Page Twenty THE JEWISH NEWS Jewish Community's Obligation Kasle, Isaacs View • Vital Need Of Hebrew School in N. W. Area More Than 2,000 Jewish Children in Fast-Growing Neighborhoods Lacking Formal Jewish Education If the children in one of the fastest growing Jewish neighborhoods in. Detroit are to grow up as well-informed Jews, and if ignorance is to be prevented from becoming the rule among them, the Detroit Jewish community owes it • to itself and to- all American Jewry to act promptly in providing for them the necessary requisites to acquire a Jew- ish education. 0 This is the substance of a warning that comes from the leaders of the United Hebrew Schools. Their reference is to the large Jewish corn- munity • in t h northwest s e tion of Detroit. Abe president of the United Hebrew Schools, and Bernard Isaacs s u p erintendent of the schools call attention to these needs on the basis of ex- isting facts. It was pointed out by Mr. Kasle that the section in ques- tion, extending f r o m Linwood west to Wyo- ming and from ABE KASLE Puritan north to 8-Mile Road, now numbers approximately 6,000 families. It is believed that more than 2,000 Jewish children in this section are in the main left today without any sort of Jewish training. • 200 Attended Hebrew Classes - A small portion of these children, numbering not more than 200, now are attending Hebrew school classes-130 of them being enlisted in the United Hebrew Schools' branch of the Bagley School. Another 1,000 attend classes only once a week in the . various Sunday schools of the community. "Many hundreds of these children are potential prospects for enrollment in a He- brew school," Mr. Kasle stated. "We, of the United Hebrew Schools, are con- fident, on the basis of surveys we have made in the past two years, that such an enrollment can be made a certainty. "If we do not act promptly; these children will be lost to us. . "If we act promptly, we can establish the classes that are so sorely needed for our boys and girls. The Longer We Wait the Greater the Indifference "The longer we wait, the more children will be lost to us and the greater the indifference that will arise in Jewish ranks. "This is not an idle warning. The moment the boys and girls reach their twelfth and thirteenth birthdays, they and their parents will estop thinking in terms of an education which will provide them with a knowledge of Hebrew and Jewish history. ' "With the situation becoming increasing- ly more serious for Jews throughout the World, it will be a calamity if these children will not be provided with that knowledge which helps them face the issues affecting all Jews. "We can recapture the youngest of the children if we provide classes for them. - "I hope that our people will begin thinking seriously in terms of this great need. UHS Auxiliary Plans Second Cultural Affair At Rose Cohen Bldg. "I appeal to our people to think in terms of erecting a modern, up-to-date Hebrew school building in the northwest section of our corn- munity so that we may properly fulfill our obligations to our children." Mr. Kasle's statement reveals some very in- teresting facts. "A study of the northwest section," he stated, "reveals that in one public school alone, the Bagley, at Curtis and Roselawn, 10 blocks west of Livernois, there are 704 Jewish children. "In another school, at the Hampton, one block east of Livernois, near Curtis, there are more than 480 Jewish pupils. "We have established quarters in the Bagley Schocl where we use five classrooms, and have filled them to capacity with our 130 pupils. It is the maximum we can accommodate in that school. Hebrew Environment Lacking "The lesson is self-evident: we can not de- pend on a public school, grateful as we are for availability of such facilities. The class hours are reduced, Sunday morning classes are elimin- ated and the Hebrew School environment is lacking. "To build a new Hebrew school structure in that section is a community obligation." Mr. Isaacs added important comments to Mr. Kasle's appeal and observations. "In the course of our experiences in estab- lishing the Bagley School branch of the United Hebrew Schools, we have discovered that there are many hundreds of parents who are clamor- ing to send their children to a modern • Hebrew school," Mr. Isaacs declared. "These parents, however, are reluctant to send their children for limited studies in a public school building. We find that their re- sponse would be spontaneous and prompt and that hundreds of Jewish children would be enrolled in Hebrew school classes, provided we had a home