Friday, September 7, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Group Organized to Fight
National Fund Budgeting
Leaders of Cleveland and Philadelphia Committees Oppose
Giving Authority to Any Single Group to Determine
Future of Appeals
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The formation of a Committee to
Oppose National Budgeting was announced here by Ezra
Shapiro, president of the Jewish Community Council of
Cleveland, "in behalf of leaders of Jewish federations and
welfare funds throughout the country" who are seeking "to
prevent the imposition of national budgeting upon the
Jewish Students
At Wayne Urged
To Study Hebrew
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Center Art Classes
Reopen This Month;
New Course Offered
Art classes of the Jewish Cen-
ter will be resumed in late Sep-
tember, according to an an-
nouncement issued by Mrs. Ed-
ward D. Quint, chairman of the
Jewish students of Wayne Uni- Center Art Department.
versity are urged to register for
There will be classes for chil-
the course in Hebrew which will dren and adults in charcoal,
be offered this semester in the crayon, pencil, watercolor and
College of Liberal Arts. Leaders oil.
of Jewish youth groups in De-
Mrs. David B. Werbe is con-
troit, sponsored by the Zionist
Youth Commission, Bnai Brith sultant to the 'art school.
Youth Organization, Habonim
Children's classes are held
and Hashomer Hatzair, have call- Tuesday and Thursday after-
ed on their members to include noons, adult classes on Sunday
Hebrew in their course of study. morning, and another adult class
Elementary Hebrew- is the first on Tuesday evening.
course to be offered by Wayne
A new addition to this year's
in response to the suggestion of schedule of classes is a class in
a committee of Jewish educators, cartooning, to be held on Sunday
acting through the Jewish Com- afternoon.
munity Council. It is intended
Stanley. Twardowicz is the in-
that additional' advanced courses structor in the children's
class.
will be offered in succeeding Leon. Makielsky is instructor
in
semesters, as registration war- the adult class, and the teacher
rants.
for cartooning will be Ben Yo-
Full-time students will receive man.
credit towards graduation in the
Complete details and informa-
same manner as for all foreign tion on the art classes can be
languages. Non - matriculated had by calling the Center, MA.
students also will be admitted. 8400.
The course this semester will
cover the elements of modern
Hebrew, and provide an intro-
duction to Hebrew conversation
and reading. The course is sched-
uled for Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, 7 to 9 p. m.
Louis Panush has been ap-
pointed instructor. He is on the
faculty of Central High and is
editor of the Metropolitan De-
troit Science Review.
Information regarding the
courses is available at Wayne
University, or the office of the
GENERAL INSURANCE
Jewish Community Council.
Credits Toward Graduation
to Be Allowed; Panush
Named Instructor
American Jewish community." 4>
Mr. Shapiro, who was named cision on national budgeting have
chairman of the newly formed meaning and validity."
committee, said that the new
At a time when there is "no
body "was organized to mobilize uniformity on basic ideologies
the overwhelming sentiment of and principles" in American Jew-
American Jewry in opposition to ish life and when Jewish needs
any program which would give here and abroad require an ex-
centralized authority to a single pansion rather than a contrac-
group to determine the future of tion of "the horizons of com-
all causes, national and interna- munity thinking on basic Jewish
tional, appealing for American problems," it would be "the
Jewish support."
height of unwisdom to entrust
He announced that William the grave responsibility of far-
Sylk, secretary of the Allied reaching decisions to one central-
Jewish Appeal of Philadelphia, ized authority, Mr. Shapiro as-
will serve as secretary of the new serted. He pointed out that the
committee which, he emphasized ; Budget Research Committee of
"will endeavor to coordinate the the Council, which was appoint-
opposition of -federations and wel- ed in 1942 for the purpose of con-
fare funds on the issue which ducting a fact-fine;ng survey, had
will be taken up at the next voted by an overvhelming ma-
General Assembly of the Council jority in opposition ' national
of Jewish Federations and Wel- budgeting.
He said that the prog-am was
fare Funds," to be held early
being presented to the "leneral
in 1946.
Assembly for review despi
the
Modified Decision
,hich
"I note," Mr. Shapiro stated, fact that the committee
"that the Council of Jewish Fed- had been appointed for the
erations and Welfare Funds has specific purpose of determining
modified the decision of its board the value of national budgeting
of directors, so that the issue of had rejected it by a majority
vote.
national budgeting will be pres-
ented to the next General As-
Majority of Budget. Research
sembly, presumably to be held
early in 1946. As a result of this Committee Favoring Plan
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The prin-
action, more adequate time will
be afforded to the Jewish com- ciple of advisory budgeting,
munities . of America to discuss which will be presented for ap-
proval at the 1946 General As- Council board of directorS to
and to decide on this problem.
"However, the principle of a sembly of the member agencies conduct a fact finding survey had
referendum involved in the of the Council of Jewish Federa- voted overwhelmingly against
original resolution of the board, tions and Welfare Funds, has the the proposal.
"The Council also plans in ad-
is sound and should be followed support of a clear majority of
through. Thus, every member the members of the Budget Re- vance of the Assembly to confer
agency of the Council should, search Committee, its chairman, further and fully on the issues
involved with national and over-
between now and the time of the Jacob Blaustein, said.
Mr. Blaustein made this com- seas agencies," Mr. Blaustein
General Assembly, permit the
most thorough discussion of the ment in reply to a statement by continued. "To say the least it
national budgeting proposal so the newly-formed Committee to was premature at this time for
that when the Assembly meets, Oppose National Budgeting, that . any one of these agencies to have
it may record the mandate of the the Budget Research Committee stimulated the creation of an op-
individual communities. In this which was appointed by the position committee."
way, the views of the Assembly
may be an accurate cross-section
of the views of the member
agencies and not merely in-
dividual opinions.
Discuss Pros And Cons
"The Committee To Oppose Na-
tional Budgeting will proceed on
the democratic assumption that
the Council itself and all mem-
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ber agencies welcome this ex-
tended opportunity for discussion
of the pros and cons of national
Specializing in-
budgeting. Only by local action,
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registered officially and in a
representative way, will any de-
NEW YORK — The National
Council of Young Israel announ-
ces the opening of the Young
Israel Institute for Jewish Stud-
ies on Oct. 1. The Institute, which
will be headed by Dr. Samson
R. Weiss, as director, former
leader of the Central Yeshivah,
will offer courses and lectures
for adults in Bible, Hebrew, Jew-
ish History, Jewish Ethics and
Philosophy, Jewish Laws and
Customs, Contemporary Judaism,
and Mishnah and Talmud.
(Dr. Weiss is the former Dean
of Yeshivah Beth Yehudah of
Detroit.)
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