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Gail Langer, chairman of the
Beth Shalom school board, sees
the merger as providing a
broder social base for Jewish
youth in the city, and Goodman
emphasized that aspect. "I
went to (Detroit) Central High
School," Goodman said, "and
80-90 percent of the students
were Jewish. We interacted in
a Jewish milieu. Today, Jewish
youth are scattered through a
large number of high schools
and the opportunities to meet
Jewish youth are greatly reduc-
ed." The merger, she said, will
give more students a wider
variety of courses and allow
"communal, experts to teach
classes in a more viable en-
vironment."
In addition, a new board will
be established to oversee the
high school, and it will include
Beth Shalom parents.
The merger met with some
opposition from some Beth
Shalom members and from a
few members of the UHS board.
Langer said some parents are
concerned about having
children at the Beth Shalom
elementary school in Oak Park
while other family members
will be at the communal high
school in the UHS building on
12 Mile Road in Southfield.
Others expressed concern about
pulling children away from the
synagogue, but Langer said
there are plans for monthly
meetings for the students with
Rabbi David Nelson, as well as
other activities at Beth Shalom
to keep them involved.
UHS board member Dr.
Larry Berkove, who recently
resigned as chairman of the
UHS Education Committee, op-
posed the merger because the
Sunday-only Beth Shalom
students will attend school for
three hours while Sunday-only
UHS students attend for four.
He believes the disparity will
lead to a further reduction in
the number of classes taken by
UHS students and increase the
number of drop-outs.
Proponents of the merger,
however, argued that all
students are required to com-
plete 32 hours to graduate.
Langer pointed out that the
Beth Shalom students will have
the option of attending the high
school for three hours each Sun-
day for five years, while the
regular program is four hours
for four years. The Beth Shalom
students currently attend their
own school for one hour and 45
minutes each Sunday for five
years.
Members of the UHS-Beth
Shalom Task Force which
studied the merger since last
June stated that, except for
Hebrew, the curriculums of the
two schools were comparable.
UHS has more intensive
Hebrew studies in the elemen-
tary grades and in its high
school Hebraica track.
"In no way are we minimiz-
ing standards," Dr. Goodman
said. "We may see some drop-
off of some of the students from
Beth Shalom. But Beth Shalom
takes education seriously, and
they were willing to take that
gamble."
Amelia Steiger headed the
task force as co-chair of UHS'
Education Committee. She
credits Goodman for initiating
the merger "as someone who
could see the needs of both in-
stitutions." Goodman is presi-
dent of UHS and former presi-
dent of Beth Shalom. "She saw
the need for broader programs
at Beth Shalom and the need
for a broader student body at
UHS," Steiger said. "She saw
the possibilities for both sides
and arranged for both sides to
meet and discuss the pros and
cons?'
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foreign office at that time has
still not come.
The Brauns are among 11
divided spouse cases and two
blocked marriages involving
Soviet and American nationals.
Braun spoke to his wife Sunday
after she met last week with
Shultz, Assistant Secretary of
State for Human Rights
Richard Schifter, and the con-
gressmen. Svetlana was not
among the participants at the
Passover Seder Shultz spon-
sored at the American Em-
bassy in Moscow.
"It's not so much what they
said," Braun explained to The
Jewish News, but that these
U.S. officials are meeting with
her. It's symbolic. It puts
pressure on the Soviets, and
shows our officials that these
are real people they are talking
about." Svetlana, at 22, is the
youngest of the divided spouses.
The Brauns met while he was
an exchange student in
Moscow.
Svetlana was advised by
Schifter to file an appeal with
the Supreme Soviet, the
USSR's equivalent of the U.S.
Congress. Svetlana filed the ap-
peal last week, but Keith
believes his wife is a Soviet
public relations pawn. "They
talk abouty letting out the
10,000-12,000 Jewish
refuseniks, but it won't happen.
They'll let out some, and then
close the doors to all new ap-
plicants," he said. "The divded
spouses are such a small group,
they'll let them out when it's to
their advantage."
Braun is bitter about the
Soviet delay in responding to
Svetlana's exit visa request and
to his own request for a guest
visa which would allow him to
visit his wife and stay in her
Moscow apartment. His call to
Svetlana on Sunday was
delayed 90 minutes, and Keith
attributes all the delays to the
Soviet secret police which, he
says, continues to show "that
they are calling the shots."
"This is their new human
rights policy," he said.
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