The Denver Jewish news., 1919-03-05
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY INAUG.
URATED BY RECENTLY ORGA-
NIZED EDUCATION DEPART
MENT OF ZIONIST OKGANIZA-
TION OF AMERICA UNDER
LEADERSHIP OF HENRIETTA
SOLD.

The recent large growth of the Zion
list movement in America. bringing.
as it did. great numbers of Jews into
the movement whose knowledge OF the
history and problems of Zionism is
elementary. has determined the Zion
list Organization of America to create
II distinct education department. The
Pittsburgh Convention last June
elected Miss Henrietta SzOld as leader
of this department. With Mr.. Eman-
uel Neumann az Educational Director.
1t has undertaken the large task of co
ordinating the existing Zionist ed,ich-
tiunul agencies. AS well as creating
new ones.
The magnitude of the task under
taken is evident from the list of Zion
list institutions which fall in its scope
Not only has the Education Depart
ment responsibility for the cnduc'i-
tional activities of the Histadruth H.
rith. the Intercollegiate Zionist ASso-
citation. the Zionist Glasses. and Young
.Tudaci,. but 1t is also responsible for
five Zionist periodical publications ::
Dos Yiddishc Vulk. the Maccllaenn.
the Young .Iu.laean. the Hatoren and
the Leaders Bulletin. Miss SZold has
been successful in cnlistiug for these
various activities the services of cN-
pcrts. and in suite of the brief time
that has elapsed since the creation ot
the Education Department. ii may
claim record of accomplishment.
The department has made consider
able progress in the production of edu-
cational material. 1t has recognized
that the American Jews in the thou
sands of ceuterS in which they live
prefer to receive the message of Zion
ism through the spoken word. But
the number of lecturers with the pow
or of saying something new and vital
is extremely limited. and they are
available to the smaller ccnterS only
on rare occasions. The department.
therefore. determined to attempt Il
solution of this battling problem. 1t
has prepared series OF lectures gov
crning the various phases of Zionist
theory and practice. The prcpara-
tion of each of these lectures was i'll
trusted to an expert in the particular
field. They have been written mp III
the correct lecture stylc-Simplc. di-
rect and telling Most of these lee
lures are not ready for distribution.
An intelligent person can without dit
iiculty deliver these lectures and thus
impart authoritative knowledge with
the interest and freshness that at
tachcs to the spoken, word. These
lectures are available both in English
and in IiddiSh.
\ goodly amount of other printed
material has been published by the
Education Department and more is in
course of preparation. Among the
things that haze appeared In pampi,let
form are II reprint from the Metro
politan Magazine of William Hard's
fascinating article called israel: IL
reprint from the Round Table of Pal
cstinc and .IcNish Nationalism II
series of questions and answers on
Iiouism designed TO inform and clari-
ry the seekers after knowledge as well
as The doubterS. and II pamphlet in
IiddiSh callc,l federalism and lid-
liShiSn" by Abraham Goldberg. writ
ten with all his well known vigor and
nerve.
On the organization side. the De
pnr;mcnt of Education has established
relations with the various Zionist dis
tricts all over the country Most Of
these districts have elected their cdu-
cation committees. which include the
most capable aud intelligent elements
Of their communities.
From all thcs., activities. it is clear
tina: the Education Department does
no; propose 10 cunlinr itself to Zionist
urupa -anda in the narrow sense. II
aims to brcuur. the fount of cduosi'
tioraI and spiritual life for all til,
Jews of America who desire that they
and their children shall keep in touch
with the life and culture Of tl,cir poo
! pie.