Congress bulletin, 1 septembre 1971, Septembre

[" PUBLISHED BY CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS VOL 27 No.5 MONTREAL, QUEBEC SEPTEMBER, 1971 KOSYGIN TO FACE SOVIET JEWRY ISSUE CJC Calls National Solidarity Week BASIC POLICY REVIEW | TO HIGHLIGHT PLENARY COMMUNITY MOURNS SAMUEL BRONFMAN, C.C., LLD., beloved Canadian and world Jewish leader, died in Montreal July 10, 1971.His deep sorrow at the great loss and some vignettes recalled from a lifetime of close personal association are expressed on page 3 in a special Bulletin interview with Monroe Abbey, Q.C., President of Canadian Jewish Congress of which Mr.Bronfman had served as President for 22 yyars until 1962; also on page 3 is the text of the warmly personal, deeply emotional evlogy delivered at the funeral by Saul Hayes, Q.C., Congress Executive Vice-President.Postage-paid-in-cash at third class rates \u2014 Permit No.10,019.Bulk \u2014 en nombre.Return postage guaranteed.CONGRESS BULLETIN, 1590 McGregor Street, Montreal 109, Quebec MONTREAL \u2014 First full scale review of the role, character and directions of Canadian Jewish Congress since its founding over 50 years ago will be the central, overriding theme of the 16th Plenary Assembly \u2014 the triennial national convention of Canadian Jewry \u2014 here this November.From all parts of Canada, representative leaders and commual activists will gather in Montreal November 13 to 16 for discussions, debates and decisions which are expected to chart Canadian Jewsy s social, cultural, educational and \u2014 in the broadest sense \u2014 political destinies for at least the coming decade.\u201cIt will be a delegates\u2019 convention,\u201d according to Monroe Abbey, Q.C., Congress National President.\u201cThere will be a minimum of (star) guest pérson- alities, all major sessions will be devoted to just a few basic subjects of prime concern, discussion leaders will replace the usual array of \u2018speakers,\u2019 and the ordinary delegates will have their fullest opportunity to make their opinions count.\u2019 Resolutions Invited Reports from the various Regional Congress offices indicate that the attendance from across the country is already well on the way to exceeding even the massive turnouts which have characterized Plenary Assemblies in recent years.The representative and demo cratic character of the convention is being ensured by the delegate allocations, under the provisions of the Congress Bylaws, which reach out to all sectors of the communities, to groups large and small.The arrangements for elections of delegates have been authorized by meetings of the respective Regional Councils in all four Regions of Congress.Pre-convention Resolutions Committees are already at work in the Regions, screening and (Continued on page 8) PROF.MOSHE DAVIS \u2018North American Scene\u2019 DR.YAACOV HERZOG Featured Speaker Simchat Torah Rallies To Launch I AM MY SISTER'S KEEPER, says this solemn demonstrator in Montreal, one of 40 Jewish women garbed in black robes 16th PLENARY ASSEMBLY AVIV RN ed 3 RY « NOVEMBER 14-16, 1971* MONTREAL Protests A giant manifestation of protest and concern for Soviet Jewry will greet Alexei Kosygin when the Soviet Fremier visits Canada in October.Starting the week before he arrives with Simchat Torah mass rallies of solidarity with Soviet Jewry on Tuesday, October 12, the Jewish communities across Canada will culminate their expression of concern in a Natio nal Solidarity Week for Soviet Jewry starting October 18, the scheduled date of Kosygin's arrival for an eight-day visit.Marking that day and opening the National Solidarity Week will be a Vigil and a 24-hour hunger strike in Ottawa, the place \u2014 either in front of the USSR (Continued on page 2) and veils who carried out a two-hour Silent Vigil in front of the Soviet Intourist/Aeroflot office to protest Soviet violations of human rights of its Jewishei- tizens.Similar Vigil will greet USSR Premier Kosygin in Ottawa on October 18.See adjoining story and additional picture inside. A no RY Page 2 CONGRESS BULLETIN SEPTEMBER, 1971 Comment : Issues Never Faced Before Every three years, committed and representative members of the Canadian Jewish Community, through a process of democratic elections, are able to express their views on the problems and concerns of the Jewish people of this country at a National Assembly.We are now on the eve of the 16th Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress, which is the forum for the statement of views of all kinds, of dissent, analysis, criticism and, very often, praise.The Plenary Assembly must meet, whatever its agenda.But in the 16th, which takes place at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal from the evening of Nobember 13 to the afternoon of November 16, some very extraordinary dimensions have been added to the routine portrayal of Congress activity of the three years preceding and the account of stewardship during those years.The fact has to be faced that even in this three-year period some very fundamental issues, which were not debated at the preceding Assembly, have come to the fore for the Canadian Jewish Community and for Congress \u2014 and these will form a very important part of the forthcoming Assembly.It is commonplace at any convention of any group to say that it is \u201cat the crossroads.\u201d This banality usually covers quite routine agendae.In truth, however, the Canadian Jewish Community, if not at the crossroads, is facing nevertheless serious choices as to the directions to be taken.In Canada generally mores and the style of life have gone through some rapid, surprising, even startling changes within the past three years.Questions which were taboo three short years ago are now subjects for open discus sion.Forum where can reason together The Jewish Community is not immune from these shifting concepts.More particularly for Canadian Jewish Congress, serious and honest discussion is being engendered by varying concepts of how best Jewish life should have meaning and continuity.One must presume good faith in every point of view.But good faith doesn\u2019t guarantee good judgment.It is up to the only representative national forum in Canadian Jewish life, the Plenary Assembly, to bring forward the proponents of the varying views to reason together.And if we are serious about democracy, then we have to accept its verdict.Many of the questions of centralization and decentralization, of priorities of the one as against the priorities of the other, of structure and of methodology, all pose new issues which did not confront previous Assemblies.The real challenge to the Jewish Community will not only be what are the decisions, but equally __ if not more so \u2014 the democratic method of arriving at such decisions.Unless duly appointed representatives instructed or uninstructed \u2014 preferably instructed; we would think \u2014 from all facets of Jewish life, make up the delegations, no real, lasting decisions will emerge.If, however, the public takes seriously the intensity of the problems \u2014 some of which have been outlined \u2014 that require debate and decision, then a true expression.of Canadian Jewish views will surface.It is from these decisions that the Congress in the next three years will derive its working papers.From them will also come its mandate, its authority to act.Tremendously Exciting Plenary Assemblies In the past we have had tremendously exciting Plenary As semblies, and very vital ones.How could it be otherwise when we faced such problems as the refugees from Nazism, the grim 1939- 45 World War period, the postwar rehabilitation era?How could it have been otherwise with the problems which we as Canadian Jews faced in the United Nations and most partic ularly on the issue of the creation of the State of Israel and its survival?How could it have been otherwise with the new generation which did not inherit quite the traditional and cultural legacy of their fathers and grandfathers?Today is different only in that the problems carry different faces.But the decisions are for the continuity of a Jewishexistence in a pluralistic society very harmonious to it but posing the essential need of a national organization through which some of the directions can be charted and their implementation realized.Published monthly except July and August by the Canadian Jewish Congress, 1590 McGregor Avenue, Montreal, 109, Quebec, to report on the activities of Canadian Jewry and matters of interest to them.National President Monroe Abbev.Q.C.National Executive Vice President Saul Haves, Q.C.= TIMED FOR U.S.S.R.DAY at \u2018Man and His World\u2019\u2019 in Montreal this Lire | \u2019 Intou fed f | OFFICE ¥i SOVIETIQUE .705d summer, a Silent Vigil is conducted by black-garbed Jewish women in front of the Intourist/Aeroflot office as a protest on behalf of Soviet Jewry.The silent women carried placards in English, French and Yiddish, and the Vigil was conducted with quiet dignity and unmarred by any incidents.VARIETY OF EVENTS CJC Backs (Continued from page 1) Embassy or on Parliament Hill \u2014 not settled at presstime.The solidarity Week was proclaimed in a mobilization call issued by Canadian Jewish Congress to Jewish communities which, in the words of President Monroe Abbey, Q.C., \u201cwill be gathered as one great unified force to demonstrate with strong albeit peaceful militancy our deep and abiding concern for our Soviet brethren.