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JEWISH WESTERN BULLETIN
Friday, October 31, 1958
USY REGIONAL CONVENTION CHAIRMEN
Making final arrangements for the forthcoming USY regional convention are the co-chairmen, from left to right, Lome Smiley, Suson Gorman, Les Horowitz, Linda Feldstein, and Harry Sherman, ' Youth;Directo>r.
BETH ISRAEL USY HOSTS CONVENTION
The United Synagogue Youth organization of Beth Israel Congregation will play host to the third Annual USY regional convention which takes place at the Beth Israel Synagogue November 7 to 10.
The theme of this year's convention is "A Decade of Israel" in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the state of Israel. A full program of seminars, business sessions and socials is planned.
Friday evening, November 7 will ■ be USY convention • Sabbath v/hen Bill Seidelman, regional USY president, will deliver the sermon. USY-
ers will also particijpate in the Saturday morning service, .November 8.
The coricluding affair will be a din
ner and dance on Monday night, when the new regional executive wDl be installed. Delegates are expected from the following cities in the region Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane. Calgary and Edmonton.
Harry Sherman, principal of the religious school, serves as youth di-rectqr and is in charge of the youth program, under the supervision o: Rabbi Bert A. Woythaler. The youth activities committee is under the chairmanship of Gordon Genser.
YOUTH AFFAIRS
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HABONBVrS weekly Sunday acti-yitieis have bcj^n well organized and now run very smoothly. Sports are arranged for a variety of skills and interests and every age group is considered'./. .Counsellors are there to supervise . . . The interest groups are yery popular, and many Sundays fill every room in the Centre . . . Discussion groups held a discussion on •^What's wrong with celebrating Hallowe'en". It was decided to schedule an Oneg Shabbat for all, age levels on Friday, October 31' at the Centre. Guest speaker will be Dr. J. White who will discuss the need of Vancouver Jewish youth for a new centre and ways in which Habonim can help . . .
Thursday evening at 7:30 at the Centre the weekly Hanhaga meeting will be-held . . . Tryouts for the newly organized dance group will be held Saturday night November 1 at 7 p.m.
at the home of Blanca Kister, 6630 Oak Street.
B'NAI B^RITH YOUTH GROUPS
TAMAJR 269 will meet next on November 2 ; , . Enti^nce fee is a piece of clothing . . '. This chapter is invited to the Totems I meeting, at 7:30.p.m. November 2 at the Centre.
. . AH members are asked to come to gym night. \
* * * . ELANA No. 669 wUl hold a E|BG Fun Day Sunday, Noyember 2. It will begin with a general "'nieeting at the home of Ricki Freeman, 6562 Churchill, at 2:00 p.m. to be followed by a'progressive diimer whicJli will be based on a U.N. theme. Following dinner, we will attend the general meeting of Totems No. 646 at the centre at 7:00 p.m. ,
AZA 119 are asked to attend the general meeting of Tamar BBG Sunday, November 2, at 1:00 p.m: in the centre. Every Sunday' at 6:00 p.m. AZA 119 holds pledge meetings and any boy aged 14^18, who wishes to bin this fraternal order is welcome. .At 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, No-
vember 2 i general meeting will take place . . . Gym Nites every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in t^e King 'Edvirard gymnasium, 12th and Oak. Please wear running shoes. . ♦ * .*
TOTEM officers and chairmen were installed^ at the recient B'nai B'rith Family Sabbath by Mon's Gate Lodge president, Al Jackson . : . At gym nite, November 6, Totems play Tamar BBG in volleyball at King Ed. This chajpter will help Red Cross after school, Friday, October 31. On Sunday, November 2, Rabbi Bernard Gdldenberg will speak at the general meeting on "Problems of Jewish Education'?. Members of both BBG chap-' ters will be guests at , the meeting which will commence at,7:00 p.m.
GENERAL BURNS' VIEWS
(Continued from |)aa6 3) [(including the Egyptian and Arab
If the opposmg forces don't see each empires) maintained peace for long
oth^, but only neutral blue-capped periods over great areas of the world.
UN soldiers, they don'f start shoot- they maintained peace, and law and
ijjg; * order. But Empires break, up, and
•'Secondly, UNEF has be^n able, when they do, there are conflicts of
with the cooperation of both sides, to new nations, struggles for political
prevent to a large extent the crossmg power and economic.gains, and there
of the demarcation line by people is nowadays a cold war. to make cer-
bent on mischief, which, while" for- tain ideologies prevaU. The sort of
bidden under the General Armistice nationalisms which in the last quar-
Agreements, went on throughout their ter century have been succeeding to
life, and provoked greater hostility, the empkes seem to have resulted in
tension and xeprisals.
die Gaza Strip today, undei* the watchful eyes of the chain of UNEF posts, Arabs till their land and graze tfadr flocks op to a few metres from the- demarcaHon line. JEsiraeli kibbofziiiks go about Aeir' farmiitg operations on the oflier side of the lin^< and' neither side inters feres wKh ttttiier. In 1956, and fcHT years before tliat, fire fights and other incidents W»e of almost daily > occurrence, and no one on eitfaier side cbnld ap]^6ach the demarcation line witiioat tbe ride of being AaL 'This has been accomplished peace-
an- unstable Nvorld.' Of ^urse there can be no going back to *imperial-ism'. The principle which must subdue the excesses of nationalism can I only be internationalism—that is the realization that the world community I has, rights, and that the principle of national sovereignty does hot allow [nations to behave exactly as they [please. The conflicts of nationalisms can be solved, with justice to all, if there is toleration and patience. But historical processes are very slow, and to establish the necessary reasonableness and tolerance may take a long time.
