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[" / 14 Long / yg BULLETIN FU LATCHALE 1£ MALS RERIOMOVES We oc 2 Le SH PA si PUBLISHED BY CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS VOLUME 14: No.8 MONTREAL OCTOBER, 1960 Second Canada-Israel Stud Sched uled The Second Leadership Mission to Israel will take place from January 9 to January 22 under the joint sponsorship of Canadian Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of Canada and State of Israel Bonds Organization.This was announced recently by Samuel Bronfman, National President, Canadian Jewish Congress; Lawrence Freiman, President, Zionist Organization of Canada and D.Lou Harris, National Chairman, Israel Bonds Campaign.A special letter of invitation has been sent to several hundred prominent people active in Canadian Jewish communal life inviting them to participate in the Second Mission.The Second Mission will be headed by Messrs.Lavy Becker, National Vice-President, CJC; Bert Loeb, National Chairman, United Israel Appeal and D.Lou Harris.The formation of the Second Mission conforms with a special resolution of the National Executive following the successful accomplishments of the initial leadership study group to Israel.The resolution called for the establishment of the Mission as an annual feature designed to stimulate existing leadership in the Jewish Community of Canada and to create new and knowledgeable leadership among those who have evinced interest in assuming their share of community responsibilities.As in the First Mission, members of the Second Study Group will be received by the highest representatives of the Government of Israel, including President Ben Zvi and Prime Minister Ben Gurion.They will be briefed by Eliahu Dobkin, Chairman of the Praesidium, Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal; Levi Eshkol, Minister of Finance; Dr.Dov Joseph, Treasurer of Jewish Agency Executive and Leo Lavy Becker Krown, Director, State of Israel Bonds in Jerusalem.Briefing is also expected on Malben (JDC) by Louis Horwitz, JDC Director Israel operations.Malben, since its establishment in 1949, has grown into the largest social development agency in Israel.Its work includes providing health and welfare services for the aged, sick and physically handicapped, the establishment of hospitals, Children\u2019s institutions and extra-institu- tional programs for the aged as well as vocational training and economic rehabilitation for the handicapped.In between the special briefings that the Mission Members will receive during their two-week visit to Israel will be a series of in-the-field visits taking the group through the length and breadth of the country.These visits will serve to translate the dry facts and figures of statistics into the actual flesh and blood problems of immigration, resettlement, housing, retraining, industrial development, security and a multitude of other problems.En route to Israel, the Second Mission will make a special stopover in Rome where they will have the opportunity to witness disembarkation of immigrants to Israel, an important phase of Joint Distribution Committee work, and gain a bird\u2019s eye view of the total world-wide JDC operation.Directors Appointed (Canada-Israel Development Ltd.The Canada - Israel Development Limited, which was incorporated last June with an initial capital of $5,000,000 recently elected the following officers to its Board of Directors: Samuel Bronfman, industrialist, of Montreal, President; Lawrence Frei- man, merchant, of Ottawa and I.J.Oelbaum, manufacturer, of Toronto, Vice-Presidents; William Gittes, merchant, of Montreal, Treasurer; and Saul Hayes, lawyer, of Montreal, Secretary.Other directors elected are: Alex Betcherman, industrialist, Ottawa; Mark Levy, industrialist, Toronto; S.S.Jacobson, merchant, Halifax; Mait- land Steinkopf, merchant, Winnipeg.Other directors will be elected in due course from various parts of Canada.The purpose of Canada-Israel Development Ltd.is to encourage and attract investments from the Canadian public for investment in Israeli industries.It is expected that the initial $5,000,000 will be obtained by the sale of capital stock in all communities across Canada and which offer for sale will be made in the very near future.It is planned to augment this initial amount.The establishment of Canada-Israel Development Ltd.is a direct outcome of the First National Canadian Study Mission to Israel of last January.D.Lou Harris Bertram Loeb On arrival in Israel, the Mission will again meet up with the particular group of immigrants they witnessed leaving Rome and will have a further opportunity to observe how this group of men, women and children are re- y Mission ceived and resettled according to their special needs and abilities.The Mission will thus be given a graphic example of the nature of the problems confronting the State of Israel in its efforts to absorb the more than 1,000,000 newcomers who have arrived in the country over