R, , I, J E',, l , I! ll l STO!'l. iCAL AS SOC , 11 209 t,t;GE LL ST , PRO V, 6, R, J. 02906 Religion-Oriented Programs Vital To Stem Assimilation KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y. - which we find with Jewish-sup­ Jewish community welfare funds ported commlDlat services , is not must revise their dollar alloca­ that they claim an Inordinate tions towards greater support for share of the Jewish charity dol­ a religiously-oriented program of lar, but that the objectives and THE ONLY ENGLISH -JEW/SH WEEKLY IN R. I. AND SOUTHEAST MASS . Jewish education, said Con­ programs of many Institutions servative leaders at their bien­ they now support do not make ap­ nial convention. propriate contributions to group VOL, LI, NO. 39 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1967 15¢ PER ·copy 24 PAGES Delegates at the meeting of survival .'' the United Synagogue of Ame,rlca Rabbi Greenberg noted, "De­ were told that only an Intensified spite the fact that welfare fund and comprehensive program of drives derive their leadership Non-Sectarian St. Dunstan's 'Solomon/Solomon' Jewish education on all levels can and contributions primarily from stem the tide of rls'ng Inter­ the synagogue, only 3 I /2 - 4% of marriage rates , apathy of college the total funds raised goes to­ Attracts Diversity Of Pupils Due On Broadway youth and a growing assimilation wards Jewish education." By LOIS AlWOOD and we expect them to do well, NEW YORK " Soto- of America's Jewish community. Sharing the same pl atform St. Dun stan's Day School , the but they do equally well with New m on /Sol om on,'' an American Educational authorities told with Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Elazar Immediate offspring of an Epis­ Testament In the upper grades." version of the Israel! musical hit representatives from 825 Con­ Goetman, Dean of Gratz College, copal Church-related lnstltutlon, One parent said that If chil­ "King Sot omon and the Cobbler,'' servative synagogues In the Philadelphia, Pa. , claimed that has probably as good a cross­ dren are led In the right way at Is due on Broadway In April. United States and Canada that " there Is a shopworn formula for section of population as any home, then their education by Asked why the comedy had to hospitals , homes for the aged and the division of our Jewish welfare school In .the country, according mature, religiously well-rounded be altered In view of Its success Jewish centers receiving Jewish dollars between overseas and lo­ to Headmaster Norin an A. Gray, teachers can do them nothing but In Israel , Zvl Koll tz, co-producer federation support are presently cal needs. What Is necessary Is a with the probable exception of the good. Another woman who grew of the show, said: receiving large grants from the new •~roach to the allocation of ,. William Penn Charter School In up In a segregated Jewish group "We believed that the Israeli federal and state government, and funds.' · Philadelphia which must enroll a finds her daughter's out! ook de­ book, music and lyrics, which therefore many of these funds Dr. Goetman outlined various given percentage of creeds, races sirably broadened by her enroll­ could be re-directed for the categories of neglected vlstages / were charming, were too naive I etc. ment In a school with such varied and more like a children's fairy needs of Jewish education. of Jewish education as being - At a panel discussion, Dr. teacher training programs , high About one-fifth of the present backgrounds. tale rather than a wise fairy tale A school with an enrollment of as It now emerges. Simon Greenberg, vice-chan­ school education, adult education, student body Is Jewish, and about cellor of the Jewish Theological and scholarships for Hebrew and the same number are Roman less than 200, beginning with nur­ "The Israeli version tried to sery and kindergarten and going make up with a lovely play of Seminary In New York City, cau­ Jewish summer camps. Catholics. Protestants and Epis­ tioned the delegates, "Although It Another speaker, Rabbi Louis copalians make up slightly more up through ninth grade (and a words what It lacked In the plot, tenth grade will be added In Sep­ and that was Impossible to trans­ Is Important to advocate greater J, SWlchkow , Beth El-Ner Tamid than half the pupils at the non­ welfare fund support for Jewish Synagogue, Milwaukee, Wisc., sectarian, coeducational school . tember, 1969, and an eleventh and late Into English." education such as day schools, said approximately eight cents The present school was formed twelfth In successive years) will Mr. Kolltz and Solomon Sagal! be a place where parents , teach­ will coproduce the play with a teacher training colleges or high out of every dollar goes