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 74 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.