Thursday, November 21,1991 —THE BULLETIN 11
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**Wh6 Holds the Key to Our Jewish Futurcr is the title of a talk by; Dennis take place^at Beth Israel syn^ agogue Wednesday, Dec. 11 at:8^p.Ill..V;;■.;:^■V":^ .
In his talk, Prager w dress issue$; thoughts and ideas of concern to Jews and Jiidsiism today, ihcluding Jewish values and ethics.
CaUwl by B'nai B'rith "per^ haps the most eloquent speaker of hh| generation,** he has lectured across the United States and Canada, Israel, Central America, Australia,
essays ph personal, political and religious issues have appeared- in journals as diverse as Commentary, Moment and the Journal of the Neyy Jersey Psychological Association, as well as. in hundrieds of newspapfers^ including the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald.
He has written, with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, two major books. Why the Jews? and The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism?:
Prager has spoken in Vancouver oh several occasiotis.
PRAGER
Korea, and at virtually eyery major American uniyersity.
The author is hasedui^I^ Angeles,I>ut spends mos^o^^ his time travelling a heavily-bool^'l^tiuSi^^rcuit.  ^ ;;
A knownfadMem^ taujght Jewish history^^^a^ religion at Brooklyn College; was a fellow of the Columbia, School of International Affairs and served as the director ^^the Brandeis-Baron Insti-^ front 1976 to 1983.
He conducts daily commentaries and a talk show on KABC radio in L.A., which are among the most widely listened to programs in South-em California.
He not only lectures extensively, he also writes and publishes **Ultimate Issues,** a quarterly report which discusses the ethics of both individual and world issues.
A former columnist of the Los^ Angeles Herald'Ex-aminer, his many articles and
He was last here in November 1990 when he addressed over jSOO people at the Hadassah-WlZb coiiyentipn.
**He is a dyhaniic, witty and ^mu^g^peiakef. Ihave hieard. 4^h^..speakers^ bu^ have I conne across anyone that can hold the attention of his audience more powerfully than Dennis Prager,** said Judy Mandleman of the Om-adian Zionist Federation. V The evening is sponsored by Maimonides Secondary School, Vancouver's oiily Jewish high school. The entire comniunity is invited and admission is free:
Bronfman leads IJCIC
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Jewish Congress president Edgar Bronfman has been elected to chair the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations. He succeeds Seymour Reich.
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'Cheers!'... Russian style
Graphic by Marina Kogart
RUSSIAN BEER PARTY will be held on Saturday. Nov. 23,8 p.m. at the Polish Club, 4015 Fraser St. There will be a Russian-style buffet, dancing and music by guitaristTamar playing gypsy and Russian love songs. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call Marina at 681-0648.
Community will hear briefIng on Israel
By MICKEY SOUDACK
Arriving from meetings with Prime Minister Shamir; President Bush and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Netanyahu, Zvi Harry Hur-witz is -Ben Gurion Universi-ty*s guest speaker Sunday, Nov. 24,8 p.m; at Beth Israel Synagogue. He will brief the community with an update^
Shamir*s advisor on World Jewry has a long-standing history as a dynamic speaker, decisive and sometimes controversial outspoken promoter of Likud policies.
His pre-Aliyah leadership activity in the South African Betar movement and Zionist Revisionist organization led to a 40-year association with Menachem Begin for whom he served as external information advisor. In fact, in 1978 Hurwitz published the first biography on Begin.