\u201d Delegation Sees Sharp Meanwhile, a CJC delegation to Ottawa on September 17, led by Mr.Abbey, was given strong indications that the Canadian Government would be taking a very firm stand on the Soviet Jewish issue during the discussions with Mr.Kosygin.The delegation, which met with Hon.Mitchell Sharp, Secretary of State for External Affairs, asked the Government to reaf firm to the Soviet Premier its concern for Jews in the U.S.S.R., to request that the flow of Jewish emigration to Israel be increased, that amnesty be granted on humanitarian grounds to Jewish prisoners sentenced in connection with their struggle for emigration, and that steps be taken to effect the joinder of families between Canada and the U.S.S.R.in accord with the declaration on freedom to emigrate made by Kosygin in 1966.Led in many instances by local Action Committees for Soviet Jewry, all major and many smaller communities will be holding mass Simchat Torah rallies on the 12th.These will take a variety of forms: Flashlight Parade In Montreal, the demonstration will start with a mass rally in Dominion Square in front of the Cenotaph, at which the main speaker will be a Russian Jewish girl who has recently immigrated to Israel.Following a program of song and a Francophone choir, there will be a flashlight parade led by youth bearing chains and 50 Torah scrolls borne by religious leaders from synagogues throughout the city, to the U.S.S.R.Consulate, where the assembly will join in song and dance.In Toronto, again led by the student youth, the participants will march from Queen's Park \u2014 the Legislative Building grounds \u2014 to Nathan Phillips Square for its organizers to attract an attendance topping the 10,000 mark.In Winnipeg, the Simchat Torah rally on the 12th will be held as a city-wide mass gathering at the Rosh Pina Synagogue, and in Vancouver as an outdoor special service at the Beth Israel Synagogue.Rabbinic Conference During the Solidarity Week a number of events were being organized on an almost daily basis in the various centers, with one of the special national plans being the mooted holding of an all-Canadian Rabbinic Conference for Soviet Jewry in Ottawa, being considered at presstime by the National Religious Affairs Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress.Name Chairmen Of Committees WINNIPEG\u2014 The following appointments of committee chairman were announced by Abe Steinberg, past Regional chairman, at a meeting of National Council Western Region of Canadian Jewish Congress on September at Rosh Pina Synagogue: J.C.R.C.\u2014 J.J.Wilder, Winnipeg chairman; Guy Kroft, Regional chairman; Education & Culture \u2014 Zalman Selchen; Religious Affairs \u2014 Mrs.Min Heft; Foreign Affairs \u2014 D.I.Victor; Archives & Research \u2014 Joe Lav- itt; Action Committee for Soviet Jewry \u2014 Moishe Kaufman; Fundraising \u2014 Ed Vickar; Budget & Finance \u2014 Sidney Sheps; Committe on Yiddish \u2014 Gabe Broder; Constitution \u2014 Abe Anhang.Education Bill in Que.Complete restructuration of the school administration on the Island of Montreal, which has been forecast a long time ago (and long overdue) is, it would appear, in its final stages.The National Assembly of Quebec started hearings on Bill 28 which would, if approved, revamp the education system in Montreal.The new look would not do away with the denominational schools which are so unique to Quebec, and would maintain separate Protestant and Catholic schools.The novelty of the Bill is that it would induce a unified school administration for all types of schools, rightly assuming that the constitutional guarantees for separate school adminis trations and one school board could administer all types of schools.CJC In Favor The Bill would also project - more forcefully the obligation of school boards to establish non- confessional schools.Parents have the option for choosing the type of school they want their children to attend and the language of instruction, French or English.Canadian Jewish Congress is on record as supporting the new approach.Congress had submitted an elaborate brief to the National Assembly on Bill 62 which was introduced by the previous Government of Quebec and which was also based on the same principle.The Congress is also submitting a brief on the pending Bill with suggestions for strengthening the parental op tions, linguistic choices and generally the highest quality of education on all levels.The proposed changes do not affect the position of Jewish Day Schools which now have \u201casso ciate\u201d status and receive per cap ita grants for children attending elementary (including kindergarten) and High Schools.ane ca wo left, 9 brate He (J By The loss to World Same sharp Plenar bey, À Jewish {ining Alle trayin Abbey the 1 which fore a den Rew Spann Abbey sionar and ( tema The MA of wh of Jo Mont Appa Comm Man Stee, rom ogy evo eg li Py Hy Ply Mm / SEPTEMBER, 1971 CONGRESS BULLETIN Page 3 a Sie Me AER 1 foi nl css SER 3 \u2018 CELEBRATING HIS 80th BIRTHDAY \u2014 Samuel Bronfman is shown with his beloved wife Saidye and two close friends and co-workers: Monroe Abbey, Q.C., President of Canadian Jewish Congress, at left, and Sol Kanee, Chairman of the National Executive Committee of Congress, during the cele- a as Le I &- the ns go bration of Mr.Bronfman\u2019s 80th birthday last March.He \u2018Melted Antagonisms\u201d CJC President Recalls BY DOROTHEA CHEIFETZ The impact of the tremendous loss to Canadian, and indeed to World Jewry, on the passing of Samuel Bronfman, comes into sharp focus on the eve of the Plenary Assembly, Monroe Abbey, Q.C.President of Canadian Jewish Congress, told the Bulle tin in a special interview.Affectionately, at times betraying his deep emotion, Mr.Abbey retraced the highlights of the momentous years during which Mr.Bronfman served be fore and after he became President of Congress in 1939.Reviewing a friendship which spanned some 50 years, Mr.Abbey assessed the man, the visionary leader, the proud Jew and Canadian, blended into a remarkable human being.They met in the \u201920\u2019s, when Mr.Abbey worked in the drives of what was then the Federation of Jewish Philanthrophies of Montreal, now Combined Jewish Appeal and the Allied Jewish Community Services.Mr.Bronf- man was new to the Montreal scene, but he quickly rose to prominence in the community \u201cIt was the measure of his remarkable stature as a leader that he was foremost a \u2018working president\u2019.I remember when the choice of all of us in Congress was to have Sam as the President.Michael Garber and the late Judge Ben Robinson approached him \u2014 it was in 1939 \u2014 prior to the Assembly convened for Montreal, and I sat in on the Nominating Committee together with Sol Kanee, now Chairman of the National Executive of Congress, who then chaired the Committee.When we talked with him, he insisted that should he become the President, it would be not only in name.He never regretted the amount of time he had to give up and did give up to the position.\u201d Rapport, Affection Those early years marked the beginning of a life-long association with Saul Hayes, Congress Executive Vice-President.\u201cSaul left his law practice on the invitation of Sam about the same time that he became President.Sam\u2019s affection for Saul was unmistakable and they had a wonderful rapport in the con- How The City Sits Solitary EULOGY BY SAULHAYES A precious and gracious wife, who shared her consort\u2019s interests, loses a hus band after 49 years of a marriage which was a heart warming love story.Four children lose an af fectionate and devoted fa ther who was also guide and mentor.Nine grandchildren lose their adored grandfather.Brothers and sisters lose their illustrious brother.Relatives are bereaved.Close friends feel a pang akin to sickness at their loss.Acquaintances know a vacuum has been created.Businessmen lose a val ued, respected and honoured associate.The community suffers a blow that long will be felt in the death of a creator, advisor, worker whose imagination, energy, talent and de i won ts \u201d HER » + A PROUD FATHER AND A PROUD SON share a happy occasion \u2014 Samuel Bronfman with son Charles at the dedication of the Sam- vel Bronfman Biblical and Archaeological Museum, a gift of the Bronfman children in honor of their father, in Israel in 1962.from a half dozen disparate organizations.\u2014how he engineered the Combined Jewish Appeal despite intransigeance of certain groups at the time.SAMUEL BRONFMAN \u2014 architect: for 22 years he guided the Canadian Jewish Congress whose officers gave him unwavering support and on whom he relied and the story of which is told in a specially prepared brochure in his honour on the occasion ing that a nation\u2019s greatest resource is its people.How often he referred to his colleagues and those who cre ated before them.The second was his deeply ingrained sense of democracy.He didn\u2019t put it on, he lived it.To see him at work was to get a lesson from a master.He would never accept a point of order.His answer was invariably, \u2018Let the man speak even if he is out of order \u2014 and besides it takes less time to hear him than to ; : ; _ votion measurably helped of the opening of the Cana- ; demonstrating great talent anda y.of Congress and commu make it dian Jewish Congress build debate a point of order\u2019.served as Chairman of the Feder- \u201cThe imprint of Mr.Bronf- And so the city, the coun- ing \u2014 the Samuel Bronfman No campaign goals nor ation Campaign in 1931 and man\u2019s leadership was decisive try, the international com House.Congress under his capital sum campaigns were a President of Federation of Jewish Within and without Congress.munity sits solitary and leadership truly became the ever ordered.When his sup- d Philanthropies 1934-50 After my return from Washing- weeps and mourns.Voice of Canadian Jewry at port \u2018was requested and lead + ton in 1950 with Sol Kanee, From the wisdom of the home and abroad.ership sought (which was is Inspired Loyalty where we had attended a Confer Talmud we learn that an SAMUEL BRONFMAN most of the time) he would je \u201cHe ins cui d lo Wa and affec.ence to develop a four-point pro- orator and Amen-sayer will T activist: he was never sat- insist that community lead- i i n y y v to gram of aid to Israel, we dis be punished for false eulo- isfied with smugness and ership sit together.He would lon ee en, and was hen 0 cussed with him the setting-up in gies.Today 1 take not the complacency but was ever say, If the majority agree we us as \u2018Sam\u2019 \u2014 a man who en- Canada of a similar program.He slightest risk.restless and impatient to do it, if they disagree we do joyed a story and could tell them there upon launched the NCLJR We assess the career of create, improve, amend.not,\u2019 and he would add, \u2018and ; with the best.He and his family wo the National Conference for Samuel Bronfman and real SAMUEL BRONFMAN of course 1 have my views .added i Te Tribal Israel and Jewish Rehabilitation.ize how unique he was, how a leader: 8 man always 2 and on express them Bron it ing of their wealth, but more Its 4point program was a h an 1 as hi jslon.He EE leading à it could be said that he + 1 cant] al interest stepped-up campaign for volun ow vast was his vision.He community.man it could be said that he à pose antly, personal Intères tary contributions, the Israel could only think big and We gather to pay last re could walk with kings but ane tins.life was fragmented in Bond Sales Organization a com- paint on a very large can- spects and farewell.But is it never lose the common ey vass.farewell?1 ouch.f saw the need of unity when the tion of private investment in Is SAMUEL BRONFMAN experience a luminous glow lustrative examples of his je crises of the late thirties had to rael vf