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Judge Phil Givens, re-relect(M president of Canadian ZImilst Fedendon Ai^
at CZFconvention fan.TorontOfeiljo elected to serve a tUrd term. See Inside, pages for complete coverage.
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By SHELDON KIRSHNER
TORONTO —
An American Nazi hunter has lambasted Canada for its apparent indifference to the presence of war criminals in the country.
Dr. Charles Kremer. a New York dentist of Romanian
origin, charged that Canada ■ has not investigated, brought to trial or extradited any of the war criminals said to be living here under false names.
Addressing a student audience at York University last week, Kremer said he offered the Canadian government.
use -of his extensive Ales on war criminals, residing here. ■ He claimed there are some 53 such men^in Canada, accused of committing atrdcities against Jews and Christians: Ottawa, however, has not responded to his letter of last year and has taken no action, Kremer said. "1 strongly
Dukin turns down inyitation for audience with the Pope
JERUSALEM fJTAl—
World Zionist Organization Executive chairman Leon Dulzin declined an invitation
to meet with Pope John Paul 11 at the Vatican, apparently because it was.extended to him on a personal basis rather than as WZO head. The WZO executive; will discuss the " incident when Dulzin returns
trom his current visit to Latin America.
Dulzin reportedly was to have stopped off in Rome en route to Venezuela and to have lunched with the Pope. Instead, he flew directly to his destination. According to one report, he will meet with the Pope on his way back to Israel. .
. Dulzin was praised for his snub to the Pope by Raphael Kotlowitz, head of the Jewish Agency's immigration department. He said, at the WZO executive meeting, that Dulzin acted properly when he refused to meet the Pontiff, except as a representative of the Jewish people. "I think all honor and credit goes to Mr. Dulzin," Kotlowitz said.
urge your government vigorously pursue the matter."
• Kremer, .who is credited with amassing evidence against an alleged Romanian war: criminal in the. U.S., Bishop Valerian Trifa, told the students hehas just sent a telegram to -Prime Minister Trudeau urging him to act on the evidence iit his possession..
■•In response to a question, Kremer said he was unable to reveal the names of any of the war criminals'contained in his files. Disclosure, he explained, could result in a court case. ''And 1 don't have the time or the money for courts," he said. .
Kremer contrasted.the positions of Canada and the U.S. on war criminals. Out of 279 suspected criminals in the U.S., 14 have been tried. As for Trifa, his case is pending before the courts.
Trifa; he added, has a de-
Facts about Holocaust recounted to 90 Christian church leaders
had thought they /'understood" the experience, biit were shocked to hear the "real story." V,-'^; • Said one minister of the United Chufch: "The first person account was stunning. We'are not talking about statistics. We- are .talking about the tragedy of real indiviiduals with mothers and ; fathers, brothers and sisters,
Victory hailed
MONTREAL — •
. Canadian Jewish Congress has sent a telegram to Prime Minister Trudeau congratulating him on .his election victory. The telegram was signed by ♦.he national piresi- \ dent. Rabbi W. Gunther Plant.; and' by David Satok. chairman of the national executive and, Alan Rose. . executive yice-pitlsident. ^ ■'.
Messages were sent alsoi to former mn^e M Joe Qari^ and the outgoing Secretary of StJite for. External V Affairs, FlorVMacdonald, such intensity and detail,. expressing appreciation for greatly affected the todience. their "sensitivity for the Donbvan urged his listen- For mihy it Was the first time concerns of Canadian Jewish ers to come to :grips with they had met actual eyewit- Congress-'whilethey were in Christianity's "teaching of ness to the Holocaust. Others office.
9y RABBI MARK DOV SHAPIRO. TORONTO-^
"We Christians must read the story of Jesus' crucifixion as if the Jewish children who died at the hands of the Nazis were present.with us,", said Rev. Daniel Donovan, profes-. sor of Theology at St. Michael's College. He was speaking last week at a conference for Christian clergy and educators organized by the Holocaust Remembrance Committee of Toronto'JiBwish Congress in conjunction with Christian/ Jewish Dialogue of Toronto, and Holy Blossom Temple.
