THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, November 27, 1942

Entire Community Joins in Sponsoring
Annual Jewish Book Week Here Tuesday

Effect of the War
On United Hebrew
Schools' System

Celebration to be Tri-Lingual; Dr. G a zer Will Preside;
Speake rs Include Slomovitz, Isaacs, Meyerowitz,
Silver; Will Honor Weinberg

By BERNARD ISAACS
Superintendent, United Iliebrew
Schools of Detroit

All elements in the Jewish Community of Detroit
have been enlisted to sponsor and participate in the an-
nual observance of Jewish Book Week, at a public meet-
ing at the Jewish Community Center, next Tuesday eve-
ning at 8:30.
Taking the form of a tri-lingual celebration, this event
will be presided over by Dr. B.

Benedict Glazer, rabbi of Temple brochures of national Jewish or-
Beth El, and will feature a panel ganizations as well as published
discussion on English, Hebrew material issued by the United
and Yiddish books and publica- Nations' services in this country.
Jewish Book Week celebra-
tions are taking place through-
out the country, according to Dr.
Mordecai Soltes, chairman of the
national committee.
Exhibit at Temple Beth El
In observance of Jewish Book
Week Temple Beth El is show-
ing a special exhibition of books
of Jewish interest, in the case in
the lobby, as well as in the li-
brary. - This occasion has stim-
ulated interest in the reorganiza-
tion of the Temple Library and
the acquisition of new volumes
in accordance with the provision

tions, with the following partici
pating: Philip Slomovitz, editor
of The Jewish News; Bernard
Isaacs; superintendent of the
United Hebrew Schools, and
Abraham Meyerowitz, of the
Farband Schools' staff.
To Honor Weinberg
The occasion will be utilized
to honor Samuel D. Wineberg,
author of "Jewish Social Services
in Detroit," published by the
Jewish Welfare Federation of
Detroit, the first Yiddish book tto
be produced in this city. Harold
Silver, executive director of the
Jewish Social Service Bureau,
will discuss Mr. Weinberg's book,
which will be available at half
the regular price at this cele-
bration, and Mr. Weinberg will
respond. At the conclusion of the
event, there will be a reception
in honor of Mr. Weinberg.
Other features on the program
will include vocal solos by Can-
tor Robert Tulman of Temple
Israel; Yiddish readings by Reu-
ben Silver, and. Hebrew recita-
tions by a pupil of the United
Hebrew Schools. There will be
an exhibit of Jewish books pub-
lished by the Jewish Publication
Society of America, Bloch Pub-
lishing Co., Behrman's Jewish
Book House, Hebrew Publishing
Co., Scopus Publishing Co. and
others.
Exhibit of Publications
In addition, an exhibit has been
arranged of Jewish periodicals
published in this country, news
releases, publicity material
m
and

SAMUEL D. WEINBERG

of the Finsterwald and Agree
Library Memorial Funds. In ad-
dition, the Religious School is
urging parents to give books of
current Jewish content to child-
ren as Hanukah presents.
Mrs. Maier Finsterwald is
chairman of the Temple Beth El
library committee.

Hoodlums Jailed

For Attack on
Jewish Wardens

NEW YORK (JPS)—The New
York courts dealt their first blow
against the anti-Semitic hood-
lumism and vandalism that has
sprung up in the city during the
past few months, when Presiding
Justice Frank Oliver of Special
Sessions, gave 30-day sentences
HEBREW LADIES' AID
to a 19 and a 21-year-old youth
Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society's who had been convicted of at-
•10th annual donor luncheon will tacking Jewish air wardens in
be held Dec. 8 at Riviera Hall. the Bronx for no other reason
Rabbi Herschel Lymon will be than that they were Jewish.
guest speaker, and Cantor David After imposing the jail term,
Katzman will sing. Mrs. Julius Judge Oliver declared "this
Ring arranged the program. Mrs. court is much concerned with
Ignatz Auslander is general the bad name given to the Bronx
chairman. Mrs. Joseph Rosenthal by ruffianism against air raid
and Mrs. Philip Shapiro are co- wardens performing their duties"
chairmen of donors • and Mrs. and warned that in the future
Louis Kepes is president. Mrs. sentences would "range from one
Jake Greenwald, DA. 2451, is year upward. The community
chairman of pledges, and Mrs. demands that this ruffianism
Imri Ehrenwald, TY. 6-0282, is cease. We intend to protect those
devoted to the public interest."
chairman of the year book.

Victory Marked in Palestine
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The
American victory in North Africa
was marked here this week at a
luncheon tendered by central
Jewish institutions to Lowell C.
Pinkerton, United States Consul-
General in Palestine. The lunch-
eon was attended by representa-
tives of the Palestine Govern-
ment, by members of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine and by the
diplomatic corps.
Speaking on behalf of the Jews
of Palestine, David Ben-Gurion
thanked the U. S. Government
and the American people for
their "real and sincere interest
in Palestine and in the Jewish

National Home."