philosopher of Canadian pervading us and feel en uncanny ability to work with .po fe.statesman who was riched that it was our goo all.fo the refugee agencies in Canada G He also founded the annua Canadian through and fortune to be blessed with In 1939, when the dark \u2014 JDC, Ort, OSE, Polish Feder- \u2018zuardians Linner for Israe through and helped his coun these various Samuel Bronf cloud of war was looming, ir dr ation and others who had been raising money for refugee and relief work \u2014 and forged the United Jewish Refugee and war Relief Agencies.He brought together all segments of the community to launch a War Efforts Committee that rendered excep tional services throughout the country during World War II.Bonds, in which he was ably helped by his good friend Bill Geddes.A Working Leader \u201cSam was a working leader for Israel \u2014 and he cared deeply about the land and the people.It was a memorable meeting on a Sunday morning in early June (Continued on page 7) try in so many ways and placed newer and newer de signs in the mosaic of Jewish life as part of his Canadian ism.SAMUEL BRONFMAN \u2014 planner of organizational unity.Examples: how he created the United Jewish Refugee and Relief Agencies mans.Our mourning is relieved by these memories.To us who knew him well we were struck with two attributes he possessed in his community work.One was his respect for those who went before him - the pioneers.He was fond of say- Bronfman issued a call to Canadian Jewish leadership to present them with his plan.They assembled in Montreal and the Canadian Jewish Congress War Efforts Committee was formed which was to do extraordinary work.(Continued on page 7 Page 4 New Year The beautiful and hal lowed tradition of wishing your neighbour well for a New Year is deeply en shrined in Jewish life.If we have forgotten all other slo gans, we all vividly recall the wish for L\u2019Shana Tova.It is with personal pleasure that as President of the Canadian Jewish Congress I extend for the year 5732 of the Jewish calendar, best wishes for the health, happ# ness and prosperity of every member of the Jewish community of Canada.Although we are, unhappi ly, not free from the trials and tribulations in Jewish life which in some instances have deepened, and happily in others have lessened, we must be optimistic and believe that the New Year will bring surcease from many problems, and joy and un derstanding in the hearts of all.Traditionally, we say New Year in Jerusalem.Miracu- From CJC President Greetings lously this tradition in a sense is being fulfilled with a united Jerusalem under the aegis of the Jewish State.It is to be hoped that the nations of the world will vouchsafe this for eternity.Among the other problems that we face in the Jewish community of Canada and the Jewish communities in less favoured lands are the gist of the Congress pro grams now as they have been over the past 30 years.A Happy New Year to the Jews of these less favoured lands should be an integral part of our greetings, as they are to our own commu nity.In this sense, this New Year\u2019s message extends a fraternal message.May ew ery member of the Jewish community of Canada find the year 5732 in large measure a fulfilment of their aspirations and hopes.MONROE ABBEY, Q.C., President Canadian Jewish Congress JOE AIN Like father.JoeAinHead Of Montreal Guides JSF Fund Drive MONTREAL \u2014 Largest Jewish fund-raising effort in Canada, the Montreal 1971 Combined Jewish Appeal and Israel Emer gency Fund is underway, reaching out to garner the pledges of an estimated 40,000 supporters this Fall.General Chairman of the campaign is one of Canada\u2019s most dynamic community leaders and a top industrialist: Joe Ain, President of Ain and Zakuta, build ing contractors, who serves also as National President of Jewish Immigrant Aid Service and Vice-president of Allied Jewish Community Services.Honorary Chairman of the campaign \u2014 which will reach into virtually every Jewish home in Canada\u2019s largest city \u2014 is another notable Canadian personality on the communal, public and business scenes, Allan Bronf- man.Mr.Bronfman has played a distinguished role in Jewish communal fund-raising, among his many varied participations in public life, since he was co chairman of the 1929.effort which raised the funds to start Mont TORONTO \u2014 For the first time in its ten-year history York STEVE AIN .like son! And Steve In Toronto University will have a permanent Jewish student structure on campus.The Jewish Student Federation (JSF) was formed this spring to unite all Jewish students at York and will operate with the cooperation of Canadian Jewish Congress, Contral Region and the United Jewish Welfare Fund.Some three thousand Jewish students attend York and over the past few years a number of small, issue-oriented Jewish groups have emerged: Progressive Students for Israel, Student Ac tion Committee for Soviet Jewry, York Hillel and the Israel Students Organization.These have now banded together in the JSF for the purposes of greater communication and coordination of program.Growing Involvement Steven Ain, Director of Youth Services, Canadian Jewish Con gress, Central Region, and acting director of JSF, explained that the primary goal of the Federation was to expand the grass roots membership and enlist broad-based support among the Jewish students.While most of real Jewish General Hospital.CONGRESS BULLETIN SEPTEMBER, 1971 NEW AMBASSADOR OF ISRAEL DR.THEODOR MERON, right, is shown with his wife and son being welcomed on their arrival in Canada at Montreal International Airport, Dorval, in early September Abbey, center, and Alan Rose, Assistant Director of CJC, left.Israel Envoy Greets Jewish Community ACTIVITY REPORT EASTERN REGION EDUCATION Carrying out a recommendation of a Leadership Conference for afternoon Jewish Education convened by Congress in January, a summer camp program was carried out by a team of three young persons who visited many camps and conducted programs to encourage enrol ment.Plans were developed for an Education Month during the High Holy Day season including the publication of a brochure, etc.COMMUNITY RELATIONS The Regional Joint Community Relations Committee of Congress and B\u2019Nai B\u2019Rith developed a long-range program including formation of a number of groups for the various phases of community relations.Current incidents of tension were thoroughly investigated and remedial program supported.RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS Rabbi M.Halpern, who succeeded Rabbi Allan Langner President of the Board of Jewish Ministers, assumed ex-officio the chairmanship of the Religious Affairs Committee of Congress, Eastern Region.: SOVIET JEWRY A number of programs were carried out by the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry including a vigil on the occasion of Soviet Day at Man and His World; presentation of letter to a Soviet film producer on a visit to Montreal and other programs.The Committee is-now preparing a mass demonstration of solidarity with the Jews in the U.S.S.R.on Simchat Torah.COMMUNITY SERVICES The Community Services Committee arranged two Community Institutes (Dollard des Ormeaux and Cote des Neiges area).ADULT EDUCATION Plans are being developed for a city-wide observance of Book Month, co-sponsored by the Jewish Public Library.PLENARY ASSEMBLY Arrangements were made for the election of delegates by organizations and the community at large.the student population remains apathetic to Jewish causes, he said, a growing portion have become involved in the issues of Soviet Jewry, Israel, and the Canadian Jewish community.Mr.Ain, a graduate of the From THEODOR MERON Ambassador of Israel to Canada On assuming my duties as Ambassador of Israel to Canada, I look forward to the closest possible association with the Jewish Community of Canada, which is certainly one of the most important, most active and most generous of the Jewish Communities in the world.I am particularly pleased to convey to the Canadian Jewish Congress the greetings of my Government as well as my own personal greetings on the occasion of its forthcoming triennial convention, the proceedings and the achievements of which I shall follow with close interest.You will be meeting at a time when the situation of the Jewish People requires the greatest mobilization of Jewish resources \u2014 moral, intellectual and material.The Jewish People faces challenges which require all our strength, courage and ingenuity.Millions of Jews are still denied the fundamental freedoms as Jews and as human beings.They can neither live in dignity as Jews in their countries of residence, nor exercise freely the right to leave and live with their brethren elsewhere.Unreciprocated In Israel our yearning for peace with our neighbours is as yet unreciprocated.The Arab States persist in their refusal to talk to us.In February 1971 Egypt said that it was prepared to accept the principle of peace with Israel, but insisted on dictating in advance conditions which destroyed the very purpose and object of negotiations.The recent meeting in Damascus of the Heads of State of Egypt, Syria and Libya, School of Social Work at University of Toronto, feels that this year will be a turning point on York campus and he expects the Federation to enlist highly-in- creased support for Jewish causes among students.15-Man Board An advisory board 15-man \u2018Board consisting of six students, six community leaders and three faculty has been appointed.Representatives from the community named jointly by CJC and UJUPF, are: Rabbi Emanuel For man, Joe Kronick, David Newman, Mrs.Alan Offman, Jack Rose and Mr.Ray Wolfe._ by the President of the Canadian Jewish Congress Monroe Abbey, Q.C., second from left, Mrs.and the declaration they issued on the occasion of the proposed establishment of their Federation has dealt a heavy blow even to the theoretical acceptance of the principle of peace.Indeed, the position now adopted by our Arab neighbours represents an explicit renunciation of the objectives of negotia- \u2018tions and peace and a commitment to a docrine of confrontation even more extreme and negative than that adopted at the Khartoum summit meeting.Nevertheless, peace remains and must remain our primary goal.Knowing that only our own strength can deter war, we have continued to concentrate our efforts to acquire the best equipment to counterbalance the unceasing flow of Soviet sophisticated weapons sytems to Egypt.Cites Responsibility Should there be another outbreak of hostilities, it must find us prepared.Despite the crushing weight of our defence