THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, Janu ary 15, 1960- 14
The Suburban Community
But Why That Name, Dad?
Haunting Question of Ages
By the Oak-Woodser
• "Daddy, I was called a dirty
Jew today."
And suddenly you know that
a child is about to grow up a .
little bit as you seek to have
him understand some of the
blind hate that men repeat
when they are insecure and
afraid.
"Why did he call me that,
Dad?"
It's been many years since
your father softened this crush-
ing first blow of prejudice — as
his father did before him. Thus
it has been .through the cen-
turies. Jewish fathers telling
their children what it means
to be called a "dirty Jew"—in
a variety of languages.
So you begin to explain that
the word "dirty" in this in-
stance doesn't refer to personal
cleanliness; that the word "Jew"
is a truth that should not be
denied; that the use of the two
words together denotes a way
some people have of expressing
a fear that comes of not under-
standing and respecting differ-
ences.
In the simple, uncompli-
cated way of children, the
youngster asks, "Am I so dif-
ferent, Dad?" And as he asks
he is mechanically checking
himself from toes to fingers.
Is it his physical appearance,
his clothing, his way of talk-
ing and acting? "Why am I
different, Dad?"
How much to tell? Here is
the question.
So you remind him of the
holiday of Hanukah that we just
celebrated and which he learned
about — as much as a seven-
year-old boy can learn — in
religious school.
"You remember how King
Antiochus wanted the Jews to
worship the Greek idols, and
how the Maccabees fought to
protect the right of our people
to worship only one God? Well,
that's how it's been throughout
most of our history. Somebody
always wanted us to give up
this belief and adopt theirs. But
we never did it. We always
fought to believe as we do.
"Even now, son, when most
of our differences with other
people have been understood,
there are a few individuals who
have yet to learn that we aren't
so very different at all."
"But why did Billy call me
that name? I never did any-
thing to him," your son asks.
This is the hardest part of
all It's something that you
yourself could never fully
understand.
Is this the time to tell, per-
haps forewarn him of the
generalities, banalities and
lies. that men are wont to
speak when they fail to rea-
son, when they anger, when
they search for reasons and
excuses, and finding none,
seek an escape?
Instead, you simply tell him
that Billy probably heard his
parents, or maybe a friend, say
it, and because he doesn't real-
ize what it means he repeated
it to you.
"It doesn't mean a thing,
son." And in your heart you
hope that it's so.
Beth Shalom Women
Set Review of 'Eva'
The second in a series of
book review programs being
sponsored by the Beth Shalom
Sisterhood will be held at 12:30
p.m., Wednesday, in the home
of Mrs. Bea Shulman, 13500
Northfield, Oak Park. Dessert
luncheon will be served.
Mrs. Natalie Halpern will re-
view Meyer Levin's latest novel,
"Eva." Hostesses for the lunch-
eon are Mesdames Judith Ben-
sky, Betty Berg, *Marilyn Her-
bach and Florence Liss.
For information or reserva-
tions, call Mrs. Esther Rosen-
thal, LI 6-4987; Mrs. Jerri Shel-
don, MA 6-6836; or Mrs. Pearl
Soffin, UN 4-8747.
Livonia. Sisterhood Slates
Membership Fashion Show
The first annual paid-up mem-
bership affair of the Livonia
Congregation Sisterhood will be
held on Tuesday evening, at the
Pierson School, W. 7 Mile, near
Farmington Rd.
A fashion show, prizes and
other entertainment will high-
light the program, according to
Delores Friedman and Rivian
Altschuel, co-chairmen.
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Duker Reveals
`Mortal Blow' of
Sutburbanization.
DAYTON, 0., (JTA) — A
prominent Jewish educator told
the annual meeting of the mid-
west region of the National
Council for Jewish Education
that "the suburbanization of
American Jewish youth and the
great emphasis on science has
dealt Jewish education a mortal
blow."
Dr. Abraham Duker, presi-
dent of Chicago's College of
Jewish Studies, warned the as-
sembled delegates and guests
that drastic action was and is
required to combat this omi-
nous trend.
"Three recent pressures are
wreaking havoc with the efforts
of American Jewry to pass on
the precious heritage of the
Judaic culture," Dr. Duker said.
