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r�$ .Ar home of Mrs. W�l5er, WO Vest* Drive, was for the Canadian Can-cer Society, The president is Mrs. Michael Friedman: and the past president ii Mrs. tduis Tans. The convener WM Mrs, Albert Satutln; and ^/c^nveners were: Mes-darae* JUthan Oollom, Nathan SchwarU, SJimuel Sollens, Louis Lightman, Albert Jewel, Benjamin Uebtsman, Benjamin Harks, �Esthejr Lewis, Carl Israelson.Dora Tepperman, Mao Friedman, Robert Golf, Hoe Cadesky, Celia Cohen, luie Cowlti, Thomas Mallen, Faye Rappaport, Jack Kay, Irving Sauberg, LouU Liebman, Beck Fieldf. JrHng, Butter, and Anne Strauss. Those who poured the beverages were: Mesdames John J, Devor, Max Tanenbaum, Irvine Paisley, Alan Small, Harry jRotenbergf Seymore �Suckerman,
Eli Herman* Harry Eisen Jr., and Bernard Haher.
BETH EMETH BAIS YEHUDA
Synagogue, Joseph H. Kelman, Rabbi: Special Hebrew classes will meet twice a week, for children who attend opportunity classes in the public schools of North York and Toronto. Joseph Born-stein is executive director.
LADY READING CLUB
Will meet on September 30, at 8.30 p.m., at the home of Mrs. Al-vin Rosenberg, 6 Burmont Road. The president is Mrs. Benjamin Tepper. The guest speaker will be the Honourable Mr. Justice A. H. Lieff.
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Sanatorium and Service Club met at the home of Mrs. Jack Jacob-son, 21 Ardmore Road. Mrs. H. Halbert is the president. Mrs. H. Rubinoff is convener of a tea, to be held shortly; date to be announced.
HISTADRUT ORGANIZATION
Sponsored a tour to Hakfar Haya-rok, Tel Aviv, Israel by a group which included: Hisses Joyce.
rveiner, 28 Purdon Prjvfet Florence PUlersdorf, l7';Fraj�rwood Avenue; Eva Fleishman. 168 Tyrell Avenue; and Joseph Pichofsky, 80 Purdon Drive.. -
CALL TO CONVERSION TO JUDAISM
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former minister, nor am I in a position to consult any rabbi with whom I have a relationship.
Yet there are those who have successfully gone through all the phases of adjustment to and in" conversion. One such couple is active in the cultural life of the congregation and particularly in the parent work of the religious school. It goes without saying that they are completely accepted by the other members.
As Alice begins to attend serv-
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lew, aoo^tf important phase; o* the preparation for Judaism/11*-trodttcf heir arid Jof ^ a opttp^ in which the woman � a convert, so that they may have the bene� fit 6f their experielic* 'and support of their acbWlntance.
Regular' attendance, .at service* and gradually increasing partlci-; pation will introduce Alice to the struetuj* and mood of Jewish worship and further aid her in identifying with the spiritual and physical Jewish fellowship.
More than three months pass. Alice's original conviction has been reinforced through closer study of Jewish life and practices. She has a firm grounding! in 'the meaning of Judaism, in Jewish history and in the rituals of home and synagogue.
Her parents, once violently opposed to her marrying Joe, have been moved by her sincerity of purpose, and have called on me to tell me they approve the marriage. Alice is now ready for the final requirements: firststhe immersion ceremony (in .the case of a man, circumcision is also necessary) and then the meeting'with the rabbinical court.
How important ritual is, and particularly immersion, was dramatically brought home to me after a girl who was raised as a Baptist returned from this ceremony in an emotionally agitated state. She was hardly seated in my study before she said:
"I believe with my whole heart that Judaism is the only religion I can accept Intellectually now. But when I was immersed in the ritual bath, I felt I was committing an act of treason toward my parents and myself � it was sd reminiscent of the baptism my father took me to when I was * teenager."                                   ;
fore she co^pr<>c�e4< farther to the final 'step � her^ appearajte* before the rabbinical court.'
Ultimately Alice, too, reaches this stage, and I introduce her to my two colleagues on the court They question her on the texts she has studied �nd inquire into her personal background. They probe her new attitudes.
How do you now regard ike role of Jetu*?
How do you plan to practice Judaism in your hornet
The questions are penetrating, searching. As Alice answers, I listen with pride and anxiety: pride because her answers reflect the effect the last few months of meetings and discussions have had oh her thought processes; anxiety because I think of the converts who were eventually found wanting in spiritual stamina,-
Finally Alice is excused, and the three court members consider her case � her new Jewish knowledge, her responses, above all her sincerity. I report to my colleagues on her interest in the Jewish way of life, her reactions to instruction, my personal impression of the authenticity of her declared desire for Judaism.
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After some discussion, all three of us agree that she should be accepted into the Jewish faith. All of us sign the official documents attesting to her conversion. There are three copies: one will be kept in the synagogue office, one will be sent to the Jewish Theological Seminary, and one will be presented to Alice, her permanent testament to her self-chosen Judaism.
a^Hmp^ �tW*w*yt We rabbis read passage* ftom ;th* prayer book and the.JBlblet including portions of the �t*J^>/JPtw herself a con-vert* Thi^toal COWes to a climax With tfce recitation of the "ehema" ("Heat, Oli, 'IwaeJ, the Lord Our God, the Ix>rd fe One.*) and Alice's declaration:
/ tineerely pledge to regard the Jewitk people  O* mv  very   own, ^ participating in fa Joy* and tor-rove, and to.thare it* life and activities to  the  very  beet of my
And -I, as her rabbi, respond:
are now a ger tedek, a ttranger for righteou�net$t a full Jew in every reepect. Welcome, new daughter of Itrael.
A.J.C. CHARGES JEWISH STUDENT PERCENTAGE HIGHER IN CZARIST RUSSIA tHAN IN SOVIET NOW
The memory forcerf 6*�^t
<race again the grave decision she had made. She experienced a great deal of agonised inner probing be-
We three rabbis and Alice � all, now, fellow Jews r^ the ban toward th we are joined by Jo*, the Holy Ark, and I Talmudic statement: "He who makes, a convert, creates a soul." Before the open Ark, we perform
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at large, the evidence shows that this proportion is steadily and rapidly decreasing. According to all available figures, the Soviet government is succeeding in its effort to limit the number of Jews in higher education."
In his study. Prof. DeWitt referred to an earlier work he had written entitled "Education and Professional Employment in the U.S.S.B.," a 1359-page volume published In 1962 by the National Science foundation.^Educational authorities in the U-S.S.R. who re-.. Prof. DeWitt "Soviet na-. . have a special fthe central major higher educational establishments a certain number of nationals for preferential admissions without competitive entrance requirements.1'
In his study prepared for the American Jewish Congress, Prof. DeWitt said this statement by Soviet officials raised several questions. "First, is there or is there not a nationality quota? There is, and it is 'annually planned' for all key institutions. As a student of educational development," Prof. DeWitt declared, "I would say that any quota system is bad, but racial or national quotas in education are utter folly."
Professor DeWitt also noted: "If someone is admitted to an institution of higher learning on the basis of a 'preferential' nationality quota, there must, by definition, be someone else who is excluded from admission . . . Who, then, is excluded? The final question which must be raised in regard to the equality of educational opportunity for Jews in Soviet education is this: Which of the 'Soviet national republics' could nominate Jews for preferential admission quotas? I do not know of any."
The study by Prof. DeWitt contained 16 pages of text and 10 statistical tables, plus one page Hat-fag sources and references. He noted that for almost 20 years, beginning with the late 1930's, the word "Jews" as a statistical category In the U.S.S.R. did not exist in any type of current reporting of national composition such as population, number of students, native tongue, and similar categories.
Professor DeWitt said that not until the late 19WS did government statistics officially report on Jews as a specific group; previously they had been included under "other nationalities" or residual categories. While the practice of indpdjnf statistics on Jews under tiW word "fltittr" or "remainder" is stiO eonunon, Prof. DeWitt noted, �piecemeal*' figures specifically Hating Jews in various occupations, educational institutions, and other aspect* of SoTiet life have been released from tine to time.
It was on the basis of these tabulations, ia combination with the 1959 Soviet census *ad earUer figures dating back 80 yean, that Pr�f. DeWitt cowpfled the report for the American Jewish Congress aad analysed the treads o* the states of Jews in 8e*fot
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