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THE TORONTO BRANCH OF
Friends of Pioneering Israel
Invite you to participate in an evening with
RICHARD YAFFE
Editor <)f "Israel Horizon" -.President  of  U.N.  Reporters Association  Mr.   Yaffe has just returned from Israel and vvilf speak on:
■   ISRAEL//V THE/(fs AND MILITARY SITUATION AN ANAL YSIS OF POLITICAL Sunday, March 29, 8:30 P.M.
Jerusalem Hall 188 Marlee Avenue Zionist Building
This evening promises to be very infprmative and should be attended by all. Friends are welcome.
Tenth Biennial Commencement Exercises of the
Toronto Midrasha rMorim
(lEWlSN TEACHERS' SEMINARY)
will take place Sunday, M^rch 29th. at 2:30 p.m.
In the Auditorium of the Associated Hebrew Schools 3630 Bathurst Street Guest Speaker: DR. DAVIDMIRSKY,
Dean of Stern College, Ycshiva University
Reception in honour of the graduates immediately following the Commencement Exercises.
The Public is cordially invited.
The Toronto Midrasha L'Morjm is co-sponsored by the Boaid o1 Jewish Education, and Canadian Jewish Congress.
AND ORGANIZATIONS
iSHAKU I'OET ■
Jaal-ov Orlaiui, noted Is-i-aeli.' poet, spuke at Betli Tzedec last evening at a nieniurial incetiiig for the late Slnmi.el°Y. Agnon, Israeli Nobel Prizewinner,
Tlie evening, cosponsored by Keren Hatarbut and Beth Tzedec Synagogue, was chaired by Mrs. H, Rosenberg; Cantgjr Y. Cooper chanted tile prayer; Mi's. Huth Segal read a short story written by Agnon.
The entire program was conducted in Hebrew.
GUF.ST
* Adath Israel Study Gniiip . will have as its guest Prof„
\V. \{. CoIeTuan of York University, next Thursday evening. Topic: The Biblical Hoots of Western Civilization.
* Rabbi Krwin Schild conducted a study session last night on: Maiiiionides'Mish-neh Torah.
* • This Sunday morning, Brotherliocxl will present as guest speaker Carl M. Gus-sin, Instructor in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin. Topic: The Jewish Community of India.
* Wednesday night the Young, Couples Club held a discussion on: Conservative Judaism Ideology and Practice, It was led by Rabbi Schild.
PRESENTS PAPER
Aron M, Nussbaum, principle, United Syngagoue Day . School, is presenting a paper this weekend at the convention of the Educators Assembly, heldinttieCatskills. Subject: Projecting a Program of Texts and Mater-
GUEST SPEAKER. - Dr.
Hayyim Cohen ot the Hebrew University's Instilue of Con -temporary Jewry, who will be guest speaker at a public meeting sponsored by the Toronto Chapter, Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, Tuesday evening, April 7th, at Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Dr. Cohen, who was born in Iraq, will speak on: The Facts about Jews in Arab Countries. Cochairmen of the program committee are Mrs. Robert Gold and David E. Newman, Q.C.
■ ials for the SoiomonSchech-ter Day Schools of the '70s.
WILL SPtfe
M. J. Nuj?<?nberger, ed The CanMian Jewish News, will speak on France and the Jews, this Saturday night, a., a .Yavneh meeting, at ."ha^rei Shoniayim. Yavneh, i£> ihe religious arm of Hillr el.
EDITOR IS GUEST
Richard Yaffe, editor of Israel Horizon, president of U. N. Reporters Association and American correspondent of tiio London Jewish Chronicle, will be the guest speaker, at a meeting of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian Friends of Pioneeringlsrael, this Sunday evening, 8:30 p.m., in the Jerusalem Hall of the Zionist Building on Marlee Avenue. He will speak on: Israel in the '70s -- An Analysis of the Political and Military Situation.
Yaffe also writes for The Canadian Jewish News via tlie JCNS feature, a CJN exclusive in all Canada.
SIUM
Shomrai Shaboth Congregation will hold a Sium on Seder Noshim, tomorrow evening, 5:00 p.m. The Sium will be devoted to the memory of those of the city of Ziotzov, Poland, who perished during the holocaust.
After Minkha services, a Sholosh Seudoth will be given by Mrs. Eva Marder and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marder. Rabbi Felder will deliver the Had ran.
INSTALLATION
The newly elected officers and board of Shomrai Shaboth Congregation were installed during a Purim breakfast last week.
BREAKFAST
A .father - son - daughter breakfast tendered by Brotherhood of Shaarei Tefillah will take place this Sunday morning. Guest speaker: Rabbi Berglas.
