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school students may drop out
before graduation, according
to Mr. Ovshinsky. Job Corps,
privately run, has an 86 per-
cent success rate among
those who stay in the pro-
gram for at least six months.
.Students earn high school
diplomas, learn trades and
get real jobs.
It's not so impossible to
imagine these kids suc-
ceeding, said Jose De
Olivares, executive director
of Job Corps.
"After all, look how suc-
cessful they were on the
streets. The only difference
between a good hustle on the
street and on Wall Street, or
a pimp making money off his
girls and a developer scoring
big on a piece of property, is
that one job practice is legal
and the other is not."
The biggest problem, ac-
cording to Mr. De Olivares,
is attendance. "And that's
not something we can con-
trol," he said. "We can't help
kids who, because of their
conditions on the streets or
in their home, just don't
show up. We don't like it,
but it's a fact of life for some
of these kids."
Lyvett, who swore she'd
overcome her obstacles,
ultimately dropped out of
the program and is now
working at a fast-food store.
The staff at Job Corps had
higher hopes for her.
"She could be the chair-
man of the board of any
company if she sets her mind
to it," said Rhonda Jones,
deputy director of Job Corps.
Lyvett dropped out, but
Robert, Scott and Helena all
finished the program and
are on their way to further-
ing their educations and ca-
reers in various technical
fields.
"For a lot of these kids, Job
Corps is their last chance,"
said Dave Tangredi, a
counselor at Job Corps. "If it
doesn't happen in Job Corps,
these kids know it ain't
gonna happen." ❑
Jews, Christians Set
Conference In Muskegon
On Monday, Muskegon,
the Western Michigan city
with 150,000 residents in-
cluding 250 Jews, will for a
day become the center for
Jewish-Christian dialogue
in the nation.
That's because two of the
world's leading religious
philosophers and scholars
will be coming to speak at an
all-day seminar being called
"Faithful Interpretation: A
Jew and A Christian Reflect
on Continuity and Change."
Rabbi David Hartman, di-
rector of the Shalom Hart-
man Institute in Jerusalem,
and Bishop Krister Sten-
dahl, dean emeritus and cur-
rent chaplain to the Harvard
Divinity School, will speak
to an audience of clergy, lai-
ty and academics, beginning
9 a.m. at the Frauenthal
Center in downtown
Muskegon.
The effort to bring the
scholars to Muskegon
started after the Jewish
community there celebrated
its centennial in 1988-89.
"There's been a strong
desire here to strive for
better relations between
Jews and Christians," said
conference spokesperson
Sylvia Kaufman.
"The Jewish and Christian
communities here have a
real desire to work together
and live together. We have
an interfaith circle here that
is based on sensitivity to one
another. I think the Chris-
tians have been much more
sensitive to the importance
of Jewish survival."
Monday's program will in-
clude presentations as well
as small group discussions
and an evening of public dia-
logue.
Balfour Concert
To Help Israel
ZOA's 58th annual Balfour
celebration and concert will
be held Nov. 3 at the Masonic
Temple auditorium to aid the
organization's projects in
Israel.
The Irwin and Bethea
Green School of Agriculture
at Kfar Silver has been
upgraded and expanded with
a science and technology
center, modern plant
nurseries and a fully re-
equipped dairy farm.
The audio-visual center at
the ZOA House in Tel Aviv
has become a resource facili-
ty for Russian and Ethiopian
olim.
The ZOA House is home to
the city's Kameri municipal
theater and a newly estab-
lished Yiddish theater group.
A major goal of Balfour 58
will be to establish the Rabbi
M. Robert Syme Scholarship
Endowment Fund to provide
tuition and maintenance
assistance for these students
in vocational education at
Kfar Silver.
Rabbi Syme will receive
ZOA's highest citation — the
Brandeis award — at the
concert.
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