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Mrs. Hattie Kutz,
Philanthropist,
Dies at Age of 75

Shulban Arukh --on Education

MIAMI (JTA) — Mrs. Hattie
Kutz of Wilmington, Del., who
contributed more than $2,000,000
to a wide variety of Jewish and
general activities, died here at
age 75. Milton Kutz, her husband,
who died in 1953, had been an
official of the E.I. du Pont Com-
pany and a president of the Jew-
ish Federation of Delaware.
Mrs. Kutz' philanthrophies in-
cluded the Milton and Hattie Kutz
Home for Aged Jewish People, a
Brandeis University student cen-
ter, endowment of a chair in Am-
erican-Jewish history • at the Heb-
rew Union College—Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion in Cincinnati, and
a camp in Orange County. N.Y.,
for use by the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations to train
Reform rabbis and cantors.

Salomon Kahan, Author,
Music Critic, Dies at 68 .;

The eminent scholar, Dr. David through the breath of the school
deSola Pool, is the compiler of children.
a series of extracts from the
A child who does not know - how
Shulhan Arukh on education. His to read should not be taken out of
study appeared in Jewish Educa- the class, but should remain with
tion magazine, organ of the Na- the other pupils on the chance that
tional Council for Jewish Educa- he may eventually get to under-
stand.
tion, and contains the following:
The teacher must not strike the
It is a positive Biblical command pupil spitefully or angrily with a
for a father to teach his son Torah;
whip or a stick. He may use only
and if the father has failed to do
a light strap.
so, it is the son's duty to learn it
The teacher must teach during
by himself.
the whole day and some of the
As it is a duty to teach one's night, in order to train his pupils
son, so also it is a duty to teach to study both by day and by night.
one's grandson, as it is written The children's study must not
"And thou shalt teach them to thy be interrupted even for the re-
children, and thy children's chil- building of the Temple in Jerusa-
dren." Indeed. this duty does not lem.
limit itself to the grandson only
Twenty-five pupils is a maximum
but it is the duty of every sage number for one teacher.
in Israel to teach pupils, for they
A teacher who goes out of the
too are called sons.
room and leaves his pupils, or who
One must hire a teacher to in- does some other work while with
them. or who is careless in his
struct his son; but one is not teaching, comes under the condem-
obliged to hire a teacher for the nation of the prophet Jeremiah,

son of someone else. (In olden who says, "Cursed be he who does
days a father could be compelled the work of the Lord deceitfully."
MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Prof. to hire a teacher for his son. If Therefore, one may not appoint a
Salomon Kahan, one of Mexico's he possessed property and was less teacher unless he be God-fearing. ,
leading music critics, a well-known than a fifteen days' journey dis- as well as exact in his reading and
Jewish journalist, author and the tant from the town. the court would grammar. Nor may the teacher
translator into. Spanish of Graetz's serve him with notice; but if he ! sleep at night more than an
"History of the Jewish People," were away more than a distance amount sufficient so that he be not'
died here Monday at age 68.
of fifteen days' journey, the court heavy in his teaching by day. For I
Born in Bialystok, he came here could confiscate enough of his pos- a similar reason he may not fast
in 1921 and has been one of the sessions to pay for the hire of a more than is usual, nor be over
leading intellectuals of the Jewish teacher for his son.) abstemious, nor eat and drink over-
community.
Teachers for the young must be
appointed in every city. A city
Israel exports about $900,000 without a teacher should be put
worth of wine annually, represent- under a ban until the inhabitants
ing approximately 15 per cent of the city appoint one. If then
of the nation's production. Most of they persist in not appointing a !
the exported products are sold in teacher, the city should be destroy-
the United States.
ed, for the world exists only
Shirley Mezvinsky, author of
prize-winning stories, wife of a

Disturbed Mind
Subject of New
Novel, 'The Edge

The Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi of Detroit and

the American Committee for Bar Ilan University

express deep regret and mourn together with the

family the great loss of our leader and mentor

IRVING W. SCHLUSSEL

(of blessed memory)

Mr. Schlussel, who was a leader of the Religious
Zionist Movement for over four decades and President

for 10 years, has left a void that will be deeply felt by his
relatives; friends and the entire community.

May the bereaved family be consoled by the fact that
his life of dedication to his people has borne fruit.

