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6 THE BUi,LETIN — Thursday, April 21.1983
Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy ,.. Fourth commandiMnnE^odin. 29:8
Ouidlcliclitiiig
FMday, April 22, esspjm. Sedrd Acharei-Kedoshim
(Leviticus) Havdata,8«blNitli«iids
April 23. 7:55 p.m.
Friday, April 29,8:05 pjn. Sedra Emor (Leviticus) HmdaUi,SabiMtli •ndi
April 30. 9:05 p.m.
Beth Hanidnuh Conpe-Safioii« 5231 Heather. Rabbi Avraham Tauby. Services: Friday, 6:55 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m., with Mincha 6:45 p.m., followed by Seuda Shlishit and Maariv. Sunday 9 a.m., followed by breakfast and a cl^s in Pirkei Avot. 874-4800 (Sephardic Orthodox).
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Beth Israel.Congregation.
4350 Oak. Rabbi Wilfred Solomon. Rabbi Jeffrey Hoffman. Cantor Murray Nixon. Torah reader, D. Rubin. Choir^ S. Pelman, director. Services: Friday 8:15 p.m. Saturday, 9:15 a.m. in sanctuary, and in chapel when^r or Bat-Mitzvah held in sanctuary. Junior. Congregation weekly in Youth Lounge. 731-4161 (Conservative)..
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Beth Tikvah Congregation. 9711 Geal Road, Richmond, B.C. Services: Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday," 10 a.m. 271-6262. (Conservative)*
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Chabad-Lubavitch. 5750 Oak Rabbi Yitzchak Wine-
berg. Rabbi Yakov Fellig. Services: J^riday, sunset. Sat-, urday, 10 a.m. Sundays, 9 a.m. and at sunset. Weekdays, 7 a.m. and at sunset. 266-1313. (Orthodox).
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Eitz Chaim Congregation.
9211 Blundell Road, Richmond, B.C. Services: Friday, '8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.,
conducted by Rabbi William Altshul. 274-3107. (Orthodox).
♦... ♦ . ♦ Louis Brier Home. 1055 W 41st Avenue. Services: Daily 6:45 p.m. Shabbat 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.. with Sam Zingerman,: Ralph Rosenberg, Danny Kornfeld, Moe Frumkin. 261-9376. (Orthodox).
North Shore Jewish Community Associatfonw Lloyd and Gladwin, North Vancouver. Services: Friday, 6:30 p^m., followed by communal supper. Saturday, 10 a.m. Visitors welcome. 984-9680. (Conservative).
Memorial centre opened in Holland
AMSTERDAM — A
memorial centre for the more than 100,000 Jews deported by the Nazis from Holland during World War 11 was officially opened by Queen Beatrix. The centre, sponsored by a private, noh-Jewish group, is located-at Wester-bork in north^st Holjand, the site of a transit camp used as a staging area for Jews on their way to death camps in Eastern Europe.
The centres will house a replica of the Dutch Pavilion at the Auschwitz memorial in Poland. The displays illustrate Jewish life in Holland before World War II, the persecution of Jews during the German occupation and life at Westerbork when it served as
a way station for Jewish deportees. Only a handful of Jews who left Westerbork survived. ^
Westerl)ork was liberated by Canadian troops on April 12, 1945. There were still 900 Jews'incarcerated at the time.
Relatives and Friends are advised that the
UNVEILING OF HEADSTONE
in loving memory of the late
BERTHA
will take place Sunday. April 24 at 12 noon
at the
Beth Israel
Rabbi W. Solomon and Cantor M. Nixon
- DEATHS-
LEAH CLARA MINSTER March 3
ESTHER TfACHT Marcli 7
ROSE MANN March 8
JENNY BLUMANFALD March 16
BRENDASERIO March 17
SARINESALAMA March 25
SAM BOWMAN
March 26 ALVINNAROD
March 26 SARA MARANTZ
March 28
ROSEPERELES March 31
ANNIE SABBLUT April 1
MARY FELSTEIN AptH3
JOYCE wbSK April 4 .
As another Bullettn cdmmtinity aetvice feature. Deaths will ha published weekly ^ they are registered. — THE PUBLISHER.
