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THE CAHADIAN JEWISH REVIEW
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THE JEWI$H PRESENCE
Jewish'tourUU;�rf ous today amonf the Urge number of foreign vti|Wr� in Spain, more than 8-9 miUjj^ a year, what we regard as typically Jewish family names never indicate such an ethnic character to the average Span, iard. These are just alien names.
In the interest in Jewish history on the Iberian Peninsula, in the Hebrew literature created there as well as in the Hebrew language and letters of our own time, in* eluding rabbinic writings, and the piety with which all archaeological and archival remains of the Jewish past are treated, studied and written about, it is as if Spanish scholars of the humanities feel that the Jewish past in their country is an integral part of that Spanish identity to which they give so much thought. The question what is a Spaniard is as common among the Spaniards as what is a Jew is among Jews.
When the Spanish historian Salvador de Madariaga announced his theory that Columbus was a Jew in his famous biography, some, cynical about the Judaiza-tion of famous persons, saw in the book an effort to retrieve for Spain the great navigator from the Italians.
However, there could not be such a motive in Dr. de Mada-riaga's theory about Cervantes. In an essay entitled, "Cervantes and His Times," published in January, 1960, he wrote: "Hasn't the hour arrived to orient research toward a possible Sephardl origin of the author of Don Quixote?" De Madariaga suggests in this essay that only such an origin could be the key to a correct understanding of the great novel.
Am4rico Castro, now teaching at Princeton University, would even credit the Sephardim of the 13th century with the development of Castilian, the national language of Spain. 4n his book Th� Structure of Spanith History (Princeton University Press) he writes as follows:
"But if Christian scholars abounded � and such must have been the case � among the editors of the historical and legal works, it is difficult to attribute to them the decisive motivation behind the employment of the vulgar tongue for works of learning, which at that time was not within the perspective of European Christendom. ... It is not enough to say that the king wanted it so, and so it was; for Alphonse X would not have thrown himself into composing in Castilian the history of the ^orld, astronomical science, and the legal encyclopedia of his time, if he had not had beside him a group of scholars who revealed to him the science contained in Arabic and Latin works, and who at the same time showed more interest in cultivating Komance than Latin, the language of Christian Europe, This interest must have been felt above all by the Jews."
In May, 1957, one of the leading essayists of Spain's Republican diaspora, the late Luis Amquia-tain, asked: "What Waa the Religion of El Greco?" and answered, on the basis of research, that he was a Jew. Araquistain does not question El Greco's birth on the island of Crete. It is as if El Greco's Jewishness integrates him into Spanish culture.
Whatever authorities may think of Araquistaln's theory it U another instance of Spanish preoccupation with the Jewish ingredient in iU identity. And, tinea Spain and Catholicism cannot pot-afrtly b� conceived of unrelatodly, it is nothing abort of smaring to note that an Anfrko Ccstro, for instance, unearth* ddeomeatarjr �Tidtnc* of the Jewish origin, erea fiTtt-f*��ration Ifarraao, of re-Hgkxu flfforcs tuen M Santo T�r�ft*, rival of St. June* M pt* trot taint of Spain, and <fe**ly as writer of Spaaitk
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The development of a new central community organization with the aim of achieving greaier coordination of planning, budgeting and fund-raising effort* In behalf of Jewish community service organizations in Montreal is now under active consideration by some 20 agencies and institutions associated with the federation of Jewish Community Services and/or the Combined Jewish Appeal as well as by the YM-YWHA and the United Israel Appeal, Eastern Region. . .
The idea of establishing a more broadly based community structure organization has been under discussion for a number of years. The most current developments began in May 1963 when a representative group of some $0 Jewish community leaders met at a special meeting convened under the co-chairmanship of Samuel Bronfman, Moe Levitt, and �ecil Usher. In their letter to the invitees, Messrs. Bronfman, Levitt and Usher pointed out that "with further population increases and changes in the community and with additional specialized agencies developed to serve particular areas of need, the time is now at hand to consider how our community can be served better through a new central organization for the planning and financing of community services."
The meeting discussed the history and background of the development of the existing central Jewish community organizations and considered the new conditions and circumstances which point to the need for greater coordination at this time. Community leaders at this meeting authorized the formation of an organizational committee to begin the preparation of draft plans for the new structure. Acting under this mandate, Mr. Bronfman as honorary president of Federation, joined with Mr. Levitt, the president of CJA; and Mr. Usher, then the president of Federation, to establish the organizational committee. They are now serving as co-chairman of the organizational committee for the new central structure with Mr. Bronfman as honorary chairman.