Donovan moderated the opening session of the conference which was themed, "The Holocaust in Christian Education."
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Speaking to the. 90 Christ-ian leaders present, he isaid that although thfr Holocaust can be understood as the result of factors such as 19th century German racist theory and the bitterness of a post-World War I Germany, it could not have occurred without the centuries'old tradition of Christian anti-Semitism as its seedbed.
contempt" towards the Jewish people. Part of this he said, would have to involve a serious confrontation with the Holocaust plus a re-examination of Christian texts back to the New Testament; Pointing out the potential for anti-Jewish feeling in these texts, Donovan stressed the importance of reading them "with great care and sensitivity."
Following Donovan's remarks, the conference turned to active teaching. Heinz Warschauer, former director of education at Holy Blossom Temple and a native of Berlin, told the group what it was like to grow up at the time of Hitler's rise to power. He described how German Jews slowly lost their Status in the 1930s and h^w he, with aspirations first in journalism and then in the area of history, saw the doors of opportunity shut on him.
Harry Ferens, a member of the Holocaust Remembrance Committee, recounted the experiences of a Polish Jew who actually lived through the deprivation of the war as a laborer and camp, inmate.
The two stories, told with
aunts and uncles."
A series of workshops comprised the second half of the morning.
Dr. Irving,Goldfein, principal of Community High School for Jewish Studies, Rochester, N.Y., conducted a session on teaching the Holocaust to young pedple. An expert in audio-visual materials. Goldfein presented a combination of films, film-strips and simulation techniques. He suggested the use of one tapci in^p^articular, which portrays the wife of a good German citizen' explaining, "We were not political people. We had nothing personal against the Jews. It was most unfortunate."
Goldfein outlined the ways in which the taped testimony of the woman could be used to help students discuss the issues of human and social responsibility.
: Two other workshops were designed for thost; interested in adult education. Prof. Allan Davies, University of Torontp, conducted a viide-ranging discussion on the background to. modem anti-semitism and to totalitarianism. Rev. Stanford Lucyk, senior minister of Timothys; Eaton Memorial Church, spoke on the uses of. the
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ienccfund of ov'Cf^'S: and thus may n^ver brought to justice. "
To prosecute over 250 war criminals, the U.S. govern-, ment has allotted only $4 million to the agency responsible for this task. Kremer said at least S25 million is required to effectively pursue . the criminals.
Kremer, who lost 77. relatives in the Holocaust, said war criminals in Canada and the U.S. are protected at the highest levels of government.
Personnel in the FBI, CIA. ' State Department and Immigration ai)d Naturalization Service ensure that war crimi-» nais remain immune from pijisecution. In Canada, parallel governmental bodies carry out similar functions, he said.
Without divulging where he had obtained his informav tion, Kremer said 149 war criminals are in the employ of the U.S. government. "If it's over there (in the U.S.). it's over here (Canada) too."
Referring to Trifa, who was a leader of the anti-semitic Iron. Guard, Kremer said thpreare "men in the White House protecting him."
Kremer charged that Radio Free Europe, based in Mu- : nich, has been infiltrated by Nazis and anti-semites.
President Jimmy Carter, he went on, has not done anyw^here near enough to ferret out war criminals. "1 am ashamed of Carter,, who talks about human rights...'"
By JANICE ARNOLD
TORONTO — : ; Delegates." who came to the fifth national cohventipn of the Canadian Zionist Federation held at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel. March 16 and 17 expecting to find guidbiines on a new direction for Zionism probably left disappointed.
Although the convention, attended by' about 500 persons from across Canada, started off with a call for frank discussion among Zionists on their differing views on Israeli policy by opening keynote speaker Arthur Hertz-berg -r- a theme which CZF president Phil Givens. hiifi-self, said he hoped would continue throughout the convention — any freewheeling debate failed to materialize during the scheduled portions of the parley.
The heavy schedule, with most of the time being spent listening to speakers, allowed little time for feedback from the delegates on what they heard. The ticklish question of what degree of loyalty Diaspora Jews owe to Israeli government policy was left up in the air.
(See Pg. 15 for more on CZF convention.)