Schara Tzcdeck Congregation. 3476 Oak. Rabbi Baruch Zaichyk. Cantor Moshe Preis. Rabbi Men-ahem Fogel, Torah reader. Services: Friday, 7:00 p.m. Saturday* 9 a.m., Mincha 7:00 p.m. followed by Seuda Shlishit and Maariv. Havdala at 8:00 p.m. Sunday services 8:30 a.m. Services during week, 7:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. 736-7607. (Orthodox).
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Temple Sfaolom. 4426 W. 10th Ave. Rabbi Philip Breg-. man. Murray Kenigv Cantor^' ial Soloist/Choir Director. Services: Friday, 8:15 p.m., Saturday 10:30a.m. 224-1381. (Reform).
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Lag B^Omer Jerusalem Day Rosh Chodesh Shavuot Bosh Chodesh Shiva Asar
B*Tanmniz Tu B*4v Rosh Chodesh
1983
May 1 . May 11
May 13 May 18-19
June 12
June 28 July 25* Aug. 9-10
COMMENTARY
From Page 5
it is possible to murder indiscriminately women and children. Begin fought British soldiers, not women and children. Sharon • fought against Egyptian invaders on YomKippur and against PLO terrorists in Lebanon. Certainly the ihessages were relayed, but their implications were not truly understood, for we are novices in power, but experts .as Viictinas..
A little while ago, I was going on the radio tqdiscuss anti-Semitism. Several Jewish friends Who iunew that I was doing this, claimed i^tver to have: personally experienced anti-Semitic. They therefore suggested I not t^k about it on the radio and thereby cause it. Another described the Holocaust as an-aberration of history perpetrated by a few Nazi hoodlums;
I fear for us when Ihear Hi^ from Jewish friends. Eyes that still cannot see and ears that still will not listen^rc; our constant danger. They are a far greater dan^r than our very small numbers. ; ,
Over the past few years, f have reived much encouragement to continue Holocaust ^iidationpi^g'^ms'lbut also a ^w strong suggestions to discontinue. In some ways, it is implied that with our silence, anti-Seniitism Will.]^o awayCand pogroms will not take place, let alone genck^ide.^^^^^/^; •
We know differently. Wc suhnlvors know differently. But how can we teach them? What doesit take to fell our fellpw Jews that Wiesers book suborn oppressed Russian Jewry, 7^ Silence, do^ not refer to the Russian Jews. The Jews of silence are us. And when we raisedl our voices in protest,j|he Jews of. Rlissia came out. \\ '\ _ , ^
Silence ^ never. Silence is the voice of the victim Silence on anti-Sen|itism — never. Anti-Semitism no^^ the presence of Jews. The victimizi^ion of 4;>ur ghosts is' sufficient for some. • ' ' ' „
Silence on the Holocaust --never. If we stay silent^ if we do
not teach about it, discuss it, leamfromit^Weremain merely the living victims of the event. The world wants our silence so they will not have to ask our forgiveness. And during our silence they will rewrite our history in another 70 books explaining how the Holocaust 'did not happen. Yes, they murder even ,our memories. . ■■^ .■■/..>.;:.■./-;.•■. ■
Silence is our enemy, the partner of powerlessness. And one other matter of grave importance: It is. imperative that our Riibbis speak out far and wide to reassure the Jewish people that there is no connection between G-d and the Holocaust in the punitive sense. I have heard it said that perhaps the Holocaust, was visited upon Jews for turning away, an attempt to justify this horror upon religious grounds.
Our G-d does not kill one and a half million Jewish children to teach us a lesson. If ever we learn to believe that, that wou^d be the death of Judaism. The Holocaust was not, is not, and never will be a problem of its victims. It belongs to the perpetrators, to a moment of G-dlessness, to Christianity out of control.
That is why there arc revisionists of our history. That accounts for the cries of outrage over Lebanon, the media distortion of the war. If we Jews can be made out to be as bad as they«the accounting is even. And theperpetratorsdo not have to deal with their shame.
But We >«nU force them to deal withit, We will not only break ouf silence, but their silence too.
