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LESLEY PEARL STAFF WRITER

of much remains of the
now defunct United He-
brew Schools.
The sign was re-
moved from its headquarters at
the Agency for Jewish Educa-
tion building, and a plan phased
out the remaining branches of
the community-school system.
A few educators and the mot-
to "no child shall be denied a
Jewish education" were sal-
vaged.
Last year, Jewish
Federation of Metro-
politan Detroit allo-
cated dollars to assist
the three final UHS
branches in their
transition to congre-
gation-based schools.
In addition, $75,000
was put aside to cre-
ate a scholarship pro-
gram.
The money sat.
Committees met. A
partnership formed.
The dollars rolled
over for the 1994-95
school year and will be
added to any addi-
tional allocations from
this year's Allied Jew-
ish Campaign to as-
sist congregations and
families in funding
Jewish education.
Among scholarship
applicants, congrega-
tion-affiliated families
will be given first pri-
ority.
"Consistent with the Giles re-
port (which called for the fold-
ing of UHS), we believe an
affiliated family will have more
ownership of an education than
an unaffiliated family," said
Douglas Bloom, chairman of
Federation's education division.
"During the Giles study,
congregations said if financial
considerations were an issue
to families wanting a Jewish
education, they would work
with them to make member-
ship, and thus education, a re-
ality. We're hoping for a
three-way partnership between
Federation, the congregations
and the families. We realize the
congregations may bear the
brunt of financial considera-
tions, but they're also going to
gain families to help them
grow."
The plan begins with early
enrollment.
When families sign up their
children for school in the fall,
congregational leadership will
discuss financial plans and pro-

vide a scholarship application.
A Federation-formed commit-
tee will review applications to
determine needs. Scholarships,
congregations and families to-
gether will make up financial
differences.
For example, if a congrega-
tion charges $750 a student,
and the committee determines
the family should be able to pay
$500, the remaining $250 will

Federation does not plan to
use the entire $75,000 for the
1994-95 school year, instead
spread it out over several years
and add to it yearly allocations.
"Seventy-five thousand dol-
lars isn't going to solve all the
financial needs in the commu-
nity," Ms. Levin said.
According to the Giles Re-
port, a 1989 demographic sur-
vey indicated 6,800 Jewish

be picked up by scholarship and
the congregation.
The dollars will be allocated
on a by-family basis, but the
funds will go directly to the con-
gregations. A $250 cap per stu-
dent for a six-hour-a-week
program has been set.

households in the suburbs
of southeastern Oakland Coun-
ty with children ages 4-13.
Thirty-one percent of those
homes were not affiliated.
Twenty-five percent of the un-
affiliated were receiving a Jew-
ish education. Of those
numbers, 11 percent were uti-
lizing the UHS system.
"There was a tradition of
UHS providing for the unaffil-
iated. Our response, through
the particular set-up of the
scholarship program, is that we
want to support affiliation," said
Larry Ziffer, Federation plan-
ning director. "Education
doesn't occur in a vacuum. Ed-
ucation with affiliation doesn't
guarantee anything, but the
odds are better. The congrega-
tion serves as an anchor.
`There are other institutions,
like the Jewish Parents Insti-
tute and Workmen's Circle,
which don't require affiliation.
Some UHS participants have
gone there. I don't think we've
lost a lot. We're taking a calcu-
lable and proven risk." ❑

Seventy-five
thousand dollars
was allocated
to create
the fund.

Randi Levin, Federation as-
sistant planning director, said
the scholarship process targets
two groups: those in the system
under finan «al stress and those
for whom cost has always been
a barrier to affiliation.
"This is both inreach and out-
reach, and we don't want to pe-
nalize those already biting the
bullet," Ms. Levin said.

