Page 8 - The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, December 16, 1977
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WOMEN CANADIAN FRIENDS
The first Toronto women's group of the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University was formed recently at a meeting at the home of Roma Buchman. It will meet monthly and major activities planned so^ar include in-depth discussions on Israel's culture, led by national executive director Stuart Rosenberg, and a tour to Israel in May. Mrs. Buchman was named chairman of the group. Incidently, her husband. Jack, is the Canadian Friends national treasurer and Toronto chapter president.
CONCERT DAY
Sunday, the 18th, js concert day at the 'Y's Leah Posiuns Theatre. At 2 p.m. there's Jasca Milkis (he's the associate concert master of the Toronto Symphony), joined by his wife, pianist Marianna Rozenfeld. his daughter, violinist Mara Milkis Jordan, and son-in-law, cellist Myles Jordan...At 8 in the evening, the Canadian Brass presents a program of classical and modem works.
MIZRACHI HAPPENINGS
Last Saturday evening, the Mizrachi men's and women's organizations held a Maleve Malka at Baycrest Terrace with guest speaker Rabbi Louis Bernstein, president of American Mizrachi who discussed the role of Mizrachi both here and in Israel...Yeshurun Chapter of men's Mizrachi, together with the girls from Ulpanat Grot High School, organized a Chanuka party for disadvantaged children andtheir families. It was held at the school on Sunday, Dec. 4. For many of the children, it was a first Chanuka experience. Before leaving, each youngster received a menora, candles and instructions on how to light them. The families were contacted through the Jewish Family and Child Service.
BREAKFAST HOUR
Canadian Jewish Congress Executive Vice-President Alan Rose will be discussing Quebec and the Jewish CommD-nlty at the Temple Sinai Brotherhood breakfast hourthis Sunday, the 18th, at 10.
Also on Sunday, Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Brotherhood breakfast club is presenting Toronto Sun columnist Max Haines in a talk about Interesting Crimes. That's at 9:30.
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Shaar Shalom Synagogue, a Conser-
By MIRIAM HERMAN
vative congregation in northeast Metro, is holding an open meeting for new and prospective members on Sunday, the 18th. at 8 p.m. at Hillmount Public School. 245 McNicho! Ave., Willowdale. For information, call 222-2908 or 889-6229.
USY CONVENTION—
For the first time, an international convention of United Synagogue Youth is being held in Canada. It is taking place in Toronto from Dec. 22-29. .Approximately 1,500 USYers and advisers are expected to anend.
MALEVE MALKA
A Maleve Malka is being sponsored by Torah Emeth Sisterhood this Saturday, Dec- 17. with guest speaker Norman May, chairman of the Canada-Israel Committee. He will discuss The Qaebec Problem and the Jews. Cocktails at 7:30, dinner at 8, at the synagogue, 1 View-mount Ave. R.S. V.P. by calling 789-4702 or 787-5617.
FOR SENIORS
Shaarei Shomayim Friendship Qub is having a dance, with music by the Phil Gold orchestra on Sunday, the 18th, at 7:30 at the synagogue.
SINGLES TAKE NOTE
Total Living group at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda is screening Lies My Father Told Me on Sunday, the 18th, at 8:30 p.m. at the synagogue.
The Jewish Connection is having a Boxing Day dance on Monday, the 26th, at Canary Cottage Disco. Triumph Hotel at 8 p.m.
CBC PROGRAM ON JERUSALEM
If you happen to be home Saturday evening, Dec. 24, tune in to CBC-AM radio at 9:05 for the program Ideas '78. It features award-winning broadcaster Malka on a return visit to Israel in which she asks residents and visitors — Jews, Christians and Moslems — what Jerusalem means to them.
ABOUT NEW YEAR'S EVE
The United Organizations for Hista-drut and The Women's Council is holding a New Year's Eve dance, Saturday, the 31st at the Labor Zionist Centre. There will be a buffet supper and a draw on a trip to Israel. Proceeds go to the new community centre in Kibbutz Gadot, Israel. For tickets, call 787-0264.
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Boys Town appointments -r- Eric Exton, national president of Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem, has announced the appointment of two Toronto community leaders to the national committee — Sidney Beiarg and; Ben Biback who were named national co-chairmen for scholarships and endowments...Max Copeland has been appointed Toronto scholarship chairman, heading up a committee to secure 200 scholarships from the Toronto area for
some of the neediest boys.
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Nancy and Morris Golko, married in Toronto 60 years ago. are celebrating the anniversary at an afternoon reception for about 100 family and friends at Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue this Sunday, the 18th (which Mrs. Gulkp pointsout is "Chai"). Mr. Gulko, 92, a retired tailor, was a Jewish school teacher in Europe before coming to Canada. His 82-year-old wife hails from England. They have four children — Helen Baltman. Evelyn Katz. Norman Gulko and Harris Gulko (Jewish National Fund national executive vice-president) — 15 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.
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' Wilson Heights MPP David *tteii-Ijerg leaves for a three-week trip to Israel this weekend to visit his two daughters who are living there. Anne Rotenberg Golinkin and Meta Rotenberg. And word is that he will also be spending some time on a kibbutz and meeting with government officials as well.
