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M. P. SPEAKS UP
LONDON, (JNS) - Richard Grossman, M. P. who earlier Cms year stated publicly that every Western democratic politician visiting Russia should 'shar me the Soviet authorities into mending their ways towards the Jewish minority", angered his Russian hosts when he tried to practice what he preached.
This occurred during a visit to the Soviet Union from which be returned last week. It happened in Kiev and Mr. Grossman related it in his bi-weekly commentary on the Hebrew Service of the B.B.C.
He was being showb round the ITkrainian capital which was reconstructed after the German occupation. "But I cannot fSilnk of Kiev without remembering what happened to its Jewish population and I felt I wanted to visit the scene of the famous German massacre (at Babi yar).
"So at dinner, when my hosts referred again to tfhe German destruction, I asked whet^ the Jews of Kiev had npt suffered particularly severely. Their reaction took me by surprise. So crossly I was told that the Jews ln~Russia were no different from anyone else that my own temper also rose^
—Then why are they the only
people who have to put their, religion on their identity papers?" I asked.
His hosts replied that this did not make the Jews different. "Tliey have their own republic in Eastern Siberia (Biro Bidjan) and, throught it, are represented on the Soviet ajprems Council so that they are no different from Georgians or anyone else".
To which Mr. Grossman retorted: "The only difference being that CSeorg^ is the homeland of the Georgians whereas no Jew wants to live in that confounded republic (Biro Bidjan)".
"WeU, that is their own fault", the Russian coimtered. "We cannot be blamed for that"v
By then, Mr. Grossman recalled, he and his three hosts "were all slightly red faced and angry. And suddenly, by common consent, the subject was dropped".
Mr. Grossman concluded: "I realised that the sufferings ol the Jews of Kiev have been expunged from Russian history as a topic of conversation whidi causes too much emotion for conversation vrith a foreign guest".
He caused also some embarrassment, he related, when-on a visit to a pioneering town in Siberia he dared to compare it to the Israeli port of Elath.
GERMAN riRMSIV^ME^^
DISCOVER ROBBERS OF LDDZ JEWRY
WARSAW. (JGNS) - German account books and lists itemising some of the loot seized from the 250,(Nn Jews imprisoned ic tbe Lodz ghetto during, the Second World War, have just been discovered. The lists give some of the names of (Jierman firms to whom the goods were sent.
Workers engaged in clearing the cellars under a building in Jarocz street came across a large tnmk containing books and lists giving details about Jewish property, clothing, furs, gold and otber articles seized by the Nazis between 1941 and 1944.
The lists also give some names of Gestapo officials and other German officials who, while supervising the extermination of the 250,000 Jews of Lodz, themselves seized Jewifb possessions. Thus Otto Bradfish (now on trial in West Germany), the former bead of the Gestapo in Lodz, used to visit a market where Jewish goods were being sold to Germans. He personally
BEN BEUA THREATENS
PARIS, (JGNS) — President Ben-Bella Of Algeria has pledged to Palestine Arabs his country's "moral practical support, so that t!hey may retrieve their fatherland, their liberty, their human dignity".
selected the articles for fabnseU and his household. Other Germans mentioned include the German mayor of Lodz, Werber Wenckl, Gunter Puks and Gun-ter Schwartz.
The Poll^ authorities are studying the contents of the ac-coimt books and lists. They may soon be made public and provide material evidence to assist .Jewish claimants for reparations filed. Some claims have been turned down because of insufficient evidence to satisfy the German authorities.
ZAMBROWSKI'S NEW POST
WARSAW, (JGNS) - Roman Zambrowski, the last prominent Jewish member of the Polish regime, who left the Government and the Politburo a few months
ago because of "ill-healUi", has :boen given a new post.
He is to be viceishairman of the Supreme Control. (3hamber and will take up office in a few weeks' time.
U. S. CONCRESS OBSEIiVES THE HIGH HOIIDAYS
WASHINGTON (JGNS) - In deference to tbe Jewish Members of Congress, the House of Representatives called off Its legislative sessions on both days of Rosb Hashana and on Yoib Rippur and transacted only minor matters so that there would be no votes or (juoium calls.
Jew In Persia Parliament
TEL AVTV, (JGNS) — JansUd^; desire to support leaders who
Kashfl was tbe only Jew to be elected to the new Majlis Persian parliament) last weekend: He is an active member of the Zionist Organisation and obtained more than 80 per cent of Jewish votes.
He was elected despite strong opposition from the former Jewish deputy, Mr. Aryeh.
This is interpreted here as an indication of Persian Jewry's
Commentaru •
By M, J. Nurenberger
:SrKKAH:.: MAW'S; FAT'E
The tsadikkim of old practically LIVED in the suk ka. As a matter of fact, the Hofetz Hayim, a sage of more recent times, considered the sukka as the most permanent abode of any man.
