Miss Carmen Weiser,
Mel Weiner to Wed
MISS CARMEN WEISER
Mr. and Mrs. Egon Weiser, 18682
Griggs, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Carmen Eileen,
to Mel Weiner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Weiner, 13116 Borgman,
Huntington Woods.
Miss Weiser is a senior major-
ing in German and zoology at the
University of Michigan. Her fiance
is a graduate of the University
of Michigan and attends medical
school.
A July 4 wedding is planned.
`Zen' in Birmingham;
Adult Classes Are Set
Birmingham Temple services 8:30
p.m. today will feature a talk by
Rabbi Sherwin Wine. "The World
of Zen," at Birmingham Masonic
Temple.
* * *
The spring semester of Birming-
ham Temple Adult Education
classes are being held at Wiley
Groves High School, Southfield.
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine is con-
ducting an 8 p.m. class on "His-
tory of Jewish Holidays," and at
9 p.m. on "Philosophy, of Religion."
United Hebrew Schools Enrich Nancy Harold to Marry
Jerry Waldman Here
Hebrew Textbook Literature;
New Book Geared to 3rd Grade
Another Hebrew textbook has
been published by the United He-
brew Schools in its "Habayit Hay-
ehudi" series, the newest being
geared to the third grade. The
first in the series was for the
fourth grade.
Explaining the aims of the
school's publications, Albert Ela-
zar, superintendent of the schools,
co-author of the textbook with Dr.
Naphtali Wiesner, educational con-
sultant of the schools, said that
the purpose of this series is to
teach Hebrew by usage. The books
have Jewish content, the termino-
logy used is that which has asso-
ciation with the Jewish American
way of life. These books are for
the teaching of conversational He-
brew through stories in Hebrew.
These stories depict contemporary
Jewish American experiences in
conjunction with experiences in
the home, synagogue and school.
They are illustrated and each story
has exercises based on the text.
reading about. The story pertain-
ing to the Sabbath is an example
of choice of material geared to
what the child is familiar with.
The story about the family teaches
usage of vocabulary pertaining to
the modern family and ties this in
with the ancient family structure.
These books were made possible
through a grant from the Jewish
Federation and Community Foun-
dation of the United Jewish Char-
ities. The books will be used by
the United Hebrew Schools as
Criterion Warms Up
Its Plans for Outing
Criterion Club will hold its an -
nual mid-winter outing at Upland
Hills Resort near Oxford, Sunday.
Motorcades will leave the public
lot at Stoepel near 7 Mile at 11:40
a.m.
Tobogganing, Ice-skating, and
sleigh-riding will be followed by a
square-dance and hootenanny at
the farmstead and a spaghetti din-
ner at the camp lodge.
Guests and friends invited at a
nominal charge.
well as other communities which
have already shown interest in
them.
The major difference between
these books and those used pre-
MISS NANCY HAROLD
viously is the content of the sub-
ject matter. The books help the
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harold of
children acquire the vocabulary
Lauder Ave. announce the engage-
to speak the language. The vo-
ment of their daughter Nancy to
cabulary is based on the tradi-
Jerry Waldman, son of Mr. and
tional Jewish life and Jewish
Mrs. Irving Waldman of St. Paul.
concepts as the Jewish American
Miss Harold is a graduate of
child sees it today in the mod-
Wayne State University's Monteith
ern American environment.
, College. Her fiance was graduated
How much better it is to get wis-
dom than gold, and more desirable
to get understanding than silver.
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The illustrations are attrac-
tively done, to depict the idea
The second of the books, in ad- from the University of Minnesota,
of each story. There is a section zdition to the afore-mentioned I where he was affiliated with Sig-
devoted to the Jewish calendar.
stories, has a content based on ex- ma Alpha Mu Fraternity.
Each month has pictures symbo-
perience in travel through Ante
' r- 1- An August wedding is planned.
lizing the particular holiday that
Ica, in participation in family
falls in that month. The purpose
events in other cities. There are
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