An Invitation to
A Gala Event
Center Adult Classes
Have Low Turnout
DAVID HOLZEL
T
Staff Writer
of
director
he
the Jewish Commu-
nity Center's new
adult education series this
week expressed confidence
that the program will not be
discontinued despite lower-
than-expected enrollment.
Some 50 people turned out
Tuesday for the second ses-
sion of the five-week Center
for Jewish Creativity and Ex-
ploration at the Jewish
Center in West Bloomfield.
Before the series began,
Stuart Rogoff, director of
family programming,
predicted that 75-100 people
would enroll.
He said the series will con-
tinue, and a planned second
session would go ahead as
scheduled, because of the
need to attract unaffiliated
Jews to community activities.
"We believe that we need to
try different kinds of creative
Jewish programs to reach out
to the unaffiliated. We've got
to build a base," he said.
Rogoff blamed the low
enrollment on a number of
factors, including what he
called publicity problems.
Adding to the program's
troubles are competing adult
education classes elsewhere
in the community, and other
commitments by area Jews.
"These people are just busy
people," Rogoff said.
The Center began its pro-
gram as many other area
adult classes in synagogues
got underway. Rogoff said his
program was not ill-timed
because it was established to
attract unaffiliated Jews who
would not be interested in
synagogue programs.
He allowed the possibility
that Jews are no longer as in-
terested in Jewish education
as they once were and
reflected the disappointment
of many who did participate
in Tuesday's classes.
"Someone said to me, 'It's
almost as if the Jewish quest
for answers has disap-
peared? "
Carrier Punished For
Refusing Neo-Nazi Mail
Bonn (JTA) — A mail car-
rier who faces dismissal for
refusing to deliver neo-Nazi
propaganda material is
fighting his case in a labor
court in the West German
town of Reutlingen.
Martin Hank of Tuebingen
has the backing of many of
his colleagues. They unfurled
a banner reading "No Nazi
propaganda with the postal
services" when his hearing
opened.
Hank had been ordered to
deliver propaganda material
of the neo-Nazi National
Democratic Party to reci-
pients in Tuebingen. He had
anticipated this, and several
months earlier he had asked
his superior for special leave
to avoid doing it.
The leave was denied.
When Hank refused to
deliver the NDP material, he
was disciplined and threaten-
ed with the loss of his job.
The postal authorities say
they cannot tolerate a situa-
tion in which individual
postal workers decide what
mail they will or will not
deliver.
the NDP operates legally.
Its recent election campaign
in the state of Baden-
Wurtemburg called for the
ouster of foreign workers from
West Germany.
Legal experts are divided
over Hanks' chances of winn-
ing his case. He has asked the
labor court to order an end to
the disciplinary proceedings
that could cost him his job.
you are cordially invited to attend a
Tribute Dinner
sponsored by The Detroit Women's Division of State of Israel Bonds
honoring
Miriam Shenkman
Recipient-Elect the Golda Meir 90TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE AWARD
and presenting
The Fabulous
Israel Bond Fashion Show
Yeshiva Trains
Europe Leaders
New York (JTA) — Beginn-
ing next fall, Yeshiva Univer-
sity plans to offer a program
to train professional leaders
for the European Jewish
community.
"There is a severe shortage
of trained people — both pro-
fessional and lay leaders — in
the European Jewish com-
munity prepared to take the
reins," Dr. Normal Lamm, the
university's president, said.
"If something is not done to-
day, the European Jewish
community will have no
leadership tomorrow," he
added.
The Doron Foundation for
Education and Welfare in
Aviv will help finance the pro-
ject with a $120,000 grant in
seed money.
In the first academic year,
$15,000 scholarships will be
available to two students.
Four scholarships will be of-
fered in 1990-91, and six the
following year.
an extravaganza of Israeli fashions for women
plus a spectacular collection of Kosin's fashions for men
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1988 — AT 6:00 P.M.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Couvert $50.00 per person
Reservations: 557.2900
Participation by $500 minimum purchase of State of Israel Securities in 1988
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