Poge Two
JEWISH .WESTERN BULLETIN
Friday; June 29, 1956
This Tveek^s spohemian: Premier David Ben Gurion
"Atmbsphere of peril still pi^vails'
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion of Israel recently sent a cable to tiie national action conference of the U.S. United Jewisli Appeal in New York. His message is particularly timely for us in Vancouver as the Women's Division gets off to an early start in the UJA drive, and tis the UJA steering committee plans die main campaign openii% for July 29.
IAM writing to you at a moment which I believe is of great significance to the Jews of-America and to the people of Israel. You are now reaching the mid-year point in your great campaign for 1956 and we too stand at a critical point with respect to whiat our futurcwill be.
You know only too well that our hopes for the future are those of peace, the continuing absorption of immigrants and the fulfillment of our dreams and plans for self-reliant statehood. But these hopes and plans have been in jeopardy for many months and .We have reason to believe that this atmosphere of peril will prevail this summer with even greater intensity than before.
. We have given our solemn word to abide by the wish of the United Nations for a cease fire.. But we have made it clear that if we are attacked, we will strike back with all our might and every fiber of our being. •
We hope that this attack will never come. But we are faced by a grave crisis now that the Arab states have acquired considerable. quantities of modem arms from
In ^hort, the shadow of aggressive war stil! hangs over Israel.
Until there is real peace, there will be real danger. As long as this con-diUon prevails, we in Israel will neither relax our vigilance nor our strength. ( '* I ask of you, And of the great and devoted men and women who compose the United Jewish Appeal, to maintain your vigilance also, especially during the sunjmer now unfolding; to continue 'With your superb (efforts in behalf of our fellow Jews in North Africa, and in Support of the many thousands of immigrants who have come to us in the past and for whom our gates must remain open.
As you prepare to enter the second half of your greatest campaign in many! years, I send you my best Wishes for an early success and expriess my belief that your faith in us is one of our greatest strengths.
Editor's view
Jewish
A. T Arnold
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As we approach hte 89th anniversary of Confed-   survey of the history and statistics of the Jewish eration, the birthday of Canadian independ-   Community in Canada by Louis Rosenberg; papers ence, we pause to look at ourselves oiice again as . on the Jewish i^^^ on the role of Cana-,
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How to become o Conodion Citizen
izenship.
(6) If 'the opplicarioh is approved by the Cburt ond by the Minister of Citizehship and Immigrotion, he will
bf esKed ence more before the Court
Canadians and as Canadian Jews. We know that the Jewish citizens of Canada also played their part in the great events which led up to the achievement of Confederation in 1867. In fact the recognition of equal rights for Jews in Canada was one of the first victories on the road to Canadian nationhood.
We were recently reminded via Harry Rasky's article on "The Jews in Canada" published in Satur-" day Night Magazine (June 9, 1956), that it was 124 years ago that the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (Quebec) passed a bill granting the Jews the same rights and privileges as all other subjects. However in seeking to answer the question as to when Canadian Jews would become completely integrated into Canada, Mr. Rasky suggested as the answer: '*On the day that the Bill of Rights of the Jews of Canada passed as law 124 years ago, becomes a complete reality, on the day I know my son has an equal chance to grow up and be prime minister, on that day, integration will be complete." The Associate Editor of Saturday Night prefaced himself by saying there might be,any number of answers to this question.
It is true that we have" yet to achieve full equality but the question may also be placed another way: Can we be completely integrated Canadians and remain Jews? This does not mean to say that if we are still Jews today we are not ^as fully Canadian as any other ethnic group. Nor does it mean that we must give up all Jewishness to become fully Canadian.
A proper understanding 6f the question and a realization of the answer lies in getting to know more about the role of the Jews in Canadian history.
