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World Zionist Organization, will addresis the morning plenary session on Thursday.
Other authorities will participate in a series of roundtable discussions next Wedi^esday from 2 to 5.45 p.mi Seven groups will each meet twice that afternoon to exchange views on issues ranging firdm aiiti-semitism to religious cults.
These forums will be open to the public free of charge, but tickets must be obtained by telephoning B'nai B'rith Cana--da's Tbronto headquarters office at [416] 633-6224.
The issues regarding Israel and the Diaspora will be discussed by Wbif Blitzer. Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and The Canadian Jewish News; Shira Herzog Bessin, director of research for the Canada-Israel Committee; Dr. H. Michael Neiditch. ai member of BBI's board of governors; and Warren Eisen-berg. director of the International Council of B'nai B'rith.
The "new" anti-. semitism — is it a real or imagined threat? — will be discussed by Alan
Shefman, director of the Canadian League for Human Rights; Justin Finger, director Of the civil rights division of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. and Shimon Samuels, ADL's European director.
The panel syill attempt to explain the rise of anti-sernitism. assess its potential danger and examine how B'nai B'rith and the Jewish community in general should respond.
Developing the Jewish Position on Critical Issues of our Day will be exarnined by Joseph Stern, lecturer in rab-binics at Boston Hebrew College; Alan Borovpy. Canadian Civil Liberties Association counsel; and Dr. Saul Leyine. chairman of the department of psychiatry at University of Toronto. -
Discussing the United Nations and its treatment of Israel will be Harris Schoenberg. director of B'nai B'rith's UN office in New York, and IsraelSinger, executive director of the World Jewish Congress. They will assess whether or not the attacks on Israel and Zionism on the floor of UN assemblies and. agencies, truly reflect a world in which democracy is being seriously threatened. They will also talk about how to
El Al operations may come to end
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: According to Israeli-based CJN correspondent Baruch Saville, the cabin crews works com-rniittee then sent a letter to management stating there would be no return to work, unless their colleagues are reinstated.
El Al management responded by canceling all ; flights, and by sending a large: number of airline employees home on un-. paid leave: When other El Al workers refused to cross the stewards' picket lines,: management decided .to halt Operations and .began placing aircraft into storage hangars.
At the same time. Saville reports, the Boeing Company was notified to hold back the. handover of a new 737 plane which was due to be delivered later in September. And to relieve the situation of stranded El Al passengers, the airline used domestic and foreign charter operators; to transport El Al. passen-
,gers: v;^; /; . El Al is now operating some 20 daily flights to and from Israel on chartered aircraft, and will continue: to do so at least until the end of October.
But despite this . limited Service, .Ben-Shach feels the_strike could be long-standing.
"The board of direc-tors is steadfast in its
efforts to try and bring about certain conditions, so that the company can operate," he said.
El Al board chairman Nachman Perl announced, rneanwhile. . that under no circumstances would the letters . of dismissal be revoked,' . even if the labor court to which the El Al employees have turned de-..; cides otherwise.
Compounding the El Al strike problem is the airline's heavy financial deficit.
. According to Saville, the: airline's. recent annual report revealed that :, in the 198L/82 fiscal year
.. (ending MarchJJ) losses incurred were $32.6 million, bringing El al's cumulative losses to around 5200 million.
The Israeli government is still ordering El Al to cease operations once a week for 24 hours from sundown Friday to " sundown Saturday out of respect for the Sabbath.
In an attempt to .overturn this decision, El Al workers recently won' a High Court. • injunction
■ delaying the Sabbath grounding. The coiirt
,^ has already: heard both sides and a final ruling is expected to be given by the end of October.
Many people are worried that the deficit, together with the possibility of thc_airline clos-
: Jng down onthe Sabbath and Jewish ' holidays, could mean the doubling of this year's losses.
get the UN to live up to its charter of promoting goodwill, human rights and peace.
Irwin Cotler, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress; William Korey, director of international policy re-serach for B'nai B'rith; and Sara Frenkel, a meniber of the Israeli consulate in New York, will evaluate the situation of Soviet Jewry and discuss strategies for reopening the gates of im-migration.
Other roundtables and their discussants:
• Jewish Communities in Crisis: How Can We Help? Alan Lessack, B'nai B'rith grass roots action network chairman, will discuss Ethiopia; Alfredo Neuburger, executive vice-president of District 20, will talk about Argentina and Chile; and Sara Taieb Carlen. PhD candidate on the integration of North African Jews, at the University of Toronto, will discuss Iran, Iraq and Syria.
