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Hordes' 65th Birthday Serves
to Recall His Many Pioneering
Jewish National Fund Efforts
Stratford Festival
Lists Israeli Film
1 1 SWIMMING
,
IS SWELL AT
STRATFORD, Ont. — Numer-
ous special events that supple-
ment the • Stratford Shakes-
pearean Festival also include
a film festival.
Among the movies scheduled
is one from Israel, "Israel—an
Adventure," to be shown on
July 10.
Copsiderable interest is be-
ing shown here in "The Beg-
gars Opera," to be conducted
by Louis Applebaum, which
will have its debut here on
July 29.
"The Winter's Tale" will
open on July 21. "Henry IV"
and "Much Ado About Noth-
ing," continue to draw large
audiences.
It will be a quiet 65th birth-
day celebration today for Wil-
liam Hordes, one of the coun-
try's leading Jewish National
Fund workers. But his natal
day serves to remind his many
associates of his pioneer efforts
in behalf of the JNF and the
numerous new projects he has
inspired.
There is a forest in Israel
named in honor of William and
Bella (his wife) Hordes. It has
the distinction of having the
largest number of trees planted
WILLIAM HORDES
in a forest in Israel by De:-.0
troiters. More than 50,000 trees
were planted in the Hordes A Complete Language Course
Forest at $1.50 a tree, before
the cost was set a year ago at $2.
This means that through the
Hordes Forest alone, $75,000
was contributed to Israel since
Hordes' SOfh birthday for the
reafforestation projects in
Israel.
While he has inspired many
undertakings in behalf of the
Crown Publishers, Inc., of
books. Use your Hebrew
Israel land redemption and
419 Fourth Ave., New York 16,
whenever you get a chance—
reafforestation fund, Hordes
have earned highest commenda-
with Hebrew-speaking friends
has two specific successful
tions for their latest contribu-
and with other students."
undertakings to his credit:
tion to learning and scholar-
The Dictionary has the addi-
1. He has iniugurated the
ship — the "Living Hebrew" tional merit of a valuable in-
activities in behalf of the
edition of their Living Lan- troduction in which are in-
Ussishkin League — whose
guage Courses.
cluded explanations of the
membership is composed of
By means of the four long- literal translations, the use of
those .making bequests to the
playing high-fidelity 33 , 3 RPM basic words, and a history of
JNF or naming the JNF as
records, a Conversation Manual the Hebrew language, including
beneficiary in insurance pol-
and a Common Usage Diction- the classic, Mishnaic, medieval
• icier—and thanks to his ef-
ary ( Hebrew-English and Eng- and modern elements. The
forts the idea of bequests
lish - Hebrew), a well - tested nature of the consonant lan-
for JNF has been popular-
method that simplifies lan- guage also is described.
ized here.
guage study is offered for the
The Israeli pronunciation,
perfection of Hebrew.
2. He and Mrs. Hordes were
similar to Sephardic, is used
The
Conversation
Manual
the first Detroiters to plant
throughout. The course be-
and the Dictionary were pre-
Miles of Trees in Israel —
gins with the Hebrew alpha-
pared
by
Samuel
Steinberg,
there are now three Miles of
bet and the unique sounds
director of the Israel Chipkin
Trees planted by the Hordeses
of the language and in the
School in New York, based on
in the Jewish State—and as a
span of the 40 lessons all
the method devised by Ralph
result this, too, has become
the elements of the language
an important means of sup- Weisman, former chief of the
are taught so that the student
language section of the U. S.
port for JNF activities.
can engage in practical con-
War Department.
versation at normal speed.
William Hordes was born in
The entire study was pre-
The manual contains the text
Cholui, Russia, July 3, 1893. His
pared in cooperation with
of the 40 lessons, translations,
parents, Yechiel and Hadassah
the Seminary School of Jew-
a summary of Hebrew gram-
(Maron), were prominent in
ish Studies of the Jewish
mar and explanatory mate-
Jewish affairs in their area.
