40—Friday, October 28, 1966
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Errors
Essays by Eminent Educators Outline Many
Issues Affecting 'Judaism and Jewish School'
By SAUL KLEIMAN
"Who
discerns his own errors?"
Jewish educational needs and
110 till
—Psalms 19:13.
the conditions that have affected
"An honest error is to be pitied, Jewish communal schools have
Oct. 20 — To Dr. and Mrs.
been under discussion for several
not ridiculed."—Lord Chester-
Allan D. Weiner (Betty Perlmut-
decades. Men of eminence have
field.
ter of El Paso), 21000 Gardner,
Oak Park, a son, Howard Kenneth.
The basis for the classical maxim dealt with the issues involved. The
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"Errare est humanum" may be vital essays on the subject have
been selected in a volume edited
Oct. 19 — To Mr. and Mrs. ascribed to the incident which in- and published under the title "Ju-
Lawrence Schiff (Judith Sukenic), volved Moses, "the Man of God" daism and the Jewish School" by
16349 Harden Circle, Southfield, a (Dent. 33:1), his brother Aaron, two leaders in the field of Jewish
and the latter's two sons, Elazar
son, Mark Sydney.
education, Judah Pilch and Meir
and Ithamar.
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Ben-Horin'.
Moses
had
instructed
his
two
Oct. 16
To Dr. and Mrs.
The volume, published for the
Arnold Nedelman (Rebecca Mosen nephews to observe strictly cer- American Association for 'Jewish
of Detroit) of Wichita, a son, Jef- tain laws pertaining to particular Education by Bloch Publishing
animal sacrifices. Upon scrutiny Co., contains the views of such
frey Paul.
Moses found that they failed to eminent scholars as the late Dr.
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carry out his orders. This angered Israel Friedlaender and the late
Oct. 15 — To Dr. and Mrs. Zwi him very much and he remonstrat-
Steiger (Amelia Janiotis), 19344 ed for their extreme violation. Dr. Louis Ginzberg; those of Dr.
Salo W. Baron and Mordecai M.
Griggs, a son, David.
Aaron came and explained to Kaplan; of educators who created
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Moses that his instructions to the the foundations for Jewish educa-
Oct. 15 — To Dr. and Mrs. two brothers were an error and tional efforts three and more dec-
Lawrence Krugel (Carol Galinkin), that their actions were right.
ades ago and active educators of
1105 Maiden Lane, Ann Arbor, a
In harmony with "A soft an- the present time.
son, Robert Jeffrey.
swer turneth away wrath" (Prow.
In an introductory statement
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15:1), Aaron's explanation pleased to this collection of important
Oct. 14 — To Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Moses very much.
essays, Ben-Horin urges: "We
S. Gitt (Arline Greenberg), 20820
This incident, which is the first ought to pioneer—here and in Is-
Gardner, Oak Park, a daughter, of its kind recorded in the Bible rael—with educational programs
Vicki Lynn.
(Lev. 10:12. 20), shows that no through which the promise in-
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matter how great a person may herent in our Jewishness is made
Oct. 13 — To Mr. and Mrs. be, he is subject to err; and that manifest in our fuller humanity
and our humanity fulfilled in
Gerald Appelman (Ronna Naimark regardless of the extremity of the
more intelligent and compas-
of Detroit) of Kalamazoo, a daugh- error, it can be rectified.
sionate Jewishness. The Jewish
ter, Elissa Gayle.
The following incident is rela-
education profession ought to
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tively of recent date. and the
unite for the purpose of estab-
people involved in it include
Oct. 12 — To Mr. and Mrs.
lishing Jewish schools in which
the writer of these lines. It is
Lawrence Solomon (Barbara Dick-
learners come to use the ob-
being recorded here, for the first
man), 19455 McIntyre, a son,
jects, the skills, the arts, the
time, because of its extraordinary
Douglas Peter.
sciences, the practices, the
nature:
A group of people was in the ideals of their people and,
through such use, experience the
Oct. 11 — To Mr. and Mrs. chapel for the "Maariv (evening)
Melvin Strager (Avren Foreman), service. The custom required that release, the exercise, and the
enlargement of their capacities
30080 Briarton, Farmington, a son, each time the worshipers finished
Reuben Benjamin.
reading a paragraph or a section to think deeply, to feel lovingly,
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of the liturgy, they should wait for and to walk humbly with their
the
officiant's repetition of the God."
