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Kristallhacht, the; Nazi pogrom of 55 years ago ■ which foreshadowed the mass persecution and murder of Europe's Jews, will be . commemorated locally on Nov, 9, 8 p.m. at Beth Israel synagogue.
Keynote speaker Rev. Robert W. Bullock, chair^ man of a foundation called Facing History and Ourselves, will deliver a talk titled "Facing History and Ourselves — Kristallnacht Lessons for the 1990s."
Rev. Bullock, who has been involved in Holocaust education for more than 20 years, has also actively, studied Jewish-Ghristian relations on college Campuses in the U.S., Germany, Poland and Israel.
The event is co-sponsored by Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region, and Beth Israels' adult education tommittee.
kristallnacht — *>Night of Broken Glass" — recalls Nov. 9, 1938 when windows of Jewish homes and stores were shattered in cities and towns throughout Germany and Austria.
Events preceding Kristallnacht are well-documented: Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-
year-old Polish Jew living in Paris, shot Von Roth, third secretary of the German embassy, to avenge the suffering of his faniily and of , German Jews. / When Von Roth died, Goebbels' orders for "spontaneous d em bnstratio n s" were carried out with a vengeance. Reports showed 815 . shops destroyed, 171 ho uses vandalized, 195 synagogues set on fire or completely destroyed, 20,000 Je\ys arrested and 36 killed.
One Survivor recalled how the Nazis herded Jews in front of a Vienna synagogue, forcing them at gunpoint to dance around bonfires to which Torah scrolls and prayer books were thrown. ■ ■•■
That ominous night, carefully planned and executed by the Nazis has been called "the beginning of the end of the Jews in Europe." The flames of burning syn-agogues and houses are considered hafBtngers of the crematoria and death camps where Six Million Jews died.
For more information on the kristallnacht commemoration evening, call CJC at 261-8101:''
Dr: Ofra Mayseless will speak on "Military Service and Israeli Youth" at the Jewish Community Centre's Zack Gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from noon to 1:30 p,m.
This is the second lecture to be presented as part of the Israel Luncheon Series, co-• sponsored by the Canadian Zionist Federation and the
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Mayseless,: a senior re-
searcher at the Israeli Institute for Military Studies, holds a PhDTn psychology frbmXel Aviv U. She comes to Vancouver from Haifa University on a fellowship through the Canada-Israel Foundation for Academic Exchange. She is teaching at Simon Eraser University's faculty of education;
A reservation must be made in advance for a lunch seating. For more information, call CZF AT 266-5366.
Super Sunday aids com
Simon Wiesenthal Centre
-BURNING OF Germany's Rostock Synagogue, Kristallnacht 1938. ■
Keep your phone lines open on Sunday, Nov. 7-
That's the day that 150 volunteers will place calls to more than 2.000 people in the community for the Combined Jewish Appeal's annual Super Sunday Telethon. •■
The phone blitz will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. annouriced Super Sunday co-chairs Diane Switzer and Rose Mikelberg. Teens take over the phones in the early afternoon, urging young,people in the community to make a ■commitment to the CJA.
The annual telethon reaches over one-third of homes in the Greater Vancouver J ewish community, said Switzer, "and is an important link between the community and the CJA."
Switzer noted that as the fastest growing Jewish conwAurrity in Canada, Vancouver's resources "are beingstretched to the limit." She said the local community is integrating 200 new Canadian families into Jewish life, most of whom are settling into the suburbs.
"This places ah increased demand on the Richmond Jewish Day School, the Jewish Community Centre Richmond branch. Jewish Family Service Agency and Shalom Vancouver," the co-chair remarked.
Enrolment at all Jewish day schobls is "the highest it has: ever been," Switzer reported, and portable classrooms have had to be used to accommodate stu-"dents. ■ _,
Funds raised also help schools and summer/day ^camps integrate chi 1 dren \yith special needs into Jewish community life, according to the co-chair.
MEMBERS OF THE SUPER SUNDAY organizing committee are (back row, from left) Maria Grob-erman, Linda Cohen, David Segal, Mary Cohene, Ellen BIck; (front row, from left) Sandy BOhm, co-chair Rose Mikelberg; absent from picture are co-chair Diane Switzer and committee members Sam Shamash and Linda Gjasner.
The increasingly aged population is also ere;ating burdens for the community^ Switzer noted. "There is a tremendous demand on Services for Seniors programs at JFSA arid the Seniors Advisory Council planning body of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver."
; As well. Vancouver is still suffering from "the effects of the worst economic recession in recent memory," the super Sunday chair remarked. Agencies have repiorted record numbers of cases involving increased family difficulties caused by financial distress. • r
the call on Super. Sunday will help schools and social service agencies respond to those in need in the Jewish community.
Money raised On Super Sunday will also help support programs in Israel and around the world. With over 500,000 Jews from Ethiopia, the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia now living in Israel, Switzer emphasized that "we must continue to make this modern day miracle work."
Immigrants need jobs and money raised in the telethon "can help stimulate job creation," she explainedr : Since 1992. 20,000 olim
educational, Hebrew language and vocational training programs for young adults, according to JFGV statistics.
"Our Super Sunday and general CJA funds also go towards supporting those Jews who ehoose to remain irithei rho meland s," Switzer stressed. "Money raised helps thousands of people attend Hebrew lessons and Jewish summer camps and sustains training camps for youth instructors and teacher seminars in the former Soviet Union and countries of Eastern Eu-
"Our agencies cannot .ages 18-25 haVe taken part in expand their services to assist these vulnerable families without access to increased resources. Cur-re n tlv. JFSA distributes
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For more information, call JFGV at 266-8371.
more than 140 food hampers every two weeks," Switzer said.
The telethon volunteer emphasized that answering
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AUTHORIZEDBY ROGER FARRIER OFFICIAL AGENT FOR SYLVIA SURETTE
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■ Graduate of Yale University Law School;
■ Visiting Professor at U of Tel Aviv.
■ Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration/ The Hague, 1985-91.
■ Autiior of 23 books, (two in French, one in German), and co-author of 13 others, as well as several hundred scientific articles.
ELECT JOHN MATE
For New Democrat Member of Parliament in Vancouver South
Jewish history taught me that ifyou will it, it is no dream. Caring, commitment and action cari make this a better world, and Canada a better country. I ask for your support on October 25:
S15NATOR JACK AUSTIN SUPPORTS
ill VANCOUVER SOUTH
"Herb Dhalivyal has earned the right to be a Member of Parliament. He is an active and successful businessman with wide ranging experience and knowledge of British Columbia; He has beenactivefor many years in the Liberal Party and understands issues of public policy.
Herb Dhaiiwalisin the tradition of Vancouver South's past MP's, including the Honourable Arthur Laing. I look forward to working withHerb Dhaliwal in the next Parliament on behalf of the people of British Columbia."
or, P.C., Q.C.
For niot'6 iiiforniHtionV plcnse r<ill' 321-HERB (4372), ()R visit him at: 8157 Main Street, yancouver. B.C.
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