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Folk Schools Emphasize Jewish DSG Realty Council Julius . Chajes Included in
To Nominate Officers
Reis' 'Composers in America'
Cultural Heritage, Responsibilities

Article Four in a Series

By RUTH MIRIAM LEVINE

More than 200 boys and girls are being introduced to their
- cultural Jewish heritage, and indoctrinated with a sense of re-
- sponsibility to the Jewish community at the Jewish Folk
• Schools, sponsored by the 15 Detroit chapters of the Labor
Zionist Organization of America (Farband).
Offering one of the few bi-lingual programs of study

in the city's educational program,
the Folk Schools emphasize both
Yiddish and Hebrew from its pre-
kindergarten through early teen-
age classes. In addition to reading,
writing and nterature in both
languages, the children are taught
Jewish history, customs, tradi-
tions, holiday celebrations and

the Crosman Public School, Kin-
dergarten classes are conducted
by Mrs. Mollie Shaw, assisted by
Preva Shapiro, from 9 to 12 a. m.

music.
Emphasis On Current Events

Another special feature of the
Folk Schools' curriculum, is its
emphasis on current events.
Through this phase of their Jew-
ish education, the students not
only are made aware of modern
Jewish problems, particularly
with regard to Jewish life in
America and in Palestine, but are
given the opportunity for active
participation in community life
through participation in city-wide
programs, such as the Allied Jew-
ish Campaign and Jewish Nation-
al Fund drives.
In an effort to instill a cultural ;
rather than dogmatic, back-
ground, the Folk Schools channel
their religious instruction primar-
ily through holiday observances.
Emphasis is placed on home cele-
brations, such as lighting of Han-
ukah candles and Passover Sedor-
im, as well as stories, music, hand-
work and dramatics in the class-
room.
Selected prayers from the rit-
ual service are taught in connec-
tion with the holidays, and, in
the older classes, the attention of
the older children is directed to-
ward the meaning of the prayers.
Special Bar Mitzvah training is
available for regular students.
"The program of the Folk
Schools links the child to the cul-
ture and ideals of the Jewish peo-
ple, and fortifies the child's faith
and interest in' American institu-
tions," Wolf Snyder, capable di-
rector of the Schools, declares.

WOLF SNYDER

Nominees for offices in the
Real Estate and Building Council
A distinct honor has been ac-
of the Detroit Service Group will corded Julius Chajes, who. has
be made by the Council's Nom- gained international fame for his
inating Committee, at an 11 Palestinian compositions, in his
o'clock bruncheon, Sunday, Nov. being included in Claire R. Reis'
23, at the Jewish Center.
"C o m posers in
Meeting under the chairman- America," signif-
ship of Charles N. Agree, the icantly important
committee was appointed by Lou encyclopedic
Berry, 1946-47 council chairman. work published
Serving with Agree are Charles by Macmillan
H. Charlip, Walter L. Field, Al- Co.
len B. Kramer, Louis H. Marks,
An entire page
James M. Rossin, George D. Sey-
burn, Nathan Silverman, and Sol in this volume is
devoted to Mr.
Winter.
C h a j e s, whose Julius Chajes
biographical sketch is given
tuition fee of $4. per month. as follows:
Scholarships are available, how-
"Born in Lwow, Poland, in
ever, for cases where parents 1910. He began his piano studies
cannot meet the fee, so that no with his mother and then contin-
child need be turned away. In
ued to study with many teachers,
addition to tuition receipts, the
including Moriz Rosenthal. He
Schools are financed by the mem-
attended
the Vienna Conservatory
bership of the Labor Zionist Or-
ganization and by a subsidy from of Music and the Vienna Univer-
the Jewish Welfare Federation, sity and won the Honor Prize in
which provides 25 per cent of the 1933 at the first International
Competition for Pianists in Vien-
annual budget.
The organization also has spon- na. In 1937 he won a "Judischer
sored an adult institute, offering Kultur-Band" competition for a
elementary and advanced He- choral work. He was head of the
brew and Yiddish, Bible and his- piano department at the Music
tory. These classes will be re- College in Tel-Aviv, Palestine. He
did extensive research work on
sumed shortly.
Interest in Jewish education, ancient Hebrew music in Jerusa-
and in the Folk Schools ; has risen lem.
"He came to the United States
sharply within the past few years,
Snyder pointed out, accounting in 1938 and made his American
for the waiting list for beginners' debut as pianist in Town Hall and
classes, and for two major pro- over the Columbia network. In
jects which are now in the plan- 1939-40 he was a professor of
ning stages. The first of these is composition at the New York
a training course for Wayne Uni- College of Music. At present he
versity students who wish to aug- is director of music at the Detroit
ment their Jewish background in Jewish Community Center. He is
preparation for nursery or kin- the co-founder and artistic direc-
dergarten teaching in the field tor of the Detroit Friends of Op-
of Jewish education. Plans for era, Inc., and he is a teacher of
such a program were announced composition at the Detroit Insti-
recently by the School and Cen- tute of Musical Art. In 1945 he
tral Committees of the LZOA, founded the Society for the Ad-
and are expected to be put into
vancement of Jewish Music and
operation in the near future,
is at present its chairman. He is
Snyder stated.
also music chairman of the De-
The second program is a pro- troit Round-table of Catholics,
jected all-day school, which
Jews and Protestants, and board
would offer both Jewish and se-
member of the Detroit Musicians
cular classes, similar to those now
being conducted in Montreal and League.
"His compositions have had
in New York by the Central Corn-
numerous
performances in Eur-
mittee of the Jewish Folk Schools
of the Labor Zionist Organization ope and in Palestine. His works
of America. If plans continue have also been presented in Kan-
satisfactorily, kindergarten and sas City, Washington D. C., New
first grade groups may meet in York and Detroit. The "Song for
all-day sessions beginning next Americans" was broadcast over