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By HELEN ZIGMOND

Copyright, 1942, Jewish

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HOLLYWOOD — "Mission to
Moscow" will be one of those
super-triple A's of which there
are so few being made nowadays.
It's,the first important American-
made feature on Soviet life . . .
will contain the unprecedented
cast of 140 speaking parts. Ten
years ago a half million dollars
was spent preparing a film called
"Soviet" . . . but it was shelved
because the "Reds" were then
taboo. Now the lid is off . . . and
Russia can legally be recognized
as a part of this world . . . stu-
dios are tumbling over each other
to put the Russian story on cellu-
loid. Six or seven such subjects
are in work.

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With Herr - Go ebbel's aid,
Spain's film production is boom-
ing. Germany supplies the
finances .and the equipment and
the Theme! Loaded with the Nazi
motif, these films constitute the
link between the Latin Americas
and "Mother" Spain. The German
wolf disguised in Spanish cloth-
ing.
* * *
Joseph Kaplan, DeMille's ward-
robe man, can decorate - his ban-
ner with 14 service stars—he has
five sons, lour brothers, and five
nephews in the various branches
of the Armed Service!
* * *
Miriam Marx, Groucho's lass,
has a part in "The Youngest Pro-
fession."

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Page Five

Harry N. Grossman, Meyer R.
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Hollywhispers say little Mitzi
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* * *
Irving Berlin has a rule never
to appraise amateur song-writers.
This aversion springs from ex-
perience. Once, when he was
staying at a hotel, a youngster
delivered a package to room,
promptly sat down at his piano,
and proceeded to demonstrate
composer genius. To Berlin it
sounded like a mish-mash of
everything he had ever heard. He
tried to be kind, explaining that
he was sorry but he couldn't
publish the tunes. The boy
stamped out of the room, threat-
ening, "All right. But if I hear
it anywhere, I'll know where you
got it!"
Another Berlin story is told
that whenever he jots the dots
for a picture, he makes sure that
none but his music is • used. One
day an orchestrator, working on
his film, found a blank spot un-
attractive. He suggested that they
use a sustained note to fill in the
vacancy. "Okay," consented the
composer, "but be sure it's a
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The effect of the war on the
schools is both of a positive and
a negative nature.
The positive aspects are:
Minimal Migration
Migration from neighborhood
to neighborhood is not notice-
able now, at least not on as
large a scale as was the case
during the first World War. The
enrollment in the schools is
therefore of a more permanent
nature.
The Philadelphia-Byron school
which draws its attendance
from the Twelfth Street neigh-
borhood, and which showed
signs of unsteadiness before the
war, has now become . more
stabilized. Since the outbreak
of the war, the number of pupils
remains stationary.
Tuition Fees
Another ' positive effect is a
slight increase in tuition fee pay-
ments. Some parents who were
on the free list are now making
some payments, and others
whose tuition fee rates were
very low are making an effort
to increase their rates.
The negatice aspects are:
Personnel
The most important problem
is that of the personnel. Many
teachers, especially young wo-
men, have resigned their posi-
tions either to join their hus-
bands in the service, or because
they have obtained more lucra-
tive positions in other fields.
Meeting Personnel Shortage
The shortage in personnel was
met by engaging several new
teachers and by adding to the
load of the remaining teachers.
Some teachers who, until now,
taught one or two classes, are
now teaching two or three
classes. The parents have given
them wholehearted cooperation
and have permitted their child-
ren to attend classes at a later
hour.
Adjustment in Salary Scale
Because of the rise of the
cost of living due to the war,
some salary adjustments have
been made, not in a full, ade-

quate and satisfying manner,
but rather in a compromising
way.
Bus System
While bus transportation has
not been eliminated, or even
curtailed, plans are being made,
however, to provide for those
pupils who are now transported
by busses by establishing smal l
units in their neighborhood, be-
cause of the anticipated elimina-
tion of bus service.
Air Raids
The management, being con-
scious of the responsibility it
has in protecting the children
in case of an air raid, has made
arrangements for complete co-
operation with the public school
system. The public school ord-
nances are regularly forwarded
to our schools and points that
can be applied to the system of
the United Hebrew Schools are
carefully noted. The Hebrew
school units which are housed
in the public school buildings
are following the same system
of air, raid predaution as the
public school itself.
First Aid
More than half of the person-
nel (teachers and secretaries)
have taken the standard first
aid course.
Red Cross Units
There are Red Cross Sewing
and Knitting Units in several
branches of the United Hebrew
Schools' system.

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