FORMER HAGANAH FIGHTERS nrig 12 r, Z2V. 4:11;4t Students from Israel Attend U. of M. American Jewish press Feature AP. By MAX SIMON ANN ARBOR—Former fighters of the Israel Haganah have es- tablished temporary headquar- ters at the University of Mich- igan. Far from their home base in the young Jewish republic, 14 young Israeli citizens are residing at U. of M. Hillel House and pur- suing studies here. All fought in Israel's War of Liberation, and some are still serving in Israel's armed forces. A senior lieutenant in Is- rael's navy, Joseph R0711, 26, has brought his wife and three year-old child to Ann Arbor, bringing the delegation from Israel in Ann Arbor to a total of 16. Half of the students have been sent to the United StateS either by the armed services or the Is- rael government, and the re- mainder are here with the ap- proval of the government. Is- raeli students wishing to study abroad must be of exceptional ability, and must receive clear- ance from a committee of the Ministry of Education, and rep- resentatives of the Hebrew 'Uni- versity and the Technion. Although the economy of, Is- rael is very unstable, the gov- ernment places a high premium on education and continues to allocate funds so that gifted stu- dents may study out of t h e country. Three naval lieutenants tak- ing courses in naval engineering are Annon - Saly, 24: Joseph Yakir, 24 and Rom. Benjamin Givli, 31, director of Israel's military intelligence, is taking summer courses in public ad- ministration and government!' Mrs. Tamar Yakir, 24„ wife of Lt. Yakir, is taking post-grad- uate courses in chemistry. Yeram Goren, 21, and Shalom B r a f m a n, 24, are studying mechanical engineering. Two Israel students have been granted scholarships by U. of M. Mordechai Kreinin, 24 has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship for post-grad studies in economics, and David Hellman, 30, of the Technion was granted a $1,500 scholarship for post-grad studies in electrical engineering and electronics. Others studying at U. of M. are Jehuda Carmel, 21, naval architecture and civil en- gineering; Chagai Prizker, 27, graduate studies in engineering, specializing in cooling systems; Itzhak Hammer, 30, graduate studies in tool design; and Jos- eph Otterman, 28, post-grad studies in electrical engineering and electronics. Before any student is per- mitted to leave Israel to study abroad, he must sign a contract with the government stating that for every year he studies abroad he will serve four years in government work. courses which are available in the United States. " Why do so many of Israel's students abroad study in the United States? Arnon states that it is easier for them to gain ad- mittance to American universi- ties than elsewhere. Most al- ready have picked up a smatter- ing of England, and there is not too great a language barrier. Be- cause of the long British occu- pation of Palestine, English be- came "the second language" of Israel, Arnon states. Thirdly, America, where the standard of living is high, holds a great appeal for the Israel stu- dent. It is also easy for the Is- raeli student to work his way through American universities while in many European coun- tries it is forbidden that stud- ents work while attending a uni- versity. All of these factors ac- count for the fact that there are 860 Israelis in American schools today. Arnon stated that to the Is- raeli students the standard of living in the United States is "amazing, overwhelming and out of this world." There is, 'he said, a definite lack of appre- ciation for material things in this country. "In Israel, as di- rector of transportation, I have to scrounge for every car— more than that, I must do the same to obtain small parts for autos. How different it is here in the United States where al- most everyone drives a car!" Arnon told how he was re- sponsible for rustling up a car for the inauguration of Presi- dent Ben-Zvi. "After much ef- fort, I secured one of the two Cadillacs in Israel for the Presi- dent to ride in," he said. "Im- agine my disgust when the car suddenly stalled on the road to the inauguration. It was a good thing that the new President is a simple man, for he saved the day by leaving the car, a n d walking the remainder of the route to the swearing-in cere- monies. And in America, cars line both sides of the roads! "I am also amazed at the attitude of Americans toward food problems. It seems that Americans are always wonder- ing what not to eat—while in Israel the problem is what to eat." He declared that the food thrown away from Ameri- can tables would easily solve all the food worries of Israel. ledge that Jews in America possess toward Jewish subjects— their cultural heritage and rela- tionships with Israel. They feel that their job is to create a closer tie between the Jews of Israel and the United States. On the last Israel Indepen- dence Day, the Israel