"First, the 'flight to the suburbs'
has caused our youth to devote
more and more of their time
to joining the burgeoning mul-
tiplicity of clubs and purely so-
cial organizations. The pres-
sures of being a 'joiner' leave
little time for the furthering of
their Jewish education.
"Secondly, the post-Sputnik
emphasis on science has un-
fairly diminished the impor-
tance of the teaching of Juda-
ism and Hebrew. If a young
person looks toward the heav-
ens today, he is more likely
looking for a satellite than for
any spiritual sustenance.
"Finally," Dr. Duker added,
"the upgrading of college en-
trance requirements, while gen-
erally commendable, has put
courses in Jewish history and
Hebrew at a tremendous dis-
advantage, in that not enough
universities accept these courses
at this time."
Ruth Gikow to Exhibit
at Park Gallery Sunday
A first Detroit showing of
recent oil paintings and goua-
ches by Ruth Gikow is planned
by the Park Gallery, 20960
Greenfield, Oak Park, begin-
ning at 2 p.m., Sunday.
Miss Gikow's work is repre-
sented in some of the nation's
leading institutions, including
the Metropolitan Museum, Mu-
seum of Modern Art, Smith-
sonian Institute and at Bran-
deis University, and in numer-
ous private collections.
Winner of the National In-
stitute of Arts and Letters
Grant for 1959, she was recent-
ly cited by Smith College as
one of America's 10 leading
women artists.
Beth Shalom School
Begins New Projects
A number of programs for
the new year have been initi-
ated by the Beth Shalom Re-
ligious School, it is announced
this week by Leonard Servet-
ter, educational director.
A children's Hebrew choir
has been started by Cantor
Ruben Erlbaum, and a student
newspaper has been organized
by Richard Gold, 10th grade
teacher.
The religious school board
has authorized the contribution
of over 30 textbooks, used by
students in the school, as a gift
to the Oak Park library.
Prof. John Stoessinger, of the
political science department of
Hunter College, will address
members of. the South Oakland
County Chapter of Hadassah
and their husbands at 8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, in Cong. Bnai David,
24350 Southfield.
"The People of Israel Live,"
a film relating the story of Is-
rael's progress and the program
of assistance rendered by Ha-
dassah also will feature this an-
nual "male call" meeting, de-
signed especially for husbands
of members.
Prof. Stoessinger, who has
taught at Harvard, Wellesley
and MIT, also has lectured ex-
tensively on "The World in
Crisis" over radio and televi-
sion. He is an author, has work-
ed with the United Nations In-
t ernational Refugee Organiza-
tion and has lectured extensive-
ly on foreign aid to nationalistic
countries.
Mrs. Maurice Schiller, SOC
president, announces that a
framed oil painting, the work
of local artist Samuel Kruss,
will be displayed. It will be
awarded at the program.
Livonia Congregation
Begins Registration
Registration for both its Sun-
day school classes and courses
in adult education was announc-
ed this week by the Livonia
Jewish Cong., 32070 W. 7 Mile
Rd.
Enrollment in adult classes is
planned for 8:30 p.m., Wednes-
day, while Sunday school regis-
tration continues through Jan-
uary each Sunday at the Pierson
School. For information, call
Tzvi Berkal, BR. 3-8032.
Plans for the congregation's
second annual barn dance to be
held at 8:30 p.m., Feb. 20, at the
Grand River YWCA, also • were
announced. Jim Schultheis will
be the caller, and refreshments
and prizes are planned. '
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Beth Shaloni Names
New York Architect
Appointment of Pere ival
Goodman, one of the nation's
leading synagogue architects, to
design the sanctuary and re-
lated units at Cong. Beth Sha-
lom, Oak Park, was announced
this week by Oscar Kanat, presi-
dent, and Rabbi Mordecai S.
Halpern, spiritual leader.
Goodman, professor of ar-
chitecture at the Columbia Uni-
versity graduate school, in New
York, has designed over 25 ma-
jor synagogues throughout the
country. The latest is Cleve-
land's Fairmont Temple.
In addition to the sanctuary,
Beth Shalom plans to construct
a chapel, board room, library,
administrative office, some
classrooms and other facilities
for operational purposes.
Hadassah to Hear
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