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JSWZ8H WSaTXRN B U L I. X T I M
Thursday, May 25, 1950
Topics
On Piihlisking Names
"What I givo to the United Jewish Appeal is my ovm private business." This is one of th^ argiyne;its Whcih usually comes up when the wisdom of publishing a contributors* list is discussed. Last year the UJA in Vancouver put out a donors* booklet giving the name of each contributor and the amount pledged. This year the committee intrads to include also the names of those still owing money for 1948 as well as the amount owing.
We understand that,this course was decided upon after representatives of most Jewish organizations were c&nvpssed o;n the question at
a largie meeting. . . ,.:| ;
How can the revealing of such information be justified?
Thfe answer is very simple. Most people who have been campaigning do not grant that a man's giving is strictly his 6wn >ffair. They feel that eveiy Jew has a grave responsibility and that he has a solemji duty to share his money so that other Jews may be saved and rehabiiitated. If one Jew does not dp his duty then it is up to the others to remind him of his responsibility and to iirge him to do his share.
We have no legal duty to tax, but we can apply moral sanctions when we know that the lives of fellow Jews depend on our money raising efforts. Let the community see, the argument runs, who have done theii duty and who have not.
No man who has made a respectable contribution according to his means need feel ashamed. And if the booklet, by mdicating those who have fallen down on their responsibilities, results in better giving, ihen it will have proven its worth. The need is too great, the cause too urgent, for us to fear to tread on the sensitivities of those to whom t!he booklet may prove soniewhat embarrassing. '-^ : •;'^^::v^/;;;-.^■ • i^-Z.
Beth D^but Sunday^
Beth Israel concert orchestra is giving its debut program at the Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, June 4, under the direction of Law rence jaialiek, with Rcsel Goldsmith, soprano, as assisting giie^t artist. ^ ■ ^'-^'
Lawrence Mallek, who is res^ohs-ible for the formation of the Beth Israel orchestra, began his study of the piano when hie was five years old and at si^c^^g^ first reqital at the Bmpi-ess Hotel in Victoria, He was the youngest pupil of Gertrude Huntley Green, with whom he studied.for several years. Fascinated by the beauty and scope of the pipe organ, Mr. Mailek entered upon a serious study of that instrument when he was fourteen.
ELATH NASDSD MINISTEB TO BBIT^N ,
TEL AVIV (ISI) — Ambassador Eliahu Elath will be Israel's Minister to Great Britain, it has been officially announced, succeeding Dr. Mordecai Eliash, who died in March.
(Aubrey Eban is expected to succeed Mr. Elath at Washington. Av-raham Harman, Israeli Consul General at Montreal, is also expected to be transferred to Washington to head the Israel Embassy's press office there.)
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■ Aftferinaoyihe to Seattle to live, ;Mrv ilallek resumed the study: of Iths piano "?Hth |Sm iwas one 'of the 27 pianists ko par-■ticipates -in a 27 Steinway pisuio •concert/ given in Seattle. The organ, however, continued to be his ^favourite interest and he %as soon playing for moving pictures in one of Seattle's leading theatres. With the advent of talking-pictures, he gave up professional organ playing, but continued to retain a keen interest in music.
Now established in business here, Mr. Mailek has been active on the executive of Congregation Beth Israel for the past 12 years, and president of Beth Israel Men's Club for three years.
Interested in promoting culture in the Jewish community, Mr. Mailek came to the conclusion last fall that the community had grown in stature sufficiently, and had among its members musicians of a calibre suitable for a concert orchestra. He then set about forming the nucleus of a concert group, now composed of 30 players.
This orchestra will be part of a proposed Miisic and Arts Society to be formed next fall, which will include in addition a drama and art group.
Further details regarding invitations to- the June 4 concert may be obtained by calling Mrs. Narvey at the synagogue office, CE. 2029.
Letters from Readers
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To the Editor: 'As ypu have noticed in the past few weeks, AZA is sponsoring their 18th Annual Spring Flannel Frolic
Tea for Winnipeg Flood Relief
MBS. B. LEVINB The Winnipeg Social dub wiU hold a tea in aid of Winnipeg Flood Belief at the home of Mrs. B. Levine, Wednesday, May 31, 2 to 9 p.m. The hostess, Mns. Levine^ announces that the club has receive facial flood fund receipts frbjii the city of Vaneou* ver.
Gvest Cnaior At Sclwra Iz0ibcilr
Cantor David Reznik, of Tel-Aviv, has been invited to conduct Sabbath Services kt the Schara Tze-deck Synagpigue on Friday evening. May 26, at 8:45, and Saturday morning, May 2t at S:0G o'clock.
Once known as "the wonder child cantor," Cantor Reznik occupied at the age of 20 the position of cantor in the Pressburg synagogue, the same synagogue where the late Yossele Rosenblatt served as cantor. He held this post until the advent of Hitlei-'s regime. For the last 17 years, he and his family have resided in Israel and he officiated as cantor in Rehovoth for ten years. He has broadcast many times over the i^dio. J . :
The congregation invites tiie com-mtthity to hear Cantor ;Reznik's fine voice and interpretation' of prayers.
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Mb isfwi School keghtratioa Jmo 4
Closing exercises for the current academic year and registration for the academic year 1950-51 will be held at the Beth Israel Religious School on Sunday morning, Jime 4, at 10:00 a.m. Children who expect to attend Beth Israel Religious School should be registered on that date in order to be assured of a place in the school next fall. ;
Parents of every child will be expected to pay a registration fee of $7.00 which covers school supplies and books, and which is not refundable. Beginning with this year's registration, the Beth Israel School Committee has requested all parents to arrange for the payment of tuition fees on the registration date. -
Final exiaminations in most classes of the Religious School will be given on Sunday, May 28.