delegation arranged a complete day of cel- ebration in Ann Arbor—getting the U. of M. Intercollegiate Zion- ist Federation of America, Hillel, the Jewish community and other Jewish students to work to- gether. Their opinion is that the fu- ture of Israel rests upon the shoulders of American youth. While admitting that Israel is badly in need of financial aid, they argue that only if there is interest in Israel in the United States can the state succeed. "We need financial aid . . . But we need •the technical skill of Am- erica even more. We look for- ward to the day when Israel no longer need rely on financial assistance from foreign coun- tries. There must be a common partnership between the Jews of the U. S. and Israel in building up the state." Traditional `-Stag Day' Awaits Male Volunteers Of '53 AJ Campaign DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 14, 1953 By SHUSHANNAH SPECTOR and Rabbi JOSEPH ZEITLIN Editor's Note: This special American Jewish Press feature is the second in a series of easy lessons for self-study of Hebrew. Miss Spector, the author, with whom we have made a special arrangement for the republication of her book, points out prop- erly that this is a "short cut to Hebrew." This lesson is a key to the Hebrew pronunciation of vowels. The Sefardic pronunciation is used in these lessons. The complete book, "Hebrew Made Easy," is available from Miss Shushannah Spector, 904 S. Miami Ave., Miami, Fla., at $1.50 a copy. KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF VOWELS LONG VOWELS rowel Written Pronounced a (a) (6) (e) (do) (6) 0 SHORT VOWELS Vowel Written Pronounced Examples (a) as in far, father as in den, met as in marine, see as in flute, boom as in ore • • 0 Example, as in far (e) (i) (do) (o) as in met as big as in flute, boom as in bore quick and short Vowels Written • • Sounded (i) 0) ai tai (e) as in delay (as if or d'lay) • omitted silent marks end of syllable Examples as in die as in say A few simple rules about the reading of Hebrew, The 4,000 men who served as volunteers in the 1953 Allied Jewish 'Campaign will partici- pate in the fourth annual De- troit Service Group Stag Day on Aug. 25, at Knollwood Coun- try Club. The affair will feature a f u 11 d a y's activities, beginning at 10 a.m. High light of the evening will be the honoring of t h e leading division of t h e 1953 campaign. The division will receive an engraved trophy which will be M. S. Mahler kept on display in the Fred M. Butzel Memorial Building and which will be awarded to the leading division each year. Milton IC Mahler, Detroit Service Group president, will preside at the evening dinner program. John Isaacs, Knoll- wood president and co-chair- man of the services division, wit! welcome the guests. A report on the 1953 drive will be given by Irving W. Blumberg and Harvey H. Goldman, campaign chair- men, and Sathuel H. Rubiner, Jewish W e 1 f are Federation president. Prizes will be awarded for golf and quiz winners. Reservations for the dinner may be made by calling Mrs. Lerner, WO. 5-3939. Author of 'Hebrew Made Easy' — Hebrew As It Is Spoken in Israel Today DIPHTHONGS Impressed by our technical standards and ways of organiza- tion, Arnon said that "if we pick up just a little of the knowledge and planning from the United States, our being here will have been worthwhile." They regretted that they could not study longer at the Univer- sity of Michigan. "It is remark-. able that a whole town is dedi- cated only to learning. It is wonderful that Ann Arbor is in being because of the pursuit of knowledge." One other Israel citizen is Lt. Saly was impressed by the enrolled in the University. close relationship that - existed Thirty-year-old Joel Amon, ,between professor and student 920 Immigrants Reach Israel; director of the Israel Govern- in the United States. "In Israel," Expect 200, More in August , ment Transport Service, is on he stated, "the instructors feel JERUSALEM, (JTA) Some a United Nations Technical that they are way above the 920 immigrants arrived in Israel ASsistance scholarship. Last student." He was• also pleased by during July, a Jewish Agency year the UN awarded 15 the variety of courses that are spoliesman announce d. The scholarships for senior•govern- open to students here. He ex- spokesman reported that groups ment officials. Arnon is study- plained that in Israel, the stu- of Jews from India and Persia ing at the U. of M.'s Trans- dent has no voice in selecting are expected to arrive this portation Institute for eight his courses. For every given field month. He said that • some 200 months and then will work field in Israel, there is a pre- Jews are still trudging through with a trucking company or scribed list of subjects which the the deserts of Yemen - seeking a way to Israel and that a party transportation line to acquire student must take. One thing, however, the Is- of 24 Yemenite Jews recently further information - on trans- port methods, that he will be raelis find very disturbing: "The reached a haven in Aden where able to use in his job in Israel. mystery of the American Jew.'