THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12 Friday, September 25, 19131 M.E. Study Programs at U.S. Colleges Downplay Israel, Hebrew' NEW YORK (JTA) — Middle East studies pro- grams in American univer- sities tend to focus primar- ily on Arab nations and lan- guages and to downplay Is- IS MIAMI BEACH'S NUMBER Schiff, who recently com- pleted a survey of Middle East studies centers at seven universities — Uni- versity of California at Ber- keley, University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia University, Uni- versity of Michigan, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and the Princeton University- New York University Joint Center for Near Eastern Studies — made his re- marks at a news conference introducing his just- published report on the study. 111 LUXURY KOSHER HOTEL with the most elegantly inviting accommodations.You'llexpenence a heartwarming traditional atmosphere. You'll taste delicious gourmet Glatt Kosher cuisine in the elegant Crystal Dining Room. 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Specifically, he said, he found that: • The "expanding pattern of funding by Arab govern- ments or pro-Arab corpora. tions" exercised "at least a sublimal influence" on stu- dents and faculty in. Middle East centers "as well as on the nature, content and out- - come of the programs." • Federal funding for the study or teaching of Hebrew was "virtually absent," while federal funds were available for the study .of Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish and other Middle Eastern languages. ferings," and is considered, by both faculty members and graduate students, to be "objective, scholarly, and apolitiCal." Schiff adds that Columbia is, however, "far less attrac- tive to; outside financial support from corporations doing business in the Mid- dle East or from most Mid- dle East governments" than are other Mideast centers. • UCLA, which has a relatively small Middle East center, conducts a Jewish studies program and several programs fo- cused on Israel, but none of these. offerings are handled through the Near East Center. "Again we see," stressed Schiff, "a trend toward the sep- of aration or Israel and activities re- lated to Israel from the overall Middle East pro- gram." search language was Arabic and one who was using Persian. The AJCommittee, Mel- vin Merians, chairman of the human relations agen- cy's national committee on special programs, re- ported, plans to follow up Schiffs report. A woman is a better ap- praiser of guests than a man is. 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Y towards separate formal or creasing numbers of well- Saba( Deector d Master of Ceremonies informal . . programs of trained scholars and profes- Mr. Lou Mason Jewish studies or Hebraica, sionals who have an inter- • 3 newt), renovated gavels tennis LOURS disciplinary knowledge' of , largely of the noncontem- • Jaffa Theater seating 2500 • Newly heated swimming pool.wtO the Middle East, and that.;, purary periods, while the wave-maker therefore, "the nation vast field of the modern • Complimentary lunch time snack poolside Middle East — often minus vested interest in the con,: • p J.'s discotheque tinued viability of:these Israel — is left by and large • 2 Glatt Kosher meals served daily • Our ow sptcomPlea to non-Jewish students." area studies progranis.," • Color T.V. el every room Schiff urged that the federal • At Princeton, a recent Your hosts for • truly Mannish& government "re-0414e. group of Middle. 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