Thursday, April 11, 1968 Page Twenty THE JEWISH POST Thursday, April 11, 1968 THE JEWISH POST Page Twenty-one
A REPORT FROM- BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM APPOINTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DREAMERS IN CONGRESS hp ";'led the staff of the 1m Jewish Congress as return; a dusky Egyptian, with close- '. dire,",ur of the Pennsylvania cropped curly black hiair, and all but MR. IRA GUILDEN~ PRESIDENT~ region.. Rabbi Schwartz was I asked to return to the Hebrew \ the nDse Df a Negro; a yellDw-bearded Theological College as execu I [The Zionist Congress summoned by Herzl seventy Swede; 'a cDurtly Vieimese lawyer; a tive director in 1962. years ago was a First Cause, of which the Balfour German student with prDud duel slashes Boys Town Jerusalem is a Declaration and the UN decision for a Jewish State acrDSS his cheek; a Viennese student, OF BOYS TOWN· JERUSALEM comprehensive educational were effects_ Zangwill's picture of Cihe Congress first fighter in the University, with a center combining a technical scene and leaders, seen. across the span of seven teachers training college with d""'ldes, is remarkable for its insight and prophetic cDlored band across his shirtfrDnt; a dandy, smelling Df the best St. Peters T is with an Dverwhelming sense Df pride imd . pause intO' Phase H. Israel's largest academic and qnaIity. The essay appeared in ''Dreamers of the technical high school. The $3 Ghetto", published in 1898.] berg circles; and Dne sDlitary caftan I satisfactiDn that I repDrt to' friends Df BDYS Under Phase II a new Technical Centre million facility currently of , . Jew, with ear lDcks and skull cap, waft TDwn Jerusalem as well as its alumni and facuity, was cDmpleted and equipped. With 90,000 fers 800 Israeli students train ing intO' the nineteenth century the bDth past and present, Dn its accDmplishments and square feet Df space, the centre has been ing in electronics, precision "BY the rivers of BabylDn, there we sat down; cabalistic mysticism Df the Carpathian its plans fDr the future. Pride and satisfactiDn mechanics, printing, lithogra yea, we wept, when we remembered ZiDn." Messiah. alDne, hDwever, fail to' set the tDne cDmpletely. planned - as has every Dther facility at phy and carpentry. Plans are By the river Df Bale we sit down, resolved to' There is alsO' a deep sense Df humility. FDr hDW BDYS TDwn Jerusalem - fDr future grDwth. now proceeding to establish a Who speaks Df the Jewish type? new school of computer tech weep nO' mDre. NDt the German Rhine, but the One can only s·ay negatively that these can Dne but fail to' be humble in the face Df the Phase II alsO' saw a new BJT Academic nology. On completion of addi Rhine where it leaves the land Df liberty; where, faces are nDt Christian. Is it the stamp respDnse and cD-operative spirit which were and Centre - which will set the tDne fDr aca Rabbi S. Alvin Schwartz, tional buildings in late 1968. sunning' itself in a glory Df blue sky and white Df a longer, mDre complex heredity? will cDntinue to' be the key ingredients fDr getting demic develDpment in Israel's higher educa formerly executive director of facilities will be provided fo" clDud, and overbrooded by the eternal mDuntJains; Is it the Ibrend Df suffering? Certainly the jDb dDne. tiDn scene - virtually cDmpleted. It will be the Hebrew Theological Col a student body of 1200. lege, Skokie, III., has been ap it swirls its fresh green waves and hurries its a stern Congress, the speeches little FrDm the day BDYS TDwn Jerusalem first began dedicated alDng with its Fay Kavy Dining The school's present elll!'oU, laden rafts betwixt the qaint old hDuses and to' take shape Dn the drawing ,bDards an almDst Hall, which will be equipped to' serve 1,200 pointed executive director of ment is evenly divided bp· lightened >by humDr, the atmosphere Df Boys Town Jerusalem, Mr. Ira tween students of Europea ... dreaming spires, and under the' busy bridges Df hi'stDric tragedy tDD DverbroDding fDr palpable cDhesiveness Df pU1'pDse seemed to' spread students. Guilden, president of BTJ, an and Middle-Eastern back the GDlden Gate Df Switzerland. intellectual dalliance. Even the presence frDm Israel thrDughDut the free wDrld. The idea A brDad, airy plaza - the Ida and LDUis nounced toda:, . ground, originating from In the shady cDurtyard of the TDwn Hall are Df the gayer sex-for there are a few itself - an