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The Bond of Language
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 5, 1948
Our New Responsibility-Linking Auxiliary Provides
The Children of America, Israel Buses for Students
Hebrew School Expansion Program
Follows Jewish Population Trends
By ABE KASLE
President, United Hebrew Schools
The expansion program of the United Hebrew Schools
began with the establishment of the first unit. When the first
By MRS. LOUIS GELFAND
By MAURICE H. ZACKHEIM and MAURICE LANDAU
Hebrew school building was erected in 1919 in the then
President, UHS Women's
Associate Chairmen, UHS Board of Education
Jewish
district at Wilkins and Hastings, the management of
Auxiliary
The great historic event—the establishment of the State
the schools, observing the northward trend of the population
The
Woman's
Auxiliary
of
the
of Israel, places upon us heavy responsibilities and duties.
made plans for a new school, known at that time as the Kirby
It is our duty to lend support to our people in Israel; it is United Hebrew Schools began as Center.
Northwestern Women's League,
The Jewish population, then as of the United Hebrew Schools
our sacred duty to hold up their hands, to provide them with organized to provide transporta-
equipment, with food, with money, but it is also our duty to tion for the pupils of the Phila- now, was in a state of flux, mov- leadership not to abandon an old
identify ourselves with them culturally and linguistically. delphia-Byron Hebrew School.
neighborhood as long as there are
The Hebrew language always
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has constituted a bond between ir„ • 1.
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ourselves and our ancestors. Now Je
it is becoming the link betweenO n
us and Israel. We must learn I
the Hebrew language not only
in order to understand our great
literature, both sacred and secu-
lar, but also in order to under-
By ISIDORE SOBELOFF
stand our boys and girls, our
Executive Director
men and women of Israel.
Jewish Welfare Federation
We must connect our children
Jewish Education Month is a
with the children of Israel. The good time to remind ourselves
spoken Hebrew word .must be that Jewish education is a year-
heard in our homes and at our round opportunity. It can touch
assemblies.
every aspect of our living as
The Hebrew language has al- Jews. It can be as broad and in-
ways constituted the backbone clusive as our vision and as rich
of the course of study of the and satisfying as the depths of
United Hebrew Schools — now our feeling.
more than ever, we must call
So viewed, Jewish Education
upon our parents to send- their cannot be confined to a particular
children to the United Hebrew time, place or age-group. We
Schools, not when they reach seek and find it always and every-
the Bar Mitzvah age, but when where. It overflows the class-
they are yet young.
room to give a special character
Then, and only then, will our to our home, our associations,
children fully be identified with our experiences. Its seed, planted
in childhood, grows and blossoms
their brethren in Israel.
for a lifetime.
American Jews, living in De-
troit, have the organization, the
facilities, the institutions to pro-
vide such educational opportun
ties. Our responsibility is to
shape them so they will reflect
Jewish cultural values in a way
which has the most significant
meaning for ourselves and our
children.
0en as Universal
In Modern Living
Administrators
Hebrew Schools
Conducting Drive
For Membership
BERNARD ISAACS
Superintendent
United Hebrew Schools
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ALBERT ELAZAR
Associate Superintendent
United Hebrew Schools
Bellefaire Executives
To Attend Conference
Leon H. Richman, executive
director, and Frank E. Joseph,
president of Bellefaire, Cleveland
Jewish orphan home supported by
Bnai Brith, will be in Detroit
Sunday, Nov. 21, for the Belle-
faire-Detroit area meeting, at the
Jewish Community Center.
Harold Silver, director of the
Detroit Jewish Social Service
Bureau, and Mrs. Charles Lakoff,
JSSB president, will be among
the program participants. A new
sound color film on Bellefaire
will be shown.
By A. J. LACHOVER
UHS Director of Finances
The United Hebrew Schools of
Detroit are now conducting their
annual membership enrollment,
the object of which is to enlist
many more friends in the cause
of Jewish education.
Hundreds of persons have re-
sponded to the call of the mem-
bership committee and have been
enrolled in the schools.
Abe Kasle, president of the
schools, in a recent statement
said: "We invite you to join with
us who are endeavoring to main-
tain and develop the system of
schools known as the United He-
brew Schools, In modern school
buildings, under able teachers,
our growing youths are molded
into conscious and understanding
Jews. My appeal is for something
more than a gift. We need your
membership to lend us strength
and encouragement. Send in your
dues to the United .Hebrew
Schools, 13226 Lawton."
The membership committee is
headed by Samuel Schwartz, and
includes Joseph Block, Ira G.
Kaufman, Charles Robinson, Mor-
ris Fishman, Nathan Yaffa and
Harry Cohen.
