AGENCY ROLE POSS/BIE FOR AIQNTREAt'S
Manuel Batdiaw *Will guarantee agency'
By MABK HEOICOFF MONTREAL-
: AlUed Jevisb Commoidty'Seindces wiU lormally guarantee its ag^cy, Jewish Fajinily Services, oftiniui:^ siqiiiort asa piii^te agency, slkraldf^ tbie: Je^ oommiinity not be fiilfilled adeqiutely uiid6r the new health and social services law Chapter 48. c
"If the^luuige from a pidilie s^lal service cenU-e to a private agency be<^ necessary; it would tedi^ not impossible to administer,said Manuel Batsbaw, ezecutivedirectorotf AJC^ Jewish community has eiwi^h-strjaogth to convince the goverhmeDt tluit it most extricate itseUU we find that to the Jewish co^muniify are noMwing fulfilled adequately;"^
The fact that Jewish Family Services will no longer be tiie traditional agency Montreal Jewiy is accustomed to has raised concerns. These concerns, however, werie considered during a tiiibulent period^ of examination by the leadership
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Chapter 48, which came into province-wide effect on July 1; ia73, creates four ;>5lasses of care
Jewish; falls into a cate-
gory Imowni^^ social service centre, andi inclodiiDgJFS, there w^ be three suchice&tres for the island jof Montreal. As Biratreid.has^a^ : netwoA of social services; ttie goverhr ment decided to reverse^ ite original decision/to establish bnly one centre, and instead; iias instituted thrc^ pre--, doihiniately French/ bne English^ a^ other wUchwill be hdi^ Family IServices in the Cummihgs House
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"We will not have! the isame control in policies," said Batshaw, "and this caused; some ai^reheiisibn to JFS and AJ^ Our co&cerns were expressed to the government and ei^rts were made to obtain ^cial a^rrangemehts "
The Jewish community sought two permits from the government ----permits enabling JFS to operate as a private and public establishment. •
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j;^'The governn^ requeistbilt I gi^anted the community assuranceis in writ-T
ing that should family services .to the ^Jewish populaition pi^oye uhsaUsfiictory, vtheh the dejMurtment of sodal aftalrscould ; not see any reason why a private l«rmit
to JFS would nbt be possible. ' ' ■ Batshaw outlined the three major effects : Chapter 48 will have on the Jewish cbm-^munlty in terms of the Jewish Family Ser-; vices:
v; — the act requires that services will ;:not be delivered in the traditional model; :• the JFS will have a non-sectarian (intake encompassing the population from •the surroundiiiig ge<^rapbical area which ^includes other minority groups such as .Blacks anid Greeks.
1 --the composition of the.board of JFS ; will be altered in accordance to the law .5 which istipulates that board memberships Ibriginate from the various sectors invblv-|ed in the institution.
I "The phenomenon of citizen participa-ftion on boards is not isolated to Montreal,'' ^Batshaw said, "it is the sign of the times." 1; "As residents of Quebec, we have the
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responsibility to live within Chapter 48, and to help the goveniment aod:ottiersec« tors in health and social services tqr sharing bur experience in the field." . V Accbrding to Batshaw, the differences in opinion between' JFS and AJCS coh-sisted of how to operate within ttie new legislatibn, in view of the comnira'objec-' tive of both AJCS and JFS to maiiitatai the: high standards and Jewish character of family services delivered to Jewish clients.
To further complicate matters the government has frozen thb number< of professional workers social service centres may employ. JFS however, will.be required to service additional clients, a factor wUch may dilute the quality of community fanaily pn^rams. •
AJCS will formally guarantee the ag^icy at the forthcoming board of tiiistees meeting that a supplementary budget to meet the costs of new professionals will be granted from community coffers.
Batshaw said it is AJCS'intenUon "to work closely with JFS to oversee its cper-ation in being alert to any incursion in the
Too high a price:
diltitiba of the Jewish character of services.**
' Since 1971, until the end of June, the goverom^ svvpbrted JFS tothe financial tni« of more: ^than 1300,000 a an amount that would be forefeited should JFS go private. Prior tb;1971, JFS' major finai&cial suKtbrt originated from Allied Jewish Community Services; .