educatiDn and technDIDgical cDmplex Katz Plaza - which will serve as the central Ordained at the Rabbi Isaac more than 35 countries_ sundry frescDes test'ifying to' the predDminant Elchanan Theological Semi ladies amDng the delegates, and more to'. help prDduce the ·brainpDwer necessary fDr the mall Df the grDwing BTJ cDmplex is alsO' Boys Town Jerusalem wa" impress on the minds Df its citizens Df the life peep dDwn frDm the crDwded spectJatDrs maintenance Df a free sDciety - inspired wDrld nearing cDmpletiDn. Incidentally, the Aca nary' of Yeshiva University, lauded recently both by Rabbi Schwartz also has been Israel's Ministry of Education and thoughts 01' a little people that flDurished gallery that runs sideways along the Jewry. ActiDn quickly fDllDwed planning and tD- demic Centre will include nDt Dnly facilities awarded the bachelor of arts as "the kind of school we between twO' and three thDusand years ago in hall - only makes .a few shots Df visual day BTJ stands Dn the threshDld Df new vistas fDr advan<;ing the study Df the humanities, degree with majors in psy would like to see built all over the highlands of Asi'a Minor. But, amid these brightness in the sdber scene. SeriDus _ the same threshDld at which Israel itself nDW but will alsO' hDuse l]braries and physics, chology and sociology and the the country" and Israel's Min suggestive illustratiDns Df ancient Jewish his ness is stamped everywhere; Dn the stands. biDlDgy and chemistry labDratDries. master of science degree spe istry of Finance as an "out tory, the strongest surely is that of MDses with cializing in community organ broad.Jbulging temples Df the Russian LDDking back Dver the past 18 years, the Phase 1I will alsO' see the cDnstructiDn Df standingly successful experi a Table Df the Law, Dn which are written the Dculist, 'On the egg-shaped skull and lank fDunding Df what is tDday a grDwing centre em- new ultra-mDdern residence halls in a mil ization and administration. ment in the field of education." , In 1953 Rabbi S.chwartzwas BTJ was founded in 1948 wDrdS: "Who brDught thee DUt Df the land of white hair Df the Heidellierg prDfessDr, bDdying the academic, the technical and the spiri- liDn dDllar prDgram designed to' prDvide dDr appointed director of commu immediately folIowing the es Egypt, DUt Df the hDuse DfbDndage." Dn the open cQuntenance Df the Hun tual, aJPPI!ars to' have taken place just yesterday. mitDry space fDr mDre than 500 students nity.relations at the Hebrew tablishment of the State of • • FDr here, after all Df his travail Df the cen garian architect, on the weak, narrDW Events have mDved swifty bDth fDr BTJ and fDr during the cDming year. Theological College. In 1961 Israel. turies, a very modern Moses - in the abstract lineaments Df the neurotic Hebrew TBEODoB BERZL Israel and the wDrld cDmmunity it serves. As A breakdDwn Df BTJ's current enrDllment CDncrete fDrm Df a CDngress - is again meditat- I poet; it gives dignity to red hair and one envisiDns what stands in BTJ's future as it ShDWS that there are nDW mDre than 200 ing the deliverance Df Israel frDm the hDuse 01' freckles, tDnes down the ·grDssness of tDo-fleshy He quells disDrder with a IDok, with a word, with mDves into Phase II Df its master plan bDth ma- students in the Academic High SChDDI, mDre than ,bondage. cheeks, and lends an added beauty to finely-cut a sha1'p tDuch Df the bell. The clDven hoof Df the teriaily and philDsDphically one cannDt but be 400 in the Technical School and SDme 100 enrDlled rhave begun cDnversatiDns with educatiDnal and , NDt in the Town Hall, however, but in the technDlDgical leaders with an eye toward mDlding features. Socialist peeps DUt from the little growp. At awed Iby what is and what certainly will be. in the teachers CDllege. The greatest influx DC- Casino the CDngress meets, and, where Swiss Superficially then they have ilittle in commDn, Dnce: "The CDngress shall 'be captured by nO' n was 1949, in the aftermath Df Israel's War curred in September when 260 freshmen entered its curriculum to meet Israel's future needs. In ~weethearts used to' dance, are debated the tragic each technological field, cDmmittees including and if almost aU speak German-the language Df party!" And the Congress is, heard in rDars Df Df Independence that the cDncept Df Rabbi Alex- the three BJT branches. The incoming students issue of an DU tcast natiDn. An oblong, hall, of the Congress, it is only because they are all mas satisfa'ctiDn. ander S. 