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Hebrew Made Easy
Hebrew as It Is Spoken in Israel Today
By SHUSHANNAH. SPECTOR and Rabbi JOSEPH ZEITLIN
Editor's Note. This special American Jewsh Press Feature is another in the
series of easy lessons for self-study of Hebrew. The complete book, "Hebrew
Made Easy," is available from Miss Shushannah Spector, 904 S. Miami Ave.,
Nap.; $1.50 a copy.
By Uncle David
mained silent, and agreed that
Dear Boys and Girls:
In your studies of Jewish great were the teachings of the
history, did you stop to think Prophet Moses.
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that Abraham was the First
Jew? We refer to him as the
`Heroes of Jewish History'
Father of Our'People.
The second volume of Mor-
There were other interesting decai H. Lewittes' "Heroes of
Firsts in our history. Aaron was Jewish History," just published
the First Kohen or Priest. Saul by Hebrew Publishing Co. (77
was the First King.
Delancey St., N. Y.), is a very
We like to think of Noah as valuable addition to the Biblical
the First. Shipbuilder. He also Stories available for our young
was the First Wine-Maker.
people—for school work and for
Do vou know who was the home reading.
First Messenger? It was the
With appropriate illustrations
Raven on Noah's Ark.
I hope all of you have taken by Charles H. Pont and with
note of . • Jewish Book Month many maps describing t h e
which was observed throughout periods covered in this book, Mr.
the land. While November was Lewittes new book deals with
set aside for this observance, it the heroes from Joshua to Jere-
is important that we should not miah.
The exercises and games, the
limit the celebration to a single
month. All of us should take an numerous suggested projects,
interest in books. We should read make this a worthy volume for
- them and buy them and should Jewish studies.
build up libraries. There is
In the first volume, the stories
nothing finer in a Jewish home of Abraham and the Jewish
than a library.
personalities who follow e, d
The most important Book, of through Moses, were described.
course, is the Bible, and next to In the new book, the author
it is the Prayerbook.
describes the personalities and
I hope you will enjoy the story activities of Deborah. Gideon,
I have selected for this week Ruth, Samson, Samuel, Saul,
about an interesting incident in David, Solomo n, the Prophet
Nathan, Elijah, Jonah, Isaiah
Jewish history.
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and ;Jeremiah.
The Command of Moses
An able educator, Mr. Lewittes
At the time of the Roman Em- knows how to tell the famous
peror Hadrian, Rabbi Joshua Jewish stories. Young and old
Ben Chananya was the leader will enjoy them. I recommend
of the Jewish people, and the this book very highly to all my
emperor often received him in readers.
Rome:
One day the Emperor Hadrian
Education About Birds
said to the rabbi:
Marie Neurath tells a good
"I am better than your
Phophet Moses, for I am living story and has painted some fine
and he is dead, as the saying pictures for her book "The Won-
goes, 'A living dog is better than der World of Birds" (published
by Lothrop. Lee & Shepard, 419
a dead lion.'"
Rabbi Joshua replied by ask- 4th, N.Y. 16). It is a charming
book for children of all ages
ing the emneror:
"Can you compel the inhabi- because it introduces them to so
tants of the surrounding villages many kinds of birds they may
not to kindle fires for a period never have heard of before.
of three days?"
The variety of birds in the
The emperor said that he Neurath story includes the
could do so easily, and he im- ruffs and the pelicans, the
mediately gave the order that for pelicans, the cockatoos and the
three days no fires were to be falcons.
kindled.
But it is not the birds alone
The first night, however, when who make this story. Even
the rabbi led the emperor on to adults will thrill at learning
the terrace of the palace, they about the variety of nests, the
saw smoke. It was rising from Umbrella Town of Many Nests,
one of the houses and Rabbi how -the hedge sparrow hatches
Joshua Ben Chananya pointed the cuckoo's egg, and scores of
this out to Hadrian.
other facts.
"See!" he said, "Even in your
"The Wonder World of Birds"
lifetime you are not obeyed.
is a very charming book, well
Moses had once commanded, 'Ye illustrated,
containing most in-
shall not kindle a fire through- teresting facts.
It indeed offers
out your habitations upon the an education about
birds.
Sabbath day,' and he is obeyed
to this day. How, then, are you
I 8 — DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
better than he?"
The -Emperor -Hadrian re-
Friday, December 18, 1953
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will meet tonight at the home of
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Corning, Oak Park.
Branch 460 will meet at Work-
men's Circle Center, to complete
plans for the group's New Year's
Eve affair.
Workmen's Circle group 470
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for the establishment of a forest
in Israel in honor of President
Eisenhower were I o r in u lated
here at the 20th annual ban-
quet of the Jewish National
Fund of Los Angeles.
Another proposal, reported at
the dinner, was the establish-
ment of a settlement in Israel
in memory of the late President
Weizmann by the - Los Angeles
District of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America. The 1,200 guests
at the dinner, who were ad-
dressed by former Vice President
Alben W. Barkley, set a goal of
$100,00D for the JNF.
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