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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, April 1, 1966
Make New Start
Educators Urged
Scrap Misconceptions
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NEW YORK (JTA)—The pre
sent crisis in Jewish education re
quires a willingness on the part
of curriculum planners and ad
ministrators to “scrap all cher
ished preconceptions and start all
over again,” a professor of his
tory told 250 delegates to the na
tional conference on Jewish Ed
ucation, which concluded its four-
day session here recently.
Dr. Irving Greenberg, of Yesh-
iva University, speaking to the
fifth national conference of the
American Association for Jewish
Education, said that the first con
sideration for the educators to de
termine is what is the purpose of
remaining Jewish. “If Judaism is
nothing but democracy or bro
therhood, why not practice these
in the original form?” he asked.
He suggested as an experiment,
the reversal of the current prac
tice by starting Jewish education
at 13, or bar mitzvah age, so
that the student can begin his
Jewish studies when he is ma
ture. “In fact,” he declared, “a
good idea would be to scrap the
entire bar mitzvah ceremony
with its Haftorah ritual, a pro
cedure which has in the past
wasted thousands of man years.”
‘‘Since the synagogue has taken
a central role and in effect, the
religious school often wags the
tail," Dr. Greenberg said, “the
result is that Jewish education
suffers. We must challenge the
laymen who now use the syna
gogue as a comfortable shelter,
and adopt an idea proposed by
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch—
to close the synagogues for 100
years, so we will have to develop
the home." “Perhaps we can be a
little less radical," Prof. Green
berg added, “and close the syn
agogues for one year, informing
the rabbis that their new func
tion is to teach, resulting in
forcing their erstwhile congre
gants to learn and think."
Recognition of the complaints
of Jewish adolescents that the
curricula of Jewish schools are
often inferior, and their instruc
tion dull, was given in the unan
imous adoption by the conference
of a resolution authorizing the
creation of a national youth com
mission, to look into the s ; tua-
tion as it ex ; sts in Jewish educa
tional institutions of the United
States and Canada.
The resolution urged the Com
mission to make a survey "to
diagnose the problems of Jewish
youth and to suggest improve
ments that must be adopted to
attract and retain Jewish students
in both the elementary and sec
ondary school categories.” The
Commission will utilize the serv
ices of outstanding scholars,
psychologists and sociologists as
well as educators, in its stud'es,
and in the drafting of recommen
dations.
The conference also voted the
creation of a manpower commis
sion to study and deal with the
serious shortage of teachers
which confronts Jewish schools
tu r o U r»hoiit th ; s country and Can
ada. Another resolution called on
m°mhor aeencies of various Jew
ish education, and asked for bold
new financing of the Jewish
school svstem which trains 600.-
000 children and employs 17.000
part-time and fulltime teachers
annuallv. The association dele
gates also urged the seeking of
new and laree gifts for schools
from foundations.
Dr. Isadore Breslau of Wash
ington was reelected president of
the association, with Samuel H.
Daroff of Philadelphia renamed
as chairman of the Governing
Council. Mrs. Edith Hyman of
New York City was elected sec
retary; Harry Meresman of New
York City, treasurer; and Isador
S Turover of Washington, associ
ate.
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A major step toward unity and
coordination in the field of Jew
ish education was effected when
three lay leaders of major con
gregational groups eonfir m e d
them organization’s support of the
AA.TF as the representative body
in this field.
Speaking at the association’s
annual dinner, the leaders of
Orthodox, Conservative and Re
form Jewish groups hailed the
association as the central agency
to deal with both formal and in
formal aspects of Jewish educa
tion on all age levels in the
United States and Canada. The
association represents 15 consti
tuent national organizations. The
confirmations of support for the
AAJE were voiced by Joseph S.
Wohl, for the Conservative
movement; Earl Morse on behalf
of American Reform Jewry; and
Max Etra, for the Orthodox com
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