The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1919 Page: 2 of 18
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THE JEWISH MONITOR
Friday August 22 1919.
ZIONIST COURSES FOR THE
TRAINING OF HEBREW
TEACHERS.
In response to a number of in-
quiries received in reference to the
courses for the training: of Hebrew
teachers conducted under the aus-
pices of the Department of Education
of the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica Mr. Emanuel Neumann Educa-
tional Director has issued the fol-
lowing; statement:
Soon after the Department of Edu-
cation began its work in the fall of
1918 it was found that there existed
throughout the country a great dearth
of Hebrew teachers. Owing to the
great decrease in immigration from
European countries the operation of
the selective draft and other circum-
stances the supply of Hebrew teach-
ers became so limited that all Hebrew
educational efforts in this country ap-
peared to be seriously threatened. The
Department of Education of the Zion-
ist Organization therefore under-
took as an emergency measure the
establishment of courses for the pur-
pose of giving a brief intensive train-
ing to men and women who already
possess good Hebrew education and
thus prepare them at the earliest pos-
sible momest to fill some of the va-
cancies. As the result of announcements is-
sued by the Department of Education
upward of 130 men and women appli-
ed for admission to the courses. Of
these 50 applicants were accepted as
possessing the required qualifications.
The courses were begun on Sunday
May 11 1919. As had been anticipat-
ed most of the students have receiv-
ed their education in European Yeshi-
vahs and have a good grounding in
the Hebrew language Bible Talmud
and the more modern Hebrew litera-
ture. The subjects of instruction at the
courses are: Bible Hebrew literature
Jewish History and Methods of
Teaching. The teaching staff consists
of Messrs. A. II. Friedland Z. Scharf-
stein K. Whiteman D. Perksy and
W. Frischberg who is also acting in
the capacity of Secretary of the
courses. In addition a number of
prominent educators have been invit-
ed to deliver a series of lectures that
will serve to give the prospective
teachers a better grasp on the prob-
lems of Jewish education in this coun-
try. There are eight hours of in-
struction a week distributed over
three evenings. The courses are con-
ducted in the buildings of the Hebrew
National School 206 East Broadway
New York City.
PEACE CONFERENCE COMMIS-
SION TO HOLD INVESTI-
GATION. The Commission appointed by the
Peace Conference to investigate Near
East conditions and which is head-
ed by Charles R. Crane and Dr. King
of the United States began its labors
in Jaffa on June 10th. The Secretary
of the Commission called upon the
Haham Bashi of Jaffa Rabbi Ben
Zion Uziel and explained to him the
purposes of the investigations ac-
cording to the Jerusalem correspond-
ent of the Jewish Morning Journal.
The secretary then addressed him.
. self to the Provisional Committee of
Palestine Jewry and to the Vaad Ha-
ir (City Committee) which selected
five spokesmen who appeared before
the Commission -n June 11th.
The very first question that was
put to the spokesmen . of Palestine
Jewry was "What would be the at-
titude of the Jews toward the non-
Jewish inhabitants of Palestine? To
this the delegation replied that the
Jews of Palestine have always lived
on the most friendly terms with the
Arabians whose position has thereby
been immensely improved. They pro-
duced statistics proving that even
those Arabs who have sold consider-
able portions of their land are faring
better with the lesser acreage be-
cause the Jewish colonists give them
so much work in the vineyards and in
the orchards. All the Arab villages
in close proximity to the Jewish col-
onies have become prosperous while
on the other hand the Arab villages
distant from the colonies have re-
mained poverty-stricken. The dele-
gation also pointed out that at all
events a friendly attitude toward the
Arabs on the part of the Jews would
be a matter of self-interest.
The Commission wanted to know
how large a Jewish population in the
opinion of the delegation could be ab-
sorbed in Palestine. The reply was
four million. Replying to a remark
by one of the commissioners that
there never were so many Jews in
Palestine the delegation stated that
Josephus has recorded the fact that
including Galilee there were at one
time as many as three million Jews
in Palestine. If this is true it ought
to be possible now with the modern
development in agriculture machin-
un sua uojz-ai-uoqs; jsqj !saj
ery etc. to accomodate four million.
The correspondent of the Jewish
Morning Journal says that it was
evident from the questions put by the
Commission that the Palestine it had
in mind was not limited to the terri-
tory west of the Jordan.
On June 12th the Commission visit-
ed Rishon-le-Zion. They received an
enthusiastic reception at the Beth Ha-
Am and listened to a number of
speeches after which they proceeded
to the wine cellars. The huge size
of the cellars and modern machinery
amazed the Commission. Before leav-
ing the Commission stated that it
did not deem it necessary to make
any further inspection of the colon-
doubtedly a specimen by which they
could judge the other colonies.
On the following day the Commis-
sion arrived in Jerusalem where they
spent a considerable length of time
at the offices of the Zionist Palestine
Commission. The American section
of the Commission conducted a hear-
ing participated in by David Yellin
Dr. Joseph Luria head of the Va-Ad
Ha-Chinuch (Board of Education)
Boris Schatz Rabbi Elshar a former
Ilaham Bashi of Bagdad Eliezer Ben
Yehuda and Ittamar Ben Avi and a
number of others.
The question of the mandate was
gone into and all of the witnesses
were a unit in favoring Great Britain
as mandatory. This they said was
due not only to the constant friend-
ship which the Jewish people has al-
ways entertained for Great Britain
but also in recognition of the fact
that English blood was shed for the
liberation of Palestine. Besides Great
Britain's colonial experience and its
strength made it the only power
which could administer the affairs
end protect the interests of Palestine
and give that country the needed op-
portunity to develop and prosper.
The Commission also went into the
question of immigration especially
with a view to ascertaining whether
Palestine was prepared to prevent the
large masses that are expected there
from becoming public charges and al-
so whether mass migration would not
work injury to the Arabs.
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GERMAN JEWS AT PEACE CONFERENCE.
The following Jews were among
those who represented Germany at
the Peace Conference: Edward Bern-
stein a leader of the Social Demo-
cratic party; Herman Struck the ar-
tist; Professor H. Rethcnsu and Max
Warburg.
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Fox, George. The Jewish Monitor (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1919, newspaper, August 22, 1919; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296723/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .