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ian^ law — they are in effect introducing there some system, some regime of law that has nothing to do with Israeli law at all."
The Druze, hie argued, were not enjoying the advantage or benefits of Israeli law.
And the army, he charged^ was indulging in. ''clearly illegal'■ behavior which \ inciiided. beatings,. brutality and collective punishment.
One prominent members of the kriesset, Labor MK Yossi Sarid, has'said that the army should not have carried out govern-mentorders.
Reaction has been swift and blunt..
Nearly two weeks after the blockade lifted, Prime Mlblster Menachein Begin accused Cohen of ^'losing control of his tongue.'' Interior Minister Yosef Burg/claiming that no violence has been used to force Dmze to accept D) cards, -described Clohen's remariffl as'^vidons*' and
based on false informa-Uon.
TTie army has been indignant as well..
Totally rejecting Cohen's allegations, > spokesman said the Israel Defence Force has been : acting • 'wholly in accordance with the lawv with patience, tolerance and considerable restraint." He said -the army had resorted to force only in cases when it encountered violence, . .
The Association for Civil Rights is standing by its original complaints and is demanding an official inquiry.
Even those In the ^rmy who dismiss Cohen's statements and are npt in favor of an Inqolry are worried by the sitoaflon.
The Dmze, they feel, may become radicalized ' and thus endanger Israel's position oil: the Golan Heights. No one Is predicting West Bank-style riots on the Heights, bat the seedsof dissension appear to have been sown.
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olim from Canada outnumbered by yordim
Rabbi Barak
By RABBI MOSES J. BURAK
Qnestioh: Rather than critlciziiig the Jews who cheose free wOI instead of a strict interpretation of the law, shooldn't yon address a more: prevalent problem in eveiy community? Hie nomber of assimUatlons, intermairiages and Mnverslonsaie rising at amazing rates. — Nina Rlvlia Taigovniit [Montreal]
The failure tb observe halacha brings on cultural disintegration.
But, let us begin at the beginning. What was the first halacha given to Adam in the Bible? It was a dietary restriction that was given iii Genesis 2:16-17: "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt noteatofit."
Please note that it wasn't a piece of bacon that he ate, but a piece of forbidden fruit. Yet, this transgression leadis Rav Nachman to say, in Tractate Sanhedrin, 388, that Adam was a "Kofer be-lkkar."
Adam's failure to honor this dietary law made it possible for his son, Cain, to go much further, to graduate to fratricide and kill his brother Abel. When yoiilook in the Torah, in the book of Daniel, you will find that Daniel and his friends honored our dietary laws even though they wpre in captivity. Thus is it stated in Daniel, Oiapter 1:8: "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank."
Daniel and his three friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were tough minded. They were determined not to. eat the fine foods of King Nebuchadnezzar. They asked the steward to make this test: "Try thy servants . . . ten days; and let theni give us pulse to eat and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee."
Theresult was that "at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and they were fatter of flesh, than all the youths that did eat the king's food." (Daniel 1:12-15)
Had they cared -^o ask for it, these young men could have gotten a ruling from the strictest religious authorities to permit them to eat all the forbidden foods. Lithuanian Jewry, who held in awe the RayofKovno, the Gaon Yitidiak Elchanan Spector z. 1., tell us that when the Jewish soldiers who were drafted into the czar's ariny asked that sage what to do about the forbidden meats, he sa:id: "Children, you may eat the chazir. Aber smokket nisht di baynerlech. Don't suck the bones."
But Daniel and his friends asked for no dispensation. His three friends, known to the king by the names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, rather than by their Hebrew nanies, were theones who allowed themselves to be thrown into a fiery oven rathierthan convert to the king's faith, hi Daniel. Chapter 3,:20. we read howthey walked safely in that fiery oyen. / >' '
Do yoa see now wliat keeps a Jew from assimilation and conversion? If lie olmerves the lialaclia.iii other matters he cannot come to even tliink of snch things. He will l>e iihpervloas.tb ail ; tliese fires raging ardnnd! iUm^
Can a yonth or a maiden, raised tb venerate the haiaclia, contemplate nianying oat of the faith? It is impossible.
A Jbscplii at that very age wiien the sex drive is all powerfnl, resisted tlie blandisliments of Madame Potiphar.
