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By RABBI JACOB B. POLLAK

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for the high school depart-
! meat, the commission has recognized
: the differences in the needs of young
! pimple in the following statement:
hen the child reaches the age
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I Editor's Note :—Rabbi Pollak is assistant director of the Union . I takes place in his life. New inter-
I cots arise as ,,,n as a greater ca-
of American Hebrew Congregations, in charge of the work in New
! parity to grasp the significance of
York City. He is supervisor of seven schools in New York main-
! serious problems in life. Now is the
tattled by the union, giving religious instruction to Jewish children.)
i opportunity to continue the spiritual
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nothing
education of our youth and to pre-
There are in America tens of thou-I in New York arc preaching
sands of unsynagogued and unattilia- I to which the most orthodox parent can, sent to them the Jewish heritage
Led Jews in our large centers as well ! take, x.•cption. The union has always , from a new point of view."
The subjects of instruction are to
0 ill our small communities. In our , annol, in its schools, a better under.
large cities, Jewish life has been standing between parent and child consist of the following .: A more
1 e, Jewrs
thorough study of the
growing and developing at such a rap- and child and parent.
The union is now making a vigor- history through important problems;
id pace that our existing organizations
have been unable t, cope with the sit- nun effort t, deal with the problem of . Jewish history co-related with the
! hi-tory of the world; post-Biblical
oation.
the unsel101ded. The country h as been
Jewish contribu-
into a number of regions and Jewish literature;
The ynion of American Hebrew divided
it is planned to appoint a rabbi who tins to civilization; Jewish ideals, re-
Congregations has been concerned
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for more than a quarter of a century. „. :11111
Hebrew for translation, and selec-
Through the Hebrew Sabbath School gion. Ile is to make an intensive sir- tion::
from subsequent literature.
,, neon, a subsidiary organization ere- . .
In connection with these courses,
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and in 1880, and-through the depart- indiarize himself thoroughly'with it,
is to be made for special se:-
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limit of SYnagogue and School Eaten_ educational
' leading to the development
sign, which came into being in le03, is of these findings, 'attempt to wor : k • t iv I tie
he union has carried on its education- out a comprehensive plan for religious If t a
among
stu-
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ns well social
as for life
social
service
al' activities. It has conceived of Os and educational activities. The larger, activities,
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in order to further the
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educational task as consisting of or- communities Joe:aril within the d

