911f2AAailL JD 3.h2. COMMUnitg- • • • 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 : r t 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. f. fiacoi • —9rivin goner S amuel C —Kovan Rabbi Congregation Shaarey Zedek Asst. Rabbi 7 tt 4 ri "The old shall be renewed; and the new shall be sanctified." P eniamitz correlich S amuel croierman Rabbi President Beth Aaron Synagogue President —ilarry 09. got:fiery. M eteltrman int in VVeijz OJC.4 Rabbi President Congregation B'nai Moshe I rving Set:nipper eeniamin ■ Inzer Rabbi President M orris ctielerman President Judge Radon R.-Chi/man Labor Zionist Council of Detroit Mordecai S —llalpern _;rank gfjo n Metropolitan Detroit B'nai B'rith Council President President President Congregation Beth Shalom Percy — Kaptan Exec. Director. M ro. g eorge Rai .3 President Aaron .hi/man President President george Michigan Council American Jewish Congress Women's Division American Jewish Congress Rabbi 2 )aVicl ...Stanley Roiengarten Rabbi President .2)avicl °Lel Rabbi 2)1 '. Manuel .gelclnzan Congregation Ahavas Achim President 2 )r. ,Leon -gram Rabbi R icliarLX M r.,. Samuel Jiitzman President Livonia Jewish Congregation THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Rabbi M Robert Syme Rabbi Temple Israel . 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 — Rabbi Voalt M gamze Adas Shalom Synagogue Zionist Organization of Detroit &ward Panta Rabbi oteonard S Galan President earmi M Stomoviiz e. .segat w ri Friday, May 12. 1967-25