The Canadian Jewish News, Friday, December 30,1977 - Page 7
Organizations and People
The material in this column was supplied and space purchasad by the United Jewish Appeal
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Russian newcomers to Toronto group around piano in the home of Gella Rothstein (right) at UJA tea. From the left are Ida Donde, Margaret Krasnov, Alia Lubarskaja, Maria Aptekar, Polinda Tsiller, Carole Reit-er of the United Jewish Appeal, Faina Viater, Zina Gilis, Anne Macklis, Anne Korus and Alia Krasnov.
UJA women's group sponsors get acquainted tea for Russians
TORONTO —
The Russians are here and they very much want to become involved in the Jewish communal life of Toronto. This feeling was
expressed most emphatically by 10 young Russian women who braved the elements to come out to a "getting to know you" tea sponsored by the Unit-
ed Jewish Appeal women's division.
The overtures to the UJA women's division came from Faina Viater, who has been living in
Maimonides College offers BA Judalca degree courses
TORONTO -
Toronto students can now take Jewish studies from kindergarten to college without leaving home, thanks to Maimonides College, which offers courses leading to a BA (Judaica) ^egree.
The University of Toronto. York and McNfaster accept students from the college for courses in arts, science or commerce, for credit towards a Maimonides degree.
Rabbi Stanley Weber, dean of degree studies at the college, was guest speaker at a recent parlor meeting of Maimonides supporters hosted by Es-^ther and Jerry Abraham.
During the program. Prof. Eleazer Bimbaum said the college is Canada's first degree-granting institution of learning under Jewish auspices.
"Since the college is an autonomous institution, it can develop programs and promote teaching and research activities in directions that are of great value to Jewish education," he said-Rabbi Chaim Nussbaum
said Maimonides fills aii educational void in the Jewish community for a post-secondary institution of learning in an atmosphere of commitment to 'Jewish religious and moral values.
Prof. Leo Davids, who chaired the meeting, said the college was established as a degree-granting institution in 1969 by an act of the Ontario Legislature.
It presently operates from facilities provided by Eitz Chaim Schools and
has enrolled full and part time students from all sections of the community.
Maimonides courses are also being offered at ' Windsor and Hamilton. Its curriculum includes Bible, Talmud, and Hebrew, as well as Jewish history, philosophy, law and edu-caition.
It has already granted a BA degree in Judaica to a number of students.. Obtaining a degree requires specialization in Jewish studies and at least one area of general studies.
Beth Tzedec elects Dales as president
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TORONTO —
Toronto Jewish Congress will present a Jewish film festival (in English) at the Leah Posluns Theatre on Sunday. Jan. 22 from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The festival is being arranged by the media resources committee of the TJC Jewish Cultural Council.
Films to be shown are: the Hebrew Lesson, the story of a Jew in Ireland; Denmark M3, about the rescue of Danish Jews from the Nazis; Orchestra, a story of Soviet immigrants to Israel who start ah orchestra in their new home; Voices of Youth, filmed interviews with Israeli teenagers: To Stand on One's Feet, a documentary of the rehabilitation of an Israeli soldier who lost both legs; Jerasalem Throogh Art, depicting , Jerusalem through the eyes of artists over the generations; May Peace Bfegin With Me. about a kibbutz on the Golan, and Hie Issue is Peace, which spans Jewish settlement in Israel from the time of King David to the present.
The festival will also include panel discussions on the films.
General admissioii is $2; which covers the entire program. Charge for sen-iorcitizens and students is $1.
TORONTO —
Bernard S. Dales, a lawyer and community leader, has been elected president .of Beth Tzedec Congregation.
Dales is vice-president of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association; secretary of the cabinet of Toronto State of Israel Bonds and a member, allocations group. United Community Fund and United Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto.
