|1XXI, No. 1—Tevet 18. 5724        VANCOUVER. B.C.. FRIDAYTji
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|lFA—The Department of lautics of Haifa Technion jeparing to launch rockets ling electronic instruments |le of measuring air pres-md determining other met-)gical data, it was disclosed recently .The  rockets are :ted to reach a height of 50 leters.
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th arrangements finalized le Annual Hillel Scholar->inner and the event only,
TORONTO — David Orlikow, Committee, this week assailed New Democratic Party member the Canadian Government for for Winnipeg North, and national its lack of action against anti-director of the   Jewish Labor Semitism in the Soviet Union.
Speaking at a Workman's Centre meeting in Toronto, the MP stated that Ex-t e r n a 1 Affairs Minister  P a u 1 Martin said the right things biit always voteSL thfe vyvi!ong r aviay or ;,a b s t a ined l^tfe
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a few days away, there is still time for those intending to piar-: ticipate but- who have not yet received their invitations, to do so by contacting either of the two Hillel Scholarship co-chair men Jeck Aceman or Arthur Fouks.
Slated for this: Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, at. the Centre auditorium, the gala event ivfil? honor, the first'' Suprenie Court Judg^: of the Jewish faith,, Mj Justice Nathan: T Nemetz., :.
Among  the many other notables attending the. impressive affair- will be Mrs. Phyllis G. Ross, chancellor   of  UBC, and Dr. Gordon Shrum, president of^ Simon Fraser university; 0. Dave Chertkow,. Hillel chair-' iin^^^reyejftl^:;!^^ \th6 -Jdinner support ihk- scholair-ship in Dentistry, honoring Dr. J. B. Macdofiald- tFBC scholarr ships in Arts -and Science^ Agrit culture,   etc;   scholarships tc B^hai B'ritlr Starlight Camp in^ stitute;   aiid   scnolarships far High school students in Israel, honoring Dr. A. M. Mackenzie.
A minimum contribution o' !'$20 to the   Hillel Scholarship Fund entitles the donor to afi invitation for two. for the dinner,
Contributions are now being mailed to Mr. J. Aceman, 630 Rogers building, Vancouver 2^ BvC. Invitations and tax deductible receiptk are being forwarded; Sponsors ' contribute $20 and over; Patrons, $35 and over; and honor roll, $56^nd pverv
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made the statement during his repoi't on the results of a protest against anti-Seinitism ms^de Nov. 19 to the. Soviet Embassy by a joint delegation of the Canadian Labor Congress, the New Democratic Party and the Jewish Labor Committee.
Mr. Orlikow quoted directlj'^ from a letter written by Mr. Martin, to Michael Garber, chairman of Canadian Jewish Congress, who had requested a direct; government protest to the Soviet Government about the deat'h'sentence for a rabbi con-vic^t^ of speculating in gold cur-
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Soviet injustices towards Russian Jews.
At the same time, former Canadian ComniLunist leader Joseph B. Salsberg, who quit the party in 1957 in protest against USSR anti-Semitism, was keynote speaker at a banquet cbiiclud-ing a three-day YMHA teenage conference.   He told the young-
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.TEL" AVIV—Israel has ai-ranged to fly films and other pictures of Pope Paul VI's visit next week from Lydda Airport to European news centres. Special photo-telegraph facilities, stepped-up telegraph and Telex services and booths for radio and television broadcasts have also been set up along the designated points of the Papal tour.
Reduce service
JERUSALEM — Under the country's draft law. the period
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—"Jesters present that there is dissatisfaction inside the Soviet Union over discrimination and lack of democracy.
For 12 years a member of the I Canadian Parliament, represents ittg the Communist Party, Mr. Salsberg  asserted  that. Soviet Jews will never be assimilated. He said there is a great' reserve of resistance by Soviet Jews who want to preserve their religion (Coniihued on Page 8) See DIGEST
of army service for both male and female draftees has been reduced by four months. . Men will now serve 26 months and girls 20,months.
New chief
J E R U S ALEM — Brigadier General Yitzhak Rabin has succeeded retiring Brigadier General Zvi Tsur, as chief of staff. heading Israel's army, navy and air force. The new chief of staff had been deputy chief of staff of Israel's armed forces since 1959, v
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JERUSAtEM-^ Premier Levi Eshkol disclosed in Parliament that United States navy units are experimenting with long-range electronic navigation: techniques, off i|the; Israelii coast.
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NEWjYO^^Thei WorldJewish C<ingress is seeking witnes-'
tiohsi^outside x)f Russia. ^The^ ivtinr ister for External Affeirsr also wrote that the government niight make-a: irieference; in th^ Nations to religious persecution in the Sbyiet Union; but that it wg\jX6 refer to
Oritar^ip director of; the Canar diair- Labor Cbngi-ess; iiarry. Sir mon, also reported on the visit to the Soviet Embassy. He told the meeting that he. thought Prime Minister Lester Pearson was a friend of Jews but also that he felt the Pi-ime Minister
fact;that,SoViet.Jews had conn     F^^K^in the pre^WoH tj^ tions outside of Russia. Th^ Min- Crimea! |with:th0^ help of the Americian Jewish Jnini Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint). —: s
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The Nazi massacreis occurred mainly in Feodosia in November nr December of 1941,. and in March, 1942, in tlie district of Eupatoria. Other murders took place in the village of Ikorv the collective village of Sehaumian, about two or three miles from the town of Porfiriewka, and in the village of Kurulukonogos, near Eupatoria.
The l^ati got their name because they spoke Judeo-Tati, an
was politically naive m follow- Iranian dialect modified by Sem-mg a line of appeasement toward 1 itic and Turkish influences. In
1926,   the  m o u n t a i n Jews, numbered 25^866. A number of them was resettled in the Crimea in agricultural co in tlie
process- of:. restratification b£ So\?ietJe^ry^^^^.b the iwo
Anyone;.who^w^^^ the kil-
lings of the Tati and other Crimean Jews, or can offer any pertinent information, is requested to get in touch with Dr. Nehem-iah Robinson, Director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs, the World Jewish Congress, 15 East 84th Street, New Yory 28, N.Y,
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S. I>HYLLIS G. ROSS . . , UBC Chancellor
H. GORDON SHRUM Simon Fraser President
NEW YORK—T went y-four banks in northeastern Pennsylvania have purchased a total of $227,000 worth of Israel Bonds this year, it was announced by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice: president of the Israel Bond Organization.
Purchases of Israel Bonds amounting to $25,000 each were made by the First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, the Miners National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and the Northeastern Pensylvania National Bank.
Purchases   of   Israel Bonds amounting to $10,000 each were made by the Schuylkill Haven Trust Company, Schuylkill Trust Gbmpanyj union Bank and Trust Cpmpasny,   Pennsylvania   N a t-ional Bank and Trust Company, ^^rchants> National  Bank of Shenandoah, Kazelton National Bank, Third National Bank, Old Forge   Discount   and Deposit Bank; National Bank of Olyph-(Continued on Page 8) See BANKS
WASHINGTON--Amid swirling snowrftakes, 77 rabbidirecfors of B'nai B'rifh Hillel Foundations, some accompanied by wives, take tima out from their annuel, staff conference to pay tribute to the memory of President Kennedy at his grove in Arh'ngton National Cemetery. Army officer on duty salutes after Rabbi Beniamin M. Kahn (foregreynd, hands folded), placed a spray of flowers on the grave. Others in enclosure are Rabbi Harry Kaplan, Hillel director at Ohio State and chairman of the staff conference, and Dr. Louis Gottscholk of Chicago, national chairman of the Hillel commission.
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