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Farmington Hills.

DUBIN,
JUDITH
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the Schulze Elementary
School, has been named
Detroit Thacher of the Year
for 1990-91.

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HAIM SCHLICK
of
Southfield is the winner of
this year's Schinnerer/PEPP
Management Study fellow-
ship. He plans to pursue an
MBA at the University of
Detroit this fall.

ERIC L. PETERSON has
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Moslems To Outnumber
Jews In America Soon

STEVE LIPMAN

Special to The Jewish News

A

merican Jews, long
accustomed to their
position as the largest
minority religious group in a
"Judeo-Christian" United
States, will soon be out-
numbered by Moslems here,
experts predict.
While the American Jew-
ish community has in effect
reached zero population
growth over the last genera-
tion, Islam has become the
nation's fastest-growing
faith through a combination
of high birth rate, conver-
sions and immigration from
the Middle East and Asia.
According to most esti-
mates, America's Moslem
population will definitely
exceed its Jewish population
by the early 21st century.
But Jewish community rela-
tions experts appear uncer-
tain as to the response called
for by the phenomenon.
Some said the growth of
Islamic America should
prompt American Jews to
produce bigger families,
strengthen their religious
practice and intensify their
political lobbying efforts.
Some suggested, too, that
Jews should seek better ties
with their monotheistic
neighbors.
And there was some sen-
timent that Judaism's
decline to a No. 3 spot was
not a serious cause for

Steve Lipman is a reporter for
the New York Jewish week.

alarm.
"I don't see any problem,"
said Rabbi Leon Klenicki,
director of interfaith affairs
for the Anti-Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith.
"What concerns me is not
their growth. What concerns
me is our theological
diminution."
Rabbi Marc Angel of
Manhattan's Sephardic
Congregation Shearith
Israel added: "If there were
20 million Moslems in the
United States, it wouldn't
bother me. I wouldn't lose a
night's sleep over it. If Jews
think of themselves as a se-
cond (ranking) religion in
this country because of
numbers, they're deluding
themselves."
Islam's growth is reflected
in the hundreds of mosques
built throughout the United
States in the past two
decades, including a tower-
ing mosque and minaret now
under construction on
Manhattan's Upper East
Side. On the streets of New
York, more women can be
seen wearing traditional
Moslem garb, and butcher
shops that offer meat
slaughtered according to
"sharia," or Islamic law, are
becoming as common a sight
as kosher butchers.
Estimates of the current
Moslem population in the
United States range from 3.5
million to 10 million, but the
commonly accepted figure is
between 4 and 5 million.
One-third of the Moslem
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