The Last Proclamation
By Yitzhaq Ben ZtI
Tha CaiMAon Jcwfth New*, Friday, April 26rii, 1963 — Pago 5
As the Fifteenth Independence Day of Israel approaches, I send my most sincere greetings to all the House of Israel.
May blessings descend upon the Defence Forces of Israel, alert and vigilant to protect the Homeland, on the pioneers of settlements and the builders of the national economy in agriculture, industry and trade, and upon
ACTIi^G PRESIDEBiT
JERUSALEM (CJN)—The Knesset has appointed the Speaker, Kadish Luz, as Acting President of Israel.
all who are at pains to advance the education of the people, its culture and the teaching of its language!
And may blessings ■ de' scend, as well, upon men of research and of science, helping in mind and hand to uplift the prestige of Israel, to gather in .brothers from dispersion and mould them into a'single nation, free and creative on the ancestral soil! May they be rewarded!
Let us be at one, on this Day of Independence, with all who gave their lives on the altar of the Homeland, the heroes to whom, as to their families, our debt is immeasurable. Let us stand silent in homage to their glorious memory.
This has been a year to honour the "First Ones",
TOGETHER WITH ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WE MOURN THE PASSING OE
YinHAQ BEN ZVI
presibeivt of israel syhibol of national unity
ZIONIST REVISIONIST ORGANIZATION
OF TORONTO
SAM SHAINHOUSE, PRESIDENT
''^ndLet The Whole House Of Israel BewailThe Burning Which The Lord Hath Kindled..:*
THE RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS MiACIII HAFOEL HilMIII
RECOICD WITH DEEP SORROW THE DEMISE OF
YinHAQ SEN ZVI
The BeloYed President Of The State Of Israel
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the first to have the vision, the first to realize it, the men who, by prophetic power, by the spirit of pioneering that pulsed in their hearts, by the toil of their own hands, forged the foundations of the State whose fifteenth birthday we celebrate today.
We now move on to the sixteenth year of independence, in full awareness of this enterprise of reJ-demption and revival. Let us double and triple our efforts, each one of us, day in day out, to achieve our great mission — the strong foundation of our State, the revelation, and development of our country's latent power, the enlightenment of oxu" my-j-iad newcomers.
It/is our State's most earnest wish to see peace established throughout the worid, both as a loyal member of the family of nations and as a nation, with bitter experience of barbarity, that has now shouldered the task of making its deserts bloom again.
There is a special prayer upon our lips for the welfare of that part of the world in which we dwell.
SPAAK CANCELS VISIT
JERUSALEM (CJN)—The visit of Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, who was to-arrive here Tuesday, has been postponed at Israel' request because of the death of President Ben-Zvi,
The poHtical upheavals which, day after day, convulse adjacent territories do not abate our endeavours or weaken our faith,,:, that the peace we look to between us and pur neighbours will surely come. Now, as in the past, we stretch out our hands for peace towards them. We pray that, in the course of time, they will realize that only mutual undei-standing and cooperation with Israel can bring about enduring security, progress and well-being for the lands of the entire region.
But, so long as our neighbours threaten, night ancl day, that they mean to destroy us, it is our duty to increase pur military preparedness and apply ourselves to the unceasing development of the strength of our Army, in which our trust is placed.
My warmest greetings are sent from Zion and Jerusalem to all our brethren, wherever they be. May all of them be blessed that aid us from afar in the aliyah of less-fortunate fellow-Jews and their tegration in the Homeland, the up-building of our country and the reinforcement of its economy! May their hearts draw pride and comfort from the achievement of our State!
My fraternal salutations go to all who themselves turn their gaze upon ali-j-ah to the Homeland. May it be the DivTirel/Vill that, before long, it will be our privilege to behold the realization of their yearnings!
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TORONTaNIANS WITH BEN ZVI
MEMBERS OF THE PALESTINE JEWISH LEGION AT THE REUNION HELD AT MURRAY HOUSE, TORONTO, IN 1949: Front row - left to right —Basil Gelfant (deceased); Charles Fenkel (deceased), Joseph Laywine Second Row . left to right —Isadore Kafz, Mojor A. H. Friedgut, Sgt. M. Isaacs, President Ben Zyi, Max Kramer, (deceased), Charles Pascoe, Samuel Goldenhar (deceased), Louis Mintz. Third Row . left to right — Harry Freeman, Morris Cooper, William Eisenberg, Samuel Feidman, Samuel Kermermon, Charles Oelbaum, Gabriel Coiner (deceased), Samuel Boyefsky (deceased), Louis Eisenberg, Hyman Weiss, Max Feidman, Jossph Berenbaum, Samuel Eisenberg, Joseph Lee, Sgt. Jock Arons, Bert Feidman. Top Row — Aaron Arlove, Joseph Gordon, Isaac Lewis, V/illiom Waterman, Lawrence Libgott.
