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(educational field. The. Socialist WITH U. S. AS PULPIT
groups, the Socialist Zionist groups,
TRAVELS 100,000 MILES
the Orthodox and other groups
By AARON KURLAND
sought to chain the chariot
TO EXPOUND MESSAGE'
of the educational institution to
On a Sunday morning in a large were generally discouraging; dea- their movement. Thus, the last
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With the United States as his
airy class room of the Dexter pairing
retrogression towards Jew- few years have witnessed in De-
e ciercstleabLiss h umiee n t,,ofth
itthe
thee work- pulpit and with p rsons of all faiths
Branch of the United Hebrew ish illiteracy and ignorance seemed tnrons
his listeners, Rabbi Mic ael
h
men's
Schools of Detroit, 18 tots of the I inevitable.
Aaronsohn has traveled more than
age of five or six sat on little stools,
Detroit, not unlike other center& band Shulen", the "Umpartayishe 100,000 miles
in the last six years,
their tiny feet just touching the where the Jew congregated, exper- Shulen", the Yeshiva Beth Judah to voice
his message.
floor, and eagerly waited for the , fenced a similar transition period. and several others. Sunday schools
Ile
has
three
aims. lie desires
commencement of the mornings: litre also the first educational at- also were receiving encourage-
lesson. The teacher, a bright-eyed tempts were the Chadorim, usually ment. Hundreds of pupils crowd- to inspire people with a high con-
ed the Temple Beth El school of cept of faith and courage; to en-
maid, rosy-checked and young, her- sponsored by the synagogues.
A
self a graduate of the United Ile- "Beth Sefer" was always the ad- religion, the Shaarey Zedek Sun- lighten the public regarding the
history and religion of the Jew,
day School and the oothers.
brew Schools, with calm, patient
manner, began. the lessors for the
It woo with a view of acquiring
morning with a Ilebrew playlet
some insight into the working of
story. This was the kindergarten
these schools that I spent a num-
class of the United Hebrew Schools,
ber of week day afternoons and
marking with its establishment a
Sunday mornings - visitingthese
new and experimental departure in
various institutions. I Bat in the
the education of Jewish youth in
classrooms, listening in on the les-
the Jewish Schools of Detroit.
sons, and conversed with the in-
structors and with the superinten-
Heretofore, and for ages past,
dents of these schools. Everywhere
Jewish education had been the pro-
the atmosphere was of an unusually
' duct of the "Cheder" and the "Ye-
business-like character. The work
shiva". The Jewish boy (girls
was taken seriously and each ad-
seldom received an education),
mitted that they were far from the
preparing himself for membership
goal of perfection.
in the Jewish community, served
his preparatory years within the
Background Not Spiritual.
narrow walls of a "Cheder": His
The backgroud or most of the
instructor and mentor, old and
children
coming into these schools
bearded, learned in the classics of
is evidently not unduly spiritual.
Jewish lore, immersed in the Bible
In few Jewish homes is religion
and the Talmud, imparted his
ever a subject of discussion; in
knowledge to his youthful disciples
fewer is there an attempt made
early and often.
y the parents to develop a Jew-
In the ghetto, Jewish education
ish cultural background for the
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tended to link the youthful Jewish
spiritual
growth of the child. This
student with his people's past; to
results, of course, in placing an RABBI MICHAEL AARONSOHN
write upon the sensitive pages of
AARON KURLAND
additional burden upon the school
his memory a history of glory and
and to strengthen the ideals of the
of pathos, and to make this youth junct of the more ambitious syna- ' —the burden of counteracting the J ew. "
a part of that history. Emerging gogue. Public spirited workers influence of the home.
To accomplish these purposes, he
In a class at the Dexter branch has visited hundreds of cities; has
from the walls of his "Cheder", were found who supported such
this young disciple of Judaism was institutions, usually conducted in of the United Hebrew Schools the organized Jewish student groups in
henceforth able to guide his Jew- quarters that could boast of little children, aged 10 to i4, were study- high schools and universities; has
ish future along the pathways of improvement over the old "Cheder" ing Hebrew. The mastery of this visited hospitals, asylums and
the traditional past.
ancient tongue by these twentieth prisons, and he has addressed
of the East European ghetto. century children was, indeed, ■ numerous civic and service clubs.
Serious Competitors.
The method of instruction and revelation.
Ile declined the life position of
In the Western Ilemisphere, the curiculum were the same as in the
At the Umpartayishe Shule on national chaplain of the Disabled
problem of educating his children " Cheder" the difference being in
Kenilworth,
the
instructor
read
to
American
Veterans of the World
I faced the Jew under circumstances degree rather than in kind; the
'different from any he had hitherto Bar Mizvah preparation and the the children a story in Yiddish— War, after holding that office six
read
the
story
with
its
idoms
and
years.
Yet
he continues to pre-
be
emphasized
I encountered. The first educationa Kadish, however, being
' h e exclusion of the more im• its portrayal of the distant ghetto form the functions of that office ,
effort was the attempt • to trans-
life,
and
his
tone
was
sympathetic,
whenever
called
upon to do so in
plant the "Cheder" upon American
portant studies of the "Cheder". his manner devoted. The children veteran's hospitals and with veter•
soil, and for a number of year
It was also apparent that the hours listened attentively. Here also an's organizations. Ilia national
this immigrant people actually
the child remained in the school this seeming choice of Yiddish by travels are in behalf of the Union
struggled with the American en-
were few and altogether inaufll- these English speaking, American of American Hebrew Congrega-
vironment, waged a losing fight cient for the acquirement of a
thinking
children
s med alt gether tions, for which he has been na-
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with the new conditions, the thorough education.
dictated by their own desire to in- tional field representative six years,
changed mode of life that sought
With the passing of the years, tertwine their lives with that of with headquarters in Cincinnati.
him in the market place, that sur- however, the need for a change the culture of their people.