.' they are now awaiting trans- According to Arnon, his job con- They regretted the lack of know- portation to Israel. sists of supplying transporta- tion for all government depart- ments, and acquiring means of transportation for visiting dig- nitaries such as Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Eddie Cantor. Shushannah Spector, the author of Head resident at Hillel House, "Hebrew Made Easy," the series of Arnon points out that most of lessons syndicated from her book by the students are in engineering the American Jewish Press, resides in fields. That is because Haifa's Miami. She is an accomplished He- Technion does not offer many of braist and the method pursued in the specialized engineering her book is being widely acclaimed. 20 MADE EASY RULE I. Hebrew, unlike most languages with which we are familiar but similar to other Semitic languages, is written from right to left, RULE 2. The Hebrew alphabet consists of twenty-two consonants (listed previously}, Observe that four letters appear either with or without a dot in them. The dot may change the pronunciation, e.g. M 7 D . 11 RULE 3. The vowels are usually placed under the consonants, sometimes alongside of them or, occasi6nally, within them, e.g. = Ma&-du'a 11;17? = Ma-har 13* tri = Sha-low RuLE• 4. In our system of transliteration, every consonant and every vowel will be ae. counted for by its English equivalent. Take the Hebrew word 174 ; Here 6 the way we transcribe it: (Letter, vowel, letter, vowel, etc.) =B = 0 1 7= K = E or the word = T = 0 nit, V KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF VOWELS SHORT VOWELS LONG VOWELS Vowel Written Pronounced a (a) (6) 1 x. 0 (6) (do) (6) Examples Vowel Written Pronounced as in far, father as in den, met as in marine, see as in flute, boom as in ore , a (a) • (e) • 0 (i) (66) (5) Example. as in far as in met as in big as in flute, boom as in bore quick and short DIPHTHONGS Vowels Written Sounded ai ei (i) (a) Example; as in die as in say (a") as in delay (as if or d'lay) . omitted silent marks end of syllable • Provocation of Religious Intolerance Prohibited by New Yugoslav Rules NEW YORK, (JTA)—A law prohibiting provocation or in- citement of religious intoler- ance and outlining the rights of religious communities in Yu- goslavia—adopted by . the Yugo- slav National Assembly — was made public here by the Yugo- slav Information Center. The law provides: _1. Citizens may freely found religious communities and all religions enjoy equal rights and have the same legal status, in accordance with the national Constitution and laws. 2. Religious communities are free to practice religious mat- ters and rituals - and may pub- lish a religious press, subject to the general regulations in force fOr the entire press. 3. Religious education may be provided freely in synagogues or any other . premises furnished for such purposes. Religious4 communities may establish sep- arate religious schools for pre- paring spiritual leaders and may direct such schools. 4. The misuse of religious matters, education or press for political purposes is forbidden as is provocation or incitement of religious intolerance, hate or strife. 0.bstructing religious gatherings, education or rituals is prohibited. 5. Religious communities and their organs are legal persons under civil law. Clergymen of individual. religions have the ciations. The decisions of reli- gious communities in marital conflicts and in methods of dis- ciplinary character have no ef- fect outside the religious com- munity. 6. The government may give material aid to religious com- munities. No one may be com- pelled to contribute nor pre- vented from contributing to re- ligious purposes and collections may be held freely in syna- gogues and other premises meant for religious purposes. 7. Religious rituals which are practiced in gatherings may be practiced in synagogues and other public places selected by religious communities for the practice of religious rituals. The act of circumcision of minors may only be carried out at the request of one parent or - guar- dian and if the minor is more than 10 years of age his consent is needed too. 8. A religious marital cere- money may be perforMed only after civil ceremony has been performed. Persons in old age homes, hospitals and similar in- stitutions may piactice their re- ligion and, if they request, can . be visited by clergymen. The text of the law, wkich is intended to protect the interest of all religious groups, was pre- pared by representatives Of the government and leaders of var- ious religious communities, ex- cept representatives of the Ro- man Catholic Church, the Yugo- right to found clergymen's asso- slav office here revealed,