It is told that when an American tourist once visited him at his home in Radin and wondered why his permanent .dwelling was bare, unfurnished, while the sukkah was beautifully decorated, the sage r& plied:
— There is a command of NOY SUKKA, to beautify it. There is no command of decorating the 'home', the transitional abode in which a Galut Jew dwells. In the sukka. particularly on beautiful nights when one gazes through the foliage covering the hut, one sees very high above him — he almost sees heaven. One should decorate only a "permanent" home.
The tourist asked: — So why don't you furnish your HOME?
— Where is YOUR furniture? the Hofetz Hayim queried.
— I am enroute, the tourist answered.
— So am I, concluded the Hofetz Hayim.
There is more than this symbol of Galut insecurity and impermanence to which the Hofetz Hayim alluded. And the symbol of the sukka is, in its grandeur, more magnificent, more all embracing, than all that.
I believe that the sukka points to man's fate on this earth. For it is the sukka — its weak, badly constructed, unplanned structure, without any foundation in earth — which depicts how transient and transitory man's home is. One only can endure and flourish and live in this world if he comprehends the deeper significarice of its symbol: the non-permanent, the unsettled, the unresolved, the urmnswer-ed, the incomprehensible — these only are permanent in man's fate. The rest is but dreamdnd. poetry.
NEW POPE, NEW EB^A^^^
For the first time in history, the head of the Cath plic Church not only recognized, the human solidarity transcending all Christian denominations but passionately urged the unity of all who believe in one God. Speaking at the Ecumenical Council on Sunday, Pope Paul singled out the Moslems and the Jews 05 those with whom Catholics should work together for' a better future. ' ;
This is the first time a pope proclaims, URBI El 1) ORBI — to the city and to the worlds, the right 6/ others to be different. For centuries religious wars were fought because others would hot accept the salvation which only Rome could giveman. Now, with the new approach which the Ecumenical Council probably will state clearly for the record, this chapter s^ems Jo be closed^
. Judaism, as Maintonides taught us, never considered ChristianYmdiM^sMttsjas-tlw^ the world of Avoda Zarah — idol worship. People who believe inJDjie God are all one family.
The Pope also stressed the necessity for everyone to work together. His call will be hearkened, especially the papal words in which he so movingly/spoke to the non-Catholics, asking us to forget andi forgive misunderstanding, intolerance and pain caused in the past; that he, in the name of the Chtirch of Rome,in~the spirit of atonement, forgives others the woes inflictedMpon Catholics.
// IS a new spirit, a new era,:
YOrXG MEN TO PARTICIPATE m U.J.A. PROGRAM
A group about fifty young men aged 25 to 35 will participate in this year's Leadership. Development Program of the United Jew-jsh WelEare Fund of Tor-offitbraccbfding to Dr. Ralph Halbert and Herbert H. Sol-way, co-chairmen of the Leadership Development Program.
This year's course will consist of ten weekly sessions devoted to various aspects communal social service agencies. The Program aims to educate and prepare young men of the Toronto Jewish community to assimie leadership roles in the Jewish communal agencies. The first meeting will be
held Monday, October 7, at the home of John D. Fien-berg, president of the Welfare Fund. Harry Wolf son wrill discuss "The Organized Jewish Community," ing current communal o: ganizations and the social' and welfare needs which led to the development of Jewish communal agencies. Mr. Wolfson is an economic consultant, lecturer, TV personality and member of the executive committee of the Welfare Fund. Herbert H. Solway will be chairman.
The other sessions will take place:
Tuesday, October 15. Monday, October 21, Monday, October 28, Monday, November 4, Mondoy, November I?, Mondoy, November 18, Monday, November 25 and Monday, December 2nd.
display more open and active support for the Zionist movement.
WORLD LEADER OF REFORM JEWS: Dr. Solomon B. FrMhof, • who will sp«ak in Toronto .en. Monday.
Dr. Frtehof Is racognizod as ©rotor, writer and brilliant Interprotor of tho Roform movement.
Famous Scholar Will Open Judaism Academy
Dr. Solomon B. Freehof, D. H. L. D. D;, president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism which represents an estimated two
million Reform Jews in the Uiiion States, United Kingdom Canada, South Africa, Australia, Holland -and in Centra and Latin America, win visit Toronto on Monday, October 7th. He will speak at the opening session of the Academy of Ju-daisin, sponsored by the Canadian Council of Reform gation at Holy Blos-o T«*iple. Participating Congregations are: Temple Anche Sholom, Hamilton; Temple Sinai, Temple Ema-nu-El, Temple Beth El, and Holy Blossom Tempre, Toronto.
