The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, January 2, 1976 - Page 7
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LOUIS SHARP BUODS TEACHERS' TRAINING CENTRE IN ISIiAEl ON THE OCCASION Of HIS 7Sth B/RTHDAr
On the shores of Lake KJnneret, not far from t he city of Tiberias, there is a stretch of, . green lush countryside. jA-hich is one of the beauty spots of Israel. Here, amid the blossoming shrubs and trees stands one of Israel's most important_.institii-tions — the Midrasha (Teachers' Training Gentre) to which young men and women from deprived, homes come to train as teachers. Here they receive the schooling that wiircnable them to become the guides and counsellors of the new generation of children, who tomorrow will be the builders and defenders of the Jewish State.
A Midrasha for Soviet Immigrants
For some time now the Midrasha has been located here, in the Berl Katzcnelehson Centre. Consisting of t h r e e
buildings, the school is training teachers to work with children in all parts of Israel — the
kibbutzim, the mosha-vim, the cities and the new development towns. With the great numbers of Soviet Jews comirig into the country in recent years, the need for teachers, particularly those workijig.,,jSLi..t.h immigrant children,"has grown beyond the capacity of the Centre. Addi-.' t i o n a 1 space and facilities are required to fill the ever-growing demand and it has become a matter of urgent necessity to expand the school by the additipn of a third floor to one of the buildings.
A Toronto couple, with the help of family and friends, has undertaken to pro V i d e S200.000 for the construction of this addition. The enlarged Teachers' Training School, known as Ohalo (His Tent) will bear the name of its benefactors. Rose and Louis Sharp of Toronto and that of his four brothers, h will be built in co-operation
with the Histadrut Campaign of Toionto.
This is not the first significant contribution
madie by Louis and Rose Sharp to Israel. Back in 1946 Rose and Louis Sharp made a visit to Israel and on returning to Toronto to" celebrate their 25th Anniversary decided to mark the occasion by endowing a children's __nursery in. Kibbutz Bet Keshet. The Hblon" Imrnigrant Training and Community Centre, for which Louis Sharp donated $100,000 plus the land iii 1971, is today one of the largest and finest community centres in Israel and stands as an everlasting tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Sharp.
Third Sharp Project in Israel
And now Louis and Rose Sharp will see the fulfilment of another great project —the Mi.d?j rasha >at Ohalo, near Tiberias. The institution, built with t h e i r help, will serve the needs of thousands of newcomers aiid will lighten the burden of the
Israel government in its struggle to absorb anid settle many immigrants from Russia. Thus their
names will be forever linked with the upbuilding of the State of Israel
/ -and the iabsorptipn of its immigrants.
Rose and Louis are the parents-oi two chil-
_dren. Allan Sharp, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C),"who is Director of Cardiology at Mourit^iiiai Hospital in Toronto and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto; and of Betty, who is married to Herschel V o g e 1. an engineer managing ai successful business establishment.
Sharp Brothers Pioneers in Israel
Louis is one of a family of five brothers, three of whom, Nathan. David and Shlomo live in Israel. Louis and Max in Toronto. Brother Mai is one of the owners of The Four Seasons and Inn-On-The-Park Hotels as well as the builder of the Four' Seasons Hotel in Natanya, Israel. Of his brothers in Israel. Louis says: "Though vye here in Canada were very-successful M feel that my brothers who remained in Israel deserve all the
honor/'
The Sharp brothers were born in Auschwitz, Poland, but emigrated to Germany after the First World Warr^efore the rise of Hitlpr-UTive of the Sharp brothers left Gerrnany to settle in Israel. These five brothers survivedr All the others, out of a family of ten children, perished in the Holocaust. T h e i r father was a; 'shoichet' in the old country and Louis says of his parents: 'They considered themselves rich. Their only possessions consisted of ten children."
Max and Louis left Israel to come to Cariada in the early 20's,While D a V i d,. Nathan and Shlomo remained in Israel: Louis speaks with great affection and admiration of his brothers in Israel. His brother Nathan gave 50 years of his life to working on the land by day and guarding his kibbutz at night with a gun at his side. David worked at building many synagogiies in Israel, expending time and energy, and then found there was no mon-
ey with which to pay hini. Shlomo manufactured fur garments and , isjTow operating a stJC-cessful export-nnport bitsiness. Their children ;in/d grandchiLdreri . served in the Israeli armed forces in all the wars of tfi'e young State since its establishment^^ in 1948. liP'the Yom -Kippur W^r o'f 1973, 17 members of the Sharp family saVv active service.
