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 DEVItOIT JEW'S!' NEWS Your Voice Counts Too The essence of Jewish learning is the shar- ing of ideas. The contributors to Voices In _ Jewish Education have made a special effort ro www.d etroitievvishnews.coin give you new ideas and issues about how to make the lifelong process of Jewish learning a August 6, 1999 : . Av 24, 5759 - - deeper, richer and more engaging experience. Voices In Jewish Education Now it is your turn. A special supplement To make the process easy, we are devoting a new portion of our Web site to improving edu- cation (wwvv.detroitjevvishnews.com ). All of the stories in this supplement will be posted in a way that will allow you to respond directly to them or to craft a new article of your own. As the year goes on, we will continue to add new sto- ries about education and new links to education sites. As always, we welcorile your letters to consider for publication. Please send them to: Letters, Detroit Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034. Fax: (248) 354-6069. E-mail: rsklar@thejewishnews.com 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 ••=k4••=W=•2•=0:Za•Uvr'•,,".4 Vaezsatz, Education Is Universal by Rabbi Avrohom Fishman /••,& 3$, 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 8/6 }999 60 Detroit Jewish News 74. 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 Voices In Jewish Education, a look at Jewish learning within the metropolitan Detroit eu ,ish community, was planned under the supervision of News Editor Jonathan Friendly Publisher: Arthur M. Horwitz Editor: Robert A. Sklar Associate Editor: Alan Hitskv Staff Writer: Diana Lieberman Staff Photographer: Krista Husa Copy Editor: Esther -Rd-In-hart Art Director: Debbie Schultz Advertising Director: Shari Cimino Business Manager: Brigette Thompson Marketing Manager: Illana Greenberg Circulation Manager: Dale Rubin Web PrZidueer: Joshua Paul Cane 1999 DETROIT j MIS! I NEWS