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WEDNESDAY'S OUTLOOK:
Jewish Measures
Found In Vilnius
New York (JTA) — A vast
storehouse of rare and
precious Jewish books and
letters that predate the
Holocaust were recently
found in the Lithuanian city
of Vilnius, according to
Samuel Norish, executive
director of the YIVO Institute
for Jewish Research.
Among the items found in
Vilnius, known as Vilna
before World War II, are 5,000
Jewish books, 20,000 issues of
more than 150 newspapers,
70 Torah scrolls and the cor-
respondence of such prewar
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Jewish luminaries as Yiddish
linguist Max Weinreich and
Rabbi Israel Meir HaCohen,
known as Chofetz Chaim.
Some papers contained the
autobiographies of young
Jewish children who respond-
ed to a YIVO autobiography
contest in the 1930s.
The items, located in a
former Franciscan monastery
now used as a warehouse, are
thought to be from a Nazi col-
lection; others appear to have
been smuggled away and
buried for safekeeping by
slave laborers, including some
non-Jewish Lithuanians who
worked at the risk of their
lives.
Parents Call School
Elections A Victory
Staff Writer
ewish parents in
Bloomfield Hills say
this week's re-election
of two incumbent school
board members is a victory
against a group of parents
lobbying to include religion in
the schools.
But, parents said, TORCH
— the Taxpayers Organiza-
tion to Restore Cultural
Heritage — is still lingering,
and parents must be aware of
its underlying presence.
"It was a good victory,"
parent Dottie Steinberg said.
"But I'm still concerned. I
don't think the other people
(TORCH) are done."
In Monday's election,
Bloomfield School Board
President Suzanne von Ende
and board member C. Thomas
Wilson easily defeated
challengers Harland Cohen,
an attorney; Patricia Hardy, a
housewife and former
teacher; and David Klapp, a
Ford Motor Co. tradesman
and builder.
Celebrating Christmas in
the schools was an indirect
campaign issue, candidates
said. Both incumbents said
religion does not belong in
the schools.
Hardy did not advocate
mandatory religion in schools
but said Christmas-related
activities were okay. Klapp
said he favored prayer in the
schools. All holidays, he said,
should be observed. Both can-
didates denied affiliation
with TORCH.
Shortly before candidates
began campaigning for office,
TORCH appeared to have
disbanded. But concerned
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parents and religious groups,
including Christians and
Jews, feared TORCH still
might have had a lingering
effect on the election.
Election results, school
board member Linda Finkel
said, showed that voters were
concerned about religion in
schools.
Total voter turnout was
3,375 — substantially higher
than last year's election,
which attracted 566 voters. It
was the best voter turnout
since 1979, Finkel said.
"Voters of this district just
weren't willing to allow these
(TORCH) people who wanted
to change the district's policy
to take over," Finkel said.
"People exhibited interest for
a stake in the separation of
church and state."
Precinct seven in West
Bloomfield, where many of
the district's Jewish families
reside, attracted 827 voters,
the most of any precinct.
"I'm delighted. This was a
district-wide victory," parent
Jain Lauter said.
"Throughout Bloomfield
Hills, voters said they didn't
want religion in the schools."
Parent Sue Hirsch said the
victory is a relief but added
that supporters of TORCH
have a hidden agenda and
most likely will continue to
fight for their cause.
"Nobody knows how strong
they are," Hirsch said. "The
people elected represent
diverse groups, sensitivity
and have an eye for the
future."
Added parent Mindy
Nathan, "TORCH is not as
big as they thought. It is not
the majority. But we can't sit
back. They could be a real
force." O
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