Ethel Cohen's Work for the Deaf
Director of Nursery Schools for Israel's
Deaf Appeals for Aid in Expansion Plans
Brevities
iLinda Talon to Marry
Alan L. Michaels
Sales of new individual life in-
surance by the DETROIT-GOLD
agency of the Massachusetts Mu-
t u a 1 Life Insurance Co. during
the month of July amounted
said. The regular public school to $1,637,330 and ranked the local
teachers are alerted and trained agency 11th among the company's
to understand the deaf children's 119 general agencies. Headed by
plight and their school tasks are RUBEN GOLD, the agency has
normalized.
been in business in Detroit since
"We teach the children to
1956.
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identify sounds, to understand
and to use meaningful words,"
Sigmund Romberg's melodious
she explained, pointing out:
"THE STUDENT PRINCE," with
"Our emphasis is on auditory
beautiful opera - television star
training, not on lip reading. We
have succeeded in teaching
babies to talk. We go into homes
to provide training for the very
young, in addition to the class
work. I am sure there is no
doubt that Israel is in the fore-
front of such efforts in behalf
of the very young."
When this photograph appeared
on the first page of the April 2
issue of The Jewish News, in the
educational material for the Allied
Jewish Campaign, the teacher of
the deaf child in the photo was
identified by her brother-in-law,
David J. Cohen. She is Mrs. Abra-
ham (Ethel) Cohen, assistant di-
rector of the Micha school for the
deaf in Tel Aviv. She is shown
here giving auditory training to
a youngster.
Mrs. Cohen is a former De-
troiter. Her husband was a social
worker here prior to their settle-
ment in Israel where he is now on
the staff of Malben.
A graduate of Hunter College,
Mrs. Cohen specialized in training
the deaf in studies at the Lexing-
ton School in New York and she
received her Master's degree at
Columbia University while con-
ducting her specialized studies at
the Lexington School. It was with
the help and encouragement of the
late Morris L. Schaver that she
was enabled to pursue her grad-
uate studies.
Mrs. Cohen, here on a brief
visit with her sister, Mrs. Boris
Joffe, and with the David
Cohens, said that while she is
not here on an official visit she
hopes that the story of Micha
school functions she might in-
terest Detroiters in plans for
the urgently needed expansion
to provide training for the very
young in Israel who are afflicted
by deafness. Micha, she said, is
a voluntary school system that
receives. only 10 per cent of its
income from the Israel Ministry
of Education, and she added
that even this meager support
is unique in efforts to assist
youngsters as young as one
year.
we need is a center where
every child will get the train-
ing so urgently needed. At
present we have 86 children in
our nurseries. There is room for
only 30 of them — 10 in each
class — and the others receive
afternoon care on a limited
basis. We plead for generous
and understanding people to
assist us in creating the direly
needed center."
The Israel government, Mrs.
Cohen explained, contributes only
eight pounds—$2.66--a month for
each child's schooling. This, too,
she said, is an unusual participa-
tion for any government any-
where, since schooling in the
Micha nurseries begins in as early
an age as one year, and there
is no government that supports
free educational efforts prior to
kindergarten age. She also said
that each set of hearing aids costs
750 Israeli pounds—$250—and that
in addition to providing children
with such sets it is necessary to
replace parts frequently.
"This requires a large budget,
and the voluntary basis on which
our school is conducted creates
many financial problems for us,"
Mrs. Cohen said, pleading for
kindness wherever aid can be se-
cured.
When the children in the Micha
nurseries conclude their training,
they are enabled to enter the reg-
ular kindergartens, Mrs. Cohen
Micha, Mrs. Cohen said, also
provides lecturers for doctors and
nurses to explain the needs of the
deaf youths. "By providing hear-
ing aids for the very young for
early use, the chances of develop-
ing good speech is fabulous," she
said.
Mrs. Cohen said that the chil-
dren in the Micha nurseries now
include four Arab youngsters and
an Arab teacher is being trained
to assist in reaching out to these
and to other Arab youths who will
be welcomed by Micha.
