Dr. Sara Feinstein, Hebraist,
Narrates ZOD-56 Programs

Sponsored by the Zionist Organi-
of Detroit, the 13 week "To
Israel With Hebreu - prrgrams
will commence on Channel :1.9 at
C, 3o p rn
Tuesday
Dr
Sara Feinstein. nationally
kir•wri educator and master teach-
er of Ilebrew, will be mentor of
this program
Vocabularies of the progra ins
still be published by The Jew ish
Nests, co sponsor of the program.
in ads uric of the neck's presenta-
tion
Dr. Joel Hamburger, 701)
president, during whose admin-
istration an extensive cultural
program was adopted to include
the sponsorship of the - To Israel
Kith Hebrew - television educa-
tional series, emphasized that
DR. SARA FEINSTEIN
- promotion of Jewish cultural
the same time b; an instructive
s aloes - has emerged as one of
the major objectives of the
and entertaining program for all
Zionist Organization of Detroit.
in vies', of the scenic Israeli fac
He punted to the sponsorship of tors in the televised travelogue.
Balfour Concerts as the means of
The televised "To Israel With
securmg the funds needed to carry
the national protects and activities Hebrew" programs- were prepared
in Israel Participation in Annual by the Tarbuth Foundation for the
Jewish Book Fair and observance Advancement of Hebrew Culture
of Jewish Book Month were gin en and the education department of
as indications of ZOD priorities in the American section of the World
cultural efforts. Zionist Organization. Sights of Is-

zation

Dr. Hamburger expressed the rael arc shown in travelogue form
hope that the Hebrew television during the TV show in an inter-
program will he of help to students mingling of the sounds of Hebrew
of Hebrew, that it will supplement and the joys of learning the Ian-
the studies of adults and will at guage

Encyclopedia Judaica: a Superb
Compendium of Jewish Knowledge

IRV ERVING I. KATZ

Executive

Secretary. Temple Beth
11,tortographer of the Jews of

to

michig an

The first corr.prehensive, classic
compendium of Jewish knowledge
in English was the Jewish Ency-
clopedia m 12 volumes (New York,
1901 19261. edited by Isidore
Singer
Isaac 1 andman 'edited the 10-
volume Universal
Jest ish
Ency-
clopedia in F:nglish (New York.
1939-43i .
A number of one-volume ency-
clop•dias in English also were
published, including the Standard
Jewish Encyclopedia, edited by
Prof Cecil Roth, internationally
renowned Jewish historian of En,-
land who settled in Israel in 1964
and died there :n 1970.
More has happened to the
Jewish people in recent decades
than in many centuries, and the
need has long been felt for a
new, modern, scientific and un-
ttydate Jewish encyclopedia
in
English. Recent times have wit-
nessei major revolutions in Jew-
ish life. The Holocaust brought
the tragic annihilation of so much
of Jewish life and learning, lost
fereser to mankind.
New centers and disciplines of
.leui , li scholarship hate arisen
These renters are in the United
States where more than half of the
Jews of the world live and contrib-
ute greatly to all aspects of Ameri-
can lif•.- and in the state of Israel.
created only after the H o locaust .
Israc! also represents a new fac-
tor I intersity in .lowish life
an
't ■ rning
of a new Jewish
F II ji,11 was under-
Likcr
t
ernment six
yeri-
I .
is ...II the fi
:
.i the
Inoted
St it.
the appear
s
the lit vol u me
Ent t ■
Juila. a
i int ludinz
s
the r
p'iblish•d lis the Neter
lin.
110use Ltd • Jerusalem.
and dis'r.l uteri in this country by
Nli-cmillan and the Keter Ameri-
can office.
The encyclopedia. ...claimed as
the most important .Jewish publi
cation of the 211th Centurs, has
been highly praised by President
Shatar of Israel. President Nixon

56—Friday, May 12, 1972

and Queen Elizabeth of England.
It was edited by Prof. Roth, who
was succeeded after his death by
Dr. Geoffrey Wigoder of the He-
brew University. Nearly 2.000 con-
tributors froth 39 countries helped
produce the definitive work.
The encyclopedia contains over
11,000,000 words in more than
13,000 pages, with 8,000 illus-
trations, maps, charts and dia-
grams. The richness of the Jew-
ish heritage, traditions, philoso-
phy, rituals, religion and way
of life are within the covers of
the Encyclopedia Judaica, with
special documentation of the
Holocaust period, the establish-
ment and development of the
state of Israel, and contempir
ary Jewry.
The researcher, scholar. student
and layman will find in the
of the new encyclopedia a com-
plete library of authoritative sum-
maries of Jewish knowledge in a
lucid presentaticn of the past and
the present.
Detroiters will be pleased to
learn that they are represented in
the "Encyclopedia Judaica" by Dr.
Bernard M. Goldman. professor of
art history at Wayne State Uni-
versity, Dr. Joseph Gutmann. pro-
fessor of art history at Wayne
State University: Irving 1 Katz.
executive secretary of Temple Beth
1-11 and historiographer of the Jews
of Michigan, and Philip Slomovitz,
editor of The Detroit Jewish News.
Goldman's two articles deal with
the 6th Century Bet Alpha Syna-
gogue in Israel. Gutmann's five
articles are devoted to illuminated
Hebrew manuscripts of the Middle
Ages. Slomovitz's articles deal with
ish
journalism. Katz's 10
..rticies cover "Detroit." "Michi
gan. : . and beigraphical sketches of
ichigan Jeu s
The writer of this article has
called to the attention cf the editor
- Encyclopedia Judaica -
of the
several typographical errors in the
articles en "Michigan" and "De-
troit - as well as the absence of
biographies of a number of prom-
inent Detroit leaders. It is hoped
that the corrections and additional
biographies will appear in the
1973 Yearbook that the Ency-
clopedia Judaica is planning to
publish

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

'To Israel With Hebrew' 13-Week
Program Commences on Channel 56

First Program in Series to Be Presented Under Sponsorship
of Zionist Organization of Detroit at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday

Jewish News to.Publish Week's Vocabulary
for Series in Issue Preceding Program

this is the Vocabulary foil the First Lesson

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SEE YOU AGAIN

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