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PREDICr%RAEL-ARAB DEAL FOLLOWING HUSSEIN TALK
Toronto Welcomes Ambassador Herzog Monday, Oct. 17th
OUR GUEST OF HONOUR
Elite To Receive Israeli Diplomat
New Eitz Ghaim Building To Be Completed In December
In order to accomodate an Schools. The modern steel and location will provide 17 addi- , '^''pr'''"."'71nf i rv ^
ever-increasing student body in'masonry building will incorpor-1 tional classrooms, a domestic | Minister Flenipoieniu.i ui spite of the limitations imposed ! ate many of the latest architec-[ science room, a manual train-j Israel, is a native of Dublin.
A gala welcome awaite Yaacov Herzog, Israel's new Ambassador to Canada, and Mrs- Herzog who will be guests of honor at the opening dinner of the Toronto Israel Bond Committee to be held Monday evening, October 17th', at Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Edward G. Robinson, famous star of tage and screen, is coming from Hollywood to be special guest sjoeaker at the Ambassador's Dinner.
The Ambassador, former
by a shortage of adequate class-j tural innovations conducive to | ing room, a library, a medical jj-gj^j^f^, ]\lj. room space, the Eitz Chaimjthe education and training of j room, a regulation gymnasium j Israel in
Schools of Toronto have under-1 the students. George Jarosz, Ar- and auditorium—complete with
taken a building program that will permit the schools to expand their educational services, according to an announcement by Mr. Harry Korolriek. President of Eitz Chaim and Rabbi Benjamin Hauer. spiritual leader of Beth Jacob Congregation, who is directing the various activities of this program.
Up To Date Classrooms
The new addition will provide urgently needed classroom facilities at the Viewmount lo-
Herzog tame 1939. Ho has with
side and 1 Viewmount Ave.
Modern Gymnasium
The school building current' cation of the Eitz Chaim iy being built at the Viewmount
chitect, has designed the class-1 stage and dressing facilities — been associated rooms in such a way as to per-! as well as educational, supervis-; Foreign Ministry for mit maximum natural light. ory and administrative offices, past eleven years aili
3 Schools Complete Education
Now neanng half a century • of educational service to the 1 The Eitz Chaim educational Jewish youth of Toronto the' program has been becoming
Eitz Chaim Schools provide an ; increasingly popular with many .
educational program for more' parents wbo would like their minent community loader,
than l.pOO students enrolled in!children to obtain an adequate Mr. John D. Fienbi'i'g Re- vies. As a result,
its various departments at siTorab and Hebrew education, servations for the iiinner ^^^^'sh population locations — 68 D'Arcy Street, | that is traditional in spirit yet^j.g ^lafle through one of
1344 Bathurst Street at Burn- modern in method and ap- _ ^u,,,., ^n^n
proach. The Eitz Chaim Schools the members of the >pon-
.include a preschool department sors Committee, who
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the the has
won wide recogniti. as one of Israel's diplomat>\
Chairman of the AnVuas-sador's Dinner is the nro-
H. E. YAAKOV HERZOG Israel's Envoy To Canada
will
CornrrLeritOiy ' ^- J- Nurenberger
36 Algiers Jews Wounded
ALGIERS, (JT.A..) Thirty-si.v to Algerian Jews several months Jews were seriously wounded j ago for support in its "fight at Constantine. when a hand for independence," warning grenade exploded among the that, if that support were not worshipers leaving the city's' gi\'en, Algerian Jews would principal synagogue after ser : suffer the consequences." There the entire have been sporadic bombings in Algeria and tossing of hand grenades feels insecure, fearing further' against Jewish shops here the attacks from the FLN. the last few months, but Thursday movement of anti-French Al- night's incident at Constantine gerian rebels. | was the most severe suffered
The FLN appealed publicly, by Algerian Jewry to date.
Soloveichik May Become Chief Rabbi
Peace Vs. Truth
most unlikely that the selection of these 28 win take place
week or two, lsr«*i will ee'ieft without a Chief Rabbi.
The Council also approved by October 21. the revised list of 19 local auth-1 .Meantime, the High Court orities which together with has upheld a decision that the
This week our holiday season appropriately ends with Simhat Torah — the Feast of Torah. It is a day upon which we traditionally rejoice with the Book that made us what we are — the people apart.
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According to the ancient tradition, our verj' distinctiveness and uniqueness as a people stems from Sinai, from the day when we received the Book. "Upon that day you have become a people". Not by language, not through territory but because of the Book and the
culture which grew from this Book.
