18 Friday, October 2, 1981 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS MOVING? Priced Sale of Household Furnishings Professionally Conducted In Your Home Estate Liquidators EDMUND FRANK & CO. Appraisers Liquidators 875-7650 368-4044 Holocaust Education Programs Taking Shape at Yad Vashem JERUSALEM — At Yad Vashem — the Holocaust memorial institute located on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem — officials of the Israeli education depart- DR. MATHEW BOROVOY PODIATRIST FOOT SURGEON ASSOCIATED PODIATRISTS, P.C. IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ASSOCIATION OF DR, LINDA KAPLAN PODIATRIST FOOT SURGEON IN THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE AND FOOT SURGERY ' 25725 COOLIDGE OAK PARK 548-6717 HOURS BY APPOINTMENT EVERYTHING MUST GO! SELLING OUT ENTIRE STOCK NEW YORK 111111110101DISE EX. WEST BLOOMFIELD 33084 NORTHWESTERN Alle ie $ Orchard Late 855-5544 . OAK PARK 13745W. 9 MILE 2111k. W. of Coolidge 543-8853 $200,000 MERCHANDISE CLOSING OUT SALE WE MUST AND WE WILL SELL OUT ALL PRESENT MERCHANDISE CASHIER WILL TAKE WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY! OFF OPEN DAILY 10-9 CLOSED SUNDAY 30% ANY ITEM NOT RED TAGGED. (RED TAGGED ITEMS MARKED DOWN MORE THAN 30%!) ment have been participat- ing for almost 20 years in shoring up and, where necessary, creating Holocaust curricula for schools, both Jewish and non-Jewish, throughout the world, according to Israel Scene magazine. If vou ask Samuel Spec- tor. head of the education department, how he feels about the teaching of the Holocaust, he will tell you that he is never really satis- fied. In fact, though. Spector is very proud of the progress that bas been made in Holocaust studies, a field that Yad Vashem has been part of since the late Profes- sor Alexander Dushkin, then a member of the direc- torate of Yad Vashem, suggested sending inquiries to schools around Israel to discover how much was being taught about the ,Holocaust. The results of the in- quiry were says Spector, not encouraging." The truly depressing news was that most Israeli children knew little more than the bare facts of the Holocaust, a discovery that provided the incentive for Dushkin, Spector and others to inject a new facet into their activities. Although later findings would show that much the same ignorance prevailed outside Israel, Yad Vashem first directed its energies at the Israeli school system. The major initial problem was how the subject should be classified in the schools. The most logical classifica- tion might have been "his- tory" but, according to Spec- tor, that would have meant students would not learn about the Holocaust until they reached high school. However, as he points out, it was agreed that "you can't expect kids to wait without asking," particularly in Is- rael where there are daily reminders of the Holocaust. At the same time, litera- ture teachers were press- ing to teach some aspects of the period through poems written by chil- dren of the concentration camps and ghettos. Among those who agree with Spector is Yitzhak Mais, also of Yad Vashem's education department. Mais, an academic coor- dinator of the institute's annual Teaching-the- Holocaust Seminar, points out that the subject of the Holocaust is immense and that the education minefields are numerous. Moreover, he says, The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society sent represen- tatives to Ellis Island in 1904 to help in the defense of new arrivals scheduled for deportation hearings. The agency also investi- gated immigrants' com- plaints about shipboard conditions in steerage, and arranged to have conditions improved. Caricatures for your party teachers don't know how to deal with it. Nevertheless, officials at Yad Vashem, including Spector and Mais, are pleased with the progress which has been made in teaching the Holocaust and, through the scheduling of teaching seminars, they are hopeful that the teachers will become better equipped for the task. By SAM FIELD Call 399-1320 "CONGRATULATIONS" TO "OAK PARK LODGE #591. F. & A.M. ON THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 19TH At Temple Beth El. Birmingham, Michigan. Original meetings were held in the basement of WILLIAM STAHL, Huntington Woods. until a permanent meeting • place at Berkley Masonic Temple, Berkley, Michigan. Founders of the Lodge in "1956" were P.M. LOUIS MELTON, DAVID COOPER and WILLIAM STAHL. WE KEEP YOUR DIAMONDS IH STYLE I Diamonds - are always in style, but they need a beautiful mounting to make them really shine. That's why we offer a beautiful collection of new ring mountings that will make the most of your diamonds. Since 1925 reati ■ eienelers 29173 Northwestern at 12 Mile Southfield, Mich. Franklin Plaza VISA DAILY 10-6 .MasterCharge 356-2525 Thurs. 10-8 Free Gift Wrapping Free Jewelry Cleaning While You Wait