Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1948 — Page 8
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Fridfty, September VO 1948
VS. JEWISH EDUCATION GOOD, Children At Chicago Synagogue Religious School GETTING BETT ERSTAVITSKY Will Go On Field Trips To Make Bible Study Real
NEW YORK—American Jewish parents should know that Jewish education in the U. S. is growing rapidly in use of better schools and teachers and better equipment, Michael A. Stavitsky, president of the American Association of Jewish education, said this week. “With steady progress, we stand ready today to offer our young people better schools, with bet- — ter equipment, more thoroughly classrooms, with audio-visual trained teachers and more stimu- aids and textbooks which make latiing educational methods,” he of Jewish education a live creasaid- tive experiment; and ... the exStavitsky said that the Ameri- ample of the newly created State can Jewish com-rf] Israel to inspire our young munity is begin- |J | ) people and make them realize
ling to back efforts to provide an educational system which can meet the needs of Jewish
- children.
He pointed to “well - trained
teachers who un- STAVITSKY derstand children as well as the
subjects they teach
CHICAGO—(NJP)—Children attending the religious school of Beth Am, a new Chicago synagogue, will take part in a new approach to religious school teaching, synagogue officials
said this week.
As part of the course in Biblical literature, an attempt will be made by field trips to show how the Bible’s influence has spread to art, music, literature, sociology and history, according to
Rabbi Eric Friedland.
"After reading a certain passage in the Bible, the children will take field trips to the Art Institute and the Oriental Museum or will attend symphonies to trace for themselves the path from the Bible to the actual influence Jt has had upon today’s culture,” Rabbi Friedland, who is also director of the
school, explained.
He said that transforming the Bible into
Clothing Union Plans Hillman Health Center NEW YORK—The Amalgama-
how vital and immediate is their tradition and their ancestral lan-
guage.”
He said that in response to the growing demands for better educational provisions, the associa--ion has established a regional di/ision and office at Los Angeles. Local committees have been or are being organized in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Cleveland and
well-lit the New England region, he said, ted Clothing Workers of America _ _ „ _ _ . took possession this week of a
Director of The Seorch Expldns former residence club of the
Young Women’s Christian Association for a one-million-dollar Sidney Hillman health center. Sponsors of the project, named in honor of the late Jewish labor leader, said the cost of the property would be about $250,000, not
including equipment.
The million-dollar-fund was
a Hving, vital literature, related to the present, will be the theme of the teaching program for the 150 children expected when tZie school opens Sept. 19. The school, which will have a staff of 11 teachers and will meet for two and a half bours every Sunday in the rooms of a school, will offer classes for children six to 14 years of age. Midweek Hebrew instructions classes also are planned and one class wiK be devoted to Palestinian dances. Beth Am was founded last June 27 and its present membership, Rabbi Friedland said, numbers nearly 250 families, despite the fact that the new house of worship has no home of its own and rents fffiprovised quarters from the Chicago board of* education.
ZINNEMANIS WAISTS TO FILM THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE
HOLLYWOOD—Fred Zinnemann, the Austrian-bom movie director who won critical plaudits for his DP child film, ‘The Search,” said this week he expects to leave early in December for Palestine
to start work on a long-planned film there.
Zinnemann said his Palestine project developed directly from contributed by employers who In his experience in making ‘The are members of the New York Search” most of which was shot the message would be much the Clothing Manufacturers ExIn DP camps in Germany. same that he tried to put into c ^ ange - ’^ he health center is ex-
"The Search” pected to start operations early
He said he was deeply moved and inspired by the tender care given to the homeless Jewish war victims by groups of Pales-
in 1949.
He said he expecs to get flnan- Medical service will be free to cial backing here that he will the 60,000 members of the union, need and that he will do all the except for nominal charges for
tinean Jews sent to rehabilitate filming. of hls Palestine fllm over- X ra y s and similar expenses,
the children. seas, most of it in the Holy Land.
Zinnemann said that when he saw the Palestinian Jews working tirelessly and devoted with the pitiful little wrecks of Hitler’s storm, he came to the conclusion that “in Palestine among such people I /would I And a story that should be told on the screen.” The director said he was not Interested in the political aspects of the problem and that he did not intend to make a movie against either the British or the
Arabs.
Picture About People 'It will be a picture about people and about human faith and decency,” he explained. He said
He plans to stay in Paletine about three weeks and then return to Hollywood to start casting the picure in March. "The Search” won the first quarterly award to be given by the Scfeen Directors Guild.
Czechs Like Israel
PRAGUE—(WNS)— Israel is now the sixth most important customer for Czech goods, according to the latest report of the
Czechoslovakian Economic Min- lodge two.
istry. The report reveals that during the month of July 170,500,000 crowns worth of goods were ex-
ported to Palestine.
Says BB Active
In U. S-Israel Talks DENVER—A B’nal B’rith official told The Post this week that the fraternal organization has figured prominently in IsraelAmerican relations because of the high regard of the White House
for the B’nai B’rith.
The statement was made by
A Real Thrill For Both
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Jack Benny, radio and screen star, stopped off during a recent trip to France, at a children’s home operated by the Joint Distribution Committee near Paris. Accompanied by two radio actresses, the star is shown surrounded by excited Jewish youngsters at the home. Benny looks as thrilled as the tots.
Psychiatrist Myerson Dies In Brookline Home BOSTON—(NJP)—Dr. Abra-
Benjamin Schwartz, Cincinnati, ham Myerson, world-famous neupresident of BB district grand rologist and psychiatrist, died at
No Equal Radio Time Due Atheists- Rabbi WASHINGTON (WNS)—There is no validiy to the demand that atheists must receive time on the radio equal to that given to relig-
Servel
his Brookline home at the age of
66.
Though Schwartz did not am- a prolific writer, he was the
plify his remarks, the report in- author of eight books, several of ious groups, declared the Synadicated a complete departure which have become standard col- gogue Council of America this
the fraternal order’s tradi- i/*c/o texts He co-authored with , • lege texts, tie co autnorea wnn weeR in & statement p resented 5y the late Dr. Issac Goldberg, “The T3 _ VWI „ *
German Jew. 1
ACFULTC
from
tional neutrality toward the Zion-
is struggle.
Schwai <7 was one of the main speaker? at a tri-state BB convention here attended by more than 200 delegates.
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Rabbi William F. Rosenblum, president of the organization, to a special House Committee hearing on a decision of the Federal Communications Commission regarding a petition submitted by Robert Harold Scott asking that atheists be given radio time to
present their views.
‘It must be kept in mind that this great nation of ours was formed ‘under God,’ ” says the statement “We thus have a distinct affirmation in our Declaration of Independence that this is a country with religion as one of its fundamental bases. Separation between church and state has at no time meant that we wish to see our institutions sub-
verted by atheism.”
Tunisian Jewish Shops Damaged In Pogrom PARIS—(WNS)—A pogrom by Arab mobs in which shops owned by Jews and Europeans in Sousse and elsewhere in Tunisia were damaged was reported here this week. . The pogrom followed the death in Paris of Monces Bey, former ruler of Tunisia, who was charged with pro-Nazi activities during the war and whose return to power was asked by the Arab League.