Importance of Audio Visual Coursell -labet Ushma' Explained by Mathis The importance of the United Hebrew Schools' "Habet Ushma" audio visual course was outlined in an important article by J. Meyer Mathis in the Hebrew magazine Sheviley Hahinukh. The following portion of the article relates to the current program. It was translated from the Hebrew by Julian Tobias. * * s makes possible constant drill with- The United Hebrew Schools in- out tiring of either teacher or pupil. troduced, in the academic year F. Makes habitual the reading of un- yowled text. 1967-68, the audio visual course G. By this method, the natural af- "Habet Ushma" (Didier Chilton) finity of the American student for technology expresses itself in a —twenty lessons in film strips more positive attitude toward learn- with accompanying audio tapes, ing Hebrew and to the teacher who uses this system. each lesson in two units. The sys- tem was begun in nine classes— The Midrasha of the United He- six. high school and three elemen- brew Schools of Detroit has intro- tary—and the instructors in those duced a course in instructional classes found the method most ef- technology in which twenty-two fective in the achievement of the veteran United Hebrew Schools in- following objectives: structors and undergraduate stu- I. To encourage the student to speak dents have taken part. Follow-up Hebrew. Z. To provide practice in expressing courses are arranged for smaller one's self in fluent Hebrew. groups of teachers for the pur- 3. To accustom the student to the native Israeli accent which may pose of developing techniques for differ from that of the teacher. the planning and production of To describe everyday situations in teacher-made audio visual mate- Hebrew. The advantages of the above are: rials. A. Concentrating the student's atten- tion through simultaneously seeing Inseparable from planning the and hearing subject matter. B. The lengthening of the pupil's at- use of the material is the planning tention span, even among those of its production. Even though we deficient in it. C. Aiding the solving of disciplinary realize that "Habet Ushma" was problems in difficult classes. D. Planned learning according to the intended primarily for immigrants capability of the class as well as to Israel who knew neither how the individual student (No more to read nor write Hebrew, we “unteachables"). E. The use of the audio visual equip- were ready to accept It as a start- ment and methods broadens the les- sons, enriches the vocabulary and ing point in teaching the use of Hebrew as an everyday spoken language. In this respect, we have been able to reconcile the neces- sary improvisations, additions and INCORPORATED changes in this course without ap- Jireciably deviating from the basic instructional principles of "Habet Ushma". The educational objectives of our afternoon American Hebrew rtistry Schools differed appreciably from that which the originators of "Ha- in bet Ushma" intended, and there- fore alterations and adaptations were appropriate and necessary. The basic •problem was: "How do we brdige the gap between this 20010 James Couze n s Drive elementary "conversational" He- brew and the teaching of 'Fora, Detroit 35, Michigan the Prophets and Literature In classic Hebrew?" CO ,Data We have approached this prob- P! o n e: 342-5666 lem on the high school level in , 7.'H. Grant A T . TEMPLE ISRAEL Invites the Community to Hear DR. JAKOB J. PETUCHOWSKI Distinguished Professor at Hebrew Union College Speaking MONDAY, JANUARY 6th At 8:30 p.m., Temple Israel 17400 Manderson Rd. • On the Subject "THE BIBLE OF THE SYNAGOGUE: How the Rabbis Read Scripture" The speaker, Dr. Petuchowski, is Professor of Rabbinics and Jewish Theology at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. One of the most respected theologians In the country today, Dr. Petuchowski has written over 250 ar- ticles in the fields of rabbinics and theology. His important mes- sage is easily translated by Dr. Petuchowski into laymen's terms. Final speaker in Temple Israel Lecture Series will be: Rabbi Eugene B. Horowitz, Professor of Jewish Religious Thought subject: " e in New at Hebrew Union 1N AMERICAN JEWISH FICTION." THE RELIGIOUS TURN College the United Hebrew Schols by in- ventorying the total vocabulary of the twenty units in an annotated alphabetic word list. In addition, we have added word lists for each unit, covering the vocabulary of each particular lesson. We have introduced the reading of short Hebrew stories from the series of "Ivrit Kala" (Easy Hebrew). At the end of the tenth unit, a special instructional method has been developed in our audio-visual laboratory for the purpose of in- troducing the students to the stu- dy of the book of Joshua, utilizing the media that the students were already accustomed to, ie., the film strip, the audio tape, re- lated printed scripts, etc. The utili- zation of the above self-produced material facilitates the familiari- zation of our students with the sophisticated classic Hebrew of the high school curriculum. The instructional audio visual laboratory of the United Hebrew Schools was established at the be- ginning of the school year, and the prospects for development and utilization are already apparent. Several classes were provided with audio visual equipment as well as proper '-material for the teaching of reading, language and history. Among the teachers who are familiar with the more mod- ern processes of teaching-learning there is an aparent . growing en- thusiasm for implimentation of the work and for the creation of teacher-produced materials. The problem of fragmentation of creative talents and efforts Catholic Authors Book on Midrash A Review by Irving I. Katz A distinguished president of a noted Catholic seminary is the author of a scholarly Hebrew work. He is the Very Rev. Addison G. Wright, S. S., rector of St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, whose book "Midrash" was recently published by Alba House, Staten Island, N.Y. Father Wright is a prominent biblical scholar and an authority on biblical Hebrew. Apriest of the Society of St. Sulpice, he received his master in Semitic languages from the Catholic University of America, his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontificial Bib- lical Institute in Rome, and his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America. Prior to his assumption of the presidency of St. John's Seminary, he served as professor of Old Testament and Biblical He- brew at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. In his thoroughly documented book, based on the best Jewish and non-Jewish sources in many languages, Father Wright traces the name Midrash from its first appearance in the Bible (in the Second Book of Chronicles—Chap- ter 13, verse; Chapter 24, verse 27) where reference is made to the "Midrash of the Prophet Iddo" and the "Midrash of the Book of Kings," to the meaning of Midrash in Qumran literature, rabbinic literature, and its modern usage. A chapter is devoted to examples of pre-rabbinic Midrash, such as the Midrash on the Passover Hag- gada (the book containing the ritual for the Passover Seder), the Pesharim (biblical commentaries from Qumran), the Palestinian (translations), the Biblical Anti- quities of Pseudo-Philo, the Gene- sis Apocryphon, etc. Another chap- ter is concerned with the charac- teristics of Rabbinic Midrash. Father Wright's pioneering in- vestigation of Midrash as a liter- ary form critically delineates its primary characteristics, points to- ward a definition, and clarifies his position with examples. His work is based on patient and long re- search. As a significant contribu- tion to modern biblical studies, it deserves a careful study by all 'students of Scripture. caused by the lack of communica- tion and coordination between Jewish educational institutions, educators and teachers in the United States is a grave one. Each of us is busy creating material, systems and methods in the same subject and areas wtih almost identical objectives (wherever we may be located). It would be most worthwhile if we could concen- trate all these creative efforts in central places and effect coopera- tion of all the pioneering "road builders" into one unified force. In conclusion it is our hope that the national institutions as well as local school systems will initiate regional" centers for these pur- poses: 1. Introduction of multi-media meth- ods into the curriculum of Hebrew schools. 2. Training of technical aides. 3. Preparation of master prototypes. 4. Instruction of teachers in the prep- aration of audio *visual teaching materials. 5. Establishment of regional experi- mental laboratories for scientific evaluation of achievements. 6. Coordination of the work of vari- ousregional centers in one national audio visual center. 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