Americo' "(wish Periodical Coder Friday, August 9, 1946 CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO Three Chronicle DETROIT SWISH CHRONICLE and The L Rabbi Wohlgelernter Takes Issue With Chronicle Columnist on Jewish Education President of Yeshivoth Beth Yehuda Replies to Views of Columnist Goldberg In Last Week's Chronicle Which Discussed "How Much Time Shall a Child Spend in Parochial School " Editor's note: Last week, Dr. Goldberg, In discussing the amount of time a child could profitably devote to going to parochial school, felt that the majority of children would find a limited amount of parochial school suf- ficient. Ile felt that there were so many demands on a child's time, with compulsory school training, that the average child could not assimilate such special. (zed education. hours on Sunday mornings) still the more enterprising, even a find ample time for outdoor and paper route. athletic activities, musical educa- Almost from the very beginning tion, public school homework, and, of organized Jewish life in the Editor, Jewish Chronicle, 525 Woodward Avenue,, Detroit 26, Michigan. Dear Sir: Dr. W. A. Goldberg, in your issue of August 2, replied to an inquiry by a parent with reference to the Jewish education of his child. The father is represented to be concerned over the fact that his son receives four hours daily instruction, after public school attendance, in a so-called "parochial school." The entire article is very confusing, and I should appreciate your publishing this letter in order that the raid- ers of the "Personal Problems" column may be clarified on the matter. There is no weekday Jewish school in Detroit, or for that mat- ter anywhere else in the United States, to my knowledge, which would answer the description con- tained in Dr. Goldberg's article. There are afternoon schools of the Yeshivah, Talmud Torah, and Yiddish type, with classes meeting every day of the week for an RABBI M. J. WOHLGELERNTER hour, an hour-and-a-half, or at most two hours duration. On the other hand, the "parochial" or day school, which combines and seeks to integrate Hebrew and secular education, provides a full- time program from the morning until 4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. These latter institutions operate in the manner of private schools, and there has been an increasing in. terest in that type of education in various circles. While attendance at a daily afternoon school does cut in on the normal leisure-time activities of the average boy or girl, this form of Jewish instruction has attracted by far the largest num- ber of those who pursue a corn- plete Jewish training. For many years the Hebrew school of this kind has been the mainstay of Jewish life in America, and out of its portals have come the edu- cated laity who constitute the backbone of the American Jewish community. Conscientious parents, a: the leaders of our communal • structure, have recognized that Jewish tradition cannot be ade- quately imparted to the young through Sunday morning classes in history, or the mere prepara- tion for the Bar Mitzvah cere- mony. The Yeshivah-type after. noon school has made its own contribution to this form of Jew- ish education by intensifying the program in a, 2 hour daily class, with emphasis'on the introduction of the student to the basic know- ledge of Torah and preparation for normal living in accordance with its: commandments in the American Jewish environment. Children who attend from 4:00 to 6 :00 ,on weekday afternoons, or fro 8:00 to 8:00 ?arid for two - United States there have existed The Spanish-Portugese Congrega- full-time Yeshivas, providing a tion, Shearith Israel, maintained rounded and complete education a Yeshivah of this kind as far (Continued on Page 14) in both religious and general field. ""slOCIOgliViliilliMMNIMAllANILASSIMOOMIOCIPCIMMICNICIMY HISTORY OF JEWS IN MICHIGAN By IRVING I. KATZ / / / / ARTICLE 24 Biographical Sketches of Detroit Jews Adolph Sloman One of the early Detroit Jews who became very prominent in the legal profession was Adolph Sloman. He was the son of Mark and Amelia Sloiaan, early pioneers of Detroit, and was born in this city on September 12, 1859. After attending the public schools he entered the employ of T. A. Parker, wholesale grocer, where he remained for three years. He began the study of law in the offices of Robert P. Toms, De- Witt C. Holbrook, City