Those interested in Mrs.
Cohen's most interesting story
about the aid given to the deaf
can reach her during the coming
few days, before her return to
her home in Tel Aviv, at the
homes either of her sister, Mrs.
Joffe, or her brother-in-law, David
J. Cohen.
Jewish Author Honored
by President of Austria
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24—Friday, August 13, 1965
gligaM
MISS LINDA TALON
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Talon
of Northlawn Ave. announce the (
engagement of their daughter
Linda Joy to Robert Stuart
Michaels, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Allen L. Michaels of Kenmore,
N.Y.
The bride-elect is a' junior at the
University of Michigan. Mr.
Michaels completed his pre-medi-
cal studies at the University of
Michigan and is presently enrolled
at the Northwestern School of
Medicine in Chicago.
Fireworks will be displayed open-
ing and closing nights of the Mich-
igan State Fair — Friday, Aug. 27,
and Monday, Sept. 6.
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"We now operate in very
small quarters, and a play-
ground in one of the schools is
in the form of a mere sand-
box," Mrs. Cohen said. "What
graces the stage of Northland
Playhouse this week. As its next-
to-last production, the Northland
Playhouse Children's Musical
Theatre will present "The Invisi-
ble Indian Chief," with a dancing
bear in the cast, at 11 a.m. and
2 p.m. Saturday.
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"THE SHOWS THAT HAVE
EVERYTHING," antiques shows
and sales, will be held at Roma
Halls in East Detroit and Livonia
this month. The East Detroit show
will be 1-10 p.m. Tuesday through
Aug. 20, at 24845 Gratiot at 10
Mile, and the show will be seen
at the same times Aug. 24-27 at
27777 Schoolcraft, Livonia. Door
prizes and a continuous snack bar
will be featured at both shows,
and all exhibits will be for sale.
Nominal admission. Managing both
shows will be Don Schaupeter of
Eleven Mile Rd., Roseville.
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The Wayne County Circuit Court
Judges have taken new measures
in an attempt to further help cou-
ples avoid divorce proceedings. A
uniquely designed brochure entitled
"YOU CAN STILL SAVE YOUR
MARRIAGE" is now ready for dis-
tribution. This brochure is avail-
able to attorneys upon request. Di-
rect correspondence to Edward J.
Staniec, director, Wayne County
Circuit Court Marriage Counseling
Service, 600 Randolph, Room 521,
Detroit 48226, or call 962-3644, ex-
tension 80. State the number of
copies desired.
VIENNA (JTA) —President
Jonas of Austria awarded to
Georg Kuenstilinger, Jewish author
and newspaper owner, the Silver
Order of Merit of the Republic of
Austria.
Kuenstilinger is the owner of
the only Jewish monthly, "Neue
Welt," in Austria. He has gained
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restitution to the victims of
Nazism.
Micha is a name derived from
the initials of the Hebrew words
started activities, strictly on a
voluntary basis, 10 years ago, with
one part time teacher. When Mrs.
Cohen came to Israel six years
ago, she gave full time to the
school. Now there are three teach-
ers, a social worker and a psy-
chologist. Dr. Ezra Korine of the
Tel Hashomer Hospital supervises
the school's activities on a volun-
teer basis. Dr. Jerone Reichstein
is the director and Mrs. Cohen
is the assistant director.
There are three nursery schools
in Tel Aviv and one in Ashdod,
in the Micha setup, and there
is hope that with means being
made available branches will be
opened in a number of other Is-
raeli sectors, especially in the
larger cities.
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Chaplain (Capt.) Samuel Sobel, left, the first rabbi commis-
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shown being congratulated by Maj. Gen. Charles E. Brown, chief
of Army chaplains and chairman of Armed Forces Chaplains Board,
on his appointment as executive director of the board. This body,
an advisory group to the secretary of defense on religious and
morale matters in the armed forces, engages in joint planning on
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