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Welfare Federation and R^d Cross to Conduct joint Drive
Jewfsli Divisioii Being Organized to Help in Vancouver First War Chesi Budget; Drive to Start Noyember 13th
• With' tiie postponement of Van-' couvet Wtelf&te ■ Federation's annual drive from the .middle of October Until November 13 when it will coincide with the national appeal for funds -by the Red Cross, Vancouver campaign workers have added time ; to give to the mass of detailed < pre^ : paration necessary; to ; get, ■ campaign : machinery in readiness for the joint effort i which will be known as Vancouver's first War Chest Campaign. The November campaign will be under the direction of Blair M; Clerk, managing director, of the Vancouver Welfare Federation, who has. so successfully handled this annual appeal for the past five years.
Campaign headquarters .have al-ready been opened in the Marine ; Building through the generous co-operation of Major P. A. Curry, gen-eral manager of the British Pacific Building Ltd. -From this convenient 'downtown centre, it is expected that ? upwards of 2000 volunteer workers V will start out on the morning of No-I vember 13 to raise sufficient funds h not only to ensure the continuance Vancouver's social work programme-^ through the. 47 member agencies^f rJthe ^Welfare Federation^; but also- to" raise Greater Vancou-.ver's share of Canada's national Red Cross ne6ds.
CoL G. -H. ■ Kirkpatrick, Chairman of .the-Vancoiiver branch of. the Ited Cross, and'/othfer Red Cross leaders are co-operating.
Phillip Lesser who will act as general chairman of the vJew:Jsh .Division,' will- be ably assisted in directing -the campaign';by; Harold Kahn, chairman of the; Jewish Community : Chest. Mr. lesser states that many volunteer workers will- be required for ' the ' suQcessful accomplishoient of the.drive. Although a final.quota has notrbeenj set for the Jewish Division it is anjticipated that the objective will be in the neighborhood of $11,500.
R. H. Tupper has been, chosen as general chairman'Of the entire cam-poign, with W. C. Woodward, last year's campaign leader, as honorary chairman. Chairman of the various divisions already organized include S. C. Sweny, Industrial-Commercial, with Fred W. Smelts, H. C. Dar-roch and E. E. W. Rhodes as vice-chairman ; Ralph Brown, Business Division; General J. A. Clark, A Division; Phillip Lesser, Jewish Division; Mrs. Sherwood Lett, residential; A: P. Crocker and Mrs. H, A. Stevenson, North Vancouver; Col. J. P. Mackenzie, Mrs. W. B. Small and W.C. Russell, West Vancouver.
JR. COUNGSL TO HOLD BENEFIT BARN DAN0E0GT.25TH
•True to tradition, the Council of Jewish Juniors,: once again are hdldj ing a social affair that is '.'Something
Different."
Prairie-sick mid-Westerners now, residing in Vancouver, will welcome!: the opportunity to again - dance VVir-ginia Reels," "Square. Dances,^ "Schottishes," to the strains of a-'reali "Hill-Billy" orchestra; while, -Van;
ISSTANNENBAUM BiH ISRAEITONIGHT
||;]Sliss Dora Tannenbatun, Field Rep-I'iie^entative of the National Council rdf'Jewish Women, will be the guest
^(speaker at Beth Israel Services to-|iiight at 8.00 pin.. Rabbi Samuel daiss ^^nnouhced-today.