Much later, in the days of the destruction of the Temple, 400 Jewish boys and giris, showed a similar heroism. The Talmud; in Tractate Gittin, 57B tells us their story very briefly. : Some 400 boys and girls were being carried to Rome for immoral purposes. When they sensed \ the reason why they were bieihg brought, they asked for religious guidance. The.pldest youth was asked by the girls: "If we throw ourselves in the sea, vviil we have a share in olam habba?" When the answer was yes, all the girls jumped overboard. Then the boys leariied someth ing from' their couragei aridjumped to their deaths.
ilie decline of respect for and knowledge of tlie halacha has led to sphitOBl self-destractipn.^ ObMrve the halacha and life retonis to the corpse.-
By JANICE ARNOLD
• Third i^ a series on the activities of the Canadian
aonist Federation MONTREAL —
Aliya is the uUimate expression of Zionism, the /''bottom line" when it comes to totaling up just how effective the Canadian , Zionist" Federation and its constituent organizations have been in sealing Canadian Jews' idehti-. fication with Israel. , The point may be de-, bated. McGill University political science professor Harold Waller suggests, in the recent ,b6ok The Canadian Jewish Mosaic, that Canadian Jews have found other ways of expressing pro-Israel feelings in the last couple of decades notably through philanthrophy. The 1978 survey of the "^Montreal Jewish community found that about 90% disagreed with the proposition that it is necessary to move to Israel to be a good Jew.
Nevertiieless, aliya remains the top priority of the CZF, says its execntive vice-president Leon Kronitz,,and much imagination and funding go into crieating programs that will Interest Canadian Jews in living in Israel permanently.
As in the United States, the aliya rates from, Canada have not beep high by anyone's standards. The statistics tabulated by the CZF's three Israel Aliyah Centres in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver show that the number of persons making aliya. has actually gone down: there were 271 olim leaving Canada in ,1981 and, in 1978, the number was 342. These figures do not include returning Israelis.
(By comparison, 288 Israeli citizens immigrated to Quebec in 1979, according to statistics of the ministry of; iinmigration. The CZF estimates that there are at least 35,000 Israelis, or yordim^ in Canada.)
The three Israel Aliyah Centres together cover the whole of Canada and each is directed by a shaliach — Yitshak Ben-Sira in Montr real, Uri Broides in Tor- . onto, and Rami Raz in Vancouver, all of whom have been in Canada since 1979. Prospective olim may also be helped at the CZF regional offices in Winnipeg and ' Halifax, and by Gad Banner,. the Habohim shaliach. in Ot-tawia. These centres work in co-operatibri with the Kibbutz Aliyah Desks in Montreal and Toronto.
Being processed by an lisrael Aliyah Centre: before leaving Canada is not compulsory, but it;''can save a lot'of tinle and bother foir the emigrant. '
Thie shlichim are responsible for counseling Md processing the; applications of persons who have made the decision to make aliyah, and generally promoting the concept of aliya. Returning Israelis are also processed but there is little outreach ■ to them.
"The shlichim try to impart an amirate and objective pictore of Israel based on their own knowl-edgeand e:q>etleiice of the cbontiry," said Ben-Sira. "ITiey also try to prepare the oleh as foOy as possible for the coltnral and economical change he wID experience/' : In other words, the shlichim emphasize the advantage of living a Jew-: ish life and raising children in Israel but, at the same time, they do not minimize the difficulties that olim face.'
Because the'Israeli government puts so much into the absorption of its immigrants, there is little to be gained.in sending people to Israel who will never adjust and will probably return to Canada in a fe\y years. In this category, Ben-I^ra lists those running from problems, elderly persons whose transferable pensions are less than $200 a month, unless theyhave relatives in Israel, and the overly idealistic.
. Just about every other Jew is more than welcome and the red carpet will be rolled out for him at the Israel Aliyah Centres.
The Law of Retom, which allowB for the immigration of any- Jew to Israel, is actaaDy a lot more lenient, tlum halacha. For example,; a person who has only one grand* parent who Is Jewish, onless converted formidly to another religion, and the hon-Jewish widow of a Jew are accepted under the Law of Return.
