Education Among Challenging
Problems Community Must Face
By SAMUEL H. RUBINER
President, Jewish Welfare
Federation
Jewess Held
As Nazi Informer
Federation's Idea
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Ria Hines,
29-year-old recent immigrant,
was remanded on bail for two
weeks on charges of having col-
laborated with the Nazis.
Miss Hines, a resident of Ra-
mat Yitzhak, an offshoot of Ra-
math Gan, is charged with hav-
ing denounced to the Nazis Jews
who were hiding from them.
The people she is alleged to
have betrayed were later beat-
en and tortured in the Oswiecim
death camp and shipped to cre-
matoria. While . an auxiliary
guard at the camp during 1944
and 1945, she is alleged to have
beaten a number of Jewish
women, three of whom are liv-
ing in Israel.
An Arab caught carrying sedi-
tious documents — including in-
structions from the Arab Legion
command requesting informa-
tion of a military character cov-
ering Israel's territory—will soon
stand trial in the Haifa District
Court on charges of espionage,
it was reported here. The ac-
cused Arab, Shawkat Hassid
Shalabi, admitted under police
Ever-Improving Program
The executive committee and cross - examination, that he
the board of governors of Fed- maintained contact with Arab
eration, have concerned them- authorities in Tulkarem.
selves with planning an ever-
Jacob Barsimon, who arrived
improving program of Jewish
education under community in 1654, was the first Jew to set-
auspices and with the further tle in New York.
development of a • communal
school system. Such a school
system, it is felt, would appeal
to many more Jewish parents
and attract a larger number of
the Jewish children. The em-
phasis of the curriculum would
be on Jewish educational needs
and values rather than on ideo-
Extends Greetings for a most
logical or religious differences.
We have noted with satisfac- Happy and Prosperous - New
tion that the United Hebrew Year to all their Members
Schools is taking steps for re-
and Families.
lated community groups to con-
sider unified programs of action,
particularly in new areas. We
A. Geller, Pres.
know that other school groups
are studying the matter seri-
Max Roberts, Vice Pres.
ously and our board of gover-
nors has offered encouragement
The Federation idea of bring-
ing to the community's atten-
tion a balanced picture of needs,
both near and far, is a great
step in the direction of com-
munity harmony. The making
of a contribtuion is but one of
a series of actions set in mo-
tion. By doing so, the contribu-
tor records an affiliation with
- all of his fellow-Jews. He de-
clares his interest in a rounded-
- out program that encompasses
various fields of humanitarian
service, for people of all ages in
scores of centers throughout the
world. He sets in motion the
positive machinery for making
the world of Jewish affairs
function more happily.
An excellent foundation for
better understanding of the
causes we have all agreed to
serve can be built through the
education of our children —
and, for that matter, our youth
and our adults, too.
It is for that reason that we
have addressed ourselves with
new determination to the prob-
lem of Jewish education.
'Storytime Tales' Treasure Of Stories for Children
"Storytime Tales: A Treasury
of Favorite Stories," a new Si-
mon & Schuster (1230 6th Ave.,
New York 20) Big Golden Book,
is exactly what its title implies:
it is a veritable treasure for
young readers.
The 208 pages in full color
illustrations by Corinne Malvern
contains some of the best
known stories for children:
Aesop's fables, stories and poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl
Sandburg, Etgene Field and
many others.
NATHANYA, Israel, (JTA) —
This little town, named after
Nathan Straus, the late Ameri-
can philanthropist, doubled its
population this year from 10,-
000 to 20,000 and the growing
community is seething with de-
velopment activities that em-
bi'ace housing construction, in-
dustry and many other fields, it
was reported by Mayor Oved
Ben Ami.
The Mayor stressed the per-
fect integration of the 10,000
new immigrants who settled in
Nathanya within a year and in-
dicated that plans for the ab- GRATIOT AT FARMER
sorption of 100,000 new residents
in the next five years are in the
making. At the same time he
pointed out that a large-scale
scheme for industrial and pro-
fessional development in Nath-
anya is being worked out.
Mayor Ben Ami said that 60
new factories were erected in
the latter part of last year in
the town's new industrial center.
That development, he stated,
was built at a cost of 3,000,000
pounds. Another industrial area,
which will be one of the largest
in the country, is being- pre-
pared, he declared.
In view of Nathanya's ideal
position in the center of the
Sharon plain and the .E m e k
H e f e r Valley, surrounded by
hundreds of settlements and
with an unequalled outlet to the
Mediterranean, the town has at-
tracted an average of four hun-
dred investors annually. About
$7,000,000 have been invested in
building alone, while construc-
tion plans for the coming year
entail investments of approxi-
in the form of proffered sup-
port for unified programs in
developing neighborhoods.
The recent editorial "Unifying
Our Schools," in The Jewish
Leshono Tovo Tikosevu!
May the years ahead bring
increased strength to our corn-
muni t y institutions and re-
sources! Of the many timely
matters that deserve our atterlt•
tion as the New Year begins, the
held of education is one of the
most challenging.
We . must, of course, maintain
our zealous interest in the well-
being of our brothers in Israel.
This is as it should be—and
the officers of the Jewish Agen-
cy, through the United Palestine
Appeal, recognize the warm.
partnership between their vital
work and the programs of the
Joint Distribution Committee
and the United Services for New
Americans.
A large share of our Allied Jew-
ish Campaign funds are being
applied to the services of the
United Jewish Appeal. Also of
SAMUEL H. RUBINER
essential concern to us—and to
the people of Israel — are the News, and the generous space
local and other domestic Ameri- which The News nas given to
can programs which we finance the presentation of the plea for
through our great annual cam- unification by the United He-
brew Schools, are constructive
paign.
Steps along the way toward co-
No Weakening
The problems that we face are operative effort. As the editor so
indivisible. If there should be well said, "Instead of splitting
.a weakening . of morale any- our energies on numerous fronts
where we shall feel it at other we should be in position, through
points in OUT program. A ' weak centralized activities, to offer
network of communal services the best services without in-
in America will deplete the curring duplication of expense
strength of our Jewish com- in supervision, office manage-
munities in Israel and e 1 s e- ment and a multiplicity .of or-
where. Conversely, a strong Is- ganizations."
rael is an encouragement to our
Indeed, the lesson of coopera-
dignity and well-being here at tion to be learned from the
home.
emerging pattern for Jewish edu-
The Jewish Welfare Federa- cation, is one that we have
tion is mindful of its steward- learned in cooperative c a m-
ship. Some 30,000 Jewish adults paigning and budgeting a n d
of Detroit have entrusted to it that also should stand us in
the responsibility of strengthen- good stead in all of the fields
ing Jewish resources, in true in which a united. community
balance, with due regard for can operate.
respective needs.
It is a heavy responsibility
that falls on us jointly to plan
carefully, to work efficiently, to
give generously and to allocate
fairly.
Nathanya Population
Doubles in One Year;
Industry Expanding
Included also is a group or
songs: . Yankee Doodle, Mary Had
a , Little Lamb, The Farmer ill
the Dell and others.
There is a thrill on every page.
Some stories are very short, some
a bit longer; but all are enter-
taining and are certain to thrill
the young reader. As a matter
of fact, they'll thrill parents,
too, since story-telling - is made
easy for them by this book.
22—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 8, 1950
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