CELEBRATION
Toronto Lodge, B'nai B'rith District 22's oldest lodge, founded in 1919, celebrates its 51st annual installation, Sunday, April 5th, at Beth Tzedec. James Harris, C.A., is incoming president,
ATTENDED CONFAB
Attending the recent conference of the National Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs were the following Torontonians: Stanley Soli of Beth Tzedec, president; Harry Berns of Beth Am and Norman Shapiro of Beth Sholom, vice presidents; David SolomonofBethAm, corresponding secretary.
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would like to inform the community that on Saturday, Tzav — 20 Adar 2 — March 28
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A Sium on Mishnaybth-Seder Naihim (studied dally) will take place at 4:45 PM. followed by a Seudah Shiishit given by the Marder tamiljies. Rabbi.Gedalia Felde/ will deliver the Hadran.
Everybody is welcome!
K. Weiner, JVesident
YAVNEH
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ADDRESSED" TOURIST CONFERENCE.-Moshe Kol, Israel's Minister of Tourism, . seen addressing the opening session of the International Conference on Tourism Investment held recently in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Golda Meir was guest of honor-at a special luncheon on opening day.
TORONTO PROFILE
By Uri Jacobson
PIONEERED SCHOOL FOR RETARDED CHILDREN
When 1 interviewed Rabbi Joseph Kelman recently in his study I knew that he had been asked many times aliout ■ his role in the organization and creation of a unique institution in the Jewish community, a school for Jew--ish children with learninR disabilities.
The idea, lie said for setting up a special school for children with learning problems, emerged one day during a friendly discussion he had had vith a member of his congregation at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
The mother inquestionhad told Rabbi Kelman iiuw bad she felt that her child, who was slightly retarded, would have no opportunity of ever °having a bar mitzvah. Half in jest tlif ral)bi suggested the possibility of opening a special school, specifically to insure the education of children like iiors.
In SeptembPr 1961, responding to a real need in the community Rabbi Kelman organized the Kadimah School, which became the first institution in Canada to offer Jewish in.structioii to retarded children. In 19G4 he expanded his project by opening the Ezra School, an institution modeled after the Kadimah unit but open to children of the community at large not just his nwn congregation.
I asked him what the problems were in those early years and he replied that the initial difficulty involved hiring competent staff. "If was necessary for the teacher not only to bo a skillful pedagogue," he said, "she had to love the children as well. Add to this, devotion to ttie cause and a world of patience,"
Despite ttiose early pioneering difficulties the Kadimah and Ezra Schools progressed satisfactorily. Today ,they are ari obvious source of pride to Rabbi Kel-. man. He mentioned that since their founding, scores of boys hav^ had their bar mitzvahs. Otheris have been helped so well by their training in the school that they have been integra;ted within context of the normal classroom scene.
Rabbi Kelman paid tribute ^ to his own synagogue, to B'nai B'rith and the Akim womens' group for the assistance they had provided the schools." The third annual concert on behalf of the schools, had just taken place and the proceeds went directly to. Kadimah and Ezra.
Because of his experti.se in the matter of schools for retarded JewLsh children, Rabbi Kelman has been made chairman of his experience and that of others the Jewish Theological Seminary has set up a special program for . teachers intending to pursue a career m schools for the retarded.
• Rabbi Kelman's dedication to Jewish education doubtless stems in part from hisTip-_bringing in a solid Jewish. household. His father w-as-the late Rabbi: Leib Kelman, a well known rabbi and educator .in Toronto, Three of his sons went on to obtain rabbinical ordination. Two are in the New York area. Rabbi . Joseph Kelman returned to Toronto area after holding pulpits in .Sher-brooke,. .Quebec and New York.
At Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Rabbi Kelman has had a pragmatic approach tosyn-agogue life. He is involved in several mishnah and chu-mach classes and has organized a regular Thursday morning, prayer and break- . fast session for boys preparing for the bar mitzvah. Through this function, he is trying,to impress upon these . boys the fact that Jewish, worship is not restr/icted.to sabbaths and holidays.
Another aspect of hisprac-. tical approach to. the rabbinate can be seen in records
Rabbi Joseph Kelman
Rabbi Kelman has prrxlucecl to help people observe certain customs and rituals. He has recorded, for e.xample, a Pesali disc with accompanying booklet setting out the various parts of the seder service. He has dfme ottier records offering short, practical explanation of shabbat and Hanukah.