1*1 Misis Tahnenbaum has been: Meid iJJR^drker. for the NationJa^ Council for **thf; past tiuree years, and has teayel-r fled extensively in the United States, couverites will have a chance to,:en-?b_eanada and South America. By pro-
Joint Distribution Committee Issues: Important Statement On Overseas Activities
In the light of the war situation ioverseas today, it is difficult to engage in long range planning. Certain Joint Distribution Committees acti-, Vlties are radically affected by the hMtilities in^:p««tral and Eastern Europi7't)lfiei^a^
idirectly. In amy case, our friends i and colleagues throughout the coun-itry will wish to be familiarized with 1 the'stiatus of our overseas activities today. " ■ :^
The qu«estion uppermost in the miiids of most people is with regard to bur work in Poland. Large sections of that cjountiy are now occupied by German trdopsr others have been invaded by the Russian Army. There has been mass evacuation, in-vo'iving hundreds of thousands of Jewish civilians, from the war sectors into some of the territory until recently defended by the Polish army. Thousa.rids have crossed the borders" into Roumania, Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary. Only the other day we received an appeal from ^Hungary in behalf of 10,000 Polish Jewish refugees who crossed the border, and are now without* food ahd shelter. The Joint Distribution Committee was asked to seiid $10,000 immediately as a first emergency grant. The hewspaper|3 have reported wholesale destruction of property in Poland; in many cases, the complete liquidation of entire cities and villages. In some of the territory captured by the Germans, special reprisals ^ hiave been taken against Jews, according to press reports and statements made to our European offices; The situation is one of complete Chaos, and it would seem reasonable to believe that all those Jewish institutions of economic aid, self-help, child^sare, hospitals, medieai service, etc., into which the Jews of Poland for the last twenty years have, with great sacrifice, poured millionsi of dollars of their own savings, supported by. the substantial contributions of the Jews of the United States and Canadia through the Joint Distribution Committee, have been seriously impaired and in some cases completely wiped out. Vv's foresee a large problem of reconstruction in all directijbns. .
Nevertheless, the Joint Distribution Committee, until very recently, has been able to continue contact with its representatives in Poland as well as with members of the Central Emergency Committee newly organized and made up of the leading Jewish personalities of Poland. Several urgent appeals have been re-
ceived from this Committee, in response to which we were able to maJce advance emergency grants. Prior to the outbreak of, hostilities, as; a precautionary measure, the Joint .Distribution Committee advanced a month's supply of funds to all of. the local committees with which it deals, in order to provide against the breakdown of communications. This supply, together with an additional emergency grant made in response to a cabled appeial from Poland, and the chaos resulting from military occupation, the Joint IDistribution Committee has been engaged in conversations with the American Red Cross, the International Red Cross, the American Friends' Service Committee, and other non-sectarian and interdenominational agencies in an attempt' to effect a formula whereby, through channels safeguarded under international auspices, assistance may be rendered by way of medical aid, child-care, feeding and emergency service. At a preliminary informal conference held last week, the Joint Distribution Committee offered its facilities and personnel, both here and abroad, to co-operate with any broad relief effort which may be organized by the major American non-sectarian and interdenominational war relief agencies.
It should be recalled that the Joint Distribution Committee was originally orgranized as a ^r relief agency in 1914. During the war and post-war periods, when international agencies brought relief and reconstructive aid on a large scale to the stricken populations of the devastated areas of Europe^ the Joint Distribution Committee co-operated closely with such organizations as the American Relief Administration, the Red Cross, the Y.M.C.A., the Quakers and other non-sectarian groups. At that time not only did it mobilize the generous giving of the Jews of the United States and Canada for the relief ot their co-religionists in the affected territories, but it also participated in the general relief program on a non-sectarian basis. This it is prepared once more to do, as sooia as the situation has been sufficiently clarifiied. We are reliably informed that the Jewish welfare leaders of Poland'are eager to place at the service of the Red Cross, or any other non-sectarian agency, their personnel, organizations, experience and services, not merely in behalf of the iConttnued on Page 4; See J. D. C.
joy themselves in good old-fashioned style, at the Junior Council: '^Barn Dance'V being held Wednesday even| ing October 25, in the White Rosei Ballroom.
When the Decoration: Committee,i with Miss Janice ;Grossman v in! charge, complete decorations , in thel White Rose Ballroom, guests will^ really feel they have miraculously been transplanted to ■ some • largCj roomy bam;: thoughts of golden fields of grain, truck gardens^'containing bright Hallowe'en pumpkins^ et al, will come creeping back. . .
Modern "Rug Cutters" and "Swing-Cats" have not been forgotten. There will be lots of snappy music of curr-rent Popular Dance Hits. /Something for everyone! For\y< further entertainment the Farmer Fiddlers, well-known radio artists, have a splendid ■ soloist and a trio of entertainers.
Dress is strictly informal. Here is 'one last chance to wear your -fs^yor-ite summer farmerettes or. slacks!
