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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Thursday, September 14, 1930
Study of Hebrew Basic
to Full Life as a Jew
This
is the third in a series of articles written for the Jewish
Chronicle by Walter Farber, director of Congregation Bnai Moshe's
religious school and a high school teacher in Detroit.—Ed.
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By WALTER FARBER
THE STUDY OF HEBREW is basic to a full understanding and
Balfour Ball Success Story of Detroiter
Group to Meet Reads Like Horatio Alger
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Landau
will act again this year as hosts
of the Balfour Ball committee.
The Ball will be held Saturday
night, Nov. 4 at the Hotel Stat-
ler.
Harry Cohen, chairman of the
committee, has sent out a call to
all Zionists to join the ranks of
workers to make this, the Chai
(18th) Ball, the most successful
in its history.
Not only does this affair sus-
tain the activities and adminis-
tration of the organization, it is
also the occasion for the gather-
ing together of Zionists for a
social evening.
The cocktail lounge in connec-
tion with the ballroom at the
Hotel Statler will be ready to
receive those who wish to take
time off from dancing to visit
with their friends.
Music for dancing will be
furnished by Phil Brestoff and
his orchestra.
Call the Zionist Office WO
5-1484 or Harry Cohen, chairman,
UN 3-0412, for information re-
garding the committee meeting
for workers.
American Savings
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The DetroitJewish FolksSchools and Kindergarten of the
Labor Zionist Movement and Sholem Aleichem Institute
ANNOUNCE
the Opening of a New Branch
in the Northwest Section
Classes Will Be Held at the
SCHULZE PUBLIC SCHOOL
17400 MANOR
REGISTRATION BEGINS THURS., SEPT. 14, 3 P. M. AT TIIE SCHULZE SCHOOL
FOR INFORMATION
The climax of the traditional
success story was re-enacted in
real life last week when Bob
Adell, 25, of 17158 Santa Barbara,
teens, invented cigaret lighters
and other novelties which he
created from surplus military
shells.
The idea caught on, and other
injured men began to occupy
their time making similar items
and receiving therapeutic benefit
therefrom.
Upon his release from the hos-
pital, he started production and
within a short time his business
mushroomed into gigantic pro-
portions.
Adell became home-sick for his
family and friends in Detroit and
sold his interest and returned to
Detroit.
Adell graduated from Cooley
BOB ADELL
High School and received He-
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brew training in the Unifed He-
received a Packard dealership brew Schools.
from the Packard Motor Com-
pany to become the youngest
The deadline of t h e Jewish
automobile dealer in the world. Chronicle is noon on Mondays.
Adell ,whose new showrooms
If you turn the
are at 1300 Joseph Campeau, has
packed plenty of activity into his
25 years in his climb to the top.
upside down, yen won't
find • liner wino than
The aggressiveness and ability
to lead recognized by the Pack-
ard Company was first indicated
$1,000,000 Plant in Israel when as a member of the Marine
Air Corps, Bob was injured in an
to Produce Steel Items
airplane crash.
WINES
HAIFA — (ZOA) — A steel
Taking advantage of his conva-
works covering an area of 25 lescence period, Adell, still in his
MILAN WINERIES, DETROIT. MICHIGAN
acres, in which $1,000,000 is to
be invested, is being established
south of Haifa. Preliminary pro-
duction is expected to amount to
15,000 tons a year, and from 250
to 300 workers will be employed.
The articles produced will in-
clude steel girders, bridges, fac-
tories, cranes, water towers, elec-
tric pylons, barges and boilers.
appreciation of Judaism. Hebrew is taught today in 36 high
schools in New York City. More than 6,500 students are enrolled
in Hebrew classes in public schools and municipal colleges in
New York. A recent study by A. I. Katch of 1,025 colleges and
universities showed that Hebrew is taught in 206. Wayne Univer-
sity introduced Hebrew in 1946. The courses are taught by Louis
Panush.
Translations will serve, but no peripheral to my basic conten-
translation can possibly do jus- tion and reason for the study of
tice to the original. Bialik once Hebrew—that only through Heb-
said that a translation is like rew can Jewish youth acouire
kissing one's mother through a what it needs—the ethical and
veil.
spiritual values of Judaism.
To use the expression by S.
The efficacy of a knowledge of
Sholom—"Hebrew is the birth- Hebrew should be in the degree
place of the soul of the people, to which it makes better men
the abiding spirit of the Jewish and women out of our children.
people, its "holy language."
Certainly, this is not the only
I am aware of arguments used reason for a knowledge of Heb-
by many that Hebrew is a dif- rew, but Hebrew spells direc-
ficult language to learn. I am tion, proper conduct, ethical
not in agreement. Hebrew is not thinking, ideals of our prophets,
more difficult, once you master a knowledge of values that will
the reading of it, than Greek, emphasize the real religious
Latin or French. What Jewish character of Judaism.
youth needs and has a right to
expect is a pattern of values,
which can best be conveyed
through Hebrew.
The question of speaking Heb-
rew is not the issue. The main
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and appreciate the depth of its Ministry of Trade and Industry
concepts.
recently confirmed the following
barter transactions:
YOUTH NEEDS Jewish values
Romania: Citrus against table
to give it security and poise.
salt, to the value of $45,000.
But Judaism can do this only if
Austria: Artifical teeth against
it can convey the meanings of
these values in Hebrew. In order alumninum foil for packing
to achieve an authentic Jewish cheese and other goods, to the
outlook on life our Jewish youth value of $25,760, 25,000 boxes of
A welcome gift for any occa-
citrus fruit against manufactur-
must know Hebrew.
sion is a subscription to the Jew-
ing
tools.
The fact is that most of the
ish Chronicle. Call WO. 1-1041.
Sweden: Brassieres against
Hebrew value terms are even
materials for the plastic industry;
less translatable than idioms.
Prescriptions and Repairs Called
to. and 13envoteo
Here are several examples of and fruit concentrates against
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value terms: Tzadik, Tzedakah, printing paper to the value of
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Tefillah, Malchut Shamayim, $20,440.
Techuvah, Shechinah, Kiddush
Norway: Citrus concentrates
ha-Shem, Chillul he-Shem. Each and mother - of - pearl buttons
word calls to mind ideas and against salted fish, to the value
ideals in Jewish life. These words of $95,200.
cannot be translated.
Finland: 30,000 boxes of citrus
EDWARD PEVOS
Have you ever tried to trans- fruit against cement bags.
OPTICIAN
late the word Kiddush ha-Shem?
Denmark: Woolen cloth and
Quality Eye Glasses
I can't do it. And it's precisely nylon stockings against milk
Made from Your
Eye Doctor's Prescriptions
for this reason that one must powder, sardines in oil, and other
Sun Glasses - Safety Lenses
Modern r ramcs
know Hebrew. Because the word foodstuffs a n d artifical silk
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is more than a word; it is a mir- against materials for the plastics
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ror of Jewish history.
industry.
It brings to mind martyrdom,
love, sacrifice, faith, sincerity.
This word as well as the others
mentioned above are packed with
meaning and historical signifi-
cance.
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HEBREW IS THE one language
common to all Jews; it gives us
the privilege of unlocking the
n.
treasures of our literature; it
brings us closer in spirit to our
people; it's a language of beauty
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and power; it gives meaning to
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our yearnings and prayers: it re-
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But all of these reasons are
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Barter Accords
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