JF^S is the;outgrowth of the original Baron de Hirsch Institute, an organization that'has a colourful an^ vibrant 110-year
The.Baron de Hirsch of the 19th Century was the original organization which led to the developmentof the multi-million dollar AUied Jewish Community Services of today — the umbrella covering 22 health, culture, immigration, senior citi-zen and youth agencies. ■
Early in December, JF^' board will vote on the acceptance of the AJCS resolution-guarantee, and' subsequently, according to law, a meeting of JFS members who are contributors of $25 or more to AJCS will meet to ratify the agreement.
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Canada found
itself used as 'wild card'
PoWsma
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government believes
TEL AVIV -
The number of Israeli PoWs acknowledged by Egypt is surprisingly low and fear is expressed here that many of the missing men believed to have been taken prisoner may be dead. Their fate may be determined by mixed teams of Red Cross, medical and religious personnel of both sides who will undertake the grim task of searching the battlefield for bodies under terms of the Israeli-Egyptian agreement.
The families of some missing men were at Lod Airport last week, hoping that by some miracle their sons or husbands would be ■■ among the returnees even though their names were not reported. The bitter disappointment of those families: contrasted with the tears of joy that flowed and a chorus of cheers when a loved one was recognized.
When the first Red Cross transport from Cairo landed there was tense silence until the doors were opened and the first' wounded began to disembark. Defence Minister MosHe Dayan, Chief of Staff General David Elazar and Mrs.-Nina Katzir, wife of President Ephraim Katzir, were thereto greet the returnees. Dayan disappeared inside the plane to shake hands with the men.'
The ambulatory wounded came down first, some leaning on crutches or canes, heads wreathed in bandages, smiles on their faces. Women soldiers handed each man a bouquet and placed bouquets on the chests of the more seriously wounded who were strapped to stretchers. AH of the men were placed" in ambulances and whisked' away to the hospital as 'the crowds shouted aiid applauded.
Dayan told reporters at the airport that "finaUy we are getting somewhere, now that we are negotiating instead of fighting." Meanwhile, at the Shmuel Harofe Hospital, the first wounded Egyptian PoWs were preparing to leave. They wore green pajamas ahd were placed on stretchers and covered with blankets. To each blanket, hospital attendants pinned "a meclical history of the man / containing details of his In-Jury, the treatment he re-. ceived and the results of x-''rays and other tests. The Egyptians'^Vwere^ a happy-V looking lot. They showered the Israeli hospital staff with thanks and praise for the -treatment they had receivM;V,'»y ^^^^ canvassers, with
OTTAWA -
Has Canada paid too high a price for merely saying that Israel has the right to exist behind secure and recognized boundaries?
Ron Atkey, Conservative member for Toronto - St. Paul's, asked this question in the House of Commons last week, in the course of a review of events leading up to Canada's participation in the United Nations Emergency Force now stationed in the Middle East.
"We allowed our participation to be bargained by the Soviets like a: wild card in a poker game," Atkey declared. "We suddenly found our-
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WEAPON BECOMES PLAYTHING
1 Children of SedeiNechemia.; in Western Galilee play with a gasoline tank found next to shot-down plane, s I Frank Dimant, Canadian Zionist Federation, Central Region, executive director; brought this picture from Israel. 1
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600 % increase reported
TORONTO -
More than 100 women, from young , marrieds to grandmothers, volunteered their services for the biggest telethon ever held by the United Jewish Appeal Women's Division. The downtown offices of Laventhol, Krekstein, HorwathandHor-wath buzzed with activity last Sunday from 10a.m.to4p:m. when 7,000 cards were covered by callers.
Telethon chairman Fauna Lidsky and her co-chairmen Raisyl WagmanandMareeUe ' Esses report overall increases in this division of more than 600% over 1973. "The majority of the women we contacted responded most generously^ some of them increasing their pledges from 15 to4180,"Mrs. Lidsky declared. "Many who had already made contributions through sisterhoods atad organizations made additional gifts."
Ida Kent, 1974 UJA Wo-men's Division chairman stated: VWe set out on this emergency campaign for a goal of two-and-a-half times -the amount we raised;last year. Judging from the response and everyone's awareness of Israel's urRent needs right now, it looks like we're deffhitely going to make it,/ but/; she added, "we have to) try harder. It stUl Isn't; enough."' { Other divisions report theV same enthusiastic responses
spontaneous increases coming through in the business and professions, synagogues, societies and organizations.