By attending this dance you will not only give yourself an evening of fun, but you will have the added satisfaction of knowing that all proceeds are to be used to support local charities such as the Council Childr ren's Camp at Crescent Beach, the
fession, a.Social Worker, she has been [a keen student of Jewish me, and i affairs. Her most recent observations iWere made in a tour of Argentine, SiUruguay and Brazil. Her topic will itaei"Refugees in the New World."
Services will be conducted by Rabbi [Samuel Cass and Cantor Jacob Sivo-jwich,.assisted by the Choir. Following the Services a social hour will 'be held in the Banquet Hall.
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Owing to the holiday intervening the regular monthly meeting of the
SISTERHOOD TO ELECT OFFICERS; INTERESTING PROGRAM
- Nomination and election of officers '^.nd board members for the new year will take place at the next meeting of the Sisterhood of Beth Israel on Wednesday, October 18 at 2.30 p.m in the Community Centre.
A very interesting program has been arranged to follow the business agenda. Cantor Jacob Sivowich will be heard In a group of songs and Rabbi Samuel Cass will speak on the significance of the work of Sigmund Freud, the genius who was the pioneer prober of the himian mind, who 'recently passed away in England.
Louis Rosenberg, Noted Author, to Address Meeting In Community Centre
All members are requested to be
COMMUNITY CENTRE BUILDING PLEDGES
Notice of amounts due with self-addressed envelope are now being mailed to the pledgors for the Amortization Plan and . the Committee in charge is looking forward to early attention in this, so that the commitments arranged can be met per schedule.'
Louis Rosenberg, noted author, orator, and Vice-President of tJie Oana^ dian Jewish Congress, will address a Mass Meeting at tiie Community Centre on Sunday, October 22 at 8.1$' pm. . .
Rarely has Vancouver been so privileged as to hear this distinsuishf ed Anglo-Jewish lectiurer.: Bom in England, he has in recent years'made his home in Canada. His value; has been recognized hy Mr. Samuel Bronfman the National President of the Congress who has described him as, "our dynamic literary pillar."
Only this year he has completed his monumental work entitled "Can-* ada's Jews," recognized as authori-t tative by the Department of the Interior of the Government of Canada.
No dry tone, but an enthralling historical accoimt of the Jews iq Canada from Wolfe's day to the present, "Canada's Jews" promises to be the most outstanding book' of the 1939-40 literary season.
No appeal for funds is to be made. This is purely an educational service of the B.C. Congress Committee. Taking advantage of Mr. Rosenberg's vacation to the Pacific Coast, the local Congress induced this remarkable leader of Canadian Jewry to speak.
Noted for his diction, and oratory, Mr. Rosenberg captures audiences by ills comprehensive analysis of Jewish problems. He spoke on the floor of the Manitoba legislature in support of the Marcus Hyman Bill to outlaw anti-Semitic publications.
B'nai B'rith Hears
Vancouver Jewish Administrative Council will be held this Monday evening, October 16 at 8.00 pjn. in the Centre.
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Distinguished Visitor
Membership Drive Very Successful
PROMINENT MEMBER OF
The Vancouver Jewish community suffered a severe shock last week when one of its best-known members, Mr. Wm. Zimmerman, passed away. Since coming from Winnipeg twenty years ago the late Mr. Zimmerman took an active part in community life. He was especially interested in philanthropic work, being one of the ardent group who formed the Vancouver Jewish Community Chest, and was chairman of that body for a period of two years. During this period under his guidance, he having gained valuable experience in this work by being closely associated with the Winnipeg Orphanage, the Community Chest operated efficiently and made steady progress. The late Mr. Zimmerman was also deeply interested in the Community Centre, heading the Centre Committee for some time. He was also an active member of the local Lodge B'nai B'rith, and took time to interest, himself in local sport, taking a prominent part in the Vancouver Hebrew Athletic Club. Amoiagst other communal activities he wa^ also Past Chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress, B.C. Division.
Deeply concerned with the religious life of the community, the late Mr. Zimmerman had been :on both the Executive of Schara Tzedeck and.the Executive of Beth Israel Synagogrue.