the past five years.If the reaction of participants in the First Mission can be taken as an example, the Second Mission will also prove a success not only from the personal standpoint of those taking part, but also for the future well-being of the Canadian Jewish Community which will profit from the stimulation of understanding and enthusiastic leadership.Data On War Orphans A study on the War Orphans\u2019 Movement to Canada, which was sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress between 1947-49, was submitted to the Canadian Conference on Children, which recently took place at Ste.Adele, Quebec.Canadian Jewish Congress was represented at this Conference by the Executive Vice-President.The study was made by Mr.Ben Lappin on a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany on the application of the Baron de Hirsch Institute in Montreal.1,116 war orphans were brought to Canada under Congress sponsorship and were settled in 38 communities in Canada.Of the total, some 414 boys and girls were assigned to Montreal; Toronto received 348; Winnipeg 131; Vancouver 37; Windsor 25; Hamilton 19; Calgary 15; Edmonton 12; and Regina, Saskatoon and Ottawa each settled 9 children.The remaining 27 communities each received from one to eight orphans.Since there was a good deal of inter-city travelling by members of the war orphan group, these numbers soon underwent drastic changes.The overall group was made up of approximately two-thirds boys and one-third girls, of whom 380 came from Poland.249 hailed from Hungary, 200 from Czechoslovakia, 165 from Rumania and the remainder from eleven other countries ranging from Greece all the way to Latvia.Nearly 807, of the war orphans were between the ages of 15-18 years.The study indicates that \u2018\u201cthe capacity for integration of these young people was nothing short of amazing.In April of 1951, only two years after the last transport had arrived, no more than 209, of the war orphans were in the care of the case work agencies in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg.This included boys and girls under sixteen years of age who were still at school.To date there are, as best as can be determined at this point, less than 20 war orphans all across Canada, still dependent on the community.a remarkably low percentage.\u201d An amount of $1,188,981.00 was spent in financial assistance.This included expenditures for room and board, clothing, medical service, transportation, for reception centres, hospitalization, recreation, educational programs and, finally, for salaries to professional and other workers who were active in this project.This sum does not include the thousands of dollars raised across the country for scholarships, nor does it take into account the costs borne by foster parents who offered free homes, or who adopted children, and shouldered full financial responsibility for raising these youngsters.A good number of smaller communities received orphans and did not charge Congress for their upkeep, such expenditures remaining purely a local concern.The sum quoted is therefore one part, perhaps a minor one, of the total cost entailed in settling the overall group.Several of the orphans brought over to Canada by Congress have distinguished themselves in various fields.One has become one of Western Canada\u2019s leading theatrical producers and directors.Another, has become an outstanding writer, actor and scenic artist, holding an important position with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Another is a dancer with the Canadian Ballet Company.One of the war orphans has become a pedagogue of national repute, especially in the Russian language and the first of a series of text books which she is writing on the subject has now been published.A number are established in businesses of their own, and quite a few have become University teachers and professionals in various fields such as Medicine, Accountancy and the like. H.M.Caiserman Award Winner Named Rabbi Arthur Chiel, formerly of Winnipeg, has been named first winner of the H.M.Caiserman Award and will receive a prize of 8750 for his book \u201cJews in Manitoba\u201d published by the University of Toronto Press, it was announced by Mr.Samuel Bronfman, President, Canadian Jewish Congress.Rabbi Arthur Chiel Rabbi Chiel, who was born in Pennsylvania, came to Canada in 1952 and helped organize and establish Winnipeg\u2019s new Rosh Pina Congregation, where he served as spiritual leader until 1957.During this period, Rabbi Chiel took on an assignment of the Canadian Jewish Congress to survey the work of the Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, North Africa and Israel.Since 1957 Rabbi Chiel has been with the Genesis Hebrew Centre of Tuckahoe, New York.He is program editor of \u201cEternal Light\u201d T.V.and a lecturer in the Cantor\u2019s Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary.His book, \u2018\u201cJews in Manitoba\u201d contributes significantly