and from 1 to 4 p. m. Older chil-
dren, from 7 to 13, attend classes
after public school hours, and on
Sunday mornings. A private bus
service transports children to and
from their Folk School classes.
Graduates of this program are
eligible for entrance into the
United Jewish High School (Mit-
telschule) which will be discussed
in another article in this series.
Faculty members in the after-
noon classes are Mrs. I. Shrodeck,
A. Toback, S. Raizman. and M.
Goldoftas. All of the teachers
have had training in European
seminaries or in American uni-
versities, and are equipped with
extensive Jewish backgrounds.
An additional class for beginners,
Two Branches Open
for which there already is a
The Farband Schools have been lengthy waiting list, will be open-
in operation in Detroit for a quar- ed as soon as a suitable teacher
ter of a century, and are now con- is found, Snyder said.
ducting classes at the Labor Zion-
Nominal Tuition
ist Institute, on Linwood and Pas-
adena, and at a branch school m
Students at the Schools pay, a wear, Snyder. j'indicated„

ada. At present he is preparing
liturgical music - for a Friday eve.
ning service and an orchestra-
tion of 'Palestinian Melodies'."

While only five of Mr. Chajes'
compositions written in America
are listed in this volume (Pales-
tinian Suite, Zion Rise and Shine,
Harken to My Pray'r, Sabbath
Evening Prayer, Palestinian Suite
for clarinet, string quartet, pi-
ano), it should be noted that a
number of other outstanding
works of the distinguished De-
troit composer have received ac-
claim in musical circles. There is
no mention, of course, of his many
compositions which he wrote in
Europe and Palestine—works that

are sung and played throughout
the world.
Mr. Chajes is included in the

Reis volume together with such
outstanding composers as Joseph
Achron, Leonard Bernstein, Wal-
ter Damrosch, Abram Chasins,
Aaron Copland, Marc Blitzstein,
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Lazare Sa.
minsky, Kurt Weill, Efrem Zirn-
balist and about 300 others who
have made their marks in the
musical world.

Claire R. Reiss eras born in
Brownsville, Tex., and made her
home in New York City since
she was 10 years old. After study-
ing . for some time in France and
Germany she started her musical
career in New York by founding
the People's Music League of the
People's Institute, an organiza-
tion which gave 600 concerts a
year in the public schools and at
Cooper Union.
Mrs. Reis was a member of the

W. P. A. advisory board for the
City of New York; the New York
Committee on the Use of Leisure
Time appointed by President

Roosevelt; and the advisory com-
mittee of music for the 1939

World's Fair. She is at present
secretary of the board of New
York City Center of Music and
Drama and a member of the

Town Hall Music Committee.

Herbert H. Lehman Named
Honorary P.E.C. Chairman
Governor Herbert H. Lehman
was elected honorary chairman of
the board of directors of Pales-.
tine Economic Corporation, it was
announced by Robert Szold, chair.
:WEL coast to coast and in Can Man, Of the corporation.