It does seem that we are standiiig today on the threshold of an era of greater self-knowledge. With the realization that the Canadian Jewish community can no longer dra>y upon European Jewry for assistance in cultural development we are being thrown to an ever greiater extent upon our own resources. DRAW BACK THE CURTAIN
Many people do not yet know that we do actually have something worthwhile to fall back upon. That is why great commendation is due to those v^o are making special efforts to draw back the curtain on » the panorama of Canadian Jewish history.
The greatest impetus to this effort is provided by Canadian Jewish Congress through a variety of pub-licatiohs, as well as through its sponsorship of the Hlstoiy of the Jews in Canada, of which Volume I (by B. G. Sack) was published over 10; years .ag;o and Volume iris still awaited.
The publications in this field include the Cana« ^ dian Jewish Pbpuiladon Studies, prepared by Louis Rosenberg, the erudite director of the Research Bureau of Canadian Jewis^ Congress and Canadian Jewish Archives, a new series q^, pubiicatipns begun last year of historic documents from the National Archives of Canadian Jewish Congress.
WeVaisp have at hand twp valuable editions of Congr^ssl^^ of them features a
diah Jewish Congress, by Saul Hayes, national executive director of Congress; and a question and answer series entitled: "What is your Jewish Community I.Q.?" A more recent Program Helps bulletin on Jewish education, consists- of a paper entitled: "Preparation for Living as Jewish Canadians" by Shloime Wiseman, principal of the Jewish Peoples Schools of Montreal.
Materials such as these are of gi*eat value not only to the serious student, but to the program chairman of any Jewish organization. These documents will help to stimulate, and in turn be stimulated by the celebration of historic Jewish anniversaries in Can-aida.
SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS
In Toronto this year they are preparing to celebrate the centenary of the Jewish community and the founding of the first Jewish synagogue, the Holy Blossom Temple, in 1856. Preliminary discussions are already being started about plans to celebrate the bicentenary of the Jewish community in Canada in 1960. And of course in British Columbia we are getting ready to celebrate the centenary of the Jewish community in this province in 1958, as part of the centennial celebrations of the founding of the province in 1858.
The fact that we will observe the lOOth anniversary of the Jews in B.C. as part of the provincial centenary will give us a special opportunity to emphasise that Jewish history in Canada is an integral part of Canadian history as a whole.
There is a growing trend of positive interest in Jews and other ethnic groups who form part of the Canadian population. Last year the magazine Canadian Welfare, published by the Canadian Welfare Council'in the interest of social workers, carried an article on the Jews in Canada by Dr. Albert Rose of the University of Toronto. The fact that a similar article has now appeared in Saturday Night, a much' more widely read magazine, is indicative of the trend. A few months ago Weekend Magazine carried a feature article on how a modern Jewish family celebrates a bar mitzvah. More frequent articles are also appearing on other groups, including Eskimoes, Meimonifes, Negroes and others.
UNDERSnrANDING PROMOTES BETTER CITI2XNSIIIP
This development is being cominendably stimulated by the Citizenship Branch ofyth^ Federal Department of Citizenship and Immi^aition. And this has been particularly apparent in the past year since the iniUguratiori i)f this publication "Citizen." Through this 'piiblicatipn and other projects the Citizenship Branch seeks: y
'To assist the intcgratidn of newcomers into Canadian life so liiilt they inake ^eir best contribution to the cbhiiniunjty and aatibn. To encourage a fssUer iaceeptaace of d^iz^^i^ s-e^^ sibilities oil, the part of all Canadians. To pro-{.Contihued on Page 6)
To The Editor:
Since this issue of your valuable ^aper will appear close to July 1, Canada's birthciay, it is appropriate to draw to the attea> tion of those readers who are no yet Canadian citizens the steps tliat are necessary iii order to ob* taiii Canadian citizenship. These are as follows:
(a) for Aliens (as per outline pub lished below)
(b) for British Subjects (as per out line published below).
Presumably the great majority o: your readers are already Canadian citizens. However, for those who do not yet have that' status,' it may be desirable to inform them that there arie certain materials which would be of help to them in completing the steps indicated above, and that they may obtain these booklets from my office, free of charge.