budget we have continued to invest in our economy, consolidating and enlarging its infrastructure, ex panding exports, absorbing great numbers of immigrants, improv ing our educational and housing facilities and searching for solutions to our social problems.All the more, therefore, is it the responsibility of Jewish communities living in security, freedom, dignity and prosperity to give expression to their concern at the dangers confronting the Jewish People, and to search for effective ways to combat those dangers.: I have no doubt that the Cana dian Jewish Congress, which has always so ably represented the Canadian Jewish Community, will go on shouldering its responsibilities.I have noted with deep interest the major issues on the agenda of your coming Convention.The future of the Jewish Community in Canada during the coming decade is indeed a subject for careful study and planning, but I am truly confident that Congress will find the right solutions and directions.The reaffirmation of Canadian Jewry\u2019s solidarity with Israel \u2014 of which we of Israel are constantly aware \u2014 would represent a heart-warming and encouraging aspect of your activities.In conclusion, I wish you su- cess in your forthcoming Convention and Shana Tova.fo edu mie Times \"fuse ne le eels, and dei {fd AsO ily obser ft hich adhd dope sion su fobe 4 sly ib, pl edd wha tour: \u201cThe tilege-aget hrs | bets high - pe he weage fo The Jems lent from isin this vil msi song, ca dy lent teaching Ws.it AM.Xl hy read as contin aching sel, big Unive Times | lina ie lial eg bog go Li 189 mark ie fy | Canadian Ua te © Etm Baath la br gy ado ref rig ly big Bit | uno bi Rn it] leggy | huh eing Mhy ; ; 1 ssued posed tation el of the ow hous ucis gol Dait- Ie à net t the mins Iméry ORD have Ur i 1 quip eur hist ; ze ©.= 5 mm an en A.= = z2 = TI SEPTEMBER, 1971 NEW BOOK BY RABBI ROSENBERG CONGRESS BULLETIN Education Explosion Reverberates Also In Our Jewish Community By Dr.Stuart E.Rosenberg Jews had often been miscast by a tragic history which alièn- ated them from their own essential character.They were thrown off the land, kept out of guilds, refused entry into schools, and generally regarded as marginal men \u2014 aliens within a host society.But education has always been an integral part of Judaism.The Talmudic scholars in the shtetl of Russia and Poland have be come the doctors, lawyers, engineers, and professors of North America, Western Europe and Israel.As one observer has laconically observed: \u201cThe Jewish af fect which puts peot (ear locks) on a child in Hungary makes a disproportionate number of Jewish youngsters at Yale University want to be doctors.\u201d A study of American Jewish youth, published in 1970, re vealed what everybody seemed to know: \u201cThe proportion of Jewish college-aged youth attending schools of higher education may be as high as seventy-five percent \u2014 more than double the national average for American youth.\u201d The Jews of Canada are little different from their American cous ins in this respect, but Canadian social institutions are different.A strong, class structure traditionally kept Jews out of the college teaching profession.In the 1940's, it was an open secret that A.M.Klein, already internationally read and widely respected, was continually unable to obtain a teaching post at McGill University, his alma mater.University Presidents Times have since changed.Canada is experiencing an educational explosion and its sonic booms can also be heard reverberating through Jewish community, coast to coast.The year 1969 marked the appointment of the first Jewish president of a Canadian university, Max Wy- man at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.And several months later, in March 1970, Ernest Sirluck, thirty years after his graduation from the Univer sity of Manitoba, was appointed its president \u2014 the second Canadian Jew to head a university.In 1970, Canadian universities awarded 1,375 Doctoral degrees, one-quarter more than the number granted just a year before; and the 8,461 Masters degrees awarded in 1970 represented an increase, by the same rate, over the number awarded in 1969.\u201cThe fact is,\u201d historian Mason Wade wrote in 1966, \u2018\u2018for five years the academic brain drain has been going northward.The old business of having to go down to the States.is just completely over.This is an expanding society with not enough bodies to go around.\u201d These new facts of Canadian life help explain the entrance of Jews into the academic world as a very new, very current, and very unexpected phenomenon.They also reflect another social development \u2014 the growing movement away from small shopkeeping and retail stores, which had characterized the fs / rink Rabbi Rosenberg, well known spiritual leader of Toronto\u2019s Beth Tzedec Congregation and noted author, provides here the first part of selections based upon the last chapter (\u201cThe Academic World\u201d) from his forthcoming book \u201cIn the Midst of Freedom: The Jewish Community in Canada: Volume Two,\u201d published by McClelland and Stewart.The book is a sequel to \u2018\u2018\u201cThe Jewish Community in Canada: Volume One\u201d (reviewed in our February 1971 issue).Publication date is October 9.older generation, and the increas ing entry of the younger genera tion into new professional responsibilities, previously almost una vailable to Jews in Canada.Role in Commerce To be sure, there are more \u201cowners and managers\u2019 among Canadian Jews than ever before.But this occupational trend, too, reflects an increasing professionalization: \u2018\u2018the professionalization of commerce.\u201d Still only some 1,3 per cent of the population, Jews are increasingly prominent in virtually every branch of the retail and wholesale trades.Some operate national chains, such as Tip Top Tailors, People\u2019s Credit Jewellers, Reitman\u2019s or Handy Andy.In Ottawa, A.J.Freiman is the city\u2019s largest de partment store \u2014 bigger than Eaton's or Simpson\u2019s.From Montreal, the Steinbergs, start ing from the family\u2019s neighbour hood grocery store, now own large supermarkets all over Canada and recently in France as well.In Ottawa, the Loeb family and, in Toronto, the Wolfes (Oshawa Wholesale} have done much the same for I.G.A., a chain of smaller food stores.The Hermant family of Toronto has made Imperial Optical Company into the largest organization of its kind in the country.Out of Saskatoon, Fred S.Mendel had been operating large meat packing enterprises with branches in Argentina and Aus tralia.The Cohen brothers of Western Canada (Albert and Sam in Winnipeg, Harry in Cal gary.Joe in Vancouver, Morley in Montreal, and Jack in To ronto) founded and control Gen- eral Distributors; organized the Saan chain of retail outlets in Western Canada; and in 1962 acquired Metropolitan Stores, returning the chain\u2019s ownership to Canada after forty years of American control.The Bronf- mans are at the helm of Distillers Cotporation-Seagrams, one of the great business empires in the world, with headquarters in Montreal.And in every Canadian city, Jewish builders and developers have helped to re vamp the local skyline with modern, high-rise apartments, office buildings, and suburban homes.Nevertheless, Jews were scarcely represented at the highest level in Canada\u2019s corporate institutions.Real economic power was still in the hands of the British charter group.1 in 7 Professional It was in the professions, however, that exciting things were happening.Canadian Jews were once only barely represented in the professions.Indeed, prior to 1921, fewer than one Jew in twenty-five was a professional.Then, in the twenty years that followed, the number of Jewish doctors, and lawyers, multiplied more than five fold, and Jewish dentists trebled.But in none of these professions did the Jews constitute even as much as eight per cent of the total then practising in the country.Of all the professions, it was in law that they were most heavily concentrated.By 1961, however, about one in seven Canadian Jews was a pro fessional.This was three times greater than the proportion of professions in the total country, and this explains why they are more heavily represented in the professions than is any other group.But, as John Porter suggests, \u201cTheir high representation in the higher occupational levels should not be confused with power, as it sometimes is.\u201d By the same token, certain occupations in Canada were virtually closed to Jews before World War II.One of these, engineering, has opened up in the post-war period, yet a Royal Commission could report as recently as 1970 that \u2018\u201cdiscrimination, or anticipation of discrimination, still influences the occu pational distribution of the Jews.Jews have specialized success DR.ERNEST SIRLUCK University of Manitoba PROFESSOR MAXWELL COHEN, then Page 5 Dean of McGill University Law Faculty, talks with students at one of the student-university confrontations in February 1969.fully as sub-contractors in the mechanical trades in Montreal, because Jewish engineers feel they have difficulty progressing as professionals and therefore turn to other applications of their training, such as mechanical contracting.Their firms then profit from being headed by persons with advanced professional training.The predominance of Jews in real estate development is also due in part to the impression that senior management positions in companies controlled by members of the predominant British or French groups are closed to them.\u201d Clearly, the high levels of self- employment and of educational attainment among Canadian Jews are not only the result of \u201cJewish mores,\u201d but are a part of the natural response of a group that has sought to overcome the discrimination levelled against it.To Top in Law In the teaching of law, Jews have been slower to make their mark in the academic arena than doctors in the teaching of medicine.But since the 1930\u2019s, lawyer professors have risen to the top of their field.Jacob Finkelman, one of Canada\u2019s prominent labour authorities, was a Professor of Law in the Faculty of Arts and School of Law at the University of Toronto from 1930 to 1954, and is now with the federal Civil DR.MAX WYMAN University of Alberta Service in Ottawa.One of the great names in law in contemporary Canada is Maxwell Cohen, who has served as Dean of the McGill Law School.Born in Winnipeg in 1910, he studied at the Univer sity of Manitoba and was a Research Fellow at the Harvard Law School before being called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1939.An author and special correspondent for a number of international magazines, he has been a Professor of Law at McGill since 1952 and was Dean 1964-69.In 1965- 66, he was chairman of the Min ister of Justice\u2019s Special Committee on Hate Propaganda in Canada and initiated the contro versial \u201cHate Bill.