to the writing of Canadian Jewish history by tracing the beginnings of Manitoba and especially Winnipeg Jewry.Rabbi Chiel has written for many publications and published his first book, \u201cJewish Experiences in Early Manitoba\u201d in 1955.United Jewish Teachers\u2019 Seminary R eopens The United Jewish Teachers\u2019 Seminary in Montreal opened its 1960-61 academic year with a registration of 41 students.The Seminary offers day and evening courses and its curriculum comprises Bible, Prophets, Mishna, Hebrew Language and Literature, Yiddish Language and Literature, History, Siddur, Jewish Law, History of Education, Methods of Teaching, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Jewish Life in Canada, Kindergarten and School Music.Students attending day courses will each receive 26 hours of instruction per week; evening students 11 hours per week.Entrance requirements are High School graduation (or equivalent for those coming from Israel) and adequate background in Hebrew and Yiddish.The Seminary has recently transferred to new premises at the Shaare Zion in Montreal which the congregation has placed at their disposal rental free.CONGRESS BULLETIN The H.M.Caiserman Award, which Rabbi Chiel has been granted, was established recently following a resolution adopted at the last meeting of the Plenary Session.The Award will be distributed annually during Jewish Book Month, November 11 - December 11, and is open to Canadian residents who distinguished themselves through the publication of works in the field of Jewish literary, scientific, research, Arts or related areas.Non-Canadian residents who distinguished themselves through publication of works on a theme of particular interest to the Canadian Jewish Community also qualify for consideration.The works may be in English, French, Hebrew and Yiddish.Published works only will be eligible.The Congress Publications Committee will be at liberty to consider any published works which qualify and which have appeared during a three year\u2019s period prior to the granting of the Award.The Canadian Jewish Congress program for subsidizing the publication of books by Canadian Jews will continue apart from the H.M.Caiserman Award.Grants for publication of books will be awarded at the discretion of the Congress Publications Committee.Manuscripts and published works in the field of Jewish literary, scientific, research, Arts or related areas written in English, French, Hebrew or Yiddish may be submitted for consideration.Canadian Jewish residents only are eligible for subsidies.The Publications Committee will be at liberty to grant subsidies to an eligible candidate more than one time.Those receiving such subsidies will also be eligible for the H.M.Caiserman Award.Shapiro Reports on National Foundation For Jewish Culture Dr.Judah J.Shapiro, Secretary of the newly-formed National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Inc., and President of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Foundations, recently visited Montreal and addressed a meeting of the Eastern Region Executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress.Dr.Judah J.Shapiro In his address Dr.Shapiro explained the underlying reasons behind the formation of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture which was created to fill the need for some central body \u201cto give encouragement and stimulation to the development of Jewish culture on the North American continent.\u201d He noted with regret that this aspect of Jewish communal activity was being neglected and expressed the hope that OCTOBER, 1960 House of Jewish Communities To be Established in Israel Mr.Samuel Bronfman.Chairman of the project Beth Hatfuzoth, The House of Jewish Communities, has announced the appointment of Dr.Moses Cyrus Weiler of Haifa, Israel, as Chairman of its Administrative Committee.Mr.Bronfman, who at Stockholm was appointed Chairman of the project to build in Israel a centre which would act as an institute in the development of studies of Jewish communities the world over, and where seminars, conferences, assemblies and lectures would be given on the role of various Jewish communities, said his committee is making plans for the dissemination of information about this Beth Hatfu- zoth, and the appointment of Dr.Weiler would be the first important step in bringing the project to fruition.Dr.Moses Cyrus Weiler Dr.Weiler, born in Latvia, studied in religious and secular schools there and was sent to Palestine at the age of 16 where he enrolled in the Herzlia Gymnasium in Tel Aviv\u2014then the first modern school employing Hebrew as its medium.Upon graduation he came to the United States and enrolled in the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning at the invitation of Data on Immigration to Canada 1,192 Jewish immigrants from overseas came to Canada during the first six months of 1960.The corresponding figure for 1959 was 1,166.Jewish immigrants constituted the ninth