THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Non-Support for Working Mothers Blasted NEW YORK — The Jewish community has gen- erally failed to provide sup- port services to help work- ing mothers cope with the daily pressures of family and jobs, according to a re- port on a pilot study, issued by the American Jewish Committee. In a foreword to "Working and Mothering," a study of Jewish working women with large families, in the Washington, D.C. met- ropolitan area, Yehuda Rosenman, director of the AJC's National Jewish Wily Center, writes: . the feeling of isolation, of not being able to depend on community resources, disappointing as it was for women who' took par- enthood for granted, is even more serious today, when well educated women are weighing whether to have children at all." Most of the women studied were between the ages of 40 and 60, less than 10 percent had been divorced, and all of them, while having "demand- ing" professional or managerial positions, raised at least three chil- dren. The authors of the report, Linda Gordon Kuzmack and George Salamon, point out, "The chief question most women face (today) is not whether they will embark on professional careers, but whether they will also have families." Notwithstanding the wide range of Jewish backg- rounds, well over half of the women said that Jewish be- liefs and attitudes had helped them to "juggle mul- tiple obligations." Most had incorporated Jewish atti- tudes and practices into their lives, and had raised children accordingly. , In contrast, though, rela- tively few of those surveyed observed that the organized Jewish community was of Reagan Team Pleases Israel JERUSALEM (ZINS) — Israeli political observers are pleased with the ap- pointments being made by the Reagan Administra- tion. , The Jerusalem Post re- ported that Israeli officials are pleased with the selec- tion of Alexander Haig as Secretary of State, despite his unfamiliarity with the Middle East. They also claim there are rumors that U.S. Ambassador to Israel Samuel Lewis will be named Haig's assistant to the Middle East. The Israelis are re- Aed to be pleased with the naming of Casper Weinberger as Defense Secretary and Rudy Bos- chwitz (R-Minn.), who is :D Jewish, will chair the Se- nate Foreign Relations Committee sub- committee on the Middle— East and Southeast Asia. Several pro-Israeli Sena- tors have also been named to the Senate Appropria- tions Committee. assistance. The report con- tinues: "Again and again, they pointed out that the Jewish community, like society as a whole, penalizes large families." Multiple tuition, be it for day schools, community center programs, or summer camps, was never lowered. At the same time, the re- port continued, the Jewish community was rarely ap- proached for psychological assistance. While most of the respon- dents said they had sought day care as a viable support from the Jewish communi- ty, to a single household had received it. In addition, those respondents to the survey questioned the Jewish community's atti- tude toward large families, while one woman found no support programs for single-parent families. A number of women, the study goes on, "urged the Jewish community to de- emphasize the status and prestige of high-power, all consuming jobs for men and to promote the idea that time spent by both sexes in parenting and homemaking be equally valued by the community. Furthermore, Jewish organizations should plan programs for the family, not a segment as sisterhood, brotherhood, or youth group programs often are." Friday, February 13, 1981 17 Orthodox Unit Has Cookbook NEW YORK — A collec- tion of recipes from throughout the country as well as hints on how to pre- pare for Pesach and lunch box suggestions are all in- cluded in the "Pesach Sam- pler," a unique Passover cookbook, published by Women's Branch of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. 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