The Jewish IVatiorial Fund, Pacific Region office has received a letter froni Moshe' Rivlih, world ■ chairman of the JNF board of directors, congratulating it for the choice of John Eraser M^P. as honoree at the Feb. 11 Negev Dinner at Schara Tzedeck.
Mr. Rivlih's letter reads: ^ "On the occasion of the Vancouver Negey Dinner honoring John A. Fraser, M.P., I wish to congratulate the Jewish community of Vancouver for their efforts on behalf of Israel. How appropriate it is to honor a Member of Parliament, thus showing appreciation for a longstanding record of friendship between Canada and Israel.
^"The Keren Kayemeth is now embarking on a very anibitious development prbgram in ihie tJalilee and Canadian JNF has undertaken a ' significant portion of this program. I am sure that we can count on the
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upbuilding of lisrael^^The result Will be a strong and prosperous Galilee,'* the world JNF chairman concluded:
AID JEWS IN ARAB LANDS
The plight of Jews living in Arab lands is no less desperate than that of Soviet Jewry. Voices must be raised on their behalf, action taken, and the situation of Arab Jewry brought to world attention.
These points were stressed Jan. IS when the newly-formed local branch of the National Committee for Jews in Arab Lands held its inaugural meeting at the home of Linda and Gary Dayan.
The meeting established two main goals for immediate action: to assist Jews to leave Arab lands where they are being persecuted; and to maintain contact with them .by letters, parcels and,donations.    -   , ^;
Many members onhis new group are themselves refugees from Arab lands and they recounted their own experiences and gave news of their relatives who are still unable to leave for freedom.
The meeting was chaired by Gary Dayan, who had convened the group, and he reported on the activities of the national committee which operates out of Toronto. He announced that March 10 would be designated Shabbat Zachor, in memory of the four girls murdered
while ftying to escape from Syria. All Rabbis will be asked to mark this day in their synagogues.
It was felt that the Jewish community in Vancouver is not sufficiently aware: of the situation and that a determined effort should be made to present the case of the Jews from Arab lands wherever possible.
Further, the meeting felt that those Jewish refugees that have managed to escape should be offered assistance in their new country of refuge. Four families from Iran have recently settled here and it is hoped to establish a welcoming committee to assist new arrivals to Vancouver and help in their integration.
Samir Haboosheh gave a report on the situation in Iran and there was much discussion about the Jews of that country. Proposals were put forward for establishing a number of sub-committees and these will be convened at the next meeting.
The evening ended with a slide show called "Jews in Arab Lands.'*
The next meeting will be held on Feb. 15, 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Freenian, 1997 West 35th avenue.
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The Combined Jewish Appeal of Vancouver has announced that the National United Israel Appeal Women*s Division Mission will this year visit Poland, Austria and Israel. Leading the Feb. 25-March 13 Mission will be Weindy Herman Litwack of Montreal, formerly of Toronto.
Mrs. Litwack, regarded as an eloquent speaker and a deeply-committed leader, together with her husband led a successful family' mission to Israel in 1976. She is on the  executive  of the Women's Division UIA of Canada and a member of the speaker's bureau of Canadian Jewish Congress as well as being founder and president of the group of 35 in Montreal. > Mrs. Litwack recently returned from a trip to thie Soviet Union where she met with Jewish activists^
The Mission itinerary includes^ in Poland, visits to the Warsaw Ghetto, the Jewish Cemetery and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw; Auschwitz-Birkenau; and the' old Jewish quarter and the oldest synagogue in Poland, at Cracow.
In Vienna, Austria, the Mission will meet with Soviet Jews as they take their first steps in freedoni; observe the *aliyah* process; and spend evening with famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal; They will fly to Israel with new Soviet Jewish arrivals.
The schedule in Israel is varied,
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iTORCWitO John Bassiett, Philippe de Gaspe Beaubien and Sol Kanee, O.C. lead prominent Canadians from the business, academic and political worlds as co-chairman of a committee sponsoring events planned by the Canada-Israel Committee to mark 30 years of Canada-Israel friendship.,
Bassett is chairman of Baton Broadcasting Incorporated and formerly publisher of the Toronto Telegram, de Gaspe* Beaubien is president of Telemedia Communications Limite' and formerly mayor of Expo City; and Sol Kanee, a - governor of the Bank of Canada; is regarded as a leading Canadian authority on wheat sales and treasurer of the World Zionist Congress.
Members of the sponsoring com-^ mittee include: Robert >y. Bonner, Q.C., Charles R. Bronfman, Gekid Bronfman, Dr. Harry B. Cohen, C.M., The Hon. David A. CroU, James F. Kay, Murray B. Kbffler, The Hon. John N. Turner, PC.
Two elements comprise the Canada-Israel Committee's program: a gala dinner in Ottawa, on'Feb. 14, with members of Parliament, senior civil servants and other leading Canadians; and a first-of-its kind commemorative book, slated for publication shortly thereafter, devoted to 30 years of Canada-Israel friendship from the perspectives of trade, culture, science, people and government.
Simcha Dinitz, until recently Israel's Ambassador to the United States, will be keynote speaker at the parliamentary dinner.
In anticipation of its publication of the commemorative book, the Canada-Israel Committee has undertaken.a major research effort, now nearing completion, into the various aspects of the Canada-Israel relationship. Significant and hitherto unrecorded data in the political, cultural and economic areas will be included in major essays along with original photographs, excerpts from addresses and newspaper articles publisheid over th6 past 30 years.
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providing for seeing the country through the eyes of both the average Israeli and top government officials. The group will visit an Air Force base; have dinner with Eliahu Ben Elissar, director-general of the Prime Minister's office; survey activities at the Good Fence; tour the Knesset with Ariella Nezer, secretary of Likud party, and have lunch with 'Gideon Hausner, M.K.; visit military outposts at the Golan Heights; be guests at a reception at home with Prime Minister and Mrs. Menachem Begin; and meet with Israel President and Mrs. Yitzhak Navon.
Further information in Vancouver on the Mission is available from Lois Raphael, national co-president Women's Division, at 685-0441.
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