The elimination of miraculous and supernatural elements in the religious education of children in the first four grades of Jewish schools was urged yesterday by Dr. Jacob S. Golub of Cincinnati, addressing the convention of the Jewish Religious Education Association of Michigan and Ohio at the Hotel Statler.
Dr. Golub’s theory was opposed by Dr. Emanuel Gamoran of Cincinnati, Rabbi Louis Witt of Dayton, Rabbi Leon Fram of Detroit, Rabbi Israel Lebendiger of Windsor, Ontario, and others. Discussions of methods of teaching in primary departments featured the convention sessions.
At the convention banquet last night Dr. Abram Sachar of the University of Illinois Hillel Foundation, author of a history of the Jews, urged teachers to make Jewish history a living thing, declaring that there is much more dramatic possibility in Jewish than in other histories.
Dr. Leo M. Franklin of Detroit was toastmaster at the banquet. One hundred and fifty delegates are attending the convention which will end today.
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