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IN MEMORIAM J NORAPdlJSKY
Lovmg daughter of Sophie Polsi^y^iietb^dsistet: of Nina^andSyd Narvey^ Gut/ire and Mistiji^Heifffnan, cherished aunt of Jacquie^orfa, Cathy and Nathan^ great aunt of facob Kent and hyal friend and associate Werner and Mim[i'W6lfen.jSeryices were conducted inios Angeles on Thur^ijlay^ April :l4th^^ ^
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Kmtmber Iht Ji lOOIS BRin JEWISti HOME rOR THE AGED . Of B,C
MiflVAH
Rabbi Meir says:' Ever 1^ a man. teach his,son a cl^n t;rade and an ^y one^ and then let him pray to Him to Whom wealth and property belong For there is no trade whjch does not bring, either poverty'or wealth; for the poverty does not come from the trade, and the wealth does not come from the trade, but all IS according to a nian*s merit.
— Mishnab * * «
Love is sweet, but tastes best with bread.
Yiddish proveib JEWISH CALENDAR
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PABSUAT AmAmt^amOSiOM
It> not only the outside that counts. G-d looks^o see what goes on in a JeW*is<Heai;t.
The Ohev Yisrael of Aptonbe visited a certain town. He was offeied two places to stay. One, was the home of a very learned, pious Jew who was'conceited. The other wAs suspected of being a sinner. When he was given the choice, the Ohev Yisrael chose to stay with the suspected sinner.
When asked why, he answered: **I want to emulate the Almighty. In regaid to those who are suspected of sinning, it is said: *Whodwells among them in the midst of their impuri . .* But in regards to a.conceited person, the Al-mighty declares: *I and he cannot dwell together..
**If G-d can't abide a conceited person, how can I?**
Often we don*t look at the inside but the outside. Those who are pure and most humble get a rough ride. It is the price of being honest.
There is one tranquilizer, one pep pill that is kosher. Even when a Jew is in the dumps, it lifts him and gives joy — the Sabbath and Yom Tov. When you keep them properly, your whole spirit rises.
_ A Jew must prepare himself fdr Shabbat.
Consider .. . when the High Priest did the service on Yom Kippur, he wore expensive delicate white garments that cost a fortune. When the service ended^ he was supposed to hide away. these garments^ liever to use them again. Ne^i Yoin Kippur he had to make new<;lothes. Why? Wastft it a waste of money?
But it shows . .. the garments represented a Hig^ Priesfs preparation and sanctification to do the seivice. Each year he. was supposed to acquire new garments, because each year he was supposed to dedicate himself anew. Last year's preparations and holiness were not enough this year he had to^tart fresh!
That is why it is a custom that for Shabbat we change into special Shabbat clothes. It symbolizes that on Shabbat we dress ourselves in new holiness, ^a different spirit than the weekdays. We're transformed. On Yom Tov, we dress even.more elaborately than Shabbat, to show a higher simcha. And on Yom Kippur, we don a kittel to reach the angels.
Each day a Jew is a new person. What happeited yesterday doesn't count. Each morning; we ate bom anew. Yesterday we were sinners -t today weare holy. Yesterday we studied ten lines of Talmud, today, eleven.
Shabbat Shalom.
Victoria shut lo jwrti bii women's equal ^aitcipation
win be reached diihng the May 4 informational meeting, according to Emanu-El vice-president Harry M. Goldberg in the April newsletter of the
Informational exchange and discussion on the matter-of full women*^ participation ^n synagogue services will take
place on Wednesday, May 4, , „. . zj, ^ i -7:30 p.m. at Congregation Emanu^EI in Victoria. ^ -The Con^gation is a ;Conservative.synagogue affiliated With United Synagogues of America - which has approved equal participation of women during; services, but has left the final decision up to each individual congregation. Full' participation includes women being called for an aliyah to the Torah and counting towardsmaking a Minyan.
'Congregation Eman\i-El already allows full pattici-^'
However, at the anhual general meeting sehednled May 22> the. agenda."Will include eqtial participatidn by wdmen and a, vote Will be taken onjthe question.
** Any change to the present status wHl require a 66 2/3 percent maj^ty (>f eligible voters," Goldberg noted^ ^ During the May 22 annual meet, two propbnentsand two opponents will articulate arguments for their positions after,, which a motion to change the present status to that of fuU women's partici-
pation by women at alternate ^^tion wilLbe entertained, if Sabbath services, with trad- fonhtfoming.
itional services presently held every, second weel^, No decision on the matter
of full participation by'Women
Everyone wishing to speak briefly on the motion will be heard prior to a vote being taken. (See Insight, Page 7).
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