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By AL SEOAL
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SWbrtsman of 410% lenue, Los Angeles, asks of our town. (I wrote and the Jewish com-phe last time the last ^Ibiir;; boys were given [;i>flt just before they the Army.) but wonder if Aven-br really an oasis in ^esert of bigotry and ^€ Wortsman writes, lihe suburb of oiu: town' of the Jewish' com-
^imake.^it the subject for I^m sure your other taJtep lOce^^^^^^to know more
^a^begln jJw^ should H^faas been ssdd of our contains the "best Jews" r^ard this as an in-of snobbery and an tie other communities have their saints and
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KUIBYSHEV (WNS)—A Lithuanian Jew, who arrivedryhere this week, after escaping from the Nazis in his occupied country, reported that Nazi troops had massacred 11,-000 Jews in the Lithuanian village of Poneivezh near Kovno.
The slain Jews represented the eri--tire Jewish population of the village as well as the Jewish populations of surrounding communities. Young children were among those executed despite the pleas of Catholic priests who asked Nazi, officials for perinis-sidn to take the Jewish children iih-der their protection. The pleste bf "the priests were rejected. ■'[[■''''^:/'^y
At the same time it was reported that only one Jew. suiyived the Vitebsk pogrom in which thousan<3s of Jews were brultisil^ir killed; The sole Jewish survivor was ist gynecologist who was spared by the Nazis after the wives of German occupation bffi^ cial0 had pointed out that bds med^^^^^ cai services would be required sinjpe he was the only civilian doctor left in the city.
Congregation Beth Israel
The late Friday civehhig services duly began on the firsts Sabbath >d!ter the High HtoUdays^ Sabbath Beres there being a, large attendance preis-ent. ■ ■•
; Rabbi Ephraim 11. Levy; MJL^ the recently appointed Rabbi, conducted the service. .The sul^ect fof h& dress was "The Story of lis History of the World." At the Sat-urday moniing service ht^ was: "Godless Education and Banishment fripm iParadise."
Next Friday eyenlng the Rabbi will take as his subject: "The Za.d|k
CAfWDIAi«B(^ CABLE TO llElATIVESiN J NAZI-HELD COONT^
OTTAWA--Canadians will now be able to send personal cable messages to relatives in enemy or esnemy-occu-pled countries, ^as a result of a pew service establlshe^d by. trie Canadian
Cross, it wias announced here.,, today. Previously there was only a^'" postal ■ ■ ■
the Canadian Post Office arid the International Red Cross. The Jewish section of the Canadian Bed Cross is handling tlie service in Montreal.
iGTORYtOAN ills FOR iGRIFIGE!!
;C8inada's THIRD VICTORY; LOAN puts it squarely up to Canadians.
men in the three ifightlng serv^ ^p6s are doing their part in all parts 'pftiie world r we on the Some Front jhmst see that they are supplied with Hihe equipment to finish the job and fi^h it properly. . .
: Tills Third Victory Loan Isuth|; greatiest ;.ever proposed in .Cwoapk;: Tie Dominion quota) is $750,000;006.
:The B.C.-Yukon, quota is $75,06(i,dOQ
message i^ervlTO
nadlaii Pnst Jhifrir.o oWA I,te4; $28,940,000
: Tills is a-tremendous sum and it !^-, take the efforts of every
REFUGEE GHILDREN BEING GRANe ENTRANGE TO GANAI
News that will bring joy to many hearts is the announcement noWi made public that the CanwJian Gov-'
\ [pn^rof us to pi^^^^ but it can be
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mipan sacrifice but money is a.,small thing to sacrifice when . ^|!.we' tiling of the' liyesi which are being jvillingly offered upon, the battlefront
I|; we> fail> to niake this sj^riflce w/| . :*a^^:-;pf ■■poland-^f.' "m^wsp^^JBx^
iliand. Prance and Greece tell us in ^jio' uncertain terms 'the doom . the . Sfazis will mete out to us. eirhment wiU probably admit lOOo!' ^® cannot afford to faU'not only
Jewish children ficpmy unaccupledl
France if Vichy grants ejdt penriitsJ jgf;<^dren.
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7' Belis^wos S<^bot
V The registra!tion of pupils for the new session duly took place at the Centre on Sunday morning, Oct. 11, at 10 ajn. Besldiea the Rabbi, there were present at the registration, Mrs. A. O. Koch and Mrs. S."Albert. A large number of pupils were enrolled and afterwards went to their various groups.
gwith high^ha jDpterk. Itespectability ; conununity of our :% sort of inner grace; hy stone facades
sility that is troub-k|man's decent place in Jb to say, that large and * :^up called mankhid. with social duties, ation of every Jew to liJewish name by high-
'Js^i^ 'SStivri^d "^EATH CLAIMS
In the aflahrs of the 'MRS. P. NEMETZ
lunity. I Mrs. P. N^haetz, well-known resl-
iple have carried grace- dent of Vancouver for many years,
passed away Friday, Oct. 9.
