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The Canadian Jewish News, Thursday, May 17,1984 -Page 5
Anti^emitic hook seized
PAWSIJIAl —
President Nicolai Ceausesco of Romania has promised Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen that he will persionally see to it that "such things do not happen again."
Ceausescu, who met with Rosen for nearly one hour recently, was referring to the publication of virulent anti-semitic articles in a number of Communist Party Papers and in a
book of poetry.
Rosen, who- arrived last week in Paris on his way to Casablanca to participate in the First National Conference of Moroccan Jewish Communities, told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that Ceausescu told him as soon as he was informed of the anti-Semitic nature of some of the works in a book oflpoetry published a few months ago he personally ordered it
JANICE ARNOLD
MONTREAL^
Canadian Jews should put support for Israel on their agenda of domestic issues and not relegate it to the category of foreign, Solicitor - General Robert Kaplan told a synagogue audienc^.
"The State of Israel is so much a part of our lives and of our identity that we cannot call it a foreign issue," he said at a State of Israel Bonds dinner at Beth Zion Congregation in honor of Jerry Rubin.
He said that the Canadian identity recognizes a multicultural dimen^ sion which allows sup-^ port of another country,
"The Jews in my riding expect me to express my views as a Zionist and a Jew," Kaplan, said.
He added that it is not far-fetched to suggest that Jews' involvement in Canadian public life has something to do with Israers ability to defend itself and develop into a viable state.
He said that personally he would prefer Canada took "a strong pro-Israel" stand, but ■defended current Liberal
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policy as ' 'evenhanded and very fair to Israel."
Kajplan later told The CJN that he has given his support to Jolui Tnnier in Us Liberal leadersliip bid, in part l>ecanse he has received a written assurance from the latter offering strong support for Israel and non-recognition of the PLO.
kapian also said that the large.numberof Jews appointed to the cabinet, senate, bench, diplomatic posts, and other high positions in the public service should not
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TORONTO —
B'naiB'rith Canada's 1984 convention promises more social activities than at any past convention, according to the convention chairman. Judge Norman Bennett, of Haniiiton.
Convention 84, to be held at Grossinger's in the Catskills May 28 to 31, will also include seminars and discussion sessions * 'giving the delegates and guests an opportunity to deliberate on issues of concern to B'nai B'rith and to all Jews in Canada," Bennett isays.
The social events are being organized by members of BB in Hamilton and, says Bennett, "as everyone knows, the Hamiltonians put on the best conventions." There will be sports events for men and women, as well as a 50s night, bingo-and a president'shall.
Lodges from Montreal, Oakville and Ottawa will also contribute to the social activities,
Judge Norman Bennett
Bennett adds.
A past president of Viceroy Reading Lodge, B'nai B'rith, and legal counsel on the board of governors. Judge Bennett ha^ been a dedicated Ben Brith in Hamilton for many years.
After graduating from McMaster University in^ Hamilton, and from Os-goode Hall Law School^ he practiced at Foreman and Bennett in Hamilton. He was appointed to the bench in 1982 as a Provincial Court judge in the criminal division.
be seen as some kind of effort on the part of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to make amends with the Jewish community, or as tokenism.
"We are not oh his hit list or his good list," said Kaplan, who was speaking in Trudeau's riding of Mount Royal.
Kaplan did not touch on the matter of Nazi war criminals resident in Ca-
nada during his speech, but did tell The CJN in an interview that the RCMP is presently investigating the two alleged Ukrainian war criminals living in Montreal brought to Kaplan's attention in January by Simon Wies-: anthal.
Kaplan said he was disappointed in the slowness of investigation, but remains committed to the issue.
seized and withdrawn from circulation.
Rosen said the president also told him that the author, Corneliu Valerian Tudor, Was reprimanded ' 'within the (Communist) Party, framework as was the editor in charge of the book's publication."
The Chief Rabbi said his meeting with Ceausescu had been "very friendly" and that the president had shown full understanding of the situation.
Rosen said Ceausescu had not tried to deny the anti<«emitic nature of the attacks, as some of the lower echelon officials had done, and assured Rosen that from now on he will personafly see to it that such incidents do not recur.
The Chief Rabbi told the JTA he regretted that the president had
failed to provide adequate reparation for the harmdoen to the Jewish community by the slanderous attacks and that Valerian Tudor has not been publicly prosecuted, as specified by the Romanian criminal code.
. Rosen said that the chief army prosecutor, with whom he had filed criminal charges against Valerian Tudor has not yet taken any measures against him. Under Romanian 'law, it is the army judge advocate who deals with cases involving charges of fascist activities and racial crimes.
Rosen filed such charges against Tudor in March upon his return to Bucharest from a 3-month trip to Israel. He told the JTA at the time that he found most of Romania's 29,000 Jews scared, some ac-
tually panicky, about the anti-Semitic diatribes in the official press and the book of poetry.
The book of poetry, which appeared last December and was widely distributed, contained material reminiscent of the worst wartime anti-semitic literature. The material in the book said that Jews were "cursed" for being "thieves and corrupters, people with no conscience and no sense of loyalty, who have no patriotic links whatsoever to their country and only think of how to exploit it."
Since the JYA made known the Romanian, anti-Semitic campaign in March, several prominent Romanian leaders met with Rosen to assure, him that the publication of Valerian Tudor's book had been an "accident"
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