towards by a group of parents who when schools, we must not be caught In educational needs In the commu­ the board 'uf trustees decided to ers and children all know one an­ capitalization of $490,000. a game of haggling for a few dot- nity. close St. Dunstan's, came togeth­ other. St. Dunstan's has also the ''Solomon/Solomon'' s tems er to try to keep the school going. strong bonds made by a common from a satirical folk tale In which 1llrs for the Bureau of Educa­ He said members of hi s own tion," He said, "The day school congregation serving on welfare Many of the chll dren are at cause. St. Dunstan's nearly ended , King Solomon Is hood-winked by must not become the competitor boards are disturbed at standards the school because of Its small when the board of trustees de­ the devil Into roaming through of the hosptlat for the Jewl sh of "double taxation" when Feder­ classes, Individual attention from cided to close the school. How­ Jerusalem as a beggar. In that charity dollar. We must. make It ation funds support secular or excellent teachers, and attractive ever, a group which called I tsetf guise, his words of wisdom are ~tmosphere of learning which are the "friends of St. Dunstan's,'' ridiculed, · clear that the real dlfftculty (Continued on page 12)_ ,possible In an Independent school. under the leadership of Richard A new score was composed by Mrs. Alan J, Knasln, treasurer of N. Wear, who was then and Is now Ernest Gold, who won an Oscar In . ◄I the Parents' Association and a president of the board, said that a 1960 for the musical background Jetish Labor Committee Reaffirms trustee of the school, believes the new home would be found for the of "Exodus." 11,e revised book Is religious education her children school. , and they are hunting credited to Anne Croswell and receive at the school will help one now. The prevailing attitude Erich Segal In coll aboratlon with among parents Is one of strong Coalition ,With Negro Rights Movement -- rather than hinder them. Mr. Kolltz. The lyrics were sup­ ~ - ' Where else do you have pupils devotion coupled with a willing­ plied by Miss Croswell, who did NEW YORK - The Jewlsh•ba,,.. end low Incomes, unemployment, bringing In Menorahs as well as ness to take a hand In any needed the lyrics for the Broadway mu­ bor Committee voted last week to bad housing and poor education Christmas symbols? she asked. task. A visitor feel s that every sical, "Tovarlch_'' Mr. Segal Is call upon civil rights , etlmlc, ta- and achieve a progressive full­ At St. Dunstan's, they do. TI,e passing parent Is ready to answer an assis tant professor of classics bor, liberal and community employment economy. High Holy Days are discussed and telephones, take a sick chil d at Yale University. groups to forge a new Negro-ta- The delegates said that though studied In religious classes, and home , hand out cookies or serve Michael Benthall, former di­ bor alliance In order "to exert the Federal antipoverty program Chanukah will be studied next In any other capacity. (En­ rector of the Old Vic, will stage the power required to make prog- was no adequate substitute for the month. thusiasm, vigor and a do-it-now the show, Dances wltl be created ress possible through legal , "Freedom Budget," It was In- Although the affiliation Is attitude led to the St. Dun stan's by Donal d McKayle, choreogra­ democratic processes." dispensable to help poor people tenuous, there are still tles with pen n I e s-for-A 11 ce collection pher of "Golden Boy,'' and The organization of unions and to maintain them In physical the Episcopal Church: Mrs. Kna­ which put the park's elephant fund scenery and costumes will be de­ originally of predominantly Jew- decency whll,; they lift them- sin finds that It "leans a tot, In over the top recentlv.) signed by Rouben Ter-Arutunlan. lsh and of Jewish labor and Uber- selves out of poverty, many odd ways, toward the Jew­ The building-, erected In 1839 "King Solomon and the Cob­ al leaders voted In response to a They criticized attempts to ish faith," and noted that some of as the Benefit Street School, bler" was presented In Tel Aviv report by Emanuel Muravchik, cut the funds, holding that they the prayers are the same. looks like an old public school In 1964. __,__ _ JLC executive dlrec_tor. arose from "local competition Top pupils In the sacred stud­ from the outside, even to the MINISTER VISITS SHIP White bl amtng the disorder s for control of Office of Economic ies course are Jewish: Diane Ho­ paved schoolyard. Inside are at­ GAZA - The Greek freighter In America's cities last summer Oportunlty funds and operations .'' nlg won the Sacred Studies tractive classrooms with eye­ Ouanoupotls, 1oadlng citrus here on "the failure of the Congress to Award last year.