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With the artists — An exhibition of pen and ink drawings by American caricaturist David Levine opens at the Art Gallery of Ontario on Saturday, the 17th, for its only showing in Canada. Entitled Ardsts, Aothon and Others, it runs to Jan. 15...Israeli artist Bobdan (his fiill name is Bohdan Kielczyriski, but he uses the first name signature only) is
displaying about 50 pieces of his work (mostly modern abstracts) this Sunday; the 18th, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the home of Uri and Marilyn Brickman, 428 Connaught Ave., Willow-dale:. ..Former Torontonian Shirley Win-thrope Rivo is presenting a one-woman show during the month of December at the Chemical Bank, 59th and Madison
Avenue in New York City.
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Seymour Epstein, who has been named director of Camp Ramah in Utterson. Ontario is no stranger to the camp he will direct. He started out as a camper in 1963, returning summers as assistant program director, counsellor, division'head and finally as head of one of the camp's experimental programs. An authority in the field of Jewish education, with degrees from both Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, Brandeis and the University of Toronto (his doctorate). Dr. Epstein has been assistant professor at McGill in the faculties of arts and education, as well as directing the program in Jewish teacher training there; He will have dual responsibilities in his new post. In addition to operating the camp, he will initiate a community-wide Jewish adult education program under the auspices _-of the Jewish Theological Society of Canada.
It was a complete surprise for Margaret Davidson when Rabbi Gnnther Ptaut announced that his next book would be dedicated to her. The announcement was made at the congregational tribute dinner two weeks ago honoring the retiring Holy Blossom Temple rabbi; His secretary during his 16-year tenure as senior rabbi, Miss Davidson worked for Rabbi Abraham Feinberg before that. The book, Time to Think, is culled from his articles in The Globe and Mail. It will be out early in the new year.
TORONTO —
Though a woman's 50s can be difficult years. Bertha Dermer, wife, mother and homemaker. -calls herself an eternal student and a happy woman.
Mrs. Dermer is a vice-president of Toronto Women's ORT and its fund-raising chairman.
"No one wants the job of fund-raiser. I, too. did not know if I could do it; I had never done it before, but I believed I could."
She has proven to be a tireless dynamo for ORT. One of her achievements has been to enlarge the Golden Circle, made up of $1,000 scholarship donors. It was her idea to honor these donors annually at a champagne luncheon.
She organized the first such luncheon, attended by 45 women at the Bridle Path home of Eva Kimmel on Oct. 26. Kathleen Davis, wife of Ontario Premier William Davis, and Carole Grossman, wife of Ontario's Consumer Affairs Minister Larry Grossman, were guests.
Mrs. Dermer studied languages at the University of Chernovitz, Romania in 1937 and 1938 (paying her own way by tutoring), and medicine at the University of Vienna from 1946 to 1948 —but it was in 1977 at the University of Toronto that she became,a college graduate. She received her BA in languages at the same time that her daughter Alicia (Mrs. Alex Borgida in private life), graduated in medicine.
"When Alicia moved out in 1973, there was a vacuum in my life. We had been very close. She urged me to check my credits at the University of Toronto and go back to school. It was too late for medicine for me, of course, but I'm pleased that Alicia chose medicine. I found I only needed 10 credits to complete a BA. Itmademefeel young again to go back to school among all those young people."
Mrs. Dermer is reluctant to talk about the concentration camp years. She was at Transnistria in the Ukraine from 1940 to 1944. People died there of hunger and typhoid, but they knew nothing of the Holocaust going on in the other camps till after their release, she said. "When you see as many as 25 bodies being piled up in one day, you realize that life is not much — and yet it is so precious."
When Angel Dermer wrote to Bertha in 1948, having just le:amed that she was still alive, he asked her to join him in Colombia, where he had a dental laboratory. It was hard to give up the studies she loved, but she decided to marry Angel ("my angel of a husband") and. went with him to Colombia in April 1948.
A few days after their arrival, Colombia's peace ended and a bloody revo-
"If I may presume to give advice to otlier women my age, it's this: 'Be active. Don't stay home alone. Be a student, be a volunteer, being helpful to others is a wonderful feeling. Whatever you love to do. do it'."
Cicero's words of advice, which Bertha has hanging on her kitchen wall, and the motto she lives by, reads: "Love each day as though you are going to die tomorrow;
"Learn each day as though you are going to live forever."
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lution began. More than 2,000 people were killed within eight days. "For me. at that time, the very sight of a uniform could make me shake with fright, whether it was on a policeman or a solider. Not now, of course. I had almost forgotten it was like that. But now as I talk about it I remember."
Because the political unrest continued in Colombia, the Dermers decided to emigrate to Canada in 1962. By 1963, she had begun her career as
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a volunteer. About her work. Mrs. Dermer says quietly, "I know how much a little help means.
"Of course. 1 am willing to help anyone. I worked with retarded children as a volunteer for many years. But one must set priorities — and now my priorities are: first, help my own family; second, help my own people. ORT is my first love (for volunteer work), because it helps Israel and Jewish people in the best way possible, by giving them an education.
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At an early age, Ochs became interested in newspapers and in 1878 gained control of the failing Chattanooga Times, which he built into a profitable organization making, it one of the leading newspapers of the South.
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