Hebrew Schools

Recite System's History
In New Policy Statement

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sk Unified Jewish Education

lished with a student population
of 700, and the Delmar-West-
minster School had a student
body of 350.
"The continuing shift in Jew-
ish population resulted in the
erection of the imposing build-
ing. on Philadelphia and Byron
Avenues in 1924. In that year,
the Northwest Women's League
was organized to maintain a bus
system for our school children.
This organization now is known
as the United Hebrew Schools
Woman's Auxiliary.
"When the Jewish settlement
was formed in the Six Mile Road
district, east of Woodward, the
United Hebrew Schools, in July
of 1926, assisted financially in
the building of the school? lo-
cated on Brush and Minnegota,
and supervised its instruction
throughout its entire existence.
In October of 1926, the Parkside-
Midland School was established.

Hebrew Schools received permis-
sion from the Detroit Board of
Education, as the Jewish Com-
munity School System, to use
the facilities of the MacCulloch
Public School on Buena Vista
and Wildeme•e. Classes later
were opened at the Central High
School, Brady School, Winter-
halter and Bagley School.

"9. We are continually con-
tributing towards t h e ad-
vancement of Jewish cultural
values in an advisory capacity
to Jewish movements and or-
ganizations and by providing
programs for, important occa-
sions.
"10. Our choirs, our adult
education program, our Mid-
rasha, and numerous other
functions of our schools have
become factors of great value
in the elevation of the stand-
ards of Jewish education."