largest ethnic group in terms of numbers admitted.Of the 1,192 Jewish immigrants admitted, 781 had arrived from Israel.In 1959, 601 Israeli citizens had been admitted to Canada during the corresponding period.Total number of immigrants admitted was 58,041 as compared with 57,089 immigrants during the first six months of 1959.Quebec received the highest percentage of Jewish immigrants.the National Foundation for Jewish Culture would in time ameliorate the situation.Dr.Shapiro pointed out the dearth of students, librarians, archivists or professors of Jewish subjects at present in America and announced that the National Foundation for Jewish Culture has established an annual award of $500 for an outstanding Master\u2019s Thesis on a Jewish subject.The thesis, which must be accepted by an accredited university in the United States or Canada during the academic year 1960-61, is made possible through a grant from the Esther and Louis LaMed Fund of Detroit.the late Dr.Cyrus Adler, president of the College.He also completed studies at Delaware University before entering as the founder of the movement of Progressive Judaism there.le holds the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College in recognition of his outstanding services in the cause of Progressive Judaism.Dr.Weiler left South Africa three years ago and is the third member of his family to start life anew in Israel.At the turn of the century, his grandfather emigrated to Palestine at the age of 81.Later his father, also a rabbi, settled in pre-state Israel and became one of the first industrialists in the Yishuv.Dr.Weiler is a graduate student in Judaic studies at the Hebrew University, where the South African Union of Temple Sisterhoods and the South African Chapter of the Friends of the Hebrew University, of which he chairman, has established a scholarship fund bearing his name.was Mr.Bronfman, in commenting on the appointment, recalled that prior to leaving South Africa, Dr.Nahum Gold- mann, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress, invited Dr.Weiler to take an active interest in World Jewish Congress matters, since Dr.Weiler had long been a staunch believer in the philosophy and programme of the World Jewish Congress.Dr.Weiler, Mr.Bronfman further stated, will be leaving this month for South America where he will interest the leaders of South American Jewry in this proposal.He will then cover the various communities of Europe.It is anticipated that the leadership of the United States will be approached in due course for support of the Beth Hatfuzoth.Mr.Bronfman in welcoming Dr.Weiler as Chairman of the Administrative Committee, felt that his wide knowledge of Jewish life and his intellectual background and experience would greatly assist in the realization of the plans to make the Beth Hatfuzoth an important span of the bridges to be built connecting Jewish communities throughout the world not only with each other, but with the State of Israel.Eastern Region Conference to be Held in January A conference of the Eastern Region of Canadian Jewish Congress will be convened in January, 1961, it was announced by Mr.Harold Lande, Q.C., chairman, Eastern Region, following a meeting of the Eastern Region Executive held in Montreal on October 11.The Conference will review all aspects of Congress activities in the Eastern Region and the program will provide an opportunity for several hours of uninterrupted discussion.Participants at the Conference will include presidents and secretaries of organizations and community leaders in Montreal, Quebec City, Three Rivers, Sherbrooke and rural areas of the Province of Quebec.The Arrangements Committee of Congress has been charged with setting the exact date and venue for the Conference.i hy Ti OCTOBER, 1960 CONGRESS BULLETIN Literature of Jewish Canadiana by David Rome* The observance of the bicentenary of Canadian Jewry provided the occasion for a summary of its literature.When allowance is made for the small size of the community and for its youthfulness\u2014eighty years ago some 3,000 Jews lived where 250,000 now reside\u2014the literature of Jewish Can- adiana is seen to be considerable and possibly worthy of scrutiny.À rather extensive listing appears in the Selected Bibliography of Jewish Canadiana (Montreal) just published by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Public Library.It might be added that no complete collection exists; the largest is the Bronfman Collection of Jewish Canadiana in the Jewish Public Library of Montreal.There are no private collections on this subject, although some organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress have useful libraries which may be consulted.Currently the most important work in the field is being done by Professor Jacob R.Marcus of Cincinnati as part of his researches into early Jewry of this continent; also by Louis Rosenberg who has been commissioned by the Congress to bring the history of the community up to date, and