4—THE BULLETIN—Thursdoy, Jonuory 1, 1976
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David Rosenberg; a resident of Vancouver for several periods since 1964, passed away in Los Angeles on Nov. 26. He was 81 years of age.
Born and educated in Bobroisk, Russia, Mr. Rosenberg married there in 1913. He came to Hamilton later that year and went into the leather manufacturing business. In 1938 he moved to Winnipeg, establishing Victoria Leather. He retired from active business in 1963. Mr. Rosenberg had aided many new Canadians both financially and by his knowledge of manufactui:;ir)g. He was affiliated in Winnipeg with Congregation Schaary Tzedeck.
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GLENN RICHTER, National Coordinator, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, New York.
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Victoria Hobonim re-activoted
VICTORIA — Habonim has been reactivated in Victoria under the leadership of Jane Barrett, Mitch Bloomfield and Dani Levi.
The group, which presently comprises 14 members aged 8 to 15, recently participatjed in a seminar on Chanuka with Vancouver Habonim at White Rock.
Spokesmen stated that member-shij^is growing and that activities will be planned regularly throughout the year. Further information is available in Victoria from Mitch Blooihfield at 595-8235.
NEW WINNIPIG RABSi
WINNIPEG — Rabbi Michael H." Newman', formerly rabbi of the Luton congregation in Britain, has been installed as rabbi of the Herzlia Adas Yeshurun synagogue.
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He is survived by his wife, Eshka, Vancouver; four sons, Alex, Sidney and Saul of Vancouver, Harry of Claifomia; three daughters, Mrs. Ida Horbas and Mrs. Jack (Betty) Mendelsohn, both of Vancouver, and Mrs. Anne Ackerihan of California; a brother Ben Rosenberg of New York; a sister, Rachel Rosenberg, Toronto; 16. grandchildren; and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were held Nov. 28 in Vancouver at ScharaT?;edeck chapel with Rabbi M. Hier and Cantor M. Preis officiating. Interment followed at Schara Tzedeck cemetery. Chevra Kad-isha was in charge of arrangements.
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(Continued from Page 2) last 2,000 years of that tradition and threw them out of their book.
They declared that they were not "mere" Jews continuing the Return to Zion that had never ceased, but New Hebrews restoring the link with the Hebrews of old by driving Hebrew ploughs into the Hebrew soil. .
To them, "Jew" and "Jewish" and the entire worldview and lifestyle associated with these designations, were an unnatural thing which the Gentiles had imposed on us in Exile; and Jews were "human dust" ( a term Ben-Gurion liked to use) to be brought back to the Hebrew soil, mixed with Hebrew water, and have Hebrew breath infused into them.
In throwing out those 2,000 years of Jewish life and creation and in depreciating "Jews," the Ben-Guripn generation ( who knew what ^*Jew" and "Jewish" were — even if they gravely misjudged them) deprived their heirs of that knowledge and, therefore, of a sense of Jewish continuity and of a sense of the importance of teaching the continuity of Jewishness in general and in this land particularly.
As a result, so very many of the children raised on the Zionist curriculum — including some raised on Religious Zionism — grew up thinking that Jewish history — modern Jewish history, in any case -r began with them^ and not understanding why, if the Jews in general and in this land particularly, had no history for 2,000 years, they had been brought here to be turned into Hebrews at the expense presumably, of the "Palestinians" already living here.
_ SOME YEAR AFTER thQ establishment of the State, some members of the Ben-Gurion generation began to see the fruits of their Neo-Hebraic concept, and were dismayed.
Their reaction, mainly during the tenure of the late Zalman Aranne as Minister of Education and Culture, was the institution of a program of "Jewish Consciousness" in Israel's schools.
Since so many Israeli teachers were a product of this Neo-Hebraism, this program meant, too far too great an extent, that people who themselves knew little of, and believed even less in, Jewishness were teaching children what this had meant to the dead granc^arents of some of them -r- mainly in Eastern Europe.
The great Jewish communities of North Africa and Asia, and even, of the Balkans, were barely mentioned in passing.
EVEN THE HISTORY of the Jews in Eretz Yisrael after the Bar-Kochba Revolt was barely mentioned: after all, the Jews living here through all those centuries had not been Zionists and had established no kibbutzim.
Can one hope that the present surge of Zionist and Jewish identification throughout the world will lead to more than Zionist tags and quizzes and parades, and the Zionization of Israeli buses?
Can one hope that Israel's leaders and teachers will have the courage to admit their mistakes and seize the opportunity created by the UN vote to correct them?
(The Jerusalem Post)
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Officials issued the'following statement: "Since retirement from business, Mr. Eskin has devoted his entire efforts to service for people and causes. Hundreds upon hundreds of com- ' munity members have been personally approached by him during campaigns for the United-Jewish Appeal, State of Israel Bonds and Histadrut. In numerous community drives, Ke completed by far the largest number of cards individually canvassed.
"Mr. Eskin has been a consistent supporter of the Jewish National Fund and has nftet with outstanding success in obtaining bequests from Jewish citizens for J.N.F. . and other Jewish institutions in Israel." He is currently regional treasurer of J.N.F. of Canada.
In other community activities,
BBYGPIAHS '76CAimAR
A rticent advisor's institute of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, held at the home of city stqiervisor Ron Budd, drew up a tentative calendar for the first half of 1976.
On the agenda are a BBYO dance Jan. 24 for all Jewish high school youth, a leadership development weekend, and a major community projept.
The advisors expressedpleas-ure with the ever-increasing involvement of both old and new members.
BBYO advisors include Ami May, Howard Shapiro, Linda Cohen,. . Janet Kuiman, Faye Micner, Shelly Halpern. Also in attendac6 were Ann May and' Gary Cohen. \
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th(^ hpnoree is a member of the advispry board of Israel (Bonds, shaliach fortheisdcietyof Orphanages in Israel, a 50-year member of B'nai B'rith, an ardent supporter of Hadassah, and a member of Congregation Schara Tzedeck.
To many he is well-known as chairman of the sick visiting com-
mittee, personally calling on hbsipitial patients' bii behalf ofthe J.N.F. and Schara Tzedeck. '
He is also a canvasser for three non-Jewish organizations.
Mr. Eskin is married and has one son, Barnet, residing with his family in Princeton, ttevf Jersey.
IN MEMORIAM
WORLD JEWRY MOURNS THE PASSING OF
BEBA IDELSON of SSRAEL
World Pioneer Women President Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset A Memorial Fund has been established in her nomel. For information, eontoct your local Pioneer Women Office.
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