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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Robert H. Arnow -- Man of Diverse Attributes

By SHERYL ANNE GURA

(Copyright 1975, JTA, Inc.)

Robert H. Arnow is a man
of diverse attributes. He is
builder and scholar; cosmo-
pelitan and farmer; entre-
preneur and student. But
regardless of his varied in-
terests and accomplish-
ments, his essense resides in
the Jewish religion — its
study, practice, ethics, con-
tinuity and problems.
As president of the Amer-
ican Association for Jewish
Education, Arnow concerns
himself with developing
methods and innovating ap-
proaches for enhancing and
furthering Jewish education
and Jewish consciousness.
In a recent discussion
Arnow stated: "It is only
through Jewish education
and positive Jewish experi-
ences that my generation
can fulfill their responsibil-
ity to their children — to
forge a secure bridge be-
tween their offspring and
their Jewish heritage."
The session with Arnow
is replete with business
interrruptions, but they
also describe the man. His
wide-range concerns and
enormous accomplish-
ments demand much of his
time.
Arnow studied Ancient
Jewish History in a gradu-
ate course at New York Uni- -
versity this past spring. He
explained, "I find that it is a
very difficult-thing to be-
come a student again after
25 years. But, I am aware of
my almost total ignorance
of Jewish history and tradi-
tion. If I am to transmit a
sense of Jewishness to my
children, I must know about
Jews."
Arrow observes, "The
problem of the definition of
`a sense of Jewishness'
seems to be the most unique
in the world. The Babylon-

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ian exile is described as the
first time that an entire peo-
ple was wholesale taken into
captivity — but they unden-
iably retained their religion,
their identity and their indi-
viduality. As unique as this
is, it is the fact why we are
still Jews today.
"The problems in Jewish
education are tremendous,"
Arnow states. "The three
denominations themselves
compete for time and
money. Therefore, there is a
division in the community.
How do you allocate money
from welfare funds to day
schools? How do you share
the money between the Jew-
ish Agency, which needs it
for helping Israel, and He-
brew schools here?"
Arnow indicates that the
major concern of the Jew-
ish Agency is "the assur-
ance that the quality of
Jewish education here will
be such as to ensure that
there will be another gen-
eration that shares in the
partnership between
America and Israel."
Detailing the particular
areas in which the associa-
tion has already made ad-
vancements, Arnow says,
"We \vere responsible for
the specialized plan of a
course that taught about
modern Jewish history. You

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always had Moses in the
desert, but you never knew
how he got out. That was
where the study of Jewish
history ended before the
association developed this
course.
"The association also de-
veloped.the concept of the
open classroom in Jewish
education. Take down the
walls and let everyone be-
come aware of what every-
one else is doing.
"We would like to create a
camp like Brandeis on the
West Coast. Teenagers, for
four weeks, participate in a
Jewish camping experience.
Such a thing truly gives one
unique and positive feelings
about their Jewishness.
Another idea, though also
still just in the discussion
stage is to establish a Na-
tional Jewish Conference
Center."
Arnow describes two
other involvements in
Jewish life and thought in
which he happily partici-
pates. They are "The Sa-
lute to Israel Parade," and
a class in Talmud which
meets in his office.
"I had always heard that
the study of Talmud is one
of the highest mitzvot and I
believe that the more mitz-

vot we can perform,
whether it is doing good,
helping others, or observing
the religious tenets of Juda-
ism, the better persons we
come in more relationships
with other people and in our
own personal self-respect."

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