P
li p
p.
i
PS
I
REUGIOUS ZIONISTS this Saturday eyenihg, February Ilth, 8:30 p.in., Mizrachi-Haikiel Haunizrachi will'hold, a special festive meUu-a malka dedicated to the anniversary of the ifam-ous historian and idJeolbgist of reIi8;ious Zionism, Jafetz. Rabbi ^f.J. Burak, spiritual leader of Beth Jacob Synagogue, will be the guest speaker.
All members and friends are expebted to attend.
BAR MITZVA Clanton Park Synagogue of Downsview will be celebrating its Bar Mitzva anniversary during the weekend of Feb. 24-26th, in conjunction with their annual dedication weekend. Rabbi Dr. David S. Shapiro of Milwaukee, Wisconsin will be guest speaker.
Dr. Norman Shaul is chairman of the Friday evening Oneg Shabbat; Ben Hahn will be chairman of the Sunday banquet. Aaron Weinstocl^ . cultural chairman, and Rabbi N.L. Rabinovitch have arranged the cultural program for the weekend vrtiich will be climaxed on Sunday evening at the Bar Mitzvah ban- ■ quet when Rabbi Shapiro will ^speak on: Concept of Wisdom in Jewish Tradition.
NEW EXECUTIVE The following members of the Zionist Revisionist Organization, Toronto branch. Were elected to the new executive at a recently held meeting at the Betar club: Lou Moses, president; Harry Mann, vice-presfden^ Morris Mlotek, vice-president; Louis Shair^use, secretary; Ralph Fromer, treasurer. Executive: A. Aizenstadt; J. Krakauer; H. Rubinstein; M. SUver; Z. Aroni; M. Langer; T. Schwartz; E. Silverberg; D. Garshowitz; G. Rosen-wald; L. Silver; M. Wilen-sky.
Term is for two years. Outgoing president S, Shain-house reported of the branch's past activities. N./ Silver, national, chairman, reported on the Canadian conference of the Zionist Revisionist Organization. S. Perla, national director, reported on the unity of the Herut movement in Israel. H. Frimerman, chairman of the nominations committee, presented the slate of officers.
BREAKFAST MEET The Machzikai B'nai Israel Congregation held its annual   cultural breakfast meeting to celebrate Jewish Music Month. The breakfast was sponsored by trustee, Alex   Mest  Cantor Bela Hershkovitz rendered liturgical selections,as well as a number of Israeli and Jewish folk songs^ accompanied at the piano by Sarah BarMn Sandler. Guest speaker was John J, Glass who spoke on: A Century of Jewish Life in Canada. Cantor Sol Carr,^ formerly of the Bais Yehuda Synagogue, led in the blessing of the meal. Other participants were guest chairman Louis Soupcoff, Meyer Feldman, Chairman of the Board, and Julius Marcus, Chairman of the Cultural Committee. The head table consisted of Rabbi S. Langer of the Kiev Synagogue, Paul Godfrey, Councillor of Norfli York,   Harry Pearlstein, president, and Dave Hemick, treasurer.
READING Adath Israel Study Group read Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan*s Judaism As a Modem Religious Civilization, at their meeting last night Discussion followed.
OPEN HOUSE Congregational School of Adath Israel will hold open house this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Quebec
BATTLE FOR EDUCATION
Montreal (CJN Reporter)-Statements made in Montreal' at the January 29 Conference of the Eastern Region of Canadian Jewish Congress continue to reverberate in the Jewish and non-Jewish communities. Professor Perry Meyer, McGill Law Professor, spokesman for Jewish Congress, and the representative on tiie Quebec Superior Council of Education, told the delegates that it is inadvisable for Jews to perpetuate Quebec's confessional school system by maintaining Jewish schools.
Professor Meyer, who in-tenslHed the confusion at the meeting by going into the audience to physically stopa parent from speaking, said the government has made it fairly clear that it intends to establish neutral schools wrfiere religion will be igiven as an option: At the rate tilings are
going, stated Prof. Meyer, it seems apparent the Catholics will soon not have any more religious instruction in Catholic schools than the Protestants have in theirs, and the Protestants have very littie. He predicted that religious teaiching in the Catholic and Protestant schools would diminish so that Ultiniately religious teachings in both schools would be an equal minimum. Consequently, Protestant and Catholic parents will cease segregating their children and send them to one non-confessional school. However, Prof. Meyer's remai1(s seemed to cause shock and dismay among the majority of conference delegates. He seemed unpopular and was heck-led throu^out his speech. Had it not been for the intervention of some delegates, he would have caused a riot when he rushed into the audience.
