THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, April 10, 1959-6

April 27 to Be JNF Blue-White
Box Clearance Day; Designate May
as Box Distribution Month by JNF

Sunday, April 27, the second
day of Hol Hamoed Passover,
has been designated as the
opening day for the clearance
of the JNF Blue-White boxes,
and the month of May as JNF
Blue-White Box Month in De-
troit and neighboring area, ac-
cording to an announcement by
Mrs. Aaron Friedman, chairman
of the JNF Blue-White Box
committee.
During this period, the tradi-
tional spring clearance, some
4,500 homes will be visited and
Blue-White Boxes will be
cleared by volunteer workers,
members of Hadassah, Ladies
Auxiliary of JNF, Mizrachi
Fanny Gluck and Sisters of
Zion, Northwest Child Rescue
Women, Pioneer Women, and
others.
Commenting on the important
role the Blue-White box has
played in the Jewish communi-
ties throughout the world, and
in the development of the land
in- Israel for over 50 years, Mrs.
Friedman stated that "The Blue-
White Box is often referred to
as `the Box that Built a Na-
tion.' For it was the coins from
these boxes that made possible
the purchase of the first 4,500
dunams of land in 1906. This
purchase became the first area
of land owned by the entire
Jewish people in 2,000 years."
The JNF now holds, on behalf
of the Jewish people, almost
4,000,000 dunams of land. -
In- a statement issued by Dr.
Harris J. Levine, president of
the Jewish National Fund of
America, he pointed to the spe-
cial significance of this year's
clearance of the Blue-White

Box.

N.Y. Reviewers Stress
German Film Made by Nazi

All
NEW YORK, (JTA)
New York City newspapers ex-
cept one reviewing the German
film, "The Third Sex," noted
that the picture had been di-
rected by _Veit Harlan, and
identified the director as the
man who had made the anti-
Semitic film, "Jud Suess," for
the Nazis.
The New York Times com-
mented typically that Harlan's
name, despite three clearances
by denazification courts, was
"still linked with Hitlerism."
"Jud Suess," it was 'reported, is
still shown in Egypt to fan
hatred of Israel and Jews.

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`Diary of Anne Frank' Is Top Seller in Germany; Sells Over 500,000 Copies

FRANKFURT, (JTA) — The many which achieved a sale of only book that reached printing
"Diary of Anne Frank' is at more than 500,000 copies, ex- of more than half a million
the top of the list of 17 of the elusive of book clubs. As a copies, it was reported here to-
most successful books in Ger- pocket-book edition it is the day.

Mrs. Friedman said that, for
various reasons, not every home
where a JNF Box "is given a
place of honor," can possibly
be visited during the designated
period. She therefore asks the
indulgence of those box holders
and recommends that they call
the JNF office, UN 4-2767, or
her home, TO 9-6248, if their
boxes are not cleared by May 24.
The Blue-White Box Com-
mittee is also making a special
effort to place several thousand
new boxes in homes, during this
period.

Survey Shows
Progress in
Education

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schools with 53 percent of the
145,000 pupils enrolled in Jew-
ish schools here. The overall
study covered aims of instruc-
tion, subject matter, activities
provided, testing of achieve-
ment, and attitudes of youth to
Jewish education.

In one questionnaire filled out
by 4,000 Jewish yoitth of high
school and early college age,
it was found that Jewish teen-
agers are intensely interested in
a religious education. The sur-
vey also showed a need for an
organized effort to reach chil-
dren earlier than is currently
the -practice via an information
campaign addressed to parents.
The findings were described at
a conference here by Louis J.
Ruffman, associate director of
the Jewish Education Commit-
tee.

"A series of studies was con-
ducted," Ruffman r e p or t e d.
The one, involving '4,000 youths,
"probed attitudes toward a Jew-
ish education. We found that
90 percent of those who attend-
ed a Jewish school felt that a
Jewish education was important.
Of the 900 in this group who at-
tended no Jewish school, 56 per-
cent felt that a Jewish educa-
tion was necessary and almost
all indicated that they would
provide one for their children."
Among these students, it was
noted that the most popular sub-
jects were Jewish history, cus-
toms and ceremonies, and mod-
ern Hebrew language, in . that
order. "We found that tests cov-
ering Hebrew language, Jewish
customs, and Jewish- history re-
vealed that all-day (parochial)
schools, which provide the most
intensive program, achieved
-highest results in all three
tests," Ruffman said. Other
types of schools tested included
Yiddish schools, afternoon
schools, and one-day-a-week-re-
ligious schools.

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The survey also disclosed
that all-day and week-day after-
noon schools give greatest pri-
ority to the aims of knowledge,
observance, and favorable atti-
tudes to Jewish life. On the
other hand,. Reform religious
schools-_ and.. Yiddish . schools
emphasize favorable attitudes to
Jewish life and self-identifica-
tion with things Jewish.
"What we found discourag-

ing," said Ruffman, "was that
a major reason for not attend-
ing a Jewish school was lack of
interest by parents." Findings of
the study are now being sub-
jected to a careful scrutiny and
analysis by the board of direct-
ors and executive staff of the
Jewish Education Committee. It
is expected that the implications
of the survey will determine di-
rection and emphasis to be
given by the consultation pro-_
gram of the Jewish Education
Committee to the variety of
schools which it serves.

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