THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friedmans Establish Yiddish Teacher Unit (Continued from Page 1) 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. 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