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TORC^tO ^ The Canadian JewirfiCbri^s has Ontario TgoVem^ assurances that Saudi Arabia will not
prograni instituted recently between the University of Toronto and King Falisal university in Riyadh.
Irwin Cotier, president of the CJC, also wired James Ham, president of the University of Toronto, 0xpiessihg serious concern over the implications of the exchange program ihvolyih of foreign students and a ppss^^^^ investmlntstb Toronto in the form o^research fimds^
Cotler's telegrain cited *'well known discriminatory policies oiTthe Saudi goverhiiient which offend Canadian values in the domain of human rights^" He suggested that the university terminate the exchange contract if it is dK^
The fiveryeair contract between the university and the Saudi institution.calls for the exchange of Canadian experts in many areas of the engineering profession for students in the same field. Nori^ NTay, legal counsel of the GJC, noted that ^audi law prohibits the entiy of Zionists and'-since Saudis considef- all j£w^ it isa
distinction without;difference.-
Gordon Slen^pn; Dean of Engiiti^rih^ the possibility of ahiirJewi$h discrimination did not arise in, the negotiations for the exchange agreement and that he would not have signed any agreement containingdis^riminatpry clauses. At the same time, he achnowledged^^t^^ the granting of visas is a matter for the Saudi government.
A similar controversy is going on in Montresd over an exchange agreement between ConcQrdia university there and King Faisal university. > .'i '''..■■".■^V.
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TORONTO ~ The Canadian Universities Bureauv the University Service department and the Israel Program Ggnitre, axe sponsoring the Leadership Trd^^ Seminar in Israel this summer;
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The LTS is a unique three-week program that is'specifically designed for students who are either currently active in Zionist programming on -the campus or who are intending to become involved in' the upcoming
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The LTS aims to provide students with a deeper understanding and appreciation of israelVsd^is^ aiid
MONTREAL ^ The ;CBC has launched a^H^artJ^^
The Vancouver Lions GateVlpdge B*nai B*rith has achieved a rare claim to fame in recent weeks—it can now point with pride to 10 conununity rabbis among its membership.
Challenging B*nai B*rith lodges around the world to eqi^d Lion's Gate's feat are its president Joe Sinclair and a current coniinissioner on the B.B. International;Council, Alec Jackson. Jackson, a longtime iodjg^^incittbwiuid
Israel Rabbi Wilfred Solomon; Rabbi AvrahamTauby of Beth Hamid-
rash; and Schara Tzedeck Rabbi Baruch Zaichyk.
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Written "and, hosted by Victor Tei>bul, curcntli^ of the
Quebec office of the Canads^Israel Conimittt0, thet first: program wai broadcast March I. It dealt with the early Jewish immigrants to Canada^ and featured interview with Mario ' Lalancette, atithorof a study entitled Immigratipn Juive au Canadaau ISe sieci(6v IPU^ Hart, ai trois-RMer^, busihessm^n anda^directd bf the iint Jewish fk and Anh^tte Wolff^ a dcscendaint of the Joseph branclV of the Hart
Subjects which will be covered in the series- Include Jewish socisilists [March 8 and 15], anti-Semitism in the i^SOs, life after the Holocaust, beih^ Jewish in Qfu^cT^Udaism as~ a rieUg^n, Seph4idim and Jewish vw>men. V
trainitig. Orgam^ets expressed hd|»e that following the seniinA^ the students wil have all the tolols necessary to promote «^ Zionist activities on their campuses. - The LTS program includes: meetings with Knesset members and top government officials and with experts on Middle^Eaist politics, education, religion and internal security; visit to an Arab villag!e;^trips to Judea and Samaria, Golaii Heights, Negev and Galil and to military installations; workshops and discussions on campus orgi(niz> ing and programniing.
There will be three LTSf groups thi^ summer: June 6-27, Juiie 27-Juiy 18, and Jul^ IS-Aiig. 8i, with application deadlines May 10, May 30 and June 20 for the ttoec departure dates, respectively. The pi^gramis^ subsidized.
Further infpr^tion iii Vancouver is available from BLbbbi^^^ &t Hilkl^2a4^4748.
recniitiilg the "minyin'* of irabbi/ members and expressed the belief, that no other single B'nai BMth\ lodge in the worlds has as many spiritual leaders as affiliates.
"As the rabbis come.from different braiiches of Judaism," Jackson said, **their membership provides proof positive that Blnai B'rith is a-common meeting ground for all-strains of persuasion in the Jewish religion/*
Spiritual leaders affiliated with Lion's Gate are: Rabbi Willmm Altshul, Talmud TpraJh principal; Temple Sholom Rabbi Philip Breg-mah; Rabbi Menabem Fogel, assistant sjiiritttal leader^ of Schara Tzedeck; Rabbi Jeffrey Hoffman^ Beth Israel assistant Rabbi and high schp6l|irindpal; Beth ti^^ Harvey Markdwitz;Ra^iMaiDrice Myero9ntz,'^senibr teacher at Talmud Torah Judaiic Studies def^rt-; ment^^lNpirtli Shofi^ Jewisli Cpm^ niimityAi^^ HiUel director. Rabbi Dam^^^ Sijegei; Beth
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