THEJEWISH NEWS
SERVING DETROIT'S JEWISH COMMUNITY
THIS ISSUE 60c
CLOSE-UP
APRIL 24, 1987 / 25 NISAN 5747
UHS, Beth Shalom
Merge High Schools
Educational, social advantages, and a communal
afternoon high school are foreseen from merger
ALAN HITSKY
Associate Editor
TEACHING
REMEMBRANCE
A literature class at
Ferndale High transmits
important Holocaust lessons
22
The boards of United Hebrew
Schools and Cong. Beth Shalom have
approved the merger of their separate
high school programs into a single
community Jewish high school at
UHS.
The move will merge 50 to 55
Beth Shalom students into the UHS
classes next fall, increasing the
"critical mass" of students at the high
school and offering a better Jewish
social atmosphere to both groups.
UHS this year has 86 students enroll-
ed in its Sunday-only Judaica track
at the high school and 39 students
enrolled in the three-day-a-week
Hebraica track.
UHS president Dr. Barbara Good-
man sees the merger as a way to
begin "meeting a larger need in the
community. It will provide a central
place for Jewish studies for those not
involved in day school education, but
who want serious studies." She envi-
sions a communal high school even-
tually incorporating independent
high school programs at other con-
gregational schools.
"I see this as a beginning step
that we want to see expanded;' Good-
man said. Presently (Conservative)
Beth Abraham Hillel Moses and
Shaarey Zedek have independent pro-
grams, but Goodman believes the
smaller Reform congregations in
Detroit may also be interested in a
community high school. Two weeks
MAKING
SHARON'S
CASE
Is new book
fact or fiction?
42
ago, The Jewish News reported that
the larger Reform congregations in
Detroit are considering opening their
own day school program. Still, Good-
man sees an afternoon community
high school going beyond the Con-
servative movement which has been
United Hebrew Schools' base. No
discussions with other congregations
have been scheduled. Goodman
believes the Beth Shalom-UHS high
school merger must be achieved
before further expansion is
considered.
Continued on Page 14
Moscow Wife
Still On Hold
Southfield attorney hopes
meeting with Shultz
will pressure Soviets
Staff Report
Muscovite Svetlana Braun met
with U.S. Secretary of State George
Shultz and four U.S. congressmen last
week in an effort to prod the Soviet
Union into allowing her to join her
husband in Detroit.
Married to Southfield attorney
Keith Braun in August 1984, the cou-
ple were hopeful in January and
February that the 22-year-old
Svetlana would be allowed to leave. A
promised response from the Soviet
Continued on Page 14
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Births
anai Mitzvah
68, 73
54
Business
70
Engagements
55
Entertainment
102
Obituaries
32
Out Of The Mainstream
40
Seniors
77
Single Life
Synagogues
36
46
Women
CANDLELIGHTING 8:05 P.M.