She is survived by five sons: Charles, Sam, David, Bill, Leo and three daughters: Mrs. B. Victor, Mrs. A. Wosk, and Mrs. B. Bason of Viscount, Sask., and seventeen grandchildren and one great-grand child.
^tttward symbols that are |go with being higfe^ re-'Eai- back they lived in front mansions in our l^feen that section still was !gentle abode. Thehr tem-Qble fains even years lousinesses, mostly clothing and wholesale jobbhig. It local Institutions time of the CivU War. >llfe was In a large hand-downtown, fan old Jewry that to this clous of its traditions and guard them faithfully, to > the high exemplar of Its Sere are critics who say
This was revealed by Saul Hay Director of the U.JJI. and WJl.A,i (C.J.G.) Montreal, at the eight an-| niwli^^
;At the sanie cqiifereniQe A. Bl BenI nett. Vice-president of Canadian JTewi' ish Conjgress, iadvised extremie sati&(
faction had been expressed by the? KOW BUT VICTORY! Government for the participation ofi Canadiah Jews in JVar Effii^ -; As this is of unusual riin^^^ telegrajod is quoted below: ■■::i'y0i^ Toronto, Ont.,~<Oct. 11 ;*ytewish:;W^tern
cur boys overseas but ourselves and
•yHE RIGHT; TO EXIST asOahar diahs.is iahe br^
It is pur duty and'our privil^e^tb ,LOANftb the utmost, of our capacity
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Jewish congress, revealed Canadian , . .
Government will probably admit}, J' ^'!*Vnan.of Toronto, edf-1,000 Jewish children, from Vichy if tor 9f the Canadian Jewish Weekly. i^.^-.!.:-----^■^.■■■■^:\-:v^^^^^ Will speak tliis Saturday evening at
the. Heather Hall, Broadway and Hipather. The subject of the iiddresJs will .>e: 'The Jew^ Contribution Towards the light Against Hitler-■ ' " A banquet and musical pro-
Vichy grants exit permits^
'^Announcement - iuiade at 8tljtl-,aii-nuai conference CoHcigress in p^ario. President A. B. , Benne^ rcveaied Jewish participation estimated. All. other phases Dominioii war effpii*
above proportion • in - population. He
gwim is arranged for Sunday, Oct. 18
repii^d setttinglh^
in Ontario cities fann complete suc-^ ""^^ cess, paving ^way opening imnaigra-tion into Canada,. Postwar problems of thousands of interned; refugees, brought to Canada, fromv Britain nearly completely liquidated, only 150 cases pending:
VANCOUVER ACHDUTH (EO^K SOeiECT^^^?^^^^^^^C^
The above Organization has arranged to hold its Installation' of The IjraHed^ Statk Goye^^ Sunday night, November 15,
also adopted thfe policyV of-Community. Centre. . ts country as a haven for these un-- Other organizations are kindly fortunates and has opened its doors, asked to keep this date in mind when by granting entry permits to 5000 arranging their programme for next
AMER. JEWRY TO SEND 1100 MEDICAL FIELD UNITS TO SOV. RUSSIA
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NEW YORK (WNS)—A campaign to purchase and send 1,000 fully equipped medical field units to Soviet ^^ews are all right but.that R^ggj^ f^r use at the front, each unit .t Jewish enough; that they to cost $2,000, has been undertakea geling of traditional Jewish ^y the United Jewish War Effort, it is quite all right for them was announced here by Dr. Stephen
S. Wise, chairman of the organization, and Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum, chairman of the Executive Committee. This special campaign, which will be launched on October 1, is part of the United Jewish War Effort's activities on behalf of American Victory and Allied Relief. The undertaking has the approval
Congr^ation ichara Tzed^k Installation of Officers Oct. 2^ Fine Programme Arrang^^
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at 3Vork Point>Barracks, Victoria, Nanaimo, Gordon Head and Patricia
The senHlces Levy, officiating" clergyman, to/fhe forces, under the arrangements made* for him by 'the Principtd. District Chaplain, Majori - the Rev.; Jackson,
5' the. symphony and the but what about the I Jewish culture? ^e eager and effective cham-tfvpublic education—leaders—
critics are sadded to ob-they don't care much ivahs. It is said that their
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[fonal Jewish religion as ob- of the llvissian Government authori;^ •the Orthodox synagogues, ties and the Soviet Purchasing Com-bothered to reply they > mission. In behalf of ^he Russian that they regard them- Government, Ambassador {^I^ 5;.satisfactory' Jews; that it has assured the United-Jewish War ..Jewish enough to carry the! Effort of the urgent need of medical tome in honor to the works | supplies by the Russians, and of the Keneral community; that it is great appreciation "of the Soviet
people and the Red Army for the planned help."
