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Thursday. October 4,1984   THE 8UUETJN — 3
American Express credited for award
By JACK SINGER
"Today's lunch can help tomorrow's Picassos."
With that inspired slogan in .mind, American Express Canada Inc. last summer went to the aid of developing artists through a fundraising' blitz tied to use of its charge cards and traveller's cheques.
The Corporation had in mind to help two Vancouver groups: city-initiated Partnership for Business and Arts and the Children's Arts Umbrella (CAU), :a non-profit arts school on Granville Island with leadership roots from within the Jewish community.
Recently Carol Henriquez and Gloria Schwartz, CAU co-directors and founders, accepted the promised $ 15,000 cheque, in the novel form of an umbrella, from American Express vice-president Bill Inwood.
V* 11 was wondepfu 1," Schwartz later told 7%£; Bui-letirty **not only because of the money, but also because of the publicity for a new organization like ourselves."
Schwartz said the promotional scheme developed after CAU and Partnership for Business and Arts, which recjsived a $25,p00 grant, convinced Western . Express to Unk its advertising from June-September to the future growth of lower mainland artists.
Arts Umbrella isasix-years youn^^^sual and performiiig arts cehti« ibr (ihildren ages two iiniil 18.^ A; vast-array of courses gives students opportunities to explore all facets of their artistic aptitude from dance« music enjoyment, paintings and:sculpturin;g^ to theatre arts. . ; ^*Arts Umbrella is for all children in the community to develop their iniiate creativ-itjTi^'ejcplained Schwi^rtz, who adheres to the belief that children are "inherently creative andjustiieed the stimulus arid excitement of inspired
UNDEfttHi UMBRELUV^ Last June, Mayor Ed Cdoperman, former president, American Express Canada Inc., Joined aspiring artists (from left) Sandy Rosen, Kelly and Cory Permack In launching venture to aid local arts on behalf of Children's Arts Umbrella and Partnership for Business and Arts, clty^initiated fundralsing group.
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Last year 1,700 children enrolled in the school's classes, taught by a staff of 25 part-time instructors, who are themselves professional artists in their respective fields.
As a non-profit, registered charity;, Arts Umbrella course fees range between $40 and $70 per 10 week session, covering only 40 percent of the centre's costs, Schwartz stated.
The remainder is recovered through grants from government, private firms and fun-draising events.
On Oct. 13v CAU will be holding its annual Splash furidraiser, an art auction and dinner-dance affair. The event
.will cost donors $60 per person and highlight the auctioning of 35 one-of-a-kind kites painted by rekriowhed B.C.
; artists.
Carol Jackson is chairperson on the fundraising coin-mittee planning the event
For further information, contact either Carol Henriquez or Gloria Schwartz, CAU co-directors, at 681-4786.
TORONTO - It takes CQUtage to stand up for^oiir convictions >— particularly your religious convictions — when you're Jewish in a doubtful Gentile environment.
Jerry Genesove has that courage, according to a Can-adian Jewish News article. The 53-year-old school teacher believes he is the only instructor with Toronto Board of Education who wears a kipa to all his classes and staff meetings.
"And it didn't come about without some difficulties,'* he said. "It meant standing up to bigots."
After tolerating racial remarks for some tiine from students, Genesoye explained he decided allowing these, insults to go unchallenged meant acquiescence.
The cheerful; bearded Genesove has been teaching at Lakeview secondary school, a totally non-Jewish area, for almost ten years.
He was quick to point out he has always had complete acceptance of his practices from staff meiribers and administration.
"The problems arose only with a handful of students," he stressed. "During one such incident, a student continually made anti-3emitio comments and even threatened violence. •
"1 decided it was tinie to do something, so 1 laid charges against the student with the full agreement of the principal."
Genesove said the student was warned by the court that >epelitiori of the offence could^ %ad to a jail terml The judge* ordered a peace bond to be forfeited if another offence was reported.
The affable teacher praised
the Toroiitb board stippdrt.^-
Genesove considers himself lucky to be working for a board that is so adamant about upholding religious freedom for everyone, i
"Because 1 confronted the prbtylems with the^tudents," he^y^, "I can^and with ijny head up high. 1 find that whbn 1 explain to my new students why I wear a kipa they respect tny religious beliefs."
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The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
Vancouver Talmud Torah Association will
be held on:
Tuesday; oc:tober i6, i984
at 8:(NI p.ivi. VANCOUVER TALMUD TORAH AUDITORIUM
Nominated for a two-year term are: -RonCharnaw - BHan Simons
- Queenie Hamovich     - Bernie Simpson
- MelHershf ieid - George Varnai * Harry LIpetz              - Leonard Wall
The Executive and seven members-at-large will be serving the second year of a two-year term. The individuals are as follows:
President................. ----. Hershey Porte
First Vice-President............Michael Moscovich
Second Vice-President........ George Wasserstein
Treasurer........................ Laurie Bertrand
Secretary.......................... Brent Belzberg
Immediate Past President........... Jack Rootman
Members at large:
- David Crystal - Brian Ross
- Rose-Ellen Crunfeld       - Gary Simkin
' Fran Grunberg - Marina Velchinko
-Davit]! Radler
Further nominations for a two-year term may be received up to the ^comniencement of the Anhual Cerierat Meeting^^nymember Ijigood standing maybe nominated, such nomination to be in writing by five jnembers. No member rnay nominate more than five candidates.
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TORONTO — A union member cannot refuse to pay union ^ueis because be opposes -support by Ontario Federatidn of Labor for the PLO, particularly ongrounds of ia religious exemption,;a Cariadfan court has ruled.
The court determined, two-
to-one, that Chaim Forer of Toronto was not entitled to an exe nip t i 6 n, pre viously granted by Ontario public service relations tribunal.
The exemption was allowed under a section of the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, which exempts a
returns
AI.EXANDER MAYERS, cdhfre, national president, Jewlth Natipiiai^nd, atinounc^d appolnti|iei)t of MIcHaer Goldstein,, left, as JNF executive vice-president, succeeding AHaJor General David Pfer (right) who is returning to Israel. Gbidstein, wtio was previdtisiy JNF executive director (Eastern Canada), also has extensive background in Montreal communal services.
union member from dues piayments if he or she objects to payment on religious grounds.
Forer, 36, computer programmer in provincial health ministry^ is member of the Ontario union.
He applied for exemption after Ontario Lajbor Federation approved a resolution in 1983 calling on government to recognize, the PLO as legitimate representative of Arab Palestinians. The resolution . was a compromise passed despite objections by Federation officers.
The union appealed the decision. Arguments in court centred on interpretation of the term "religion."
Justice Elnier Smith held Forer "may be religiously inspired, but in my view recbgnitipn of the PLO . . . is not a matter of religion per se.'* ^
The court rejected Forer's contention everything is religious; asserting if such a view was accepted legally, all claims for exemption on religious grounds would, be granted, if the individual making the claim was found to be sincere!, whatever the basis for the objection. jja
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