Phillip Stollman,

President

Zvi Tomkiewicz,

Director

much, for all such excess interferes
with his teaching.
Until when must one study? Un-
til the day of one's death, as it is
said, "Lest these words depart
from thy heart all the days of thy
life." So long as one is not busy-
ing himself with the Torah, he is
forgetting it.
We should not go on trying to
teach Torah to a student who is
unworthy. We must first try to
change his disposition, put him on
the right path, examine him, then
bring him again to the House of
Learning and teach him.
The teacher should not sit on - a
chair while his students sit on the
floor. Either he and they must sit
on the floor, or all must sit on
chairs.
(Some explain that this ruling
applies only to senior students
who have reached the grade of
ordination.)
When students have failed to
understand what the teacher has
been teaching, he should not be
angry with them, but he should go
over the whole matter again , time
after time, until they understand
thoroughly. The student should not
say "I understand" if he has not
underStood; but he should ask, if
necessary again and again. Then
if the teacher becomes angry, let
the student say, "Master, we are
studying Torah and I must learn
it, though my understandi ng is
slow."
A learned bastard takes prece-
dence over an ignorant priest.
Where a teacher is not support-
ed by the parents of his pupils but
by the community as a whole, all
the members of the community
must contribute towards his salary
in proportion to their means.

Jews Mourn Death
of Lord Morrison 5
a Friend of Zionism

LONDON (JTA)—Jews through-
out England joined the nation in
mourning the death of Lord Mor-
rison of Lambeth—better known
as Herbert Morrison until he was
knighted in 1955 — who passed
away March 6 at age 77.
He was a life-long and ardent
friend of Zionism who had held
many high offices in Britain,
ranging from home secretary to
deputy prime minister and foreign
secretary.
A leading member of the Labor
Party, he fought tenaciously
against the British White Paper
promulgated in 1939 in an effort
to halt Jewish immigration into
Palestine, and often acted as one
of the foremost British spokes.
men on behalf of Zionism. He visi-
ted Palestine several times and
fought inside the postwar Labor
government for a more liberal
policy regarding the Jewish settle-
, ment in Palestine.
When he went to the House of
Lords in 1955, he continued open-
ly to show his friendship to Israel.

Mrs. Reiss, Registrar
of U. of Judaism, Dies

LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Mrs. Ir-
win Reiss, registrar of the Univer-
sity of Judaism, died here sud-
denly. She was West Coast regional
Hadassah president, on the board
of the Jewish Federation-Council
and president of the local Ameri-
can Zionist Council.

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

38—Friday, March 12, 1965

University of Wisconsin professor,
has taught on a college level and

has gained recognition as a writer.
She is adding to her status as a
writer with her novel. " T h e
Edge." which has just been pub-
lished by Doubleday.
"The Edge" is the story of a
disturbed woman. • Lois Marks is

well married. She has a devoted
husband. Her child needs her at-
tention. But as in the very begin-
ning and again at the end of this
story, Lois resents her little Deb-
bie. does not wish to be awakened,
had suffered a sleepless night dur-
ing which she was tormented by
thoughts relating to the experi-
ences in her life.
There are suggestions that she
wanted to have love affairs and
didn't. There are hints of homo-
sexuality. She keeps repeating
that she loves her husband, and
yet there are doubts about that,
because of her state of restless-
ness.
It is not a novel that will leave
good feelings. Well written, it
could be viewed as a study in psy-
chiatric distress in a single person's
life. The neuroses show that the
novelist has made a good study of
her subject.

Our Grievous Loss ...

Honor to Irving W. Schlussel's Memory

The Board of Directors, the Council of Repre-
sentatives, and the Women's Auxiliary of Jewish
National Fund express profound sorrow to the
family of the late

IRVING W. SCHLUSSEL

on the untimely passing of their beloved husband
and father. As one of our most esteemed leaders,
vice president, and a past-president of the Jewish
National Fund, the passing of this beloved friend,
who believed in, and worked for, the cause of
Zion and of Judaism, and whose faith and courage
helped make the State of Israel a reality, will be
grieved by all.
We of the Jewish National Fund, who shared the
ideals he held dear and the causes he espoused,
will feel deeply the loss of his counsel and co-
operation.

Dr. Israel Wiener
President

Mrs. Morris Kutinsky
President, Women's Auxiliary

Percy Kaplan
Executive Director

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