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ganizing synagogues for the unsyna. trict are to be called upon to give their ll'irit,of .service on the part of the
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wattled, schools for the unschooled, aid. It is felt that, only as we awaken ,.' et"'" Y
,The sub-committee on youth edu-
publishing textbooks for the Jewish an interest on the ;not of the larger, I
which has been carefully
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studying the problem of
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for Jewish educational problems. The communities, Will we mike any pro.! Ocu
lar activiti es for young people
work of the department of Synagogue Kress in this direction. It is to and that I from the ages of 15 to 19, has come
regional rabbi will boon
and School Extension has grown with at bast one
favor of the club
strongly
the years until today it is an impor- his work this fall, and much is expect- . , ,
at the following declaration:
oiow'hg
in the Jewish educatioal ed in the way of substantial results ' ' ea Your committee
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feels that t e
VERMONT and M. C. R. R.
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from this pl n.
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the club idea, which
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Many
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the
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organized
pression for the social instincts of
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un i on youth, should be utilized for the
the Peoples Synagogue in Philadel: educational activities of the uni
I phis, and later it organized Sinai may be said to have heron with the greater purpose of creating a eon-
Temple of the Bronx for the purpose creation of the Commission On Jewish sColcs, zealous, aggressive element
of reaching the unsynagogued Jew. Education in 1922. The commission in our community of the forces of
It is especially in the smaller corn. consists of 22 rabbis representing ear-
on behalf of the holy, moral
munities where the number of Jews mil
is s parts of the country. editing
Originally
and and spiritual heritage of Israel."
insufficient to engage the services of created for the purraise Of
American Jewry has realized for
a rabbi or teacher that the union has publishing textbooks and other liters- a long time the importance of reach-
concentrated its e fforts in recent lure for re ligious•sc hools, the CO111111in. mg our young men and women in our
From our universities
years.
years. It has carefully surveyed hum- S1011 has gradually broadened its funs- universities.
dreds of cities and towns where slew- (ions until it has conceived of its prob- will undoubtedly come ninny of our
ish congregations do not exist for the hem as including the whole range of future leaders, and it is only as we
purpose of ascertaining the number of Jewish education. In the words of its reach them that we will win them
Jewish residents in these communities. chairman, or. David Philipshn, "The, over to the Jewish cause. The Me-
Through its field secretaries and rale commission is no longer merely a norah Society, the Ilillel Founda-
bis living in neighboring cities who board of editors for the publication lions, the Union of American Ile-
volunteered their services to help or- of literature for religious schools, but : brew Congregations, have all been
ganize these communities, the depart- it now proposes to envisage the entire gr a ppling with this problem. For
meat of Synagogue and School Eaten- field of Jewish religious education, and many years the union has been span-
He is Honest, Conscien-
sion has successfully carried orif work will consider any and all matters inch - miring the Jewish student congrega-
tious and Sincere.
in this direction. It has organized dent thereto." Boned idea in our universities. It
The first fruit of the work of the was felt that as the congregation is
synagogues in communities large and
Highly Recommended.
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small • and above all, it has established commission was the drafting of a the center of American Jewish life,
schools. curriculum for the elementary and even to must the student congrega-
Qualifications:
During the past year 320 visits high school departments. It is the tion be the center of the Jewish stu•
were made to 101 small cities. Sixteen first attempt by a representative dents' life. Around the students'
Born March 4, 1886.
religious schools and five congrega- group which is actively engaged in congregation have been developed
Graduate Baldwin
lions were organized as a result of the work of religious education with many activities such as study circles,
these efforts, and children in six cities the help and advice of experts, to discussion groups, etc. Last year the
Wallace University
were confirmed. carefully formulate the aims and ob- union was in active contact with 31
and Detroit College
A little over 10 years ago the alien- jectives of the Jewish religious universities.
In order to find out what inns ac-
thin of the Union of American Hebrew school, and choose the subjects and
of Law.
Congregations' was called to the edu- activities which should control the tually being done by the various or-
Four years Special
ganizations interested in Jewish uni-
ettional situation in New York City. ebrriculum of the Jewish school.
After looking over the field the union We have conceived of the curricu- versity work, a meeting was held un-
Interpreter U. S. Im-
determined to make a survey of the Cum of the Jewish school almost en- der the auspices of the Commission
migration Dept.
Bronx, which was rapidly becoming tirely in terms of -discipline and on Jewish Education on April 28,
one of the largest rind most densely knowledge. The materials of in- 192,', at Harvard, and subsequently
Speaks seven lan-
populated Jewish borough, in New struction have been at the center a meeting of representatives of sev-
guages.
York. The result of the survey made of our educational process. We have eral of these organizations took place
in May 1910 revealed the following often overlooked our children, giving in New York ('ity. As a result of
Four years
filets: That there were 47 public very little thought to their actual these conferences, it was resolved
School Teacher.
schools in the Bronx with a Jewish needs and problems.• We have be- that a survey be made of the needs
school population of 51,309; that there lieved that by merely giving them a of college stUdents and the activities
Ten years active
were 80 Jewish schools reaching only knowledge of the Jewish past the re- which are being, carried on to meet
Lawyer.
0,108' children; in other words, only colt will be good Jews and Jewesses. these needs, in the hope that a broad
11 per cent of the Jewish children in • We have overlooked the truth which and comprehensive plan of dealing
Four-minute Speaker during World War, delivering
the Bronx were receiving some form modern educational theory has point- with our college youth be inaugu-
365 speeches.
of Jewish education ed out, that it is only by participa- rated.
The first Sunday School was or-
The New York Committee for lion in Jewish life and c!...-y , ne. on
Sold $1,750,000.00 Liberty Bonds for the U. S. Gov -
School Extension was then called into! Jewish activities that we cart make 1-- '
ernment.
being for the purpose of opening good Jews. Jewish knowledge, there- ,,,, sw „ %,,,,,"
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Ocular phase of Judaism. Its prime to our children. In drafting this cur- ,'•
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interest has been to make Jews. The riculum the commission has had these ,s,
schools which the union is conducting and other considerations in miml.
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The following activities and subjects (0:
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It is interesting to note that the
method emphasized is that of learn-
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as this is possible, particularly in
such subjects as customs and core. •
ninnies, it is hoped to work out a
series of projects and activities in •
which this method shall be followed.
The curriculum 1.f th Jewish
school has often been pas centered.
It should be pointed o that this
curriculum emphasizes,, some ex-
tent, contemporary Jewish life. The
past is to be utilized in so far as it
makes Jewish life of today intellig-
ible. The language, literature and
history of the Jew thus becomes ,
esnecially significant, as it throws :
light on the problems which con- I
front contemporary Jewish life. I
The last few years have seen an I
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Jewish education. However, con-1
pared with the work which we are I
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doing in the elementary field, our
achievements are indeed very limited.
For example, in the city of New
York. where there are about 75,000
children attending Talmud Torahs,
Chedarim, etc., the Bureau of 'IOW-
A Fblucation, which is conducting
a number of high schools, is only
reaching 750 boys and girls. While
there are other high school depart.
ments beside the bureau schools, one
may safely assume that the number
of pupils attending the high schools
in New. York is not very much in ex-
cess of 1,500. The survey of 125 re-
ligious schools connected with the
union made by Dr. Emanuel Gamo-
ran. shows that whereas there are !
47,204 children attending these Sun-
day schools, there are only 1,722
from
children attending the high school
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departments. Such organizations as
the Y. M. II. A., Young Judea, etc.,
are undoubtedly reaching large num•
hers of young people through some
of their Jewish activities. However,
compared with the number of ado-
lescents (there are some 300,000 to
400,000 Jewish children between the
ages of 14 and 21), we are hardly.
touching the problem.
A comprehensive program for
young people will, undoubtedly, con-
sist of two aspects: First, classroom
activities; second, extra curricular ;
activities. Our program must be ,
based on actual needs of our young
people. In the drafting of its cur-,

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