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Akiva 7th grader Yael Ebenstein studies Mishnah with her teacher, Rabbi Eliezer Cohen.
are having a hard time in to-
day's society. Mine were get-
ting lost in the shuffle. We
wanted them to develop a
sense of themselves."
At Hillel, Pone's children
are establishing connections
with their Jewish heritage.
I And the Hebrew they study
teaches them not just
language, but the philosophy
embodied in traditional
Jewish texts. "This impacts
on their values and their
morals in relation to their
fellow men," Pone says.
While Orthodox and Con-
servative days schools have
long been in existence, the
Reform movement endorsed
the concept only in 1985. Ten
Reform schools have since
been established in the
United States and plans are
in the works to open a Reform
school in the Detroit area
next year (See "A Jew In
School").
Day school parents and
educators argue that the
schooki provide a deeper, more
organic Jewish education
than afternoon supplemen-
tary Jewish schools. "Our
graduates don't tend to say,
`Why have I gone here eight
years? I haven't learned
anything, " Rabbi Abramson
says. "Our kids don't speak
about 'real school' and
`Hebrew school: "
What sort of Jew is produc-
ed if Judaism is merely a six-
hour-a-week after-school ac-
tivity, some ask. How serious-
ly will children take their
heritage if it is stuck
unceremoniously to the end of
the day in competition with
sports and drama activities
and music lessons?
"A kid is as influenced from
one or two movies a week as
from an afternoon school,"
Rabbi Freedman says.
"You've got to give them more
than three-to-seven hours a
week:"
At six-to-eight hours a
week, students receive "a
very good comprehensive
education, including
Hebrew," argues Ofra Fisher,
superintendent of the United
Tuition
Following are the
highest rates charged by
area day schools.
Akiva — $2,800
Beth Yehudah — $3,200
Hillel — $3,950
Roeper — $7,300
Cranbrook — $8,250
Country Day — $8,780
Hebrew Schools.
Supplementary schools are
necessary for "all those who
don't go to day schools," she
says. -
Fisher disputes the claim
that UHS enrollment is in a ,
nosedive. "In the last five
years the numbers have been I
stable." While enrollment !
dropped in Oak Park and
Southfield, it increased in
Farmington Hills and West
Bloomfield, she says.
While memories of after-
noon Hebrew school send
unpleasant chills through
some, "My kids don't see day
school as a chore," says Pone.
The students seem to agree.
Judaism is not just a
nametag, says Gabriella Bur-
man, a ninth grader at Hillel.
"At bar mitzvahs you can
see that we know how to
pray," says her classmate,
Rabbi Abramson's son, Ami.
"We know what to do. We
know the laws. When people
say 'kosher, we know how to
explain it to them."
"Our graduates say they
want to send their kids to a
day school," says Rabbi
Abramson. "In an afternoon
school you won't find that self-
confirmation."
Says Ami Abramson, "Most
of us agree that Jewish educa-
tion is the most important
thing." CI
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