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Friday, April 1, 1966 TDE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE Pare Fifteen Youth hound Critical Of Religious Schools NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish adolescents throughout the United States are critical of subject mat ter taught to them in Jewish ele mentary religious schools, often Greetings S-Dallas Ceramic Co. 219 Armour Drive, N.E. TR. 5 6646 Atlanta 9, Ga. Thank you for your Response to DAL-tile jS PASSOVER Greetings Tracy i/MAL PHOTOGRAPHcR 30 Years' News paper ftpcnence Commercial, N«wt l#ry- lee. Wedding*, Publicity, *•**- port*, Industrial, IrUtrlso, Legal, MerchendiM Room 424 - Walco Bldg. (Pryor and Auburn) Bus. JA. 4-RIM Res. PL. 3-5348 “by poor teachers,’’ according to a report on a study released here recently. The data were based on a study of 1,051 Jewish students made by the National Curriculum Research Institute, a division of the American Association for Jewish Education. The data were presented to 250 Jewish educators and communal leaders from 38 major cities participating in a Na tional Conference on Jewish Ed ucation convened by the AAJE. The survey was made during 1964, 1965 and during early 1966 under the supervision of Dr. Judah Pilch, Institute Director. The study was made on college campuses, secondary schools and summer camps. Dr. Pilch said that Jewish adolescents, “like their peers in the general community, are now in full retreat from the home” which can no longer be consider ed “an important cohesive agent” in Jewish education. The study found that students felt that much of Jewish religious instruction “takes the form of re ligious entertainment, utilizing tranquilizers,” with instruction often “dull and vapid.” Dr. Pilch said that the criticism did not imply a lack of interest in Jew ish education or negotation of Jewish education on the part of the youth. On the contrary, he said, the students felt that Jew ish schools should inspire stu dents to want to live Jewishly. Most of the youth who con tinued their Jewish education mVMWMV//-V/,V//,V»V,V,V,VAVAVMVmY/.V Passover Greetings MOON HAND CLEANERS 798 N. Highland Ave., N.E. TR. 6-2986 PASSOVER GREETINGS GEORGIA NUT & BOLT CO.. Inc. 638 Lee St., S. W. PL. 3-6103 Atlanta 10, Ga. GREETINGS OF THE SEASON TO EVERYONE WILLIAMS BROS. LUMBER CO. 934 Glenwood Ave., S E. MArket 7-8421 873-5007 ■iiiHBiiiiBin'BiiiiBllllBljljR— mSitVV\YV\VYV\V\\\WVVV\\V\\V\V\V\MkS»S»AS^V’ GREETINGS Earl Gunn’s Appliance, TV, & Furniture 627-3554 3438 Moreland Ave., S.E. CONLEY, GA. nimmiummtraiiiimri Say It With Flowers: A Happy Holiday MARGARET'S FLORISTS 12 North Avenue, N.E. TR. 4-9184 (Between the Peachtrees) Atlanta. Ga. Flowers for All Occasions Bar Mitzvahs and Bas Mitzvahs Given Special Attention went to Jewish high schools on their own initiative. Only 12 per cent were influenced to do so by parents. Among those who did not, 36 percent indicated no in terest and 30 percent stopped be cause of conflict with public school schedules. The students felt strongly that “radical changes” were needed in Jewish school curricula, including more selectivity. Most students proposed that Jewish schools clarify the role of the Jewish people among the nations and re ligions of the world at the present time. On other matters, 49 opposed mixed dating, 41 percent favored such dating and 10 percent un decided. Dr. Pilch said that these figures were “alarming” and in dicated a problem with which Jewish educators must cope. Dr. Isadore Breslau, AAJE president, called for mobilization • of the human and financial re sources of the Jewish community to strengthen its education ap paratus. To solve the teacher shortage and to attract the best types of professionals to Jewish teaching, he urged special induce ments in recruiting, training and employment with “greater status and the type of financial com pensation” Jewish education de served. Dr. Breslau laid the blame for the connection between poor Jew ish educational results and the failure of the Jewish home di rectly to Jewish parents. He call ed for “a reawakening of the adults or parents and a refurbish ing of the Jewish home. sp ! ritual- ly and intellectually.” Jewish ed ucation. he said, must be made “relevant to the continuity of the Jewish people.” Judge Simon Sobeloff stressed the importance of affording equal opportunities for Jewish education for all children, regard less of economic status. He prop osed establishment of central, community-wide systems of Jew ish education “to avoid chaos.” Our Very Best Wishes General Service and Repair Complete Auto and Truck Service 710 DeKalb Ave., N.E. 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