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NOVEMBER TOUR COMMITTEE AIDS REFORM JUDAISM

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St. Louis

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RABBI
EDGAR F. MAGNIN

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all the good things of life and, since happiness is the
greatest gift, our wish for you is for a Happy and Pros-
perous New Year.

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May we pause a year from now and
look back to this Rosh Hashonah that
we celebrate today, with satisfaction
and joy.

DR:JOSEPH RAUCH

DR SOLOMON B FRtEHOF

Clemens,
Mich.

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at fixed intervals and on certain
pecial occasions.
-HENRY J. BERKOWIT
Six or seven years ago, the
ono.
Sofia community, wishing to have Si
I at its head a fully-qualified rabbi,
This November tour committee banker, will again be in charge of Samuel
S. Mayerberg of Bene Je- ent at its own expense to the T1. ,
will launch, on Thursday, Nov. 15,
the tour. Rabbi Martin Zielonka hudah Congregation; Los Angeles. ' Rabbinical Seminary at Breslau a
a four-week tour in about 250 of
El Paso, Tex., president of the Cal., Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin of young man who had studied at the 'c z1
cities for Reform Judaism, the
law school, but had no knowledge tt:l
Union of American Hebrew Con- Hebrew Union College Alumni As- Wnai Berith Congregation; Louis- of Jewish subjects and had not 1.
sociation, is chairman of that or- Ville, Ky., Dr. Joseph Rauch of
,;tti,
gregations, and allied organiza- ganization's efforts in behalf of Temple Adath Israel; New Or- given any time to studying the
tions and institutions.
Bible and the Talmud. After con- itA
the
tour.
Rabbi
Emil
W.
Lein-
leans,
La.,
Rabbi
Emil
W.
Lein-
David A. Brown, lay leader and ziger of New Orleans, La., is vice- tiger of Touro Synagogue; New eluding his studies at the semi--
president and vice-chairman. York, N. Y., David A. Brown, 1nary, he was appointed rabbi to
The committee members and chairman of the Union's executive ' the Sofia community. Soon after, ',I,
home cities are as follows: board; Rabbi Isaav Landman, edi- he decided to introduce certain M
Canton, Ohio, Rabbi Charles B. for of the American Ilebrew, and radical reforms into the marriage
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Latz of Canton Hebrew Syne- Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of Central customs, and this led to a very Pm-
gog.i.::; Chicago, Ill., Dr. Solomon Synagogue, and editor of the bittered controversy in the press.
B. Freehof of Anshe Mayriv Con- American Israelite; Portland, Ore., The entire rabbinical body stood fit
Furls 'shot of
THE
gregation and Pr. Felix A. Levy Rabbi Ilenry J. Berkowitz of Tern- out against the reforms, and the
of Temple Emanuel; El Paso, Tex., pie Beth Israel; Tampa, Fla., journal El Judio started a vigor-
Rabbi Martin Zielonka of Mt. Sinai Rabbi L. Elliott Graf man of ous campaign against the young
rabi.
Tbhcr, is a
Temple; Kansas City, Mo., Rabbi Schaarai Zedek Organization.
preacher permanent-
ly attached to the consistory,
which sends him out on preaching 'ci;
tours in all the Bulgarian corn-
munities. The present incumbent fl
Our Specialty is Dealing in
is Dr. Semah Rabbiner, a fine era- 9:
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News Letter From Sofia.
tor, who has held his office for the
By DAVID ELNECAVE
Lafayette 0156
past 10 years,
Judeo-Spanish, which was the C;( g.,
Under the new regime the. present head of the consistory is dominant language among the Aori. WKIAKM
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we, while emancipating them Colonel A. Tadjer (retired list),, Jews when the Bulgarian prin.
cipality was first formed, has
serve their Jewish character in-' ernment circles and is held in high ] been steadily losing ground;
tact. The organization of Bul- esteem by the entire Jewish popu-; the rising gneeration under-
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garian Jewry is exemplary. All , lation.
stands and speaks it a little,
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communities, large or small, pos.
but it no longer reads it. The
Working side
secs their synagogue and their consistory,
there by is side
the with
De the masses speak a Judeo-Spanish pa-
school. Every community is ad-,
part-1 tois which might with greater ac-
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ministered by a communal council, meat of Education, which, pre-1 curacy be termed Judeo-Bulgarian.
sided
over
bye
a
the
member
of
the To put the situation in a nutshell,
composed of the synagogue and executive
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consistory, con-
the school committees, which are , cerns itself with all that has to do Bulgarian Jewry has made consid-
elected by the body of ratepayer,. with the management
erable progress in its social life,
CAFES
nt of the Je
the direct control of an offi-
but it has lost a great deal of its
ish schools in Bulgaria.
cial of the Ministry of Justice.
intellectual and religious life.
HOTELS
The communal councils ars
There are at present 40 schools
(C 011 0.- 10111, 1029, J. T. A.)
elected for a period of three years 10 of which are kindergartens, 2:3
ROADHOUSES
and they in turn elect the central primary and 7 advanced-primary i
consistory of the Bulgarian Jews. schools, so-called pro-grammar I
which represents Bulgarian Jewry. schools. The Department of Edu. !
A Happy New Year!
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in its relations with the authors- cation employs an inspector, who
ties
and
with
Jewish
institution,
visits
all
the
Jewish
schools
in
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abroad. An executive committee Bulgaria. A uniform curriculum
G. R. 1VYLLIE
J. J. HOGAN
chosen from among its members is has been drawn up for all these
. schools, a thing unknown in the
in permanent session at Sofia. The,
schools of any other community
J. CHICHIRO
in the East.
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Formerly, Hebrew school-books
were ordered abroad, but recently
at attempt has been made to have
Fancy Stair and Porch Railings,
books printed here for the use
Folding Gate. and Window
of the schools, under the supervis-
Income Tax Service
Guards
ion of the Department of Educa-
tion. A little book on Jewish his-
tory is in the course of prepara-
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Cherry 2244
tion. Dr. S. Marcus, professor at
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the Sofia High School, has been
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entrusted with its composition
A stubborn campaign has been
carried on here, with a view to the
adoption of Hebrew as the me-
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' dium of instruction. The com-
munities of Sofit Philippopolis
and Tatar-Pazardjik have adopted
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it, but the others have declined to
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follow suit. Still, Ilebrew occu-
C.
pies as important place in instruc-
tion, due chiefly to the teachers of
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commeocnes
Palestine. As the engagement of
foreign teachers proved too costly,
the consistory established a special'
course of pedagogy for training
native teachers of Hebrew, and
about 20 young teachers have been
SHEET METAL
trained, but with limited acquire-'
ments.
WORKERS
Generally speaking, the instruc-,
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tion given at the Bulgarian schools
is very sound, and the Jewish
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schools follow strictly the pro-
gram of the government schools.
After passing through the com-
munal schools, the Jewish children
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are admitted to the Bulgarian
grammar schools. The Jewish
schools teach only Hebrew and
Bulgarian—no foreign language,
and it is perhaps for that reason
that many Jewish families send
their children to foreign or ec-
cleasiastically governed schools.
A great deal of attention is paid
in the Jewish communal schools to
the teaching of the Hebrew lan-
guage and of Jewish history, but
religious instruction is neglected,
I and the new generation is taught
' h ■ cpirit which has little sympa- I
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composed of the members of the

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