Friday, September 29, 1944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Twelve

Education Month Speakers CoU041 Wi4 Twenty erman Jews Among
Named for Altman Program Map .Program Nazi Prisoners at Custer

Isaacs Announces Plans for Graduation Exercises in Four
Classes in United Hebrew Schools; UHS Auxiliary
Preparing "Children's Day Program"

This

Yiddish Culture Committee
Utilizing the services offered by Hyman Altman, direc-
to- Announce Plans for
tor of the Jewish Radio Hours broadcast on Saturday nights
* Coming Activities
and Sundays at noon, over Station WJLB, the Education
Month Committee of the United Hebrew Schools -has launch-
The Yiddish culture 'committee
ed an extensive educational effort to encourage city-wide en- of the Jewish Community Coun-
rollment of children in the schools.
cil will sponsor a conference this

Were Taken from Concentration Camps for Nazi .Labor
Battalions and Placed in Army When Germans
Suffered Manpower Shortage in Normandy

The suspicion that the Nazis, in- spite of. their sadistic
anti-Semitism, are using' Jews in the armed forces whenever
they find need for theni was 'verified at Fort Custer when
Chaplain Martin M. Perley was called upon to minister to
20 men among the German prisoners who asked for Jewish
prayerbooks.
Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at the Jew-
Jewish members of the •Wehr-

The first of a series of radio's>
programs was presented for an dresses are being delivered at ish Center, Woodward and Hol-
entire half hour, on the Jewish Holyday services. Among those brook.
Radio Hour, last Saturday night, who have already delivered ad-
All organizations affiliated with
under the chairmanship of dresses at services are Rabbi the Community Council which.
Charles Rubiner, chairman of Leizer Levine, Joseph Haggai, conduct their business in Yiddish
the Education Month . radio Bernard Isaacs and Edward or are interested in Yiddish cul-
committee.
tural activities have been invited
Rubenfein.
to participate. Presidents, secre-
Speakers On Program
Rabbis and lay leaders who
Speakers on this program in- have participated in Education taries and Council delegates of
cluded Rudolph Zuieback, presi- Month programs and delivered organizations will be recognized
dent of the United Hebrew addresses included in their talks as delegates.
The conference will discuss
Schools; Philip Slomovitz, chair- the reading of the Education
plans for the series of public cul-
man of 18th annual Education Month ProclArnation.
tural programs sponsored jointly
Month, and Mr. Rubiner. Henri
Judge Rubiner's Address
by the Community Council and
Goldberg, a member of the staff
In his radio address last Satur- Jewish Center.
of the Hebrew Schools, sang
day night, Judge Rubiner de-
several solos.
Announce Series Plans
The joint committee responsi-
On Sunday, the speaker on clared:
Altman's Hour was Isaac Franck,
"The old hesitancy that was ble for the series will announce
executive director of the Jewish once noted among some members plans for two lectures, two con-
Community Council.
of the community when the sub- certs, two holiday festivals, one
ject
of Jewish education was literary evening and one film
This Saturday evening, Sept.
30, Michael Michlin and Norman mentioned is now happily gone. program. The purpose of the
series is to present the best
Ruttenberg, members of the He- The old arguments that used to
available talent in programs il-
brew Schools' staff, will present be projected against Jewish edu- lustrating the finest elements of
a skit in Yiddish on the Altman cation have been effectively Yiddish culture.
proven to be false. The program
Hour.
The conference also will dis-
On Saturday evening, Oct. 7, of Jewish education has now been cuss the problems involved in
Joseph Haggai will be the .WJLB practiced long enough so that it providing guidance and assistance
speaker, and the Education has earned its proper place of to affiliated organizations in
Month radio programs will be honor in our American program. carrying on good cultural activi-
"One becomes a better Ameri-
continued throughout the month
can as he is a more cultured Jew, ties within t h e organizations
of Tishri.
thoroughly grounded in his an- themselves. The need for this
Auxiliary's Program
cestral background, thoroughly type of program service is being
The Woman's Auxiliary of the familiar with its values and fully met to a limited extent by the
United Hebrew Schools, whose ready to contribute the best of Community Council, and the con-
objectives are to sponsor the that background to his American ference will consider ways and
school bus system and to con- citizenship."
means of extending this service.
duct social-educational -gather-
Meyerowitz Chairman
Urges
Enrollment
ings, is making elaborate plans
Abram Meyerowitz is chairman
Mr. Slomovitz appealed to par- of the Yiddish culture committee
for the coming year and will
contribute towards the Education ents for the enrollment of their of the Community Council. Other
children in the United Hebrew members of the committee are
Month efforts.
The Auxiliary's plans include Schools.
Alex Belkin, William Hordes,
Pointing to negative aspects of Samuel Jacobson, Dr. S. Klein-
an afternoon's program to be
known as a "Children's Day" appeals for educational projects, man, Benjamin M. Laikin, Louis
and to be devoted to present- when they are based on the fights LaMed, Louis R. Levine, Samuel
day Jewish authors. This event against anti-Semitism, he de- J. Lieberman, Frank Mersky,
will be highlighted by a color- scribed the positive elements Mrs. Michael Michlin, Max Nus-
ful pageant presenting a pano- which make the Jewish schools baum, Aaron Rosenberg, Irving
rama of the Jewish holidays, a necessary. He pointed out that if Schussel, Samuel Weiss and Mrs.
dramatic presentation of selected the children are to derive pride Max J. Wohlgelernter.
scenes from Franz Werfel's and joy from Jewish gifts to hu-
Dr. Kleinman will preside at
"Jeremiah," and a presentation manity and from Jewish achieve- the Conference. James I. Ell-
of costumes worn by Jewish ments in Palestine, they must be mann, president of the Council,
taught to know what Jews have will bring the greetings of the
women throughout the ages.
created and what Jews are now Council's executive committee.
Read Proclamation
creating.
Mrs. Jack Tobin is president
Plan Graduations
of the Auxiliary and Mrs. Bert-
Bernard Isaacs, superintendent
ram Smokier is chairman of the
of the United Hebrew Schools,
program committee.
During Education Month, ad- announces that plans are now
being made for the graduation
exercises of four classes in the
following schools:
Harold Goodman, well known
David W. Simons Branch, A. Detroit lawyer, will observe his
J. Lachover, principal, and Jo- 50th birthday on Oct. 16.
seph Haggai, • teacher of the
Other birthdays in October in-
The United Jewish High School graduating class; Rose Sittig
has resumed classes.
Cohen Branch, Solomon Kasdan, clude the following:
Nathan W. Lurie, Oct. 1; Israel
Students who have successfully principal, and David Schakney
completed the course of study and Morris Plafkin, teachers of Hirnelhoch, Oct. 2; Samuel N.
in either of t h e elementary the graduating class; Philadel- Heyman, Oct. 12; Sidney F.
schools of Arbeiter Ring, Far- phia-Byron School, Morris Lach- Heavenrich, Oct. 27; Louis Berry,
band or the Sholem Aleichem over, principal, Max Gordon, in- Oct. 10; Samuel Levey, Oct. 1;
Institute as well as those of other structor of the graduating class; David Segal, Oct. 1; David J.
Jewish schools with an equiva- Parkside Branch, Alexander Ro- Cohen, Oct. 2; H. J. L. Frank, Oct.
lent Jewish training are ad- berg, principal, Michael Michlin, 28; Mrs. Eugene J. Arnfeld, Oct.
27.
mitted to the pre-High School instructor of • the graduates.
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class during the first high school
year. -
An Importoak Series of Seven Lectures on
A four-year course of study is
offered in the high school with
the following curriculum: Yid-
dish, Hebrew, Bible, history, lit-
erature and training in Jewish
- By DR. RAPHEL MAHLER
national problems.
Eminent Scholar
The full program of eight
hours a week is spread over a
Under Auspices of IKUF (Yiddisher Kultur Varband)
three-day period.
Starting
Thursday, Oct. 5, at 8:30, and continuing at 8:30 P. M.
Graduates of the United Jew-
on Oct. 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14; also at 2:30 P. M. on. Oct. 8 and
ish High School may be admitted
at two regular IKUF meetings on Oct. 4 and 11.
to a higher course of study.
The United Jewish High School
At The JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER
is conducted under the auspices
(Formerly Jericho Temple)
and supervision of a school com-
mittee composed of representa-
Dr. Mahler will give seven lectures for the youth-
tives of the Arbeiter Ring, Far-
,
ages 13 to 20, as follows:
band and Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute.
AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
The High School carries on its
At
5
P.
M.
on
Oct. 4, 5, 6, 9, 11 and 13 and at 2:30 P. M. on
work at the Arbeiter Ring Cen-
Saturday, Oct. 7, at Jewish Cultural Center.
ter, 11529 Linwood, and is open
Admission, 35 cents for each Lecture, $2 for Entire Series
Saturdays and Sundays from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. and on week days,
For information call LA. 3911 or HO. 8934
except Friday, from _ 6:30 to
4:30 p.m.