Oct. 10 — To Mr. and Mrs.
Ben-Horin makes an anlysis of
Michael Udman, (Carol Stone), last sentence. This sentence hap-
28900 Lancaster, Livonia, a son, pened to read "Blessed are You intellectual freedom in relation to
who loves his people Israel!" The the Jewish schools and the need
Robert Daniel.
Hebrew word for "loves" is for unity and the teaching of reli-
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"Ohave." The word for "hates" is gious concepts and asserts:
Oct. 9 — To Mr. and Mrs.
"0-Yave" (the Y is to be pro-
"Intellectual diversity in Juda-
David Molitz (Leslie Sklar), 24364
Rensselaer, Oak Park, a son, nounced like in "yes," "you"). The ism and concomitant divergence
last three words of the sentence in Jewish practice are here to
Jeffrey Marc.
reads: "0-hav amo Yisrael." Came stay and, in fact, are here to be
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Oct. 1—To Dr. and Mrs. Shel- the officiant, and exclaime d fostered. Yet, despite their intel-
don Brown (Frances Novetsky of "OYAV AMO YISRAEL!" (who lectual incompatibility, Jews on
Detroit), Marblehead, Mass., a son, hates his people Israel). A num- either side of many an issue unite
ber of the worshippers were in living their Judaism and in car-
Stephen Barry,
shocked at that extreme error.
rying it into the future, and they
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Most of the people left immedi- may unite in educating themselves
Oct. 1—To Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Radner (Susan Klinger), 20333 ately after the services. Those who and their children. Hence the hope
Beaverland, a son, Kenneth Mat- remained spared no criticism of for Jewish educational unity is not
the "cantor." "Let's hear what entirely utopian. However, such
thew.
Mr. Kleiman thinks about that dis- unity must not be sought where it
agreeable matter," they said. They has been in the past. The hope for
CERTIFIED EXPERT MOHEL
all agreed and were waiting for intellectual agreement lies not on
my words.
the , Judaism side of our Jewish
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"Let me quote to you a Hebrew school equation but on the side of
proverb first. Tin ra bli tov'; the nature of the school and the
there is hardly any evil that hasn't educational enterprise. We may
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regarding the evil of saying 'who God but we may agree on the
hates' instead of 'who loves.' meaning of school. In the name of
Moreover, this error to your sur- faith, some may then persist in
prise served an excellent purpose. remaining outside the agreement.
Rabbi
The Talmud (Tractate Brahot, page They may fear the schools as in-
Shaiall Zachariash
54a) says: 'It is the duty of every stitutions unsafe to unquestioned
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person to thank God for suffering belief, as agencies subversive of
as he is thankful for good things unconditional commitments. But
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that he enjoyed.' Have we been most of us will support the school
observing this Talmudic command- as an institution both hazardous
ment? Frankly—NO! The officiant and indispensable. We are more
came to our Maariv service and likely to accept all manner of
REV. GOLDMAN L.
recited aloud 'Blessed art Thou, hardship and sacrifice than per-
0 Lord Who hates His people manently to permit arbitrary re-
Israel (when it is remiss in the strictions on the freedom to teach
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and the freedom to learn. This is
observance of His Laws).
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Resume: Just as Aaron's defense so because, as men and as Jews,
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of Elazar and Ithamar pleased we are concerned with the conse-
Moses very much thousands of quences which flow from either a
years ago, so did S. K.'s defense muzzled or a free school for the
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of the officiant currently pleased human condition and the future of
the Jewish people."
the worshipers very much.
