Congress bulletin, 1 décembre 1974, Décembre

[" p tess bulletin ublished by Canadian Jewish Congress VOLUME 28, No.ÿ Editor al: Looking Ahead by Sydney M.Harris, Q.C.President Canadian Jewish Congress No theme is more central to Jewish tradition and history than the concept of the unity of the Jewish people, which is so beautifully expressed in our New Year prayers and meditations, still fresh in our minds.In fact, it transcends peoplehood.It is universal.It encompasses the entire globe and all mankind.We recall the deep anxiety and pain which we all suffered by the unprovoked Yom Kippur attack made on the State of Israel by its neighbours.While a victory was won in the military sense, the Jewish people have not yet recovered from the trauma of this monstrous assault, nor will such recovery come either soon or easily.We dedicate ourselves anew to the unity and eternity of our people, and we repeat fervidly the oath taken by our, forefathers: we shall never forget Jerusalem.On behalf of the new leadership of Canadian Jewish Congress, | pledge that no effort will be spared to make our contribution to the survival of the Jewish people in Israel and all over the world as meaningful as possible.In this spirit we will be guided in our work in Canada by the will for unity without uniformity, for co-operation without dominance, for loyalty to one\u2019s own interpretation of Judaism with an equal reverence for the loyalty of others to their interpretations.As Canadians we will do our utmost to preserve the unity of our country which offers equal opportunities to all, regardless of origin, race, religion, and which respects each of the two dominant cultures and linguistic communities.The C.J.C., it is frequently said, is the spokesman for and representative of the Canadian Jewish community.That this is so on the local scene - municipal, provincial and federal, is generally accepted (with occasional lapses where an organization may seek to show its members that it is on its toes) and certainly in international bodies such as W.J.C.and C.0.J.0., Congress represents the Canadian presence.As well, to the general public through the various media, Congress or its officers or staff, are the usual sources of Canadian Jewish opinion expressions.But Congress is much more than this - and in my view the most Continved on page 14 Not Prepared To Accept War Criminals The Canadian Jewish Congress conveyed to the Government of Canada that \u201cwe are not prepared to idly accept as citizens any persons who may be proved to have been guilty of war crimes against any Jews or other persons\u201d Canadian Jewish Congress\u2019 efforts to prevent war criminals from finding refuge in Canada have been reviewed in connection with the case of David Geldiaschvilli, who is now a Canadian citizen and who has been sentenced to death when he recently returned on a visit to his native Georgia.In the Soviet Union.In This Issue: Community Relations 16 Congress Administration 3 Demographic Data 14 Education.11 German Reparations 13 Prime Minister's Address.4,5 9 Quebec Brief 11 Religious Affairs 16 Resolutions 6,7,8 9 Soviet Jewry 15 War Criminals 1,13 Yiddish 10 DECEMBER 1974 Assisting Israel Now it is not only a matter of priorities but \u201cbusiness simply cannot be as usual\u201d when Israel is threatened with crises of proportions hitherto unparallelied, was the consensus of the National Executive when it recently met in Montreal to conduct ordinary affairs of the organization.It was agreed that Congress will take the initiative to work out proposals how best to react in any given situation and the professionals of all Jewish organizations were charged with responsibility to prepare such recommendations.y The National Executive of Congress asked that the activities of the Canada Israel Committee, which is jointly sponsored by the Canadian Zionist Federation, Canadian Jewish Congress and B\u2019nai B\u2019rith, be expanded and that the © Committee establish a base in Ottawa in order to most effectively carry out its programs of improving understanding and friendship between Canada and Israel on all levels of community involvement, media and the like.Local demonstrations and protests against UN recognition of the PLO were endorsed.There was anxiety expressed about the position of the Canadian Government which abstained in the vote in the UN but hope was expressed that the Canadian Government would continue supporting Israel in its struggle for survival.Also stressed was the need to keep the Jewish community fully apprised of on-going activities.The Canada-Israel Committee, on behalf of the Canadian Zionist Federation, Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai B'rith, requested a meeting with the Rt.Hon.Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, to discuss the grave concern of Canadian Jewry with regard to Canada\u2019s position at the U.N.on the issue of Palestine.In submitting to the Prime Minister the request for a meeting by way of a telegram which was sent to the Prime Minister immediately following the vote to the UN - November 22nd, the Canada-Israei Committee said that it \u201ccommends our Government for its forthright statement on the Middle East situation delivered at the UN on Wednesday November 20th, 1974, by the Hon.Allan MacEachen.We also believe that Canada\u2019s negative vote at the UN on the question of permanent observer status for the PLO was in the best interests of the UN and consistent with Canada\u2019s policy.However we are gravely disturbed and indeed shocked by our Government\u2019s abstention on the vote on the substantive resolution on Palestine.It is completely contradictory to Canada\u2019s position stated at the UN on November 20th, 1974, in that the resolution does not mention Israel, her right to exist or the need for her participation in the process dealing with the problem\u2019s resolution.This resolution, therefore, is a unilateral action to which Canada has clearly stated she is opposed.The official position of what prevented a real- Guest Article: Bill 22 \u2014 Some Myths and Some Realities by Saul Hayes, O.C., Q.C.60's produced shock waves Congress on the Official Language Act (better known as Bill 22 though since July 31 it emerged from the chrysalis of a Bill to the imago of an Act) is contained in the