Comments and Suggestions Roll In on the Status of Hebrew Teachers .Editor, The Jewish Nev -s: Your editorial of April 16 show- ed real insight into the vast prob- lem concerning the Jewish teach- er and the Hemshekh frontiers. Your sympathetic treatment of the subject reflected objectivity and profound concern about the fu- ture. Now, let us analyze the chal- lenges in their broadest phases. Let it be said that the teacher shortage is of our own making— be it through omission or commis- sion. We have known for a long time that the American Jewish commu- nity will be saddled with the problem of shortages in teaching personnel in our Jewish schools. We knew that we could no longer rely upon the supply of Jewish teachers from Europe. Yet we— all those responsible—lacked the will, the determination and the foresight to create the climate and provide the opportunities and challenges for young people to enter the field of Jewish edu- cation and thereby striking at the Indifference toward continuing a vibrant Jewish life. It can serve no good purpose to assign blame for this shortsighted- ness and neglect. However, the formidable "neglectors" have been and will continue to be those per- sons in leadership of the Jewish Community — the executives, the professionals, the lay board and Committees, the spiritual leaders, the Jewish education leadership who have not exhibited fortitude and imagination and the vast par- ent group. Therefore, to find solutions to the problems we face, requires the wisdom and the determina- tion of precisely the same groups who practically abdicated their basic Jewish responsibility of assuring the continuation and enhancement of Jewish life. Ta attract young people to en- ter the Jewish teaching profession, the community must be prepared to offer them opportunities for growth, fulfillment and advance- ment. We must create a favorable environment for our teachers. Their efforts should be recognized and appreciated. Their counsel and I Men's Clubs involvement in matters of Jewish education planning should be sought. They should come in con- tact with parents and members of school committees and boards of directors. They should be guaran- teed salaries according to an equitable scale arrived at by lay committees and teacher repre- sentatives. Their teacher- organization should be recognized by the lay boards, as the bargaining agents for the individual and collective welfare of its membership. They should be guaranteed tenure, fringe benefits and opportunities to appear in case of grievance against the employing institutions. I believe we have countless numbers of young men and women who can be encouraged to enter the field of Jewish teaching— young people who possess the spark of devotion and the "call- ing" to serve their people. We should stir them, evoke in them a brand of Yiddishkeit which has lain dormant. DR. SYLVAN J. GINSBURGH Principal, United Hebrew High School. need to become cognizant that in order for the Jewish community to attract its youth to the teach- ing profession it must: 1. Give the capable person the opportunity to apply the knowledge he has learned at the university to the teach- ing of Hebrew. 2. Allow him to experiment with new methods and inno- vations. 3. Establish supportive services for the teacher and student, such as guidance and coun- seling. 4. Install foreign language - laboratories and other ap- propriate equipment in the Hebrew schools. 5. Provide the young American Hebrew teacher with a learn- i n g experience in Israel which would instill in him the confidence that he knows a living language and not just a literary one, by hav- ing been exposed to the land and its people. 6. Facilitate the opportunity to do research in conjunction with the construction of a * * * curriculum that meets the Editor, The Jewish News: needs of the community. Congratulations on your posi- 7. Remunerate the Hebrew tive editorial for the need of im- teacher with a salary which proved Jewish education. How- would be commensurate with ever, more added reverence for his education and abilities. the Hebrew teacher will not at- 8. See to it that parents will tract able youth to its teaching actively participate in He- profession. brew education as they do in The Jewish public, along with secular education. people in responsible positions JOSHUA S. 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