See Commentary, Pagel
GUEST CANTOR ? :   This    weekend: Cantor Nathaniel Schub of New York will be guest at Adath Isntel.
YOUTH WEEKEND Recently three repiresent-atives of Club Ruach, senior! USY chapter of Adath Israel, ' spent a weekend in St. Louis, Mo., with forty other Canadian representatives of Eastern USY region and 1500 delegates from various American chapters. Thenie of the convention was: Conservative Judaism—in Time and !^ce.
Delegates were Gary Lax, Marty Nixon and Chuck Rich.
At the convention it was announced that Mark Elliot Shapiro, member of Club Ruach. won first prize in the National Creative Arts Contest, Hebrew poetry division, USY.
At Atid's seventh annual convention in Chicago, the following from Adath Israel attended: Rhonda Anger; Sheila Bellack; Rflke Scher; Mark Libman; Steve S^is-man; Dodi Seffer; Danny Schild; Steve Weintraub.
Five members of the Congregational High School were delegates at a Regional L.T,F. Oeadership training) Kallah in Montreal recently: Elaine Chaniey; linda Feldman; Lisa Goldstein; Fern Greenspoon; Randy Nisker.
JOINT MEETING Recently members of B'nai Israel Beth David Atid (young adults) met with those from Beth Sholom. Rabbi Albert Pappenheim, spiritual
leader of BEBD. dlscui^sed Che von Thadden Affair.
GUEST SPEAKER Dr. M.Q. Baig, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, will be guest speaker at a meeting on ITiursday, February 16th, of B'nai Israel Beth David Adult Education Cqnunittee. He will present the Moslem point of view in a series en-tiUed: The World of ReU-gion--towai^s a New Un-derstlihdlng. Mrs. Murray Vernon, adult education chairman, will welcome the guests. Rabbi Pappenheim will introduce the speaker.
ON VISIT
Rabbi Felder of Shomrai Shaboth Synagogue recently visited the Jewish communities of Calgary and Alberta where he discussed the various religious pzx)blems confronting tiie communities.
The Rabbi's six books of the &Qshna now is available.
CHAIRMAN E.D, Winer of Shomrai Shaboth Congregation is UJA chairman for the synagogue.
BREAKFAST The Breakfast Club meeting of Holy Blossom took ' place laJst Sunday. Prof. Leslie A. Fielder spoke on: The Psycholc«y of the Jew and the Psychology of the Negro.
The
ExchmveReffdri
Canadian Jewish News, Friday, February 10, 1967 - Page 5
Francis Ohier
Wants
RABBI JORDON PEARLSON
Man In The News
Heads Toronto Synagogues
with the organization of the Synagogue Council in Toronto, the work of the U.J.A. is being brou^ to the attention of thousands of Jewish homes who, otherwise) would never have the opportunity of learning about the United Jewish Appeal.
Rabbi Jordan Pearlson, Chairman of the Synagogue Council, and members of his Committee, have already addressed board meetings of the major congregations in the conununity. The Rabbi's message about the totality of Jewish living has been well received by hi^ hundreds of listeners. In eveiy case the results justified the anticipation because quotas 35% above last year have been accepted by every synagogue..
The first irfiase of the Syn-ag(^e Campaign, now in progress^v is an intensive drive amongst, the board members of every congregation to make sure that synagogue leadership sets a i»t-
temforthe entire conununity. Accordiilg to Rabbi Pearlsonj Synagogue leaders have a grek responsibility for the welfare of the entire conununity, not only regarding their own congregational needs. The synagogues must play a leading role in bringing the U.J.A. message into the homes of every Jewish family in the city.
Chairmen and committees have been appointed in every congre^tion. These groups will bring the story of the increasing needs of Jewish education into every home. The Committee members of all synagogues are being informed so that they could communicate to the entire membership how every U.J.A, dollar isbeing spent — with emphasj? on Israel and Jewish education.
An urgent ap^al..was is-sued^yj Rabbi Beacl9on^U)dr< his, colleagues: ,ti)e^ Jewish conmiunity should welcome tiie canvassers of the U.J.A. when they visit their homes.
Awareneiss of. Israel's growing striking power seems to be evident in {(11 Arab capitals except Damascus. The outcome of the current talks between Israel and Syria over culti-. vation rights may indicate whether the anti-Israel hysteria of Syria's leaders has paralyzed their instinct for self-preservation.
