including Mr. Mohammad,
not to make public appear-
ances before February,
according to Vice Provost
Charles Moody. Mr. Moody
announced the news to
students and faculty who
had filled an auditorium to
hear Mr. Mohammad. The
vice provost, however, did
not release further infor-
mation about the change
of plans. On Tuesday, The
Michigan Daily campus
newspaper reported that
Mr. Moody had known the
week before that Mr.
Mohammad wouldn't
show. Learning this, stu-
dents from different
Jewish groups on campus
said they felt confused.
"The word I keep hear-
ing today is 'bizarre,' " said
Ken Goldstein, chair of the
University of Michigan
Hillel governing board.
"We want an explanation.
There has to be some
accountability."
Like Mr. Goldstein, stu-
dent David Glickman, a
member of Hillel, said he
was baffled by the no-show
and could not understand
Mr. Moody's motivation for
keeping the change in
plans under wraps.
"It makes me feel that
he wanted to make us look
silly," said Mr. Glickman.
"He was withholding infor-
mation from the student
body and I really resent
that."
Mr. Moody did not
return phone calls after
the scheduled event.
As students were taping
up protest fliers before the
speech, many said they
supported Mr. Moham-
mad's right to speak, but
maintained that the uni-
versity should not have
invited him on Martin
ISLAM SPEAKER page 16
Kallah Offers Study
For All Denominations
LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER
O
ne year ago, the
"liberal" Jews of
Ontario, Canada,
answered the call
for ongoing, adult educa-
tion.
Kolel: A Centre for
Liberal Jewish Learning
in Concord, Ontario,
(about 90 minutes from
Toronto) opened its doors
to Reform, Conservative,
Orthodox and unaffiliat-
ed Jews for higher learn-
ing.
For those unable to
fully engross themselves
in semester study, Kolel
offers its second "Nation-
al Study Kallah" July 14-
18.
Set in the Geneva Park
Conference Centre, up to
100 Jews will gather for
four days of in-depth
Judaic study with rabbis
and educators of the
Canadian Reform move-
ment.
Individuals worship
twice daily, attend text
study sessions with rab-
bis, engage in elective
classes of dance, art and
Hebrew, and participate
in Shabbat and Hav-
dalah meals and ser-
vices. Free time may be
spent on the tennis
courts, nature trails or
swimming and sunning
on Lake Couchiching.
"This is a combination
camp and yeshiva for the
non-Orthodox," said
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein,
Kolel's director.
Rabbi Goldstein said
participants vary from
liberal Orthodox (defined
by Rabbi Goldstein as
those who are open to
study with a woman
rabbi) to individuals who
have not stepped into a
synagogue in more than
20 years.
Nancy Kaplan, director
of Midrasha College of
Jewish Studies in
Detroit, hopes locals will
consider Kallah for its
diversity.
"This is a
combination
camp and
yeshiva for the
non-Orthodox."
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
"Like Midrasha, Kal-
lah is neutral turf. It is
an opportunity to learn
from many and share a
learning experience," Ms.
Kaplan said.
"If Detroiters go and
experience Kallah, they
will want something sim-
ilar here. The partici-
pants can become the
esprit de corps who rally
for learning centers and
retreats here."
As director of Mid-
rasha, Ms. Kaplan works
to make Jewish learning
opportunities available
to adults.
"It's tough to crank up
the system for adult edu-
cation. Synagogues
aren't staffed or budget-
ed for it," she said.
"There is little opportu-
nity for interim and
advanced learning and
the problem of individu-
als topping out."
Ms. Kaplan hopes
Midrasha will become
more of a resource center
for synagogue chairmen
of adult education, allow-
ing various leaders to
work together and over-
come such obstacles.
"If you offer programs
at a time and place that
is accessible to people,
they will be there.
People are ripe for learn-
ing," Ms. Kaplan said.
Rabbi Goldstein
agreed. She said Kolel
boasts 120 students and
filled the first Kallah
with 52 participants.
"We want to stress
that this is not a confer-
ence. This is a retreat,"
Rabbi Goldstein said.
"We want people to
learn, to get to know
each other and to explore
their Jewish souls."
For more information
about Kallah, contact
Nancy Kaplan at
Midrasha, 354-1050. ❑
SY MANELLO SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
T
he 10th General
Assembly of the
Council of Jewish
Federations adopt
ed a resolution to coordi-
nate civic-protective
agencies. It was felt to be
the most effective step to
date to achieve unity in
American Jewish ranks.
The executive director of
the Jewish Welfare
Federation of Detroit
pointed out that cam-
paign procedures must be
related to actual war-
time experience; with
more income in the hands
of consumers, more was
potentially available for
war financing and gener-
al causes here and
abroad.
Service to Jewry was
seen on many fronts, both
overseas and at home.
Locally the Jewish Voca
tonal Service had a five-
point wartime program:
helping students prepare
for the future; directing
men of draft age to find
their best place in the
service; assisting employ-
ed men and women to
find and/or train for war
jobs; registering house-
wives for courses; aiding
war plant workers in
procuring more highly
skilled jobs.
Throughout the Jewish
community there were
locals making news.
Sidney Alexander assum-
ed the post of acting
chancellor commander of
the Detroit Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias — a
position he had held 19
years earlier. Tzvi
Karbal, head of the
Detroit Hashomer Hat
zair, entered the army
and his role was assumed
by Sora Levine. Yetta
Levine was honored by
the Ladies of Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah on her
81st birthday.
The Hebrew Union
College honored Henry
Wineman with a citation
for his 17 years of sup-
port of the college. In
addition, Judge Charles
C. Simons was elected a
member of the board of
HUC while Joseph
Strauss of Pontiac was
one of six who were
ordained as rabbis at the
services.
Representatives of 100
local organizations at
tended a conference for
the Gewerkshaften, the
national Labor Commit-
tee for Palestine.
It was no wonder that
prominent leaders came
from our area; many
were trained by the
Philoinathic Debating
Society. The 29th annual
contest heard Laurence
Arden, Albert Kramer,
Irwin Shulman, George
Renbaum, Laurence
Herzberg and Myron
Rosenthal.
Members of the Jewish
Community Center were
busy with an array of
offerings. A course in Jiu
Jtisu for men and women
was set under the in-
struction of Perry
Deakin. Jimmy Murphy
was instructing dance
classes. To dramatize the
theme of victory, Boy
Scout Cub Pack 369
planned a presentation
of skits and handicraft
materials; Merton Ertz
and Arthur Goldberg
were Cub-masters.
Women's clubs were
maintaining their high
level of activity. Mrs.
Harry J. Millman, presi-
dent of the Youth
Education League, re-
ported that every mem-
ber had fulfilled her
pledge to the fund drive.
Faye Stoliman, president
of the Sisters of Miz-
rachi, spoke at the
group's Oneg Shabbat.
Mrs. Sam Shore hosted
the fourth rally tea for
the Detroit Women's
Division of the American
Jewish Congress. Edith
Meskin arranged a mem-
bership tea for the
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Jewish War Veterans. Li