s ize° 14 0 Experience Of Elderly Useful To All ' e Each month in this space, L'Chayim will present a Yiddish lesson entitled "Du Redst Yiddish (Do You Speak Yiddish?)" whose aim is to encourage further study of Yiddish. The lesson will include a brief story utilizing the Yiddish words to be studied, a vocabulary list with English translations and a family activity which involves using the new words. Two books which may be helpful for beginning Yiddish students are Yiddish for Beginners by Dr. Joffen and Der Yiddisher Lerer by Goldin. Weinreich's English-Yiddish Dictionary also may be useful. At the conclusion of each lesson will be a suggested list of books for persons who wish to further their knowledge. - The lessons were prepared by Mary Koretz of Oak Park. She has taught both children's and adult classes in Yiddish at the Workmen's Circle. Following is this month's lesson: In sahch societies, the ehlter of the group bahkumin much respect. In the Faraynikteh Shtahtn, we have a yugent orientation. We seem to bahvoyndern the energy, the oyskuk, the clothes of the very young. We ahfileh go to the extreme of kosmehtish surgery. Somehow ehpehs valuable gets fahrloyrin. The fir . fol. wisdom and fahrshtahnd that comes from experience is fahrlawzin. The karbones that the old made for their pehrzehnlehch families and friends, for their lahnd, for scientific kehntshahft and for kultur are too often unappreciated. Everyone, unless they do shlehchts, should be respected. Let us not fahrgehsin our ehltehrin and grandparents and the riechkiet they have to offer. Vocabulary sahch ehlter bahkumin faraynikteh shtahtn yugent bahvoyndern oyskuk ahfileh kosmehtish ehpehs fahrloyrin fahrshtahnd fahrlawzin karbones pehrzehnlehch lahnd kehntshahft kultur shlehchts fahrgehsin ehltehrin riechkiet many elders receive united states youth admire the look even cosmetic something lost understanding neglected sacrifices personal country knowledge culture evil forget parents richness respectively, for "malicious hooliganism." Philip Slomovitz, editor and publisher of The Jewish News, was guest of honor at a World Union of Jewish Journalists' luncheon. 20 YEARS AGO Each month in this space, L'Chayim will look back into issues of The Jewish News to see what was happening in the local Jewish community or in the Diaspora ten, 20 and 40 years ago. TEN YEARS AGO Two Moscow Jewish activists, Vladimir Slepak and Ida Nudel, were sentenced to internal exile in Siberia, for five and four years Palestinian nationalist Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Detroit-based Chrysler Corp. was added to the Arab Boycott Office blacklist. Family Activity Visit a nursing home. Ask the social workers for old people who don't get many or any visitors and meet with them. Recommended Reading "A Treasury of Modern Yiddish Poetry" by Howe and Greenberg; "Selected Stories" by I.L. Peretz. Vs Bridging The Generations: t A Grandparent's Reflections By MIRIAM WEINER Along with 10,000 other readers and book enthusiasts, I recently wandered through the aisles of the Jewish Book Fair in New York City. Many books caught my eye. However, two captured my attention and ultimately came home with me: "Reflections: A Jewish Grandparent's Gift of Memories" and "Life in the Shtetl." In "Reflections," Ronald and Leora Isaacs have designed a book to teach children about their family heritage by connecting them to their ancestors. For grandparents, it is an opportunity to look backward and forward, to bridge the past and future generations by recalling and recording their history, culture, values, thoughts, feelings and aspirations. The book provides space for photographs, stories and personal reminiscences enabling grandparents to tell their grandchildren the story of their family. The book begins with "Tracing Our Roots" through a family tree. There is space for a description of the grandparents' childhood, Jewish education and religious milestones. The next section is entitled "All About Your Parents" and is followed by "All About You." Space is provided for a description of the family celebration of Jewish and American holidays. Toward the end of the book there is a catalogue of family facts that people should have: birthdates, addresses, yahrtzeits, anniversaries, recipes and heirlooms. Names of family members who perished in the Holocaust also have a place to be identified and remembered. A highlight of this book of memories is where each grandparent has space to leave an ethical will for his or her grandchild. This written legacy for children reflects the hopes and desires for the future and how the grandparent would like to be remembered by his or her children and grandchildren. In his "Life In The Shtetl," Ilex Beller provides a record through his colorful paintings and recollections of the world of Yiddish culture that once thrived in the shtetls of Poland and exists no more. Beller grew up in Grodzisko, a Jewish village in southern Poland. The paintings depict both his personal experiences and daily life there. The characters in his pictures are based on relatives and schoolfriends„ all of whom perished in the Holocaust. The 80 color plates contained in the book are accompanied by poems and selected prose pieces along with Beller's commentary. In 1983, the author returned to Grodzisko, after an absence of 54 years. At that time, he was unable to find any trace of Jewish life, even though Jews had once accounted for 95 percent of the population. All that remained was his grandfather's tombstone, which was too large for the Germans to haul away, according to an old peasant who remembered. Miriam Weiner is an authority on Jewish genealogy and a syndicated columnist. 40 YEARS AGO Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles published a book, "We Need Not Fail," within which he advocated a truce between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Jeanette Serling won a free trip to Israel for her activities on behalf of Pioneer Women. Quiz Answers (From Page L-3) 1. D, 2. G, 3. H, 4. J, 5. B, 6. A, 7. C, 8. L, 9. N, 10. I, 11. M, 12. E, 13. K, 14. F This quiz was created by Patricia A. Milner, assistant administrator, Jewish Federation Apartments. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS L-5