In a broad defence context, the areas of Israel's progress have been lying in the following fields:
* In the growth of the country's physical stirength;
* In Sgns of growing realization among Arab leaders that without the help of some
great power - an unlikely eventuality r they cannot
destroy Israel:
* In strengthened awareness in the chancelleries of the world, particularly in the West, that a balance of power between Israel and the Arab countries must be maintained if war is to be avoided;
8 in Israel's success, in expanding friendly ties with African, Latin American, European and North Anjer-ican countries.
When five Arab states -Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq - launched their war against Israel in 1948 there were theoretically 46 Arab enemies for each of the then 650,000 Israelis. At the time of the Sitiai campaign just over a decade ago, the manpower gap narrowed to one Israeli against 25 Arabs. By now, the. ratio is 1 to 20, Even more spectacular progress has been made in the flying capacity of Israel's armed forces, in economic potential, technical skills and other fields affecting the overall defence situation.
Those who may still dream of destroying Israel should recall that Arab aggression was successfully repulsed at the time of the greatest
strengft 19 years ^ago. Few people cotdd doubt the outcome of a renewed attack against Israel. True, some of the austere
tastes of the early years of statehood have by how given way to more sophistication,
more ' money-mindedness and mox'e eagerness to enjoy the creature-comforts. It is also true that recent economic retrenchment, tiiQUgh . planned and self-imposed, has led to somedegreeof unemployment and protest. But^ morale regarding defence has continued as high as ever.
Despite these positive aspects, Israel's defence task continues to remain a difficult political-miUtaxy problem. Over-all policy -to remain always strong enough to deter Arab attacks - supplies a satisfactory answer to warfare by regular armies; This doctrine, however^ offers ho solution to murderous hit-and-run raids by armed guerillas.
The suggestion -by Washington - of preventing such infiltration by Litroducing up-to-date electronic equipment seems to have been carefully examined. The conclusion: it is technically impossible to control every inch of our nearly 1,000 kms. of border with the four neighbouring Arab states. No country has succeeded in this respect so far - not even the mi^tyU.SL In Vietnam. Mere protective measures of static defence cannot stop border sabotage. Dynamic active defence is also needed if guerrillas are to be kept out
This does not mean that static defence is tobe wholly rejected. On the contrary, a number of protective meas -ures have been recently stepped up in particularly
sensitive border areas. The number of "ambushes" aM mobile patrols have been increased; barbed wire ai-ound some outlying villages erected; searchlights installed and so oh. '
But all these measures will not be able to stop guerrilla attacks inside Israelas long as Arab rulers do nothing to prevent their movements.  Consequently, this must be achieved somehow - by diplomatic means if possible, if not, then by other means.
This brings us to the problem of "relations" with Syria. After a period of mur-derous anti-Israel attacks, organized or assisted by Damascus, and following a lack of direct contact for more than seven years, a first meeting between official representatives of our Government andSyrian'^legates took place at Bnot Ya'acov on\ Wednesday. The talks are restricted to technical ar-' rangements about the somewhat peripheral problem of land cultivation in the demilitarized zone.
However, regardless of these talks, policy vis-a-vis Syria must be geared to a
single goal: to bring -the thinking of Damascus about Israel closer to that of post-Sinal Egypt, or to take a more recent example, nearer to ^ the attitude of post-Samau Jordan. In other words, we must strive to achieve a situtvticxi in vMch Syrian leaders will realize that active anti-Israel aggression is- likely to boomerang and injure them more than us. The awareness of such a risk has helped to bring about a sense of realism in Cairo and Tunisia, and in Amman and Beirut as welL
Although the Syrians did suffer some losses Inarmed encounters with our forces (they lost four tanks and three MIG jets in recent.in-cidents), it may well be that the blows so far were not sufficient to persuade Damascus to join the rest of our neighbours in their policy of avoiding a confrontation with Israel.
The outcome of the Bnot Ya'acov meeting may indicate T^ether the poisonous anti-Israel hatred of the Damascus leaders has paralyzed their instinct of self* preservation or wrtiether de-: facto cb-existence is spreading, however reluctantly, to our northeastern border, too.
Israel's next step wtil'de-pend on the answer to tiiis question.
The Comal with two heads -
which ipne will prevail? WRONKOW. AUFBAU
Arabs and Germany
MEW DIPLOMACY
Cologne (JCNS)HamziAz-zam, the head of the Arab League office in Bonn, is confident that diplomatic relations between West Germany and the Arab States will be resumed soon.
In an interview on the German broadcasting station Deutschlandfunk on Sunday, he said it was possible that the issue would be discussed by the Arab League Council meeting in Cairo in March.
Fears e}q)ressedthatsoihe members the league mi^t not approve were not substantiated, Azzam said. If the Bonn Government submitted concrete suggestions he was optimistic that all
REFUSES TO SOVIET
BECOME
KEEP SMILING
PROOF
Wealthy Papa: "I wonder if you'd love my daughter if she had no money."
