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HILLEL DAY SCHOOL'S fulfillment of these aims has been widely recognized. Its
The growth of the HILLEL DAY SCHOOL, since its founding nine years ago, is
proof that there is a vital need for such a school in our Jewish community. We are
proud of its fine record and anticipate its even greater enrichment of the Jewish life of
Detroit.
outstanding educational program has been accorded a national award, as well as the ring-
ing tributes of such notable visitors as the late Moshe Sharett, former Prime Minister of
Israel, and the distinguished author Maurice Samuel, who after his "sit-in" at Hillel clas-
The school now consists of a Kindergarten, six Elementary Grades and a Junior
High School through the Ninth Grade. Its student enrollment is 265 boys and girls, with
300 expected next September — a remarkable ten-fold increase over the 27 bright-eyed
youngsters who joined the pioneer Kindergarten and First Grade in the Fall of 1958.
ses two months ago, declared: "The hours I spent in your classes have done more for my
spirits and for my vision of the future than a hundred books and sermons."
This glowing record has been achieved by H I LLEL DAY SCHOOL in spite of severe
The Hillel students constitute a full cross-section of the Detroit and suburban
Kehilla, including children of families affiliated with 21 Synagogues and Temples of all
denominations — as well as a number of non-synagogue-affiliated families.
material handicaps. It has to date received no organized community financial support;
and its physical facilities, housed in four successively recited quarters, have hardly been
Chartered by the State of Michigan, Hillel's curriculum offers, through tested and
approved modern methods of instruction, both an intensive Hebraic education (15 hours
a week) and an excellent system of training in General Secular studies.
adequate.
Now at last, HILLEL is on the verge of .realizing a nine-year-old
The HILLEL DAY SCHOOL does not minimize the important value of the after-
dream: the construction of a permanent and spacious school building,
noon programs of Hebrew instruction carried on in our Synagogues and in the commu-
on land which has been purchased with classrooms and facilities that
nity on the one hand, or of the Public School as the primary pillar of American life, on the
can fully serve the highest goals of its inspiring educational program.
other. Both of these types of education are essential and will recruit, as they should, the
largest number of Jewish children. The purpose of the HILLEL DAY SCHOOL is to help
Two epic milestones will be observed by HILLEL next month: its first
Graduation Exercises of the Ninth Graders on June 22; and the launching
create an elite corps of a richly informed Jewishly literate citizenry and to assure a vital
Jewish leadership—by the most intensive Hebraic-religious training, fully integrated with
of its BUILDING FUND DRIVE, to be celebrated by a memorable concert
the best democratic values of the American environment. The graduates of Hillel will
on JUNE 26, featuring RICHARD TUCKER both as Hazzan and operatic
bring to the community and to their particular careers the fruits of wide-ranging Jewish
virtuoso.
knowledge and of sound American ideals.
As Congregation and community leaders dedicated to the preservation of the Jew-
The HILLEL DAY SCHOOL utilizing the special opportunities of a full day system
of instruction, imparts to its students the following values:
a. A sense of identification with K'LAL YISRAEL and a loyalty to the ENTIRE
Jewish people and the Jewish community in their WHOLENESS.
ish tradition, and recognizing the primacy of Jewish education, we appeal to the entire
community to support HILLEL DAY SCHOOL'S noble enterprise. We believe that the
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL, both by reason of its notable accomplishments and high goals,
deserves a secure and honored place in our educational system. We ask all our constitu-
b. An understanding and a love of .Torah in its original tongue, and a
conception of the Jewish religion fi'fat is as modern as it is traditional.
An
understanding of the role ERETZ YISRAEL has played in Jewish history
c.
and thought, a strong sense of kinship with the spirit and culture of Medinat
Yisrael, and a fluent command of modern Hebrew.
d. An appreciation of the impact upon DEMOCRACY exerted by Biblical ideals,
and a fervent commitment to AMERICA and the FREE WORLD.
ents and friends to enable HILLEL DAY SCHOOL to achieve a home of its own which
will continue enriching the minds and hearts of our children with the twin splendors of
Judaism and of the American dream. This striving is suggested by the motto of the school :
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e. A high degree of PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT in Jewish life in this country,
culminating in a will to serve it.
High
standards of character and personal behavior.
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"The old shall be renewed; and the new shall be sanctified."
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S amuel croierman
Rabbi
President
Beth Aaron Synagogue
President
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Rabbi
President
Congregation B'nai Moshe
I rving Set:nipper
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Rabbi
President
M orris ctielerman
President
Judge Radon R.-Chi/man
Labor Zionist Council
of Detroit
Mordecai S —llalpern
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Metropolitan Detroit
B'nai B'rith Council
President
President
President
Congregation Beth Shalom
Percy
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Exec. Director.
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President
Aaron .hi/man
President
President
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Michigan Council
American Jewish Congress
Women's Division
American Jewish Congress
Rabbi
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...Stanley Roiengarten
Rabbi
President
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Rabbi
2)1 '. Manuel .gelclnzan
Congregation Ahavas Achim
President
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Rabbi
R icliarLX
M r.,. Samuel Jiitzman
President
Livonia Jewish Congregation
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Rabbi
M Robert Syme
Rabbi
Temple Israel
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Temple Beth Am
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
26—Friday, May 12, 1967
President
Pioneer Women of Detroit
Jewish National Fund of Detroit
M ilton -Ant
President
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
Congregation Beth Moses
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Rabbi
Voalt M gamze
Adas Shalom Synagogue
Zionist Organization
of Detroit
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Rabbi
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President
earmi M Stomoviiz
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