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Thursday. May . 4, 19S0
Honor Yoiir Mother on Mother's Doy With a JNF Tree Certificote
CLUB NOTES :-:
NATIONAI< CJOUNCtt OF JEWISH WOMEN will hold its closingr luncheon May 9, 1 p.m., at the Aztec Room, Hotel Georg^ia, Mrs. A- C. Robison, accredited observer to the United Nations will be the guest speaker. Her topic will be "Council at the United Nations'" A tea will be held on May 30 at the home of Mrs. H. Boyaner in aid of the Institute for the Blind. Mrs. Wm. Steiner will be the convenor.
★ ★ ★ NATIONAL COUNCIL J£V(1SH WOMEN honored Mr. H. B. (Leah) Kahn at a luncheon at Hotel Vancouver on Thursday April 27, in recognition of 24 years devoted service to Vancouver section, prior to her departure with Mr. Kahn to take up residence in Seattle. Mrs. Myer Brown was luncheon chairman and Mrs. 1. W. Chess, Mrs. Wm. Steiner and Mrs. Brown
Ladies' Auxiliary to Vancouver Jev/ish Home for Aged
Mother's Doy SOCIAL EVENING Sundoy, Moy 14
8 p.na.
COMMUNITY CENTER Please keep this date open
Card of Thanks
Sincerest thanks aire extended to all those who helped to make a success of our recent production of "It's Hard to Be a Jew'' by Sholom Aleichem; to fiie director of the play, Gary Culhane; to all the members of the backstage crew.: Ann Cohen, Bemie, Froh-man, Charlie Freednaan, Sam Brail, Harry Gofsky, Harry C Welnsteln, Al Hestrin, Panline Bohb, Bernice Wuerch, Anne Minardj, Bea Goldberg, Don Bush; and to Gallia Chad and Lil Zisimerman.
Special thanks are also Sue io each and every member of the cast who rehearsed and worked so tirelessly to prepare ttie play for presentation on the date set; to Oscar Osipov, Searle Friedman
made a presentation to Mrs. Kahn and expressed in behalf of the members the high esteem and regard held towards her. Mr. J. J. Diamond gave a resume of Mrs. Kahn's manifold activities with Council, which included chairmanship of Council Camp, co-organizer of Neighborhood House, organizer of 'the Well Baby Clinic, first vice-president and then president of Council for seven years, organizer of the Sub-Senior (now Evening) Group, and membership chairman of the national board of the Council of Jewish Women in Canada.
At the recent joint meeting of the Senior and Evening groups of National Council of Jewish W6men, held April 17, the following resolution was brought in by Mrs. J. R. Bercov.
"Besolved that active support to Israel, unanimously voted by National Council of Jewish Women on the creation of the State of Israel, be separately identified tlux>ugh the National Council of Jewish Women in Canada, and that such support be not submerged in the much greater enterprises of National Council of Jewish Women, U.S.A.
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EVENING GBOUP, National Council of Jewish Women is pleased to announce to its members that the annual candlielight installation services will be held on Monday, May 22, 8.30 p. m., at the Senator Dining Room. Mrs, M. H. Gins^ berg will be the installing officer. This affair is being capably convened by. Mrs. F. Donner, Mrs. P. Kostman, Mrs. P. Saxe, and Mrs. N. Hirschberg. Plans are well under way and this event promises to be. in keeping with the section's usual high standard. All prospective members are welcome. We wish to remind you that our cocktail party, to be held the latter part of June is for paid-up mem-
Views and Reviews-
By A. J. ARNOLD-
Bill of Rights Movement Needs Wide Support
Acceleration of activity around the problems of "„ up for debate.  The repiort of their reception by mem-
racial discrimination and growing support for the protection and extension of civil right for all Canadians has been a notewcitrthy development in many parts of Canada recently.
