A call to Jewish parents, proclaiming the period from September 8 to October 8 as Jewish Education Month, and urging the entire American Jewish community to devote special attention to Jewish educational resources and programs, including enrollment of all Jewish children, was issued today by the American Association for Jewish Education, with the support of the presidents of all major national Jewish organizations.
“As we prepare to celebrate 300 years of achievement,” the AAJE emphasized, “we must therefore resolve that we shall provide the spiritual foundation for yet greater achievements in the centuries to come. Only through a consistent, dedicated and effective community-wide effort on behalf of Jewish education for all, can we insure our spiritual and cultural strength, now and for the future.”
The AAJE appealed to American Jewry to concentrate its efforts, during Jewish Education Month “to extend and improve” the resources for Jewish education. “We must make certain to provide for our children and our grandchildren the best that modern education has to offer,” the appeal said. “All Jewish children have a right to a Jewish education and should therefore be enrolled in Jewish schools. We as adults owe it to ourselves and our children to keep pace with them and achieve for ourselves as well as for our children a spiritual future that is worthy of a past rich in memory and achievement.”
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