Theological Seminary of Am-
rial; the Common Usage Dic-
He came to Detroit in 1914,
erica.
tionary provides, bi-lingually,
took-factory jobs-to start with,
a full Hebrew vocabulary
The voices in the recordings
studied nights, intending at
and the idiomatic use of
first to pursue engineering as are those of Moshe Genser,
Hebrew words.
his career, and later entered Yoel Silbert and Dola ' Ben-
The instructions for use of
the insurance business. He now Yehuda Wittmann.
By hearing the language and the Manual are simple and
heads the Hordes Insurance
by repeating the words heard direct, and the entire 'course
Agency at 17616 Wyoming.
President of the Jewish Na- in the course, the student, in is remarkably well prepared.
Suggestions made by the
tional Fund Council of Detroit following this method via the
from 1942 to 1950, Hordes was records, acquires a vocabulary publishers - are that the lan-
named honorary president upon and masters the Hebrew gram- guage should be studied to-
gether by husband and wife,
his retirement from the chair- mar.
"Hear it, say it, absorb it as parents and children, families
manship. He has since then
and
repeti-
the
result
of
use
and friends, clubs and study
served in national capacities
in behalf of the Ussishkin tion," is the admonition for groups, and for such purposes
mastery
of
the
language,
of-
the
Manual and Dictionary are
League and the JNF of America.
in the printed introduc- available at the nominal cost
He is a former secretary of fered
tion. It is pointed out that of $1.50 each. The entire course
the Jewish Community Coun-
the Hebrew language's basic
cil, is a director of YIVO, is elements "have been carefully —the records, Dictionary and
Manual—sell for $9.95.
affiliated with Ahavas Achim
40
Synagogue, Bnai Brith, the Ma- selected and condensed into
short lessons. When you have Anti-Jewish Sentiment
sonic Order, American Jewish
finished these lessons you will
Congress, Poale Zion and Yid- have a good worleing knowl- Still Strong in Germany
dish Folks Farein.
edge of the language. If you
DUSSELDORF, (JTA) —
William Hordes was married apply yourself, you can master There is a danger of "regres-
to Bella Savelewitz, Jan. 17, this course and learn to speak sion" into "nationalist passions"
1923. They have a daughter, Hebrew in a few weeks."
in West Germany, German edi-
Mrs. Edward Wishnetsky, and
There are 87 pages in the tors warned this week at a
two sons, Earl and Herbert; the Manual, but upon reaching journalists' conference called
latter, who makes his home in page 40 the student will have here by the German Society for
Israel, having attained promi- learned more than 300 Hebrew Christians and Jews.
nence for his inauguration of sentences. At page 70 the stu-
Freiherr von Imhoff, editor
the supermarket idea in Israel. dent will make himself under- of a local paper,
who sounded
The Hordeses have nine grand- stood even though he may. not the warning, revealed that Nazi-
children, four in Israel.
have acquired complete mas- like slogans appeared during re-
tery of the language.
cent provincial elections and
Chief Rabbi of Luxembourg
The advice offered by the
that the compensation authori-
to Be Envoy in Israel
authors is that while their
ties have received stacks of
UNITED NATIONS (AJP)—
course "tries to make . the
anti-Semitic mail, as have news-
The chief Rabbi of Luxem-
learning of Hebrew as easy
papers and radio stations
bourg, the young Dr. Charles
and pleasant as possible," it
throughout the Republic.
Lehrman, has been selected as
is necessary that there should
Karl Marx, publisher of the
the Duchy's Ambassador to
be "a certain amount of ap-
weekly "Allgemeine Wichen-
Israel, it was revealed here by
plication." It is advised:
zeitung der Juden, reported re-
a source close to the Rabbi's
"Keep practicing your Heb-
ceipt of huge quantities of anti-
family. Dr. Lehrman, an author
rew as much as possible. Once
Jewish mail. but said his experi-
and a noted scholar, has always
you are well along in your ences with German youth, par-
been interested in Israel and in
course try reading Hebrew ticularly students, gave him
unity within world Jewry.
magazines, newspapers and
cause to be hopeful.
EivingHebrew' Teaches Sacred
Tongue by Means of Recordings,
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