4—THE BULLETIN—Thursdoy, July 31, 1975 '
Community mourns Louis Jacobson
LOUIS JACOBSON
Beloved veteran pioneer in Canada, Louis Jacobson, succumbed July 11 in St. Vincent's
hospital. He was 92 years of age.
Born in Lithuania, Mr. Jacobson had been in Canada for 70 years, residing in Calgary until 1945 when he came to Vancouver. His second marriage took place here on Oct. 8, 1959.
Mr. Jacobson was a mainstay of services at Beth Israel over the years. He was additionally an active member of B'nai B'rith.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Jacobson; a daughter, Judith, San Francisco; a brother. Max, Calgary; 17 grandchildren; and one great grandchild.
A B'nai B'rith honor guard were at the ScharaTzedeck chapel and Beth Israel cemetery during the interment services held July 13. Rabbi W. Solomon and Cantor M. Preis officiated.
Pallbearers were Mr. Jacob-son's grandchildren Mark Jackson, Alex Jackson, Harold Groberman, Monte Glanzberg, Jon Jacobs, and a nephew Harvey Tabal. Chevra Kadrisha was in charge of arrangements.
PEARL MANN LAID TO REST
Pearl Mann, a resident of Vancouver for 52 years, passed away on July 18 at the age of 82. A resident of the Louis Brier Home, she succumbed at Vancouver General hospital.
Born in Poland, the former Pearl Igelki came to Vancouver in 1921 with her husband and children. Upon their arrival here they were instrumental in bringing several Jewish immigrants to Canada. Mrs. Mann was a life member of B'nai B'rith, Pioneer Women and Schara Tzedeck synagogue.
She is survived by her husband. Label Mann; two sons, Morris and Isadore; a daughter, Mrs. Anne Korbin; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July 20 at Schara Tzedeck chapel with Rabbi S. Schwartz and Cantor M. Preis officiating. Interment
followed at ScharaTzedeck cemetery. Chevra Kadisha was in charge of arrangements.
Relatives and Friends are advised that the
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Soviet
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NEW YORK — The Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry learned that another Jewish cemetery in the Soviet Union has been destroyed.
Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference executive director, said that the cemetery in Sarin in the Ukraine has been turned into a garbage dump with few gravestones still standing.
Earlier a road had been paved through the cemetery for use by a nearby military installation.
The cemetery had been in relatively good condition until a year ago.
Hoenlein also reported that nearby to the cemetery are three mass graves where 12,000 Sarini Jews, murdered by the Nazis, are buried.
The fences put around the graves after World War II have been removed and the only marker, a large gravestone in the centre grave, has been destroyed.
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BY JEAN GERBER
JERUSALEM - The Mayor of Bethlehem has his office in a new (post '67) block of shops and offices on Manger Square, facing the ancient Church of the Nativity. First built by Constan-tine in the Fourth Century and one of the oldest surviving churches in the Holy Land, it marks the site where Jesus was bom in the "little town" of Bethlehem, about seven kilometres outside Jerusalem.
The City of Bethlehem has remained Christian throughout its history: run by a coalition of leading Arab families, all but one of which are Christians. Since 1967 the town has been under the Israeli military authority of the West Bank, but linked by the tourist and vegetable trades to the municipality of Jerusalem. South Jerusalem is now creep-< ing out towards Bethlehem, its latest suburb, Gilo, being built On land formerly owned by Christian Arab families from Beit Jalla, a village next to Bethlehem. Saturday market in Bethlehem is shoppLng day for Jerusalemites and in turn, more and more men come up to Jerusalem to work.
We were ushered into the Mayor's office where he sat under pictures of himself with distinguished visitors to Bethlehem. Mayor Frejj is himself a Christian Arab, a short round man with a sense of power about him. What local leadership the Israelis have allowed to flourish in the West Bank has come from men like: Frejj of Bethlehem, from Sheikh Jabari of Hebron, from the Mayor of Ramallah, and from East Jerusalem families, all of whom are usually part of the traditional Arab elite of Palestine.
Frejj himself was elected as mayor under the old Jordanian laws which Israel has allowed to stand in the territories (except for Jerusalem) of the West Bank.
We were served Turkish coffee and biscuits.