'Linchner, Df New York, began to' assume represent almDst every segment Df the Israeli gDvernment and· industry representatives have dralb yellDw, with cane chairs neatly parted in the been set up to' help map DUt curriculum guidelines. ters Df three 0.1' fDur tongues. Yet some subtle 'Tis the happy faculty of all ,idealists to' over reality. The first class Df eight iJj\.migrant chil- pDpulatiDn: Ashkenazim, Sephardim, sabras. middle, and green-baized baibles fDr reporters, and instinct links them each to' each, presage perhaps lDOk the visible - the price they pay for seeing dren entered Boys TDwn Jerusalem' - a bDmbed- They CDme frDm 80 different cDmmunities in The areas af cDncentratiDn, selected because Df a green-baized rDstrum, and a green-baized plat their vital aspect in the future development of of SDme .brDtherhDDd Df mankind, of which in the unseen. Even Dur Dpen-eyed Jewish idea/list DUt ibuilding on Mt. ZiDn - to' begin their high Israel alone. fDrm, Dver which rise the heads and festal shirt gathered Israel - Dr even ubiquitous Israel - has been blessed with ignDr;mCe Df the actual SChDDl educatiDns. In the 18 years since thDse I have attempted. to describe as briefly as pDS Israel, are electrDnics, precision mechanics and frDnts of the leaders. the graphic arts. may present the type. But, in his very ignDrance Df the people he wDuld hectic days.Df the "Dpening curtain" BDY~ TDwn sible Phase I and Phase II. Is that the end? Not A strangely assDrted set Df leaders, but all ThrDugh the CIDSed red - curtained WindDWS lead and the cDuntry he wDuld lead them to', lies Jerusalem has certainly grDwn. TDday It con- at all. Almost imperceptibly BTJ will mDve intO' Another majDr step forward in Phase III will with that inkmark Dn the brDw which is as much CDmeS ever and anon the sharp ting Df the bell be a piDneer program, aimed at filling the growing his strength, just as in his admissiDn that his sists Df three distinct educatiDnal facilities - Phase III in the spring and early summer Df 1969. Dn the cDntinent the badge of actiDn, as it is in of an electric car, and the President, anxious.[y ZiDnist fervDr is only that second-rate species an academic high schDol, a technical high SChDDI This phase will be devoted largely to' spurring the gap in the computer field. BTJ will offer, in close England the symbol Df sterility; all believing steering the course Df debate thrDugh difficult produced by IDeal anti-iSemitism, lies a powel'iul and a technical teachers cDllege. The ruin in academic and technical grDwth Df all of the BTJ cDoperatiDn with Israel industry and government, mDre or less naively that the pen is mightier international crDssrDads. rings his bell almDst as an entire new CDurse of study which will train answer to' the dangerDus 'li~er Df l~unpat#ot which the first classes were held has become a S·ChDDls. For example, a new prDgram which is than the milliDnaire's gDld. frequently. ism. Of the real IDcal p()liticalaJId'agricultn'rial cDmplex fDr education in ,,:hich spiri~ual a;nd just getting underway - the training Df quality computer prDgrammers whO' will specialize in pro Only one of them hithertO' has really stirred A majestic Oriental figttre, the President's - gramming technDIDgy, systems programming, ap conditions Df Palestin~, he knowso;rily !by 4~a~#. academic values are closely hnked and m whIch cDntrDI technicians to' guide the natiDn's prDduc the wDrld with his pen-pDint - a prophet Df the nDt SO' tall as it appears 'When he draws himself Of Jews he knDWS still less. NDt fDr him the' para technical wDrk and research gDes fDrward fDr tivity and assure product unifDrmity and excel- plications and methDds programming and Dper modern, preaching '~WDe, wDe" by psycho up and stands dominating the assembly with atiDns management. lyzing sense of the humDrs Df his race, the petty Israel. lence - will mDve intO' ·high gear next summer. physiology; in himself a Ibreezy, burly undegener eyes that hrDDd and glow - YDU wDuld say Dne feud Df Dutchman and PDle, the mutual SUiperiDri If Dne were to' rely on figures alDne the bur- The latest in language laboratories will be Not only will these YDung men serve to fill ate, with a great gray head marvelDusly crammed Df the 'Assyrian kings, 'WhDse sculptured heads ties Df Sephardi and Ashkenazi, the grotesque geoning