Progress Attained in Higher
Hebrew Learning Evaluated at
Dedication of Kasle Building
Dr. Maurice Friedman, pro-
fessor of philosophy at Sarah
LaWrence College since 1951,
will be the next lecturer in the
Midrasha- Institute series, at
8:15 p.m. next wednesday, at
the Esther Berman Branch of
the United Hebrew Schools. His
subject will be "Dialogue and
the New Ridge: The New Think-
ing of Franz Rosenzweig and
Martin Buber."
Dr. Friedman is also on the
faculty of the new school in
New York and the Washington
School of Psychiatry in Wash-
ington, D.C., as lecturer on com-
parative religion and on con-
temporary images of man.
During the first semester of
the academic year 1956-1957 he
was visiting professor of religi-
ous philosophy at Hebrew Union
College, Cincinnati. In the sum-
mer of 1954 he was assistant
professor of religion at Colum-
of public opinion in 10 coun-
tries has revealed that the
friends of Israel abroad have
increased in the 10 years since
the Jewish State was estab-
lished and that generally the
numbers of her opponents are
small in relation to her friends.
A large number of people
queried in the 10 countries are
still undecided on whether to
favor or oppose Israel.
The friends of Israel consti-
tute anywhere from 22 to 56
per cent of the people polled,
while the opponents vary from
a low of four per cent in
Norway and Japan to a high
of 17 per cent in Britain.
Support for Israel comes
from the better educated citi-
zens in each country, and in
all countries, except Japan and
Italy, the majority of univer-
sity educated people favors
Israel.
dress of Sharon Stepak, a stu-
dent in the -Mitleshul, the com-
bined Yiddish High School
affiliated with the schools.
An 'impressive portion of the
program was the singing by the
Teacher-Student Choir of the
United Hebrew Schools under
the direction of Chana Stiebel,
with Shimon Gewirtz at the
piano.
Philip Slomovitz• presided:
The opening prayer was given
by Rabbi Benjamin Gorrelick.
Messages of greetings were re-
ceived froin JUdge Theodore
Levin, president of the Federa-
tion, and Wolf Snyder, chair-
man of the Yiddish Schools'
and Mitlshul Council, who were
DR. MAURICE FRIEDMAN
absent from the city. A tour
of the new building a reception bia University. In the summer
tendered by the Kasle family of 195.7 he lectured on. "The
concluded the program.
Biblical .Covenant" at Pendle
Hill (Quaker) Center . for Re-
Local Sports Committee ligious and Social Studies. He
also taught at the College of the
to Meet on Thursday
University of Chicago, Washing-
The second in a series of ton University, St. Louis, and
monthly luncheons sponsored Ohio State UniVersities.
Prof. Friedman is author of
by the newly-organized Detroit
Chapter of the U.S. Committee many scholarly works. He is
for Sports in Israel. will be held chairman of the American
at 12:15 p.m., .Thursday, at Yea- Friends of Ichud (Association
for Jewish - Arab Understand-
man's.
ing), member of the American
According to Herman Fish- Philosophical - Association and
man, chairman, a prominent per- of the Committee of Higher
sonality in the sports world Education, the national conven-
will be the principal guest. At tion committee and the editorial
the opening luncheon last committee of the Religious Edu-
month, George Yardley, of the cation Association. He received
Detroit Pistons basketball team, an B. S. magna cum laude in
was the day's guest.
economics from Harvard - Uni-
The monthly luncheons are versity in 1942, an M.A. in Eng-
open to all in the community lish from Ohio State University
interested in sports generally in 1947, a PH.D in the History
and in assisting to promote of Culture from the; University
sports in Israel. The Detroit of Chicago, 1950. He was a
Chapter has undertaken to in- Fellow of the Committee on the
troduce baseball as a sport in History of Culture at Chicago
the Jewish state.
from 1947 to 1949.
The poll conducted by the
New York Times and Interna'
tional Research Associates
found the following pictUre:
Norway, 56 per cent for Israel,
ABE KASLE Receives Engraved United Hebrew
School's Resolution from MANDEL BERMAN.