It can be truly said that the Jewish Community of Vancouver has sustained a great loss with the* passing of Mr. Zimmurman, who was indeed typical of a great commut^al worker, ever concerned .with the needs of others, jalways ready to give out a helping hand, which, set an example for our younger people to follow.
He Is survived by his wife, three daughters, Adrlenne, Ruth and Rytza, all at home. Also surviving are six brothers, Sam, Norman, Dave, Abe and Percy of Vanconver, and Harry v/ho resides in Winnipeg, and one sister, Sophie, ^of Vancouver.
By Harry Greenberg i On Tuesday, October 3rd, more than 400 members and friends of the B'nai B'rith Order, had the privilege of enjoying a most interesting evening at the Community Centre.
One of the distinguished visitors to the lodge was Brother H. I. Mal-lek. Zone Deputy of Zone.No. 9.
Following a beautiful musical pro-g^m in which the following took part: Eugene Mahrer, Cellist; Ian Westmacott, Tenor; and Winnifred Scott, Accompanist, the President, Dr. J. I. Gorosh, in a few well-chosen words introduced the guest speaker of the evening, Brother P. Allen Rickles of Seattle, who chose as his subject the present world situation of Jewry and -especially in Canada and in the.XJ'.S.A. " Bro. Rickles recalled his visit to a B.C. debate in 1916 when he was qbliged to debate the negative of a resolution "Resolved that the U.S.A. should enter the war on the side of the Allies"—"Today," he said, "I observe with pride uniformed Jewish youth in our midst, ready to fight for the things nearest our hearts— for the rights and liberties of all peoples—for democracy, so that the world itself may at last be free."
The speaker said he wondered often if there could be a bright side to Jewish life. However, he felt that so long as Jews can come together in such large numbers as he witnessed before him, there may yet be more scope for hope than for de-
spair. He recalled the words of Sir Edward Gray on that fateful August 13th, 1914, as he was watching the lights of London glimmering in the haze, "To-night," he said, "the lights are put out all over Europe." The speaker made an impassioned plea, that in order that the lights of the world might be re-lit—that civilization might ncri;.be destroyied—the concerted efforts of Jew and non-Jew must remain indissolubly connected in order that the destructive forces should be made to feel the steady and inexorable pressure of the world's judgment and condemnation.
There was a cartoon, he said, in Time magazine of the European dictators congratulating each other that—Democracy is Finished—that they had stamped it out in their own lands, and were prepared to do the same throughout the world. It is shocking and astonishing, that such events should take place in the 20th Century. And it must be obvious, he continued, that in this struggle to maintain civilization, we Jews are in the vanguard, the first victim?, since anti-semitism is not an objective, but merely an incident. Anti-semitism, does not mean destruction of Jews alone, but all things that mankind holds dear. One thing however, anti-semitism does do for us, it brings a measure of unity in
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TALMUD TORAE
The Board of Education announced that registration for beginners in the Talmud Torah will positively be closed after Sunday, Oct. 29. After that date no beginners will be admitted for this term. Parents are therefore urged to register their children at once! Registrations will take place in the Community Centre on unday, October 15, 22 and 29, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Registration of regrular pupils will continue daily.
TALMUD TORAH ANNOUNCES
NEW SUNDAY CHEDULE Classes on Sunday will be devoted especially to the study of Yiddish and to Jewish History, which will be taught in English. Yiddish classes will meet at 9.30 a.m.; History classes will meet at 11 a.m. A new
TALMUD TORAH
A special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Talmud Torah will be held on Wednesday evening, October 18 at 8.00 p.m. at the Community Centre.
feature in the Sunday schedule will bs a general Assembly for the entire Talmud Torah. Hebrew and Yiddish songs will be sung auring the Assembly.
SABBATH SERVICES Sabbath Services for all Talniuu Torah children and Talmud Torah Alumni, who have become Bar Mitz-vah, will take place every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at the Talmud Torah Hall, Heatley and Pender, In Schara Tzedeck Synagogue. The Ladies Auxiliary will provide a Kid-dush for the Junior Congregation this Saturday morning. Mrs. I. Weln-steln will be in charge.