26 Friday, October 31, 1980 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sculptor Makes Church Symbol for SHERIFF SPREEN - If you are a typical Michigan voter, chances are you will split your ticket. Vote for the best qualified man for ... 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(JTA) — When James Wyatt, mod- erator of the Northeast Synod of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. presides at the Synod Mission Council this weekend, he will wear a_ cross crafted by a Jewish ar- tist from Teaneck, N.J. The ceremonial cross of sterling silver and enamel was created by Linda Gis- sen, a sculptor and enamelist noted for her works_of Judaica. The cross she created will be used by Wyatt as a symbol of his office throughout his term. Economy Hurts Israel Colleges JERUSALEM (JTA) — The chairman of the board of Institutions of Higher Learning, Amos Horev, said the current financial crisis might cause universities to shut down. He told the Knesset Edu- cation Committee that uni- versities were short 400 million shekels ($66 mil- lion) and it is not clear where the funds to continue operations would come from. The committee called for an urgent meeting with the finance and education ministers. Because... in 1976 only 59.2 per cent of those eligible to vote actually voted. Because ... as little as one vote in each precinct can decide a tight election. Because ... the Congress is at stake as well as the Presidency. Because ... equality for 'omen under the law is still not guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. YOUR vote CAN make a difference VOTE NOVEMBER 4th SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT ON ELECTION DAY WEAR A WHITE RIBBON TO THE POLLS B' nai B'rith Women Mail to: B'nai B'rith Women Department P 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 11111'110Ni No II \ `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA ( (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) THE "DOUBLE DEGREE": Jewish graduates plan- ning to make their careers in Jewish communal service can now pursue an exciting combination of graduate studies which will bring them double degrees simultaneously from a university and a Jewish institution of higher learning. The university will award them a Master of Social Wor degree and the Jewish school will award them a Master of Arts diploma in Jewish studies. This unique combination qualifies them not only as experts in social work in general but also as social workers with good Jewish knowledge needed in the field of Jewish communal work. An intensive, and highly demanding pro- gram, taken over two years — which may also include a summer study/travel program to Israel and Europe — re- quires concurrent attendance at both schools on a year- round basis, including some evening work. Leaders of the American Jewish community, espe- cially the leadership of the Council of Jewish Federations, have long been troubled.by the fact that most of the Jewish social workers who accept their Jewish identity lack a Jewish commitment. The "double degree" system is providing an answer to this problem. It encourages young and highly qualified graduates to enter the ranks of Jewish communal service and to become professional leaders able to play significant roles in community planning and executive management within the American Jewish community. JEWISH COMMITMENT: The first school of Jewish social workers functioning under the "double degree" pro- gram is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its first graduating class with a three-day symposium Nov. 21-24. It is the School of Jewish Communal Service at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Its "partner" in the program is the University of Southern California. Its graduates now hold positions in 56 Jewish communities throughout the country. Another school now reaching its 1Qth anniversary is the Baltimore Institute for Jewish Communal Service under the auspices of the University of Maryland School of Social Work and the Baltimore Hebrew College. A joint degree program in social work is now being offered also by the graduate school of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Columbia University School of Social Work. A two-year program is also offered by the Brandeis Univer- sity. The Wurzweiler School of Social Work at the Yeshiva University is similarly offering a two-year program lead- k ing to a Master's Degree in Social Work, with a view to educate Jewish community organization executives. There is also the Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago which conducts a program in Jewish communal service, leading to the Master of Arts degree and geared to respond to the expanding needs of the Jewish community. LINKS WITH ISRAEL: All programs require, in addition to academic studies, field work in Jewish agencies and institutions. Some of the Jewish schools hold travel/ study programs in Israel for several weeks after completion of the first year.- They also take their students to Europe. The objective is to study social welfare problems in Israel, to learn Hebrew as a spoken language, to experience the Jewish refugee movement from the Soviet Union to Israel and the Western world, and to understand post-Holocaust West European Jewish life. An estimated cost for each student of the two-year "double degree" program is about $8,000 a year. This in- cludes tuition fees for both schools, room and board and monthly living expenses. It does not include expenses for the summer study/travel programs. Students are encouraged to apply to their local Jewish federations and to national agencies for scholarships and aid. The recruitment department of the Council of Jewish Federations in New York is helpful to those seeking schol- arships from their federations. The students come from all parts of the country and some of them return, after their graduation, to their native towns to assume responsible positions in Jewish communal institutions there. Writer Testifies on Billy's $50,000 Please send me more information on B'nai B'rith Women programs, projects and activities. ( Boris Smolar's WASHINGTON — A Se- nate subcommittee took closed-door testimony this week from a Washington journalist who wrote that Billy Carter accepted $50,000 more from Libya than he has already dis- closed and that Carter met with PLO chief Yasir Arafat. The article by Michael Ledeen,- co-authored by former Newsweek corre- spondent Arnaud deBor- chgrave, appeared in New Republic magazine. If I were to deliver up my whole self to the arbitra- ment of special pleaders, today I might be argued into an atheist, and tomorrow into a pickpocket. —Bulwer