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VOL. XXIX, No. 30—Elul 8, 5722 . VA^JC.QUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1962
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Zionist conference begins tomotrow
DR. J. SECTER ... President
The Pacific Regional Zionist Conference will open in Vancouver tomorrow Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Talmud Torah auditorium. The Conference will attract Zionist representatives from all parts of Western Canada, the State of Washington, and members of the. National Executive of the Z.O.C.
Tomorrow afterriooon the Conference will discuss two topics, ^'The Zionist Role in Education" and **The Z.O.C. Convention — What Are The Issues?" Guest speakers witl be A. M. Melamet, national executive vice-president, and Harry Wolf son of Toronto.
Tomorrow evening the nfain conference dinner vidll r-tak?-place at the Richmond Country club. Guest speaker Will be Joseph N. Frank, national treasurer of the Z.O.C, \s^o will speak on the subject, ''Role of the Z.O.C. in the Second Decade".
All sessions on Sunday, Sept. 9, will be held at the Talmud Torah auditorium commencing at 10 a.m. In addition to Regional reports, there will be tw^o sessions, one dealmg with "What is the Zionist Cultural Institute?" and the other, "The Role of he U.I.A. Dollar." A luncheon will also be held a the Talmud Torah at 12:30 noon.
Conference chairman is Sidney Zack, and all sessions on Sunday will be chaired by Dr. J. Sector, president of the Pacific Region, Z.O.C.
The public at large is cordially invited to attend all sessions.
Z.O.C. CONFERENCE
CAPSULE AGENDA
S^rday Afternoon, Sept. 8, Talmud Torah-Auditorium
DR. S. MARGOLESE ... Chairs Session
3:15 p.m.
/^Zionist Role in EcUwa|i r^^-,^:^. Guest speaker, Harry"WolJson^^iSrt^ --*rv Vice-President, Z.O.C.
"Z.O.C. Convention—^What Are The Issues"
SIDNEY ZACK ... Conference Chairman
DEVELOPS NEW WEAPONS TEL AVIV — Chief of Staff Zvi Tzur reported that Israel was making progress with its ar-mament, organization and exercises, as well as in the development of new weapons. This meant that IgJ-ael would be able to overcome the enemy if it was attacked. He made the statement at another in a series of exercises marking the completion of training by an armored reserve unit.
Guest speaker, Harry Wolfson, Toronto Saturday Evening, Richmond Country Club Dinner guest speaker, Joseph N. Frank, National Treasurer,, Topic: "Role of the Z.O.C. in the Second Decade" Sunday, Sept. ,^th^AII Sessions at the Talmud Torah Auditorium 10:00 a.m. Greetings from local organizations 10:45 a.m. Regional Reports
"What Is The Z.C.I.?" Speaker, Harry Wolfsoji, Toronto Luncheon
"Role of the U.I.A. Dollar" Guest speaker, Joseph N. Frank, Montreal. 3:00 p.m. Resolutions
ISRAEL
Isotopes research
TEL AVIV — Radioactive isotopes produced at the Nabi Rubin reactor were used for medical research and rushed to Eilat and Beersheba by plane a-nd injected into volunteers to measure the effect of hot temperatures on salt percentages in the blood.
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Direct talks
JERUSALEM — Reporting to the Security and Foreign Affairs committee of Parliament, Mrs. Golda Meir stated Israel is gratified that many friendly states will take the initiative at the forthcoming U.N. General Assembly to propose direct talks between Israel and the Arab states.
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Back U Thant
JERUSALEM — It has been disclosed that Israel's UN delegation will back the re-election of U Thant in the post of Secretary General a.nd that Is--rael will support the admission of Algeria to U.N. membership. ^ ^ ^
Nominote Ben-Zvi
JERUSALEM — Mapai Party has nominated President Ben-Zvi for re-election to a third term as President of Israel. The 78-year-old successor to the late Chaim Weizmann has now indicated willingness to run for a third term.