Marked progress made by the
United Hebrew Schools, as the
central educational system of
the Detroit Jewish community,
was evaluated Sunday evening
at the formal dedication of the
Kasle Midrasha and High School
Building.
Dr. Friedman
Israel Gains in World Popularity,
Next Speaker in U. S. Public Opinion Poll Shows
Midrasha Series
NEW YORK (JTA)—A poll four per cent against; Mexico,
The hall was filled to capac-
ity, with a number of standees.
Abe Kasle, president of the
schools for the past 14 years,
was honored at the ceremonies
and was presented with an
engraved resolution adopted by
the schools' board of directors.
The presentation was made by
Mandel Berman, co-chairman
of the building committee with
David Safran and Ben Weiss.
Deeply moved by the hon-
ors accorded him, Kasel
responded with a brief ad-
dress in which he expressed
gratitude at having been able
to attain a goal he has been
aiming at for a number of
years—the , establishment
special quarters for the grow-
ing high school and the
Midrasha, the College of Jew-
ish Studies.
Albert Elazar, superintendent
of the United Hebrew Schools,
reporting on the objectives of
the higher educational depart-
ments, said that there are now
100 students in the Hebrew
high school and 23 regularly
enrolled Midrasha students, in
addition to the adult classes
of the Midrasha and 35 students
in the department of advanced
Jewish studies.
An illuminating address on
the sense of values inculcated
by higher learning and on the
importance of a building like
the Kasle Midrasha and High
School Building was delivered
by Dr. Judah Goldin, Dean of
the Teachers' Institute of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America.
Louis LaMed, chairman of
the Midrasha board, in a
brief address, enumerated
the aspiration of the school
Emulating the marked suc-
and the plans for further
cess of the first Institute spon-
future advancement. Morris
sored by the Midrasha last
Garvett, chairman of the ed- year, the second series of dis-
ucation division of the Jew-
cussion sessions, which opened
ish W e l f are Federation,
Wednesday evening at the
briefly told of the objectives
Esther Berman Branch of the
of the Federation and the
Allied Jewish Campaign in United School, commenced with
giving the educational system a record attendance and an en-
interest in the dis-
of Detroit all the support that thusiastic
cussions.
can possibly afforded.
There were 110 registered
An interesting address, in
which he evaluated the signi- participants, at 11 tables of 10
ficance of the higher educa- each—with a discussion leader
tional efforts of the Hebrew at each table—and an addition-
schools, as supplements to the al 75 observers.
regular public school studies,
Dr. Jacob Agus, of Baltimore,
was delivered by Dr. Samuel the guest speaker on the sub-
M. Brownell, Superintendent of ject "Jewish Philosophical
the Detroit Public Schools.
Thoughts from Philo to Modern
The gathering was thrilled by Times," gave an enlightening
a scholarly talk by Joel Roth, a address in which he evaluated
Midrasha student, who quoted the development of Jewish
Midrashic passages in perfect philosophical, mystical and
Hebrew, and the _ Yiddish ad- Hasidic ideas.
Midrasha Institute Commences with
Record Attendance, Dr. Agus' Talk
He exposed as an exaggera-
tion "the notion of a gulf be-
tween Hellenism and Hebraism"
and contended that "the phil-
osophers of the Greeks said
exactly the same things as the
Prophets of Judaism."
"You have in Judaism," he
said, "the traditions both of
reason and faith." He declared
that the Prophets were the
greatest exponents of individu-
alism and that all of Judaism is
a search, a quest for ideas.
Mysticism, Dr. Agus said, "is
the element in Judaism that is
closest to Christianity." He de-
molished the "Chosen People"
concept.
Mrs. Carl Schiller, as chair-
man of the Midrasha Institute
planning committee, officially
opened the sessions. Albert
Elazar, superintendent of the
United Hebrew Schools, pre-
sided at the lecture.
47 per cent for, 10 per cent
against; Britain, 45 per cent
for, 17 per cent against; Aus-
tria, 44 per cent for, 12 per
cent against; Germany, 41 per
cent for, 11 per cent against;
Belgium, 38 per cent for, eight
per cent against; France, 35
per cent for, 13 per cent
against; Italy, 24 per cent for,
16 per cent against, and Japan,
22 per cent for, four per cent
against.
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