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Community Support Asked
By United Hebrew Schools
UHS Announces Commencement of Observance of 19th
Annual Education Month; Outlines Benefits of Jewish
Training for Children
The United Hebrew Schools of Detroit this week an-
nounced commencement of observance of 19th annual Educa-
tional Month beginning with Rosh Hashanah.
This year's observance is again being directed by a large
committee composed of members of the board of the United
Hebrew Schools, the faculty, alumni, the schools' Woman's
Auxiliary, the Kvutzah Ivrith and its auxiliary, the Hebrew
Teachers' Association and lay leaders.
Philip Slomovitz is general chairman and Judge Charles
Rubiner is associate chairman. Lawrence W. Grohn is chair-
man of the public relations co mmittee.
On the occasion of this year's
Education Month, the follow-
ing call has been issued to the
community of the United
Hebrew Schools:
On the occasion of the 19th
Annual Education Month of the
United Hebrew Schools of De-
troit; it is important that the
Community we serve should be
fully cognizant of their res-
ponsibility to their young people
and should recognize the neces-
sity of providing the completest
possible educational facilities for
their young people—for the sake
of their status as Americans and
their heritage as Jews.
Our Community should be
made fully aware of the five
major objectives of the United
Hebrew Schools of Detroit—ob-
jectives which are closely inter-
linked to express the broad pur-
poses of their educational sys-
tem. These aims and objectives,
which form the basis of the
Jewish Educational month are:
I. To Prepare the Jewish Child to
Live in a Jewish Environment!
The American Jewish child is
growing up in the midst of a
special Jewish environment as
symbolized by family, friends
and associates. To make such a
position dignified and honorable,
he must be taught the home life
of the Jew, our people's festivals
and customs, the activities and
ideals of the synagogue, the
organizations and functions of
their local community, the prob-
lems and expressions of K101
Israel—of all Israel.
In addition to knowledge of all
these factors, it is necessary that
the child should understand the
necessary attitudes which must
be developed in order to arouse
in him to participate actively and
intelligently in Jewish home life,
in the synagogue and the Jewish
community.
The child mint be made aware
of his responsibilities as a Jew
and must have a desire to share
in these responsibilities with
dignity and with courage. This
can be achieved by creating a
Jewish environment in the
schools 'and by implanting high-
est Jewish ideals through the
schools and in the community.
2. To Prepare the Child to Meet
The Challenge of His Non-
Jewish Environment:
Our children are growing up in
a non-Jewish environment and
are expected to participate in
American life, often being called
upon to meet the challenges of
group differences as they are af-
fected by racial, religious, and
historic implications. We have
the responsibility of _teaching our
children to understand the value
of their rights and duties as citi-
zens of this great country, while
facing the various group differ-
ences.
The Jewish child must be pro-
vided with a knowledge of their
people's history and the place we
hold as a creative minority in
America and in the world at
large. The Jewish child must
be made aware of the place in
and the value of cultural minor-
ities to human progress. There
must be "compensation" for the
shock of discrimination and an-
tagonism by teaching him the
basis of group distinctiveness
through the developing of a
dignified belief in his people and
in himself.
3. To Enrich the Character and
Personality of the Growing
Jewish Child:
Character development is the
major aim of all education and
Jewish educators are convinced
that Jewish history and literature
present valuable material for
the best approach f _ or the growth
of personality and enrichment of
character in the child. It is our
sacred duty to impart these to our
children, thus to enrich the lives
of their people. In this way, we
can expand their cultural horizon
by identifying them with the
community of Israel, and by giv-
ing them a sense of recognition
of themselves as descendents
of the prophets, sages and
martyrs of Israel.
Our idealogical program calls
for the introduction of color,
beauty and significance into their
lives by training them in the
customs and observances of the
Jewish home and the synagogue.
4. To Perpetuate Our Language
And Our Culture:
Aside from the general aims of
Jewish education, there is the
paramount need of perpetuating
our historic traditions. It is es-
sential that we preserve Jewish
life in this country so that our
people should live in an atmo-
sphere of cultural dignity, com-
plementing the highest values of
our American heritage.
Since our culture has had its
roots in the classic Hebraic lit-
erature, it is important that our
children have basic knowledge of
the Hebrew language and liter-
ature and that they should be
prepared to carry on and foster
Hebraic traditions steeped in re-
'
ligious and literary idealism.
5. To Sponsor Palestine's
Reconstruction Program:
The redemption of Palestine
and the building of the Jewish
national home is inseparable from
Jewish community programs and
the ideals emanating from the
Jewish Community of Palestine
have become a driving force in
cementing Jewish values and in 7
creasing the interest of young
and old in Jewish life.
It is impossible to speak in
terms of a dignified. Jewish
existence without thinking in
terms Of a redeemed land of
Israel where the homeless and
dispossessed of our people will be
able to hold their heads erect and
where they will be able to re-
build their lives with dignity
and with honor. Our children
must have a share in this great
task and the schools must be
found in the center of activities
for Palestine's redemption. .
The program which is outlined
is basically all inclusive on the
educational needs of the Ameri-
can Jews. To realize these ob-
jectives, we must have the co-
operation of the entire commun-
Jews Fleeing Pogroms
Find Safety in Lodz
LODZ (JPS) — Jews fleeing
here from anti-Semitic violence
in the smaller towns of Poland,
have been welcomed by the re-
constituted Jewish community of
Lodz, comprised almost entirely
of persons who themselves have
recently settled in Lodz, includ-
ing former residents of the city
returned f r om concentration
camps. It is estimated that 12,000
Jews fleeing pogroms have ar-
rived in the past two weeks.
ity, of all parents of children of
school age, of the community
leaders, and of the established
community organizations.
We call upon all parents in the
community to enroll their child-
ren in the branches of the United
Hebrew Schools closest to their
homes and we invite their par
ticipation in creating that cultur-
al security which will strengthen
their heritage as Jews and their
rights as Americans.
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