, Another area in which the rabbi has become deeply involved is the Ontario Hospital on Queen Street in Toronto. When he first became aware of the situation there with regard to Jewish patients he was saddened to learn that religious services were often conducted without tlie ark or prayer shawls. One of his first tasks was to remedy that situation. The lack of kosher food was another problem that drew his attention and thrtiugh his effort kosher facilities were eventually provided for Jewish patients. Rabbi Kelman also acts as a chaplain in the Ontario prison system.
^ Joseph Kelman did not always want to be a rabbi. As a young man he had his heart set on being a pro-
the rabbi is the tendency among Jews to give up religious prac:tices on the basis of specious reasoning. Because Jews find it iif-ressary to eat in restaurants this is no justification for thfin to give up a kosher home. The cry of hypocrisy in this case is a pliony one. "This is,not to suggest that 1 am giving a lieter (permission) for Jews to eat out; what I am saying is that they shouldn't use one practice to justify a second."
Rabbi Kelman is also exercized by the practice of Jewish self-defense aijencies such as the ADL. The latter he feels has lost sight of priorities in Jewish life when it expends its energies on such activities as trying to open up the Granite Cliil) here inTororto. "The money
Mr. Mike Feldman.
President BetH . Emeth Bais Yehuda
fessor of Jewish history. But. because oftlie tradition in his family he thought it might, be  advisable  to  get his s'micha (rabbinic ordination) not to take a pulpit, but merely for the sake of learning. "It was during thatper-iod," Rabbi Kelman said, "that I began to observe ' tlie phenomenon of different irabbis who had loist their idealism. I felt that here was a real challenge— to/serve the Jewish community and yet at the same time.to maintain one's faith in one's vo-ation. I am happy to say that after sixteen years I am still an idealist. Of considerable help, of course, was the fact that I tiad two brothers tolook up.to, both of whom . are men oL.great. integrity."   .        / ,
Although he is a unrepentant idealist, Rabbi Kelman is no Poly anna when it comes to modern Jewish life. He readily, admits That there is much that is bad among. Jews. He believes that lack of support for education is most deplorable. "In my own synagogue," he remarked somewhat, pensively,, "we • have from 70 to 75 bar mitzvahs a year. I am happy if I retain the interest of 10. of the boy<i beyond then-bar mitzvah year."
Another thing which annoys
Mrs. Irving Kasdan, President Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Sisterhood
spent on this area while perhaps important in principle, couldbe much better utilized for the cause of Jewish education."
Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda will shortly have to forgo the services of RabbiKelman -- for five months. He is now in Israel for a sabbatical leave. He plans to spend his time in Jerusalem and has already acquired a flat there. He is looking forward to a change in perspective after 10-1,'2 years of uninterrupted service to his congregation.
In Israel, however, I suspect he will be aiK pting the same frenetic pace as he does in Toronto. He is already planning to use his time in Jerusalem tbdosome more writiiig on Jewish customs and rituals and to complete the writing of his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Jewish education.
We are living' in the most significant moment in Jewish |__ history in over 1800 years. 1835 years ago, in-135 C.E., •Jerusalem was razed to the ground- and "the. inhabitants of tiie land of Israel were scattered to the four corners of the earth.
For 1813 years, the Jew remained at the mercy of his tormentors. He suffered degradation, humiliation and torture. For 1813 years the Jew walked with bowed head. In 1948, when the State of Israel emerged, the Jew, too, was reborn. His pride and dignity were returned to him, never again to be taken away. During this crucial period in the history of modern Israel, each and every Jew who values his pride and dignity, must ensure that Israel is self-sustaining. This can be accomplished onl^ if Israel is relieved of her financial burdens.
Cultural, educational, medical and recreational facilities are desperately needed -- and needed now, Canadian Jews can play a great role in this respect by supporting the Canadian Histadrut Development Foundation.
"With the mere stroke,of your pen -- you can identify yourself and your future with the future of Israel'' -- The Canadian Histadrut Development Foundation enables you to share your today with Israel's tomorrow. All this can be done painlessly by a bequest in your will or assignment of life insurance.
The purpose of the Canadian Histadrut Development Foundation is to offset the mortgage which determines the economic fate of Israel, Through the pooling of lie-quests that will accrue to Israel in the years ahead, she may be helped to e-ventually overcome her heavy international debt. Israel's foreign indebtedness exceeds one billion dollars at the present moment. It is the highest per capita indebtedness in the world. Only the Jews of the world can ease the strain of the pressure on Israel's econ-
omy. Realizing the amount of financial pressure put-on Jews through various Campaigns, the Canadian ftis-tadrut Development Foundation was reacted in order that people could provide for Israel's future without feeling the financial pinch today.