Other officers are: Dr. Louis R. Harnick, chair* man of board; Mannie Brown, first vice-president; Judy Feld Carr, second vice-president; Joseph Kerzner, vice-chair-
man of board; Paul Rothstein, secretary; and Marvin Miller, treasurer.
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Toronto for close to four years. She approached Carol Reiter, whose longtime active involvement on behalf of Soviet Jewry has made her a familiar figure to most of the newcomers. Mrs. Reiter is a co-chairman in thfe general canvass division.
"Faina told me that the only social contacts she has here is with other Russians." Mrs. Reiter explained. "She and most of her friends have become acclimatized and adjusted to Canadian life and are now eager to take on responsibilities as participating Jews in their new home. I suggested that the UJA would be the ideal introductory vehicle to acquaint them with the wide variety of resources that are funded through the annual campaigns.-And so this first get-together was arranged."
Marvelle Koffler. 1978 women's division chairman, addressed the group informally, outlining the role the United Jewish Appeal plays in the funding of vital services both in Israel and the local community.
Mris. Koffler listed the beneficiary agencies which UJA funds, and when Jewish Immigrant Aid Services was mentioned, each of the Russian women said she had received aid of some kind from the agency on arrival here.
The tea, held at the home of Gella Rothstein, is the first of a series of meetings with Russian newcomers, to be held over a six-month period and designed to bring more and more Russian women into the mainstream of Jewish organizational life. The next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 8.
Canpis Students canpugn for UJA
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TORONTO —
Jewish students at the University of Toronto are aiming to top their record 1977 United Jewish Appeal campaign with plans for 1978 already under way for a repeat of the fund-raising events which yielded the most dollars last year.
On Jan. 7 the second annual Monte Carlo and Dance Night will be held at the Bloor YM-YWHA, to be followed by a letter campaign and a mammoth telethon on six successive evenings at 150 Beverley St.
To recruit the large number of volunteers necessary for maximum participation, an information table will be set up in the lobby of Sidney Smith Hall early next month. The table will be staffed by a student equipped with brochures and information detailing the allocation of UJA funds in Israel and the local community.
Julea Resnick and Debbie Anthony. U of T students, and Arnold Foss. Shelley Brucker and Lisa Kronick of York University, are the only Canadian participants out of 125 in the UJA Student Leadership Mission to Israel — Dec. 26 to Jan. 4. It is a fact-finding mission, centred around the theme. "Discover a People Called Israel." and is providing an opportunity for students to meet with members of the Knesset, the Jewish Agency, and Israel Defence Forces. Also on their itinerary are visits to absorption centres and development towns, as well as rap sessions with Israeli professors and students.
The Jewish Student Federation "Chai" campaign at York University, will get its kickoff at a Dance-a-thon on Jan. 21. Initiated last year, the fund-raising event will again feature a sponsored dance, in which participants will collect for the length of time they man-
age to stay on the dance floor.
Top name performers will appear in a benefit concert at York University on Feb. 25, with all proceeds going to UJA. And a seven-day telethon has been scheduled for Feb. 20^through Feb. 27, in which 20 volunteers will try and reach all Jewish students on campus who have not yet made a contribution.
Shown at the opening campaign meeting ot tbe Ostrovtzer Society are from the left: Sydney Weinlierg, Harry Balgelmen (UJA co-chairman with Hany Flslier, not in photo), Harry Binder, UJA Societies chairman; Dr. A. I. GoIdl>erg of Israel, who addressed the meeting; Joseph Snider, president; Al»e Nyman.
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Jack Rose, national president of the United Israel Appeal of Canada, told us at a recent UJA meeting that "we must prepare ourselves for two eventualities — longed-for peace, and the obvious, if the hopes for peace are shattered."
Jack emphasized that "should tranquility be our fortune, then the Jewish people must deal with a backlog — a quarter of a million immigrants living beloW the poverty level in Israel. Some of them have waited 30 years for us to supply the means for a dignified existence.