The only apparent debate took place at an unscheduled, session. Friends of Pioneering ■ Israel brought in the Peace Now : spokesman, Tzaly Reshef. Reshef was one of the five students at the Hebrew University who in March. 1978. initiated what b.ecaihe known as the "officers letter" which was signed by 350 officers and soldiers appealing to Prime Minister Mena-chem Begin to make peace rather than a "greater Israel" his top priority.
This was Reshefs first address in Canada; About 70 persons attended the im-- promptu meeting which began at 10.30 p.m. and wound up in wee hours of the morning. ,lr>.:f>re5jingly the Peace .. J^'ow "aek^iw ,was sched-jletl tJe the same night as the address
by Leon Dulzin. chairman of the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency exe-cutives. . ■ ■
The separation of these two sessions deprived Canadian Zionists of a rare opportunity of comparing two radically different dpinioiis on Israel's future.-While Dulzin. a critic
of the Begin government in his own way. told delegates there is a consensus in Israel against the formation of a Palestinian state, the division
moderation in the present government positions on these points. He. said the Begin government.was using the image of a Diaspora in
of Jerusalem, negotiation unanimous support of its with the PLO. and.a return to poHcies as a propaganda t6bl~
the 1967 spoke of demonstrations in
borders. Reshef increasing public
Israel for
against dissension within'the state.
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Maria PortUlo, sister of Mexico's president, paid a visit to Istael recently. Her host bi Jerusalem was Ophira Navon, wife of the president of State of Israel.
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TELAVIV [JTAJ-Iisraeli officials are bracing for a possible early attempt by France, West Germany and Britain to nullify United Nations SecurityCouricil Resolution 242 or amend it in a way that Would recognize the Palestinians as a political entity.
The thrust of the three countries, the most powerful
France,: endorsing Palestinian self-determination. He was backed up strongly by West German leaders.
Resolution 242, agreed to by all parties as the basis for a Middle East peace settlement when it was first formulated in November, 1967, is the foundation on which the : Camp David accords rest. Premier Menachem Begin
members of the European t. warned last week that any Economic Community (EEC), Fvlteration of the resolution
)^.^ould e'.iTjrinate. the-basis ef^ * the Camp Davli agieeinlerits
was made clear in the recent statements Ivt Prt.sidera Valery Giscard d'Estaing of
Refuseniks to get Passover cards
TORONTO —
Canadian B'naiB'rith will send 5,000 fesHve holiday cards to Soviet Jewish^Refuse-niks to mark Passover, the festival of freedom, according to an announcement from Seymour Shatz, chairman of the BB's foreign affairs committee.'
; Shatz said there is concern for the fate of Refuseniks who can't leave Russia because of recent events in.worid affairs such as the escalation of the cold war and the turmoil in Afghanistan and Iran. "We are very much con-
cerned for their safety," he said, "and we trust that our link of communication, which we are continually building with the Refuseniks, will in some way ensure their safety from Soviet harassment. If Jews within the Soviet Union cannot speak freely, then we in the free world must serve as their spokesmen."
Shatz added that "our greeting cards^ in Russian • and Hebrew, will serve to remind them that we in the West remember them...that their names are engraved on our hearts and that we will not. abandon their cause."
with inevitable consequences.
. Giscard's position was stated in the course of his visit to the Persian Gulf states and Jordan. He said in Amman that the Palestine Liberation Organization must be given a voice in a Middle East settlement and that it was time to cease regarding the Palestinians as refugees but as 9 people with the right to self-determination. Resolution 242 refers to the Palestinian in the context of a refugee problem.
In Washington, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt supported the idea of self-determination for the Palestinians. He noted that West Germany,- itself ^was seeking self-determination for the East Germans. '
West Germany's Foreign Minister, Hans-Dietrjch Genscher was quoted in an
interview published in Cairo as saying that more countries should follow the lead of France in recognizing self-determination for the Pales: ^ tinians. ,
British Foreign Secretary Lord Carringtoii has been pressing that view for some time. Israeli political circles believe it is inevitable that the three EEC powers will sponsor a resolution in the Security Council stressing the role of ihePWestirrians and p^s-sitliy recognizing the PLO as" their main or sole representative;, ■
Israel has taken a grave view of these moves and its ambassadors in Bonn, Paris and London have expressed their government's displeasure over the recent statements with respect to the Middle East.