All prospective olim are advised to visit Isriael at least once before they move. Heavily subsidized work and study programs are available for young persons Under the age of 32, which allow them to stay in Israel up to a year.
The Israel Aliyah Centre shlichim offer the prospective oleh. a wide range of information on just about everything he needs to know before he settles in Israel. Numerous written materials are available, including the comprehensive Guide for the Oleh.
Most important, the shlichim are able to obtain an oleh's visa more quickly, book his flight, make sure someone will meet him at the airport in Israel, and reserve arooni for him at an absorption centre' when he arrives.
If the oleh lacks the funds [this he must prove], an Israel Aliyah Centre here can recommend him for a loan covering 70% of the air-fare, and possibly a small sum for shipping. If the oleh stays in Israel for; more than five yearsy he . does not liave to repay the loan.
In the case of a professional, the Israel Aliyah Centre will circulate his resume to possible employers in Israel ./several months before he is sched- ' uled to depart. Subsidized; pilot trips for job-searching are available as well.
The Israel Aliyah Centres have had the most
• success with the chugei aliya. Chug members have made the commitment to make aliya within three years. Members meet about once a month to discuss different aspects' of living in Israel, such as housing, education, employment, shipping of goods to Israel and customs rights. The Israel Aliyah Centres frequently supply them with guesi speakers.
Special chugei also ex), for professionals.
Tlie shlichim are ah. active on the university campuses. At some, weekly aliya desks are set up to encourage students to )ursue their studies in srael.
Although the Israel Aliyah Centre shlichim do not make deliberate contact with Israelis in Canada, an unusual program for their children was started last year in Montreal. Operating out of the Israel Youth Program Centre, a youth outreach office located in a major-suburban shopping mall, sponsored by CZF, offers Israel-oriented activities for these youngsters.
The child of yordim, if he was bom In Canada or came here under the age of 14, can, after the age of 17, receive basicaDy the same rights and benefits ofan oleh when he returns to Israel.
One of the Israel Aliyah Centres' plans for the future is the establishment of a local communi:y aliya council whose main function would be to serve as a link between Canadians who have made aliya and live in Israel, and the Jewish community in Canada.
Gimli reunion
Teny Sargeant, mem.-l>er of pariiament for Sel-kirk-Interlake, advises that students and teachers who were at Gimli Collegiate Institute and Gimll Composite High School between 1950 and 1970 will hold a reunion in Gimli, Man., on July 22-24,1983.
Says Sargeant: "The organizers are especially interested In contacting the many students who were dependents of RC AF personnel at the former Gimli air base."
If you're interested in attending this event, write: Reunion 83, Box 401, Gimli, Man., ROCIBO.
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JERUSALEM —
In his Independence Day message to the world Jewish community. President Yitzhak Navon outlines three main tasks for. world Jewry:
1. To strengthen the ties of solidarity between all parts of the .Jewish people — in the free world and in the lands of oppression.
2. To strengthen Jewish-Zionist education among youth..
3. To" strengthen the State of Israel, "the heart of the Jewish people," in every possible way and first and foremost through aliya. ■.
"Independence is the fulfilment of our forefathers' dream," saysthe President further. "It means that we, ourselves, are determining our fate and cease to be tossed about by others. . . .Ever since vye have been independent our accompT li^hments have been extrinordinary, covering all. spheres of life. We face /i&till more grave and mo-
mentous tasks. But is we look back on our achievements ourhearts are fiiU^of hope and confidence that we can overcome the problems before us...."
President Navon ; says that the consummation of the peace l>etween Israel and Egypt "has been at the centre of our lives this year.... We made in^or and painful sacrifices but we are convinced tliat, we are at the threshold of a new era In our region. We ■hope that the anguish we have Just undergone ha connection with the final withdrawal from Shiai will be Justified by a true and fruitful peace."
Beth Israel Congr^tlon
Kingston, Ontario (An Orthodox Synagogue)
Invites applications for a Talmud Torah Teacher - Baal Teffillah - Youth Director with cantonal experience commencing August 1, 1982. Please send references and an educational, cantorial and-youth program resum6 and any documentation that may be helpful to our search committee to:.
Mr. M. J. Abramsky c/o Mort Enterprises 179 Sydenham Street F5n^ton,Ont.K7K3Ml
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