The Denver Jewish news., 1920-02-04

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political parties of the Sloyakian Jews.
and he expressed his satisfaction with
the spirit of loyalty among the Jews
and their cooperation in the interest
of the Republic.
the course of study in the folk-school.
the first class of IL secondary school.
Gymnasium or real-schule) will be
opened and so ON. For rhe present.
the Cernowitz Jews, however. have
been granted Il. separate gymnasium.
with German as the language of in
struction. where the Hebrew and ROu-
manian languages may be studied as
electives. and there are besides courses
in Jewish history and Jewish authors
are read.
All these Jewish studies, with the
Hebrew language as an elective, were
also introduced for the benefit of the
Jewish students attending the Eouman-
ian secondary schools OF Schotz
=. .Suchava), Hiunor and Kiln,nfOlung.
In all, there are close 10 10 classes
in secondary schools in which these
studies are pursued. and in which 40
Jewish professors and instructors are
engaged. But since not all CT the pro
fessors and instructors understood He
brew, course was established in
which they might learn the language
and perfect themselves in IT. Naturally
all this was not done by the govern
ment. but by the 'Hebrcv Language
Association which <-l,aas -re,p.ssnizetl
into national body. Besides tile
teachers courses in Hebrew, this AS
sociation also established II pedagogical
institute, where kindergarteners' were
trained. This Hebrew kindergarten
was indeed the cornerstone of the fIi
ture Hebrew school structure. Up
to the present time, there are four
of these kindergartcns in Cernowitz.
and upward of 20 in the province.
In the social field. the National
Council also accomplished much. The
American Relief Committee demand
ed that the Jewish population con-
tribute the sum of 100000 kroncn to
it's fruital and blessed work. Three
institutions which had been discOn-
tinued during the war, the Jewish Hos
pital. the Orphan Asylum and the
Home for the Aged, were relubilitnted
and are now functioning In IL most
cdifying fashion. Also the institute
founded by Professor Dr. Leon Kelner
acquired home and once more took
mp its splendid work of improving the
spiritual condition of the Jewish
masses, by means of uplifting and III
forming lectures. So too, the various
academic Jewish groups, as the ''Zc
firah,' "Amunah." "Hasmunai, and
others were revived.
Not little improvement in the Jew
;sh social conditions has been brought
about by the efforts of the four Ger
man dailies: "Cernowitz Tagblatt.
"Allgemeine Zeitung," "MOrgenblatt.
and Folk" which are edited and
III puli ny H<AoA
lists, and in part by meinbers of the
National Party BESIDES these -four
papers, there is the organ of TIE Jew
ish National Council, the "Oestreiche
Ieitung" with special Hebrew sup
plement, edited by the leader of the
Council. the wellknown Zionist work
c1. DIR. Mayer Elmer. The teaching
body has special professional paper
published in Hebrew and German; the
Poale-Zion issue the "Freineit," and the
Jewish Social Democrats ''Das Nayc
Lebcn, both of which appear in Yid-
dish.
1t is evident shat this SORT of active.
outspoken Jewish life, which is every
where apparent, and this frank allegi-
ance to Jewish nationallsm, would
cnuse the Roumanans to look upon
the Bullowinian Jews otherwise than
they do upon their own Roumanian
Jews at home. III the political field.
it is truism that self respect de-
mands and wins respect. So the pre-
judices which the Roumanian rulers
brought with them from Bucharest
against the "Zhidan" are beginning
gradually to disappear. Willingly. or
unwillingly, they must reckon with
the fact that Jewish people exists
and that this people intends 10 lead
its own national life and has the ca
racity for carrying out its intention.