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THE JEWISH NEWS

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Page Eleven

s Community Observes Education Mont

Federation, which grew out of an extensive survey of
the local educational scene, has been organized to give
concrete expression to this communal concern. As we
join in the national observance of Jewish Education
Month we call upon the Jews of Detroit to acquaint
themselves with various
Jewish schools and their
Commission of the Jewish
programs as detailed on
attention to the following
these pages, and to enroll -
their children without
Dn in Detroit. Enroll your
delay.
ill forming.

Jewish education
should start at kinder-

garten age when the process of learning is easier.
When your child is ready for admission to the pub-
lic school, that is the time to register him in a Jewish
school. This will enhance the values of Jewish
schooling in the eyes of the child.

Education cannot be acquired "on the run." The face
that most pupils remain in Jewish schOols for a rela-
tively short period constitutes the major setback in
American Jewish education. The favorable condition.
ing toward an emotional, aesthetic appreciation of
Jewish life and values and the knowledge acquired
during the few years spent in the Jewish schools are
soon forgotten unless the education is continued in
adolescence on a more mature basis.

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Learning To Worship

Attention must be called particularly to the formal
Jewish training of girls which is frequently neglected.
Your daughter will some day be faced with the prob-
lem of making a Jewish home, or bringing up her
children in Jewish fashion. Just as she attends public
school alongside your son, she must take her place in
the Jewish school, also.
The Detroit Jewish community, united in the con-
viction that the education of our children is the most
effective instrument for our survival, calls upon you
to recognize the house of study, in the words of Bialik,
es the "workshop wherein a people's soul is molded."
JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

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Community Council Calls Education
Judaism's First Line of Defense

The Jewish Community Council has
sent the following letter to its constituent
organizations:
Dear Friends:

The Jewish Community Council joins
wholeheartedly with other community
agencies in the Jewish Education Month
programs (Tishri—Sept. 7 to Oct. 7) to
extend and intensify consciousness of the
need for Jewish education for our chil-
dren.

Recognizing the significance of Jewish

United Jewish
High School

The United Jewish High School is con-
ducted by the Council of Jewish Schools a
coordinated committee of The Workmen's
Circle Schools, the Jewish Folk Schools
(Farband schools) and the Sholem Alei-
chem Schools, and is located at 11529 Lin-
wood, TO. 8-5368.

Learning to participate intelligently in religious services is an important part of
'Jewish education. These boys are conducting Sabbath services at ,Yeshivath Beth
(ehuda- h.

The United
Hebrew Schools

The United Hebrew Schools consist of
ight branches located in various Jewish
ections of the city.
I It is the aim and purpose of this sys-
am of schools to prepare the child for
ewish life. Through his education in the
Jnited Hebrew Schools the child is
rought closer to his people. He attains a
ense of security in the world about him
nd grows up a well-rounded, fully inte-
rated personality. •
These aims and purposes are achieved
arough the study of the Hebrew lan-
Uage, prayerbook, the Torah, prophets,
ewish history, Palestine, Bar Mitzvah,
Cebrew grammar, composition and lit-
rature, Mishna and Gemara
Every Saturday morning the children
)nduct their own services.
The= instruction at the United Hebrew
chools is divided into pre-school and
indergarten; elementary,- a six-year
nurse; junior high school, two years; and
Inior high school, two years.
For children who live in outlying dis-
'jets, the United Hebrew Schools main-
tins a bus system.
The schools and their locations are:
ose Sittig Cohen, 13226 Lawton, princi-
S. Kasdan; David W. Simons, 4000
edo, principal, A. J. Lachover; Phila-
1phia-Byron, 1245 W. Philadelphia,
rincipal, Alexander Roberg; Bagley
ublic School, Santa Barbara and Curtis,
rincipal, Michael Michlin; Central High
chool, Tuxedo and LaSalle, principal,
orman Ruttenberg; Brady Public School,
)3, Road and Lawton, principal, Morris
lafk in.

Northwest Hebrew
Congregation

The

Northwest Hebrew Conregation
g
Center, UN. 1-6442, a conservative
agogue, conducts -a Sunday School at
.e Bagley School, Curtis at Roselawn.
school enrolls pupils five to sixteen,
vering kindergarten through post-con-
cration. The consecration course is of

o -years duration.
Although priority is accorded to chil-
.n of members in accepting pupils, en.
llment is open to all children.

Sholem Aleichem
Folks Institute

The Sholem Aleichem Folks Institute
conducts afternoon classes for children
from six to thirteen, and pre-kindergar-
ten and kindergarten classes for children
from four to six.

The main school is located at 3754 Mon-
terey. School No. Two is at the Bagley
Public School, Rooms 217-219. New pu-
pils are also registered at the Brady
Public School, Room 115, and the McCul-
loch Public School, Room 117. A station
wagon picks up the children and returns
them home.
The Sholem Aleichem schools are de-
voted to the belief that the Jews have
contributed greatly to world civilization,
and that we shall in the future continue
to feed the stream of Jewish knowledge
and idealism that makes for the better-
ment of mankind.
The schools teach Yiddish as a current-
ly-spoken language, Hebrew (beginning
in the third year), as the language of the
Bible and prayer books; Jewish history,
as the unparalleled record of great spi-
ritual achievement; Jewish music; tra-
ditions; holidays, and current events.
The Sholem Aleichem schools equip
the pupils with facts, make them con-
scious and proud of their Jewish heritage,
give them faith in the Jewish people, in-
still in them a willingness and readiness
to live and give and fight, both in and
for our homeland, Eretz Yisroel.
Instruction is begun in the English
language and gradually changes over to
Yiddish. By the end of the first year, all
the children not only understand what
they hear and read, but also can express
themselves in Yiddish.
Afternoons are primarily given over
to classes for young children and teen-
agers. A varied and interesting program
for adults is offered for evenings.

