THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friedmans Establish Yiddish Teacher Unit
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the Detroit Yiddish schools,
and they are always among
the most active participants
in Yiddish language confer-
ences, in sessions which
have been conducted in Is-
rael, Canada and the
United States.
Prof. Gershon Winer of
Bar-Ilan University, who
supervises the advance-
ment of Yiddish studies at
the university, announced
the following formula that
has been set up for the
Moshe and Sarah Friedman
Endowed Fund for Yiddish
Teacher Education:
The Moshe and Soreh
Friedman Foundation (or
Chair) at Bar-Ilan Univer-
sity for Yiddish Teacher
Education will sponsor and
support the following pro-
grams:
• Courses in coopera-
tion with the chair in
Yiddish language and lit-
erature toward a bacca-
laureate degree and pro-
fessional diploma in the
teaching of Yiddish;
• Scholarships for stu-
dents enrolled in the Yid-
dish teachers' program;
• Publication of a basic
Yiddish textbook and re-
quired educational material
for the study of Yiddish lan-
guage in Israel high schools;
• Publicizing and promot-
ing the Yiddish teachers'
program through the
media.
The courses in Yiddish
education will be launched
in October 1983 with a
minimum of 15 students
and augmented each of the
two successive years by the
same number. The program
will be inaugurated with
the participation of gov-
ernment and academic per-
sonalities from Israel as
well as representatives of
the U.S. Embassy in ac-
cordance with general prac-
tice on such occasions.
Communication will be
maintained with Jewish
communities abroad, par-
ticularly Latin and South
America, to encourage the
local Jewish- agencies in di-
recting students to the Yid-
dish program.
The Foundation (or
Chair) will cooperate with
the World Committee for
Yiddish in promoting the
study of Yiddish in Israel
high schools.
In order to fund the
above activities, the ini-
tial endowment of the
Foundation will be au-
gmented by contribu-
tions from other sources
and the entire endow-
ment fund will remain in-
tact while the annual
interest will be utilized
for the designated pur-
poses.
To assure compliance
with the terms of the
Friedman grant, a special
committee consisting of a
member of the Friedman
family, Prof. Gershon
Winer, and a representative
of the World Committee for
Yiddish will review the an-
nual activities of the fund
and report to the Friedman
family.
The Friedmans selected
their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Sorkowitz, to be
their representatives on the
committee that will review
the annual activities of the
Friedman pedagogic pro-
gram at Bar-Ilan U.
The Friedmans have al-
ready provided a grant for
Yiddish learning at the
Midrasha College of Jewish
Studies of the United He-
brew Schools.
Lifelong interest in and
support of YIVO and the
movement's cumulative
programs have encouraged
communal support for Yid-
dish archivist services.
Moshe Friedman is a
former president of the
Sholem Aleichem Institute,
which also had the active
teaching services of Mrs.
Friedman.
Friedman scholarships
for those involved in Yid-
dish literature and assis-
tance to Yiddish authors are
among the couple's many
generosities. They are sup-
porters of the Herzliya Yid-
dish and Hebrew Seminary
and the Jewish People's
University of the Air.
The Friedmans had a
childhood - love affair in
their native city of Biala,
Poland. Anti-Semitism
drove them from their na-
Israeli Druze Assured
on Effort to Aid Lebanese
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Shamir reportedly as-
The government is trying to sured the delegation that
allay the concerns of Israel's Israel would render the
Druze community over the Lebanese Druze whatever
plight of their Druze breth- assistance it could.
ren in Lebanon who have
Meanwhile, Matityahu
tangled with Lebanese
Christian Phalangists in Shmuelevitz, Director Gen-
the Shouf mountains in re- eral of the Prime Ministers
Office, met with the Druze
cent months.
Sheikh Amin Tarif, Zionist circle in Daliat Al
spiritual leader of the Druze Carmel village. He said Is-
in Israel, headed a delega- rael was doing everything it
tion of local Druze who met could to improve relations
with Foreign Minister Yit- between the Druze and
zhak Shamir last week to Christians in the Shouf
mountains.
express their anxiety. Tarif
assured Shamir that the
cooperation of the Druze in New Director
Lebanon with the Syrians
WASHINGTON — Dr.
was limited and demanded Mark Olshan has been
that Israel protect the named director of the Bnai
Lebanese Druze from at- Brith Senior Citizens Hous-
tacks by Christian militias. ing Department.
five land, Sarah going to
Detroit, Moshe to Argen-
tina. They were reunited
at their wedding cere-
mony, held in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21,
1925. Soon after, they left
for Detroit and have lived
here since 1926.
Mrs. Friedman became
popular as a reader of Yid-
dish classics and as a lec-
turef before scores of local
groups. As chairman of the
Yiddish Committee of the
annual Book Fairs, she has
for 31 years encouraged the
purchase of Yiddish books
and has devotedly con-
ducted the efforts to encour-
age Yiddish writers and
publishers. She was secre-
tary of the Sholem
Aleichem Institute and
taught there for several
years. With her husband
she also co-sponsored Yid-
dish theatrical perform-
ances and personally ap-
peared in many Yiddish
plays.
Mr. Friedman was for
several years chairman of
the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign's Metropolitan Di-
vision.
Lifelong Zionists; both
are active in local move-
ments in support of Israel
and Mr. Friedman is na-
tional chairman of the His-
tadrut Annuity Founda-
tion.
Both have visited Israel
several times and hope to be
present at the inauguration
of the Yiddish pedagogy
program at Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity in October.
The initiation of the
Friedman pedagogy de-
partment at Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity will be formally
marked at the annual
dinner of Detroit Friends of
Bar-Ilan, at Cong. Shaarey
Zedek on Sept. 20.
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