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Toward greater political awareness
WHAT APPEARS to be a welcome growing trend in the spectrum of politics is the increasing role being taken by Canadians of Jewish origin.
In the past, Jewish individuals were mainly involved as supporters and workers on behalf of candidates. But in recent yearis there has been a noteworthy rise in the number of Jewish people in B.C. who are stepping forth as candidates for public of&ce.
Just by scanning current election contest lists, we come up immediately with three such prominent Liberal candidates in Greater Vancouver: Frank Low-Beer, Simma Holt and Dr. Peter Oberlander.
In this week's issue as well, readers will find a Conservative M.P., JohnFraser, forthrightly supported by a prominent Jewish professional.
Moreover, for the first time in the 45-year-history of this newspaper, the initiative was taken to raise the level of politicial awareness of our community. Because we are a Jewish newspaper, the" means was a survey of candidates' views on matters of specific concern to Jewish voters.
(We have not heard whether other Jewish weeklies in major Canadian Jewish population centres — Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg —have undertaken any similar surveys, but we hope that they may have done so.)
THE BULLETIN SURVEY was undertaken so that Jewish voters would be able to clarify their own decision regarding the direction of their vote this Monday. It was also intended to enable the candidates themselves to analyze their own thinking, as well as their party position on issues which, in the main, affect an ethnic minority but which have as well, a broad humanitarian base and some of which are of great significance to world peace.
Our analysis of replies evidenced careful research by many of the candidates. Several indicated that they had been
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JEWISH CALENDAR (LUACH) 1974
Tisha B'Ab ..................July 28
Rosh Hashona............Sept. 17
Yom Kippur................Sept. 26
ISuccot .......................____Oct. 1
Shemini Atzereth_______Oct. 8
All holidays begin the proceeding eye at sundown.
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WiSTiRN BULUm
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Friday. July 5, 1974
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interested in checking their national party stand, which they found to be revealing on some of the questions. Many stated that they welcomed the survey and were glad for the opportunity to think through some of the questions.
THERE WERE ALSO other candidates whom we did not quote in our Page One analysis this week, but who nonetheless replied to the survey in a vein similar to that of Kelowna Liberal candidate John Dyck, who wrote:
"I am aware that the Arab-Israel conflict has special significance to Jewish Canadians. My personal philosophy is one of support of the ideology that the world must be made to foster international understanding and goodwill. I believe that Canada is in a position to be of significant influence in improving the compatability of all nations.
"I find that the questions you pose are more specific than I am prepared to consider without much more study than I can give the matter at present. In any event, I support any solution that would resolve the conflict without further bloodshed and tragedy."
Accordingly, we hope that all readers will take the time to peruse the other candidates' (pinions as reported in this edition.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, like all Canadians, Jews are concerned with issues facing the country today, problems such as inflation, unemployment, the energy crisis, housing and taxation. These are all very real concerns that affect, our everyday lives and they have been 'widely covered in all the general media.
As fortunate citizens of this great country, we have an obligation to vote this Monday. As Jews, we must also add another dimension to our vote: that of Jewish survival.
Let us therefore give weighty thought about the candidate we select to receive our mandate.
Lod teiiorist engrossed in Judaism
TEL AVIV — Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese radical serving a life sentence for the Lod airport massacre is slowly showing a change of heart, Japanese embassy sources said.
Okamoto, 26, a former Kago-shima university student and member of the Sekigunha (Red Army Faction), recently began uttering critical remarks about Palestinian guerillas.
He is now engrossed in Judaism, according to recent reports.
Okamoto murdered 26 travelers and wounded 71 others at Lod airport here in May of 1972. He used machine guns and hand grenades with two other Japanese — Takeshi Okudaira and Yasuyuki Yasuda — who died in the blood-shedding incident.
Okamoto was sentenced by the military court to life imprisonment at hard labor. He is now in a prison in the suburb of Tel Aviv.
Israeli authorities have so far permitted a Japanese lawyer, Tsukasa Matsuo, to meet Okamoto two times. Embassy staffers are allowed to see him once every two or three months.
Since Okamoto met a Japanese religionist, Ikuro Tejima, last spring, his attitude has reportedly changed.
(The New Canadian, Toronto)
July 21
BY HENRY LEONARD
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ASSERT KOSHER BUTCHERS FAVOR "CHOSEN FEW"
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
I would like to bring to your attention a very serious problem that has been present in the Vancouver Jewish Community regarding the Jewish kosher butchers.
I am an observant Jew and keep a strictly kosher home. I have been living in Vancouver for the past 10 years and have a large family, and keeping a kosher home is very expensive.
I have during this past period of time experienced very bad cooperation from the kosher butchers as every time I ask for something, they never seem to have the type of meat I request.
All they want to serve me with is chuck, hamburger or chicken. There is never any briskets, steaks, liver or any better type cuts of meat, including lamb or veal.
There seems to be a preference on who gets what. As a matter of fact, I have spoken to several
people who keep kosher homes and they are on the verge of giving up buying kosher meats and the reason for same is as stated above.
Therefore, do you not think that the butchers in this community should remember that the majority of people who buy kosher meat at the high price should get the same preference as the "Chosen Few" who receive "favoritism"?
If these tactics continue, you can rest assured that many Jewish families in this community will turn to buying non-kosher meats and that in turn will take them further away from the Jewish community whether in religious life or support of the Jewish Community.
Why doesn't the Kashruth Committee do something about this problem and also the high prices which seem to be out of proportion in comparison with the prices of other cities!
DISGUSTED.
Talres \s%Me with NCJW play review
Dear Mr Kaplan:
It. was with concern over the obvious misunderstanding that we read the review of the National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver Section's 50th Anniversary Celebration, (JWB, June 22).
At no time in our publicity did we claim that this was going to be an all-professional show. We did however state that the production was professionally directed. It was always planned to involve Council members in the writing and acting of this show.
Secondly, we had sent you and your wife an invitation and tickets to our simcha as a thank-you for giving us such courteous consideration in planning the publicity for this event. At no time did we ask or expect a review of Council's story over the past 50 years.
Thank you again for your considerate handling of the Anniversary.
MRS. L. SIMKIN, President, Vancouver Section, National Council of Jewish Women
celebration (JWB June 22) and welcome this opportunity to clarify it. In the conduct of professional journalism, when an organization sends complimentary tickets to a function without any covering letter delineating its intentions, it must always be assumed that follow-up coverage of some kind (pictorial, review or mention in "Lazar") is being inherently requested. In the case of Council's 50th Anniversary evening, the event was deemed worthy of coverage as a historical milestone. Moreover, because the program was billed as being under professional aegis, and in ^ theatre setting, as a special courtesy to Council^ official JWB reviewer Marjorie Morris was assigned to cover the event. As a professional, Mrs. Morris phoned in advance to advise she would be covering the event for The Bulletin and to request reservation of two press seats in a location where she could see and hear the show to advantage.
Editor's Note — We regret any misunderstanding with regard to our reviewer's coverage of NCJW's recent 50th Anniversary
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ABE URETSKY July 1
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