Three hundred adults are expected to register for courses of study this fall for nine weeks, under the guidance of a distinguished faculty, in such subjects as Prayer and Basic Judaism, Jewish Folklore and Je\y-ish Mysticism, Biblical Judaism and Modern Man, Hebrew Reading and Compre-
hension, etc.
Dr. Freehof is the outstanding rabbi — author-scholar of the Reform Rabbinate. He has served his Congregation, Rodcph Shalom Temple, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1934. Hii writings are accepted source books for Reform Jewish practice and custom. He has written many authoritative volumes of commentary on the scriptures. He is a powerful and articulate speaker — one of the ao- ^ knowledgcd^Tcat spiritu4llLig^f^ leaders of ^S^imew ;
Dr. Freehof's , visit will mark the publication date of a new book by Rabbi W. Gunther Flaut, spiritual leader of Holy Blossom Temple. The voliune is entitled: The Rise of Reform Judaism — A soiircebook of its European Origins. .
Dr. Freehof's address to the members of the Academy, their friends and the public is entitled: Liberal Judaism — its challenge to the Jews — and to the World.
WOMEN STAND DURING THE YOM
KIPPUR SERVICE
MEN m TEARS
NEW YORK, (CJN) -The New York Times reports, from Moscow:
An overflow crowd of several thousand worshipers spilled over the street in front of the Central Synagogue in Moscow last Sa-turday. as Yom Kippiir services were being held inside.
A latecomer, pushing his way up the stairs of the colonnaded entrance past a dozen begging women, was able to advance only as far as the vestibule. By standing on tiptoe he occasionally could catch a glimpse of the rites in the brightly Mghted main hall.
The crush in the outer chamber was so great that the few lucky owners of prayer books were imable to hold them open to follow the mdumful chant of the-cantor. STANDING ONLY FOR
JWOMEN The stairs leading to the galleries reserved for wo-nien were crowded with standing women who wore woollen shawls or hats. Occasionally when a man directed -a woman to the
ditional- separation of sexes
in synagogues was a lost cause.
The voice of the cantor was relayed to the vestibule by a loudspeaker, and at appropriate moments the congregation intoned passages of prayer in unison.
In the intervals men whispered to one another in Russian or Yiddish or a naixture of both. As soon as the cantor resinned chanting, there were cries of Tishe!" (Russian for Quiet!")
MANY CRY
For many it was evidently a deep emotional expeirien-ce. Several women and some men were wiping their eyes.
Except for one or two small prayer rooms in other parts of Moscow, thcv Central Synagogue, in the down-, town area, is the only place of worship for the Soviet capital's 240,000 Jews.
On ordinaiy days the sy. nagogue is able to accommodate the regular members of the congregation but on Yom Kippiur and other major holidays thousands are drawn to the vicmity of the synagogue as virtually the only public place where a Jew can be aniong Jews.
The orderly crowd outside the synagogue blocked traffic over a distance of several hundred feet— and an "occasional taxi or delivery truck, advancing at a snail's pace, had tO- beg for right of passage with gentle toots of the horn.
FEAR OF POLICE
Only a few young faces ■VKqre evident among the siiiair:gtatiKSii th^^ and dissolved en the street exchanging greeting of "Gut Yontef" ("Happy HoUday") and inquiring about the daughter who had had a baby or the son who had started a new job.
Only one policeman was in evidence to keep traffic moving. At one point, when a man berated a blind woman for begging, an argument broke out. It was quickly subdued by bystanders who expressed fear that more policemen might be called.
TORONTO WOMEN PROCLAIM ISRAEL HOND WEEK
The week of October 7th has been designated "Israel Bond Week" for the women of Toronto with a series of exciting and glamorous events, and outstanding per-sohalities as special guests. The Women's Division of the Toronto Israel Bond Organization have launched this year's activities with special events for each organization comprising the division, and
the results of those functions which have already taken place indicate an enthusiasm and participation by women oh behalf of .Bonds, surpassing any other year..