Ben ZvCs Deaith Moarned Bj The Israel Bond Organization Of Canada
"Word of the deoth of the President of Israel^ Itzhok Ben Zvi, saddens Jew( throughout ^ the world", stated D. Lou Harris of Toronto, Notional Chairman of the State of Israel Bond Organization of Canada. _0n learning of the passing overni(|ht of the three-term President of Israel, Mr.  Harris who
was a personal friend of the late head of State, said: "As Chairmon of the State of Israel Bond Organization of Canada, an organization intimate, ly associated with the economic development of isroei, we grieve at the death of this great man
0 f literature, culture, arts^and above all, peace.
1 hod hod meetings with
him several times during his Presidency, but one of the most unforgettable incidents in the memory of Toronto Jewry was the visit of Itzhok Ben Zvi, veteran of the First World War, to Toronto on January 9, 194 9, when he was a auest ^ his com.rades in General Wingate Branch, (former-ly the Jewish Branch) of
UST PHOTOGRAPH OF BEN ZVI: Saturday afternoon studying the Talmud at his synagogue.
TORONTO OBITUARIES
WLTOIN, JuUa. On April ,13th, late of 664 Woburn Ave. Services arranged by College Memorial Chapel, 331. College St. BLUMFELD. Morris, On April 19th, late of 218 Annour Blvd. COLDOFF. Celia (Shlma) On April 12:11, late of 2 Shelbome Avenue. :
DOZKOVSKY, Fanny. On April 13tCi, lab, of 38 Shannon Avenue. GOLD, Riva. On April, 16th • late of 71 Castle Knock Road. HERNOLIN,  Dayldj  On April .13th, late of 134 Delaware Avenue. KARP, Joseph. On April .29th, late of 54 Elwray Court; KNELLER, Herman.  On April 16th, late of 35 Roberta Drive. KRANGLE,   Morris.   On April 15th, late of 67 CoUlnson Blvd. LEVY, Diana. On April 13th, late of 130 Sandringham Drive. PARKER, Peter. On April 19th, late of 4234 Bathurst Street. PETEGORSKY,   Rev. Salmon.
April 19th, late of 25 Austin Terrace.
SILBER, Socher. On April 13th, late jof the Jewish Home for the
WEINSTEIN, Meyer. On April 19th, late of 341 MarKham Street. WISEMAN, Eva. On April i7th, ikte of 8,Baldwin Street. TARNETT, Samael. On April iath, late of 167 Ranee Avenue. Services arranged by Park Meb-orial Chapel, 508 Spadina Ave.
Prasery* tha memory of <he dedsoMd by planting treas in isroal. An appropriate certlflcata Is sent to the bereaved family. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND. 924^7145, .65.1 Spodlna Ave., Toronto.- ■ ' d|
MOURNING
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the Jewish Legion that fought under Vladimir Jabo-tinsky on the side of the Allies- ' THEATRES CLOSED
The government of Israel proclaimed a national week of mourning (Shiva) and, also, a period of remembrance of thirty days (Shloshim). AH movie houses, theatres and places 6f, entertainment in Israel will be closed for a week.
Prime Minister ^pavid Ben Gurion issued a proclamation to the nation on the great loss. All faccibns joined the speaker at a special session of the Knesset in the eulogy for the president.
Ben Zvi was elected president of Israel for the first time on December 8, 1952. He was re-elected in 1957 and again in 1962, for a third term. He was the second president of the state of Israel, succeeding the late Chaim Weizmann.
;:. ■ LIVED IN SHACK
The loss of the/^eloved president is shared by all Israelis. He was ^ socialist and, simultaneously, an orthodox Jew; a/Talmiudic scholar arid a modern historian. He lived a modest life,/kept as his actual residence a shack in the Labor district of Jerusalem ,and would appear in his .presidential, residence only for official functions.