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This is perhaps the time for me to reply to a letter by a very eminent friend who wrote to me about the senselessness of Jewish existence. My friend wishes to remain anonymous. He is influenced in his nihilistic attitude towards Judaism by Boris Pasternak's theories as expounded in "Dr. Zhivago". He quotes the great author's appeal to complete assimilation as the only solution to the Jewish problem.
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"What use is it to anyone, this voluntary martyrdom? Whom does it profit? For what purpose are these innocent old men and women and children, all these subtle, kind, humane people, mocked and beaten up throughout the centuries . . .Why have they not—even at the risk of bursting like boilers with the pressure of their duty—disbanded this army which keeps on fighting and being massacred, nobody knows for what?"
I admit that Pasternak has made a strong point. Somehow one. cannot help but be. impressed by such powerful prose and by its superficial truth. However, such theoretical attitude and such coldblooded condemnation to death of Judaismi is, in my humble opinion, probably the weakest part of Pasternak. For he, himself, who died a martyr in the cause of intellectual, revolt against the stifling of the human mind, against synch-ronization'^of thinking, should have asked himself, "Why this martyrdom? Why don't you, Boris Pasternak, be- . come like all the others in Soviet Russia, like your colleagues who sing Halleluja to the powerful and mighty?"_
Judaism has imbued the peopile who live it with this stubbornness in defending'a truth nevefjLo be uprooted from the earth. It is this truth which spells the difference between man and animal. It is symbolic of' man's ever searching soul. And the sages have already warned us: truth is in conflict with peace. People can sometimes choose peace at the price of truth..But Jews will never prefer it to truth. In this sense, Pasternak, sub-consciously perhaps, had selected the Jewish destiny — martyrdom for the sake of truth.
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Last week, in Florence at the Niear East conference of intellectuals, Martin Buber brilliantly defined this • Spirit of JjUcTaisiTi-vvheirhe told the delegates the following, alle^ry: ..: . : ■
. Freedom, equality-and-fr^tcrnity-oneer^upon a time lised toAvalk arm in] arm!. Then they separated. Freedom went westward, J)ut it changed its face.' Equality toqk the eastern •'direction.. But no'one knows whither brot'hQThood disappeared. It must have lost its way.. I'Yccdom "arid equality will never regain their, original visage till fraternity will be found again." ■ . This is the ideal of Judaism. „ ""^
JERUSALEM <JCNS.) The , on tlie cards that, wifhiv «^ ^sUts of 70-meiriber*.) It n
Israeli Minister of the Interior Mr. Chapiro met Rabbi Y. L. Maimon in an attempt to bring the veteran rabbi, and chairman of the Rabbinate Electoral _
Committee, to accept a post-, the respective religious coun- E"ectoral Preparation Commit-ponement of the elections for|cils will choose 28 laymen for^tte is a legally - constituted a Chief Rabbi. But Rabbi Maimon announced formally his intention of arranging the elections, speedily if possible.
Mr. Shapiro is believed to have received information that "his man", the Boston Rabbi
binate having withdrawn three of its representatives and dismissed the fourth.
Rabbi Nissim is now expected to call on the country's rabbis to boycott the Electoral College, which in any case will almost certainly not assemble
the Electoral College (which iody, despite the Chief Rab-this month.
Catholic Newspaper Spreads Bias
CHICAGO (CJN.) An article;..............................................................'
„ ^. in Ave Maria, a national Cath- Church Magazine Article Soloveichik may. despite all his i ^,^^^^,^^^,3. n^^gazine, says that' Charges Minoritv Faces refusal agree in a few months;catholics in Israel constituted: Ostracism as Traitors'
to stand as candidate as Ash-1
a "struggling minority."
Chaplain, and ion's man,"
On Sunday the Cabinet decided against extending the term of office of the Chief Rabbinate Council, and of
those
kenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel.'
now that his health has large | It said that Christian chil- Catholic father and a Jewish ly improved. !dren of mi.xed marriages were'mother who were baptized as
^, . , , "'subject to insults, indignities! Catholics in Poland and Hun-
Mr. Shapiros National ^^^rid ostracism" and that some u-hen the family went to Israel.
a%orelhi5""Sndidat^^^^«"- ^-^"-^ ''^'^ ^^^^^!''-id there were 1.500 mixed-ure will almost compel the ^.^^.^j^^^^^^^-^^^ g^gg^^t-withdrawal of Rabbi Shlomol ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^y^ j^^^ ^ace Goren, the Israeli Army Chief j^^^ ^.^jigj^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^, p^jn.
