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A Jewish Community Council Delegate Assembly
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Crisis in the Schools
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How Will School Reform Affect the Jewish Community
Molloy, an ex-New Yorker and
presently a doctoral candidate
in political science at Bar-Ilan
University, is to create territo-
rial continuity between all the
settlements in the vicinity of the
Etzion Bloc — a canton, if you
like — so that the Israelis liv-
ing in this area of dense Jewish
population won't find them-
selves relegated to individual
islands separated by bare hills
and roads.
If that doesn't succeed, the
fear for the long term is that the
arrangements established dur-
ing the interim period will dic-
tate the nature of the final
settlement, and Efrat may come
under Palestinian rule.
"It's possible," said Chane
Deitcher, "just as it's possible
that, in the end, there will a
Palestinian state."
But even under these cir-
cumstances, opinion differs
about what will become of the
inhabitants of Efrat. "I didn't
come to Israel to live in Pales-
tine," Efraim Zuroff said in sad-
ness, rather than anger.
Ms. Deitcher concurred that
if the Etzion Bloc comes under
Palestinian sovereignty, she
will not stay in Efrat.
But Dave Walk, formerly of
Malden, Mass., and now a
Featuring:
Kathleen Straus
Phil Jacobs
Member, Michigan
Board of Education
Editor, The Detroit
Jewish News and
The Atlanta Jewish
Times
Former Executive
Director, Michigan
Association of School
Boards
Moderator: Brent Triest, WTVS Talk Show Host
Audience will be encouraged to participate in an open forum
a
Should the Jewish community support schools of choice?
D
Centralization v.s. Decentralization: Are there too many
school districts?
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How does the student mix affect public
perceptions of school quality?
Tuesday, October 19
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teacher at the Mivtar Yeshivah
in Efrat, takes a more flexible
view of the possibilities. Though
he identifies himself as being
on the Right, Mr. Walk speaks
of the agreement with the PLO
as being a "tremendous oppor-
tunity" and an "historic step."
"If Efrat is not in the State of
Israel in 1998, at least by then
our neighbors will have shown
themselves to be sincere in their
desire to live with us in peace,"
he ventured. "Under those con-
ditions, I imagine we can reach
an accommodation. If Arabs can
live in Israel, I don't see why
Jews can't live under Palestin-
ian authority."
Either way, there's a bright
side to the situation, in Mr.
Walk's view. "If the agreement
doesn't work out, it will be eas-
ier for Israel to deal with the
PLO in Jericho than in Tunis,"
he said.
Meanwhile, the people of
Efrat will have to live with the
uncertainties that are a com-
mon lot these days. "The status
quo was untenable," Chane
Deitcher reflected. "The Right
never came up with an alter-
nate plan, they just stalemated
the talks all the way. So this is
what we've got, and we can only
hope it works." ❑
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Jerusalem's Mall
Is A Big Hit
Jerusalem (JTA) — For
decades, Jerusalemites have
done their shopping in the
city center, where hundreds
of small specialty shops and
outdoor cafes line the
narrow, winding streets of
the capital.
All of this could change, if
the success of a newly open-
ed shopping mall is any in-
dication.
Reportedly the largest in-
door shopping complex in
the entire Middle East, the
new Malcha Mall, located in
the southwestern part of the
city, is packing in customers
who might otherwise be buy-
ing downtown.
The result has been a well-
publicized tug of war bet-
ween downtown store
owners, who say their busi-
nesses are suffering, and
Malcha merchants, whose
ultramodern shops are at-
tracting customers like a
magnet.
If something isn't done
soon to revitalize the city
center, say some officials,
Jerusalem's unique
character could all but dis-
appear.
Built for $82 million, the
Malcha Mall is the brain-
child of Canadian developer
David Azrieli, who revolu-
tionized shopping in Israel a
decade ago by designing the
country's first indoor shop-
t ping center. He also coined
the Hebrew word for mall
—"canion" — which is based
on the words for buying and
parking.
Attracted by the 180
ultramodern stores, kosher
food court and air-
conditioning, tens of
thousands of shoppers flock
to Malcha every day to catch
a movie or just window-shop.
Another yardstick of the
mall's megasuccess has been
its ability to attract people
from across Israel's religious
and ethnic spectrum. It has
become one of the few places
where Arabs and Jews mix
freely over a cup of coffee; it
is also a favorite among Or-
thodox Jews who frequent the
mall on Staurday nights. ❑