Page 10 - The Canadian Jewish News, Thursday, October 28, 1982
National conference held in Toronto
By HILARY HORLOCK
TORONTO —
Education, remembrance and prevention were the main topics of discussion at a recent
.conference of Children of' Holocaust Survivors held at Holy Blossom Temple here.
The impetus for bringing three Children of Survivor  groups from
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portraying them as occupiers, rather than as libiE^rators, of Lebanon.
By contrast, Gemayel has indicated his interest in strengthening ties with the Arab world — a development which cannot surprise observers who are aware of Lebanon's geopolitical position in the Middle East.
In an address to the United Nations prior to conferring with Reagan, Gemayel spoke of Leb^ anon's relations with Syria in relatively glowing terms. He said the relationship had always been strong and would, be in the future, "in the context of independence, sovereignty and mutual respect,"
This was a diplomatic reference to the need for foreign forces, including Syria's, to leave Lebanon expeditiously.
Gemayel told Reagan
that the Lebanese army cannot, as Israel hopes, fill the vacuiim in southern Lebanon. And so he asked Reagan to consider expanding the size and scope of the peacekeeping unit presently in ' Lebanon. The force consists of U.S., French and Italian soldiers. Reagan said he would give "serious consideration" to the request,
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council approved a 3-month renewal of its interim force, UNIFIL, in Lebanon.
The Israelis don't think that UNIFIL should play any peacekeeping role. But the U.S. feels that UNIFIL cannot be excluded from any security arrangement. Washington's apparent view is that a .combination of UN, Lebanese and American - French - Italian troops will have to be deployed throughout the country  once Israel,
Toronto, MontreaL and Ottawa together came from the National Holo-caust Remembrance Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress.
The groups had been
oints
Syria and the PLO vacate the territories they hold.
A withdrawal of foreign ; armies, however, will not materialize so soon, mainly because there is, no consensus on how to bring it about.
Neither is there any unanimity on how to achieve an agreement which could lead to a breakthrobgh in the long-simmering Arab-Israeli dispute.. At their talks, Reagan and Gemayel discussed the whole gamut of issues which pertain to it, and Gemayel came out in full support of the Sept. 1 U.S. peace plan.
In Jerusalem, the 3-man panel looking into the Beirut massacre opened hearings, following a controversial statement by Amin Gemayel. In an inter\'iew with Le Monde, he absolved Christian militias of blame for the atrocity and pinned it squarely on Israel* r
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He and Shusterman, who ran unsuccessfully for president four years . ago, had been campaigning throughout the U.S. for the past 12 months.
More than 900 dele, gates cast ballots in the presidential election, considered the climax of the 6-day convention.
Kraft said one of the. goals of his administra-
tion will be to correct what he senses is a "pulling apart by many elenients of the B'nai B'rith structure.
"I am concerned about what seems a distancing between districts and International, between some of our agencies and International, and between lodges and agencies to the point where many
lodges feel they have no piece of the action in terms of agency programming."
He   also   hopes to strengthen B'nai B'rith participation In international affairs.
operating independently in their respectivexities, and it was felt, says Rebecca Rosenberg of the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee, that there was a neied to bring them together to discuss common issues.
"We were looking fo^ others across Canada who feel as we do. We want to find out if there is a need for groups such as ours in other citiesi" says Sharon Weintraub of the Toronto group.
As children of survivors, many said, they felt they had more responsibility to the community to see that the Holocaust is not forgotten, and, more important, not repeated.
"It is really Just a sense of timing. Iiihierent in being Jewish is a sense of community re-sponisibility. We are more solid in our sense of identity now, more willing to accept the legacy as a burden,'^ expliains Noa Heilman, administrative assistant to the Jewish Community Council and a member of the Ottawa group.
Many of those in attendance referred to the reluctance of society to accept the Holocaust as reality.
"The . strongest reactions to the Holocaust in the non-Jewish' community are denial and avoidance. They simply don't want to deal with it," says Heilman. "It's very reassuring to find that there are others like me who are Willing to accept the burden," ishe says.
"This conference is a super idea," agrees Hanna Eliashiv of Montreal. "Everyone here feels ^uch an overwhelming sense of responsibility."
The need for education of both Jews and non-Jews, was stressed.
"It is important for the world to remember the Holocaust, not just for us, but for our children. There is a need for them to see Jews not just as victims because of the Holocaust, but also before the Holocaust — a people with a background, a culture. We must not remember just the bad, but also the good," said one participant.
Aba Beer, chairman of the NHRC, was in attendance at the conference and expressed support for the Children of Survrvors organization.
"We are trying to coordinate ideas from the younger** people. It is very important that people born after the war solve their problems in their own way. They are our future, they are the only ones who can carry on the burden of survival," Beer stressed.
After almost an hour of discussions, the participants decided to pass a resolution that the " Children of Survivors group will ."be a Second Gerieration group within
the framework and (existing resources of the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee within the Canadian Jewish Congress."
The next meeting the group is tentativ scheduled for Februa^^j in Ottawa, when a nanl^pi
will be decided on and^pj chairman elected.
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