• Modern Pied Pipers: Dealings Vyfith' Destructive Cults.'^The focus on religious cults will be on countering their impact on young people . and their. fa- • milies. The discussants will be Marcy McAlear, a former cult member and now a 'member of the Council on Mind Abuse (COMA), a Toronto-based organization; Rabbi Yehuda Fine, counselor on cults to th6 New York Jewish Community Relations Council; and Esther Deitz, BBI consultant on cults.
The following "firsts" will highlight the convention:
• the first world congress of presidents from the BBI's 1.500 lodges and units will be held.
• There will be a reunion of survivors of.the BBI's 80 pre-World War II lodges in Europe, most of which disappeared in the Holocaust.
• • The first meeting of BBI's international advisory cornmittee —^ its "council of elders" — will be held. They will review issues important to Vk'orld Jewry. :
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NAilONAL EDUCATION CQNFERK^fCE
Ki)l CATIONJN X CHANCINt; .IKWISH ( OMMIMTV
OCTOBER 30,31. NOVEMBER 1,1982
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal
Cnuulian Zictnist federation ' • Canadian JcwishtNmiircss
- FEAfURlID SPEAKERS ^
SponsorvU by:
. Saturday, October 30 • .8:00 p.m. Dr. Emil Fackenheim
The 1980's: The Jewish People in a Time of Testing Opening Address
Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Hebrew University
CJC CAISERMAN AWARD TO SHLOMO WEISMAN
Sunday, October 31 '
9:30 a.m. Dr. Norman Lamm
Education in a Changing Jewish Community Keynote Address President, Yeshiva-University
2:00 p.m. Dr. Shimon. Frost
Betweeri Reach & Grasp - A Realistic Agenda For dur Educational Planners Luncheon Address
E.xec. V.P., Jewish Educ. Service of N. America, SchGlar-ln-Residence
7:00 p.m. Mr. Zevulun Hammer
Minister of Education, Israel
8:00 p.m. Dr. Nathan Rotenstreich
Jewish.& Zionist Education in the Contemporary Era
■ Evening Address Professor of Philosophy, Hebrew University
Monday, November 1
9:00 a.m. Dr. Barry Chazan
Meaning & Survival: Israel in Jewish Schools
Plenary .Address
Director, Melton Center for Jewish Education, in Diaspora, Hebrew University
3;30p.in. Dr. Shimon Frost
Conference Summary
WORKSHOPS
Education in Jewish Day Schools
A. Jewish Schools or Schools for Jews
B. Jewish Texts and Contexts: Assumptions & Attitudes
C. The Jewish Adolescent & Pre-.Adolescent in our Day High School: (opmg
Education in Sitiall Communities & Supplementary Schools
A. Who? What? How? - Identifying Curricular Needs m Small Communities
B. Who Teaches the Class When there is no Professional to be Found?
C. . After. Bar/fiat Mitzvah - What?
Curriculum Development for Jewish Schools
A. Teaching of Hebrew
B. Teacliing of Jewish Law ,
C. Teachmg About the Holocaust: What do students really need to know'.'
Community Involvement in Jewish Education .
A. : Learning from Each Other: The Relationship between Boards.of Directors
& Educational Directors ^
B. Strengthening the Jewish School tluough Meaningful Parental Involvement
C. Financing Jewish Day Schools: Sources & Limits
Programming for Jewish Youth & Adults
A. Programming for Jewish Adults
B. Programming for Jewish Seniors
C. Programming for Jewish Teenagers & College Youth
Early Childhood Education
A. The Young Child - A Clean Slate: What & How to Write on it .
B. Keeping Schooling out of Pre-Schooling
C. . Classroom Visitations
Special Interest Workshops. Monday, November 1; 1:45^3:1 S.p.m. Educational Needs of Exceptional Children Changing Family Lifestyles - Impact on School Education Teaching Israel & Zionism .
Absorbing New Immigrants into the Community: Social Issues Transmitting Jewish Values Yiddish Education The J.N.F. Role in the School
ALL A Workshops Sunday, Oct. 31 11:00 a.rn.- - 1.00 p.m.
B Workshops Sunday, Oct. 31 3:00 p.ni.- -5:00 p.m.
C Workshops Monday, Nov. 1 10:40a.iri.- -12:40 p.m.
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