simons, local civilly enforced.) Association for Jewish Edu- • An English Jew named advertising executive, has cation. selected a number of im- "Two-Gun" Cohen was The key to that effort, made a general in the Isaacs declared, has been to . pressive excerpts from the Chinese army in 1928. Harris volume and has se- seek to make "this mile- • A Russian-born Jew is cured the permission of the stone" only "one of many" in the composer of America's publishers to share them the child's life, with a "con- best-selling Christmas and with Jewish readers. ' scious attempt to downplay The following 13 items Easter songs, "White this event as a final goal." should serve as an introduc- Christmas" and "Easter He reported that "we try to Parade." (Irving Berlin, imbue each child with a tion to those unfamiliar who also gave us the best- - feeling of love for his or her with Harris' work and reac- selling patriotic song, "God • total Jewishness," a point quaint long-time fans with Bless America.") a favorite columnist: which "cannot be stressed • The camel originated The Jews, who re- • enough." As a result, he de- present less than half of 1 in North America, and clared, "our children percent of the world's not in Arabia or North look forward to yearly population, hate won 30 Africa.- Shabatonim, religious times that percentage in • An Arab Sheik is liter- ally just an "old man" - for school graduation, high Nobel Prizes. • Jerusalem, which has this is what the word stands school graduation, a spe- cial 'return to the been fought over for more for in Arabic. synagogue on -their an- than 3,000 years, means • Jews from North and niversary dates, and a "City of Peace." South America are called multitude of cultural • The personage most "Anglo-Saxons" in Israel. often mentioned in the New programs, musical pro- • It was a Jewish physi- grams, dance activities, Testament, more than 80 cian who gave America's holiday celebrations, times, in fact - is Moses. Bible contests and more." • The single most Thanksgiving bird its He -added that "indoctri- widely known word in name. Accompanying Col- nation of this new non- human speech is Amen, umbus in 1492 was Luis de focussed approach" for which is used throughout Torres, who, when he saw a both students and par- the world by Christians, wild turkey for the first time, exclaimed, "Tukki," Jews, and Muslims. ents "is all important." Isaacs reported that, from • Hebrew has no single the Hebrew word for "big bird." (It has ever since been the first day a child enters word which means "mar- known as that, and its name the religious school, "we riage," and in biblical tithes begin to plant the seeds of our all-inclusive educa- tional experience." The first major event comes midway in the school year by the LONDON - Two studies cupation on Palestinian child's participation in an "induction ceremony" held of the position of Arab women - inside and out- in the main sanctuary on a women have just been pub- side the occupied ter- Sabbath morning, with the lished as research reports ritories prompted the children performing a can- by the Institute of Jewish other research report, Affairs in association with "The Conditions of Pales- tata as part of the service. Parents are invited and also the World Jewish Congress. tinian Arab Women in the "Women In Arab Coun- Administered Ter- are given an active role, he tries" surveys the legal and ritories." The report reported. - He reported that feeling social position of women in analyzes legal, social and consistently reinforced Arab countries. It analyzes, economic conditions in ring the succeeding five first, the traditional law _ the territories ad- ears, as each grade is given and its effect on the per- minstered by Israel since e opportunity to repeat its sonal status and civil rights 1967 showing the pro- participation in the Sab- of women and, secondly, gress attained in a bath service and, "with each discusses briefly the situa- number of areas: suf- succeeding year, responsi- tion in various Arab coun- frage rights, participa- tion in the labor force, bility is assumed by the tries. education, economic The report shows that, in children." Starting in the Bet class, spite of attempts at legal re- conditions, and health all students attend a weekly form in some countries, services. It concludes that al- junior congregation service, women are subject to severe and in- though in many respects the "making synagogue par- restrictions ticipation familiar and com- equalities; that fewer social and economic status fortable." Once the student women are being educated of Palestinian Arab women needs to be improved, an reaches the Vav class, he or or play a role in the impressive advance can be labor force as a whole she is required to attend the adult service and, whenever than in other culture areas; recorded in most areas, all possible, "is given a role in and that reforms in the law the more remarkable be- and improvements in status cause of the political back- the service." He reported another cannot occur in such rigidly ground in which it has been goal is to have Ohav structured societies without achieved. Sholom students see conflict and some social dis- Let the world have what- themselves as part of the ruption. ever sports and recreations An item on the agenda larger Jewish commu- please them best, provided nity. The school takes of the recent Copenhagen they be followed with dis- Conference dealing with part in such programs as cretion. those of the National the effects of Israeli oc- Heating and Air Conditioning Sales & Service entitled to select one course each term in addition to the required studies. He re- ported that the option of course selection "serves to whet" the academic appe- tites of the students and "to encourage continuation in the high school program." Alan R. 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