by such French Canadian historians as M.Douville who investigated Jewish history as part of their Quebec studies.Sociological Studies of Canadian Jewry Sociological studies of Canadian Jewry are numerous, especially after Mr.Rosenberg had induced the federal census to make available statistical data broken down by creed and by ethnic origin.This federal source and similar health statistics maintained by the City of Montreal have contributed to making Canadian Jewry one of the best researched.outside Israel.Most of these researches from the pen of Mr.Rosenberg are contained in the scores of classic short studies he has published.In book form only his Canada\u2019s Jews (Montreal 1939) has appeared, with a forword by Dr.Arthur Ruppin.A collector of Jewish Canadiana will do well to secure and bind together as many as he can of Rosenbergs and other shorter studies published by the Congress.The section on literature in any collection of Jewish Canadiana will be found most interesting.For some hundred years Canadian Jews have been making a considerable contribution to letters in English, Yiddish and Hebrew.This contribution has been an important and recognized segment of Canadian literature and, at the same time, has been intensely Jewish.It has been said that Bret Harte derived his family name from the pioneering Hart family of Lower Canada.Be that as it may, other Jewish Harts have certainly contributed to the Canadian Library.Isidore Ascher began his literary career in Montreal with a collection of poems, Voices From the Hearth (Montreal, 1863).Later he quit the profession of law and proceeded to England where.during a long professional writing career, he published many volumes of stories, plays and poems *Mr.Rome is Director of the Jewish Public Library, Montreal and edited \u201c Selected Bibliography of Jewish Canadiana\u201d and \u201cOur Library, 1914-57.\u201d which are now all rare collectors\u2019 items.In the twentieth century Hyman Edelstein, an Irish Jew, continued the Canadian Jewish literary tradition with a series of some fifteen books.An ardent Zionist as well as an Irish patriot, a Hebrew scholar as well as a master of Greek and Latin, a civil servant and editor of the Canadian Jewish Chronicle, Edelstein, like his predecessor Ascher and like almost all his successors in Canadian literature, wrote freely on Jewish themes, preparing the way for the luminary of Canadian literature, A.M.Klein.UTE Y TRE _ JEWISH BOOK MONTH Canadian Anglo-Jewish Literature Klein is numbered among the foremost Canadian writers.He has received just about every literary honor bestowed in Canada, from the Gover- nor-General\u2019s award to the medal of the Quebec government.From his first published work in the Menorah Journal to his most recent novel The Second Scroll (New York, 1951), his is the expression of the complete personality, with its considerable Jewish interest and Hebrew learning.His poetry is frequently based upon the emotions of the modern Jew and alludes to every phase of current and ancient Jewish life.By his own writings, by the interest and respect he inspired and by the example he set, he expanded poly- got Canadian literature with an important Jewish facet.Without entering into the field of criticism, it is noteworthy that a number of students of Canadian literature have independently come to the conclusion that, in poetry and in the novel, Jewish writers and Jewish writers only are inevitably able to convey the total significance of Canadian culture and the artistic significance of the Canadian fact.Irving Layton is the most recent winner of the Governor-General\u2019s award.His Red Carpet in the Sun (Toronto, 1959) contains his own selection of the more important poems he has published during the past score years in more than a dozen earlier collections as well as in journals and reviews.Layton\u2019s Jewish heritage, like Klein's, finds full articulation in the prose and poetry he addresses to the reader of Canadian literature.Also like Klein, he is influential in gaining for Jewish culture complete recognition as an integral part of Canadian culture and life.His example is clearly not lost on a large group of promising young writers.The most significant of Canadian WRIST Jewish novelists today is undoubtedly Mordecai Richler whose experimental first novel, The Acrobats (New York, London, 1954) was laid in Spain.His second, Son of a Smaller Hero, is autobiographical and deals with Montreal (London, 1955).4 Choice of Enemies (London, 1957) has its setting in London, while his most recent The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (London, 1959) returns again to a sharp criticism of the Montreal Jewish scene.Another Canadian writer who won the Governor-General\u2019s award is Adele Wiseman, whose The Sacrifice (New York, Toronto, London, 1956) deals with the life of immigrant Jews in \u2018Winnipeg.Of the most recently published Canadian Jewish poets we might mention Leonard N.Cohen\u2019s