Counsellor, and the firm of Brennan and Donnelly. He then entered the College of Law of the University of Michi. gan, graduating in June, 1879. After graduation he was admitted to the bar although he was not yet twenty years of age. The statutes required that the applicant be twenty-one, but Thomas C. Cooley, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan and Dean of the Law faculty, ruled that Sloman's brilliance as a student warranted Adolph Sloman his being admitted to practice. TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT Although Mr. Sloman devoted himself chiefly to commercial law, lie was the attorney in several criminal cases that won him much attention. For seven years he taught Wills and Estates at the Uni- versity of Detroit, a Catholic insttiution, and for several years lie also taught a class in Criminal Law. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him in 1917 by the University of Detroit. Alex J. Groesbeck, former Governor of Michigan, began his prac- tice in Mr. Sloman's office. For a time they were partners under the firm name of Sloman and Groesbeck. Mr. Sloman retired from practice in 1918. HELD MANY OFFICES Mr. Sloman served as President of the Michigan State Bar As- sociation, as Vice-President of the Detroit Bar Association, and for two terms as a member of the local Council of the American Bar Association. He was a member of the Citizen's Committee which pre- pared and won enactment of legislation that maintained the St. Clair Flats as a public fishing and shooting preserve. He was active in Jewish affairs and served as President of Pis- gah Lodge, Bnai Brith, and for many years as Chairman of the Re- ligious School Board of Temple Beth El. He was known as an intl. mate friend of children. He was married to Lotttie Teichner and they were the parents of Herbert T. (now deceased), Waldo (now deceased), Edmund M. (Detroit attorney), Katherine (Mrs. Arthur W. Heintzelman of Mar- blehead, Massachusetts), Irma (Mrs. Irving L. Hirschman of De- troit), and Marjorie (Mrs. Nathan S. Sloss of Cleveland, Ohio). The grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Sloman are: Mrs. William Elliott (Lisbeth J. Sloman), Mrs. Mike Miller (Kathleen M. Sloman), Mrs. Max Loewenstein (Eleanor Sloman), Norman S. Sloman, J. Cranston and Malcolm R. Heintzelman, Mrs. Sam Gross (Marjorie Hirschman), Frederick L. Hirschman, Mrs. David Kling (Marianne Sloss), Richard N. Sloss, Robert and William Sloman of Detroit, Mrs. Lippman Lumberg (Elaine Sloman), Mrs. Morris Berman (Janet Sloman) and Mrs. Benjamin Frank (Peggy Sloman). Mr. Sloman died in 1933. / / / / / / / / / / Lottie Teichner Sloman Mrs. Adolph Sloman (Lottie Teichner) was born in Detroit on November 29, 1857, the daughter of Emanuel and Katherine Teichner. (Emanuel Teichner came to Detroit from Hungary in the middle fifties of the last century and engaged in the hides and pelts busi- ness). She received her education in the local public schools and graduated f r o m the old Detroit High School. From 1876 to 1880 she was Assis- tant Librarian to Profes- sor Henry Cheney in the Detroit Public Library. Mrs. Sloman was promi. nently identified with many Jewish and non-Jewish or- ganizations. In 1882 she was Secretary of the La- dies Society for the Sup- port of Hebrew Widows and Orphans, and was ac. tive for many years in that ben e v olent organization. When the Woman's Aux- iliary of Temple Beth El (now the Sisterhood) was formed in 1901, Mrs. Slo. man became its first pros. Ident. She also served as the first President and as the Honorary President of the Michigan State Fede. ration of Temple Sister- hoods. Lottie Teichner Sloman She was a charter member and Director of the Girls Protective League and the Priscilla Inn, a charter member of the Women's City Club, Chairman of the Committee on Immigrant Aid, where she taught English, and many other organizations. Mrs. Sloman died in 1041. OPEN FOR BUSINESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13th • Fresh, Nutritious, and Delicious BAKED GOODS of All Kinds • GOLDSTEIN'S BAKERY 10230:DEXTER TO. 7-9671 m00000000000vom000msx. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS OA° FLY TO . . . South Haven 2 FLIGHTS DAILY 10 A.M. 3 P.M. TWIN ENGINE LUXURY LINERS' 70 Minutes Flying Time $12.00 Plus Tax Reservations include Auto Service from Door to Airport Paramount Airways 1219 DAVID STOTT BLDG. PL. 8209