"Should a period of tranquility not be our lot, then we must go on exerting every human effort and resource to alleviate poverty and human suffering within the borders of Israel reborn."
Jack wound up by declaring that "at this moment, pregnant with hope, the Canadian Jewish community cannot and must not be found wanting in providing its share of dollars urgently needed for 1978." (UJA dollars are allocated in Israel by UIA.),
The way the 1978 UJA campaign is going, it looks very much like we can assure Jack that the Toronto community is definitely doing its best for Israel. But we can't rest on oUr laurels. There are still thousands of prospects to be covered and 1 am relying on our UJA canvassers to keep up the momentum and make certain that every person in the community who has not yet made a gift be given the opportunity of doing so. Let's continue in the new year the great job that has been done in the past few months.
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Friday. Jan. 6 has been set aside as UJA night by the Temple Emanu-El congregation. Rath Khiger-AIIav, who recently thrilled Toronto women with her account of how Jews were rescued from the Holocaust and taken to Israel, will be the principal speaker at the Shabbat service. Marvelle Koffler and I will also participate.
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Dr. Marvin Kopel and his dental group co-chairmen Drs. Allan Feldnun, Mitchell Levine and Rod Wynum,
report*'rcspectable" increases as a result of an evening telethon. A great many of their colleagues were reached who had not been previously contacted by canvassers. . Monday. Jan. 23 promise? to be a big day for Alpha Omejga (the Jewish dental fraternity) members. There win be a half-day clinic on "facial pain" conducted by technicians from the University of Western Ontario, to be followed by a UJA dinner at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in the evening. Featured guest speaker will be Jacob Barmore, former Israel ambassador to the United States, who is presently attached to the foreign ministry as a roving ambassador. Dr. Steven Richmond is convener for the dinner.
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Dr. Frederick Langer is heading up the physicians' campaign at Mount Sinai Hospital. To date, they have had one meeting at which cards were assigned.
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The Synagogue division uiider Mike Harris* leadership is running one of the liveliest campaigns in many years.
UJA co-chairmen at Beth Sholom, Harr}- and Jack Baridn, have been keeping after canvassers to complete card coverage. They have already exceeded the total recorded last year at the same time.
At Shaarei Shomayim, WHIiam Leibach and irv Green report substantial increases over last year. Green covered 50 cards in one evening on his own!
Temple Emanu-El canvassers completed 50% of card coverage in one evening telethon. They also report substantial increases.
Top canvassers at Shaarei Tefillah, Jack Anhang and David Sletzky, report that the synagogue's UJA campaign is well over last year's total.
I've had great reports about the efforts of two veteran canvassers who are beating their own records iii this campaign — Sam Faivish of Beth Jacob Anshei Driltz and Irving Roth of Adath Sholom. With friends like these, how can we not go over the top?
And let's not forget the distaff side. Margaret Grosbein, sisterhood president at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda, organized a telethon, as did Sylvia Kay of Adath Israel.
Also at Beth Emeth, the young marrieds are active campaigners. Steven Greenwood and Jan Leiww are canvassing their peers and doing a great job. .
There was a large turnout of Synagogue division members for a meeting at Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am, "where Abe Toodi was guest speaker. The meeting yielded a healthy return of completed cards.
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five Toronto students are now in Israel, participating in the UJA Student's Mission. They are Jniea Resnick and Debbie Anthony of the University of Toronto and from York University the participants are Arnold Foss, Shelley Bracker and Lisa Kronick. They will report their impressions for the upcOming Student campaign on both campuses.
Hanr>- Binder was jguest speaker at a UJA kickoff brunch of the Ozrover Society. Stan Rosen is the society's UJA chairman.
The Farband of Lithuanian Jews heard a detailed report on local community needs from Dr. Ropeit Shilar, director of social planning for Toronto Jewish Congress. The meeting wa$ arranged through president Reuben Madesker and UJA chairman, Mrs. Anna Kremer. -
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