No wonder then that Louis Sharp is filled with admiration for his brothers in Israel and for all of Israel's inhabitants and defenders. No wonder then that he cannot rest while Israel's needs " mount daily, while the dangers facing the Jewish State are -ever present, while thousands of children are in need of education, health care and vocational training for which their parents cannot afford to pay. When he visited his niecfe in Bet Keshet in 1946. Louis saw the
great needs which existed and resolved one day to do something significant and permanent on
behalf of the. people and the land of Israel.
Louis Sharp To Be Honored on Occasion of 75th Birthday
That is why today, in Jiis . 75th year, Louis Sharp-is a h^ppy man, for helping to buHd the Midrasha in his beloved Israel is But the latest achievement in his lifelong efforts on behalf of the Jewish state. The Histadrut Campaign in Toronto, through which the Ohalo Project is being built, and the Labour Zionist family of which~The Sharps have been members all their lives, will mark Louis' 75th birthday by honoring him at the Annual Histadrut Banquet, taking place at the ^eth Tzedec Synagogue on Jan. 4, 1976. Lou i s Sharp is deserving of the recognition and gratitude of the entire community not only for the projects he helped build in Israel and his participation in the Israel Bond campaigns, the UJA and other: communal institutions, but also for the manv w-orthwhile
Canadian causes to which he contributed without fanfare or accolades. He has, indeed, set a wurthy^example of sharing his blessings, his good fortune and his wealth with his brtJthers and sisters in Isr^eTand with all those-in need. ~
~ Upbuilding of Israel Best Answer to Arab Terrorism
Louis Sharp is responding to the urgent needs of the Israeli people. He is helping to build a stronger Israel — a healthier, better educated new generation which will be the future defenders and builders of the Jewish nation. Thanks to such institutions as Louis and Rose Sharp are helping to build, it will be a stronger and a better generation—- and that is the best answer which a Jew can give now to -Arab terrorist attacks against Medinat Isroel. That is the best guarantee for a secure and peaceful future for the State of Israel which, in the last analysis, means a better future for Jews all over the world.
LOUIS SHARP
THE ENLARGED TEACHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL, KNOWN AS OHALOfHIS TENT) WILL BEAR THE NAME OF ROSE AND LOUIS SHARP AND THAT OF MR. SHA RP'S FOUR BROTHERS.
THE TEACHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL' -'OHALO". WILL HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SHARP BROTHERS. LEFT TO RIGHT ARE SHLOMO, LOUIS, NATHAN, DA VTD AND MAX. : .
supervising noilliT' construction
By LOUISE CORNBLUM
TORONTO -
Gerry Granek is an electrical engineer, well known in his field for his work on some of this city's biggest projects (The Scarborough Town Centre, for e-xample). But his number one project for the past five years, the completion of the Northern YM-YWHA. has been on a volunteer biasis.
"I don't have time to lise the 'Y' facilities," he said ruefully in an inter-vie w with The CJN. "Building committee members spend all their spare time at the 'V' but we have to take our pleasure from seeing that the building is busy around the clock."
Granek is one of a number of experts who volunteered to monitor and supervise the 'Y' building program and. w'ho have already proven that they are saving the Jew'ish community over $3 million.
The building committee works almost on a daily basis, each man utilizing his specific expertise for a certain activity and working with a committee of one or two to give the 'Y* as much of his time as it requires, with no limit.
There is rarely a day which does not see the committee in action, usually on an individual basis. In this wayr-jx)m- ' mittee meetings.'^&re reduced but participation is increased. _
"Participation" is Gra-rhek's favorite word when he talks of the 'Y'. To him, the story of the 'Y' is a saga of partidpation. It is not something created by a government, but the result of years of partici' g pation by a total commu- = nity. ■ W
"In 1939. I was your 1 average, run-of-the-mill = Germaii kid come to Can- i ^da,^' Granek recalled. 1 /" SomeOfie took me to the " / 'Y* on /Brunswick. I remember I had to pay what
■seemed like a lot for a towel and soap, but the 'Y' became very important to me."
He went on to explain that, today, except for the ■ Y', the only meeting place that our society has provided for youngsters is the shppping centre and that was not intentional. The schools are not open to public use after school, hours:. There is little government support of community centres. Prosperity has reduced the need of the student to work after school, yet there has been little pro-
vided for his leisure time.
Granek feels that the next decade will see the price of gasoline soaring to SI .50 a gallon and this will make it difficult for anyone . to make use of Ontario's parks and northland recreation facilities. In addition, the projected possibility of the three-day factor)' week using rotation of staff makes free-time facilities of prime importance.
With these facts in mind, the building committee determined to create a building for a ^projected 1985 lifestyle.
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