of our own, for such classes. War Interfered with Plans "We would have acted earlier in assuring the construction of a new building. But the war interfered, and the restrictions on constructions were accompanied by the additional handicap of our having been unable to secure the proper teachers. "The situation has changed. We can build now, if we are given the means. And we can get more teachers. "Furthermore, we have evolved plans for the establishment of a teachers' high school and college for the training of more teachers from among the graduates of the United Hebrew Schools. "I add my • personal appeal to that of Mr. Kasle for our people to think in terms of this great need: for the immediate construction of a Hebrew school building in the northwest section of Detroit, so that we should avert the calamity of keeping hundreds of young Jews in ignor- ance, through the perpetuation of a grave error of failing to provide the facilities for the much- needed Hebrew school building in the northwest section of Detroit." Mr. Kasle, Mr. Isaacs and other leaders in the United Hebrew Schools are entertaining the hope that public-spirited Detroit Jews will come forth with proposals to assist in the construc- tion of the proposed new Hebrew School build- ing in order to fill this immediate and great need. Detroiters who feel as they do are asked to communicate with them and to advise them how this community need can be made a reality. 15 Nobel Winners To Be Honored Dec.18 NEW YORK Fifteen Nobel The second program irk the cul- Prize scholars will be honored at tural series of the Women's Aux- a dinner Dec. 18 at the Hotel iliary of the United Hebrew Pierre to open the national cam- Schools will be held at 1 p. m. paign for $4,000,000 to establish Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the Rose a medical school in Palestine, it was announced by Ira A. Hirsch- Sittig Cohen Bldg. mann and Mrs. Samuel J. Rosen- A luncheonette will be fol- sohn, co-chairmen of the drive. lowed by a program devoted to The guests of honor, who are the works of famous Jewish writ- serving on a committee of scien- ers of wit and humor. tific sponsors for the project, It is the desire of the auxiliary will be Dr. Albert Einstein, Dr. to arouse and foster an interest Clinton Joseph D a viso n, Dr. not only in the serious aspects of Enrico Fermi, Dr. Victor F. Hess, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi and Dr. Otto but also in their entertaining as- Stern, all holders of the prize pects. The program participants are Theodore Isaacs, I. Brawer, Irv- members of the auxiliary. ing Ackerman and William Man- Research and preparation of dell. material has been done by Mes- Mrs. Rossman, chairman of the daines Morris Adler, Joshua Sper- program committee, is assisted by ka - and Florence--Moss Rossman. Mrs. Sol A. Dann. Mrs. A. L. The participants are Mesdames Carnick is president of the Wom- Bertram Smokier, Burton Seidon, an's Auxiliary, in physics; • Dr. Henrik Dam, Dr. Otto Loewi, Dr. Otto Meyerhof, Dr. George R. Minot, Dr. William P. Murphy and Dr. George H. Whipple, prizemen in physiology and medicine, and Dr. Peter J. W. Debye, Dr. Irving Langrnuir and Dr. Harold C. • Urey, who hold the prize in chemistry. In addition, the sponsoring group includes Dr. Chaim Weiz- mann, eminent chemist; Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon-Gen- eral, U. S. Public Health Ser- vice; Dr. Karl T. Compton, presi- dent of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology; Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, Chancellor of New York University; Dr. Ste- phen Duggan, director of the In- stitute of International Educa- tion; Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association and Dr. Wal- demar B. Kaempffert, science editor, the New York Times. The dinner will be given by the American Friends of the Hebrew University, the Ameri- can Jewish Physicians' Commit- tee, and ikidassah. Friday, December t4, 1945 Truman CJ reets HUC Anniversary THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON November 21,.19k5 Dear Dr. Morgenstern: The Seventieth Anniversary of the Hebrew Union College is a significant event in the annals of a people that has a continuous history oflaw and learning. In our land of.freedom, where liberty of conscience and freedom of worship are paramount; American life has received notable contributions from the. theological, intellectual and social thought of your College. It is now the oldest rabbinic Institution on this continent. From it have gone forward hundreds of men who have