\u201d Philip F.Vineberg, a law partner of former Senator Lazarus Phillips, was elected head of the Montreal Bar in 1969.This was a \u201cfirst\u201d for a Jewish lawyer in that province, and was regarded as a breakthrough by members of the profession.In May, 1971, Sydney L.Robins was elected Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the first Jew in its 147-year history to head the Ontario Bar.In 1959, Judge Samuel Freedman was elected Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, the first Jew so honoured in Canada.Mr.Justice Freedman received his LL.B.from the Manitoba Law School in 1933 and lectured there from 1941 to 1959.He was appointed Judge of the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench in Manitoba in 1952, and elevated to the Court of Appeal in Manitoba in 1960.In 1971, Prime Minister Trudeau designated him the Chief Justice, almost a year after he had ele vated Bora Laskin, one of the country\u2019s great academic jurists, to the Supreme Court of Canada.Probably a Convert Not ll academic institutions restricted Jews, of course.A Jew, Jacob Maier Hirschfelder, a learned Hebraic scholar and an authority on Oriental languages, taught at King\u2019s College before it became the University of To ronto.He taught at the College in 1845, instructing his students in Arabic, Syrian and German.He published a German textbook while he was at King\u2019s Col (Continued on page 8) Page 6 Comment : Need Is Living Education Several letters have been received, laudatory and critical, referring to the editorial comment which appeared in the last Bulletin issue \u2014 \u201cPriorities, Priorities, Priorities.\u201d Three of them appear in this issue.One of the letters asked what was the purpose of the editorial.Perhaps it failed to make its main point which is that education has to be a high priority but universal Jewish interests lie in living education which must form part of the Congress program as much as anything else.Education is a must.Without it there is no Jewish community with true intrinsic meaning.With it there is no Jewish life except factual knowledge unless it is translated into those concepts which education is all about.These concepts are justice, the relief.of the plight of one\u2019s fellow man, the totality of the Jewish people.This is what Congress is all about; this is Congress\u2019 program, i.e, Jewish life in its total conspectus.If the editorial failed to make this point, then it was badly written air.Black Panthers Cited As Disturbing Example Israel itself is not one gigantic Yavneh.It is a body of people polyglot in origin and polyglot in interests.These people spend their time in a variety of intellectual and non-intellectual pursuits.They have to worry about Jews elsewhere as we do.They have to worry about the social mores of the nation (and the present role of the Black Panther movement though it admittedly is small in numbers is a very disturbing example of what has to worry the people in Israel).A big difference, of course, is that its educational system is Jewish education.They even have to be concerned to translate the meaning of this Jewish education into a life style of Jewishness.Time will tell whether it will be more than imparting of language and the indoctrination of facts, and in this respect it is the same problem in Israel as it is here in Canada \u2014 not in degree but in principle.There is really no difference of opinion between the view.of the writer of the Comment and those who plead for a high priority for education.The only point at issue is to remember that if Congress is anything, it has to be the organisation to exemplify what Jewish education is for and why it is essential and to carry out a program which gives education its raison d'être and fundamental purpose.Yes, there are priorities, plus priorities, plus still other priorities.Resolutions, Budgets.But! I read the article in your issue of May/June \u201971 (\u201c\u2018Priorities, Priorities, Priorities\u2019) and was wondering what was the intention of the author.It surely couldn\u2019t have been to denigrate the value of Jewish education.Was it then apologia for lack of Congress activity in this field?Of course it is important to preserve the democratic base of our community.Of course Jews cannot live a Jewish life without concern for Jews in Israel, in the Arab lands or in the Soviet Union.Of course we have to worry about incipient anti-Jewish movements and about human rights and civil liberties.But Canadian Jewish Congress IS active in all these fields \u2014 in some even perhaps overactive.Not Implemented The author says that Community Relations \u201c\u201c.are terms that have come into disrepute\u2019.However, the Community Relations Department of Congress has certainly not been neglected.There are a National Director and a few additional staff members across the country that all occupy themselves with this problem.\u2018 On the other hand, a half- dozen Congress Plenary Sessions have adopted resolutions about establishing a department of Jewish Education.The National Executive has also adopted resolutions to this effect and provided budgets for it.Why were these resolutions never implemented?How should one explain that three consecutive chairmen of the National Education Committee felt compelled to resign because of frustrations?Priority No.1 The author writes about the question of Jewish survival.Does he know a better means than Jewish education for Jewish survival?Read Jewish history \u2014 read the records of recent local, national and international Jewish gatherings.They all demand that Jewish education be \u201cTHE\u201d priority in Jewish life.The author speaks of orders of priorities.Leaders of world Jewry, as well as the grass roots, demand that Jewish education be considered Priority No.1.Are they all wrong?The undersigned could praise with much conviction the activities of Canadian Jewish Congress, the devotion of its leaders and the ability of its staff, but he feels that CJC must recognize Jewish education as a priority and what is most important, it must implement an effective program.K.Gur-Arie Montreal CONGRESS BULLETIN It\u2019s Symbol Of Crisis \u2014 Not Cure I have read with great interest your article in the May/June is sue of the Congress Bulletin on \u201cPriorities, Priorities, Priorities.\u201d As you point out correctly, Jewish Education is now considered by many to be the panacea against the inroads of assimilation and thus disappearance.In this lies a great danger.For many who so clamour for Jewish Education, it is only another way out of a crisis which they do not comprehend.In these instances the cry for Jewish Education reflects the symbol of the crisis, not its cure.It becomes another essay in futility because it does not look for causes.In the process priorities are mixed up and people are lead to believe that with proper Jewish Education all our problems will be solved.Essential in Widest Sense Let me make one point clear.Jewish Education in the widest sense of the word is absolutely essential.Unless Jewish Educations fits however into an overall plan of priorities and is planned and used to achieve a clearly defined purpose, all attempts at making Jewish Education the predominant factor in a fight against whatever constitutes the crisis, are bound to fail.A number of historical developments have combined to put the survival of Jewry on this con tinent into jeopardy.A look at these developments might make it easier to understand what has happened and possibly help us to plan a better future.Static Concepts Collapsed 1\u2014When Copernicus pronounced his new cosmology in the 16th Century, all the static con cepts which saw the earth as the very centre of the entire universe, suddenly collapsed.According to Ernst Cassirer it took the combined efforts of all the metaphy- sicians and scientists more than 100 years to overcome the intel lectual crisis brought about by the discovery of the Copernicus system.Among the great thinkers who tried to cope with this crisis, was Baruch Spinoza.He is important to us in these developments for a number of reasons: A\u2014He was the first to openly and viciously attack the author ity of the Kehillahy and tried to destroy a power structure within the Jewish community which had many drawbacks but which contributed greatly to maintain Judaism throughout a most difficult period of Jewish history.Influenced Revolution B\u2014The ideas, explored in his \u2018Fheologico-Political Tractate\u2019; greatly influenced the philoso phers of the French Revolution and thus helped the emancipation of the Jews in Western Europe.C\u2014His ideas emerged at a time which has many analogies with the present.The political, social and philosophical ideas which the discoveries of Copernicus had sparked, released the people of Western Europe from (Continued on page 7) SEPTEMBER, 1971 School \u2018In Imagination?The writer is \"the Rabbi of Chevvra Kadisha-B\u2019rai Jacob Synagogue, Montreal \u2014 Editor\u2019s Note.Is it a parochial school, or is it a public school?i Is it a school, or is it a special group within a school?The current issue of Congress Bulletin (May/June, 1971) contains a letter, over the signature of Jean-Claude Lasry, extolling the virtues of what the author claims is the first \u2018\u2018tuition-free Jewish parochial school\u201d, under the auspices of the Catholic School Commission of Montreal.Several paragraphs later, however, we read that the so-called Parochial school offers \u201centirely free tuition because it is a PUBLIC SCHOOL (emphasis mine, M.B.P.) supported b the C.S.C.M.monies\u201d.: The thrust of Dr.Lasry\u2019s letter is to promote \u2019Ecole Maimonide as a Jewish day school which is the outgrowth of a resolution that was passed at the May 1968 Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress.Apparently, this resolution called upon Congress to assist in establishing a school which would meet the needs of the large French-speak- ing Jewish community that has settled in Montreal.Article Cited The fact of the matter is that there is no school in Montreal which is known as l\u2019Ecole Mai- monide, except as it exists in the imagination of Dr.Lasry and his confreres of l\u2019Association Sephar- ade Francophone.This is confirmed in an article which appeared in the Catholic School Commission\u2019s l\u2019Ecole Publique, in the fall of 1970.The article reports that thirteen Jewish students, whose origins are in Mo: rocco and who were between the ages of six and eight, were admitted to the Catholic school l\u2019Ecole St.