With a bequest, assignment of life insurance, a transfer of securities, or the setting up of a charitable trust fund, Israel can be helped to"Burn the mortgage".
With little or no cash contribution on your part, you can sponsor a Histadrut hospital, a medical clinic, a vocational school, scholarships, a parents home, a cultural centre, a youth centre, a sports arena and facilities, a children's village, a syna|ogue, a library. . .
* You can provide a Bet Avot (a home for parents) where elderly people can live with dignity and comfort in a pleasant environment.
* You can assure excellent medical care for thousands of men, women and children in Histadrut's outstanding health network, Ku-pat Holim, which maintains 17 hospitals and over 1000 clinics.
* Your sponsorship of a vocational training school or
. department will help Israeli youth become useful citizens in a strong democracy.
* You can help erect a sanctuary for those seeking spiritual expression in our great Jewish heritage. Histadrut seeks to establish a synagogue in every new town or immigrant quarter to meet the needs of religious Jews.
* You can erect a community centre. Cultural institutions are required in every new town.
To move such projects from blueprint to reality, to translate these objectives from plan to plant is but the work of a few moments. You can inscribe your name in history by supporting the Canadian Histadrut Development Foundation.
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JEWISH CONVERTS
Jerusalem, JCNS. - In the twenty years from' the establishment of Israel to 1968, a total of 8,836 people, have been converted to Judaism by the Israeli Rabbinate, of whom 60 percent w'ere wor men.
Six percent.of applicants were rejected, lialf oftheni on security grounds and the rest because, of a criminal past or for other reasons.
TTiese figures were.;?'.von in the Knesset by-the Minister for Religious Affairs, Dr. Zerali Warhaftig, who also said that 579 apiilica-tions were still pending;
. The statutory waiting period of one year before an application is considered »s waived ior spouses of Jews; they can be converted within a few months. Since 1948, Dr. Warhaftig said, 59.percent of all applicants had been converted within a year and 26 percent within two years.
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The MontreaiJewishYouth Council, composed of twenty-. .two organizations, staged a manihiOth , ^ Purim parade commemorating the joyous Festival of Esther, last Sunday; More than 3,000 youngsters assembled at Phillips. Square to celebrate thePur-iiii festival by participating in a march which culminated at the Israeli Consulate. A Purim presentation staged outside the Consulate highlighted the exciting afternoon. .
This ambitiou£_and massive undertaking, the first of its kind among Montreal's Jewisli youth, was initiated and  coordinated  by B'nai B'rith Youth Organization., Its professional staff (Isaac Katovsky, regional director, Frank  Dimant  and  Soma. Shron, program directors). . worked: untiringly to make this event a success; The parade was a clear indication.of the newsocialaware- : ness  and .commitment of B'nai B'rithYoutliOrganiza-tion to Israel and to Jewish tradition.
Sound trucks accompanying the marchers projected :Zahal songs, Lubovitclier melodies and iiuxlprnIsraeli folk Songs. Tniffic_,was at a standstill and pa^sersby lined tho sidewalksobservii\g the colorful entonrage.^Ban-v lU'.rs and signs, as' well as j the smgmg. and dancing', con-' tributi'd to the exciting spirit prevailing throiigluTfit.
The Betar color guard led tlie 'pai-ade; B'nai Akiva's repertoire of Israeli songs
and placards  carried by . BBYO, NCSY ana Hashomer Hatzair added further to the jubilant spirit. The traditional and colorful Purim cos^ tumes . of the Francophone groups, the enthusiasm of the "Y" groups from Snow-don and Davis, Yavneh and HiHel, Neighborhood House and Student Zionist Organization, along with the hundreds of parents who joined m, enhanced further the impressive marchers. -.: In front of the Consulate song^ groups, speakers and the reading of the Megillah . brought the afternoon to a climax. Following the formal presentation, . spontaneous singing and dancing broke . out on the streets with everyone taking part. ■ . Rabbi Joseph Deitcher recited the opening prayers, followed by a short address . by the chairman of the Montreal Jewish Youth Council, . Abie Jngber. Michel Shore, : student  at  Universite de Montreal, acted as master of ceremonies.
The pageant was coordinated by Joel Moss, BBYO staff worker. Spokesmen of the. Lubovicher youth group addressed the crowd, describing traditional mitzvot: associated with Purlin; they also distributed 2,000 gift packages in true Purim tradition.
The spontaneous shouts of "Am Israel Chai" as well as the youths' strong concern and identification'with Soviet Jewry was constantly present.
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