In Jewish Education
THE KROGER CO. OF MICHIGAN
CELEBRATES EDUCATION
IN THE METRO-DETROIT
JEWISH COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
JEWISH SCHOLAR
The Jewish Theological Seminary,
established in New York in 1887, was
created as an offering of a modern but
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traditional alternative to Reform Judaism. The seminary
Detroit's National
Role/An Interview
With Robert Naftaly
languished in its early years until 1902, when Rabbi Dr.
Solomon Schechter was brought over from Cambridge
University in England to head the'school; ever since,
by Robert A. Sklar
Conservative Judaism has been a major force on the
Swimming Upstream
American-Jewish scene. Schechter was a scholar of vast
by Harlene Appelman
erudition and a passionately committed religious Jew.
Our First Priority
by Arthur M. Horwitz
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Education
Is Universal
by Rabbi Avrohom
Fishman
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Rethinking Allocations
by Isaac Lakritz
ONE OF JUDAISM'S MOST BRILLIANT MINDS
Challenge To Parents
Although he has a reputation for being a poor student, Albert
by Gary A. Faber and
Sandra L. Faber
Einstein has become known as one of the greatest geniuses to
ever have lived. Einstein studied mainly mathematics
If I Ran Hillel
by Sheri Devries
and science, although Judaism was also a subject
Changing The Focus
of focus both at home and at school. Einstein
by Judy Pazol
was a scientist,. mathematician, lecturer and
The Need For Vision
Nobel prize winner. Born in Germany,
by Ken Kirshenbaum
Einstein made his first visit to the United
Many Challenges,
Many Opportunities
States in 1921 to raise funds for the planned
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
by Fran Pearlman
Fair Wage Would Help
by Michaelvn Silverman
Teaching Tradition
by Katie Feldman •
My Worst Nightmare
by Molly Roth
S.
Time to Study
by Stuart Snider
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Making Adult
Learning Work
by Nancy Kaplan
What SAJE Achieved
by Irwin Alterman
Opening Up The
Greek System
by Leslie Zack
Continuing Process
by Dr. David Kagan
Less Sitting,
Plus A Laptop
by Zachary Yost
Confronting Entropy
by Rabbi Rich Kirschen
The Key Is
Consistency
by Rabbi Avraham
Jacobovitz
Lesson For A Lifetimp,
by Willard Posen
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learning within the metropolitan Detroit eu ,ish
community, was planned under the supervision
of News Editor Jonathan Friendly
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