THE CANADIAN JEWISH REVIEW
NO VEMEBER 24. 1944
The Cornerbrook Jewish Community In Newfoundland Outdoes Itself In Giving
By H. M. Caiterman, Of Montreal, Central Secretary, Canadian JewuhCongreee
Since my first visit to Corner-irssk in Newfoundland over a year ago, the small Jewish com. avesity of fourteen families very favourably in s of respects. The synagogue, which was only a project at the beginning of last year, was completed in September 194S. It is the second one to be h�Rt in Newfoundland, a structure ef wood and concrete, thirty-five by forty-five, and has two and a finished basement
suitable for entertainments and Hebrew School. The building com-mittee, which brought the |15,000 project to success, was: Arthur Cohen, chairman, Leo Kaplow, and Morris Swirsky, Morris Gordon, and I. Levine. It is interesting to note that the chairman of this building committee was also chair* man for the building of the first synagogue in St John's years ago.
The first celebration After the opening of the synagogue was a reception given to twenty-eight
Jewish servicemen front Canada and United States, stationed in the neighbourhood who came for religious services.
When I was in Cornerbrook last year the community had no Hebrew teacher, and some of the parents were teething their children to the best of their ability. I discovered that Leon Kaplow, secretary of the community and a successful business man, was a professional teacher; that Mrs. M. Neiman and Mrs. A. Cohen who
had attempted to teach the children in 1989, were also capable of teaching; and that Mrs. 8. Miller, formerly of Montreal, and Mrs. M. Swirsky were qualified to assist I therefore suggested that a committee consisting of these people be formed to look, after Jewish educational eeede of the community, and this was done. During the winter classes were held dairy and fifteen children of school age received a regular Hebrew educe* tion without a professional teacher. The community is now eager to find a capable teacher.
Last year when the American Chaplain, M. M. Mathews, of Brooklyn, N.Y., addressed the Cornerbrook' Hebrew Congregation and thirty Jewish members of the armed forces who were guests of
the community during the high holidays, Ernest Swirsky (a businessman) acted as the Chasan and layman Rabbi
Ben Levine, a merchant in Cornerbrook, donated a new "Paro-ehes" to the synagogue in the name of his mother, thus completing the ornamentation of the Case in which the Scrolls of the Lew stand in the east side of the syna-fofne.
During the Passover Holiday boys from the Armed Forces stationed near Cornerbrook attended Synagogue services. They were entertained and received warm hospitality in the Jewish homes of the community.
The celebration of each Jewish holiday was planned as a project and the children benefited educa-
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tkmally at each function. During the year the Rink Committee of West Cornerbrook, s non-sectarian committee under the chalnaaaibjp of Arthur Cohen, gave the town its first outdoor rink, A number of Jewish merchants such as Leo Ke- ' plow, M. Neiman, and Arthur Co-heuj are members of the General Merchants' Association, and their experience and advice are appre-cited and contribute to communal relations. A committee in which Arthur Cohen acted as secretary brought about the formation ef the town of West Cornerbrook (in which all business and residences owned by Jews is concentrated), inspired the adoption of the Shop Act for the MHumber District;'* and organised the Bay of Island Motor Association, all of public interest
Though the community is smell, the enlistment* in the Active Forces are of good proportion and the members participate in all the War Efforts of the community. Sgt Morris Cohen is serving in France. Mrs. H. BrenerV brother was shot down over Germany and is now a prisoner of war; Jack Marshall (brother of Mrs. A. Cohen) participated in the invasion of Normandy where he wee wounded, and P.O. Tommy Marshall (a brother of Jack. Marshall) was killed in a flying accident in Canada, after flying 2,000 hours in the air..
The sense of responsibility of the small community to Jewish causes is evident in its exemplary philanthrophy. This year Cornerbrook is raising about 86,000, half of which is to be given for the budget of all Jewish retirements of the community and Zionism; and the other half to the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, War Efforts Committee and the Canadian Jewish Congress. (The community is affiliated with the Canadian Jewish Congress).
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10, indeed, doesn't look forward to the good things of toa*oiTow-~when peace comes again? Yet we cannot lor an instant relax our vigilance�not so long as there is a single armed enemy soldier at large� Nasi or Jap!
� We must fight to the end the battle against waste;
keep production at its highest pitch; we fats and waste paper and metals; we gasoline and rubber; and, above all,
we must continue buying and keeping Victory Bonds and War Savings Certificates.
� Does a soldier lay his rifle down when enemy resistance slackens for a moment? No! And no more may we at home withdraw our help by cashing in our Victory Bonds, They represent a pledge to our ^ovenunent and our fighting forces that we will back them to the last. This we must do.
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� Let us all be men who think of tomorrow holding our home front battle lines today!
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as Cornerbrook our would result in an eight*- mSttou dollar total!
I realise that considering every sixteen families in Canada a* business firms is a fallacy and that therefore the sum of eight million dollars is extravagant, hut even if the number of beeineae firms and persons with substantial income is reduced to only one quarter of the above calculations, the amount Canadian Jews ought to contribute on the basis of the Cornerbrook contribution for Congress and its arms is about twe million dollars per year.
It is true that a score of Jewish communities in, contribute at the same Cornerbrook Jews do. Their example should stimulate every Jew in our Dominion to a new nmaawre of giving eo that the extraordinary situation created by the AlHed advances in Europe can he vantage of fully. We must every possihk opportunity ef rescue and relief to save the remnant of European Jewry and te help thou�ads of refugees in of
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