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Birthdays of
Next Month

:Jewish High School
Resumes Sessions

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THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS

macht, who were among the
Nazis prisoners caught in Nor-
mandy, asked for Mezuzahs,
Bibles and prayerbooks.
Swoop Up Material
Chaplain Perley said that the
men "swooped up the religious
materials enthusiastically."
While it sounded incredible to
'him that there should be Jews
among the Nazi soldiers, Rabbi
Perley said that he found the
Jewish group in a separate corn-
pound.
Most of the men were half-
Jews and only one among them
is a full Jew, Rabbi Perley. re-
ports.
Drafted for Nazi Labor
"Some had apparently spent
months in German concentration
camps but when the manpower
shortage in Germany became
acute they were drafted into
Nazi labor battalions," Chaplain
Perley stated. "D-Day found
them in Normandy working on
fortifications."
"Ministering to German pris-

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oners of war was the last 'thing
I ever expected to be called upon
to do as a Jewish chaplain in the
U. S. army," he added, describ-
ing how the men reacted to their
newly-found f r e e d o m, even
though they are considered pris-
oners of war.
Camp officials stated t h. a t
when the beachhead was estab-
lished and the Allies started
their advance along the Nor-
mandy peninsula, the Jews from
the labor battalions were given
uniforms, arms and ammunition
and were absorbed into the Ger-
man army. Some had been in the
army only eight days when they
were captured.

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