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An implementation corn-
mittee, which is charged
with coming up with an-
swers to these questions by
May, is headed by Allan
Nachman. The 11-member
committee has its work cut
out for them: besides the
ever-present call for cash,
Jewish educators across the
city are wondering aloud
what the AJE is going to
look like in three years.
The committee, which had
its first meeting Tuesday
night, wants to prioritize a
list of changes the Giles
report supported. Among the
most pressing: to wean three
religious schools from AJE
and hand over full ad-
ministrative and financial
duties to the host syn-
agogues.
"The job has to be done
and it's got to be done with
sensitivity," said Mr.
Nachman, who is past
chairman of Federation's
Culture and Education Divi-
sion.
"The community has
spoken," he said. "We have
to put some meat on the
bones."
The heavy workload is just
one of Mr. Nachman's
headaches. AJE teachers,
who feel they have been ex-
cluded from the Jewish Fed-
eration's policy decisions,
are complaining loudly
about the Giles report.
The report, said teacher
Ella Moskovitz, is "wishful
thinking. Calling the animal
by a different name doesn't
make a difference."
Several teachers said the
report removed the one in-
stitution which served the
Jews that Federation now
wants to attract: those who
do not belong to synagogues.
"A lot of Jewish people
don't want to join a syn-
agogue," said teacher Tamar
Traub.
The teachers said AJE is
the only Federation agency
which has a record of im-
proving the community's
outreach; it has opened up
schools in Troy and Grosse
Pointe.
Plus, they said, only AJE
has maintained educational
standards, both for students
and teachers. While the
Giles report supports
teacher certification, AJE is
the only school that required
it.
"Cutting out the only
school with certified
teachers — that's what they
call the professionalization
of teaching?" said Mrs.
Traub.
The teachers, plus some
educational leaders,
criticized the concept of a
I "consortium," something

Federation leaders have
supported. Instead of a bu-
reau of Jewish education,
the Giles report said, AJE
should become a cooperative
venture for all Jewish
schools. They will be able to
send teachers there for
training and support, plus
they will have some control
over how the agency is run.
Privately, education
leaders said if Detroit's Jew-
ish educators are unable to
agree on when to meet, how
will they agree on educa-
tional policy, spending or
standards?
Plus, AJE teachers said,
synagogue teachers — espe-
cially those who teach only
two hours a week — will not
be interested in spending
that much time preparing
lesson plans. Certain
schools, including day
schools, already participate
in national consortiums;
other religious school direc-
tors are not trained, said one
school principal, to help
other schools.
The whole plan, AJE
teachers said, is rife with
irony; while saying Jewish
education needs to be a

The report is
"wishful thinking.
Calling the animal
by a different
name doesn't
make a
difference."

Ella Moskovitz

priority, Federation is
removing itself from the
business of teaching
students.
"They have no idea what
they're going to do," said
Mrs. Traub. The final result,
they said, will be relegating
Jewish education to the
bottom of the community's
totem pole of priorities.
Allan Nachman disagrees.
"I'll be the first to admit
the report doesn't answer
every question," he said.
"But it gives us a real good
road map to improve Jewish
education in the commun-
ity."
AJE President Neil
Zalenko, who will sit on the
implementation committee,
says the report is a hopeful
sign that the Jewish Federa-
tion wants better commun-
ity Jewish education. But,
he says, implementation
must be swift and education
policy-making must be
handed back to AJE's ad-
ministration.
"The report is here," he
said. "I think there are
windows of opportunity." ❑