The greatest advantage of citizen ship is, of course,. that one feels more complete sense of belonging am of participation in Canada and in Canadia.nl life. There are, of course; also a number of very practical advantages, the most ii^portant of which are tbat^ Canadian citizenship bestows the, full privileges of the franchise, municipal, federal and provincial, and also the right to obtain a Canadian passport. Readers who are "aliens' should know that when they become Canadian citizens, they obtain voting privileges at all three levels. British Subjects, of course, hav^ always been' eligible for the Provincial and Federal votes if they have lived in Canada a year or more. 'However, since two years ago, Canadian citizenship has been required as a pre-requisite for voting in Vancouver municipal elections.
Any readers who are irtterested in the steps to citizenship are inyited to get in touch with me at my office. Yours Sincerely, (DR.) W. G. BLACK, Regional Liaison Officer, Canadian Citizenship Branch Rooiii No. 6, 3rd Floor, Immigration Building, Ft. of Burrard, Vancouver I, B.C. * * *
HOW TO BECpME -A CANADIANCITIZEN
A. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALIENS
In order \o become o Conodion citiren, on olien must meet- the following requirements:
(1) He must be legally edmiffed to Conodo for permoneift residence. This is known as being "landed."
(2) He must hove' hod his place of domicile in Conodo for at leost five yeors ofter hoviiig been landed. NOTE: There ore three importont exceptions to the requirement of Conodion^domi-cilb. These ore:
(o) Under certain circumstances^ a: person who hos^ served, outside of Con-odo in the Conodion armed forces..•
(b) The wife of a^Conadion citixen, provided she has been legally odmit-ted piermonent residence.
(c) A peirscin who hod o plocie of domicile in Conodo for tWentVye«k mmediotely before the'first of Jonu-oryt 1947, and was jiot under oii^rder of depoirtqtion on thai'date. ; ,
(3) He must hove lived Jii Canoed for ot leost one yeqr irnniediofelyii^be-fore the date of his opplicqtion. 1^ period would count as pa#t <bf the five years, feferired* to, in (2) dbovie. .
(4) He mustfiie an Applicatioii for Citizenship with the Clerk of the Court for the county .or district in which lie lives. In Older to fileitticli on dpplicatipn he must be ot least 21 years of age, or the spouse of and reside in Conodo with h Canadian citizen. " ■;
(5) He niust oppeor for exominotibn before the Court. At this exominotion the opplicont miist Mtisfy the C<iurt tfaot.he is of good chorocter; that he has aii odequote knowledge of Eng^ lish or French, ond ifiot he has on adequate knovdedge of the responti^r ities Olid privileges of Conadian clt^
to' take the Oath of Allegionce to Her Majesty ttte Queeki. At the same time o Declaration of RenuncioH.bn of foreign notionolity is made in writing.
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CARD OF THANKS
.1 wish to express<my sincere thanks and lippreciation lo liiy friends for theii^ sympoifiy in the passing of niy father Mr. Iforry Kbhni.
Speciol thbnks to Robbi Ch. B. Ginsberg ond Mr. J. Checov and th^ Chevrb Kodisho.
' MRS BELLA VEpHTER.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my sincere thanks to the many friends vyhb gave of their kindness, sympathy qnd beautiful florol offerings ~durlng the illness and on the' death of my beloved wife.
Special thanks to all the nurses of the fourth floor of the private word at Vancouver General Hospital, and to Robbl Bernard Goldenberg and Cantor David Reznik for their mony visits and, for their consoling words during my bereavement.
SAM HYMAN.
in memory of the late
S.H. Eisner
(father of Mrs. Morris Spiro)
SUNDAY, JULY 1:0d P.M.
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SCHARA TZEDECK CEMETERY
Robbi B. A. Woy»hai&r ond Confer^ A. Deufrsch will officiote ^
All relatives ond friends ore asked to attend
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