The film and entertainment groiq> held a weU-attended Sunday brunch meeting at the home of Arthur Gelber. Chairman Moses Znaimer of CITY-TV, referred to himself as "an unorganized member of the organized Jewish community" and urged his coUea-gues intheartsandmediato commit and involve themselves in fund-raising and whatever else they could do to show their solidarity in aiding Israel.
Carta Singer, CITY-TV director, was in Israel when the Yom Kippur War broke out and she gave a moving: account of the enormous courage and stamina exhibited by all Israelis she encountered. "I brought back essays written by teenagers. They are incredibly optimistic with no sign of hatred," she remarked.VPeaceisthe keyword on e&^h one." '
Individual and group fund-raising is going on throughout the city. The Jewish Teachers' Alliance donated $5,000 to the emergency campaign. The money was raised by this relatively smaU core of teachers in the
subsidized Hebrew schools of Toronto.
The Hakoah Sports and Cultural Club is sponsoring a week of two IsraeU films at theNortown Theatre from November 23 to 30, with aU proceeds going to the UJA.
The UJA head office staff > and volunteers are working around the clock to keep up with the vast number of receipts that have to be sent out. AU Toronto contributors who made their gift to the United Israel Appeal office in Toronto will receive receipts from the UJA indue course. -
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No one thought that war was iimntaient, Dayan says
TEL AVIV (JTA)-
Defence Minister Moshe Dayan has said-the Israeli government and miUtary firmly beUeved, iq) until the mondng of Yom Kippur, that there would be no war awl for.thatTeason mobilization of the reserves was not or-
dered.
Addressing army officers on the Northbm front, Da)ran said he did not expect warto break out aiod he had heard no one else say war was im^ lailnent. Dayan was xeplying,
in effect, to charges by leaders of the onwsition Likud faction in the Knesset that •the government's faUure to mobilise before Yom Kippur morning constituted gross negligence and was respon^ sible for Israel's high casualties in the war.
He said, however, that he did order certain precau-tionury measures whith he considered necessary ^ in light of certain int^lUgenee reports; But heinsistedthe reports gave no grounds to
assume war was at,hana.
Commerce and Industry Minister General Haim Bar Lev, addressing a Labor Party meeting, said there was no basic deficiency in the Israeli army when war broke out. Bar Lev. a former chief of staff who was recaUed to active duty, and served on the Egyptian front, said the Israeli army, on the whole was in a state of readiness on Oct. 6 but was caught at a moment wh^Dot.; all of its components Were fully prepared for battle.^:,
From our Quebec Bureau
MONTREAL<
^ Judge Harry Batshaw, a -proniinent figure in inter-faith and Zionist affairs, was named citizen of the year by the members of the Association ni Citizens of the World in Quebec.
Over 1,000 guests, paying $60 a plate, attended the yearly awards banquet, the second in the association's history.
Judge Batshaw was awarded the honor as Quebec co-chairman of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, and in 1967 he received the Human Relations Award for his contribution in promoting better understanding and co-operation among the people of Canada.
In 1962 he was awarded the Medal of Merit from the French government for helpV ing to promote good relations between France and Canada. In 1963 he helped found the Amities Culturel-les Canada-Francais-Israel of which he is co-chairman with Dr. Leon Lortie of the University of Montreal.
Although the Association of Citizens, of the ■ World in Quebec is only two years old, the prestigious organization has made Inroads into government offices. Six of its board members havebeen_ appointed ,to the 15-member j-ConsultativeL^commission to t|ie minister; of immigration.
Judge Batshaw, Quebec's , first Jewish Superior Court judge, is an honorary vice-president of the Canadian Zionist' Federation; and a member of the Court .of Honor of the World Zionist Organization.