-Antonin.The class which was comprised of these studerits was designated by the name of Mai- monide.Nowhere in the article is there the slightest intimation that the Maimonide class constitutes a school within the Catholic School Commission.On the contrary! These students are referred to as \u201cle groupe Maimonide de l\u2019ecole St-Antonin\u201d.That which distinguishes the Maimonide group at St-Antonin school is that, during the period of the day when religion is taught, the Jewish students have their own class for Hebrew and Judaic instruction.The concluding paragraph of the article is extremely revealing.It assures the Catholic parents of the measures which the Commission has taken to preserve the Catholic character of St-Antonin school! Serious Obstacles It might be conceded that French-speaking Jews, who have recently settled in Montreal, have been faced with serious ob- - stacles in the matter of education for their children.The identification of the Jewish day schools with English language education may have worked some hardships upon the North African immigrants.It would appear, however, that many of them have been integrated into the Protestant schools of the Cote des Neiges district, as well as the Lubavitch Yeshiva for boys and Beth Rivka School for girls.According to a letter which was published over Dr.Lasry\u2019s signature in the cur rent issue of the Canadian Zionist, the latter two schools \u201cseem to be functioning well\u201d.Nevertheless, one cannot object to the desire among the concerned element of the population for a Jewish parochial school whose language of instruction is French.Nor can there he any reasonable objection to the affiliation of such a school with the Catholic School Commission, although a Jewish school may, justifiably, wish to place author ized history textbooks, and the like, under greater scrutiny.But this should be done under the Protestant Board as well.One would only have wished that 1'Association Sepharade Francophone would have really established a separate school where the atmosphere can be authentically Jewish, and the Jewish students do not have to contend with the reality of their minority position vis-a-vis the other students.At the same time, the Catholic School Commission would not have to be on guard lest the Jewish student influence the character of l\u2019ecole St-An- tonin.Jewish Flavor The history of Jewish day schools on this continent abounds with examples of a handful of pioneering parents and students founding indepgnd- ent institutions.Parents realized that, if nothing else, the school setting must be permeated with Jewish flavor, and the students must be immersed in an environ ment which is totally Jewish.Often beginning with less than the thirteen Moroccan Jewish students who were enrolled in St- Antonin school, a small, rented house or the basement of a synagogue became the forerunner of most Canadian and American Jewish day schools.Through the dedication and sacrifice of parents and teachers, funds were raised to build schools where Judaism can be taught as a living option for today\u2019s youth.With the best of intentions, \u2019 this cannot be achieved at St- Antonin, nor at Hampstead or Iona schools either, simply by organizing \u201cMaimonide groups\u201d within these schools.To refer to such groups as Jewish parochial schools, and to suggest that these are vehicles by which Jewish parents can fulfill their obligations to their children and to our heritage, is to perpetrate a tragic hoax upon the Jewish community.That Canadian Jewish Congress should be allied with such an enterprise is unforgivea ble, as it undermines anything that is legitimate in Jewish education.Vision \u2018Distorted\u2019 One wonders whether there is not too much preoccupation with the \u201cFrench fact\u201d and too little concern for the \u201cJewish fact\u201d.Or is it the temptation of \u201cfree tui- (Continued on page 7) PEL pl ¢ ga {le jee Sih alt the fai qui Bale le qt reli poses à bd.The que dit Saba Jeo md fhe oo?(omy Congres hl a sat be the area tosaghou uation Congres ator di curé i fin, ati \u2014 ) esti tie Che te firs ut stp nan], f indo Hit hat nnd th uly ily | Kh Bist be tly Relive, 4 nl, 5 uly sy nf fly Wing Diy Vita] Fey i buy Urey fig Hi i Sy af ty, ahi Hy Kis: Um i Ve bigy Misty Neg ay Rita ing ba hed Over the oy al Jig Sey Dot ch, the con, pulsion | sth ttn i be ny he af ith the missing, il ay, \u2018author and the y.Bu er the wished Harade relly schod can be nd fhe hase to of ther vis the time, mission ) ard fluence Stn h dey ptinent ds, parents pnd § ald school À d with | udents mit | h.ç thin { jewish 4 ind À } rented air et of erica a the of por ; were where à [iv 7 L \" Hons at St pad by i wl 22 = 22% em mae = SEPTEMBER, 1971 SCHOOL IMAGINED\u2019 (Continued from page 6) tion\" that has distorted the combined vision of l'Association Sepharade Francophone together with Canadian Jewish Congress, and allowed this travesty against the very concept of Jewish parochial school education to come about?; Dr.Lasry has projected an enrolment of more than one hundred students in September 1971 at the Maimonide group of l\u2019ecole St-Antonin.If this is accurate, then there is certainly justification for establishing a real Ecole Maimonide in separate quarters, and to develop a curriculum which would entitle it to status as a Jewish parochial school.The question is: will the Catholic School Commission be agrea- ble to maintaining such a tui- tion-free Jewish parochial school?Comparison Attacked Congress, as the representative body of Canadian Jewry, in any event bears a major obligation in the area of Jewish education throughout Canada.Sephardic education is but one aspect of Congress\u2019 overall obligation.The author of \u201cComment\u201d, in the current issue of Congress Bulle tin, cautions against looking to Jewish education \u201cas a universal solvent of our problems\u201d.Those who fight for the priority of Jewish education are under no illusions.Wé know that it is not the panacea for the ills of the Jewish community.Nevertheless, the attempt by the author of \u201cComment\u201d to draw a comparison between Jew: ish education and the history of education in the Western world is not relevant.The author betrays his total unrelatedness to Jewish education and the history, let alone the destiny, of the Jewish community when he asks \u201cwhat is the good of Jewish education if Jewry is to disappear?\u2019 Survival at Stake Surely, we must be involved in the struggle for democracy.Our concept of G-d and man demands no less.But history has repeatedly demonstrated that the Jewish community can survive fascism in its various manifestations.The Jewish community, however, will not be able to survive without Jewish education \u2014 without the Jewish awarness and the Jewish pride that comes from knowing who we are, and why we are.Marvin B.Pachino SYMBOL OF CRISIS (Continued from page 6) the strict-structures within which the Church held them and even the fires of the Inquisition could not stop the forward march of mankind.False Messiahs And to the Jews who vaguely felt that something was stirring around them which they did not understand, came the false Messiahs.Again Unable to Cope As with Copernicus, the ideas of Einstein and others once again have opened up an entire new spectrum of the world in which we live.And once again we are unable, emotionally and intellectually, to absorb the tremendous impact which the application of these new ideas is bringing in its stride.Today we have a drug culture, mystical religions, the Jesus Freaks, Hippies and Yippies and abundance of false Messiahs, the \u2018Greening of America\u2019 and Rabbi Meir Kahane.2\u2014When the Jews became \u2018desegregated\u2019 at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th Century, as Mordechai Kaplan calls it, they were ill prepared for what was to come.Stopped the Dream Time was short and before many of the new forms of, Jewish communal living had a chance to be tested, the Holocaust not only killed 6,000,000 Jews but abruptly stopped if not completely finished the eternal dream of the Jew in the Diaspora: To live as a fully accepted member of the society in the country in which he has settled, and at the same time to remain a Jew, often only nominally but still a Jew.The Establishment of the State of Israel and the events of 1967 have added a further dimension to the problem.3\u2014Simultaneously with these developments, a major change in the power structure of the world is taking place at this very time which will be of tremendous influence to the future of the Jews on this Continent.The great empires of the West which have written the history of the World for many centuries, have vanished.The last outpost of Western civilization and the greatest power of the world, is the United States.It is ill equipped, historically and emo tionally, to accept the responsi bilities which this role requires.The \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d is rapidly fading and the future has become very uncertain.Instant Solutions And with it the Jews on this continent have become doubtful of their own future and often even hysterical.The false messiahs have a fieldday because they alone have ready-made answers and instant solutions which neither the leaders of the community nor the rabbis can give.The Jewish community is in trouble because it has neither the structure nor the authority to deal adequately with the problems these developments have caused.The synagogue is in trouble because it has no definite role to play within the structure of the - Kehillah.The Jew is in trouble because the gap of what the decaying so ciety around him requires and what he as a Jew should do or not do, becomes ever larger and unsurmountable.How can Jewish Education help to alleviate the fears and uncertainties and become the cure rather than the symbol?Possibly if we put our priorities right and if we know whom we want to educate and what we want to achieve.Henry C.Fleming Montreal CONGRESS BULLETIN EULOGY] (Continued from page 3) In 1951 he led a mission to Israel; on his return he called a national meeting to report and to endorse his recommendations.From this came the first stepped-up giving for the Israel Appeals, the launching of the sale of State of Israel Bonds; a trading