his children to school.
"Public school was more of an option
when I was growing up," he said, adding
that once he and his wife decided on a
private school, Jewish day schools —
with their emphasis on teaching values
— stood out.
His second-grader already knows more
Judaically than he does, he said.

Jewish Values

Steve Schanes of West Bloomfield also
has been surpassed by his Jewish day
school-educated daughters, one of whom
is a freshman at the just-opened high
school, the Jewish
Academy of
Metropolitan
Detroit. With 52
students, the school
has the largest first-
year enrollment of
any non-Orthodox
high school.
Now vice presi-
dent of the Jewish
Steve Schanes
Academy, Schanes
said he initially sent his daughters to
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills because he
and his wife wanted them to have a
stronger Jewish education than they had
received.
"When we were making that decision,
I thought about what I had in the after-
noon programs in the synagogue, and I
wanted my kids to be able to speak and
understand Hebrew, to know how to
pray and the meaning of the prayer, ver-
sus just knowing how to read Hebrew
and things like that," he said.
Now, they believe Jewish education
should continue into the high school
years and beyond. Schanes has added
to his motivations a desire to increase
the chances of future grandchildren
being Jewish.
"We went in with reservations because
we were both public school graduates,"
recalled Schanes. "We said, 'Let's give it
a year.' That year became a few years,
then both kids graduated from Hillel."
Shirley Kotler of Los Angeles said her
commitment to day schools stems from
her interest in "perpetuating Judaism."
"I'm frightened about assimilation,"
said Kotler, who funds the modern
Orthodox Shalhevet school, which her
grandchildren attend, and created an
endowed faculty position at the Milken
Community School.
She said, "Being born Jewish is one
thing, but in these day schools, children
learn what it is to be Jewish, understand
their heritage and are proud."

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