One culmination point of this activi^ was; achieved recently in Ontario and Manitoba when the legis-
bers of the government is far from encouraging. According to this report, "Mr. Evres, Mimsier of Fisheries, Trade and Industry, defended restrictive oo»e' nants on the grounds thai legislation against them would redrict individual rights, forcing people to sell property to Negroes or Jen>s"  Mr. Straith, Minister
latures of both provinces passed bills barring racist       Education, "also believed a Bill of Rights rvould
restrictive clauses in real estate covenants.
Another highlight is the establishment by the Canadian senate of a new committee *'to consider and report on the subject hf human rights and funda-
mean 'restrictions on individual freedJm.* *' Similar altitudes were also expressed by other members of the government, according to the delegation's report.
Exhibition of such attitudes by government mem-
mental freedoms, what they are and horv they may bers is in itself indication enough that there must be
be protected and preserved, and what action, if any, widespread commra infraction otf those rights which
should be taken to assure such rights to all persons traditionally form part of our common law. in Canada . .      This committee has already com- *♦«
Bemie Frohman, Charlie Freed-man, Al Hestrin, Harry Gofislqr, So!! JackROm Gloria !S!teinbei;g, Sylvia Jackson, Kayla Culhane, Myer Goldberg, Bernice Wuerch, Anne Wiseman, Nate Wiseman, Dave Pellin.
Our apologies to all tiiose whom we were obliged to turn away after all invitations had been distributed.
— UJPO Drama Workshop.
Cord of Appreciation
Sincere thanks are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Balph Woite for tfaeiir kind donation of $250 to the Vancouver Jewish Home for the Aged, in honor of the birth of their grandchild. May they enjoy good health for many years to ccme and have muqis "nachess" from th^r new grandchild.
The President, Executive and Board Members of Vanoouver Jewish Home for the Aged.
mended hearings in Ottawa under the chairmanship of Senator Arthur Roebuck.
In Ontario considerable public support has been rallied fcjr Fair Employment Practices legislation. (Canadian Jewish Congress is one of the integral forces supporting this FEP movement in that Province). While the Ontario government is not yet prepared to introduce such legislation, the support for FEP is moving in the right direction.
In Manitoba there has been wide suppjart for the Bill of Rights introduced by M. A. Gray (similar to one already passed in Saskatchewan). The provincial Attorney General indicated that the principle involved in this bill v/as right but announced government rejection of it on the grounds that the time was inopportune and for constitutic^al reasons.
The consitutional issue of whether a Bill of Rights comes within provincial or federal jurisdiction may have some merit. But there is always the danger of it being used as a means of one government evading the issue by saying another bo!dy is responsible. Those who are working for the protection of civil rights are correctly pursuing their efforts on both federal and provincial frofttts. When wide public support for such legislation has been achieved and when the various golvemments sincerely recognize the need and the support for it then the question of constitutional jurisdiction will be easily overcome. *      * *
B.C. SITUATION . . . Considering our own province of British Columbia, we find that the recent
AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEMS of racial and minority discrimination is ddinitely growing, however. Church, labor, parent-teacher groups and many other organizatic^s are now taking up the problem more seriously. The local Civil Liberties Union recently sent a brief to Ottawa for presentation to Senator Arthur Roebuck's committee on human rights, and has called on other organizations to endorse its brief.
In all these efforts for greater freedom and equality for all Canadians regardless of origin and belief, the Jewish community should certainly continue to make the most positive contributioin possible. When Saul Hayes, national executive director of Canadian Jewish Congress, spoke in Vancouver, recently he emphasized the need to work for legislative action to combat discrimination.
Here in B.C. the Pacific Region of Congress and the local section of the Public Relations Committee of Congress and B'nai B'rith have this problem high on their agenda. Comparing the local scene with the national picture however, we would venture to suggest that Congress and the Public Rlelations Committee have not yet taken a sufficiently effective position in helping to rally suppa(rt for legislative measures against discrimination. Pacific Region of Congress could well take a leaf from the book of the Central (Ontario) Region in this matter.
