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number of characteristics in
common, including parents
who talk with their children
about Jewish issues and are
interested in learning about
Judaism themselves. For ex-
ample, some of these parents
volunteer in Jewish organiza-
tions, some study with
teachers or rabbis, and some
learn from their own children
when they bring home bits of
the Judaic curriculum from
the school.
When deciding whether to
send a child to a Jewish day
school, parents must
recognize that any decision
comes with pluses and
minuses. However, to make
an informed choice and to
maximize the chances for a
successful experience at a day
school, parents should ex-
amine their own attitudes
towards Jewish learning and
towards the potential incon-
sistency between the Judaic
messages of the home and
school environments.
Parents should also talk
with school personnel, asking
direct questions about the
school's attitude towards

diversity within the Jewish
community and specifically
how the school approaches
children who come from less-
observant homes.

Finally, parents should
recognize that for them to be
open to the Jewish educa-
tional message of the school
does not mean that they must
necessarily change their own
observances. Instead, it
means they must cultivate an
open, listening attitude. They
need to ask their children to
share with them what they
are learning in all their sub-
jects, Judaic as well as
general. They also need to
feel more interested in, and
less threatened by, any pro-
blems or questions their
children might have.

In this way parents can help
their children process and ac-
cept any inconsistencies that
might arise. As Jack puts it,
"It's exciting to watch your
child learn. If she learns
about religion and wants to
share it with us, then we can
discover it all together as a
family."

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Odds Of Mideast War
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FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1990

New York (JTA) — Israeli
Defense. Minister Moshe
Arens compared Iraqi Presi-
dent Saddam Hussein to
Adolf Hitler and told Jewish
leaders here that his grow-
ing alliance with Jordan in-
creased the prospects of war
in the Middle East.
Arens met with a group of
15 or so Jewish leaders for
an hour last Sunday,
primarily to brief them on
his talks in Washington last
week with U.S. Defense Sec-
retary Dick Cheney, said
Seymour Reich, chairman of
the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations.
The three-hour Pentagon
meeting, which Arens de-
scribed as "warm, friendly
and productive," resulted in
the announcement that the
United States will support
the second phase of Israel's
development of the Arrow
missile.
The Israeli defense min-
ister told the Jewish leaders
that he believed the
U.S.-Israeli strategic rela-
tionship was solid and that
Israel would continue to re-
main crucial to U.S. defense,
particularly in view of U.S.
arms and troop reductions
taking place in Europe.
But Arens expressed con-

cern over the continuing sale
of weapons from the United
States and Europe to hostile
Arab states.
He told the Jewish leaders
he was tfoubled that "the
French and the British seem
to be competing for military
sales to the Arab nations,"
Reich reported.
As for U.S. arms deals
with the Arabs, Arens said

The French and
the British seem
to be competing
for military sales,

that such sales should be
linked to whether or not the
Arab country in question is
willing to recognize Israel
and pursue the peace pro-
cess.
He also said that while
Israel could be hurt by
across-the- board cuts in the
U.S. budget, he did not
believe Israel would be
"singled out" for aid reduc-
tion, Reich said.
Arens generally avoided
discussing details of the
U.S.- Israel diplomatic rela-
tionship or the peace pro-
cess, perhaps in deference to
the upcoming visit of For-
eign Minister David Levy to
Washington.