In the Argonne Forest engage-
rounded him in the street and fol- began to be evident. A few of the
And at the same time on Pin- ment in 1918, he received a wound
lowed him into his home. But the more courageous teachers and
gree street, at the Yeshive Beth which resulted in loss of his eye-
old and tried methods were in vain;
kernh field b
Judah, a teacher, with a worn look sight. However, he completed his
life was stronger than the Jew.
search and examine the educational
Upon this new soil the "Cheder" structure and the result was a de- and bearded face, expounded the work at the Hebrew Union College
proved a pitiful competitor with lineation of new methods and new wisdom of the Talmud to a group and the University of Cincinnati,
of boys. The pupils adopted the in 1923 Ile was born and reared
the influence of the public school viewpoints.
old sing-song intonation and in Baltimore, Md. and now lives in
and the street. The first results
In Detroit the dream of these age
followed him in chorus. Strange Cincinnati. Ile is chaplain of Gol-
far-sighted individuals was real-
and ancient it sounded to hear braith Post, American Legion, in
ized in the establishment of the
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United Hebrew Schools. It inaugu- these boys (girls were noticeably
absent), The "Rebe", not unduly the latter city.
rated a new era in the educational
Season's Greetings
work. Bright and airy class rooms burdened with modern methods, en-
a regular and graded system of forced discipline with a stern corn-
instruction, teachers trained in the mend. However, when his atten-
science of pedagogue, all of these tion was withdrawn, relieved en-
contributed to make the class room ergies found outlet in a furtive
game of tag.
truly inviting place for the Jew-
At the Shaarey Zedek Sunday
ish boy or girl.
NEW YORK,—Mrs. Felix Fuld
From year to year, these im- School, I sat through a discussion of South Orange, N. J., made a
provements continued. N e w in English on a chapter in Is- contribution of $5,000, to the Na-
saih,
a
serious
discussion
by
a
ser-
schools were built, new methods in-
tion' Council of Jewish Women, in
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lowing is perhaps characteristic: Sternberger. Mrs. Fuld in making
This period also marked the era a pupil. ':Have all the prophesies this gift, voiced her deep interest
of diversification. In addition to been fulfilled?" Another, "No, we in the program of the National
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Improvements in the physical struc- have had that portion of the pro- Council of Jewish Women far Jew-
tures and in the methods, various phesy which speaks of the destruc- ish women and girls, particularly
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shades of opinion in Jewish life tion of Israel, what about the other in its efforts to solve the vocational
began to assert themselves in the part—the return of the Jew to Pal- and employment problems confront-
ing Jewish women and girls
estine"? First boy, "That will also
be fulfilled". Another boy, The throughout the country.
Mrs. Fuld, in making her con-
Zionists are doing something in
tribution, stated that women today
that direction."
have paralleled opportunties for
I spoke with Bernard lasses, exerting their influence and for
superintendent of the United Heb- lending their abilities in movements
,
rew Schools, a man who has made for the advancement of society and
a thorough study of Jewish edu- its various groups.
cation and who knows its problems
Mrs. Sternberger, in announcing
gnd its limitations. He spoke of
the contribution of Mrs. Fuld,
the experiments in kindergarten stated that it represents the largest
work, a pioneer work in Detroit gift by a Jewish woman in the his-
,
which now after two years is bear- tory of the National Council of
,
ing results in encouraging atten- Jewish Women.
dance and support. Ile also spoke
;
of the teaching profession and its
,
;
requirements. "The lack of good INCREASE IN CONVERTS
text books was a handicap," he
DUE TO ANTI-SEMITISM
,
complained. "We have our pro-
blems, of course, the actual lack
BUDAPEST.—(J. T, A.)—The
of funds is not the least of these.
,
great increase in conversion among
We go on with the work, however,
the Jews of Hungary is the result
and the funds are somehow provi-
of growing anti-Semitism in the
ded. We are extending our work
economic life of the country accord-
all the time, increasing the sub-
ing to statistics made public by
jects, enlarging our horizon of ef- the
Budapest rabbinate who sent
fort." "Our schools are of the na-
out an inquiry to candidates for
tionalist pattern, Hebrew being the
conversion asking the reason for
language of instruction. From
their action. The replies said that
time to time attempts are made to
they can only get positions when
change. The majority of the in-
converted,
structors, however, are nationalists
and their viewpoint prevails. The
,
parents now take a greater interest
so the subjects and methods, and ors, of rugged strength and admir-
;
they
appreciate, in a sense, the need able structure.
,
'Thu, to summarize briefly, on
for a Jewish education."
,
"The number of Jewish children Sunday morning in the centers of
Jewish
settlement in Detroit, sev-
In Detroit is about 15,000, and not
less than one-fourth have attended eral thousand Jewish parents hurry
,
their
children
on to the Yiddish
some Jewish school at some time
during their school age, he as- school, Hebrew school, Folk Shule,
each
one
of
these
is the substitute
sured me.
for the "Cheder" of the past. They
At the Temple Beth El Sunday come, these children of our gene-
School is one of the older classes. ration, from rich homes and poor,
Miss Sufinsky was in charge. I humble and otherwise, and the
sat through an hour of enjoyable teachers, earnst and devoted men
discussion
of the story of the Mac- and women are entrusted with the
,
cabees. Here was an atmosphere task of opening the budding minds
,
of decorum and a teacher who and hearts of this youth and im-
knew how to paint a picture upon plant therein the seeds of Jewish
the fresh minds of these boys and education, so that the flower of
girls—a picture of soft warm col- Jewish life and Jewish culture may
bloom uninterrupted.
What will be the result? The
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