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THE JEWISH NEWS

Community's Hebrew Schools Imbue Children
With Lasting Love and Knowledge of Judaism

Article Two in a Series
By RUTH MIRIAM LEVINE

sons. Hebrew • is the language of
the classroom from the very be-
ginning, and is emphasized at all
times as a living, spoken langu-
age, the language of Palestine.
The children are taught the
meaning of the ritual service, and
children from pre-school to high-
practice their religious teachings
.
school age, are the outgrowth of United Hebrew Schools are prim- at special children's services on
the program of Jewish education arily a community, project. A Sabbath mornings and on the
on a community-wide oasis that member agency of the Jewish holidays. Through participation
was begun in Detroit in 1919.
Welfare Federation. the Schools in the Allied Jewish Campaign,
Following the population trends derive 50 per cent of their bud- Jewish National Fund and other
of the Jewish .ommunity, the get from the Allied Jewish Cam- drives, they are initiated into the
schools began on the lower east paign. The remainder of their Jewish tradition of "tzedakah"
side, gradually moving north- 2
funds accrue 'from individual or righteousness, further training
ward and westward, until the memberships, tuition and scholar- . for Jewish adulthood.
latest branch, opened just a few ship donations. Eleven hundred
Graduates Active
weeks ago, reaches as far as Detroit Jews are members of the
'That this preparation is attain-
Wyoming and Thatcher. Schools. Scholarships, at $50 ing success is evident in the
The schools have their own each, are usually donated to corn- widespread participation of UHS
buildings at Philadelphia and mem,orate a joyous occasion, or graduates in all phases of com-
Byron, at Tuxedo and Holmur to honor the memory of a de- munity life. Young people train-
(David- W. Simons), at Lawton ceased loved one.
ed in the United Hebrew Schools
and Wa verly (Rose Sittig Cohen),
The. Schools are administered hold positions of leadership
and at 15705 Parkside. In 'addi- by a Board of Directors, elected many organizations. and serve as
tion, they use public\school _facili-
from the community. Through- teachers in institutions represent-
ties at Central High School and out its history, the UHS board ing widespread - ideologies, from
Bagley Public school, and, in has included outstanding Jewish the reform temples to the most
connection With Congregation leaders, indicating the communi- orthodox yeshivoth. About two
Beth Aaron, the Schulze Public ty's desire to maintain the best dozen • UHS graduates are now
residing in Palestine.
School. in educational fa6ilities.
Augmenting the Schools' pro-
Four-Division. Curriculum
In addition to rommunity sup-
A four-division curriculum= is port, ohe of the major reasons for gram, are two adult organizations,
offered by the Hebrew Schools. the continued success of the the UHS Women's Auxiliary and
Children three and a half to Hebrew Schools is the faculty, the Kvutzah Ivrit. The former,
five may participate in the pre- whose senior members have all Lumbering 600 women, has a
school section, a two-hour pro- been educated in European or self-education program and, in
gram offered on week-clay morn- Palestinian yeshivoth and semin- addition, provides bus transporta-
tion for children living beyond
ings at the Simons School.
aries, and in American universi-
The major portion of the en- ties, and whose most recent ad- walking distance from any of
the schools. The Kvutzah Ivrit,
rollment is encompassed in the ditions are UHS graduates.
the only Hebrew-speaking group
six-year elementary program.
Expert Supervision'
in Michigan, meets bi-weekly
Here, in five hour-and-a-half ses-
sions a week, meeting after . Throughout their history, . the with sessions devoted to foste•-
public school and on Sunday Schools have been under th ing Hebrew culture.
In its 28 years, the • United
mornings, the boys and girls are supervision of Bernard Isaacs, an
taught to read, write and trans- esteemed educator whose work Hebrew Schools have doubled
late Hebrew, are given element- has brought him. the respect of their service to the community,
ary Hebrew grammar, study the the community, and the admira- in terms of number of students
Chumosh (Five Books of Moses), tion of his students. Nationally enrolled. Not content with this
. known in his field, Isaacs is a record, the directors are expand-
the early pr o ohet s, Jewish member of the National -Council ing in a new fashion, with the
history up to the fall of the .sec- for Jewish Education and was
current project of cooperation
and Temple, and elementary
Hebrew literature: In addition, instrumental in introducing the with the Northwest Hebrew Con-
Detroit observanc?, of Education. gregation. The Schools have
they are taught ritual prayers.
Month, as well as in. founding made an arrangement whereby
Bar Mitzvah Training
Camp Sharon, a Hebrew-speak- they will conduct classes at the
Several months before their ing summer training center for congregation's schoolrooms dur-
13th birthdays, the boys may be- future teachers of Hebrew.
ing the week, with the syna-
gin special training preparatory
Isaacs is assisted by the follow- gogue's school holding classes on
to their Bar Mitzvahs, the formal ing faculty members, many of Sunday morning. The Schools
declaration of their adulthood in whom have been with the Schools and the congregation will hold
Jewish life. In addition to pre-
combined children's service s.
for 20 years or more: .
paration for the actual Bar Mitz-
Rose Sittig Cohen: S. Kasdan, prin-
vah ceremony, the youths are cipal, M. Gordon, M. Nobel, Z. Rosen-
thal, R. Sulkes, J. Cashdan and R.
taught to participate in adult re- Stollman.
David W. Simons: A. J.
ligious services, and the respon- Lachover, principal,J. Haggai, • A.
Panush,
A.
Schacter,
Sarah Starr, Jean
sibilitiet of the Jewish adult.
Baschin, S. Kelman, Leon Gura.
Graduates of the six-year pro- Bagley : M.. Michlin, pxincipal, Hugo
Apt, D. Dworkin, S. Maiberg, A, War-
gram, may enter the junior high sen.
Central: N. Ruttenberg, principal,
school division, a two-year cur- Leah Iskovitz, A. Toback, D. Schecter,
L.
Bode,k,
I. Schlussell, M. Kesner,
riculum which includes advanced Leah Michlin.
study of Hebrew Literature, - Philadelphia-Byron: M. Lachover,
J. Elpern, Leah Pike, Rose
grammar and composition, fur- principal,
Pike, I. Ritter, Ruth Cooper, Sam
ther reading of the Qhumosh, Oleinik. "Parkside: A: Roberg, prin-
Zelig Landy, D. -Rappoport, D.
with commentaries by
ele- cipal,
Wenner, S. Levitt. Beth Aaron: M.
mentary_ study: in Mishnah, .and Plafkin
and Rose Pfeiffer.
the Pirke Algot, the Ethics of the
Although UHS students are
Fathers. - taught the traditional manner of
More intensive study in, these conducting services, the primary
subjects is found in the senior cbject of the educational system
high school program, also a two- is to imbue them with a love for
year _course. The high school their religion so that they will
students meet in evening classes continue the active practice of
at the Philadelphia-Byron, Ro,se Judaism as adults. To this end,
Sittig Cohen and David W. the curriculum, in addition to
Simons Schools.
actual studies, includes creative
Although students are' charged handworls games, music, dra-
tuition, with rates baSed on .in- matics and other activities, eS-,
dividual ability to pay, the pecially around the holiday sea-

