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Jewish Education in Foreign Lands
By DR. EMANUEL GAMORAN
The center of Jewish education is especially, we have been acctistomed
moving from Central and Eastern to look to Eastern Europe as the place
Europe to America and Palestine, ac- where the most intensive Jewish life
cording to Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, ed- is to be found. Anyone who wanted
ucational director of the Union of to study Jewish religious life where
American Hebrew Congregations, who it is intensive would go to Russia
has just returned from a year's travel or Poland or (labels. The intensive
through Europe, Palestine, Asia, and system of Jewish education under the
Africa. On this trip, Dr. Grimm, Heder, Talmud Torah and Yeshibah
who was accompanied by his wife, was a source of inspiration to those
made observations of the progress of who felt that Western Europe and
Jewish education in the lands where America have been neglecting their
Jewish populations were once large, duties with regard to Jewish educa-
and it is his opinion that the burden tion.
of solving the problem of Jewish ed-
important
however,
late,
"Of
ucation will rest largely on American
changes have taken place in Eastern
Jewry.
Europe. Jewish schooling in Warsaw
While in Palestine Dr. Gamoran de- and Vilna as well as in the important
livered a series of lectures in llebrew cities of Galicia is not what it used
on problems of Jewish education, be- to be. The modern schools may have
fore audiences in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, improved on the ancient educational
the colonies and workers' settlements. institutions as far as curriculum and
Dr. Gamoran's observations follow: method are concerned but the diffi-
"Even a casual observation or Jew- culty is in the political situation which
ish life in Eastern Europe and Pales- necessarily affects the educational one.
tine has far-reaching implications for In spite of all guarantees of minority
us in America. For the last century rights by the League pf Nations, Po-
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land is unmindful of its obligations.
Taking advantage of the easy excuse
that the Jews are divided amongst
themselves, some claiming support for
a Hebrew school, others seeking to
maintain Yiddish schools, the govern-
ment , fails to support either. It is
difficult to foretell just now, what is
going to happen to Jewish education
in Poland. Were Polish Jewry finan-
cially well off, the problem would be
less difficult. Since the whole of East-
ern European Jewry is poor and since
Poland has imposed heavy taxes which
undermine the Jews economically,
little can be expected without financial
support from the government.
"Bearing these facts in mind, intel-
ligent American Jews will realize how
important it is that the three and a
half million Jews in America should
give a Jewish education to their chil-
dren. The center of gravity which
has hitherto been in Eastern Europe,
it may be well guessed, will be divided
between American Jewry and Pales-
tinian Jewhy. If, therefore, Jewish ed-
ucation as a means of preserving Jew-
ish life, has always been an important
concern of the Jew in America, it
should be more important now, when
our country is becoming one of the
two chief centers of Jewish life.
"l'alestinian Jewry may be small
in numbers, but happens to be very
important in influence. Whether we
wish it or not, Zionist and anti-Zion-
ist alike at present look with great
interest to the novel experiment that
is now taking place in the history of
the world. A people driven from its
ancient home for two thousand years
is trying to re-establish itself, not for
the sake of any materialism or eco-
nomic imperialism, but for the sake
of maintaining a rich culture of the
past and in hope of creating and con-
tributing to the new culture of the
future. What is being done in Jewish
education in Palestine is of interest
not only to Zionists, but to Jews of
every shade of opinion. Besides, cer-
tain experiments are taking place in
Jewish education in Palestine which
are of interest not only ti Jews, but
also to educators in general.
"If we remember that the whole of
the new Palestine is approximately
40 years old, the wonder grows even
more. It takes a long time for a well-
established people to develop an edu-
cational system, how much more so
for a handful of Jews in Palestine
that came from various parts of the
world. The first task was to establish
a school which would have sufficient
common elements in its curriculum to
enable the created institution to serve
the needs of the child population of
one people. Remembering that this
was connected with the Difficulty of
reviving the Ilebrew language which
had not been in use as a spoken tongue
for so many centuries, we can appre-
ciate what Palestinian schools have
accomplished if we see that today the
whole of the younger generation
speaks a beautiful Hebrew. For an
American Jewish educator to observe
a lesson in physics taught in Hebrew,
is in itself a liberal education, but
to hear the students of the physics
class use the language of Isaiah in
discussing the principle of Archimedes
after class, is enough to stir the most
complacent of American Jews to
thoughtful activity. Add to these
facts the experimental work that is
being done by the workmen's schools
in their settlements as well as by
other organizations in various parts
of that small country, you see how
significant the implications of the
work there conducted are for Jewish
education not only in America, but
the world over.
"Of what value is the observation
of Jewish education in other countries
to us if we neglect the problem alto-
gether? Out of 700,000 Jewish chil-
dren between the ages of 6 and 14
found in America, at most only 200,-
000 are receiving a Jewish education.
