Officers o UHS Parent-Teachers Group
Officers of the Parent-Teachers Organi-
zation of the United Hebrew Schools are
pictured here. First row, left to right: Mrs.
Gus D. Jacobs, president; Rose Sittig Cohen;
Mrs. Max H. Goldsmith, president, Northwest
Hebrew; Mrs. Harry Thav, president, Central;
Mrs. Lewis Hyam, president, Parkside; Mrs.
Dora Kaplan, president, Linwood; Mrs. Morris
Soloway, president, David W. Simons.
Second row, left to right: Mrs. Max Gross-
berg, secretary, Rose. Sittig Cohen; Mrs. Frank
Katz, treasurer, Rose Sittig Cohen; Mrs. Esther
D. Levy, vice-president, Central; Mrs. Ronald
By LAWRENCE W. CROHN
When man began to think of
education, he was really becom-
ing civilized. The urge to teach
others and especially children
indicates an awareness of values
which are deemed essential to a
better and more useful life.
From the dawn of written his-
tory, the Jews stressed educa-
tion. When books or documents
became the common heritage of
a people, learning became a pub-
lic necessity.
As civilization became more
specialized, education took on
even greater importance. The
division of labor_ and the fur-
ther complexities of modern life
called for detailed, specialized
knowledge. Coupled with tech-
nolOgical advances, it became
necessary to educate people for
Freeman, vice-president, Parkside; Mrs. Alex the art of living in a changing
Kolegowsky, vice-president, Linwood; Mrs. world. • So it is that we devote
much time in our public schools
Mose Matlen, vice-president, Tuxedo.
Third row, left to right: Hrs. Henry Fein- to education for good citizenship.
berg, secretary, Rose Sittig Cohen ; Mrs. Frank
recording secretary, Central; Mrs. Alex Dorf-
man, treasurer, Central; Mrs. William Shulak,
corresponding secretary, Parkside; Mrs. Harry
Gerenraich, corresponding secretary, Central;
Mrs. Philip Silver, tereasurer, Linwood; Mrs.
Robert Kerman, recording secretary, Parkside;
Mrs. A. Leon Pierce, recording secretary, Lin-
wood; Mrs. Marcus Sonner, treasurer, Tuxedo.
U. S., Jewish Values
Parent-Teacher Groups Unite
Coincide, Rabbi Says
Home, School Religious Training
By HENRY FEINBERG
'Urge to Teach Children Indicates
Need for Understanding of Judaism
Dr. Barnett R. Brickner ad-
dressed a gathering of over 400
persons at Brown Memorial
Chapel, Temple Beth El, Oct. 5.
Dr. Brickner stressed the corn-
patability of American tradition
and learning with Jewish schol-
arship and spiritual values. "One
can be a better American when
acquainted with the heritage of
our people," he stated. He fur-
ther stressed the necessity of
proper home environment in ad-
dition to formalized schools as a
must if our children are to de-
velop in the finest traditions of
Jewish life.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Jewish Community Council
in conjunction with Jewish Edu-
cation month.
Constructive, cooperative thinking and working together is
paramount to the successful efforts of any educational force. An
organization which separates one vital function from another, as
if the two can work independently, loses the effectiveness of both
functions.
Parents may be good parents and perform well in developing
their family group. The school
may, also, accomplish a good, for they are a part of the pro-
workable program. Both organi- gram. They assist in carrying
zations, the family and the out the religious program, for
school, may in their own right without them the educational
be constructive mechanisms in efforts of the school may lose
developing the child, but if they much of their effectiveness.
work-separately, one without the
If you are a parent, therefore,
attention 49f the other, neither
can be as effective as if both who has a child in the United
fine organizations work together Hebrew School, or who should
with their aims geared in uni- attend such a school, you can
son to the effort in creating an understand how important it is
adult who shall be happy in his that you become an active and N. Y. Federation Plans
usefulness to the community in a participating member of its
Parent-Teacher Organization. It Nine Jewish Centers
which he lives.
is one of many resources you
Each School Has Unit
NEW YORK, (JTA) =Construe -
The United Hebrew Schools have to help in the develop-
organized, with the help of the ment of the Jewish youth of tion of nine new community
parents of the children, a par- your community, of the Jewry centers, a new city-wide resi-
ent-teachers organization. Each of tomorrow, and particularly of dent facility for young adults,
eight new extension centers and
of its geographically situated you own Jewish child, today.
modernization of five centers at
schools has its own organization.
an estimated cost of $8,042,000
The purpose of such an organi- United Hebrew School
are planned for by the Federa-
zation can be seen by its pro-
tion of Jewish Philanthropies of
gramming. The programs usual- Leader Seeks Members
New York under proposals con-
ly center about a holiday about
tained in its $54,000,000 Building
to be observed. The meetings are
Fund Program.
both educational and festive. The
Hebrew songs, learned by the
children, are sung in a commun-
ity sing by the parents. Projects
are initiated by the concerted ef-
fort of the parents and teachers
in which the child in the school
and the parent in the home car-
ry out the instructions offered
in the schools. Educational pro-
grams conducted by the parents
and the teachers bring the par-
The United Hebrew
ents up to date with current
Schools of Detroit
issues, with improvements of
the facilities of the Hebrew
Gratefully Acknowledge
Schools and with modern meth-
the Receipt of
ods of child-training.
