Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres,
Irvin D. Reid, Max Fisher and David
Hermelin met last May at the Franklin
home of Sherman, a member of the
Detroit Federation Board of Governors.

three years ago, according to state of
Michigan figures, WSU had 47 per-
cent of undergraduate credit hours
taught by part-timers, compared to 24
percent, the median in 15 other
Michigan public universities. But Reid
has selected administrators who agree
with the AAUP's concerns, and the
union is cautiously optimistic that
change will occur.

Jewish Studies Classes

"This is my little Israel," Professor
Edith Covensky says about her
Hebrew, Israeli culture and Bible stud-
ies classes at WSU, where she has
more non-Jewish students than Jews.
"We co-exist beautifully." A recent
class had seven Jewish students and
seven Arab students.
Covensky enjoys the variety of stu-
dents she teaches. In her Hebrew class
this spring, each student had a differ-
ent reason for attending.
Doug Mathian of Detroit, a psy-
chology major, was interested in the
Kabbala (Jewish mysticism) and how
it relates to Jungian techniques.
Michael Shamat, considering interna-
tional law or business, is a Greek
Orthodox Palestinian whose mother is
American. "Jerusalem is made up of
three religions," he said, "and I'd like
to get a sense of all three."
Olga Mednick of Southfield, a
Russian Jew, and Josie Randazzo of
Warren, who recently learned her
father was Jewish, wanted to reconnect
to their Jewish roots.
Colleen Allen of Farmington Hills
was a WSU student who went on the
Zippori dig last year. She now wants
to live in Israel:
"Students are not coming to our
classes because they're easy classes about
something they know," says Professor
Weinberg, who teaches Jewish history
and Holocaust classes. "They're taking

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Coalition Members: Adat Shalom Synagogue and Sisterhood • American Jewish Committee
• Birmingham Temple • Brandeis National Women's Committee, Greater Detroit Chapter
• Congregation Beth Shalom • Congregation B'nai David and Sisterhood • Congregation Shaarey
Zedek and Sisterhood • Detroit Jewish News • Grosse Pointe Jewish Council • Jewish
Community Council • Jewish Family Service • Hadassah, Greater Detroit Chapter • Michigan
Branch, Women's League for Conservative Judaism • Na'Amat/USA • National Council of Jewish
Women, Greater Detroit Section • The Neighborhood Project • Pasteur Elementary School
Alumni Foundation • Temple Beth El • Temple Emanu-El • Temple Israel • Temple Kol Ami
• Temple Shir Shalom'7'• Women's American ORT

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Volunteers:

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• Marcia Bednarsh • Gloria Bat:
• Jody Berman • Susan Bernstein -• Sheri Biederrr a , n
Eric Bolokofsky • Paulette Bonin Ir..: 9Litt. iBornatein -• - Heler(go
Bonnie Brown • Denise Brown • Teresa:Byrne • Barbara Cantor
Cohn • Sandy Collins • Lisa Cutler • Debra Darvick • Elliot Darvick
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• Phyllis Dubrinsky • Becky Ellison • Ilene Emmer • Natalie Epstein
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• Shari Cohen • Lori Cohn • Ryan
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David Goldberg • Ilene,5oldberg • Gladys
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Sledge • Ellie Slovis • Jeannie Solomo
• Seymour Subar • Mary Sugart-nan...kig64
• Renee Vangoten • Arlene Victor • Anita Volk •
• Helen Wexler • ShicirWin

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Special recognition to the fallowing w
a contribution to the IDJCL
as major focus of thdiiiilar/Bat Mitzvah simcha:
Megan Fidler, Nathan Greenberg, Daniel Hulbert, Gabe Neistein

1800 books were collected and distributed through
DJCL member-sponsored book drives

Mission:

The Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy (DJCL), a response to the Department of Education's liter-
acy initiative known as the America Reads Challenge, is an umbrella organization that works to
increase the Jewish community's involvement in the fight against illiteracy by mobilizing volunteer
readers, tutors and book drive organizers.

For more information about the Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy or to
learn how you can become involved, contact
Phyllis Jarvis, Project Coordinator, 248/642-5393 or jarvis@jfmd.org

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