Fr iday, September 7, 1945
THE CITADEL OF THE
ItSPIRIT OF JUDAISM
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would step down from the stage
of history, and that the springs
o f Torah and Jewish learning
would then dry up. And so it
• e about that the first im-
Int cultural activitiy to be
.rtaken in the period of set-
ent ushered in by the Bal-
four Declaration was the Insti-
tute of Jewish Studies of the He-
brew University,
In December 1924, this Insti-
tute was dedicated several months
before the opening of the Univer-
sity itself. It was entirely natural
that, in the Hebrew University
land in the Land of the Hebrews.
the Institute dedicated to Jewish
learning should have the prece-
dence over all other institutes
and during the first four years
after the establishment of the
University the Institute was its
heart and center.
Since 1929, when the Univer-
sity established its Faculty of
Humanities, the Institute of Jew-
ish Studies has been an integral
unit of the Faculty. None the
less, the Institute enjoys a con-
siderable degree of autonomy. It
has its own Chairman, who is
: . elected every year solely by the
i t members of its staff. A special
committee for the Institute is pre-
sided over by Dr. J. H. Hertz,
Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
WIDE CURRICULUM
The Institute of Jewish Studies
still retains its central place in
the Faculty of Humanities. The
scope of its curriculum is wider
and the number of its profes-
sors, lecturers and instructors
larger than in any other institute
of the Faculty. Two professors
teach the Bible, three Talmud
(there is also an instructor in
t l'almud in the preparatory
course), two professors and an
instructor Hebrew literature, two
professors, two lecturers and two
instructors of Jewish history and
the sociology of the Jews, two
professors of Jewish philosophy
and mysticism, one professor and
one external teacher Hebrew lan-
guage, and one instructor Pales-
tinology.
The fact that the Institute is.
as mentioned above, an integral
part of the Faculty of Humani-
„l ties is very advantageous, because
" under this arrangement the Jew-
ish subjects are not stepa•ited
from the general subjects. It is
true that the Jew-subjects are a
world in themselves and that in
these subjects instruction and re-
search are different than in
others,
Nevertheless, the general sub-
jects serve as a common basis
for the Jewish subjects and as a
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comprehensive theoretical fowl-
' dation. That the Faculty of Hu-
manities has professors of Jew-
ish philosophy and of general
philosophy, professors and lec-
turers in Jewish history and in
the history of Greece and Rome,
England and France, professors
and lecturers in Hebrew literature
and in English, French and Italian
literature, professors of Talmud
and of classical philology, is in
itself a fact that is bound to
make for reciprocal influence be-
tween Jewish learning and gen-
eral learning. Thus the Jewish
subjects gain a wider horizon, and
the general subjects are pervaded
with the spirit of prophetic and
later Judaism.
In our days the Talmudic say- .
ing, The 'torah returns to her
Ilome" has been fulfilled. For, the
Torah that went forth from Zion
has now returned to Zion. In this
`hought we may find some com-
fort for the destruction of the
great seats of Jewish learning
in Europe. The saying of the
nrophet, "And ye shall be com-
forted in Jerusalem," has been
fulfilled in our day.
is D. C. - Chartered Rescue Ship Carries Refugees to Safety
Post-War Polish
Jews Number 250,000
The number of Jews which will
make up the post-war Polish popu-
lation is estimated at 250,000 by
an authority in Warsaw. Part of
these will consist of repatriated
Polish Jews returning from the
Soviet Union. The Central Com-
mittee of Polish Jews has pledged
all possible assistance to these
returning refugees and declares
that the repatriated Polish Jews
will receive the same assistance
from the state as the others. Re-
patriates have to appear before
a commission of Russians and
Poles to receive permission to re-
turn. They are permitted to take
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The S.S. Selahattin, chartered by the Joint
Distribution Committee, and jammed to the full
with its human cargo eagerly seeking safety,
carried 543 refugees from Constanza bound for
back with them a stipulated
amount of goods amounting to
two tons for those who have
farming equipment or tools to
bring back, and a smaller amount
for industrial and office workers.
Walk in the light and thou shalt
see
Thy path, though thorny, bright;
For God, by grace, shall dwell
in thee,
And God Himself is light.
—Bernard Barton.
Istanbul, en route to Palestine. The trip, made
late in 1944, is but one of several J.D.C.•arranged
rescue projects which brought more than 0,000
refugees from the Balkans to Palestine in 1944.
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