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MONTREAL & TORONTO, FRIDAY, MAY 24th; 1963
YOUTH MEETS IH TOROHTOt Abov* dra Kmc of «» Iwiding iMrticipantt in th* Y«shhw Unlvtiitty Conclava which took-pkxa at Shoami Shomoyim Congrtgotion.
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Allan iStrafsteln, Huyiiiy:^^ Ooopv. EJBnhy Shulman,. HOidid Nol-man, Benjamin Wunbtojger, Bob (CdNTIMUED'ONfAGEa)
Teenagers from Xtma New Toric State and Ontario gathered at Staaarel Shomayim In large dnd enthusiastic numbers in a wedcend of activities that Included seminars, workshops, groups, Israeli sin^g and dancing, talent shows, youth services and sodal and recreational activities. Mrs. Alma Waldman -and £mle Ugbtman, both of ShaarelShomaylm, acted as Co^ chainnm of the Conclave.
•nw Conclave opened on Pri-di^ afternoon. May 10th, with B brief talk by Rabbi Herb Millen of Yesbiva University. This was fblowed by services conducted by Cyril Levitt and Ball* Prlsch. The Oneg Shab-bat featured community singing and dramatic presentations. Sam Vennan, Chairman of Youth Programming at Shaarei Sho-inayim Synagogue extended greetings.
Howard Spring, a member of Shaarei -Shomayim, delivered the sermonette at ttie Sabbath momini^ ^ndces,^ and Rabbi Dr. Walter:^^':Wurzburger delivered
a message. Tteetittrev morning services wbre.tUy conducted by members of Shaarei Shomayim Young IstbbL These included
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Confer With 1^i|i»iitb Head
About Anti-Jle^isli Vaiidalism
IS. Midanik and Sjnine/jr M/Hams Q.C., respe^^ hrely regional and natipiuilc^Kai^ the Caoh'
adian Jewish Gpngi^B'fiai community relar
tions committees, met /on )Friday afternoon with' James Mackey, chiet of | the Metro Toronto police forces, and discussed vn^ hijn the recent outbreaks: of Swastika vandalism iij^|rprpnt6 Jewish institutions ^d^nagbgues. ^ wf
Chief constable Macki^^'a^sured the Congress B'nai Brith officers that: his fbri* was giving this matter its fullest and most seiigLis attention. Cooperation \nth the pphce by citizes^; he stressed, would assist in apprehendmg the cul^ts.
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CAI^DA LABOR ZiOIWiiSTS UflAB PLEA TO €. S.
RECIPIENT dP HISTAORUT 1963 AWARD: Ambossodor Yoocov Herzog.
The final phase hi the $5,000,000 building e^ansion fund of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospibl will open June 3, it was annotmced this week by Abe Posluns. President of the Vpvae and Hospital J. Irw»g Oelbaum and Mr. Posluns are campaign co-chairmen and Samuel J. Sable is vice<hairman. Mr. Posluns said that $4,450,000 aheady has been raised from pledges and government grants in the campaign which began hi 1961.
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No matter how the present crisis in Quebec is solved, Quebec will never be as it was prior to the new terror-wave. An occasional visitor to this glorious province, I already pointed out in this column the seriousness of the situation there. Many friends, both in the English and.in the French cultural sphere, were amused by my concern over such "trivial mat' ters" as the manifestations of French separatism.
Most of Quebecois, whether French or English, agreed to the tendency represented by Premier Jean Lesage: the less said about these people, the better. But, last Saturday, even Lesage changed his policy of silence and began to take the terrorists and other separatists of Quebec dead-serious.
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; When I stated upon occasion that WE ought to pegin taking the Quebec nationalist movement seriously, I meant, of course, the Jewish community of Montreal, largest in Canada,
At the risk of being called an obscurantist, J wrote that the time had come for Quebec Jewry to create a Jewish public school system distinct from the Catholic and Protestant organizations^ and hot continue as a minority within a minority by remaining iri the fold of ''fhe Protestant" Anglo-Saxon schools^ .*.,*.   * .
tio matter what happens in Quebec, the Jews how are between the hammer and the anvil in the; cultural struggle^ which: the French will win — because Quebec is French. The Jewish Community will be {blamed for supporting the Anglo-Saxon minority —■ unless Jev^ish leadership possesses the courage to -   exercise, its right for independent Jewish schools '   parallel to those of the Catholic and Protestant. The Jewish schools' will have to present its^studies in the language of Quebec, with French as the medium of imiructioti. To tell this to the bulk pf our Jews in Montreal reiguires audacity. But we must becdme aware of the march of. history.
