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In response, the Jewish Com- lars. The community of people
munity Council of Metropolitan that send their children to day
Detroit conducted a series of schools and support the public
hearings, culminating in its education system [through tax-
board issuing a statement that es] provide a great deal of mon-
"opposes voucher or scholarship ey for public education for which
plans which would allow public they get nothing."
funds to flow to private or
"Because I choose to send my
parochial schools."
child to an institution that ori-
The statement also says, 'The ents itself to religious values, I
Jewish Community Council val- don't see why my child should
ues the educational experience be deprived of the tax dollars al-
provided by Jewish day schools located for education," said Ron
and continues to sup-
port appropriate gov-
ernmental benefits ...
currently available-
to private and
parochial schools."
According to Jew-
ish Community
Council Treasurer
Howard Wallach,
who moderated the
Council's final dis-
cussion on April 1,
"It was absolutely
clear cut that there
was no support for
vouchers, even
amongst members
of the board who
have very strong
feelings and ties to
supporting Jewish
day schools ... It was
not a knock-down,
scream-out fight but
a very upbeat and
healthy debate that
reaffirmed for us the
traditional view that
we have held."
But Michael Eizelman,
NCJW's
Reinitz, who sends his five
Judith
a Council board member,
children to Akiva. Hebrew
was less pleased with the Rosenberg Day School. He added that
vote. According to Mr.
while he could understand
Eizelman, whose daughter Mira restrictions on public money go-
attends Sally Allan Alexander ing toward religious education,
Beth Jacob School for Girls, "I he thought it would be fair for
wanted a stronger statement of the government to subsidize the
support for day schools or at general studies curriculum at
least creating a larger commu- religious schools.
nity forum. [The statement was]
Rabbi Nathaniel Lauer, ed-
not strong enough or broad ucational director at Sally Allan
enough."
Alexander Beth Jacob School for
Although he believes that Girls, believes that parents ex-
vouchers entail "a myriad of perience "double taxation" by
problems," Mr. Eizelman also paying taxes for public schools
thinks those who care about day as well as day-school tuition. Al-
schools should consider other though he is not sure he sup-
forms of assistance, such as tax ports vouchers per se, he argues
credits and deductions. "[The is- that there "should be some com-
sue of vouchers] needs to be pensation" for day-school par-
looked at with a fresh, unjaun- ents.
diced eye," he said.
Said Rabbi E.B. "Bunny"
Parents and others involved Freedman, "I fear that [the Jew-
with day schools weigh in on both ish Community Council] risks
sides of the voucher issue. "Per- marginalizing itself when it puts
sonally, I'd love to get a little ex- the perceived issues of separa-
tra money or have tuition lowered tion of church and state ahead
by having more community re- of continuity of the Jewish com-
sources for places like Hillel," said munity." Rabbi Freedman is a
Judith Fogel, whose two children former executive director of
attend Hillel Day School. "But I Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. "Par-
don't believe it's the government's ticularly as we see intermar-
obligation so long as public riage and assimilation rates
schools are available."
growing, it behooves the Jewish
Eliyahu Allon, who sends Community Council to consider
three children to Darchei Torah the situation of the 1990s, rather
and one to Yeshiva Gedolah, dis- than the 1950s."
agrees. "I feel strongly that it is
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a question of equity of tax dol-