"I welcome you in the name of peace, freedom and independence, in the name of a democratic Palestinian state of the West Bank and Gaza," he began.
"We are ready to sign a peace • treaty with Israel if she will withdraw to her '67 borders and comply with the U.N. Resolutions. It is up, to Israel to make a treaty with the Palestinian Arabs, not with the other Arab States. There can be no peace without a Palestinian settlement."
Mayor Frejj went on to tell us how, for 500 years, the Palestinians had been oppressed, first by the Turks, then the English, then the Jordanians, and now the Israelis.
"All we want is what was promised to us in 1947 — a state of our own. I. am risking my life to say this, but I must speak."
The atmosphere of the interview was strange. Mr. Frejj is obviously anaccomplishedpolitician and while critical of Israel, he certainly enjoys the Israeli protection from PLO reprisals and is allowed to speak his mind. On the other hand, he is responsible to the Arab residents of the West Bank and he and his fellow mayors and leaders have developed a standard party line which runs as follows:
Israel should withdraw from the West Bank and a U.N. peacekeeping force should move in. The areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip should be demilitarized, and after an interval of five years or so, elections should be held under U.N. supervision. Who would run in these elections? "Anyone who wanted to, who would agree to the terms of the U.N. arrangement,, i.e. demilitarization and recognition of Israel."
And how would Israel's borders be secured?
"Israel is a powerful modem -state — she does not need secure borders. Peace is more important than secure borders."
A Sabbatical year in Israel has almost passed for Vancou-verites Jean and Harvey Gerber and their children. Their informative letters from Jerusalem conclude as Jean reports on more of their impressions and activities. Dr. Harvey Gerber, SFU professor in mathematics, has already returned to Vancouver while Jean and the children are expected back early in August.
What would be the choices in this election?
"A Palestinian state, either federated with or independent of, Jordan. The PLO could run as settlers, not as an armed force."
And why no elections under Israeli authority?
"Only the U.N. can be neutral in this regard. The U.N. would protect both the Palestinian and the Israeli states during this transitional period."
What do you think would be the feelings of the other Arab states, we asked. Why have these states for so many years treated the Arab refugees as they have?
"If there is peace in Palestine, then there will be total peace. If thp Arab states had taken in the refugees, then there would be no Palestinian problem."
Here everyone present started. Could he mean whathe was saying, that the Arabs intentionally tormented fellow Arabs to keep their claims alive? Apparently he did, since he did not correct himself.
"It is the will of G-d that Jews and Arabs should live in Palestine. A non-sectarian state is not possible. The Jews are entitled to their state, and the Palestinians to theirs. Every Jewish settlement on the West Bank and Gaza is an obstacle in the path of peace."
The mayor bowed us out. Someone dropped a coffee cup.
We had heard the latest local proposal for settlement. Certainly the Palestinians themselves, those who never left their homes on the West Bank or those in camps who stayed after '67, are the victims of both sides of the conflict.
But on the Israeli side, it seems, the problem was unintentional. Israel agreed in 1947 to what Frejj and his colleagues now want. Their fellow Arabs, however, did not, but invaded Israel in '47 and '48 and have never relented. Hussein, while he granted his refugees passports, never granted them the free elections they now want.
If Frejj was speaking from the heart, he certainly realizes that his brethren in Arab lands have been made to suffer, not by the Israelis, but by fellow Arabs.
For the West Bank Arabs, the end is not in sight. Mutual mistrust and the obvious Arab pressure to keep the "Palestinian question" unsolved, are the realities. Mayor Frejj and his plan (which sounds suspiciously like the pre-1948 settlement that Arab countries and Palestinians alike rejected) are the never-never land of hopes. For "peace" in the area seems far, far down the road.
JERUSALEM MARCH scheduled for Sept. 24 b expected to dravr. some 20,000 entrants from all walks of life as well as foreign visitors. In photo, a group of bank employees prepare for the 15 mile march, the last few miles of which pass through crowded Jerusalem city streets and culminate in a parade to Mount Henl where each participant receives a medallion and a certificate. The march recalls the ancient Israelite i^grimage up to Jerusalem traditionally held before the festivals ot Passover, Shavoot and Snccot>
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