Milton: "Of course I wouM!"
Wealthy Papa: "That's enough. No more imbeciles in this family!" ,
Telephone Answering Service Ltd.
Answers your telephone whenever you are away from your office or, residence.
924-4471 20 BLOOR W.
A. C. WILD LIMITED
FIBERGLASS Distributors & Fabricators
80 SIGNET DRIVE WESTON, ONT. TEL.: 741-7311
COMPROMISE . "You can add thirty years to your life", said the doctor, "if you'll give up wine, women and song."
The guy took only a couple of miihutes to answer, "Make it ten. Doc. I could never carry a tune."
SNOOPING This is a favorite of Myron Cohen: ^
"Roast Beach is our favorite sport", the. Atlantic City lad told his friend from New York.
"Roast Beach?" askfedhis pal, "why, I never heard of that game. How do you play /it'?"':-- ■ y -y—^ / "Every day", explained the young native,: down to the beach who's cooking."
PERFORMED Members of Holy Blpssoni Youth recently performed at tile Jewish Home for tiie Aged. They are: Roselyn Fed-dei^ Ricky Sniderman; Debra Shaidro; Debbie Staiman; Wynne Krangle; Smone Lei-bovitch; Wendy.: Weinberg; Martin Herman; Danny Merit; Sue Sher; Naomi Tales-nick; RocheUe SyUit; Ellen Cole; Arlene Perly; Lloyd Cheniiak.
T^l Aviv (JCNS) AnIsraeU citizen, arrested by the Soviet secret police in Leningrad last summer and charg-'. ed with spying for Israel, : said here that inducements. were offered to him to become a Russian secret agent.
He was released after a few days in detention.
Yoha Shubov, who has re--turned after visiting his brother and sister yiho live
in Russia, saidthattheSoviet secret service had suggested obtaining a post for an Isr raeli public works company in Africa and serving as a Russian agent there. Although he refused he was allowed to return home. : Israeli sources intimate that Shubov's story and the repeated anti-Jewish accusations in the Soviet press, reflected the Stalinist and
anti-Israel tendencies of the Russian special services^ At the same time, Mr. Kosygin's Paris statement indicated certain official goodwill towards the Jews, which these services were opposing and tiding to sabotage.
During his visit to Paris in December, Mr. Kosygin said there were no problems in respt j t ol Soviet Jews who wished to reunite with families abroad.
LONDONEDITOR: ATBETHTZEDEC
"we go and see
GOOD HEARTS In Las Vegas pisople al-A ways are kind to animals. That's why they're always giving money to the kltty^
'        FAIR TRADE "What a cute pupl»' "I got It for my wife." "How'd you ever make a
trade Uke thatr' .
In a series of lectures at Beth Tzedec Synagogue, William Frankel, editor of the London Jewish Chronicle, analyzed contemporary Jewry.
As a result of the holocaust, of thirteen million Jews more than three-qiuart-ers are living today in tiw Western world; the impact of the open environment with substantial tolerance to Jewsj great cultural opportunities, and general prosperity wrought significant changes. Anti semitism no longer a prime factor In / Jewish cohesiveness, the probable new trends are best exemplified hi Scandinavia where it has been absent longest; more than fifty percent : of young Jews inter-marry. ,
In English speaMng countries there is a florishing of .
Jewish talent in many spheres but our best people are opting out because Jewish organizations show no interest in, and offer no place for the artist and academician whose contribution in terms of money is of necessity small. Fund-raisers are honored, but hardly ever the pious man or the man of ■ ideas.
On religious issues, there has been a complete failure of Rabbinic leadership to give guidance; it is safer to be negative; vpciferous, re?-llgiouB intolerance is eroding the concept of the chll-dren>of Israel and, consequently, polarization to either Aindamentallsm or complete negation is ever increasing.
Zionism has not yet reformulated Itself since it tad fulfilled its historic mission on the establishipent^of the State oMsrael arid it ho longer offers a focal point of i cohesion. It is no longer possible to distinguish between Zionist and non-Zionist when political action and ftindrais-
For Rabbis
FIVE - YEAR PROBATION
Jerusalem (JCNSO The Israeli Chief Rabbhiate for^the first time has been provided with the means to end the careers of jrabbis it (considers unsuitable to continue in office. '
Under an amendment to the regulations of-the Mtalistiy of Religious Affairs for the election of town rabbis, certification by the Chief Rabbinate of a candidate's fit-
hig on behalf of Israel often is more effectively accomplished by so-called non-Zionists. ■ .,
An easing of the Jewish situation in Soviet Russia 1^ discernible and*as a result of responsible" action by world Jewry omigratiori will be allowed. But Russia is accused often for the wrong reasons. The resultant an-tagonlsm of the Soviet gov-ernmehi does not benefit its Jewish citizens.