'Meanwhile, all members of the
fuUy, on the whole, but not without Pmted Nations wDl have a duty
cost. Every contingent has suffered h'^PP^f^*^ ^"^"^1"^^^^^^
'disturbed areas. In these activities
casualties, mostly froih mines. A few lave been wounded or "^killed by un-
Canada doubtless will continue to
J J .... * I play the creditable part which she derground or crimmal elements. Ob- K . * «
.^J^^ :^ TTxrrcrs uo„«. *u^;^ I does at present. If we are smcere in
our frequently voiced desires, for
servers in UNTSO have given their
ives in carrying out their tasks. Ca-, .„, , ,^ ^ *u nadians wiU remember the name of t'^S^dtobearthebur-
Lt-Col. George Flint. He was shot]^^^
Young Judaea
SENIOR GROUP Young Judaeans will meet Suhdiy,'November 2 at 11:30 a.m. at the Centre.
UNITED SYNAGOGUE YOUTH
USY BOWLING LEAGUE team standing" is: Hi-Fi's 3, Alephs 3, Fan-abs 2, Farlis 2, Stars I, Texas Rangers 1, Rebel Rousers 0, Pioneers Bowling continues every Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., at Chapman's.
RABBI HOROWITZ
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ENDORSATIONS GRANTED
VAN. B.B. PACIFIC NO. • 763 —
Cent-A-Second Draw — OeK 17 > Nov. 17 TALMUD TORAH TEA — ' . Nov. 5
3rd ANNUAL NW REGIONAL USY CONVENTI6N — Nov. 7-10 CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL MEN'S CLUB—
Father and* Child Luncheon —> Nov. 9 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MEETING--
^ All Branches— Nov. 12
VANCOUVER PACIFIC BB WOMEN 763—Rummage Sale—Nov. 19 BETH ISRAEL SISTERHOOD DONOR LUNCHEON — Nov. 19 PIONEER WOMEN — Chanukoh Bazaar — Nov. 30 VAN. B'NAI B'RITH WOMEN — Food Foir — Dec. ia NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
COMMUNITY PROJECTS TEA — Dec. 9 TALMUD TORAH DANCE — Dec. 13
HADASSAH BEN ZVI CHAPTER — Tea — Dec. 17 BONNY BRITH RAFFLE — Jan. 14. Feb. 14
HADASSAH ORGANIZATION—
YouTh Aliyoh Men's Campaign—Jan. 15-FeJb. 15 CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL MEN'S CLUB—
Anhuol Plate Dinner -r— Jan. 29 PACIFIC CHAPTER BB — Valentine Dance — Feb. 14 VANCOUVER B.B. WOMEN'S COUNCIL —
8th Annual Brotherhood Night — Feb. 16 HADASSAH HENRIETTA SZOLD CHAPTER — Tea — Feb. 18 TALMUD TORAH, SCHARA TZEDECK, BETH ISRAEL—
Luncheon — Feb. 25
>y a Jordanian when he was trying | o rescue a wounded Israeli. Others, have been wounded in the service.
'This means peace cannot be main- i tained unless individuals, as well as nations, are- prepared to' take risks and assume sacrifides. Bernard Shaw made a character in one of his plays J say, "Nothing is ever done in this] world, until men are prepared to kill { one another if it: is inot. done/'' ij would/paraphrase this, "P'eace will not be kept in this world unless men are prepared to risk being killed to j Wit." , ^
In spite of their Jimitatipns, Gen. Burns affirmed the value of UN ob-1 server organizations and the UN I Emergency Force in keej^ing the p;eace.. He called for "ways of im- j proving the types of organization! which havfc been tried and found to be of some effect." •
CANT GO BACK TO IMPERIALISM .
Turning to the broader implications of the Middle JEast situation, Geij. Burns declared:
In the Middle East, 'imperialism'! is'the dirtiest word in the radio and press propagandist's dictionary. Yet listory tells us that the jgreat^ Empires j
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therefore," confer with Zionist leaders and councils on the ways and means of strengthening the ties and entering into partnerships with Zionist, Organizations throughout tanada.
Among the essential activities to be expanded tljiis year by he Keren Hatar-but is the inspection of affiliated schoolsi^^For this purpose, the country has been divided into several regions which will be covered by" a number of foremost pedagogues. In Western Canada, Rabbi Horowitz wUl fiUfill this function in Vancouver, and the Tahnud Torahiof the other communities will be inspected by Messrs. Raphael Balgur and Emanuel Keren.- .
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