# On Monday, October 7th, Mrs. Mark A. Levy \yil! be hostess at a Dessert Luncheon for the Presidents and Bond Chairman of Toronto Synagogue Sisterhoods at
GUESTS AT.HISTADRUT CONFERENCE — Bernard M. Bloom-field (left) ond Israel Stoiarsky (right); will be guest speakers ot the 40tH onnuol conference of the Histadrut Conipdign ond the United,'Orgdnizotlons for the Histodoit, which will toke piece this 'coming' Sunday, October 6th, 9:00 p.m., ot, the .Lobor Zionist Center,.J2 Viewmount Avenue; Mr. Bloorpfield, who Is national presfdent ofvfhe Canadian Association for Lobor Israel (Histadrut), is 0 M6ntreoler, educoted in Westmount High School -and McGill University.. Among the various ofiFices he holds ore: co-chairmorncif the nationol board of directors. National Cormnittee for ^Lobbr Israer (Americon Histadrut Com-paign); governor of the Jewish General Hospital; notional treb-surer, IsroelMbritime League; vice president, Montreal Chapter of Canadian frierids of the Hebrew University; national choir-^ nrwn,,Trees for Israel committee, JNF; diriector, Jewish Immigrant Aid. Society o( Canada ;director, Baron de Hirsch Institute , ,and Jewish Child .Welfare Bureau. Mr. Stoiarsky, associate di rector, Americdri Histadrut Campaign orKi assistont national secretary of the Israel Histadrut Compaign, rnjgfoted to the United States In 1941, where he has served bs a member of the Central Committee of the Poale Zion and on the board of directors of the Histadrut Compoign. He wos active in the leadership of Hecholutz, Keren Koyemet, League for Labor Palestine, and mony others. ■ . ('■
her home, 1 Dewboume Avenue, when the Sisterhoods commence their activities as a Collection Task Force for High Holy Day Israel Bond pledges. Chairman of Sisterhood Council is Mrs. Ralph Zamohsky, with Mrs. Charles Appel serving as Vice-Chairman. Guest,,speaker at the luncheon will be Mr.RobeYt Abrahami, noted economist from Israel.
Starts Tonight
The Jewish Festival of Succot, known as the Feast of the Tabernacles, will begin this evening, Wednesday, with services in temples and synagogues.
The eight-day long observance marks the gathering of the harvest and also symbolizes the wanderings of the ancient Israelites from Egypt to the Promised 'Land. A feature of it Is the construction of sukkahs, or booths, in homes and temples.
The booths, laden with fruits and vegetables, serve as a reminder that the Israelites dwelled'^in them during their 40
years in the desert.
SUKKAH TEA
• On Tuesday, October 8th, MARILYN CANTOR, famous daughter of a famous JFather will be the special guest at the unique "Negev Pioneer Tea" to take place in the Sukkah at the home of Mrs.J. J. Zweig. Miss Cantor who has followed in her father's theatrical . footsteps, has appeared as a singing comedienne in famous nightclubs from New York to Hollywood, and' as \y^ll in musical arid dramatic productions and on television.
She has toured Israel as her celebrated father's personal ambassador and has met with key government officials to study at firsthand the progress arid problems of the young nation.
Mrs. Robert I. Zweig is Chairman of "Negev. Pioneers," the honour category which embraces those women, who have made' a
purchase of $250 in Israel Bonds in the 1963 Toronto Bond Campaign, giving tangible impetus to Israel's historic projgram of recldim-irig the Negev desert as a fertile thriving area of development for thousands of immigrant families.
SPONSOR LUNCHEON
For the first time since its re-opening, the magnificent new Lounge of the Royal Alexandra Theatre will be the setting on Wednesday, October 9th, far the glamorous Buffet Luncheon of the Sponsor Conunittee of the Toronto Women's Division. Highlighting this outstanding occasion will be the presence of TAMA ESHKOL SHO-CHAT, daughter of the Prime Minister of Israel, who is flying to Toronto to greet Toronto Israel Bond Sponsors. As Community Organizer of the new city of Arad in Israel's Negev, Mrs.
Shochat will bring a firsthand report to the lim-cheon guests of the dramatic rebirth of the NegeV, and the vital role this is playing in Israel's present program of development.
Mrs. Raphael Wolfe is Chairman of the Sponsor Committee whose mem-.bers include Mrs. Gabriel Alter, Mrs. Murray Corn-blum, Mrs. Eric Exton, Mrs. John D. Fienberg, Mrs. Harry Frimerman, Mrs. Max Glassman, Mrs. J. Barney Goldhar, Mrs. Martin Goldsmith, Mrs. Wilferd Gordon, Mrs. Nathan Hennick, Mrs. Mendel Israelson, Mrs. Joseph Kleinstein, Mrs> Mark A. Levy, Mrs. Irving Posluns, Mrs. Morris Ru-benstein, Mrs. Samuel Shainhouse, Mrs. Dan Sloven, Mrs. Max Tanenbaum, Mrs. Ben Walker, Mrs. Sid-riey Waxi Mrs. J. C. Zacks, Mrs. Ralph Zamonsky, Mrs. M. Zweig, 'Mrs. Robert Zweig.
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GUESTS OF OUR WOMEN: From left to right: Morilyn Confor ond Tama Eshkol who vJill-spend-Suklto^ /and SImchot Toroh with Toronto's Jqwish women In a week long series of •vents on behalf of Israeli Bonds.