"A great deal has been
r eleiglio
A half million Jewish children in th
a(tik i on f Pitalesit linaevinogr
t „htei
America are devoid of any training
that would enable them to participate t riaemanrlj,, af e)e•,ti.iantg
., Iofeapniltiyot fhof,..h.t
in Jewish life. This imposes a grave
responsibility on American Jewry and viduals who have so narro,,,I re
especially on the Union of American gion that they can recogniz. .1 „ n
Hebrew Congregations. The oldest in the form in which they
Jewish religious organization in Amer- accustomed to see it in the
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ica should interest itself not only in from which they came. It
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the Jewish education of one group reason that the I:astern I ..•
of Jews although that may be its first JeW is dissatisfied if hed..
interest, but in the Jewish education the 'Shul' that he used to o
of all Jewish children in America. •Kasrilivke' and the Refoi o,
The problem is so great that it will disappointed if he does not , .; I
never be solved unless the most intel- 1 reform temple in the wink. , , tt
ligent Jews and the richest Jews un- ' 'ents in the valley of
dertake to solve it on a very large for me, I feel that some of I, n „
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gu
aspects s of rrligioo , :; d
scale. We must take a lead in this important
taaspectto
are
work. Leadership in Jewish educa-
be
tion, however, requires training. Only tine in a much finer form Do, I ha
those individuals and those organiza- ever had the privilege of moor., th,
tions that have performed concrete anyhere else, in either Euroo.. ., r
service to the cause are in a position America. The forms of relive n
to take the lead. We must prepare he very different, but the futi.L...,. n
ourselves for such leadership. The ideals are not only reflected
duty of devoting itself to the cause of work and ideals of the .
Jewish education is to my mind the also in their concrete attempt.
most important task of the Union of . ate new ceremonies in their oo
American Hebrew Congregations. In munities, which I would call
o e.
this we must take an objective atti- f "Palestine is a small
very interesting one. Th,
tude, the attitude of willingness to
learn wherever knowledge may he ob- community is small, but very , ioo!
The Haluzim are a small gr...,.
tained.
perhaps the most importuet ,..p
sentatives of that prophet...
I which thousands of years ago
Ito teach the ideal of right...L. s ,.
the world. Any organization th.
interested in education in
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with the ideals of prophetic .1.1.1:.1
must be interested in a study of
cation as it is being devekp, d
Palestine."
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WAHABIS JOIN DRUZE
REVOLT AGAINST FRANI
PARIS.— (J. T. A.)
Dipi 'u
advices from Syria say that
Wahabi soldiers, having stossed
desert of Transjordunia, are now
the borders of Djebel I)ruze and h,
allied themselves with the Beflou
against the French.
Henri de Jouvenel, lie French H
Commissioner in Syria, who has b
in Angora trying to induce the Tu
to withdraw their support of
Druzes, is now hurrying back to
rig. His hopes of Locarno pacts
twee' the Syrian tribes, apparel.
have failed.
If the Wahabis are to add to the
rian troubles the situation may %
become worse. The Wahabis, ul
their Iledjaz victory and the capt
of Mecca, wish to get Damascus
the capital of their Islam empire.
yond a doubt Ibn Saud has been s
plying the Druzes with arms and ,
munition.
Whether or not the British ki
of their coming into Transiords
there is little doubt shout their
tentions.
The Temps said last night, "Il
are clouds to the north and cloud
the south, to say nothing of what I
conic from the East—in such a oil
tion is Syria as the League Conn
sion meets at Rome to review
' working of the French mandate.
I do net doubt that the representat
of the powers gathered at Rome
approve the mandatory power and
program of action."
PRIVY COUNCIL ANNULS
SUPREME COURT RULI
LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—The P
Council, the highest court in
land, annulled the judgment of
Palestine Supreme Court in the
russlem-Urtas water dispute.
Judgment, which was handed
by the judicial committee of
Privy Council, permitted the
ernor of Jerusalem to appeal AC ,
the Urtas water commission ruling
the Palestine Supreme Court.
Privy Council declared that an
nance of the Palestine Sum
Council can set aside the rulini
the Supreme Court. The Urta.
lagers' petition was dismissed and
respondents have to pay the cos
the proceedings, including the
of the appeal.
The Lord Chancellor in ban
down the judgment declared that
interpretation of the Palestine
preme Court of Article II of the
date is not justified. "If all
rights of every inhabitant exists',
the date of the mandate would to
forced, nothing in Palestine wool
altered as long as the mandate
force and effective legislation
be impossible," he declared.
The Jerusalem Urtas dispute
out of the water shortage in
Inn last year, when the city
ment drew water from the I
wells. The Urtas villagers, at t ,
stigation of the Palestine Arab I
utive, protested against thi'
nance on the grounds that this ,
violation of Article II of Cie
date, which provides that the
and religious rights of all th,
habitants, irrespective of race at,
ligion, are to be safeguarded.
Palestine Supreme Court ruled
the governor's ordinance was a
tion of Article II of the mandat
ICA HEAD HONORED
PARIS.—(J. T. A.)—Memb ,
in the Legion of Honor was con f
upon Louis Oungre, president ■ ,
Jewish Colonization Association
by the French government. Th
tinction was conferred upon M.
gre in connection with the acts
of the Jewish Colonization As
don and the Joint Reconstri
Foundation of the American J
Joint Distribution Committee as
Ica, for the benefit of the sir
Jewish refugees.
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