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According to exit surveys, Hillel stu-
dents who left last year after fifth grade
all went to public schools, Freedman
said.
"We learned that some never intended
to stay beyond fifth grade," he said. "We
need to work on teaching the commu-
nity that day school education is to 12th
grade."
Admissions director Helene Brody is
"not concerned" about the drop in
enrollment. "We feel we're going in a
positive direction," Brody said. "We get
lots of positive feedback from the com-
munity"
Students are accepted on an individ-
ual basis, and Hillel is not the right
school for every student, she said.
Gorosh said enrollment is likely to
"go up one year and down the next."
"I don't think we are as concerned
with the numbers as we are about the
quality of our children's education," she
said. "It's not our goal to create a mas-
sive institution."
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information meeting for parents at the
Ann Arbor Hebrew Day School, which
covers grades K-5.
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message, several synagogues whose
members send children to Hillel have
designated Oct. 22-23 as "Hillel
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Colby College Professor Howard N.
Lupovitch will start a 10-part adult
learning series, "Jews and the City," at
Congregation B'nai Moshe.
At 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, he
will discuss "The
Urban Jewish
Experience — A
Laboratory of Jewish
Identity" There is no
charge for the open-
ing lecture.
It will be followed
by nine lectures
grouped into three
Lupovitch
mini-series. There is a
$10 charge for each
lecture, or $25 for each mini-series.
Students, professional Jewish educators
and holders of Kolel Moshe Passports to
Torah can attend at no charge.
The first mini-series includes
"Istanbul: The Sultan and His Jewish
Courtiers" (Oct. 18), "Vienna: The
Hapsburgs' Jews" (Oct. 25), and "St.
Petersburg: Beyond the Pale" (Nov. 1).
The second mini-series covers
"Odessa: The Great Russian Exception"
(Nov. 8), "Budapest: Jews and the Pearl
of the Danube" (Nov. 15), and "New
York City: The Ambiguities of the
Melting Pot' (Nov. 22).
The series will conclude in March.
Dr. Lupovitch holds the Pulver
Family Chair in Jewish Studies at Colby
College in Waterville, Maine. He is
spending the current academic year in
metro Detroit doing research, writing
and teaching. In addition to teaching
and occasionally leading services at
Congregation Beth Ahm, Dr. Lupovitch
is on the faculty at the Jewish Academy
of Metropolitan Detroit and serves as
the Detroit Conservative Community
Scholar in Residence,
For other Kolel Moshe classes, con-
tact Nancy Kaplan, (248) 737-1931 or
kolelmoshe@comcast.net
Learn Hebrew Now
The Lifelong Learning program of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education
is offering a new beginning conversa-
tional Hebrew class for students interest-
ed in studying Hebrew and who have
no prior knowledge of the Hebrew lan-
guage.
The class will be taught by Yishai
Castro, who has been teaching in the
Detroit community for 30 years. The
class will meet 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Thursdays at the Max M. Fisher
Federation Building in Bloomfield
Township beginning Oct. 14.
Students interested in other levels of
conversational Hebrew can still join one
of our many Hebrew classes that are in
progress. The cost of all courses includes
materials. RSVP, Marion Bronstein,
(248) 642-4260.
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