can Jewish Scene and Israe 1,
and Yiddish whenever it was re -
"The need to advance our ed- quested.
ucational efforts has passed the
"In the past two year J',
stage of propaganda. The deep through the Midrasha, the Col
New Neighborhoods
understanding which marks the lege of Jewish Studies, estab
"With the population steadily
community - wide approach to lished by the United Hebre w
on the increase in the north end
our educatiOnal problems is evi- Schools, our program has bee
of the City, the Rose Sittig Co-
denced in the wholehearted re- expanded to include communit y
hen Building was erected with
sponses to this major cause in problems
• and needs and ex
funds allocated by the United
Jewish life, in the willingness tended Yiddish courses.
Jewish Charities from the Carrie
that has been shown by our
Sittig Cohen estate.
Broader Scope of Program
various school systems, to co-
"As a result of the marke d
"The more recent expansion,
operate in efforts to advance progress made by the Midrasha
through the very workable ar-
the cultural values of our peo- numerous requests have bee n
rangement ifitir schools have
ple. The spiritual ideal of our made for Hebrew and Yiddis h
made with the Northwest He-
people as expressed in our Bib- courses and for training to b e
brew Congregation and • Center,
heal and Prophetic heritage offered to young people in prep
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The al-
has enabled us to carry on with-
challenges us to provide our aration for teaching careers—i I1
out interruption our program of legation that opposition in the
children with the source of our Hebrew Schcals and in th e
entering new neighborhoods United States to the proposed
strength which can be inspired Sunday School systems of ou r
Partner in Total Community
when it becomes necessary to American $100,000,000 loan for
only by a thorough knowledge congregations.
"In the eventful year of 1926, provide educational facilities for Spain has been organized by
U.S. Jews "to help Communism"
of our history and traditions. We
"In order to fulfill the corn the United Hebrew Schools be- our children.
is made in a long dispatch filed
are today in a better position to munity's needs, the United He came one of the first of the
"This is of necessity an ab-
offer such strength to our youth brew Schools is inaugurating a affiliated agencies of the Jew- breviated statement of the posi- by the New York correspondent
of El Diario Vasco, a leading
in a spirit of cooperation, rep- program of advanced studies i in ish Welfare Federation.
tion of the United Hebrew
resentative of a unified commu- all of the enumerated subjects
"In 1927, the United Hebrew Schools as one of the leading newspaper in San Sebastian, the
New York Times reports from
nity. We pray that the New Year and is now offering courses in Schools became the pioneer in community projects in Detroit. Madrid.
5711 may witness Detroit Jewry's Yiddish and the Talmud to the entire country in sponsor- To summarize our record for
"Statistics that naturally are
rise to new heights as the co- those desiring it—in addition to ing observance of the Hebrew services:
not published," t h e dispatch
ol- dinator of a unified education requiring these subjects in the Education Month, and there-
"1., In the 31 years of our
"show that the majority
program in the best interests of studies pursued by advanced after it became a national proj- unified educational efforts, we said,
of the Communists and Com-
students and those preparing for ect.
all Israel."
tried to serve all Jewish munist sympathizers of t h e
"The westward population have
In its statement of the de- teaching careers through the
children in all neighborhoods United States are persons of
Midrasha.
movement resulted in the for-
veloping program of Jewish ed-
"Parental education through mation, in October of 1928, of in Jewish areas or outside Hebraic extraction, like the
ucation, • the United Hebrew
them.
spies arrested f o r complicity
School outlines its history, pro- the Parent - Teachers-Organiza- the Tuxedo-Holmur Branch of
"2. We were among the first with the great traitor, Dr. Fuchs,
tion
(PTO's)
has
had
the
effect
the
Schools,
now
known
as
the
gram and policies. The Main
organizations to join the Jew- who gave to the Soviet the
of linking the educational ef- David W. SimOns Branch.
points in the statement are:
ish
Welfare Federation and secrets of the atomic bomb." As
forts with family life and of
"The Wilkins and Kirby
an outstanding figure in op-
Historical Development
making of Jewish education a branches were closed due to since 1926 have been among
to Spain, the dispatch
"Towards the end of the sec- community f or c e that has virtual liquidation of the JeWishr the leading, recognized com- position
cited "the Hebraic former Gov-
ond decade of this century, a helped in uniting home and populations in their areas. The munity agencies in Detroit.
ernor of New York, Herbert
new era began for J e w i s h school in promoting Jewish Kirby students were moved to
"3. By instituting new de- Lehman."
schools in this country. Inspfred learning.
the Ferry Street Shul. Later partments to fill the educa-
This opposition is "captained,"
by the modern environment in
"The expanded community these pupils were taken by bus tional needs of our, commun- the article said, by "the im-
which our children were taught program enables us to offer to the Philadelphia-Byron ity, we also have kept abreast placable enemy of Spanish-
the three R's in our public courses for adults, through the School. This policy was followed with developments and have American friendship, the New
schools, the men and women re- facilities of the Midrasha. Dur- throughout the entire existence contributed towards advances York Times." The article re-
sponsible for the training of ing the last year, satisfactory of our schools. When a struc- in Jewish cultural movements ported that the New York
Jewish youth in a-, knowledge of progress has been made in the ture had to be given up, pupils nationally as well as in De- Times, in spite of this alleged
the history, traditions and lan- organization of adult Hebrew were cared for to the last. For troit.
anti-Spanish stand, had pub-
guage of their people started classes for Hadassah, the Coun- instance: when the Highland
"4. Our program basically lished a Madrid dispatch re-
the movement for the improve- cil of Jewish Women, Pioneer Park Ford Plant was closed and meets the eduactional needs of porting the efforts of young.
ment of teaching methods in Women and the Women's Aux- the Brush-Minnesota Jewish nearly every element in De- Spaniards to volunteer for ser-
Jewish schools, fdt- the erection iliary of the United Hebrew area was liquidated, the children troit and most certainly the vice in Korea, and that the