corporation which shipped tons and tons of supplies through a credit corporation, and the start of action to invest in private enterprises in Israel.In 1967, 24 hours before the Six-Day War, he again convened Canadian Jewish leadership to agree to an Emergeny Campaign.He persuaded, even bullied, communities into forgetting all past experiences and to rise to the occasion.And they did.These are but three of scores of examples of one man\u2019s daring, foresight and breadth of vision.And so though we mourn we also rejoice that this man was so gifted with talents which he gave to the Canadian community, to the national Jewish community and to his own city which he loved so much.Samuel Bronfman had beliefs and to quote Thoreau such a person is a social power equal to a hundred who only have interests.Through this he learned early life\u2019s innermost secret which is to love life through labour for the good of mankind.Sam did not invent the Canadian Jewish Congress, or Canadian Jewish life or its institutions any more than .he invented the distilling industry.But he gave them dimensions such as only a rare leader can contribute.He could think only in big terms.His credo was terse: \u2014 a love of Canada, a love of his Jewish background and ancestry, a love of big business, and all of these with an overriding regulation which he himself coined \u2018The horizons of industry do not stop at the boundary line of its plants\u2019 nor do those of community and welfare.He made mistakes but not \u2018 petty ones.All great leaders do and this marks their leadership qualities \u2014 that they are forever doing, thinking, acting.The catalogue of his interests fill too many pages to list, but nothing good was alien to him.Samuel Bronfman must be registered in the Book of Life as a man who truly left his family, his community, his city and his country considerably enriched because he shared his gifts with them.We mourn the death of a great figure; we are gladdened that his life was long and so very very productive.His epitaph: A modern man who never forgot the lessons of the past.Page 7 HE HATED SHAM (Continued from page 3) which Sam called at the Montef- iore Club in Montreal prior to the outbreak of hostilities of the Six- Day War of 1967.He convened leaders and representatives of all the Jewish communities.From the Atlantic to the Pacific, he always set the pace in giving \u2014 and as a result the largest sum of money ever was raised \u2014 which was an example to the Jews of the world as it was the first initiative taken.\u201cIn 1962 he decided not to run for reelection for the Presidency of CJC.Michael Garber was his successor.Mike was always his strong lieutenant in the years of his presidency and actually one of the Congress leaders from the time of its inception in 1919.He shared this distinction with his lifetime friend A.B.Bennett of Toronto whose career is a chapter of its own.Sam as Honorary President still continued to show his tremendous interest in Canadian Jewish Congress.\u201d \u201cHe will be remembered especially as a good friend by those whom he liked and admired.He thought nothing of making a spe- cal trip to London for his good friend and co-worker Dr.Nahum Goldmann when he heard that he was likely to be attacked at a World Jewish Congress Conference and he wanted to be on hand for his defense.He could be roused to anger and he would use quite picturesque language.\u201cBut he was a gentle man, too, and those he liked felt the warmth of his affection which melted away many antagon isms.\u201d Throughout his many years as Honorary President of the Federation, Mr Bronfman sponsored the Closing Dinners of the annual campaigns.; Conveyed Warmth \u201cI like to remember the occasion when as a past chairman I felt the warmth of his arms around me, with the feeling that his arms symbolized the arms of the community in recognition of an effort on its part.\u201cAnd in turn, when we gave a dinner to celebrate his 80th birthday, I had the pleasure of making the presentation to Sam, and I endeavoured by putting my arms around him to convey the warmth of our feeling for a person, and a man, and a loving friend, who had done so much for the community.\u201cIt was perhaps the last affair he attended.And not withstanding his illness he kept in touch with all that was going on.I had occasion to call him from Florida when he was not well.He insisted on talking to me.It was our final conversation, just prior to my leaving to attend various meetings overseas.Sam was on his way to the hospital for some treatments but despite this, he talked to me and gave me messages to give to people at the meetings of the various organizations which he helped to found and direct.Love for Saidye \u201cI was happy to carry these messages to the leaders of the conferences.A resolution was passed conveying greetings on his 80th birthday and wishing him well, but unfortunately he did not live to receive the congratulations.It was only a few days be fore that I was called out from a meeting in Switzerland, in a town about 200 miles from Gene va, to be given the news of Sam\u2019s death.Mrs.Abbey started to pack immediately for there was no doubt in her mind that we should return for the final rites.\u201d Mused Mr.Abbey: \u201cIf I were to think back to recall my most vivid impression of Sam the man, [ would place a priority.on Sam the husband, for his love of Saidye was the keystone of his life.Who can forget his singing to Saidye the love song \u2018Baby Face\u2019 while dancing with her at the dinner for him on his 80th birthday?Nor the joy on his face when his beloved Saidye cut the ribbon at the opening of the Samuel Bronfman House \u2014 Congress Headquarters.\u201cSam\u2019s devotion to his family of four children was a heartwarming aspect.His two sons and two daughters bore their father much more than filial respect.They had for him love and admiration.One instance of their feeling for him was the gift to Israel, in his honour, of the mag nificent Samuel Bronfman Biblical and Archaelogical Museum in Jerusalem.Enjoyed \u2018Perry Mason\u2019 \u201cSam Bronfman was not all business and the complete organization type.He enjoyed TV and his favorite program was \u2018Perry Mason\u2019.And he loved a gin rummy game.We had many games together on our trips, and on one trip back from the West I won a few dollars which I kept and still have \u2014 to remind my wife when she reproaches me on occasion \u2014 \u2018why can\u2019t you be more like Sam Bronfman\u2019?\u2014 evidence, that at least in gin rummy, I was a good match for him! \u201cHow he hated sham.He looked for honesty in people, and he disliked those who would fawn on him, Elicited Consensus Mr.Abbey pointed out that during Mr.Bronfman\u2019s leadership in Congress he gained the support of persons of all views.He could speak Yiddish and was at home with newly-arrived immigrants and the Yiddishists; it was during his Presidency that Moishe Dickstein, leader of the Labour Zionist movement, was so active in Congress.He was usually able at meeting to obtain a consensus without bringing matters to a vote.He boasted in fact that there was no need to take votes at the meetings he chaired.Mr.Bronfman\u2019s life was so involved with Canadian Jewish Congress, a Plenary Session of the Congress unanimously re solved to build in his honour a Congress Headquarters.The magnificent building \u2014 the Samuel Bronfman House \u2014 was completed and at the historic opening, at which Mr.Bronfman was present, many dignitaries and world Jewish leaders, participated in the ceremony.Mr.Abbey concluded with deep sentiment.\u201cSam was a leg end in his lifetime.We are, all of Jewry, diminished by his loss, yet enriched by the legacy he left \u2018behind.Under his leadership, in Congress, he shaped what is truly the Parliament of Jewish Canada.We, as \u2018Sam\u2019s boys\u2019 as he called us, have an enduring heritage in his example of love for his fellowman, love for the country in which he lived, and for Eretz Israel.He planted a mighty orchard which will continue to bear nourishing fruit for years to come.\u201d Page 8 November.- hotel.real, well before November 1.at all possible, earlier.\u201d \u2018DEADLINES\u2019 SET FOR DELEGATES MONTREAL \u2014 Observance of two \u2018deadlines\u2019 is being urged on delegates and others intending to attend the 16th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress here in mid- Nathan Gaisin, Chairman of Congress Eastern Region who is also serving as chief convention coordinator, appealed to dele gates to send in their accommodation reservations to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel well before an October 16 deadline set by the At the same time, Mr.Gaisin announced that a \u201cpackage deal\u201d of $22 has been established to cover the three luncheons, the one convention banquet, the reception on the opening Saturday night, as well as the registration fee \u2014 and that delegates wishing to get the \u201cdeal\u201d send in their pre-registration cheques to the Congress national office, 1590 MacGregor Steet, Mont- Said Mr.Gaisinv: \u201cIn both cases, delegates \u2014 and others intending to come to the Assembly \u2014 will be doing both themselves and the convention administration a big favor.In the hotel\u2019s case, they have really put themselves out for us this year (original dates for the convention at the Queen Elizabeth had been set for late June, and then postponed) and the availability of rooms is clearly quite limited at that time in November.\u201cCarrying through our \u2018package deal\u2019 on behalf of all those attending will only be economically feasible if we have commitments well ahead of the Plenary dates (November 13 to 16), and that is why we are posing a \u2018deadline\u2019 of November 1 \u2014 and if PLENARY HIGHLIGHTS (Continued from page 1) processing formulations on the wide range of topics which Jewish communal interest embraces, ranging from Jewish education to Soviet Jewry to youth.As usual, any member of the community as well as any communal group is being invited to submit resolutions to the committees via the respective Regional Congress offices.