devoted themselves to the best interests of our country, and to the ideals of their faith. They have pioneered in many social and progressive movements and have been in the van- guard when the country.called for service and sacrifice - showing the essential unity of high religion and noble Americanism. You are celebrating the Seventieth Anniver.4 sary after the free nations of the world have achieved a . great victory for freedom and humanity. You have played an important role in the advance- ment of the great ideals of our country. May this Anniversary, celebrated in joy, inspire all Americans of good will to follow the path of truth and justice, cement their unity and • increase their power for good for all mankind. Very sincerely, Dr. Julian Morgensteim President,' The Hebrew Union liege Cincinnati. 20, Ohio President Truman sent the above letter recently to Dr. Julian Morgenstern, president of the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, America's oldest rabbinical seminary, on the occasion of that institu- tion's 70ti• anniversary. Visit at Pre - School Hebrew Class Inspires Miss Sarah Philka's Poem By SARAH PHILKA I recently visited the pre-school Hebrew class for children. of 31/2 to 5 at the Rose Sittig Cohen branch of the United Hebrew Schools. This class has been functioning for two years and was started more or less as an experiment to see what could be done with children not old enough to at- tend public school. I was amazed at the progress of these Jewish tots. It should be inspiring to the parents to know that their children are receiving the kind of Jewish background that will make better Jews and from this understanding will re- sult in being better Americans. Credit should be given to Miss Miriam Gold and the United He- brew Schools for their great suc- cess in this endeavor. I have written this poem in VHS Launches Drive to Enroll 1,000 Members A goal of 1,000 has been set by the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit for the annual member- ship enrollment now being launched. Abe Kasle, UHS president, has announced the appointment of Philip J. Gilbert as chairman of the membership enrollment. 'In- augurating the project for the en- rollment of 1,000 more members at $5 each, Mr. Gilbert stated at a recent meeting: "The United Hebrew Schools is the communal Jewish educational agency with a history of 25 years of loyal service to the Jewish community in Detroit. In this pe- riod, our schools have already- succeeded in bringing up a gen- eration of young men and women who play a leading role in vari- ous communal, educational' and philanthropic endeavors. "The income derived from the membership dues is an important item in the annual budget of the schools, and it helps pay for the education of children whose par- ents are unable to take care of their tuition fees. In addition, a large membership lends moral support to the institution."' honor of this class, dedicated to these small children. CHILDREN OF ISRAEL Children, little children Cheeks aglowing pink, Everyone so busy Learning how to think. Happy little children, Merry eyes that gleam, Free from care and worry, Free to play and dream. Little children learning Some so shy and coy. Y _ aldo means a girl, Yeled means a boy. Speaking better Hebrew Than lots of folks I know, All these little children With faces all aglow. Sweetly singing Hebrew songs, Such a Sight to see. Tiny voices blending In perfect harmony. Jewish little children, Learning of the past, About the different holidays, And why we have to fast. Jewish little children, Learning God's refrain, Knowing faith and beauty, Like sunshine after rain. Children of the future Learning Jewish ways, Gaining strength and wisdom To last them all their days. This host of tiny stars Shall be a truth unfurled, And light the path of Jewishness To make a brighter world. 9 New Settlements Open In Palestine Since V-E Day . NEW YORK—To provide for the absorption of immigrants and returning servicemen and wo- men, nine new settlements were established by the agencies de- riving their American support through the United Palestine Appeal since V-E Day, and 11 others are to be launched in the immediate' future, it was report- ed here by Dr. James G. Heller, National UPA chairman. Four settlements, Dr. Heller said, were founded on Nov. 2, anniversary of the Balfour De- claration. A number of those to be established in the coming weeks will commemorate Pales- tinian Jewish soldiers who were killed in battle or who were lost after having been dropped as parachutists behind enemy lines.