GROUP SUPPORT MERITED
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record here is not as gdod as elsewhere.   Despite not all up to Congress and the Public Relations
such a commendable act as the granting of the fran- Committee.   The request of the CLU for endorse-
chise to native Indians, there has been no attempt ment of its brief* for example, is a good opportunity
on the part of the government to alleviate by legis- for each and every Jewish organization to tafee
lative action any one of the numerous aspects of action by signing the petition which has been dislri-
Endorsation Granted
MENOBAH CHAPTEB OF HADASSAH TEA, MAY 9 PIONEEB WOMEN'S COUNCII/—White Elephant Sale—May 7
—Baffle, dirawing on May 9. LION'S GATE LODGE, B'NAI B'BITH—Dance, June S.
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minority discrimination.
in fact when a resolutioin calling for a Bill of Rights was introduced before the last session of the Legislature by Frank Calder, Native Indian MPP, it was categorically rejected by the government. Attorney General Gordon Wismer stated that the rights asked for in the proposed Bill of Rights are already embodied in British Columbia common law.
What Mr. Wismer said may be true but there are certainly far toto many common infractions of our common law (which is unwritten law established by custom and tradition) especially in the field of minority relations, to justify the dismissal of a request for a Bill of Rights on such grounds.
A delegation representing several organizations and minority grdups visited the Legislature last month in support of the Calder resolution before it came
buted. Some groups like to take the easy way out by following the general rule of referring all such questions to the Public Relations Committee. At the same time there are those who, not knowing what is being done, complain that the Public Relations Committee is not doing anything^
The fault lies with both sides. Public Relations Coimmittee should keep the Jewish community better informed of the work it is doing. And at the same time member-groups in the conununity shoidd not hesitate to make known their position so that the committee can have a fuller picture of the views of the community.
Greater cohununity wide interest is certainly one of the pre-requisites for more positive action by the local Jewish conununity in the field of combatting discrimination and protecting civil rights.
hers only. Don't wait to be coaxed, please contact Mrs. W. S. Hirschberg, Ke. 6397-R, and pay your dues.
*     * ★ B'NAI B'BITH CHAPTER NO.
77 have planned a social e\'ening to take place upstairs in the Lodge Room of the Community Center, Tuesday evening, May 9, 1950, at 8 p.m. Arrange your canasta game, gin-rummy, bridge, or any other game. Bingo will be on the program for those interested. ... A rummage sale will be held at the Forrester's Hall, Monday, May 8. Rummage parcels will be picked up If you contact Mrs. E. Zacks, KErr. 1608R, or Mrs. SabMut at KErr. 6561M. . . . The annual Garden Par-
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank the Beth Israel Congregation and Sisterhood, and all friends for kind messages of sympathy during my recent bereavement in the loss of my dear Mother.
MRS. A. BAKER.
ty held by the organization will be held at the home of Mrs. E. Zacks, 5912 Marguerite Avenue, on Tuesday afternoon. May 30, from 2 to 6 p.m,
★ ★ ★ QUEEN ESTHEB YOUTH AU-YAH GBOUP will hold a rummage sale at the Arcadian Hall, June 5, 1950. Please contact members for pick-ups. . . . June 11 has been reserved for a social eyening to be
held at the Jewish Community Center. ... June 13 will be the date of the annual Garden Party at the home of Mrs. S. Tennenbaum.
UNVEILING
of headstone in memory of the late
Joseph Selmoii
Sundoy, May 7
11 a.m.
SCHARA TZEDECK CEMETERY
Babbl Ch. B. Gbisberg will officiate
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Belatives and Friends Invited to Attend
are
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UNVEILING
of headstone in memory oif the late
Maurice Koenigsberg
takes place
Sundoy, Moy 7,2 p.m.
at the Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
Babbi David Kogen will officiate '
Friends are invited to attend