nature of BTJ wDuld lbecome quickly in:>talled at BTJ alDng with labDratDries to' en Israel's needs, but as this field grDws, we envisage with facts and ,languages; nDW to' prove himself adorn Dur museums., the very prDfile Df Tiglath incompatibility of the 'Western and Eastern Jew, apparent. With mDre than 700 students enrolled hance the study Df electrDnics and Dther technical serving as a "Brain Centre" from which Dur yDung golden-heartedandgDlden-mouthed, an DratDr Pileser. In SDDth, the beautiful' somlbre face of the cynicism and sno.bbery Df the prDSperQUS, the touching equally to' tears Dr laughter. In striking in its high schools alQne, BTJ is tDday cDnsidered subjects sO' impDrtant in the atomic and space age. people will be sent as trouble shoDters to' sDlve a kingly dreamer, but Df a Jewish dreamer whO' materialism Df the uneducated adventurers in Dne Df Israel's foremDst and largest comprehen- Engineers frDm 'majDr cDrpDratiDns, in the United cDntrast with this quasi-Teutonic figure shows faces the Ifact that the flowers are grown in dung. cDmputing problems in Africa and other areas. unexploited regions. He stands sO' high and alQDf sive hi-gh schoDI facilities, prDviding bDth aca- States are already helping to' lay the grDundwDrk the leonine head, with its tDssing back mane and A Shelley ''beats in the air his luminDus wings that 'all specific cDIQrings and markings are demic and vDcational training. With aid flDwing for the technical advance at BTJ under Phase III. Boys TDwn Jerusalem will thus export knDW shDulders, Df the Russian leader, APDllD turned in vain"; Dur Jewish dreamer dreams along the blurred intO' CDmmDn brotherhDod, and if he is. from the wDrldwide Jewish cDmmunity as well Add Ph III B"'J . t de ledge to' Dther parts Df the wDrld. This exciting Berserker, beautiful, Dverpowering, frDm whDse lines Df life; his dream but discDunts the future, d n , un er· ase ,a .t, prDJec, un 1'- cynic enDugh to' suspect them, he is philDsDpher as from Israel itself, 27 per cent of BTJ stu ents taken withDUt fanfare by its SChDDl Df Printing development, already on the drawing hDards, will resplendent mDuth rDll in mDuntain thunder the his prDphecy is merely fore-speak1ing, his visiDn enDugh to' recognize that all natiDns are compact bavbarDus Russian syllables. are Dn full scholarship. In fact, all but 45 receive and Publishing, will gain new impetus_ This prD- further establish BTJ as a vital link in Israel's pre-visiDn. He talks agriculture, viticulture, sub Df incDngruities, vitalized ,by warring elements. some fDrm Df scholarEfhip assistance. . I h' And even a:s nO' twO' Df the leaders are alike, vention of the OttDman Empire, both by direct Nor has he any sympathetic perceptiDn o.f'the Even as the high SChDDls are readying YDung- gram invDlves the printmg and pub is mg Df a growing CDmmerce and industry. SO' dO' the rank and file fan to resemble one another. new series of Israeli texbbDDks in almDst every trrbute and indirect enrichmen; stDcks and shares, mystic religiDus hQpes of generatiDns Df ze3.lQts, sters to' take their place in the academic and tech- academic and technical subject area fDr distribu- ' WithDUt dDubt, this is an impressive array Writers' and jQurnalists, poets and nDvelists and railrDads, internal and to India; natural develDp of the great swirling spiritual currents Df Ghetto nical leadership of Israel, the teachers college is tiDn to' Arab SChDDls. The aim: to' upgrade educa of accDmplishments over 18 years and an impres merchants, professors :and men Df prDfessiDnals ment under expansiDn - all the jargQn of Dur life_ But in a nationa:l movement--which appears pouring fDrth a small, but dedicated stream Df tiDn generally in the bDrder areas currently under sive plan fDr the future. It appears a certainty types that Dne sDught to slDugh their' Jewish irDn age. Let nDt his mDvement ,be cDnfDunded at first sight hopeless, because it lacks the great skins, :and mimic on Darwinian principles the cDl young teachers whO' are bringing the light of Israel's administratiDn. that BDYS Town Jerusalem will fulfill the destiny with those petty prDjects fDr helping Jewish magnetizer, religiDn - lies a change denied to the new technical educatiDn to' all parts Df the Drs of environment, but that now, with SDme agricu)lturists into Palestine. What!, ImprDve mapped by its founders. In Israel it is already one who shDuld