'5ay, July 12, 1963
JEWISH WESTERN BULLETIN
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STSCRIPT ON "SEARCH FOR MEANING
On Beyond Freud: Clues to a way out?
'any who are in pursuit of
hological reality these days
proclaiming that we are all
wrecked and lost. One such
gator of the human psyche,
e signals on the bearings of
kind's real location in this
izing century are beginning
me in increasingly loud and
is Norman, O. Brown
ssor of Classics at the Unity of Rochester, N.Y.
is the author of "Life knst Death," a post-Freudian ler, hailed by one American as "a shattering, mind-ging, revolutionary attack he System—the West's, the dans', everybody's—and it is tifiilly written." Though ook was published in 1951 was the winner of a prize ris as the best foreign work n-fiction for 1961, it is only coming to the attention of eneral North American pub-n our community it received irst hearing as the subject panel discussion last May, losing event of the Centre's rch. For Meaning" program.
dence of the wide appeal of the; issues. Moreover, the whole unorthodox approach to urgent "Search For M'saning" series of repression. Brown's assess- which considered philosophy, ment is that civilization is blind | international affairs, theatre, re-unconscious of its real desires ligion and psychoanalysis, in its
e panel, moderated by Dr.
White, consisted of Roy ka, artist and teacher at 'ouver Art school, Dr. Eric and, psychiatrist, and Dr. ?^,Tischler, psychiatrist and director of Crease clinic. , however, was too short, .the book too long and com-for the panel to function than as a competent and preface to Brown's mas-ork,
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e essence of "Life Against h," also subtitled "The Psy-iialytical Meaning of Hist-has been expressed in this "Repression begets civili-n, civilization begets niore ssion, more repression be-abstraction and abstraction ts death." This disease of re-ion apparently is initiated an's flight from sexuality "eath. And sex, as the panel ed out, is meant in its dest Freudian sense and not ,onfounded by the layman what Freud called genital my. Brown has attempted o beyond Freud in his ap-al of the thrust of modern ization — now the heartland
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(as Freud says) and hostile to life short introductory stint, not only
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cover how flight from sex and *^
death leads to the victory of the
death instinct (a concept many balk at accepting) becomes in Brown's hands a fascinating exercise in what he calls the "dialectical imagination." This is a mode of consciousness related more to poetry and mysticism than to scientific reason and allegedly more suitable for comprehending the manifold inconsistencies and contradictions of existence. Thus Brown has been described as defying common sense and digging for "trutl? in the ooze of history — in time.
money, cities, the ideas of immortality and excrement."
The Brownian vision of contemporary civilization is nothing less than a nightmare. It is ai grotesque infernal machine, a kind of societal reactor nearly gone critical. Instead of breeding neutrons it breeds neuroti-cism. For Brown this continuing build-up of neuroticism foreshadows the doom of mankind, a doom which will be the triumph, of the malignant death instinct, I a built-in guarantee that the; human experiment, if it fails to: sctain perfection, will cancel itself out as the dinosaur experiment cancelled itself out."
The Brownian vision of Utopia requires a reformation of psychoanalysis which takes account of the forward movement of Freud's thought. The way out is the direction to human improvement and this, according to him, involves "the resurrection of the body," more self-knowledge, humanity, humility and Eros.
"Life Against Death" is obviously a tentative and groping work; despite its relentlessly insistent and strident style it does not presume to present final solutions or deliver clear-cut panaceas. But it may be that only by such bold forays into the fringes of consciousness can a receptivity to new perceptives be developed and a breakthrough o an -escape route to survival be divined.
Tlie fact that this particular panel discussion drew a large audience, especially one whose composition was perhaps the most colorfully cosmopolitan of any group yet gathered for a Centre event, is excellent evi-
Unyielding clutching to the conventional, traditional and familiar is an unrealistic and inflammable attitude in an age whose signs and portents, demanding new visions, are very much in accord with the line of a Negro spiritual recently cited so movingly by James Baldwin:
"God gave Noah the rainbow sign.
No more water, the fire next time."
