Friday, December 17/ 1954
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Over 15 Percent of Jews i Canada Are Bilingual
MONTftEAL — The research department of Canadian Jewish Congress has compiled data on ladlingualism among the Jewish population in Canada, i.ei the ability to speak both English and ^ French. The percentage of Jews able to speak both languages has increased from 13.9 percent in 1921 to 15.4 percent in 1951. The bilingualism of the total Cana dian popeolation  has decreased from 16.7 percent in 1921 to 12.3 percent in 1951.  More than 75 percent of the Jewish population of the cities of'Quebec, Three Rivers, Hull and ^erbrobke were bilingual in 1951. In Outremont 37.8 percent of the Jewish population was bilingual in 1951 compared with 63.8 percent of - the population of French origin and 34.2 percent of those of British origin.
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PI^N NATX CONFERENCE ON JEWISH EDUCATION
MONTREAL — A decision to hold a national conference on Jewish education in October 1955 was taken by the national education committee of Canadian Jewish Congress at a recent meeting. It was proposed that this conference should be convened immediately prior to the next
■plennary session-of congress.
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IMMIGRATION DROPS DURING OCTOBER
OTTAWA—The flow of
new
immigrants to Canada was reduced sharply in October to help prevent the possibility of large scale unemplojrmiSnt during the v/inter months, according to a Canadian Press despatch on data from the inmiigration department.
Newcomers in October of this year totalled 11,256, a drop of 7,368 from the 18,264 of Octobef, 1953. It was reported that 97 Jewish immigrants arrived in Canada during October this year compared with 352 during the
same period a year ago.
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'RACIAL ORIGIN' ADVERTISEMENT PROTESTED IN WINNIPEG
, WINNIPEG — A large adver-
tisement for a metal, lather asking for "racial origin" amopg other questions appeared recently in the Winnipeg Free Press. The Winnipeg joint advisory committee on labor relations acting in consultation with the pri^idents of the Winnipeg labor councils, wrote to the editor of the Fr^e Press about the ad. and pointed out that it was contrary to the }Maiio)a^ Fair Employment Act.
The editor replied witii apologies and with the assurance that it had beien a mistake and that siimlar ads would not appear in the future. The Manitoba Labor conimittee for human rij^hts^wrote to the minister of labor drawing attention to the violation of the act and urging t^e labor depart-
Pr^duce Uranium From Phosphates in isroei
JERtJSALEM—(ISI) — Uranium has . been produced from pho^hatos in an Israel pilot plant and the cost of u;ranium ex-tratited from low grade, ore by the special Israel method is commensurate with the cost of that produced from rich ores by the usual nxethods, declared Professor Ernest D. Bergniann, Chairman-Of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission recently. •
Consequently, Dr. Bergmann added, there is a good chance that Israel will produce uranium on an industrial scale. The development of the Israel method has important implications, he noted> since the world possesses a finite > quantity of rich uran-iimi minerals and very large quantitios of poor ores.
ment to circulate Manitoba newspapers renainding them that such adf. are illegal under the provisions of the act.
JEWS CANNOT FOLiaW POLICY NEUTRALISM SAYrDR. SACHAR
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ATLANTIC CITY — In a period | when democratic concepts are bor ing assailed by "demagogues and charlatans"  no minority' .group can counsel "neutralism for fear of being involved in controversy," Dr. Abram L. Sachar, president j of Brandeis University, warned here last month according to ai report in the New York Times.
He spoke at -the twenty-third general assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Wel-are Funds.
Calling attention to the cmv. rent celebration of the 30{>th ian-niversary of Jewish settlement in the United States, Dr. Sachar asserted that the United'States pro-■ . videA opportunities ixyr g^ov;^^^ *tat could plac'e American Jew- ^"'"^ ^^^^J],^^^ .sh life in the eminence of Jew- of $1.000,000.0(H) in ^ last seven
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ical Palestine,  Babylon, Spain °^®^^®^®* and Eastern Europe. "A strong American Jewry,"
He then noted the attack on he said, "is needed in meeting democratic values and assailed overseas problems. There can be what he termed the "advocates secure American Jewry if of safety," who "at all ^osts in- persecution and second-class citi-sist that minority groups must zenship are the lot of Jews else-not go oiit on a limb, that cau-f' where." tious anonymity is to be preferred to vigorous advocacy."
"First of all," he continued, "they underestimate the power
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jDr. Sachar then stressed that charge, to attend lectures in eco-the Jewish people belonged in nomics, political science, sociol-the forefront in combating those ogy and related subjects, for a who attacked the democratic | one year period, ideal arid principle. He expressed concern that when controversial issues arose "some Jewish leaders take the attitude of standing on sidelines, forgetting that body blows to democracy usually are followed by/assault on minority groups of which the Jews are one."
He also expressed concern over the attitude of the teaching profession in not speaking ""vigorously on controversial matters."
The educator pointed out that Jewish life in America had been a prime example of "extraordinary groups adaptation, a most effective interpretation into the life of a : civilization which is itself a merging of diverse cultures." The Jewish—people, he a^ded, iiave had a genius for this kind of interpretation."
Isidor Soboloff of Detroit, executive director ef the Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation, told the 500 delegates that the growth
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