As the city grew in area and
population and branches were
erected in various sections of the
city, the need for bus service to
the new schools increased. At
present, buses
are provided for
the Phi ladel-
phia-Byron,
Park side and
Beth Aaron
Schools.
In 1931, t h e
name
wa s
changed to the
oman's Aux-
iliary of the
United Hebrew
Mrs. Gelf and - Schools and the
scope of its work was broadened
to include social and educational
programs held four times a year.
The last program was dedicated
to the 22nd annual education
month, and had as its theme:
"The integration of the secular
and the Jewish education of the
Jewish child."
Source of income of the Wo-
man's Auxiliary is the dues paid
by the members and voluntary
contributions made by members
and friends to the Remembrance
Fund. The auxiliary has an open
membership drive at all times.
Plans have been announced for
the 25th anniversary dinner
which will be held Dec. 7, at
Shaarey Zedek. Not only do we
wish to commemorate 25 years of
service in the Jewish community,
but we want to extend to all a
cordial invitation to join us in
a memorable evening for all Jew-
ish men and women.
Teachers Association
Affiliated with National
Hebrew Federation
By SOLOMON KASDAN
President, Hebrew Teachers
Association
The Hebrew Teachers Associa-
tion of the United Hebrew Schools
is an affiliate of the Federation
of the Hebrew Teachers of Amer-
ica, with headquarters in New
York:
Its aims, in a general way, are
the uplifting of the material, cul-
tural .and social status of the He-
brew teacher.
Its activities are manifold—it
organizes courses in the form of
lectures and open forums on sub-
jects dealing with pedagogy; to-
gether with the Kvutzah-Ivruth,
it sponsors gatherings to which
prominent out-of-town lectui el,
are invited; it gives financial aid
to Hebrew periodicals in Amer-
ica and Israel; it participates in
the activities of the Histadruth
Ivrith and it also sponsors social
events, particularly " in connec-
tion with the holidays.
When you give . to the Commu-
nity Chest you are giving to 125
Red Feather services.
some pupils of school age there,
and at the same time to follow
the movement of the Jewish peo-
ple and to serve them wherever
they settle in large numbers.
Congratulations . . .
TO THE UNITED
HEBREW SCHOOLS -
On the Occasion of 22nd
Annual Education Month
ABE KASLE .
ing northwest and west; conse-
quently, school units were erect-
ed at Brush and 6 Mile Rd., in
the Fenkell section and west of
Dexter on Tuxedo.
At present, there is a branch
on Curtis in the Bagley Public
School, which will move shortly
to new quarters at the Northwest
Synagogue, Curtis and Santa
Rosa. A unit also has been estab-
lished in the Beth Aaron Syna-
gogue, at Wyoming and Thatcher.
It has always been the policy
The 48 Red Feather recrea-
tional agencies help youpg people
develop wholesome interests.
Your Red Feather dollar helps
run the community centers 12
months of the year.
Our schools are the strongest
factors in Israel's battle for
survival . . By training well-
informed citizens the United
Hebrew Schools are making
important contributions to our
people and to humanity.
May the leaders in our schools
be blessed in all their efforts.
—Horry Cohen, President.
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UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS
Upon Their 22nd Annual Education Month
The Woman's Auxiliary of the United Hebrew Schools cordially,
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The officers and board members of the
Alumni Association of the United Hebrew
Schools extend greetings to their Hebrew
Alma Mater on the occasion of the observ-
ance of 22nd Annual Education Month.
We invite the public to attend the city-
wide celebration, in honor of Education
Month, which we have arranged for Wednes-
day evening, November 10, at 8:30 o'clock,
in the Northwest Hebrew Congregation
Auditorium, Curtis and Santa Rosa, with Dr.
Samuel Blumenfield as guest speaker.
ALLAN N. WESTON, President,
Alumni Association of
United Hebrew Schools
PARENT-TEACHERS ORGANIZATIONS
The Parent-Teachers Organizations of the
United Hebrew Schools extend their heartiest
greetings to the United Hebrew Schools on
the occasion of the observance of 22nd
Annual Education Month.
MRS. HARRY GERENRAICH
PRESIDENT, CENTRAL BRANCH
MRS. ASHER BUCHHALTER
PRESIDENT, TUXEDO BRANCH
MRS. ABE KATZMAN
PRESIDENT, PARKSIDE BRANCH
MRS. OSCAR GORELICK
PRESIDENT, BETH AARON BRANCH
MRS. MAX GOLDSMITH
PRESIDENT, BAGLEY BRANCH
MRS. GERALD BERNS
PRESIDENT, PHILADELPHIA-BYRON BRANCH