!ht of being Jewish to serve .. for the comnion good of town; that being Jewish Is ^l^-service that concerns it-^|;Israel alone but chiefly a ^^at the common altar.
could say they have done the honor of the Jewish town: The way they jved honorably In the cleaner .^?^tour local politics; the way 7<Vontinued on Page 4) aee PLAIN TALK
An event of importance to members of Congregation Schara Tzed-eck will be" the installation of the newly-elected officers and a banquet which will be held at the Community Centre, Sunday, Oct. 25, at 6 pim.
The guest speaker for the evening will be Rabbi Geffen of Brooklyn, New York. A varied programme has been arranged that is sure to bring great enjoyment to all who attend.
The occasion will be one of the outstanding events in Schara Tzed-eck affairs and • a capacity attendance is expected.
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The newly-elected executive of Congregation Schara Tzedeck has. now launched into their work for the year and Mr. A. Wosk, president, voices the spirit of his members in the message which follows:
"The plight of our co-religionists in Europe during this present war is brought home to us very clearly, that if we wish to survive present
In announcing the special under- ; world conditions and still retain our taking, Dr. Wise and Dr. Tennen- identity we must conform and live baum expressed the admiration of up to our Jewish heritage and tradi-the Jewish community of the United tion which have survived some 3000 States for the heroic struggle of the years of persecution. The Jewish Russian Army and pointed out that home is the foundation of the corn-in defending their own fatheriand, raunity. The Schara Tzedeck is the Soviet Armies have also "defend- fully aware of this fact and. through ed millions of Jews against a ruth- its executive is going to do its ut-less enemy who has singled out the most to make it possible for the Jewish people for extermination." members of this community to live
up to the ideals of Judaism. One o% the main principles of Judaism is that of Kashras which is indespen-sible to Jewish family life.
"Therefore one of the first of many constructive undertakings of the new executive will be to encourage the keeplng'of kashras in the home by making It conveniently possible to abide by this Jewish law. Due to their direct efforts, this executive have made it possible for the opening of a new Kosher butcher shop which is centrally located .in the city under the direct supervision of our congregation and Rabbis.
these occasiohs-'fp6m^ and^this yeair toe dfi^ci^on^^ that a Rabbi be ihviied m guest speaker at the school!;;-.. ' In the course^hi^ interesting address to a large gathering of students the Rabbi said ' that "God's abode was not only in heaven but also in the heart of a grateful child."
In addition to the above. Rabbi Levy was the guest, speaker at the West End Liberal Association oh Tuesday night, Oct. 13, at a taeeting which was»held in the interests of the Victory Loan. •
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ADMIT iO JEWS RESULT POPE'S PtEA
LONDON (WNS)—The protests of Pope Pius XII and Catholic leaders against the ruthless deportations of Jewish refugees in France fell on "We here are still in the fortunate i deaf ears as far as pro-Nazi Chief
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8 p.m.:w 'Meeting';Admi^istmtii«i^
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position of being able to choose our way of life, let us do it the right way—the Kosher way."
Flight Lieut. J. Eisen, RCAF Jewish Chaplain in City
Plight-Lieut. J. Eisen, Jewish Chaplain for the R.C.A.P., is in Vancouver on an official visit to the Air Force camps.
Prior to arriving in Vancouver, Plight-Lieut. Eisen made a tour of Alaska and following his stay here, where he is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brown, he will proceed East to his headquarters in Toronto..
of Government Pierre Laval was concerned, but influenced the Spanish and Portuguese Governments to admit 300 Jewish refugees in the last few weeks, a Nazi broadcast here reported this. week.
The Pope's repeated intervention on behalf of the Jewish refugees was reported to have made a deep impression on Catholics throughout Europe and started a campaign among Catholics in Spain and Portugal to force their governments to admit the refugees.
Most of the Jews thus far admitted to these two countries have come from France although a small number came from other Nazi-occupied countries including Poland. ^
B'rith, Hotel Geprgiaiw Wednesday, Oct. 21:
8 p.ni. — Meeting Council _, .......
Women and Sub-Seniors, "l''-''- •« Thursday, Oct.
—B'nai B'rith Friday, Oct. 28
8 p.m.—Beth Israel Saturday, Oct. 24:.:; ■:;.I,.-.,;,;.:....i,.,...v..,v,^,^;,,-,,^
9 a.m.—Beth Isi«er Services;;^'; ;i^ Sunday, ^Oct. 25: ^'"MV:U''0fM^:^
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8 p.m.—Meeting Schara Tzedeck. ' 1. Monday, Oct. 26: / ij^
■ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Red Cross. ■;,•;• <;-:y}j;0i
7:30. p.m.—Business Girls. p;fjy0:0^^ Tuesday, Oct 27:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Red Cross.! 8 p.m.—Jr. Council Meeting.
Wednesday, Oct. 28:
6 p.m.—Men's Club Dinner, Cong. Beth Israel. Thursday, Oct. 20: ^^^^ !; '
8 p.m. — Banquet, Polish Associa!-
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