30 Friday, January 7, 1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Exploring Education Through the Talmud

ROSE and IRVING GUTTMAN

Invite You To See Why

He compares the Robeh obscure talmudic terms
person. This usually hap-
pened in small com- with the Indian priests . . . they fail to solve the
"Exploring the Mind" munities.
who recited from memory specific problems to
In The Metropolitan
(Ktav) is an anthology
the "Vedaz." He also li- which they address
According
to
Dr.
Arzt,
Detroit Area
composed of essays writ- Joshua ben Gemala is kens the Robeh to the Is- . themselves."
ten by scholars over a credited with introducing lamic Huffas, the Greek
"Exploring the Mind"
period of almost 100 primary school education Rhapsodists, and the is an impressive anthol-
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