Foreign Language Press Service

On October 21, 1923, there will be celebrated at the Schoenhofen Hall the fifth anniversary of the Russian South Side School for children. There will be a theatrical performance, a concert and dancing. A comedy in one act by Chekhov will be staged. Mme. Sophie Stranden who has retur

Mr. Wright, the business agent of the Capmakers' Union, Local 5, reported conditions in the trade are not as they should be. Lately a number of small non-union shops opened in various quarters of the city, thereby causing some of the bigger bosses to fight against the union.

I wish to present to the readers and ftiends of the La Fiamma, a brief history of our work. We quote from the North-Western Christian Advocate the following article published in last February's issue. On Sunday, Dec. 10, 1922, Superintendent Polemus H. Swift of the Chicago southern

It is not the Kehilath Jacob Talmud Torah, but the Talmud Torah of the Anshe Sholom Center that intends to deprive its girl students who have been attending that school for five years, of any further opportunity to continue their studies. I suggest that we handle this situation by picketing R

The Bible Institute of the Swedish Evangelical Free Church will hold its annual graduation exercises next Thursday, December 13, at 8 P. M. in the Elim Evangelical Free Church, Peoria and 60th Streets. There are sixteen students in the graduating class. Professors A. L. Wedell and Gustav Edwa

On November 29, 1924 this school gave a Pushkin Evening with reading from the works of that poet.

On November 9, 1924, the federation gave a "Pushkin Evening," with readings from the poet, speeches on his work, and songs.

Personnel of Executive Committee of the Federation of Russian Children's Schools of Chicago and vicinity in 1924: Y. Eberhardt, president M. Zuser, secretary Y. Timoshevich, assistant secretary F. Tureiko, financial secretary S. Abramchik, Tre

"Which country do you believe is most suitable for Jews to colonize at present in the event that America closes its doors to immigrants?" This was one of the many questions I asked the great Jewish author who is now visiting in Chicago. The serious philosophic face of the

Schools that were members of the Federation of Russian Children's Schools of Chicago and vicinity in 1924: South Side, 1231 S. Morgan Street Douglas Park, 2734 W. 18th Street Progressive, 1704 W. Fullerton Avenue Brighton Park, 3925 S. Kedzie Avenue

The Jews of Chicago should get ready to contribute to the treasury of the Chicago Jewish Charities the sum of money it needs to go on with its work, now that we are through with the various tag days, big and little drives, in behalf of this or that organization, of this or that institution. D

On another page of today's Courier, the reader will find a resolution adopted at a meeting called by the Rabbinical Association. The resolution stresses the need for an Educational Council in the city to stimulate Jewish educational work in Chicago, to improve the existing educational institu

The Educational Council of the Rabbinical Association called a meeting for Monday, December 31, at nine o'clock in the evening, at the Hebrew Theological College. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Rabbinical Association, Hebrew teachers, synagogue presidents, and prominent ci

The leaders of all groups of the community agree that something radical must be done to place Jewish education in Chicago on a solid footing. Even the radical Reformers agree that the so-called Jewish Sunday School alone is not the proper educational agency. The leaders of the Orthodox commun

Chicago must have a standard type of Hebrew school. This school must be recognized as the standard of a Jewish school in Chicago by all classes of Jews--Orthodox, Reform, radical, indifferent. The problem of Jewish education will never be solved as long as Chicago does not have a standard typ

Religion and Jewish education are not one and the same thing. The Jewish children in all the Western European countries receive a purely religious education, but they grow up like Gentiles because Judaism is not simply a religious attitude. It is much more than religion itself. Judaism is rel

The [Jewish] Educational Council in the city, which should have been formed years ago, but which is only now being organized, faces a great task: to improve the existing Talmud Torahs, to organize new Talmud Torahs, and to introduce a common program for all Talmud Torahs. Its first task, howe

Switzerland is the worst country in the world for Jewish slackers, that is for Jews who do not belong to any synagogue, who do not send their children to a Talmud Torah, and who do not donate to charity. In the little Swiss republic, Jews enjoy the freedom of not belonging to any synagogue, o

The Zionists of Chicago have at last realized that Judaism is the best propaganda for Zionism. The Zionist organization, in order to keep its new members and to enroll additional members, should participate in all Jewish undertakings, and particularly in Jewish educational and cultural work.

There are four thousand Jewish children attending Talmud Torahs in Chicago at the present time, and we must see to it that at least sixteen thousand more children enter the Talmud Torahs during the next few years. We must build new Talmud Torahs because we do not have enough Talmud Torahs to