YUL.Commentator.7.1982-03-24.XCV

s'· ··�\ ommrntahlr' OfficialUndergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College VOL XCV YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1982 222 No; 3 Clubs' HOid Foru111s Dr. H. · Grinstein Passes Away; Stein Talks Many Speak Students And Faculty Mourn Loss About Crime On Medicine . By RONALD Z. SCHWARTZ Scores of Yeshiva alumni and administrators attended funeral services held Thursday, March 11, 1982 for Dr. l:lvman B. Grinstein, 82, Professor Emeritus of American Jewish By LARRY Zl·ERLER By ALAN BERGER History. Professor Grinstein served Yeshiva for 40 years until his retirement in 1976, as and EDDIE IZSO The New York Zeta chapter · ·March 11 Manhattan of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the YU of the Jews the United States Borough President Andrew Stein branch of the national Pre-Med Director of its Teachers Institute today addressed the student body Honor Society began its 1981-82 for Men (now EMC), as the Uni- -i11 Jacob J. Schachter, rabbi of The �f Yeshiva College. The most season with the customuy wel- versity archivist, and as Chief published .by Soncino Press in Jewish Center where Di·. Grin. prominent issue he discussed was come session for freshmen and Marshall at Commencement ex- 1980. stein had been an active member, the problem of 11ecurity in Wash other new students who plan on ercises. Dr. Grinstein died at Mt. Professional Pioneer led the recitation of Psalms. Dr. ington Heights. majoring in Pre-Health Sciences. Sinai Ho:ipital March 10th after Dr. Jeffrey S. Gurock, Dr. Leo Jung, rabbi emeritus, be• the P1·e- a long bout with leukemia. ' Grinstein's successor Fighting Crime Dr. Saul Wischnitzer, in the field moaned the community's loss of Med advisor, and the officers of Director of EMC of American Jewish History at his "utterly modest and right• In an effort to combat the ris - the society addressed those who Dr. Grinstein stepped down as eous, most distinguished, lovable ing crime rate in the. Yeshiva attended. In the past sevei·al Director of EMC in 1968. friend." neighborhood, Mr. Stein proposed months, the society has presented Through 1970 he continued to Dr. Mitchel Orlian, Professor joint commit- the formation of a guest speakers representing many serve as professor of American of Bible at EMC, spoke in the tee composed of college adminis- of the Health Sciences. Jewish history at· Yeshiva Col- name of Dr. Grinstein's former trators and students along with Dr. Irma Weiss, Director of lege and until 1976 at the Ber- students by 1·ecounting a number the precinct captain to monitoi· Admissions of NYU School of nard Revel Graduate School, of personal incidents. As Dr. the situation. Mr. Stein showed Dentistry spoke on December 3. when he retired. Grinstein's assistant, he witnes• faith in the city's current plans On December 24, Charles Barax, Born in Dallas, Texas in 1899, sed the sensitive kindnesses Pro• to revitalize Washington Heights. a YC graduate (class of 1980) he received his early education fessor Gl'instein performed. Dr. He also made reference to intei·- and currently a student of the there and in Petach Tiqvah, Is Grinstein, Orlian said, intervened eat shown by certain members of Sackler School of Medicine/Tel- rael. He 1·eceived his B.A., M.A., with Dr. Belkin to obtain schol- Yeshiva's Board of Trustees in Aviv University, spoke to the and Ph. D. degrees from Colum- arship grants for his students, the redevelopment of the Heights. society about the program that bia University and an honorary lent out his own personal monies • When he turned to other topics, his school offers for New York Doctor of Pedagogy degree from never expecting repayment, and Mi\ Stein expressed his dismay residents. Mr. Michael Schaefer, Y.U. in 1969. His affiliation with purposefully scheduled appoint. over the absencea of a U.S. foreign Dean of Admissions of the New Yeshiva dates back to 1917 when ments with needy students in the poltcy in the Middle His · East. .l'ork College of O&teopathic as a student in RIETS, he be- · cafeteria to pay for their meals. findings on recent trip to Israel Medicine, addreued the society ·PHI·.came part-tin1e secretary··•-i. to Dr. Dr. Grinstein, he noted, was also, .. , _,..., IV · rl 11 • rea!firmed hia conftdence in Is- · on January 7. His s peech offered Bernard Revel, Yeshiva's�11• first rl- •· . "a fan of the111, YU basketballbe raeli policy reprclingJ ewiah--ut- • ¥C -'ud enta a, unique,-ep . - . · .· . am who l! that tho g pertu11- . - �•· · .. .·••· •· ·.. h . · . ._. ;st· -··· ,, •; ·_·.·.-_,_; ... , :.·· ·"�--, -- �· ·· :�. ·' ,P.R. t tlement �II J�ea �'!d,��arlll! ity to Jearr, abou Olteo�thyv• .. RiseA a nt:_he.