Within the framework of the organizational committee, a steering committee and a technical advisory committee were also appointed. A series of intensive discussions and working sessions have been held since last May and the organizational committee has now produced a draft "terms of reference" document to serve as a basis for the preparation of a set of draft by-laws which will lead to the actual establishment of the new central organization after approval by all the agencies and organizations involved.
The draft terms of reference are now under study by the Combined Jewish Appeal, the Jewish Federation, the Jewish General Hospital, the YM-YWHA, Canadian Jewish Congress, United Israel Appeal and all the agencies which are associated with the Federation and CJA. After further amendments and changes, the draft terms will be submitted for formal ratification to the board of each organisation and agency.
Under the proposed terms of reference the Combined Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Federation would give up their separate functional roles which would be merged in the new organization. It it propoaed that th� founding agencies of the new structure shall include all the present constituents of the Jewish Federation together with other major local aitibdes inch at th� Jewish General Hoc-piUl and the YM-YWHA; national and OTtmaj acandea roch aa "Cantdttn Jewish Congreaa and United Itrrtl Appeal and all other baMffctarfea of Combinad Jewish A&paaL It la alao intended to allow fo? further expansion by protidfnc for tho adiiWon of othor actadot and aarvfeaa.wboaa profframa ara in kaapfaf with tha pvryoaaa <t tha now orfanitaticn.
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The members' of tha ste*rfrig committee in addition to the honorary chairman and co-chairmen are: Monroe Abbey, Q.C.; Edward Bar-koff, J. H. Blumenstoin, Q.C.; Charles Bronfman, Joe'- Caplan, Philip Garfinkle.
Also serving as members of the organizational committee are: La-vy M. Becker, J. J. Block, Allan Bronfman, Gordon Brown, Mrs. Morrie E. Coshof, Arthur Diamond, Joseph N. Frank, Mitchel Garfinkle, Michael Greenblatt, Q.C.; Mrs. Bernard Lande, Boris G. Levine, Saul Levine, Jacob M. Lowy, Arthur Pascal, Samuel Samuelson, Dr. George Strean, Moe Yelin, Q.C.
The members of the technical advisory committee are: Samuel S. Cohenfc executive director, Jewish General Hospital; Harvey Golden, executive director, YM-YWHA; Saul Hayes, Q.C., executive vice-president, Canadian Jewish Congress; and Alvin Bronstein, executive director, Federation of Jewish Community Services and Combined Jewish Appeal. Mr. Bronstein also serves as secretary to the organizational and steering committees.
Mrs. Julius J. Block, who was elected president of the new Women's Federation of Combined Jewish Appeal at the annual meeting
of the Women'* Division, at the Windsor Hotel, :wHl servewith: Mrs, Samuel Bronfman, O.B.E., founder president; Mesdaraes Bernard Lande, Irvin Qertaman, Alan Finestone, j. A, Lyone Heppner, Vice-president* j Arnold � Fisher, David L. Nadler, and Myer Sager, secretaries; honorary trustees: JCesdames Jacob Elkin, Barney Aaron, S. Jaffe, L. Kltaetorg, G. Tritt, D. Borenatein, H. 'Levine. The board of directors Is: Mes-damea Monroe Abbey, Anna Bailey, Edward Barkoff, Hillel Becker, B. M. Bloomfield, Joseph Ca-rin, Joseph Cohen, M. E. Coshof, Jack Cummings, Ralph Cummings, Milton Eliasoph, P. Victor Elkin, Max Feldman, Sydney Gasco, Douglas Gross, Bert Harrison, Jack A. Klein, Theodore Lande, Rhoda Leopold, Moe Lippman, Arthur Pascal, Cecil Pascal, Sydney Pedvis, Cyril Reitman, Edward I. Holt, Joseph Rubin, Joseph Salomon, Harold Schneider, Sol Schwartz, Nathan Steinberg, George J. Strean, Clarence Vos-berg, Edgar Wener, Jack Zittrer. Mrs. Irvin Gertsman is chairman' of the education committee, succeeding Mrs. Sol Schwartz who was chairman for the past two years; Mrs. Milton Eliasoph, chairman of the public relations committee, Mrs. J. A. Lyone Hepp-ner, advisor lp that committee; Mrs. Sol Schwartz, chairman of the administration committee; Mrs. Alan Finestone, advisor to that committee; Mrs. Joseph Salomon, chairman of the evaluation committee; Mrs. Bernard Lande, advisor to that committee; Mrs. Cecil Pascal, campaign committee chairman. Mrs. Block, as president of the Women's Federation, will be chairman of the Council of Presidents of Jewish Women's Organizations.
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