\u2018Congress and Community\u2018 \u201cCongress and the Community\u201d \u2014 a discussion of Congress in its relationships with both national organizations and the local Welfare Funds or Community Councils \u2014 is expected to spark probably the most wide- ranging debates ever held at a Plenary Assembly.And, though the major discussion on this subjeet is slated, as of now, for the luncheon and afternoon sessions on Monday, November 15, Conference planners have let it be known that they will maintain a flexible approach to scheduling and, if necessary, will extend the time for this, or for that matter, any major topic.The first session, to be held in Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue on the Saturday night, November 13, will feature one \u2018\u2018star\u201d personality expected to attract a heavy attendance: Dr.Yaacov Herzog, renowned intellectual and diplomat, former Ambassador of Israel to Canada, now serving as Director-General of the Israel Prime Minister\u2019s Office.Memorial Tribute Proceeding a plenary session on \u2018\u2018Foreign Affairs\u201d on the Sunday morning, there will be the official opening of the convention at 9:30 a.m.presenting a Commemorative Ceremony hororing the memory of the late Samuel Bronfman, dean of North American Jewish leaders and long-time President of Congress, who passed away on July 10 last.A special guest on the occasion will be Dr.Nahum Goldmann, veteran President of World Jewish Congress, who will participate with President Abbey in the Memorial Tribute.The \u2018\u2018delegates\u2019 convention\u201d aspect will really swing into action at 10:45 a.m., Sunday at the Foreigh Affairs session, which will discuss such areas of concern as Soviet Jewry and the situation of the Jews in Arab lands.This session, like all the other proceedings following the Saturday night assembly, will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.Youth, Education Other major subject sessions, and their scheduled times, are: Congress and the Youth Scene \u2014 Sunday afternoon; Jewish Education, the Communities and Congress \u2014 Monday morning; Canadian Jews and General Canadian Concerns \u2014 Monday night.Another highlight of Sunday\u2019s proceedings will be the luncheon address by Prof.Moshe Davis,- head of Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, discussing \u201cThe North American Scene.\u201d A noted authority on contemporary Jewish life, particularly pertaining to this continent.Prof.Davis occupies the Stephen S.Wise Chair in- American Jewish History dnd Institutions at the Hebrew University.Also on Sunday, at the evening banquet, Mr.Abbey will deliver his report as outgoing National President.Elect New President Saul Hayes, Q.C., well-known CJC Executive Vice-President, will deliver the keynote address on \u201cCongress and the Community\u201d at the luncheon session on Monday.Nomination and election of a new President and other National Officers takes place as the last matter of convention business on the Tuesday.Under the Congress bylaws, Officers including the President \u2014 but not including the Executive Vice CONGRESS BULLETIN SEPTEMBER, 1971 EDUCATION EXPLOSION (Continued from page 5) lege, and followed it with a Hebrew grammar book.Yet Hirschfelder probably a convert to Christianity in order to advance in the Protestant- dominated nineteenth century \u2014 a not uncommon phenomenon at the time, in Europe, as well.But there was one major pre-Confed- eration college professor, Jewish academic, the Reverend Abraham de Sola.That great Rabbi and scholar from England assumed his post as leader of the Spanish-Portu- guese Congregation of Montreal while Hirschfelder was probably still teaching in Toronto.It is of interest to note that Abraham de Sola was appointed Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature at McGill University in 1848, and subsequently became professor in the Faculty of Arts and a lecturer on Spanish literature.The Occident, an important American Jewish magazine, noted of de Sola\u2019s election to his professorship: \u201cIt is the first time a Jewish minister has obtained a public appointment in any form in America, and it is more to the credit of both, the appointed power and the appointed, that he was chosen without regard to creed.\u201d In 1858, McGill Univer sity had conferred on him the degree of LL.D., the first Jew to receive this honour.His academic appointment terminated only with his death in 1882.} Jewish Physicians In the twentieth century, across the United States and Canada, an unusual institution has grown up \u2014 the\u2014Jewish- sponsored hospital.Today there are some eighty of these hospitals and specialized medical institutions located in thirty-five North American cities.Toronto has its -New Mount Sinai, and Montreal, the Jewish General.As early as 1928, with the stimulus given it by Rabbi Chaim Zvi Herson, Winnipeg Jews had unsuccess fully attempted to make Mount Carmel Clinic, a new institution \u201c they had built in the city\u2019s north end, into a Jewish hospital.They are all regarded as \u201csec tarian institutions with a nonsectarian intake policy.\u201d Why a \u201csectarian\u201d hospital with a \u201cnonsectarian\u201d program?What accounts for \u201cJewish hospitals\u201d in _ virtually every North American city with a Jewish population of thirty thousand or more?To be sure, at the outset, there was concern on the part of some communities that Jewish dietary food be available for observant Jews who needed hospital attention.Clearly, this was not the prime consideration.The major factor motivating the founding of Jewish hospitals was related to the very special needs of Jewish doctors who were President and Executive Treas urer \u2014 can serve no longer than three consecutive years in their respective offices.Mr.Abbey has served that term now.In addition to the major sessions, a number of Congress departments and interest groups will be dealt with at early morning meetings of delegates.DR.ALTON COLDBLOOM \u201cYou are a Jew\u2019\u2019 faced with patent discrimination on the part of the medical establishment which controlled hospital training and doctors\u2019 staff appointments.In the earlier dec ades of the century, Jewish graduates of medical schools in North America, in addition to facing the stiff anti-Jewish quotas of their schools, also had to worry about gaining admittance to the community hospitals, either as interns-in-training or, later on, when they needed to treat and gain admittance for their own patients.Bias Dies Hard This was before legislation was used as a tool to eradicate discriminatory practices against minorities.The best way to overcome these problems, in the judgment of the leaders of the Jewish communities of the time, was to build \u201cJewish hospitals\u201d in order to create medical and scientific opportunities for the Jewish doctors which were denied them or were in very short supply elsewhere.Ironically, of course, this also helped to reinforce the built-in bias of medical schools to keep Jewish doctors off their faculties.Since there were opportutities for Jewish doctors to staff \u201cJewish hospitals,\u201d there was now less pressure on the others to accept and to receive them on their own faculties and staffs.Times have since changed.The growing involvement of gov ernments at all levels in the health and welfare of all citizens has made all private hospitals dependént upon the state.And in the process, Jewish doctors and scientists are becoming more and more a part of health services and state-supported hospitals.But prejudice against Jews in Canadian medical and dental schools and in private hospitals dies hard.Dr.Alton Goldbloom of Montreal, one of the country\u2019s great pediatricians, who is 1944 became the first Jew to hold a chair in medicine in any Canadian university, described some of the difficulties he had faced in the early days of his career, when he first sought a hospital ap pointment in Montreal in 1917.The head of a department had told him: \u201cYou must remember, Goldbloom, that you are a Jew, and while it makes no difference to me, there are some on the fac ulty to whom it does.I will undertake to train you, but don\u2019t ask or expect an appointment.\u201d In his charming autobiography, Small Patients, published in 1959, Dr.Goldbloom went on to describe his reactions: \u201cAt the time, I had little heart or hope for any recognition either at McGill or any of its teaching hospitals, for this was not to be last of such interviews.I was to be constantly reminded that for no other reason than race I was to be denied equal opportunities with others and by such nice people; devout churchmen, elders in their church, generally friendly gentlemen, famous philanthropists, ignorant of the etymology of the word \u2014 sad, compassionate, friendly profes sors either protesting their innocence and blaming their colleagues or accepting the full onus with the defence that the hospitals were Protestant institutions, which they were not, and that, except under the most unusual circumstances, they would not favour the appointment of any but Protestants \u201d The Code: P, C, J Dr.Goldbloom went on to become Chairman of the Pediatrics Department at McGill as well as head of the city\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.But the difficulties he faced were similar to those met by one of Toronto\u2019s first Jewish doctors.In 1960, Dr.A.l.Willin- sky published his autobiography, A Doctor\u2019s Memoirs, in which he described his disappointment when he found it impossible to get an appointment as an intern in the Toronto of 1908: \u2018\u2018It was bitter to find that, because I was a Jew all doors were closed to me when I graduated.It was in 1929, when the Toronto General Hospital began to accept one Jewish intern annually, and the other hospitals followed suit.The radical change came only after the Second World War.\u201d Jewish students of dentistry fared no better until recently.Jews from the West were obliged to rely upon McGill or the University of Toronto for education in this field.An open secret, among Jews, was the harsh, restrictive quota system in Canadian dental schools.Very little on this subject has reached the printed page, but in his memoir, Storm the Gates of Jericho, which he published in 1964, Rabbi Abraham L.Feinberg wrote: \u201cA few years ago, under a Dean who claimed that Jews lack manual dexterity, many potentially competent Jewish students were barred from the University of Toronto Dentistry School for failure to pass aptitude tests.During my term as Chairman of the Joint Public Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith, I placed on the desk of President Sidney Smith an enrollment list in which every member of a dental laboratory class was identified by the code-letters P, C, and J.Dr.Smith did not inquire how, or through whom, the tell-tale \"sheet came into my possession.(It was filched by a student whose name I had refused to know.) 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