The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, February 13,1970- Page 3 PROFILE TORONTO'S RABBI KAREUTZ This new series will iiitrbdlice our readers to the Jewish" community, Its congregations arid spiritual leaders. The order of presentation is neither alphabetical nor does it reflect the relative Importance of the respective organization pr synagogue. These In-depth profiles are being put?llshed in the order they were prepared by our reporters assigned to cover this topic. This series will not discriminate among congregations representing different expressions of Judaism: liberal, conservative or orthodox. They all form an Integral part of the living Jewish community and as such they will be presented to the public. Few people in Toronto are aware ttiat we have in tliis community a scion of one of the great "rabbinic families. He is Rabbi ShmarTaTiu Ka-relitz, deairand principal of Yeshivah YedodeiHatoraand nephew of theChazonlsh, one of the most illustrious Torah scholars in this century. The latter was the only rabbi ever consulted by Uavid Ben Gurion during his period as Prime Minister. Rabbi Karelitz disclosed this fact to me during a lengthy interview witli me in his office at the Yeshivah, that unmistakable building on Lawrence Avenue with the two tablets over the center roof area. Born in Vilna, Rabbi Karelitz left that city shortly after his bar mitzvah and settled in Palestine where he continued his rabbinic studies. During this period he was involved in the organization of the Kolel Hazon Ish, a post-graduate institution for Torah learning. In 1947 Rabbi Karelitz emigrated to the United States and for a number of years shuttled back and forth between that country and Israel in order to organize support for the Kolel project. 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Invited tooc-cupy a pulpit in that city, he worked tirelessly in creating a sound educational program for Jewish children. Residents of Windsor will no doubt remember the rabbi as the person responsible for organizing a school bus service to transport twenty-five youngsters every day to a Yeshivah in Detroit. "In those days the idea of sending children to a Yeshivah," said Rabbi Karelitz, "seemed like a strange one to many of the residents of Windsor. But my work seems to have borne fruits because 1 notice that in 1969 a new day school was opened there." Before accepting his present post in Toronto Rabbi Karelitz also served Jewish communities in Caracas, Venezuela and in Brussels, Belgium. In the latter post he served as chief rabbi for "the entire city. In Toronto he now oversees the operations of a Yeshivah with approximately 150 children in classes from grade one through nine. There is also a pre-school program for nursery and kindergarten groups. 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Rabbi Karelitz was quick to caution me on this point and niited that this was not to be construed as a criticism of institutions whiclido open their doors fo Jews from all backgrounds. Both serve important functions, he said. On the question of Israel, Rabbi Karelitz was also very cautious in offering his opinions. He has a great deal of faiiiily there as well as friends and numerous correspondents. He visits there regularly and loves the country. But when I asked him a specific question about the political aspect of Israel he replied by quoting an answer his uncle, the Hazon Ish, had given to a reporter in 1951, when asked the same question. "A man can be very rich and own many many possessions. But despite that wealth he can still suffer from toothaches. That's the problem when I look at Israel. It has great riches, centers of learning and wonderful people. But it also has its toothaches." The toothache in question is obviously the ir-religion found among many of Israel's inhabitants. "Do you support the Ne-turei Karta's Amram Blau when he describes Israel as a."trefa medina',' (an unclean state)?" I asked him. "I do not share Blau's views on Israel," was the ■short \-r£pIy. Ribbi Karelitz was equally laconic in a reply to a question I asked him about Rabbi Goren'sas-cent to the Temple Mount. "I feel that Rabbi Goren was wrong in doing that. Many rabbinic sages in Israel have said the same thing." The discussion then turned to religious life in Canada and more particularly in Toronto. The subject of Yiddish arose when I noted that instruction was \mng carried out in that lani:iiage at the Yesiiivah. For Habbi Karelitz, Yiddish has great' importance as an element in differentiating the sacred from the profane (lianiavdil ,ben Kodesh lechol, as he piit it). When Yiddish is used to inculcate sacred Jewish values then it, like Hebrew, becomes a holy tongue. The children in his Yeshivah are conscious of this fact because they speak English to tlieir secular teachers and Yiddish to their rebbes. What about Yiddish as a modality of secular culture? On this point Rabbi Karelitz expressed himself quite categorically. The current' interest in Yiddish, he ar-■ gued, came mostly from older people who are looking to recapture nostalgically the innocence of youtli_____ It wouldn't occur totheni tore-capture it through the observance of the sabbath or the dietary laws -- instead they latch on to Yiddish. But even tiiis is a passing phenomenon. The only legitimate use for Yiddish, according to Rabbi Karelitz, is to direct Jews towards their sacred religious vocations. For secular purposes Jews might as well employ the language of their country. What are the things that perturb Rabbi Karelitz most in Jewish life? His answer was couched in Biblical'im-- ages. "Remember Elijah, when he confronted the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel? He said to the Jewisli people.. then' If you wish to follow Baal, follow him; if you wish to follow God, then follow Him! The problem with the Jews today is that they are so confused they don't know whether to follow Baal or God." , "This confusion, has l^een compounded moreover, by a breakdown in the traditional authority structure of the Jewish community. People need leaders and when leadership is lacking the community crumbles. Jews are following too many false prophets. They should follow the clear path of Toralu" Despite i^abbi Karelitz's somewhat gbiomy estimate of modern Jewish life, one thing is certain: Yeshivah Yesodei Hatorah has a leader. HEAD OF ORTHODOX CONGREGATION AND SCHOOL.- Samuel Roictimann president of Tdronto's Yeshivan Yesodei Hatorah. THEN THERE WAS LIGHT , TVAH, Pri¥»t»,AlrCoi»d. • «oom« • iMtli' Pool. Pattinc "TSbuTH IN MIAMI KACH YOUI lOCATION rORA SUN'N FUN VACATION 4 DAILY. Jin. li.Mv. » M •1117 mt. i« »» *v. nr. ttn. : Jan. 22-Mir. 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