Mr. Ben-Gur-'^jpj^, ^^^.^^ It urged the Israeli Government to change its policy.
The :article said children mixed marriages were regis-
in secrecy to avoid being called marriage couples from
countries in Israel.
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DUTCH LOAN FOR ISRAEL
.\MSTERDAM, (JCNS.)
The
Nissim, the tered according to the religion
Rabbi, after and nationality of their moth-, The shipyard is to be built by
, Holland Bank Union has grant-of ed a credit of 15 million guilders to Israel for the construction of a 'shipyard at Haifa.
Rabbi Yitzhak Sephardi Chief
October 21 next. It is tiierefore! er, so that children of a'a Dutch firm.
Alludes to Hitler Theor>
"What was Hitler's theory-of race in its essence if not the state arbitrarily determining the racial requisites of its citizens?" the author asked.
Ava Mara is published at Notre Dame, Ind,. by the Holy Cross Fathers. It is not, however, a University of Notre Dame publication.
The author . traced the atti^ tude toward Catholics to "religious fanaticism" to "extreme nationalism" and to a "deeply ingrained ignorance" of the truth about Catholicism. He suggested it had roots in the belief of "misguided Christians" who linked . Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany with Christians, overlooking Hitler's persecution of Catholics. .
Eshkol In Toronto: Time To Invest In Israel
U.N. HearsrKIng Opened Way For Negotiations
Nasser Says, Hussein Is "Hireling Of Zionists"
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (CJN.): King Hussein of Joi-dan and Premier Saeb Salaam of Lebanon, in their addresses before the U. N. Assembly, opened the door for Arab Israeli peace negotiations.
This is the impression gained by expert diplomats here following the. U. N. debate. The favorable impression had been strengthened especially after after King Hussein's interview with the U. N- correspondents and his speech- before the Overseas Press Club. FEAR DEMAGOGUES
Both Hussein and Salaam followed the Arab "party line" as far as denouncing the 1947 Palestine partition resolution. But at the same time they made it clear, beyond any doubt, that they would welcome negotiations and a settlement of the Palestine problem. From the statements of these influential Arabs diplomats learned that it is only the fear of Nasser's demagoguery which prevents them from immediate negotiations with Israel.
One diplomat here told your correspondent: ■'Now that there is a definite opening some negoti-tions should continue behind the scenes." Promises Cooperation
King Hussein made his position as clear as possible under the circumstances. He said that if the United Nations could find a basis for peace negotiations with Israel, "We would cooperate."
He noted, however, that he was not making an offer, but that he was instead emphasizing that the first move must come through the enforcement of past United Nations resolutions on "the rights of former Palestine Arabs."
The King, who had addressed the General Assembly last Monday, spoke this time in answer to questions at a meeting arranged by the Overseas Press Club in the Sert Room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
''Best Temporary Solution"
On the Palestine situation theming said: •The union of the people of the west banjk of the Jordan with those of the east bank, formerly called Trans-Jordan, has come about as the best way for the Arabs to protect themselves."
"It came about as a result of the will of the people. There have been suggestions that there could be some new settlement in the future, some new Palestine entity. The people decided that they should unite in Jordan. They could make another decision later."
Premier Salaam of Lebanon, speaking before the General .\ssembly on the "Palestine question" stated that the Arab refugees "should either be admitted to Israel or obtain coir.nen-sation."
This last alternative, it is pointed out here, is in full accordance with Israel's position. The . Jewish state is offering compensation.
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Meantime reports to the United Nations from Cairo indicate that Dictator Abdul Nasser of the United Arab Republic has begun a new anti-Zionist" campaign immediately upon his rieturn home. ,
In his first homecoming address Mr. Nasser said he had had a good chance at the United Nations to present Arab views. The trip was his first to the United States.
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Rabbi Burack, Mizrachi Leader, Dies at 68
BY RAE GOULD
CJN Staff Reporter
Israel's Finance Minister, Leyi Eshkol, told The Canadian Jewish News that the emergence of the new independent nations in Africa has opened for Israel tremendous" opportunities for industrial developrnent and markets. "The new nations on the dark continent are eager to do business with Israel because they learned Tlfat the Israel's
have accepted them as equals i the press at the Park and that Israel know-how islHotel by Dr. Aaron Kahan, given, to them without any director of the investment strings attached," Jklr. Eshkol centre.
continued. "Private investors Mr. Arthur Minden, Q. C, can now make profits in Is- presided over the newly estab-rael," he stated. . lishcd Investment Advisory
ADDRESSES BOND Council, held at the Park Plaza,
LEADERS Sunday.