Israel Re-Born
EDITOR'S NOTE: Wo are introducing this week a new feature on Israel by Sam Morris, well known among; Vancouver Jewry, who recentlyretiimed from tile Jewish state. : "Mr,/ Moiuis was in Israel from September 1948 to the end of 1949. While thiere he wrote for the Palestine Post and a magazine for soldiers.
By SAM MORRIS I visited Israel, arriving there in the fall of ,1948, and I spent a year and a half in that country. .1 wanted to see for myself what was achieved in the past and what hope there was for the future. I knew that I Had| coine atJa yery cfirical.period^/^^ birtli ofnation^
but I hoped to be able to judge for myself on the basis of What I could see. Amidst all the tumult accompanying the birth pangs of a new nation, thiere was much progress to marvel at, ^ I travelled rthe jcountry's length from MetuUah in the North to Ey and its
breadth from Jerusalem in the East to Ras EI Naqura in the Northwest. Wherever I went in. this tiny land, I viewed its wonders and was amazed at the energy and initiative that had gone into the making of the Jewish State,^' ■ . , ,
In t he 2,000 years since the conquest of. Jerusalem, by the.Romans, Palestine became a desolate, devastated wasteland. The Negev that had once been a fertile regribn was now a desert. - The great cities deteriorated into Arab hovels oi^ disappeared completely in the dust of time. The mountains and coastal areas becGmie devoid of tress,or green vegetation and thus the sioil eriroded .and was washed away by nature. The climate of the country without shades or grass became unbearahly blisteringVhOt.; A vast arrajr p^^^ conquerors - throughout the centuries had cut down tlie trees and desi^oiied the land. The whole country crumbled into decrepit ruin.
As I travelled Israel, from border to border I viewed for imyself the resurrection.' I saw what enthusiasm and work could do to make the desert bloom again. In two idecades the bare hills had become reforested. Along the desolate, rocky mountainside n6ar Jerusalem and in the Galilee, settlements Vere built. Evergreens, gardens and inodern dwellings transformed the;whole land.
: On the salty, sandy shore of the Dead Sea rose the settlement of I'Beth Haaravah" known throughout Israel as the "House in the Wilderness". jBefore the Egyptians reduced it: to a shambles, its oaee poisonous soil yielded bumpier crops of garden vegetables, and artificial piohds were created there for the breeding of fish. I drove around ihe beautiful, modern city .of Tel Aviv which literally sprang into being, On the sand dunes of the Mediterranean coast. I fell in love with the tranquility and serene splendour of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel's history and the source of its inspiration. The New City has been built with wide boulevards, green gardens and parks and neat apartment buildings. Every inch of soil be; it on impermeable rock hillside or in swampy, malarial areas was utilized and forced scientifically to yield forth its inherent goodness.
Winr "THEY FOUCHHT
I asked a Sabra, (Palestine born Jew)'how'an ill-equipped minority beat back the, onsiaught of a .well-supplied majority. He answered."
''I grew to manhood in this land. I wandered the foothills and inountains of Gal^ee. i particdi>ated in the redempUon of my country under the,aegis of our youth: inoyements and fought for its p>resent life In^ our^ young military fbircei- iTheise al*^ afuttM coastal plains. Tliey are the ^osts of all n^r anoestotra and^ i^^^^ has-transpired a«^ has gone into a Jew and a man.
My roots are.deep in this soiL Our .stx«ngtfeL'.<»^ of the past and firam wluat yre suMeved Ik t^^ . Still I asked myself .w;hat made, youngsters throw thems Arab taiiks with hand grenades strapi>ed arbund their waist, What made young girls cry when the government finally removed them from the fighting fronts? Why did men go out five to a rifle and yet find strength to endure and win? It was true that they had no alternative but to fight, but these people did not go out in de^ration.. .They went, men, women and children, with a song on their lips and a rifle, if they; were lucky to have one, willing to die.
The country itself was my answer. .Every step of this land was invested with their toil. These youngsters knew they might die but regardless of what happened to them, they were determined that, what they had built would survive. I saw the result of their efforts. On a former malarial swamp sat the thriving village of Nahalal. In a drained, swampy region along the Mediterranean coast was built Kfar Holga.. .The Balfour forest reai'ed its tree foliage and covered the once barren, erroded hills with a greenish hue. Shade WEis provided and pcientific effort was changing the unbearable climate. Near Jerusalem was the clean, residential suburb of Beth,Hakerem. The modem,dwellings were surrounded by evergreens and gardens where once had been nothing but bare, rocky hills. The cities were developing textile and other industrial factories. On the land matured a citrus and agricultural industry.
There was cultural progress as well. The ancient Hebrew tongue was raised from the dead and became the language of the nation. Publishing houses, translated into Hebrew the works of the worlds great witers and thinkers. There was a national Bfebrew opera and a national symphony orchestra. There was a legitimate theatre and a series.of "little theatre" groups. It was from all these achievements of the present, bom of the hopies of the past,, that the new Israel drew inspirational fortitude in a time of great adversity. mSXT WEEK: PROBLEMS OF THE HOMECOMING
and Sweetheart Ball.
While attending this year's Northern Region AZA Convention in Portland, AZA member^ saw a great many parents and adults attending the Sweetheart Ball there. If Portland parents can teke a keen interest in their youth, so can those in Vancouver.
The Vancouver community can show that it is interested in its youth by attending AZA's Spring Flannel Frolic and the other activities of the AZA Weekend.
Yours very truly,
AN AZA MXTMBER
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