In his role as information minister at the Israel Em(>assy in Washington in the iearly 1980s Hurwitz complained about the lack of positive information concerning the politicaland historic necessity of establishing settlements in the Territories, expressing, according to the New York Jewish Press, the feeling that the **.. . *other side' was always getting the attention, while the real facts were gbing unreported*^
In 1981 he stated,**the only newspaper that today supports the Israeli government is Hatzofe and thus it is no wonder that the American Press carries so many anti-Israeli stories originating from Israel.**
In January that same year, in a presentation on Jsraeli hasbara' (political information) to Herut party leadership meeting in New York, he stated that "while the. Begin eovernment policy is to maintain responsibility for
RABBI PEARLSON ... Ethiopian absorption
security in Judea, Samaria and Gaza District, and Jerusalem as a totality, **the Labor concept calls for a 'Jordanian option* or a simple abdication from these areas.**
He added: *^We must take them (Labor*s declarations) at their face value. The months ahe^d may be the most challenging in all our lives of service to this great nation.**
Asked whether, by expressing such partisan views, he was not going beyond his job as an Israeli diplomat and civil servant, Hurwitz replied: "1 am expressing the views of the government, and that's all.**
Such open expression of his partisan views while in a diplomatic and civil servant position caused Leon Hadar, then Jerusalem Post New York correspondent.to write,
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JERUSALEM — The first public offering of shares in a film production has been made on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Proceeds from the issue by the Daiin Film Production Limited Partnership will finance the prod uction of Sweating Bullets, a television series to air on CBS.
Cannon talks to Workers for Zion on Israeli visit
Dr. Nat Cannon, chairman of Workers for Zion, will speak to the group on Sunday, Nov. 24 about his recent visit to Israel.
The group will meet at 2 p.m. in the home of Osher Avery, 426 West 43rd Ave. Jack Prasow will host the meeting.
During his trip. Cannon visited Amal schools to see first-hand^ how they are adjusting to the many young
Russian and Ethiopian Jews now entering the institutions.
Cannon has been involved in many Vancouver organizations since immigrating from his native England. He is president of Canadian Friends of Amal (Pacific Region) and a past president of B*nai B'rith Lion*s Gate Vancouver lodge.
The community is invited to, attend. For more information, call Prasow at 273-3484 or Alan Tapper, 263-8498.
DEBORAH CHAPTER of
Hadassah-WIZO will hold its next meeting Thursday, Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m. in the social room of Langara Gardens, West 57th Ave. For more info, call Mildred Weinstein at 270-6258.
FUN-RAISER, silent auction and brunch. Temple Sho-lom Sisterhood, Sunday, Nov. 24, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 736-7924 or 733-4955.
KOSHER KITCHEN workshop, hands-on experience of kosher kitchens in Victoria, Sunday. Nov. 24 and Sunday. Dec. 8. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m For info, call Charlotte Atlung Sutker at 388-6840.
HOLY BOOK BURIAL
and ritual items Sunday, Nov. 24. 2 p.m. at Victoria Jewish Cemetery. Worn-out Holy Books and ritual items will be buried in special grave site. Meet at cemetery gates.
WHY READ POETRY?
Why is poetry written and what is the use of poetry? Special program presented by Dr. Enrica Jemma Glickman on Wednesday. Nov. 27 at Victoria Emanu-EI.
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POTLIC K DINNER
monthly Hebrew School sponsored Shahbat service and potluck. Congregation Emanu-El. Victoria Kridav. Nov. 29.6 pm. Call 595-0056.
HURWITZ... latest word from Israel
**Israers new Information Minister in Washington is causing raised eyebrows.**
In 1979, Hurwitz attracted attention in the U.S. when he told a group of Israeli information activists in New York, that **the; Americans cannot give us lessons on the Palestinian issiie after what they have done to the Indians.**
Rabbi Jordan Pearlson, national president of Canadian Associates of Ben Gur-
ion University, is spiritual leader of Toronto's Temple Sinai. An entertaining and inspiring speaker, he will appraise the audience of BGU's important role in the - absorption of the recent Ethiopian immigration.
Rabbi Pearlson, originally a lawyer, graduated from Hebrew Union College and is a former columnist for the Toronto 5mr, corresponding: editor of Christian Jewish /?e/a//o;i5,a publication of the World Jewish Congress, pioneer of CBC interreligious radio dialogue and television commentator. He is the first and only rabbi to chair the CBC national reli^ous advisory committee.
He is: a member of the international Jewish committee for Interreligious Consultations which meets with the Vatican and the World Council of Churches. He has served as ■ president of the Toronto board of rabbis and national chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress international affairs committee.
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