The United Hebrew Schools have a 28-year-old record
of service to the Detroit Jewish Community, in education of
its children, in stimulation of the desire for Jewish knowl-
edge among the parents, and in providing community leaders
and teachers in every phase of Judaism.
Seven branches, with a current enrollment of about 1,200

UNITED HEBREW - SCHOOL

President'
Vice Presidents

Treasurer
Secretary

Directors
Terms expiring 1949: Max Bachman, Julius Berman; Jo-
seph Block, Daniel G. Cullen, Mrs: Joseph H. Ehrlich, Henry
Feinberg, Walter L. Field, Arthur Fleischman, Morris L. Fru-
man, Harold Goodman, Joseph Holtzman, Morris M. Jacobs,
Morris Karbal, Ira G. Kaufman, Maurice Landau, Louis James
.Rosenberg, Samuel Schwartz, Nathan Schecter, Saul Sloan,
Irwin Tamler, Dr. A. E. , Bernstein, Rabbi Leon Fram, Judge
William Friedman, Philip J. Gilbert, Dr. A. M. Hershman, Abe
Kasle, Isaac Rosenthal, Charles Rubiner, Dr. A. W. Sanders,
Philip Slomovitz, Nathan Yaffa.

Terms expiring 1948: Rabbi Morris Adler, Louis Berry,
Fred M. Butzel, Irwin I. Cohn, Joseph B. Colter, Lawrence
W. Crohn, Morris• Fishman, Jacob Kelhnan., Saul R Levin,
Aaron A. Silberblatt, Louis Stoll, Jack Tobin, Henry Wineman,
Joseph Yolles.

Advisory committee: Harry Cohen, Robert MarWil, Aaron
Pregerson, Louis • Robinson, Maurice IL Zaekheim, Rudolph
Zuieback, Charles Robinson, Nathan R. Epstein, Dr. Oscar D.
Schwartz, Mandel Berman.

'Five Named to Board
Habonim to Discuss JNF
Of Hebrew U. Society _ At Oneg Shabbaf, Friday

Dr. Israel S. Wechsler, president
of the American Friends - of the
Hebrew University, 9 E. 89th
St., New York,
announced t h e
election of the
following five
personalitiei to
the board of di-
rectors:
Dr. Le o M.
Davidoff, neuro-
logical surgeon
at Montefiore
Hospital, N e w
Dr. Wechsler York, and pro-
fessor of clinical surgery at Co-
lumbia University; Mme. Ayala
Fleg-Zacks who worked in the
French underground during the
war; Dr. Eli Ginzberg, professor
of economics at Columbia Univer-
sity; S. Ralph Lazrus, co-owner
of the Benrus Watch Co., and
Sidney Satenstein, president of
American Book-Stratford Press
Inc., New York.

Construction on this project is
expected to begin within a month.
In true accord with the spOrit
of education, Detroit's United
Hebrew Schools is endeavoring
constantly to fill the needs of the
community, always following the
most progressiVe system avail-
able.
Editor's Note: This is the sec-
ond in a series of articles on the
educational facilities which the
Jewish community has available
for its children.

Something New
Has Been . Added

Climaxing the Jewish National
Fund drive over this weekend,
Detroit Habonim plans to have
an Oneg Shabbat this Fx -iday
night at the Labor Zionist Insti-
tute, Linwood at Pasadena, at
8:30 p.m. The role of the Jewish
National Fund in Palestine and
in Zionism will be the subject
of the dramatic presentation. All
youth, 11 and over, are invited.
The campus age Habonim
group will meet this Sunday eve-
ning. During the coming Week,
six high school - age groups and
eight younger groups will hold
their meetings. For information,
call J. Malamud, HO. 2186.

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