Let Us Compare Mythologies (Toronto, 1956); Henry Moscovitch\u2019s The Serpent Ink (Toronto, 1956); Harold Silverman\u2019s Twenty-Two Improvisations (Toronto, 1940) and Eli Mandel\u2019s Trio (Montreal, 1954).Yiddish Literature in Canada Even more impressive is Yiddish literature in Canada.The first Yiddish book printed in Canada appeared in Montreal in 1910: M.E.Levin's Kinder Ertziung bei Yidn.Other books quickly appeared in various centres across Canada but Montreal soon assumed the leadership in Yiddish letters, developing such figures as Jacob Isaac Segal and Noah J.Gotlib.Segal, like the others, was a native of Europe, and his poetry reflects his cultural roots overseas.With the coming of World War II, Yiddish literature in Canada was revitalized.À large number of talented artists found a haven and a congenial environment in Montreal and the library of Canadian Judaica assumed even greater importance.This is reflected in the regularity with which the Lamed Prize for literature came to Montreal to honour J.I.Segal, Rachel Corn, Yechiel Shtern, Dr.S.Petrushka and A.M.Klein.Hebrew Writing of Significance In Hebrew literature the volume is not so considerable, but several names merit mention.In Vancouver Mordecai Jaffe prepared his Yiddish Anthology of Hebrew Poetry (Vilno, 1935), and in Winnipeg Shazar published in two editions his translation of Rachel\u2019s poems (1932).Isaiah Rabinovitch of Toronto has an established reputation as a Hebrew literary critic and more recently Chaim Brandwein won the Lamed Prize for Be-Hazrot Yerusha- layim (Jerusalem, 1958).Hebrew religious literature in Canada is particularly impressive including Rabbi de Sola\u2019s edition of The Form of Prayers in five volumes issued in Philadelphia in 1898 and in 1925; the Babylonian Talmud published in Montreal in eighteen volumes (1919); the translation of the Zohar into Hebrew by Rabbi Judah Rosenberg in seven volumes (New York, 1955) and numerous other important works.Notable Contribution Jews have made a notable and enduring contribution to the academic and social literature of Canada.Among these may be mentioned L.M.Bloomfield\u2019s studies of Guatemala and the Suez: B.L.Cohen\u2019s economic studies; R.A.Davies\u2019 books on Canadian affairs.Impressive indeed is the sheer volume of these books\u2014all of them of some importance\u2014when we consider that of lesser editions the still incomplete bibliography compiled in the Jewish Public Library numbers over 5,000 items and also when we remember that we are dealing with a community of barely 250,000 souls and in substance scarcely three-score years old.New Books Listed below is a selection of recently published books of outstanding Jewish interest, which will be reviewed in forthcoming issues of this paper: The Faithful City by Dov Joseph, Simon & Shuster, New York, $5.95.Israel Resurgent by Norman Bent- wich, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, $5.50.Paths to Jewish Belief by Emil L.Fackenberg, Behrman, New York.The Second Crucifixion by Maurice Samuel, Knopf, $5.50.A Time to Speak by Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg, Ph.D., Lieberman, $3.50. CONGRESS BULLETIN Published monthly except July and August by the Canadian Jewish Congress, 493 Sherbrooke Street, West, Montreal, to report on the activities of Canadian Jewry and matters of interest to them.Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.many by December 31, 1960.surviving Jewish slave labourers.registered.ATTENTION: Former Jewish Slave Labourers Former Jewish inmates of Nazi concentration camps, who toiled as slave labourers for private German firms, should give their names and particulars to the Compensation Treuhand GmbH in Frankfurt, Ger- An attempt is being made to prevail upon additional German firms (besides |.G.Farben and Friedrich Krupp) to grant compensation to The local offices of URO Canada (2081 Aylmer St., Montreal; 152 Beverley St., Toronto; 370 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg; 2675 Oak St., Vancouver) are equipped to handle the registrations of those not yet CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS 493 Sherbrooke St.W., (Headquarters for URO Canada) ww OCTOBER, 1960 #1 Ta EK : - 1% Le REX No longer lonesome, this elderly immigrant from Rumania had lived alone in a tiny room in the old town of Acre since her arrival in Israel in 1951.With the establishment of the Acre Golden Age Club\u2014run by the municipality with the help of Malben-Joint Distribution Committee\u2014 she is now able to meet people of her own age and interests.But best of all, the recent arrival of her children in Israel may soon allow her to return to normal family life.Malben, the JDC medical and welfare program on behalf of aged, ill and handicapped newcomers to Israel, is financed chiefly with funds provided by the United Jewish Appeal.Montreal Mr.Samuel Bronfman, National President of Congress, and Mrs.Samuel Bronfman, O.B.E., were hosts to a