Several weeks ago a taxidriveir in-Montreal, who appreciated my speaking in French, attempted to assure me that the majority of the people are opposed to the terrorists. I replied:
"The fact that no information was volunteered about the perpetrators of the terror-acts proves that these people }rHave a base within the community. Those who know them protect them. In facti among some youngsters they may liave the glamor of fighters.
I know that the vast majority of the Quebecois are averse not only to the terror but also to separa-. tisnu however no revolution ever emanated from a majority. It is tile minority which starts one. At this moment the only sensible thing for the government >-^yof Quebec and for Ottawa to do is to. give t^^^ ■of Quebec, especially the rbing intelligent^ the sense and consciousness that the French are mas-. iers in their own house.".; / Upheaval does not exclude a peaceful solution, for 'example, as in Switzerland or even the modus Vivendi in Belgium.
So far as the Jewish community is concerned, it ..lould] realize that Queibec now is going through the convulsions of a strious/ivotiition, if not revolution. / T}}ere must be some (policy-making body: in our Jewish community to ^uide tlie Jewish population hi this crisis. \
The new building vdiich will be erected next to the Home at 3560 Bathurst St, will be used solely as a residence for the aged, and the present structui^ will be converted to full use as a hospital for the chronically ill. The capacity of the Home will be expanded from 200 to 355 beds, while the hospital will go from 87 to 180 beds.
250 APPLICANTS WAITING
Mr. Posluns said that at present there are 250 applications for admission to the home, and it takes three years to be admitted. Most of these applicants are well sjdejjts are, senre^v ih" the
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abovet the tniniirnmn age d^ljb^^t to the Hoilie by 70, and the average admis-* ^ ' sion age last year was 82. Most also stifferfrran chroiF= ic iUnesses as well as me-moiy lapses.
He also reported that doctors' requests for admission of their patients to Baycrest have been rapidly increasing, and there is a two^ month waiting period for' the hospital.
The new building wiU con-tam facilities in its Day Care Centre for 200 elderly people, five times the capacity of the present centre. Under the day care program aged members of the commuiir ity unable to arrange /their ownu transportatiflHi J-
bus. They have their meals with the residents can participate in the recreational, .religr lous, cultural, social and health activities that are offered to the well-aged, as wdl as in special programs of their own.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES PLANNED
The Sheltered Workshtqj. iperated in co-operation with the Jewish Vocational ic^rvice, also is scheduled for insion. At present 10 re-sidents are served in the ^^kshop in which simple wbiic is^performed for com-
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ORTHODOX mm DBHIAND PROmOAL SUPPORT FOR JiWBH SCHOOL SYSTEM
MONTREAL, (CJN). — Close to forty Rabbis representing communities from coast to coast met last week at Montreal's Congregation Beth Zion for the third annual Conference of the Rabbinical Council of Canada, (Orthodox), under the chairmanship of Rabbi Sidney Shoham of Montreal, and with Rabbis Bernard Ro-sensweig of Toronto, and Karpol Bender of Kins ton, serving as co<:hainnen.
At its Conference, the Rabbinical Cbimcil reiterated its position calling upon Provincial Governments which provide finamcial support for educational systems under religious sponsorship to grant the same rights to the Jewish community and assume financial responsibility for the teaching of those subjects which the Province provides in its public school system.
The followwihg officers
were elected:
Rabbi Mendel Lewittes, (Montreal), President; Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger: Honourary President; Vice-Presidents: Rabbi Gedalia Felder, Toronto; Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig. Toronto; Rabbi Karpol Bender, King- ^ ston; Rabbi Simon Eckstein, '• Ottawa: Rabbi Morris Hal-: pern, Montreal: Treasurer: Rabbi Sidney Shoham, Montreal: Secretary.
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The Special Care Section, which presently houses 45 residents, also will be enlarged to provide additional service for those who need a maximum of assistance in the everyday functions ot washing, dressing and eating. Because of the demands on the Special Care Section no new a(>plications have been accepted for the past year.
The new Home also will contain a continuous nursing care unit for residents who need intensive nursing care but who do not reqiiire constant medical attention.
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NeW- enlarged fadlities-j^ so are ^planned for the occupational therapy depait-ment, where residents learn ceramics, painting, weaving, toy making and other new skills under the guidance of a skilled occupational therapist. Residents have won some of the top prizes in recent Canadian National Exhibition hobby shows.
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MONTREAL (CJN)—Senator Wayne Morse, of Oregon, told the 50th Jubilee convention of the Histadrut (Labor Zionist Movement) of Canada that the United States should stop appeasing dictator Nasser and speak up in defence of Israel, the loyal ally of the West. He also referred to the last meeting between Marshall Tito of Yugoslavia and President Nasser following which both "neutral" statesmen demanded a "peaceful settlement" of all outstanding issues between nations. On the part of Nasser, Senator Morse said — who openly calls for war against Israel — this is sheer hypocrisy.