Mr. Eshkol who visited To- .BONDS IMPORTANT ronto tWs week addressed a PIONEERING CAPITAL
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private limchepn of community leaders at the home of Mr. John D. Fienberg, one of the leaders of the current Bonds for Israel drive. .The finance minister .explained to the Jewish leaders how the Israeli Bonds helped industrialize the . country aiding in the establishnient of great prosperous plants, able to export. He then told them of the great plans Israel has now and of new tasks for the realization uf which Israel Bond^ funds will be used. EXPORT REACHES 350 MILLION
Speaking to this, reporter at the reception accorded to him by the Allied Investment Centre for Israel, Mr. .Eshkol mCpUo"-ed the fact (tii^t on(y (e)ght years ago /Israel export'ed-^ for about, fort.v million Vdollars a year. Now its e;ciWts reach three hundred fifty million per; annum.' / -
. Mr. Eshkol was introdiiccd to
Plaza, ready markets in its own area in order to attract money, Mr. Eshkol said. It is Iboking for long-term Investments because the prograhi towards balancing the foreign currency budget is expected to extend over a number of years,
The present campaign is the result of Israel's new. law. for encouragement of capital investment, ratified late in
The highlight of Mr. Eshkol's visit was his appeal on behalf of Bonds for Israel; the most important pioneering capitial. in the field of Israel's industrial' izatioh.
As an example for Israel's ne\v markets in Africa, Mr. Eshkol mentioned his last visit to Lagos, capital of Nigeria, where the Moslem premier Abubakar Balewa promised him to Contihue'Triehdly; relationis with Israe'l. Israel's Finance Minister also said that the time is over when Israel appealed to Jews on the basis of scnti-niont alone.
SOUND INVESTMENTS
, "We offer sound investment opportunities iand the chance for; investors to take out ihcir profits in hard currency," he snid. ''It is attractive to any-j one."'
the Israeli Government is of-^^ring tax privileges, Govcrn-"lont low-intcrcst loans and
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New York, (CJN) — Dr. Aaron D. Burack, Professor of Talmud and Homiletics at Yeshiva University, died on Friday at Congregation Ohel Moshe Chevra Thilim . Synagogue, Tompkins and Willough-by Avenues, Brooklyn, where he had been conducting Suc-coth services. His age was 68.
Rabbi Murack was the father of Dr. Solomon Burack of Toronto, principal of the.Associated Hebrew Schools.
Dr. Burack had served as Rabbi of the congregation for forty-three years.
He was vice chairman of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, and a leader of Mizrachi, the Zionist religious organization of America:
Corrected "View"
"They said New York is a cave of international Zionism and it would be risky to visit the United Nations," he declared. He also said he had found that the public in New York had had "a quite hazy picture of us."
"Israel is always the victim and the Arabs always aggressors," he asserted. But his visit offered him an oplJbrturiity to correct this view, he said. "
Assails Hussein
Then, too. he added, "people . in New York imagined Gamal (Nasser) always standing and waving. But they found out differently".
President Nasser assailed Kinig Hussein of Jordan for his attack on the United Arab Republic on Monday at the General Assembly.
'When,- Zionism wanted to hire somebody to .serve their objectives, they found a small king,'' he said. "Hussein de-
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News, this week/ appears Wednesday, instead of Fri-]seif"
Shmlni Atzeret—Toni
SHMINI ATZERET starts tonight, Wednesday, October 12th. TomoiTow night, Thursday/ will be SIMHAT TORAH — THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR HOLIDAY SEASON.
Because of the holiday, The Canadian Jewish
daj. Our offices will be closed Thursday, October 12 and IFriday, October 13.
THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER SPONSORED BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 17th:
"Nasser the Greatest"
During his eleven day's absence, the Cairo press and radio jtoiiGentratcd their news,reports, . cditbi-ials, commentary jfiuT\car-toons\on a porlrait of tliei^Pres-idchtyasanaiJostle of peace bc-sid^x^whom. President Eisenhower; and Premier Khrushciiev appeared somewhat like recalcitrant schoolboys.
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