So important have the organi-
contributions to the Scholar-
zations become that each of the
ship Fund of the Schools from
parent-teachers groups has sent
the following: Mr. a n d Mrs.
representatives to a city-wide
Alexander C. Gross, two scholar-
parent-teachers council. The
council is advised by the central
Among the United Hebrew s h i p s; N. Salter, one - half
office of the schools on contem-
scholarship; Mr. and Mrs. H.
plated projects of problems ex- Schools leaders who are active Weinstein, one scholarship; A.
in
the
current
membership
isting in other parent teachers
groups and are helped to solve drive is CHARLES CHARLIP, a Sider, one-half scholarship, in
their problems. Affiliated with member of the UHS member- memory of his mother, Mrs. Re-
a national • parent - teach-
becca Hack; Mr. and Mrs. Sam
ers organization, the council ship committee.
Borenstein, one-half scholar-
learns Hebrew educational sit-
ship, Dr. Allan Goldstein, Royal
uations in other communities.
The Teachers' Institute of the
Membership Important
H e b r e w Theological College, Oak, one-half scholarship, and
Religious or Hebrew education Chicago, has opened its winter Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Schechter,
does not limit itself to a struc- semester with an intensified in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
tural organization which con- program of higher Jewish stud- their son, Robert, one scholar-
sists of the board of directors, ies. Increased consideration. is
it superintendent, a good faculty being given to the urgent needs ship from Mr. and Mrs. Louis
and four walls where the child of the American Jewish com- Panush in honor of their daugh-
may study Hebrew. The Hebrew munity as well as to the need ter, Elissa, on the occasion of
study hour is not simply a "rest" of establishing spiritual ties her graduation from the ele-
period for the parents. It be- with the cultUral and religious mentary division of the United
Hebrew Schools.
comes a vital concern to parents,, life of new Israel.
Faces Varied Problems
not blinded to the facts laid bare
by the holocaust in Europe.
All this implies the need for an
understanding of Judaism and
the Jew in the modern world.
This cannot be accomplished by
brief classroom work: There are
no quick dogmas , and basic
creeds that we can teach our
children by rote. We should not
say "it is hard to be a Jew", but
it certainly complicates matters.
Yet the satisfaction and the
pleasures compensate. Our chil-
dren are entitled to the oppor-
tunity for Jewish inspiration, in
modern schools that are equip-
ped to accomplish this high pur-
pose.
Answer to Problem
Jewish education is the an-
swer to the specialized problem
of Jewish living. We have much
to offer our children, and our-
selves. This will, of a certainty,
make us better Americans, also
and better world citizens. It
could not be otherwise, with a
people nourished in the ideals of
the prophets, Moses and Lincoln,
Isaiah and Wilson, how con-
genial these names sound to-
gether. Our Jewish background
is a valued treasure, which we
bring to our native country.
Our complex world faces many
varied problems. We live a many
sided life. Modern man must
know a great deal about many
subjects. In addition, minority
groups face special needs.
The Jews of America, because
of their historic background, and
their specialized religion-cultur-
Authorities say the Adams
al heritage, have special require-
ments, which must not be denied. apple is the most sensitive spot
The Jews are whole-heartedly in the human body.
part of America, but their other
aspect, of Jewishness cannot be
THE JEWISH NEWS-17
neglected. History itself is tes-
Friady, October 14, 1949
tifying to this truism, if one is
The Kvutzah-Ivrith, (The Hebrew Cultural Group of Detroit)
and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Kvutzah, send their heartiest
greetings to the United Hebrew Schools upon the 23rd An-
nual Education Month and hope that all those who speak
the Hebrew language will join the ranks of the Kvutzah in
their efforts to advance the Hebrew language and literature.
JOSEPH KATZ, President
Kvutzah-Ivrith of Detroit
MRS. JULIUS RING, President
Ladies Auxiliary, Kvutzah
The members- - of the Alumni Association of the
United Hebrew Schools send their hearty greetings to
the United Hebrew Schools on the occasion of the ob-
servance of the 23rd Annual Education Month.
We hereby invite the graduates of the United He-
brew Schools, who have not affiliated themselves with
the Alumni Association, to do so immediately.
ALAN L.. WESTON, President
Alumni Association
UNITED DAIRIES
Greets the United Hebrew Schools on
the occasion of 23rd annual observ-
Vance of
EDUCAT ION MONTH
May the United Hebrew Schools grow from
strength to strength and may the community
give the encouragement that is due to the
educators who are training a generation of
Informed American Jews.
UNITED DAIRIES, INC., 4055 PURITAN
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