The outstanding feature of the great convention and meeting, held during the week-end at the Mount Royal Hotel, and the mass meeting at the Theatre des Comediens, was the annual award of the Histadrut for the most outstanding services rendered by an individual to the rap-procliement between Canada and Israel, The 1963 award was given to His Excellency Yaacov Herzog, Israel's am;-bassador to Canada. Last year's recipient was the then prime minister John Diefenbaker.
Chairman of the convention was Bernard Bloomfield, Q.C. The award was presented to Mr. Herzog by Mayor L. Bloomfield, Q.C. -
One of the guest speakers of the great assembly of Labor Zionists of Canada was their former leader. Dr. Samuel B. Hurwich, now a resident of Israel, who flew in for the occasion.
In his address of acceptance. Ambassador Herzog stated although there is no question of the intentions of the Nasser clique^ Israel is capable of defending herself and there is no reason for panic "Readiness is the slogan of Israel, faith and strength, but never loss of-morale," he
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situation, ift Ik understood that this week's visit of the Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ben Bella with President Nasser, whom he's helping patch up the differences with Syria, and to create a United Arab Front, (including Jordan) have convinced diplomats that Israel is now seriously threatened.
According to the exclusive information obtained by The Canadian Jewish News, French Foreign Minister Couve de_ Murville will demand a reaffirmation by NATO of the Tripartite Declaration guaranteeing the status qUo in the Middle East. Also, we are informed, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson will suggest that something be done now before the fire erupts.
TORONTO JEWS TO AID BIRMIMGHAM NEGROES!
The Social Action Committee of Toronto's Holy Blossom Temple appealed to the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of the United States to act in aid of the Negroes in Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. M. A. Cadsby who is chairman
of the Committee told The Canadian Jewish Newis that following telephone contact vnth the Ne^o leaders in Birmingham, it is raisiin^ badly needed funds for this noble cause. The Committee
which is non-sectarian already received contributions of over $3000. .
In its appeal to Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson,-the Social Action Committee asked that Canada "express to the President of the. United States our country's concern and distress at the disregard . of fundamental human- rights and freedoms and the denigration of human dignity which^-has been displayed in Alabama".
In its wire tp President Kennedy, the committee called on the President "to exercise your every power and the weight of your office to end the tragic and shameful inhumanities".
The activity of the two year old Social Action Committee on behalf of the Negro People has been received with profoundest sympathy by the Jewish Co-munity-in the- spirit of human solidarity.
THE UJA DOLLAR AT WORK IN ISRAEL: The United Israel Appeal, a beneficiary of the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto, has brought tens of thousands of Jews to Israel from Europe and North Africa during the past year. The faces of these people, shown as they arrive in Haifa» mirror the deep emotions that are stirred by the first; sight of Israel. In addition to tr^isportatioh the United Jewish Appeal also used funds from the United Jewish Appeal for immigrant housing, feeding, education and employment. This year a total of 70,000 Jews are expNBCted to arrive in Israel irom various countries of Europe and North Africa.
Aron New JNF fledd
GUEST OP TORONTO JEWRY: Thp Hon. Moshe Sharett; famous Isroeli statesman, (Sfory on page 5).
Dr. Milton Aron of Wintii-peg was elected President of the Jewish National Fund of Canada at the JNF National Conference held last weekend at Park Plaza Hotel in
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Vice-Presidents sire:^ Leon Kronitz, jVIontreal, PresijJent of Labour Zionist Movement; Joel Sterhthal, Montreal, President of Mizrachi Ha-poel Hainizrachi Organization. J
Other Officers: Treasurer-Leon Levin, Montreal; Secretary-; L(iuis_L. Lockshin, Toronto.
Retiring President, Rabbi
Charles Bender, who completed a total of 12 years in the leadership position of the organization, was honoured with a resolution to plant a special Forest of 10,000 trees in Israel to be known ^s the "Rabbi Charles Bender Forest".
Dr. Aron is the ^iritual leader of the Shaar^ Zedek Synagoguge in Winnipeg. Hfe is. the chaplain of the Canadian Club of Winnipeg and a member of the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Provincial Command of the Boy Scouts of Canada. He has led fotir tours of Canadians to Israel
NEW CANADIANS HELPED: Newcomers to Canada have come to know first-hand the workhigs of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS), a beneficiaiy of the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto. In the 4;0 years of its existence, alihbst every Jew who landed on Canadian shores received some kind, of service from JIAS. Whether it was assistance with the prbcesshig and documentation required by the Govemmrat or merely reception at the port of entry, every Jewish immigrant whocamo to Canada; diuring these four decades knew JIAS and its work. JIAS pro; vides a complete immigration service—from helphig sponsors with the necessary application procedures to providing temporary financial aid when necessary.