Summer Courses Open at Hebrew University

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Summer Term at the Hebrew University began this week. The courses of study include an introduction to the study of Mishna Text, Babylonian Aramic, 2nd part. Mishna and Tosefta, kelim (Seminar); Talmud Babli and Jerushalmi (Seminar), by Prof. Epstein.

Studies on the character of the “Piutim” and in the history of the “Paitanim,” by Prof. Davidson.

The new Hebrew Literature in the romantic and realistic period. The Hebrew Literature and language in the Haskalah period, by Prof. Joseph Klausner.

Judea after the return from exile Maccabees book. Exercises in chronicles. Sources concerning Jewish settlement in Palestine during the period of the Second Temple, by Prof. Klein.

The relations between Babylonia and the other countries of the diaspora in the Gaonic period, Rabbi Aasoff.

Innovations of the Gaonim in Jewish Civil Law.

Introduction of Jewish Civil Law. Sources of Jewish Civil Law, Dr. Gulak.

Grammar of the Language of the Mishna, compared with the Language of the Bible and the Aramic. Seminar for Mishnaic Philology, treatise “Supbbat, History of Jewish Mysticism, part 2. Zoar, Dr. Sholom.

Dr. Schwabe will continue courses in Greek and in Latin.

Canton, Ohio, launched its Joint Campaign for the United Jewish Campaign and the United Palestine Appeal at a mass meeting at the Jewish Center. The quota for Canton is $38,000, of which $30,000 was raised at the meeting. Darvin Luntz, chairman of the campaign, donated $7,000 of the quota. Twenty-eight thousand for three years is for the United Jewish Campaign and ten thousand dollars for one year for the United Palestine Appeal.

The Millville, N. J., Hebrew Association announced that a synagogue will be erected in the near future on the plot of ground purchased several months ago. Robert Kleban is president of the Association.

The synagogue will be a two-story structure of buff brick. The main auditorium is to have a seating capacity of approximately 400.