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MK claims internal problems are worse than external ones
ByBEVERLEYSTERN
Refund on VAT
JERUSALEM [JTA]
Tourists will receive a refund of the value-added tax [VAT] on goods they purchase in the country, ROnlster of Tourism Gideon Patt announced last week. He advised costoms ofiBcIals and the Civil Aviation Authority that the refund is to be made at the time of departure.
A special counter iriU be set 19 at Ben Gallon Airport where tourists win have to present a wrapped pttrcd and a itecelpt In Older to claim the refund. Tourists prnwed for time win be able to dn^ the rece^tlnabox, lni«rihldi case the refmkds win be maBed to their homes.
The VAT present^ stands at 12% of the purchase ^ioe irtit Is expected to lie/increased to 15% shortfy. ^ ,
TORONTO —
Israel's number one prob-lems are internal, not external.
And the spectre of social disintegration froni within could, in fact, make it impossible in the long run for Israel to overcome the dangers from outside its borders.
So says Ora Namir, 49, a Labor Party MK, who stopped off in Toronto while on a -two-week whirlwind tour across Canada for Pioneer Women Na'amat.
Pioneer Women Na'amat, the largest women's organization injsrael with a membership of over 700,000, operates about 52% of the day nurseries in Israel.
One of nine female mem-, hers of the Knesset, Mrs. Namir was appointed chairman of the committee for the status of women in 1975. Her current positions include chairmanship of the Knesset committee for education and culture, as well as membership on the Labor Party's cenbtkl committee and its executive bureau. . -Expressing dissatisfaction %ith Prime Minister Begin's social ipolicies, Mrs. Namir cited three specific causes for concern: the repudiation of
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abortion for social and economic reasons, cutbacks on day nurseries, and the adoption of a lenient attitude towards women who don't want- to join the army.
" Abortion for social and economic reasons is the single most important; social issue in the country," said Mrsi Namir, a foriner student at Hunter College in Classics and English literature, who also served as thesecretaty to Israel's United Nations delegation in New York. / .
Wth the passing of brad's controversial fifth amende
to demonstrate openly ' for neccessary social services.
"We must give a voice to those who can't speak for themselves," she said.
Mrs. Namir criticized the, government's decision to go easy on compulsory "service in the army for wometi because "it allows those who aren't she pointed out; .motivated not to join, by families too ^ ..^ , . . ^.
^Vv^ompulsory service m the
army> for both men and women was among the first items for equality of the s;exes« in Israel,'^Jhe said. *'Itis an important serviqe!to the country in which all must .participate." -''^^v^--An .officer in the Israeli, army in' the War of Independence, Mrs. Namir noted that out of 700 different professions in the. arfey, women are only in 210. ; Nevertheless, Mrs. Namir observed that. women: are beginning to break throtigh into key vocational and technical positions within ^e service.
She refused to accept tbe pronouncements of some^of Israel's leading feminiits'^ such 9& JHiiilaiii^ MardFreedmw^ are second cliiss \ dtiieeiulHilt Israel. . ' r , ^
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;^ ment to the Abortion Law, >«he said, ''the poor are getting poorer, and the weak, weaket," She explained that she V referred td^Sephardim in general and women in particular. : -
"There are women; who live in a state of permahent pregnancy Burdened
large for them to care for properly, and unable to help themselves, they could precipitate major crises in Isra- . el's social, civil and economic life, she said.
Mrs. Namir also reported that cutbacks on day nurseries forced over 4,000 children, primarily from underprivileged homes, to be with-dravvn from existing programs.
"ITiere were 32,000 in day nurseries last year. Now there are 28,000'' she said.
Sheis concerned that risihg costs mayjjfotce closure of; many: other dayx nurseries including those operated by Ftoni^Na'amat. ] \ .-rS
Although reluctant to tAA to Israel's dvil. problems, Mrs; Niunir, s^ that unless the present government changes its social^policies, women's organizatians will-have no, altornative bntitb> form a strong pettwut grqnpi