The tall, lean figure of Yitzhaq Ben Zvi was a famiUar sight to Jerusalemites. The inhabitants of the Holy City would watch him every Saturday morning when he walked to his little synagogue and, agair), on the Sabbath afternoon when he was accompanied to his shul by his fellow worshippers for the study period of the Talmud which he rarely missed.
He was beloved by all the people m the fullest sense of the word. His idealism, his humbleness, his love for humanity, his tolerance, became proverbial!
As Ben Gurion said in his proclamation to Israel, "Ben Zvi will be truly ihissed by all his brethren".
Labor Partj Hails New Arab
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LONDON (JCNS).—'Recommendations for a new policy statement of the Labour Party in regard to the problems of the Middle East, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, will be considered by the National E.\ecutive in two weeks' time.
They are contained in a draft document prepared by the research group and international affairs experts at transport House and will be made public only if and when the National Executive gives them its approval. One of the eight recommendations calls for a public appeal by the Labour Party to all States in the Middle East "to foreswear the acquisition of any but conventional weapons." Another urges Britain to support any fresh initiative for a peace settlement, by direct negotiation, between Israel and the Arab States.
REV. SAIMOI<f PETEGORSKY
Pioneer Of Toronto Jewiy Dies
Rev. Saimon Petegorsky of 25 Austin Terrace, a pioneer of Toronto orthodox Jewry,, passed away last Friday April 19th, at the New Mount Sinai Hospital.
The' father of Mr. David Peters, Q.C., a member of the Board of Directors of The Canadian Jewish News and president' of the Zionist Organization of Canada, Rev. Petegorsky was an ardent Zionist and, j|n his youth, active in building a strong, religious Jewish. community.
In addition, to his son, David, survivors include his widow, Sarah; children, Mrs. Celia Gary; Mrs. Charles Lea (Jean); Mrs. Abe Boh-nen (Marion); Mrs. David Shopsowitz (Laura); Mrs. Mayer Belen (Molly) of De-trpit; brothers, Leon, Oscar, Tevya of Ottawa, Aaron of Philadelphia;"sister, Mrs. M. Dworkin of Ottawa; grandchildren. \
Services were held Sunday afternoon, April 21st, at 2 o'clock at the Shomrei Shabbos Synagogue, Brunswick Avenue at Sussex Street. Interment was at Roselawn Cemetery.
The Labour Party is recommended to support efforts to achieve "a controlled and balanced disarmament programme under U.N. inspection" and also a peace settlement which would include the recognition of Israel by the Arab States, the end of their economic blockade and the resettlement of Arab refugees with external aid and with compensation to those who have lost their land in what is now Israel territory.
If approved, the new policy would express Labour's welcome for the new Arab regimes in the hope that they will develop into social democracies devoted to the raising of living standards and peace.
the Canadian Legion, at 0 reception at Murray House, owned and operot. ed by Sergeant Jock Aor-ons one month prior to Ben Zvis becoming President of Israel. It was a wonderful reunion for him with his comrades from Toronto who Ferved with him in the 40th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, under General Allenby in the recapture of Palestine from Turkish rule," he said.
"He was a great but modest men", continued Mr. iiorris. "He hod a sense of understanding not on'y of his ' own people bur of the great destiny of the country to which he dedicated his life— first os Palestine, and then as Israel. His whole life piersonified de-mccrdcy and democratic ideofs ir: the truest sense of the terms. His influence anH prestiqe ffowed beyond the borders of his own country and his devotion to all peaceful causes leave an indelible mark throirghout the free world. We extend our most heartfelt sympathy to his family and to the people of Isroiel oh his passing", soid Mr. Harris.
PETEGOKSKY
Petegorsky, Rev. Saimon — on Friday, April 19th 1963 at the New Mount Sinai Hospital. Rev. Saimon Petegorsky, of 25 Austin Terrace, belovecJ husband of^Sarah Petegorsky, dearly beloved fother of Mr. David Peters Q.C., Boord Member of The Canadian Jewish News; and Mrs. Celia Gary; Mrs. Charles Lea (Jean), Mrs. Abe Bohnert (Marian); Mrs. David Shopsowitz (Laura); Mrs. Mayer Belen (Molly) of Detroit. Deor brother of Leon, Oscar, Tevya and Mrs. M. Dworkin (Manya) of Ottawa; Aaron of Philadelphia. Survived by children.
Funeral services were held on April 21st at 2:00 p.m., at the Shomrei Shabbos synagogue, Brunswick Ave., Toronto. Interment. Roselawn cemetery.
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