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Betty Josephs, boys' school
coordinator, said she hopes
the community will take note
of what P'TACH provides.
"P'TACH is a program that
meets individual learning
needs of Jewish students in
the city. We need the support
of the community for the
needs that are not being met."
P'TACH is a chapter of the
national organization based
in New York. It is non-
discriminatory and aims at
giving every 'Jewish child a
day school education. The
Detroit affiliate was founded
when an observant family
could not find a learning
disabled program in a Jewish
day school here.
Danny Freimark, a local
businessman, and his wife,
Chavi, looked to the yeshivah
in 1979 for a classroom for
their son, Yitzie. When none
was available, they took him
to the learning disabled (LD)
program in the public schools,
but he wanted to be at the
yeshivah with his friends.
The senior Freimark, with
the aid of friends, researched
LD programs and learned of
P'TACH in New York. They
invited Rabbi Joel Rosen-
shine of P'TACH to come in
for a lecture and more than
100 parents of LD children
and other interested in- ,
dividuals attended.
A board of 15 was formed,
each contributing $500 to get
"Our main goal is
to get that child
out of the LD
program and back
into the regular
classroom full
time:'
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the program off the ground. A
program was started in the
home of the teacher hired by
P'TACH, and for the first year
Freimark's son was the only
student. As the program
grew, a classroom was needed
and ultimately found at the
yeshivah. Because of his age,
17, Yitzie Freimark is too old
for the Detroit program and is
now in a P'TACH program in
New York, but his parents are
still actively involved as full-
time board members.
Freimark explained his con-
tinuing involvement. "These
are not problem children;' he
said. "They couldn't see or
hear the same way we do. The
kids are normally bright. Our
main goal is to get that child
out of the LD program and
back into the regular
classroom full time. We want
to get him over his hump, over
his disability of learning?'
P'TACH is guided by
religous and professional ad-
visory boards. The religious
board makes recommenda-
tions when halachic ques-
tions arise. The professional
board whether or not a child
should be enrolled in the pro-
gram. The boards and parents
hire the staff and work
together to create a cur-
riculum, Burstyn said. "We
all sit down and decide what
is good for the child and how
to tailor the program for a
specific child?'
Burstyn said the success of
the program is measured by
its graduates. Three years ago
P'TACH had its first
graduating class. Six children
went to high schools in
Canada and throughout the
United States.
"This is a pat on the back,"
Burstyn said. "We helped
them succeed in high school
where they are doing average
to above average in their new
schools. It is our determina-
tion of whether we succeeded
or not."
Bronfman Fund
Has Fellowships
Applications are now being
accepted for the annual
Edgar M. Bronfman Youth
Fellowships in Israel. The
fully-endowed fellowship pro-
gram will take place from Ju-
ly 10 through Aug. 16. It will
be continued after the sum-
mer in Israel with a fall
seminar in New York City
and alumni activities
scheduled throughout the
year.
The fellowships are award-
ed competitively to 25 in-
dividuals who will enter their
senior year of high school, in
the fall of 1989. Fellowships
are based on merit and not on
need.
All group activities held on
Shabbat are Sabbath obser-
vant. The scheduling of free
time allows for expression of
attitudes, concerns, and prac-
tices of both the observant
and the non-observant. All
food is kosher. An Orthodox
rabbi is present with the
group at all times.
The fellowship staff in-
cludes Rabbi Avi Weinstein;
Rabbi Michael Paley, director
of Earl Hall Center of
Religious Activities at Colum-
bia University; Dr. Joseph
Reiemr, Hornstein Professor
of Jewish Education, at
Brandeis University; and Ned
Foss, a specialist in youth pro-
gram administration.
For a brochure and applica-
tion, call the Bronfman Foun-
dation, (212) 766-1526. The
due date for applications is
Feb. 1. Fellowship recipients
will be announced March 15.
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