He is co-president, with Rene.Cassin of France, of the Consultative CouncH of Jewish Organizations, a nongovernmental?^ organization having .consultative status at the Economic and Social . Council of the^United Nations. ' ^
Judge Batshaw has also 'participated in numerous human^ rights meetings, and has represented Canada at several conference..He is co-founder and chairman of -the board of) trustees of the Canadian Homan, Rights Foundations'
selves cast in the role of an •advocate of NATO and the US. ~ to be traded ofi against the participation of Poland representing the .Warsaw Pact,
"Consider the implica-, tions of that," the Toronto MP. told the House. "Being traded off against Poland in the context of a peacekeeping force in the Middle East. Poland, a/~ country that doesn't even have diplomatic relations with Israel; a country that has openly supported the blatantly pro-Arab policies of the Soviet Union."
Atkey said Poland experienced a wave of anti-iSemi-iism after the 1967 Six Day War and most Jews were purged from all senior positions in government and industry and eventually driven out of the country.
"This is the country where the human ovens of the concentration cami» during the i^ilolbciust. i!iay.bax^burn«i theibi^bt|est,;<even brighter than in Germany," Atkey charged.
"This is. the country against which Canada was traded off in UNEF. Does this allow us to continue calling ourselves neutral peacenlakers? Can we maintain the integrity of our supposedly, neutral stance and our history of fairmindness, or have-we been thrust into the role of advocate from one
of the big power blocs, a counter-balancing surrogate to satisfy the diplomatic maneonvring of Egypt, the very country which kicked us out in 1967?" .
Atkey .wondered if the assurances received from the Egyptians'today are any more valid or complete than those given in 1956. Inprac-tical terms, is the mandate
of the UNEF any more sound than the mandate given 17 years ago, he asked.
"Indeed, is it legitimate for Canadians to ask whether tlie creation of the protective umbrella of UNEF in the Middle East is really worth all the trouble if the moment it starts to rain one of the parties makes us take it away?" he asked.
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Israel Bond lilght
TORONTO -
One of Israel's most distinguished diplomats. Ambassador Tamar Eshel, will visit Toronto Dec. 9, as Israel's official' representa-.tive^r^^;^ .feat's Is^el Bond GnanSsdr observance. attheCKedfeCentf^/.^^
It is expected nearly 10,-000 Toronto Bond supporters wiU attend, the largest number ever to participate in the annual > community . event. This ■ is made possible by adding an extra periormance to the customary matinee and evening presentations.
Every effort is being made to accommodate the vastly increased number of new Is-
rael Bond purchasers who came to Israel's aid during the Yom Kippur War crisis, and who are now eligible for tickets to attend the Cha-nukah festival.
•. .Gifted performers from Israel; the U.S. and Canada wiir combine their talents to make this year's Israel Bond Chanukah presentation the most stirring and meaningful ever, and a fitting climax to a year of both tragedy and triumph for Israel and the entire Jewishpeople.
"It will be an occasion as well for our community to re-dedicate ourselves to the goal of an. Israel— its
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Israel Tonrinn ItittiBter Moshe Kol (kfl) greets Canadiiia Zionist Federation Presklent Philip Ghrens in Jerusalem. Givens is heading Dec. 10 Masada Pflgrimage to Israel.
Must get Israel tourism
again, says Givens
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TORONTO-
Israel's economy has taken a beating as a result of the war and tourism is one of the chief sufferers, Phil Givens, national president of the Canadian Zionist Federation, said this week. , -
•it's of crucial importance that Canadian Jews makii .plans^ to visit Israel now. not nex^^springorsuffl-' m6r but right now," Givens said shortly after returning from Israel wher^ he' led a sinaU working delegation of Zionist lieaders. "The war hableftbraeUswith a deep
visitors to Israel should take gifts of candy and other items with them for; the wounded in hospital. Visits from non-Israelis are great morale boosters, he said. '
Other- members of the delegation were Max Shect-er, national vice-president^ CZF; Frank Dimant, CZF Central Region eiccntivedi* rector, and Dr. Uxoi Kron-itx, CZF executive vi^e-presldeot. All have been fttl-fiUing speaUng engagements at synagognes and meetings .
with leading members of the Israeli cabinet and made final arrangements for the Masada pilgrimage, which was tohave taken place last month but. had to be postponed. The pilgrimage will observe the 1,900th anniversary of the heroic defence of the fort of Masada and the pilgrimsv wiU pay tribute to Israel's war dead and those wlu). were wounded^in her defence.
The pilgrimage will leave Montreal by El AI,, Dec. 10 and it is expected president/ Givens will lead a sizeable
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