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$1,000 and $1,200 a year in tu-
ition.
At all other local Jewish day
schools, students must attend
both secular and religious cours-
es. The schools receive no public
funding, which means that par-
ents and private donations sub-
sidize all teachers' salaries.
Noah Webster, however, has
no paid teachers on staff, and par-
ents educate their children with
material provided, at no cost, by
the academy.
"If we did not think it was such
a good curriculum, we would not
even consider it," said Mr.
Berkowitz, who teaches in the

state will appeal the judge's de-
cision.
The Jewish Community
Council, which opposes the char-
ter school legislation, is prepar-
ing for active involvement in the
future. For now, Council is tak-
ing a wait-and-see approach.
"The issue is not dead. It may
be dormant, but it will come back
to the forefront," said David Gad-
Harf, executive director of the
Jewish Community Council.
"We're mobilizing in a couple of
ways."
The JCCouncil devoted its
November board meeting to
church-state issues, charging an

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Lubavitch boys cheder. "The
money we are able to save is a
feather in the cap. We did not
sign up in blood. So far so good,
our kids are doing well."
The boys who attend the
Lubavitch school are not enrolled
in the academy. They continue to
receive their complete education
at the cheder.
"You need to have a more eas-
ily self-motivated group," Mr.
Berkowitz said. "It's been my ex-
perience our girls fit these qual-
ifications. It doesn't seem as easy
to pull off with our boys. I don't
think everyone can have that lev-
el of independence."
These 20 girls and the nearly
2,000 other students statewide
enrolled in the Noah Webster
Academy hoped to see the acade-
my receive as much as $5,500 in
public monies for the education
of each student.
Despite the lack of funding,
Mr. Berkowitz said the girls will
continue their "home schooling"
education. Mr. Berkowitz did say
that if he and other parents need
to spend more money on their
daughters' education, they would
reevaluate the merits of the Noah
Webster program.
"We were made to believe, and
I'm not fully convinced, private
foundations are willing to provide
us with some financial assis-
tance," Mr. Berkowitz said.
"Others say the case will succeed
in court."
Gov. John Engler said the

ad-hoc committee to study the
issue and make recommenda-
tions. The council is also a part of
a coalition of Jewish organiza-
tions (including the American
Jewish Committee, Anti-
Defamation League, National
Council of Jewish Women,
Hadassah and ORT) formed dur-
ing last year's public-school re-
form debate and is now following
the charter school and Noah
Webster issues.

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German Union
Bans Rightists

Bonn (JTA) — Members of the
Deutsche Volks Union, a neo-
Nazi political organization, will
be expelled from the German Na-
tional Police Union, the union de-
cided Wednesday at its
convention in Dresden.
According to the police union's
resolution, the DVU, whose name
translates as German People's
Party, was characterized by "an-
imosity to trade unions, nation-
alist goals and anti-Semitism."
Similar measures have been
taken in previous years against
police officers who were members
of the German National Party
and the Republican Party.
However, the decision does not
apply to actual service in the po-
lice force. Thus, even policemen
expelled from the union can con-
tinue to serve.