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who attended the Hadassah
discussion. "I think that Ann
Arbor is on the forefront of
multi-cultural education,"
says Irael.
The board is studying com-
prehensive religious obser-
vance guidelines for use by
teachers and administrators.
The guidelines detail major
Jewish, Moslem, Christian
and Buddhist holidays, ex-
plaining when the holidays
fall in the calendar year, what
the holidays signify, and their
relative importance.
The guidelines explain
which school activities (major
exams, tryouts, one-time ma-
jor events, etc.) are proscribed
when they fall on significant
holidays.
For years there has been an
informal dialogue between
the Jewish community and
the school district about
issues that affect Jewish
students. More recently a
more formal group — the

Community Relations Com-
mittee of the JCA/UJA — has
been quietly working with
school officials on issues of
mutual interest.

"We want to work with
schools in Washtenaw Coun-
ty to help them become aware
of issues involving Jewish
sensibilities," said committee
member Benjamin Darsky.
"And we want to act as a
resource to school systems in
matters relating to Jewish
issues and concerns."

The committee has been
working with school staff on
two issues: recognizing and
responding to literature
taught in the schools that is
anti-Semitic in character; and
reviewing both the Holocaust
literature and the issues
relating to the teaching of the
Holocaust, which school
authorities have shown an in-
terest in having added to the
curriculum. 1=1

Anti-Semitism, Zionism
Forum Draws A Crowd

ALICE B. SCHWEIGER

Special to The Jewish News

A

surprising number of
University of Michi-
gan students and
faculty squeezed into a cam-
pus lecture hall on Martin
Luther King Jr.'s birthday as
two professor spoke on anti-
Semitism and anti-Zionism.
As sympsoiums sponsored
by numerous minority groups
took place across the campus,
Todd Endelman, U-M pro-
fessor of history, and Joseph
Weiler, U-M professor of law,
addressed the issue of
discrimination against Jews.
"We were overwhelmed by
the response," said Anita .
Norich, moderator, as 200 at-
tendees forced moving the lec-
ture to a larger room. Lauren
Aaronson, a U-M professor of
nursing, believes the unex-
pectedly large crowd indicates
a concern about anti-
Semitism on campus.
Weiler spoke movingly
about American Jews being'
afraid to talk about anti-
Semitism in a society where
they "have it so good both
socially and politically."
"No matter how anxious
Jews may be about anti-
Semitism, it is not com-
parable, at the moment, to
the anxiety blacks have about
racism," Weiler stated. "On
the other hand, since the
Jewish community has been
so successful in integrating
into mainstream America,
Jews are often reluctant to
speak out loud about anti-

Semitism for fear it seems
petty or petulant. But that is
wrong; they should speak out
loud?'
There is an ambivalence
among discriminated groups
on how to deal with prejudice,
Weiler contended. While
some minorities advocate
asserting their uniqueness,
others do not.
For some blacks, the
ultimate aim is that society
should be color blind, while
other blacks feel society
should recognize their dis-
tinctiveness, he said. "The
same applies to the Jews.
Some Jews say, 'The fact that
I am a Jew should be ignored,
while others want to be
recognized as a Jew."
Weiler suggested taking an
enlightened approach: "toler-
ant, accept both facets of peo-
ple's identities, and accept
their ambivalence and con-
tradiction."
How attacks on anti-
Zionism are often used to
mask anti-Semitism was the
focus of Endelman's speech.
Through historical back-
ground on anti-Semitism in
the Soviet Union, the Arab
world and the United States,
Endelman showed how Jews
have been perceived through-
out the years.
"In the Soviet Union, anti-
Semitism was strongly linked
with the Czar's regime," said
Endelman, who is also direc-
tor of Judaic studies at U-M.
"prejudicial patterns of think-
ing and anti-Semitic bigotry
have been deeply rooted in-