pre-Campaign Dinner of the Joint Campaign for Combined Jewish Appeal, United Jewish Appeal, United Israel Appeal and Rescue & Survival Fund, of which the Canadian Jewish Congress and United Jewish Relief Agencies are beneficiaries.The guest speaker was Mr.Label Katz, President of International B'nai Brith.Mr.Arthur Pascal is General Chairman of the Campaign.Official campaign dates are November 7-21.The quota is $3,905,800.00.Campaign leadership expects a 209, overall increase over the amount raised last year.London Mr.Lavy M.Becker, a National Vice-President of Congress, was guest speaker at the Dedication Ceremony of the B'nai Israel Synagogue Centre in London, Ont.The Synagogue Centre has facilities for a Hebrew School and a special Youth Centre open to the entire community.Sudbury Mr.Meyer W.Gasner, Vice-Presi- dent of C.J.C., Central Region, was the guest speaker on the occasion of the formal dedication of the new synagogue Building of the Sudbury Jewish Community held September 18.Mr.Samuel Speigel, President of the Congregation and a member of the National Council and Central Region Executive of Congress presided.Mr.Harry Waisberg, Q.C., is the Chairman of the Synagogue Building Committee.The dedication sermon was given by Rabbi William Rosenthal.Yarmouth, N.S.A campaign dinner will be held nn November 24 and the guest speaker will be Saul Hayes, Executive Vice- President, Canadian Jewish Congress.The chairman of this year\u2019s UJA campaign is Lester Pink.Toronto Aba Bayefsky, well-known artist, to be jury-member for the Second International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo.First time a Canadian artist has been invited to sit on an International Exhibition Jury.Community Briefs Toronto Mr.Kalman Berger, a member of Congress Central Region Executive, was the guest speaker at a monument unveiling ceremony held by the Zag- lembier Society of Toronto in memory of those killed during the war.National Executive Appointments SE EEE SES Dr.N.I.Corne ISK ATR TOR =.Harry Walsh, Q.C.At September 11 meeting of National Executive held in Montreal, Dr.N.I.Corne and Mr.Harry Walsh, Q.C., both of Winnipeg, were appointed members of the National Executive as further representatives of the Western Region.Montreal The Executive Vice President of Congress announces the appointment of Miss Jean Sadler as Press Officer replacing Mrs.Toby Belkin.Miss Sadler, a former Englishwoman, is a graduate of London University and La Sorbonne, Paris.She has been employed in Jewish community work for the past four years at the Zionist Organization of Canada, Public Relations Department.Montreal and Toronto Carlo Maria Guilini, one of the foremost European conductors, will direct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra during its brief Canadian visit.À single concert will be given at Massey Hall, Toronto, November 7 and at the Forum, Montreal, November 8.Fredericton, N.B.The campaign dinner date has been set for November 17 and Consul- General for Israel Pinhas Eliav will be the guest speaker.Co-chairmen are Saul Brown and Abe Levine.Windsor Hon.Paul Martin, M.P., to be honored at banquet on November 24 at the Cleary Convention Hall.Among top personalities attending will be Adelai E.Stevenson.Toronto The Educational and Cultural Committee of the Central Region, Canadian Jewish Congress, in conjunction with the YM.YWHA in Toronto, arranged an exhibit in Toronto of wood sculptures on Jewish life in Eastern European communities.have The collection assembled by Berel Satt of Los Angeles and sponsored by the American Jewish Congress is in commemoration of the Sixteenth Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and is made possible through the Morris L.Schaver Foundation of Detroit.The exuibit will be on display at the YM-YWHA November 13- November 27 as part of the Jewish Book Month observance.Saint John, N.B.Mr.Barnett Jacobson was chosen to head this year\u2019s UJA campaign.Mr.A.Calp is Canvass Chairman and Mr.Mitchell Franklin will serve as Special Names Chairman.The date for the dinner is Tuesday, November 22 and the guest of honour will be His Excellency Yaacov Herzog, Ambassador of Israel to Canada.Edmonton Israel Ambassador Herzog addressed U.LA.campaign dinner on October 16.Chairman of the meeting was Wolfe Margolus.Welland Welland Community held its installation of new officers on September 18.Mr.Bernard Ennis, member of Regional Council of Canadian Jewish Congress, elected new President of Welland Hebrew Congregation.The out-going chairman is Mr.Allan David.Mr.Julius Ennis was re-appointed Chairman of the Hebrew School Board of Education.Mr.Harry Carrel, past- president of the congregation and member of the Regional Council of Canadian Jewish Congress, was appointed chairman of the community\u2019s U.J.A.campaign.Special tribute was paid to Mr.and Mrs.H.M.Enushev- sky for long service and to Dr.H.O.Singer, a member of the Regional Executive and National Couneil of Canadian Jewish Congress."]