· ·Je•,oilllt_ __or. Communityh_ 1 o. , a.of . tesports", _ Yidd1·shf ��eit u � t . · Dr 1 a B Gri• • i11 can en The event wu eponiiored by health science profeaaion that Newhis best York: known 1654-1860 works were Tlie · · • ·. n · · . hanced fn th spirit of other uni- the Dr. Joaeph Dunner Political Yeshiva studentsbe are unfamlUar of Y.U. commented upon his passing versities such as Notre Dame." Science Society, Yeshiva College with. Shortpublished Hi stol'1J that, "Hyman G1·instein was one Uncompromising Devotion Student Council, and Yeshiva The society gan its spring by the Jewish Publication Society of the great, professional pion- Dr. Norman Lamm, President College Young Democrats. (Coxtinued on Page 1, Col._t) of America and A eers in this field, whose works of(C:•;a<d the University, who hadCol. been,i have stood the test of time."Rab! ◄ at different RP••·times both •. D1·. Grin• Projections For .. Sladent Enrollmeat ;;;;·,anrvlt r 8 i In M;:pol;:: Ne°,; York ��!}�!. vu .,�!!� ��!... !��!��!�� Kol Yis1·ael Arevi1n Zeh Lazeh The current number of students tion to the fiscal picture of the t6o well. enlist the help of large Jewish enrolled at Yeshiva College is sig- institution. The long-range plan, Although statistics point to an - All of Israel is responsible for organizations ...When the goliath niftcantlyless than what was pro- first drawn in 1979 to last increase in the number of incom one another. This· is the theme of agencies refused his requests, jected by University officials in through 1983, and which is cur- ing freshmen at YC over the past an organization called the Na Mr. Moskowitz took the matter 1979 according to Dr. Sheldon E. rently under revision to last several years, the total 1982 en tional Association for Jewish into his own hands. He applied Socol, Vice President for Business through 1986, analyzed in fiscal rollment figure of 804 students is Poor. The organization is an ad for a charity number and form Affairs. In general, however, oth- terms what it would take to as- 86 less than the 890 figure pro vocate group whose goal is to ed the NAJP. The group received er YU schools have successfully sure the University a. balanced jected in 1979. Administration of bring to light the plight of the its first impetus when Mr. Mos inet the University's expects- budget. ficials, in trying to explain why Jewish poor and do away with kowitz and ten volunteers walked tions, as outlined in the long Dr. Socol explained that the YC has not met the figure of 890 the misconception that all Jew ten miles on a Shabbat morning range ftnancilll plan of Peat, other Yeshiva University Schools students, have attributed several ish people are wealthy. There in mid-winter, from the warm Marwick, Mitchell and Co. factol'S to the overall )apse in a1·e mo1·e than four hundred comforts of home to the South • · student enrollme.nt. thousand poor Jews living in the Bronx, and the Intervale Jewish According to Mr. Sam Hart• New York Metropolitan area. Center, where a small minyan 11tein, Director of Public Rela This means that one in seven was davening, in a shut without tions at Yeshiva Univeristy, the Jews in this city live below the heat. economic situation as well as poverty level. From then on, the NAJP con ''Reaganomics" ha�e proven to NAJP ducted weekly visits to Intervale be a major factor in the decline The National Association for Jewish Center. They have ex in student enrollment. "Due to the Jewish Poor was founded in panded their programs to an the severe nation-wide economic October 1979, by Gary Moskow other Bronx shul and to a shul situation," maintained Mr. Ha1·t itz and a group of YU students. in(Con.tinued East Harlem. on Page Every 6, Col.Sunday, 6) stein, "Yeshiva University's lux Prior to its establishment, Mi·. volunteers help complete min- ury of living in the ivory tower Moskowitz ti·ied and failed to has evaporated." Saving Their Money Mr. Hartstein explained that Inside This Issue families, rather than send their sons to Yeshiva, may choose to Continuation of David K. Shipler save a bulk of their expenses for the high tuition of' the graduate Interview •It t I I I I I IJ t ItI It I I I IIt It II• t t t I I I I I. Page 3 and professional school. "The er Dr. Sheldon Socol, Vice-Presi onomical situation and financial dent for Business Alfairs. priorities of the family undoubt- Op-Eds On Sinai Withdrawal Pages 4-6 1\fr. Sam Harstein, Director of edly determine how the�• will deal In 1979 University officials hir Public 'Relations. with their children's schooling," ed the renowned accounting and said Mr. Hartstein. He added Marv Albert Comes To YU . .. .Page 8 management consulting firm of which have kept up with, and that approximately 35 percent of ·Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co, have even exceeded their goals YC(Cotrtin.ued''On students can Page actually 6, Col • pay.O .

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