A Step Closer

A fact-finding group exploring the possibility of a
Conservative high school gauges interest.

JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER

J

ust over a year ago, when
multimillionaire Jay Kogan
gave $1 million to Hillel
Day School for an endow-
ment, another gift was an-
nounced that drew even more
interest.
Mr. Kogan, after negotiating
with school officials, agreed to
commit a $4-million challenge
grant to a new Conservative high
school to pick up where the day
school leaves off in eighth grade.
At the time, it was seen as a
dream, something to be studied
and assessed.
Last week, the dream edged
closer to reality. A group of par-
ents, educators and rabbis sent
a letter to Hillel parents, inquir-
ing whether they would be in-
terested in sending their children
to such a high school.
The group fielded 16 phone
calls in four days after the letter
was sent.
Several other issues sur-
rounding the start-up of a Con-
servative high school —

including funding (according to
the original agreement, school of-
ficials would have to match the
$4 million to receive the funds),
a mission statement and location
— have yet to be settled, al-
though an announcement is an-
ticipated before spring.
"We are looking at the fall of
1998 (as the opening of the
school), but we are in the plan-
ning stages," said Jeff Garden, a
Hillel parent and member of the
fact-finding group.
A survey during the 1994-1995
school year found that, of the 292
Hillel families who responded, 74
percent wanted more information
regarding a high school or were
interested in enrolling their chil-
dren in the school.
"That was a positive re-
sponse," Mr. Garden said. ❑

The voice-mail box set up
by the fact-finding group can
be reached at (810) 788-6876.

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Bloomfield Township police say Temple Beth El
vandalism looks like an inside job.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN STAFF WRITER

olice have decided that a
rash of random vandalism
at Temple Beth El last
week was not anti-Semitic
in nature.
Capt. Jim Anas of the Bloom-
field Township Police Department
said he and Temple Beth El Rab-
bi David Scott Castiglione agreed
that select property damage and
a bit of graffiti was no more than
"random, senseless vandalism, not
specifically directed at the tem-
ple."
Temple Beth El's Rabbi Daniel
Syme, however, refused to corn-
ment on the matter, saying only
that any vandalism had been
"cleaned up," and it remained an
"internal matter."
In a room whose walls hold
memorial plaques, just past the
temple's administrative offices,
Capt. Anas said a backwards
swastika symbol was scratched
into woodwork. The figure was in-
correct if the vandal intended the
Nazi symbol, Capt. Anas said. It
more accurately resembled an

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American Indian peace symbol.
In the Reform synagogue's
sanctuary, some buttons were bro-
ken on the organ and in a lower-
level sound room, wiring and
previously recorded cassette tapes
were damaged, Capt. Anas said.
A flower pot was also broken.
Temple employees first noticed
damage to two microphones late
Thursday, Dec. 12, said Capt.
Anas. Police believe that all the
vandalism was part of one inci-
dent.
Evidence has led police to spec-
ulate that it was an inside job —
or at least that the perpetrator
had "some knowledge of the build-
ing," said Capt. Anas. 'There was
no sign of forced entry."
Don Cohen, Michigan regional
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League, has been in touch with
temple officials.
"To put swastikas in a syna-
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