`Hebrew Through Conversation' Records
Provide Easy Way of Teaching Language

In 14 conversational lessons,
offered on two long playing rec-
ords and a most helpful accom-
panying manual, Hebrew is of-
fered through conversation in
a system prepared by experts
and provided in the records-
manual set by the American
Jewish Congress Commission
on Jewish Affairs, jointly with
the Jewish Agency's Depart-
ment of Education and Culture.
The script is by Yehezkel
Cohen. The lessons were di-
rected and produced by Hyman
Brown.
This effective aid for the
study of Hebrew is intended for
use in the home, in schools
and in synagogues. It has been
acclaimed as one of the most
fruitful ways of mastering the
language and the method pur-
sued offers the easiest ways of
acquiring a basic knowledge of
Hebrew.
By means of repetition, mak-
ing use of a variety of words
essential to daily living, the
lessons prove effective and lead
to a knowledge of spoken
Hebrew.
A review of the variety of
lessons will provide an idea of
the various areas covered by
the two recordings. The lessons

include: Hebrew Names, A
Classroom at Home, Off to
School, Hebrew at Home — A
Word in Edgewise. A Visit with
Grandma—Eat Something, The
Holiday Spirit, What Are Meet-
ings For?. "Ethics of the
Fathers." For Women, Hebrew
Pen Pals, Meet You in the
Synagogue, How to Join a Bible
Class? The Absent-Minded Hus-
band, A Big Trip to a Small
Country.

In these areas, nearly every
situation is met, and it is quite
apparent that those who devote
themselves to the studies and
make use of the manual can
learn basic Hebrew.

Dr. Samuel M. Blumen-
field, director of the Jewish
Agency's education depart-
ment, highly commends this
Hebrew teaching method. The
expertness of the consultants
who aided Yehezkel Cohen in
the preparation of the course
—Dr. Benjamin Benari, Ben-
Zion Fischler, Dr. Samuel
Grand, Dr. Shlomo Kodesh,
Judah Lapson and Aharon
Rosen—adds to the merits of
the effective study method.

In addition to the distin-
guished experts who joined in
providing these recordings and
the accompanying manual, the
lessons are enhanced by the
voices of participants in the
recordings that are pleasant
and lend themselves to encour-
aging study of the language.
The manual contains the texts
of all the lessons and their
English translations, as well as
transliteration's of the first four
lessons, linguistic and gram-
matical explanatory notes for
all the lessons, an alphabetical
list of the words in the entire
course.
Thus, the material provided
in the preparation of these les-
sons, the fact that native speak-
ers are used to enhance the
lessons, the use of tape record-
ings, the skill with which this
"Hebrew Through Conversa-
tion" has been made useful in
the home, renders this service
among the most valuable made
in the effort to encourage the
study of Hebrew.
The course is obtainable from
the Jewish Agency or the
American Jewish Congress.

U.S. Backing Urged for Arab-Israel Talk

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — In
a resolution before the House
of Representatives today, Con-
gressman James C. H e a l e y,
New York Democrat, urged
that the United States delega-
tion to the United Nations sup-
port the proposal for direct
negotiations between Israel and
the Arab States as an "indis-

pensable condition toward the
attainment of peace and co-
operation and the settlement of
all outstanding disputes be-
tween them."

Israel Navy Commander
Visits French Chiefs

PARIS, (JTA)—Admiral Jo-
shua Ben-Nun, commander of
Israeli Navy, called on Ad-
AJ Congress Planning the
miral Cabanier, chief of the
U. S.-Israel 'Dialogue' staff of the French Navy here.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The The Israeli admiral is currently
American Jewish Congress an- on a visit to France, and was
nounced plans for its third an- to visit the French Naval School
nual American-Israel "Dialogue" at Brest, where he would be the
in Jerusalem and Haifa Aug. guest of the area commander.
Admiral Ammand.
10-14.
The American delegation will
Admiral Ben-Nun is accom-
be led by Dr. Joachim Prinz, panied on his visit by a num-
president of the congress. It ber of his staff officers. During
will include Rabbi Emanuel the current tour, he will also
Rackman, assistant to the pres- visit other French naval instal-
ident of Yeshiva University, lations and will confer with a
Prof. Edmund Cahn of New number of senior French com-
York University Law School, manders.
and Dr. Gershon Cohen, who
succeeded Dr. Salo Baron in
the chair in Jewish history at Syrians Fire at Plane
Columbia University.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Syrian
The Israeli participants in gunposts opened fire on an Is-
the four-day-exchanges of views rali plane flying inside Israeli
are now being selected by a territory in the Huleh area. near
committee in Israel which in- the Syrian border. The Israeli
cludes representatives of the craft was flying low, but was
Israel government.
not hit.

Soviet Science Academy
Publishes Analytical
Volume on the Talmud

LONDON, (JTA)—The Soviet
Academy of Sciences has pub-
lished a book on the Talmud
by Prof. Moshe Belinki, in
which the author gives a his-
torical survey of the Talmud,
sketches the social and political
background against which the
Talmud developed and deals
with the outlook and attitudes
of the Talmudic sages.
While the historical part of
the work is considered to be
fairly objective, there is a final
chapter entitled "The Talmud
and Present-Day Judaism," in
which the author gives his own
views and presents a critical
analysis of the Talmud accord-
ing to his own attitudes and
terms of reference.

N. Y. Hospital to Build
Chapel for Two Faiths

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (JTA)
—Plans for the construction of
a $250,000 chapel for the use
of both Protestant and Jewish
worshipers at the Rockland
State Hospital here were an-
nounced. There is a Roman
Catholic chapel at the institu-
tion now, but there are no
facilities for either Jewish or
Protestant patients or visitors.
U.S. Senator Jacob K. Javits
has accepted an honorary co-
chairmanship of the committee
which is to raise funds for
the new religious facility. An-
other cochairman is State Sen.
Joseph Zaretzki, minority lead-
er in the N.Y. State Senate.

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S. Africa Police Probe
Rockwell Hate Mail

JOHANNESBURG (JTA) —
Police in Natal are investigating
the receipt of batches of anti-
Semitic pamphlets from George
Rockwell's American Nazi party.
Consignments of the pamph-
lets were addressed from the
U. S. to the offices of the civic
publicity associations in Durban
and Pietermaritzburg — which,
not having ordered them, and
knowing nothing about them,
but shocked by their vicious
character, immediately turned
them over to the police.
The pamphlets attack Jews
and Communists in the usual
Nazi manner, smear Mrs. Jac-
queline Kennedy, widow of the
late President Kennedy, glorify
Rockwell, and claim Hitler was
"a gift from Providence."

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