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and the halls were silent. Only
administrators, secretaries and
a handful of workers were in
the building.
Earlier in the week, Hillel
administrators sent a letter to
parents warning them of a po-
tential strike. Daphna Feld-
man, president of the Hillel
Teachers Association, repre-
senting 55 teachers, said the
whole issue could have been
avoided had school officials sim-
ply held talks when teachers
requested them.
"We were ready to negotiate
on March 31," Mrs. Feldman
said. "But our first meeting was
June 9. I asked the adminis-
tration to end the negotiations
by the end of the (1992) school
year. My request was never
honored."
Part of the argument focus-
es on whether Hillel teachers'
salaries should be comparable
with those of teachers in
Farmington Hills or with
Jewish day schools nationwide.
Hillel teachers say their av-
erage salary, for instructors
with a bachelor's degree, is
about $25,000 — a figure they
say is far below that of public
schools in Farmington Hills.
The median salary for teach-
ers in the Wayne-Oakland-
Macomb area is $47,335, and
$55,879 in the Farmington
school district.
According to Hillel Admin-
istrator Robert Steinberg,
teachers' salaries at Hillel
range from a starting figure of
$22,000 to a top figure of
$43,000.
Compared with other Jewish
day schools around the coun-
try, these figures are hardly
low, Mr. Gene said. In fact,
"they are fair and generous."
A group of parents have ral-
lied in support of the teachers,
taking out an ad in this week's
Jewish News. Signed by 49 par-
ents, the ad reads in part, 'We
will keep our children home un-
til this issue is settled to the
teachers' satisfaction."
When, in the past, the school
faced financial difficulties, "the

teachers came out in support
and took only a 1-2 percent
raise," Mrs. Feldman said.
"Now things look different. The
school is larger and it's time to
make the teachers a priority.
'We have been witnessing a
lot of expenses on the adminis-
tration level," she added. "If
there is money available for
those jobs, there certainly is
enough available for the teach-
ers."

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Jerusalem (JTA) — Two
members of Knesset from
the Likud party have
withdrawn their demand
that Labor Knesset member
Yael Dayan be stripped of
her parliamentary immuni-
ty because of her recent
meeting with a senior offi-
cial of the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization.
Limor Livnat and Michael
Eitan changed their minds
after Dayan made a state-
ment at a meeting of the
Knesset House Committee
in which she promised to
refrain from further
violating the Israeli law
banning meetings with PLO
officials until it is amended.
Mr. Eitan said that in view
of Ms. Dayan's statement, he
no longer sees a point in
demanding an immunity
waiver, which would enable
her to be prosecuted for
breaking the law.
The government of Yit-
zhak Rabin has announced
that it intends to amend the
law soon. Yet the prime min-
ister reportedly expressed
displeasure at the meeting,
and Ms. Dayan said she was
taking his disapproval into
account in making her deci-
sion.
Ms. Dayan met in The
Hague with Nabil Sha'ath, a

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