■I
nesff for office must be ob-ttdned every five years. ■
Although a town rabbi, once appointed, cannot be removed, the amendment may . be used to prevent him £roni taking a iwst In another town.
It would seem to be a first 'step towards greater control by the central rabbinical authorities, and the public, over rabbis.
Another amendment, published at the same thne, pro-* vldes for certlfic^oh bythe Chief Rabbhiate Council ter an examlDt^on. y This exanjination, in Tal-?' mud and Codes, Is tobe conducted by aboard of four or more   rabbis, composed equally of Askenazim and Sephardlm.        : / Hitherto, the examidng has been entitied to certificates, but the Chief Rabbinate Council feels that there might be cases where the board could be subject to outside pressures.
problems would soon be resolved.
The latest stetements by the West' German Chancellor, Dr. Kurt-Georg Kles-inger, and Foreign Minister,
Herr Willy Brandt, on the chanbes for a normalisation of German-Arab relationship - had   met   with positive
reaction in all Arab States, Azzam said. He then pointed out that no date had yet been fixed for the schedul^ meeting between Mr. AbdelKhal-ek Hassouha, the secretaiy-general of the league, and HeiT Brandt.
Following article in the pro-government Stuttgarter
Zeituing egresses the^nn view on reestablishment of relations wltii Arabs:
"Against the background of the new Federal government's dramatic efforts to.
. estabiish diplomatic relations with eastern Europe ttie iannouncement of the forthcoming visit to Bonn by the secretary-general of the Arab League Is a sign of changes for the better In the troubled sphere of Federal Republic-Arab relations;
The breaklng-off of di]?l(J<-matic relations between the Arab countries and the Fed-? eral Republic in 1965 has been to the disadvantage of both sides, although economic and cultural relations have, on the whole, continued as before.
GOING TOO FAR
All attempts to persuade some at least of the nine Arab League stetos^that jointly I broke ott relations wipi the iPederal Republic tpleave the fold have come to nought, not least because the countries In question, such as ] . Saudi Arabia and Jordan, vere already the focal point of pan-Arab criticism.
A crucial factor in the process of rapprochement is Bonn's rtlationshlp with Israel. Without a doubt it was ^ going too far to expect the , j Federal Republic not to have
diplomatic relations with Israel when most other countries do. Today, however, A-rab sensitivity objects almost only to a special relationship between Israel and the Federal Republic, which is viewed by the Arabs as preferential treatment ofls-raeL
For this reason the Arab League demands proof of normalised relations in the form of increased support for the Arab refugees from Palestine. There can be no objection to such assistance in principle. It nd^ well contribute toward a relaxa-. tion of tension in the Near East There will, however, need to be a careftd policy of balancing Arab and Israeli sensitivities v^etakr ing into account the special
obligations arising from Germany's past.
The other bone of contention is the Soviet Zone, which has gained much ground in the Near East of late. Evenif the Arabs have so far baulked 'at exchanging ambassadors with the Soviet Z<me, they will hardly be prepared . to surrender iEdl this ground to the Federal Republic wee more, and the estdt)llshment of diplomatic relations between ^nn and the eastern bloc will only strengthen their position.
In future Federal Republic -Arab talks, Bonn's designs in eastern Europe will need to be explained and tiie liinits of what will be tolerated in respect of the Soviet Zone clearly delineated. Otherwise there might be unpleas-.ant surprises." _
"If yuli (lon'rmind . paying' a iiltle less" — ...call f^, AIRWAYS	ALL NEW CARS HOURLY -DAILY-WEEKLY
^^^•■^^■•^^^^^■^^^ '"f!^^^ kUpori Branch LOWEST MONTHLY RATES 677-7903 FREE PJCK UP & DELIVERY 3013 DUFFERIN ST.. TORONTO       TEL. 787-1733	
Date
February fftht 8:30pjnl
86 YAUGHAN ROAD
FESTIVE ROSH HODESH
MELAVA MALKA ;
Featuring f
RABBI M.J. BURAK
MIZRACHI
I DISCUSSING   HISTORIAN AND
I FOUNDER JAVETZ^ \
I REFRESHMENTS SERVED * FRIENDS INVITED
I MiZRACHr-HAPOEL HAMIZRAdHI TORONTO
I
m
I
lax
m