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Larry Greenfield, an at-
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that "Israel has no partner
with whom to make peace"
and recounted Palestine
Liberation Organization at-
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Eshman said currently the
PLO is the only agent with
whom Israel can negotiate
peace. But, Greenfield
challenged him by asking
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with a group that in its
charter calls for the destruc-
tion of Israel.
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were encouraged to ask ques-
tions and were broken into
smaller groups to discuss how
the Gaza uprising had an ef-
fect on anti-Semitism, how
Israel is portrayed in the
press and how teachers
discuss the Gaza situation in
their classrooms.
In addition to lectures
special programs and enter-
tainment, the conference
featured an exhibit hall with
a variety of books, teaching
aids and Judaica. A teacher
resource center, featuring
printed materials, such as
The Jewish News' L'Chayim
section, and classroom pro-
jects, also was available.
What's on the minds of
Jewish educators? Where is
Jewish education going?
What new methods of instruc-
tion are being used in Jewish
education?
Nearly 500 delegates to the
Coalition for the Advance-
ment of Jewish Education in-
stitute in San Diego earlier
this month pondered these
questions as they attended
workshops and programs
aimed at pooling their ideas
and learning new approaches
to teaching in Jewish
religious schools.
Frieda Hershman Huber-
man, instructor in Jewish
education at the University of
Judaism — the West Coast
branch of the Jewish
Theological Seminary — said
social issues, especially how
they impact on Jews, are a
vital area of concern. "We
have to respond to the chang-
ing Jewish scene:' she said.
"We have to be cognizant of
those changes and we have to
be sensitive to those issues."
Among these issues, she cited
how the single-parent family
makes an impact on the Sun-
day school.
The trend, she said, is that
in the next five years Jewish
schools will have to create
more programs to respond to
the changing face of
American Jews. For example,
there will have to be more in-
tergenerational programs. us-
ing senior adults as resources.
There wil have to be outreach
programs to involve the inter-
married and more family pro-
grams will be necessary.
At the same time, she sees
another trend — to make
Jewish education a profes-
sion. "There is a growing
number of people who want to
be involved as professional
Jewish educators;' she said.
She cited lay leaders who
want to improve Jewish
education and people who've
made a professional commit-
ment to the field. But, she
added, Jewish educators are
"not compensated adequate-
ly" and khe Jewish communi-
ty should take note.
Stuart Kelman, executive
director of the Agency for
Jewish Education — Greater
E. Bay of Northern Califor-
nia, explained that keeping
Jewish educators in the field
will be a challenge to the
Jewish community in the
years to come. "Jewish
educators are interested in
themselves — whether they
can survive in this profes-
sion," Kelman said. "We
thought full-time teachers
would be the norm in Jewish
education, but that never
materialized." He said part-
time teachers have more com-
mitment than full-time
teachers. "They don't do it
(teach in a Jewish school) for
the money. They do it as a
mitzvah?'
Meanwhile, Kelman said,
Jewish education will take a
new tack; it will be geared for
families. "Learning and
change can't occur in a
vacuum . . . Jewish education
is not just for kids. We failed
at that message. Jewish
education is lifelong learning.
Jewish family education is
the way to get to the parents.
We've done a disservice in
saying education is for the
young."
Debi Mahrer, director of
education at Temple Beth El
in San Pedro, Calif., concur-
red that family education is
the wave of the Jewish educa-
tional future. She sees the
creation of parallel programs
for parents and special fami-
ly education programs,
especially outreach to the
unaffiliated.
— H.P.