MRS. ZALMAN SHAZAR
Israers new First Lady is introduced
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Shika Baru, well known Israeli student in the local Jewish community, has been appointed by the Israeli embassy and the executive committee of Israeli students, to the post of executive director of Israeli students in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Baru will take up his post in New York immediately.
The position of executive director of Israeli students in North America is particularly significant since it involves rep-''esenting Israeli students to the Israeli, American and Canadian ■governments. In addition it is designed to help co-ordinate I Israeli student activities and i cxecutp policies as .set down by 1 the executive committee of i ; Israeli students.
i Mr. Baru is .a graduate of :
I UBC in the faculty of Arts. He I
I ?erved on the executive of In- '.
' lernational House and was a I bounding member of the Student '
I Zionist Organization which was ;
r.eformed on the campus several : vears ago. In addition he was a :
: key staff member of Camp : Miriam and Camo Hatikvrh nnd was active in all phases ol communal Jewish life in the ■ community.
znelson Shazar, the wife of the new president of the State of Israel, is being proudly claimed by nearly 50,000 Pioneer Women members throughout United States and Canada. And, according to Mrs. Sidney Leff, National President of the Pioneer V7om.en's Organization, they have ample reason for calling her "their very own."
"For more than 40 years," Mrs. Leff said, "Rachel Shazar has —^H.K.N. I been associated with our sister organization in Israel, Moetzet Hapoalot (the Working Women's Council), which is Israel's largest and most powerful women's organization. She was one of our founding members," Mrs. Leff said, "and served during most of her life, on the executive of Moetzet Hapoalot-Pi oneer Women, first as its general secretary and later as editor of the leading women's magazine in Israel, "Dvar Hapoelet," which she began in 1934. Pioneer Women were also honored to welcome her as a special emissary to our organization from Israel in 1932.
"Quite aside from her new position as Israel's First Lady,' Rachel Shazar is a figure of some prominence and distinction in her own right," Mrs. Leff continued. "An outstanding literary critic, essayist, editor, teacher, and feminist, she was one of the first women in Israel to give expression to the new values being created by Israel's early •women pioneers, and to encourage these 'unknown heroines' to write about themselves, their problems, and their accomplish-iments in what was for most of them a new language, Hebrew. Mrs. Shazar was honored by her own nation in 1958 by being the first woman to receive the coveted Israel Prize for 'her half-century's work in the education and cultural absorption of the working women in Israel."
The Zalman Shazars were married in 1920.
Highly qualified staff leads '63 camping program
Camp Miriam has selected a .staff of the highest calibre to conform to the rigid standards .set down by the Habonim Camping Association in New York, x^mong the top staff are found a qualified teacher and three Israelis.
The staff is selected by the Habonim Camping Association which consists of nine Habonim camps in the U.S. and Canada. Each staff includes specialists in Arts and Crafts, Israeli Song and Dance, Scouting, Swimming and Water Safety, Sports, Hebrew Teaching, Dramatics, Archery, Nature Study, etc.
Health and Safety
The health and safety of the camper is of prime importance to those directing Camp Miriam. Uppermost in the minds of those responsible for camp facilities, the Habonim Camp Miriam camp committee, is the campers', health and safety. The camp has a well equipc3d infirmary, and there is a nurse resident at the camp. A doctor is constantly on call in case of emergency. Two doctors in the local Jewish community are the medical advisors to the camp.
The routine life and ordered existence, combined with summer weather, outdoor activity, stimulating experiences, and good food, favor a summer of health and safety.
The camp's well-equipped kitchen is under the supervision of two competent cooks. A trained dietician plans well-balanced and wholesome meals and it is the rare camper who comes away from Camp Miriam .without gaining a few pounds. Dietary laws are strictly observed.
Interest Groups
At the centre of our program stands the individual. Consequently, the camp, under qualified leaders, carries on interest groups as an integral part of its program. These groups are geared to the individual interest and need of each camper.
These interest groups include: arts and crafts, choir, nature study, woodcraft, dancing, dramatics, archery, photography, etc.
Sports
Sports are an important part of the camp program. Baseball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, Israeli games such as machanayim and ga-ga, are all played at camp. Learning opportunities are provided for all of these sports.
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