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24—Friday, July 26, 1974

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Canadian Jewish Fertility
Lowe st of All Ethnic Groups

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By BEN GALLOB

rent rate for Jews in Que-
bec "and well below the re-
placement level."
They reported that 296„940
Jews placed themselves in
the category of "ethnic
group" and 276,020 Jews de-
scribed themselves as mem-
bers of a religion. They as-
serted that the differential
was impossible to analyze
but that one interpretation
could be that nearly 20,000
Canadian Jews prefer the
ethnic to the religious label.

Biblical Words Two-Thirds of Modern Hebrew

JERUSALEM — Biblical
words are dominant in
modern Hebrew, compared
with later language strata.
This is one of the results of
Dr. Reuben Sivan's latest
research on linguistic strati-
fication of the "Independence
Scroll" of 1948.
Dr. Sivan, one of Israel's
foremost authorities on the
Hebrew language, a faculty
member of the David Yellin
Hebrew Teachers College,
has had his latest research
published in the college's
annual yearbook.
The scholar chose "Megilat
Ha Atzmaut" for his re-
search because its style is
"medium" style, a style of

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press and mass communica- the spoken Hebrew language,
including
tions, the nearest to "stan- since Israel is a country, of
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hundreds of thousands of im-
dard" style.
migrants who came to their
Dr. Sivan rewrote the In- new homeland already speak-
Personalized Party
dependence Scroll in four ing another tongue.
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columns, one for each
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As
hard
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schol-
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Accessories for all occasions.
biblical, tahnudic, medieval ars hate fought this trend,
Dr.
Sivan
said,
the
immi-
and modern. He found that
MARCIA MASSERMAN
biblical words were 66 per grants have been successful
cent, talmudic 16 per _cent, in many cases in introducing
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medieval only 4 per cent and foreign --words into the lan-
guage.
modern linguistic innovations
14 per cent of the total.
Last year, Dr. Sivan pub-
lished research on the use of
foreign words in Hebrew. At
that time, he said that there
STILL THE WORLD'S LARGEST
is a good reason why foreign
words have become part of

A Canadian rabbi and his
wife have reported that data
from the .1971 Canadian cen-
sus indicate that the fertility
of Canadian Jews is the low-
est of all ethnic groups in
Canada and that Jews over
the age of 45 are a larger
percentage of the 300,000-
member Jewish community
than is true for the Canadian
population as a whole.
The report was made by
Rabbi Bernard Raskin of
Hamilton and his wife, a re-
BIG
search associate at McMas- LA Federation
DISCOUNTS
ter University's department
ON ALL
of epidimology and bio-sta- Reports on Free
1974's
tistics. Their report, based on
IMMEDIATE
data on Jews in the 1971 Legal Aid Agency
DELIVERY
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —
Canadian census, appeared
in the United States, where. Nearly 100 poor Jews have
Free
Loaners
Dr.
Ginott
was
troubled
by
goes
to
"Let's play daddy
Jewish organizations have been helped by Bet Tzedek,
the real need to help mothers
grieving
a
young
war,"
said
,
adamantly resisted all Cen- a storefront neighborhood
and young children who suf-
sus proposals to study Jews law office here which pro- widow to her little girl. "One fered the loss of a husband
demographically, the Cana- vides free legal services to day daddy goes away. He
and a father, to mourn their
RED STOTSKY
dian census data include in- the low-income Jewish com- puts on his uniform and goes
MILT LEVIN
loss together.
Ilana
wonders:
where
away.
formation about Canadian munity, according to Edward
.Call
863-9300
Call 863-9300
She approached Dr. Nor-
Sanders, president of the is daddy? why doesn't he
Jewry.
come
home?
.
.
.
He
wants
to
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The Raskins reported that Jewish Federation-Council of come home and hug and kiss man Schanin( principal of
the David Yellin Hebrew
the census data showed that Greater Los Angeles.
his Ilana, but daddy is dead. Teachers . College . in . Bet
the Jewish birthrate in - The House of Justice,
Daddy was fighting very Hakerem, Jerusalem, her
Canada during the past 20 opened in February, is staff-
with guns and bombs husband's alma mater, and
years, and especially during ed by a volunteer corps of hard
and everybody suggested that the college
and
tanks
the past ten years, has been 30 attorneys and more than
said,:
Ilana's
daddy
is a very
substantially lower than that 50 law students. The major- good fighter and then he was undertake the publication of
a booklet on this subject. The
of the general population. ity of cases have involved
he died. . . . And college published the work
Featuring the ALL NEW
They described this finding tenant - landlord problems, shot and
mommy cry. for teachers of children age
Ilana
and
her
WINDSOR
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as not surprising since popu- consumer complains and such
They want daddy to come 2-7. The language of play and
lation studies in both Canada domestic problems as di-
ALSO
story-telling and child-like
home so badly."
and the United States have vorce and child custody.
PRINCE EDWARDS
black and white sketches by
shown that Jews marry later,
Sanders said client re-
JERUSALEM—The booklet a 15-year-old girl are incor-
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have the smallest families ferrals come to Bet Tzedek "How to Help Children
and are successful in plan- from various legal. aid serv- Mourn the Loss of Their porated in the booklet.
The first part was written ■•■• FLARED PANTS, RUFFLE
ning the number and spacing ices and Jewish community Father" was • suggested by
by
Dr. Alice Ginott and the
of all of their children.
SHIRTS IN ALL COLORS
1 agencies.
American psychologist Dr.
second consists of a lengthy
They also reported that
Bet Tzedek is housed in Alice Ginott, wife of the quote from , Haim Ginott's
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She brought her husband
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