Syrians fire in
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12:30 noon 1:30 p.m.
DR. C. AMES , . . Moderator
BLACKLIST ROCKWELL OTTAWA— George Rockwell leader of the American Nazi party, has been included in a list of undesirable persons who will not be allowed to enter Canada in the future.
TEL AVIV — Beginning with an attack on an Israeli police launch on Lake Tiberias, day-long shooting by Syrian gunners was reported last August 21. In the after-no"^? gunners shot on tractor drivers and field workers in the Tel Katzir area.
Counter-fire at this time and again later in the day continued exchanges until dusk. No casualties were reported.
Israel has lodged a protest wifh the Israel-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission.
Josephtol dies
JERUSALEM — Dr. Giora Josephtal, Minister of Housing and Development, died last week in Lucerne, Switzerland at the age of 50. His remains were buried at Kibbutz Galed in the > Jezreel Valley. _
Centre Charter drive exceeds expectation
. Albert O.vKaplan, president of the New Jewish Community Centre, announced today that re^ suits of the Charter membership drive were exceeding expectations.
"We set our goal at 150 Charter families," Mr. Kaplan said, "and at this time we have more than 130 families enrolled I am confident that our Charter Member goal will be bettered before the general Membership drive commences on Sept. 15."
Mr, Kaplan added that Health club memberships were running at 40% of the total enrollment to date, which figure also exceeds original estimates.
He noted that if present trends continue, the opening of the General Membership drive on Sept. 15 will find the Centre with more than one-third of its 500 member goal already subscribed. Names of all charter
members will be published in next week's Bulletin.
KAPLAN
U.S. Jesuit weekly is criticized for editorial
Bulletin News Digesf-
IHEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee, in a statement which appears in this week's (Sept. 8) issue of .the Catholic weekly "America", .strongly criticizes "America's" editorial for confusing efforts to implement the First Amendment with a campaign to remove religion from American life.
In a 1,200 ivord statement, Jie Committee cores views vhich were set .orth by an "Am-»riea" editorial (Sept. 1) on the Supreme Court decision barring the Regents' Prayer in New York State schools. Entitled, "To Our Jewish Friends," the "America" editorial warned Jews against an outbreak of anti-Semitism in this country if some "militant" Jewish groups persisted in their efforts in the Courts to keep religious practices out of the public school system. "America" is a weekly journal edited by Jesuits.
The Committee's statement, which is entitled "To Our Catholic Friends," centered its
ponse on the theme of the "America" editorial, which called upon Jews to stave off the threat of anti-Semitism by abandoning or compromising commitments to the protection of the First Amendment of the Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court.
In making this point, the "America" editorial raised the question as to what kind of "bargain" Jews are willing "to strike as one of the minorities in a pluralistic society" to avert the danger of anti-Semitism.
Terming this "a very strange piece of advice," the Committee stresses "the right of every American group to express its viewpoint and press its position through the impartial judicial process which our democratic state has established for such purposes." The Committee points out that this is not a matter for "bargaining," and that Catholics have never considered it so themselves in "pressing their views" in the legislatures and the courts. "By and large, Catholics have not allowed their mino-
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position on what they have considered crucial issues of principle."
In this context, the Committee recalls that during the nineteenth and the first quarter of the twentieth century. Catholics conducted an intensive campaign against the reading of the King James version of the Bible in the public schools, undeterred by the possibility of anti-Catholicism which their actions might invoke, and without regard for whether victory would produce "a harvest of fear and mistrust" which "America" has predicted for Jews. The statement adds: For "America" to take the tone of an aggrieved majority admonishing an imprudent minority suggests a double standard of judgment."
A major point made by the AJC statement is that the "America" editorial exaggerated and distorted the role of Jews and their influence in affecting the secularization of American life. The Committee statement em-See DIGEST (ConliTiued ojfl Page 8)