A vast area is covered in the
essays collected for this volume.
Basketball Stories
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A new sports season has begun, ences, shared in the writings of
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attention of those interested in as the works of the late Samson
athletics.
Benderly, Emanuel Gamoran
For young readers, "The Boys' and Leo Honor; of noted leaders
Life Book of Basketball Stories" now active—Louis Kaplan, Wil-
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The stories were selected by the tion, and the views of men like
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lustrations are by Harry Schaare.
Menachem Ribalow, Zvi Sharf-
An
cements
Israel Goodman
MARSHALL
stein; of Prof. Horace Kallen and
Samuel M. Blumenfeld, are util-
ized for this work.
The standpoints of the Yiddish-
Progressive, the Orthodox, the Re-
form, Conservative and Recon-
structionist schools are evaluated
to the fullest, and there are af-
firmations in support of the Day
School as well as more general re-
views of the meaning of Jewish
education.
This volume is timely. It consid-
ers the status of Jewish education
in a changing world. It discusses
the needs while recognizing the
obstacles. It is valuable for educa-
tors who must keep abreast of the
time's challenges and must be
studied by laymen who are con-
cerned over the needs to be ur-
gently filled in providing the best
possible education for Jewish
youth
Children's Book Treasures: 'Tall
Tales' Nonsense' to Delight the Young
School's reopening also draws at-
tention to the child's reading, and
to spice the serious there is en-
tertainment that will delight the
youngsters.
Two Viking Press junior books
provide the pleasure one seeks for
the young reader who seeks read-
ing matter in the lighter vein: Wil-
liam Cole's selected poems "What
Nonsense" and Adrien Stouten-
burg's "American Tall Tales."
Stories about Paul Bunyan,
Davy Crockett and Johnny Ap-
pleseed, traditional gems, are
among those included in the
"Tall Tales." With the splendid
illustrations by Richard M. Pow-
ers, this book assumes an attrac-
tive role as a collection of nar-
ratives certain to thrill young
readers.
of the snaggle-toothed beast.
He sleeps till noon,
then ?nakes his feast
on Hreshey bars
and cakes of yeast
and anyone around—o.
So when you see him,
sneeze three times
and say three loud
and senseless rhymes
and give him all your
saved-up dimes
or else you'll ne'er be found—o.
There isn't a young reader who
won't find some fun in most of the
50 collected poems.
Here are two Viking books that
are real treats—for the young and
the young at heart.
Thanksgiving
Stoutenburg has included in his
collection of "Tall Tales" stories
about Joe Magarac, Mike Fink, Pe-
cis Bill, Stormalong and John Hen-
ry. A very readable book, full of
adventure, it possesses all the
qualities boys and girls will seek
in entertaining reading.
There are 50 fun-filled poems in
"What Nonsense !" and the collec-
tion by Cole and the drawings,
filled with charm and thoroughly
imaginative, were ably done by
Tomi Ungerer.
A typical sample of the humor
and the "nonsense" is the poem
by Jack Prelutsky, "From the
Sublime to the Ridiculous to the
Sublimely Ridiculous to the Ridic-
ulously Sublime":
An antelope eating a cantaloupe
is surely a strange thing to see,
but a cantaloupe eating a antelope
is something that never will be.
(and an antelope eating an ante-
lope
is a thing that can hardly be-
fall,
but a canteloupe eating a canta-
loupe—
well, that never could happen
at all !)
There is, also, for example, one
of Shel Silverstein's poems, "Be-
ware. My Child":
Beware, my child,
Psalm 30
Sing praise unto the Lord, 0 ye
godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy
name . . .
For His anger is but for a mo-
ment,
His favor is for a life-time;
Weeping may tarry for the night
But joy co?neth in the morning...
Thy didst turn my mourning into
dancing
So that my soul may sing praise
to Thee, and not be silent.
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