Cong. Beth Aaron

Congregation Beth Aaron, a Conserva-
tive-Orthodox synagogue, conducts a Sun-
day morning school at 18000 Wyoming,

at Thatcher, UN. 1-9748. Children from
the ages of five to twelve may be en-
rolled.

Students who have completed the
course of study in the above schools, or
other elementary Jewish schools, as well
as other students with adequate Jewish
education and knowledge are accepted in
the United Jewish High School.
The United Jewish High School offers
a four year course of study in the follow-
ing subjects: Yiddish, Hebrew, the Bible,
Jewish history, Yiddish and Hebrew lit-
erature and current events. The full
course of eight hours a week is spread
over a three-day period.
The United Jewish High School also
offers for its graduates and other stu-
dents with an equivalent Jewish training,
a two year post-graduate course.
For students of intermediate and high
school age with little elemenary Jewish
education, the United Jewish High School
offers special classes in the above-men-
tioQed subjects to suit their preliminary
knowledge.

Temple Beth El

Temple Beth El Religious School is lo-
cated at Woodward and Gladstone, MA.
8530. The school holds classes on Satur-
day and Sunday mornings and is divided
into primary, intermediate, junior high
and high school departments.
Special assemblies are held for each
age group and the children are thus able
to give creative expression to their class
work. Children range in age from four
and five years of age in the kindergar-
tens, to 17 in the high school departments.
The post-confirmation high school course
is of three years duration.
Beth El thus hopes to inculcate within
its youngsters a feeling of self-respect,
based upon a knowledge of their heritage
and the Jewish contribution to civiliza-
tion. The school offers the Jewish child an
intensive panorama of Jewish history and
an appreciation of Biblical and post-Bib-
lical literature.

Hebrew, taught from grades two
through six, strengthens their bonds with
the Jewish past and with Kial Yisroel.
Extra-curricular activities, such as dra-
matics, debating, choir and children's
services provide a means of self-expres-
sion and character development. Positive
incentives are provided in four annual
contests: oratory, book review, poetry and
short story. The school, which is under
the general supervision of Dr. B. Bene-
dict Glazer, is directed by. Rabbi Sidney
Akselrad, with, Mrs. Samuel Mendelsohn
as student-faculty advisor and Rosalyn
Schubot as registrar.

education in providing for the future of
.American Jewry, the major national
Jewish organizations - have joined with
the American Association for Jewish Ed-
ucation in issuing a call to Jewish parents
to provide their children with Jewish ed-
ucation. We can bring this message to
you most effectively by quoting a few of
the paragraphs from this statement:
"As a devoted parent, you provide all
you can for your child's health, and well-
being, for his comforts, pleasures and ed-
ucation. As a devoted , parent, you share
with your child all that is yours and all
that you hope to have. But—do you pro-
vide him with one of your most precious
assets?

"Do you share with him a heritage that
is yours and that is universally regarded
as one of the world's greatest civilized
inheritances—the heritage of Judaism?
. .. To pass it on to your' child is to en-
noble his life,—to give him strength to
meet life's problems, enlarge his ability
to see life whole and to enjoy its manifold
wonders. Give your child this precious
source of inner strength . •
"Does your child attend a Jewish
school? If he does, make sure that he con-
tinues. If he does not, enroll him now ..."
We shall shortly call a special confer-
ence of Jewish Community Council dele-
gates to consider the problem of Jewish
education. At that meeting we shall have
specific proposals to organizations which
we know will wish to contribute to the
wholesome future of Jewish life in this
country.

In the meantime, we are calling upon
constituent organizations of the Jewish
Community Council to undertake the fol-
liwing:
(a) Devote part or all of an early meet-
ing to the question of Jewish education.
The council will be glad to assist with
the program.
(b) Devote all or part of forthcoming
organizational bulletins to Jewish educa-
tion. The council will be happy to provide
suitable material.
(c) We request delegates to attend the
special meeting of the council which will
be called for the purpose of discussing
Jewish education and to be prepared to
participate in the discussions.
(d) We lend our full endorsement and
support to the proclamation issued by the
Educational Planning Commission of the
Jewish Welfare Federation.
May we have your full cooperation in
our efforts to insure a fuller Jewish life
in America. Jewish education is our first
line of defense.

RABBI MORRIS ADLER, Chairman
CULTURE COMMITTEE,
JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Shaarey Zedek

Congregation Shaarey Zedek's relig-
ious school is located at Chicago Blvd. at

Lawton, TY. 4-6200.

The age of children attending ranges
from five to 17. The languages stressed
are English , and Hebrew.

The curriculum of the one-day school
which meets' on Sunday centers about
the studies of Jewish history, religious
concepts and practices, current events
and Jewish music. The daily school is
devoted to the study of Hebrew, Bible,
familiarity with Jewish traditions and
practices in the synagogue and home. Bus
service , is available for children attend-
ing the Daily School.

Head of the school is Rabbi Morris Ad-
ler, and its educational co-directors are
Charles Rosenblatt and Ben S. Chinitz.