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VOLUME 69
NUMBER 42
OCTOBER 10,1991
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DEVOTED   TO. AMERICAN   AND   JEWISH   IDEAL'S
Loan guarantees measure
introduced, but action
delayed until 1992
'A Klug Tzu
Columbus'
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Foundation
announces officers
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Yeshiva U. to honor
Rabbi Rubenstein
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GT A plans dinner
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JNF to host Perlmutter
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Daniel Kayne named
tQ head Israel £>ept.
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WITH OPENING OF HIGH SCHOOL
Torah Academy comes of age
By Judith Franklin
Why is this school year at
Columbus Torah Academy
different from all previous
years?
Because when CTA students
returned to school this year on
Aug. 26, included among them
were five ninth graders.
After 34 years as central
Ohio's only Jewish primary
day school, CTA became a
high school as well with the
addition of a ninth grade class.
A new grade level will be added each year until the school
offers grades K through 12.
Noting that Columbus can
now take its place alongside
such nearby communities as
Dayton, Cincinnati and Indianapolis in providing a Jewish high school education,
CTA headmaster, Rabbi Dr.
Henoch Millen, stressed, "If
we wish to grow as a city Jew-
ishly, we must provide education at the high school level."
Until now, he pointed out,
many people with high school
age children moved out of the
community or sent their teenagers out of town to school.
Now they can remain here.
Irving Baker, a l)ng time
CTA supporter, has provided
much of the inspiration and
the funding for the program.
According to Maisha Hersh-
feM, coordinator of general
studies for the ninth grade,
months of planning and preparation of the curriculum have
resulted in "an intense academic program of religious
and secular subjects and a
prestigious Hebrew and general studies faculty." Courses
in English, oral communication, biology, algebra I and n,
world history, halacha and
Jewish history, Talmud, Bible, Hebrew language and literature and physical education make up the first year
program.
Enrolled in the ninth grade
are Daniel Katz, Minga Kukulieva, Yosef Kalish, Daniel Libicki and Masha Skorokho-
dova. This year all students,
received full scholarships as a
special incentive to join this
pioneering class.
The students seem glad they
did. Kalish, who decided to
continue his education at CTA
because in addition to his own
propensity for trying new
ideas, he "liked what they had
in mind," explained that the
new program has met his expectations and "even a little
more."
libicki is also pleased with
his choice, especially the fact
that he can observe Jewish
traditions and holidays without
feeling the pressures he might
in public School.
The high school will adhere
to the philosophy established
by the day school in 1985. "The
dual curriculum offered gives
the child the opportunity to
transfer, relate and connect
knowledge of the religious and
secular worlds," Hershfield
explains. "The ultimate objective of the school is to make.
each child a lifelong learner
and appreciate the joys' of
learning."
In addition to these goals,
the high school also subscribes
to the following objectives:
• To provide an individualized curriculum suited to
each child's potential.
• To prepare every child for
the academic environment
he/she will encounter upon
leaving CTA.
• To assist each child in selecting an academic future appropriate to his/her ability
and-needs.
Hershfleld notes that the
faculty has been chosen care-
Rabbi. Joseph Dov Soloveit-
chik and his doctor of Hebrew
letters from the Revel Graduate School. A leader in the day
school movement, he founded
Hamilton Hebrew Academy in
Hamilton, Ontario, and served
as well at Yeshivat Akiva
(K-12) in suburban Detroit,
and Westchester Day School
(K-fl) in Manaroneck, N.Y.
Lerner, who is teaching
math and biology, earned her
bachelor of science degree
from Michigan State University and is currently working on
a master of science in educa-
Rabbi Henoch Millen, CTA headmaster, teaches a ninth grade
class in Bible.
fully in order to fulfill these
objectives and goals. Faculty
members include Rabbi Millen, Linda Lerner, Julie Moskowitz, Susan Zanner, Zilla
Loon, Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf
and Rabbi Aron Blackman.
Rabbi Millen, headmaster
since 1987, is teaching Bible.
He receivedhis B. A. from Yeshiva University, his M.A. in
Jewish philosophy from Revel
Graduate School in Yeshiva
University,  s'micha from
tion at Ohio State University.
She is certified to teach biological sciences, chemistry,
general science and mathematics and has had numerous
teaching experiences at
Dublin Middle School, Gahan-
na-Lincoln High School,
Braintree High School in Massachusetts and Cupac Middle
School and High School in
Michigan.
Moskowitz, the social stud-
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