of adequate school buildings and Schools. In addition, special of that school were transferred . overwhelming majority of the Spaniards were astonished and
for the creation of an atmos- workshops held prior to Hanu- to the Parkside and Philadel- Jewish community.
hurt at the continued hostility,
phere in Jewish schools to kah and Purim, for mothers of phia branches.
which it attributed to Jews..
"5.
By
serving
other
schools
match the efficiency of the pub- our children and their friends,
"Detroit's United Hebrew
"The purpose of this inter-
in
our
community,—regardless
lic schools.
has enabled us to acquaint them Schools administration has been
pretation of the opposition in
of
whether
or
not
they
were
"The new tendency in. Jewish with our holidays and to provide called upon time and again to
the United States to the Franco
educational efforts was, in a them • with material necessary supervise, advise and assist oth- affiliated with us—we fulfilled regime is not clear, but it is
measure, responsible for the es- for home celebrations.
er communities in the prepara- an important community one of several flashes of anti-
tablishment of the United He-
"Thus, the position of the tion of curricula and in setting function, never losing sight of Semitic feeling that have shown
brew Schools. of Detroit which United Hebrew Schools as a up educational systems. For a the basic need of expanding up in the Spanish press in the
have, during the three decades central, unifying force in our number of years the Bay City Jewish educational effort,.
past yea•," the Times report
"6. Our board of directors from Madrid says.
of their existence, attracted community, as the cultural School was affiliated with the
wide attention for their effi- agency. that serves the broad- United Hebrew Schools of De- never has been limited to
ciency and thoroughness in ped- est needs of the largest grbups, troit. • Flint, Pontiac and Wind- people who belong to a single
agogy not only throughout the is' emphasized through our sor, Canada, utilized our services. school of thought, but rather,
United States but in all English- services.
When Mt. Clemens was without has included and includes rep-
speaking countries.
History of Schools •
a rabbi, the community looked resentatives of many and
"When the first unit of the to us for educational guidance. varied points of view in Jew-
"In this the thirty-first year
"The - United Hebrew Schools ish life.
of its activities, the United .He- United Hebrew Schools was or-
To plan Jewish young adult
brew Schools of Detroit, the ganized in April, 1919, with 625 were the first to make use of
"7. We are constantly rais-
.community school system which students and 30 in the kinder- public school building facilities ing the standards for teachers participation in . the United
Foundation's annual Torch
has consistently kept up the garten class, with the formation for Jewish educational classes. and pupils.
Drive, the Community Service
numerous trends • in population of the Wilkins Street Branch In 1935, when the Jewish popu-
"8. Our graduates have as-
Committee
will meet Wednesday
movements in Detroit for the with Esser Rabinowitz as first lation movement was towards sumed positions of leadership
evening, Sept. 6, at the Dexter-
past 30 years by establishing president, the Hebrew schools the LinWood area, the United in Jewish life.
Davison branch of the Jewish
school branches wherever there existing here at- the time were:
Community Center.
are or have been Jewish chil-
"1. The well-organized Di-
The Committee chairman, Mil-
dren. is extending • its policies of vision Street Talmud Torah,
ton
Lucow, announces that he
serving Detroit Jewry in the with 150 pupils.
will make committee appoint-
"2. A basement school for.90
broadest field of Jewish -edu-
ments from the board of- 42
cational endeavor.
students in the Ohel. Moshe
members. This committee is a
Six Functioning Branches
Synagogue on Michigan and
member of the Young Adult
"At ' the present time, the 29th Street.
Council and during the Allied
United Hebrew Schools serves
"3. A school for 75 pupils at
Jewish Campaigns. functions as
our community in all Jewishly- the Ahavas - Achim Synagogue
the AJC Junior Division.
N
- populated districts, in the fol- on- Westminster and Delmar.
•"4. A school for 40 students
lowing • branches: Rose Sittig
JWB issues Jewish
. Cohen, Lawton and Tyler; David in a single home shack on Co-
W. Simons, 4000 Tuxedo; North- lumbia and Hastings.
Servicemen's
Calendar
west Hebrew School, Northwest
"5. Classes for 50 pupils in
Hebrew Congregation; Central an old home on Hastings and
NEW YORK: A pocket-size
Branch, Central High School; Elliot.
"Jewish Calendar for Members
Linwood-Hazelwood, 8849 Lin-
"The Columbia Street School
of the Armed Forces," issued an-
wood; Parkside Hebrew School, closed immediately upon the
nually by the National Jewish
Parkside and Midland.
formation of the modern Wil-
Welfare Board since World War
"Always ready to enter ne -w kins Street School. The Division
I, has just been published by
areas where it may become nec- Street Talmud Torah merged
JWB's Armed Services Division.
essary to off e r educational with the United Hebrew Schools
The 87-page booklet records
facilities for our children, 'the in 1920. Later that year, the
the Jewish holidays for 5711,
United Hebrew Schools places Delmar-Westminster and' Ohel
contains selected prayers in He-
emphasis on the following sub- Moshe schools merged with the
brew and English, and lists the
jects: Hebrew, Bible, Prayers, United Hebrew Schools.
JWB armed services field offices
Customs and Ceremonies, - and
"The movement of population
in the United States, as well as
History.
resulted in the closing of the
Members of the Jewish Women's European Welfare the names of overseas armed
"While these have been and Division Talmud Torah and the
continue to serve as the basic commencement of plans for the Organization are raising funds to furnish a clinic in Israel, to services committee chairmen in
Alaska, Canal Zone, Jamaica,
subjects of study in our schools, erection of the large school on be run under auspices of Kupat Cholim, the Histadrut medical British West Indies, Germany
additional courses offered in our Kirby and Antoine in 1922. organization. The initial check towards the clinic was pre- and Hawaii.
higher classes always have in- While the Wilkins School re- sented (above) to M. TAICH of the Detroit Isarel Histadrut
cluded Hebrew Literature, the tained a student body of 400, Committee, by MRS,- J. SEDER (right) and MRS. A. KURZ- 20—THE JEWISH NEWS
Mishna, Philosophy, the Ameri- the Kirby School was estab- MANN of the women's organization.
Friday, August 25, 1950

Jews Scapegoats
Over Opposition
To Franco Loan

Plan Jewish Youth's
Role In Torch Drive

Detroit Women's Welfare Society
Raises Funds for Kupat Cholim Clinic

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