written representations enunciating the Jewish community\u2019s viewpoint made to the appropriate Committee of the National Assembly.These comments, therefore, are the opinions of the writer which may or may not be shared in whole or in part by the Committee charged with responsibility.1 The emotions and passions of unilingualists, Francophones and Anglophones have some- istic and objective view of which continue to radiate.cepted vis-a-vis les Canadiens in most of prehension not strange to the Jewish psyche through- the situation which have not helped in appraising the legislation nor in predicting its effects.Firstly, one must look at the overview of Quebec society.French Canada never really felt comfortable in an Anglophone North America.Its ethos was very different; its reliance on authority differed widely from the each-man-for- himself-and- the-devil-take- the-hindmost impulse of the rest of the continent; its slowness to change created an orderly society but its very orderliness, when supplanted by the ideals of the revolution of the 50's or Congress Brief on Bill 22 Bill 22 which is now law in the Province of Quebec, establishes French as the official language of Quebec and introduces a number of \u2018measures to enforce French in schools, labour, business, government and several other areas.continued on page 2 Secondly, one should recognize that if the minorities have rights (a proposition not quite ac- Canada outside of Quebec), so have a majority.If the doctrine of \u201cmajority rules\u201d, a cornerstone of classical democratic society, is good for nine tenths of Canada, it ought not to be considered pernicious for one tenth.Thirdly, fear of cuttural genocide is real in Quebec.Learned pollsters and sociologists may be able to prove that it is a myth to believe French culture and its handmaiden, language, are being eroded in Canada, but if Quebec leadership is convinced otherwise then the real politique is that there is a deep-seated fear of assimilation - an ap- out history.Fourthly, one of the dreams of French Canada was the comforting one that there would be la revanche, and the revanchistes saw it in the cradle.French Canadian fecundity would settle the score mused the clerics, politicians and philosophers.Far from this being the case, a vast emigration of French Canadians to the USA in the late decades of the 19th and early in the 20th century, as well as later to other parts of Canada remote from interest in the French language and customs, and the falling Continued on page 2 \u2019 a - Canadians .by heroic measures.Page2 ce pin ire AS EH Sinn ogo hibit no CONGRESS BULLETIN December 1974 Bill 22 \u2014 Some Myths and Some Realities birth rate at home has made the awakening from the dream a painful process.Moreover, it was disconcerting for the elitist group to realize that the full dinner pail was being preferred to the hopes for a truly large French enclave in North America.While historic references do not make parallels, it is of interest to recall that poverty and depression were more persuasive factors affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of emigrants than \u201cwere ideals of nationalism.Fifthly, even if the French have circumstances and also themselves to blame for their economic disadvantages at home, the fact emerges they are unhappy.If honest, analysts do not blame the Anglos, but dishonest ones are seeking a scapegoat; the net result is this unhappiness.The story is complex and an admixture of many elements.Against this background you have a Separatist Movement which should neither be minimized nor exaggerated.It is not true that if you scratch a French Canadian you find a separatist but it is true that a crisis of identity and a loss of faith in the future exist which can only be remedied Hence the Gendron Commission which studied these matters usefully and in extenso.Hence Bill 22.Hence the active opposition to it by the Partie Quebecois.Hence the Language Act.However, there is also the possibility that intertwined is the powerful motivation of a struggle for political power and its retention.The Jewish community is, apart from French Canadians, the most bilingual group (French and - English) in the province.A \u2014 iy Since the gift of prophecy has been denied even to the seventh son of a seventh son for over 2,500 years, all is guesswork.a.The flow of Immigration to Canada from Israel, the United States, United Kingdom and (perhaps in the future) the USSR (directly or from Israel).Quebec could get its share of.the Anglophone group including those from Israel.It may not, because the instinct will propel such immigrants mainly to Ontario and British Columbia.The reasoning will be why pick Quebec Province where the language of instruction question could worsen and business be difficult to pursue whereas life in the other provinces presents no such problem.b.The#Business World.It will, 0f course, be much more #£omplicated \u2018for the small Business man to get - along with the new legislation.The possibility of bureaucratic decisions exists, based on considerations inherent in the sociological problem of Quebec rather than on equity and fair play.c.Professions.Actually Bill 22 is not the first to deal with the concept of a knowledge of French.Prior to Bill 22 it was previously incorporated into the Code regulating the professions, which demands a working knowledge of French as a condition precedent to the certification.It also has a strong section forbidding discrimination on grounds of religion, national origin, race, etc.There was no great fuss then and no great outcry since.This Act regulates over 50 professions, including medical, legal, notorial, engineering, architecture.d.Public Bodies.The dust must settle before we know just what the regulations will be and how they will affect our public bodies.| cannot agree with all aspects of the analysis on this by seven McGill professors in an important published study of Bill 22.e.The School System.Here we are in a bind because it is an open question if the Jewish community really has any say.The constitutional issue is simply put if difficult to answer.If Section 93 of the.BNA Act protects only confessions according to its text without mention of language, how right are Forsey and Scott when they allege that the Protestant Schools of Quebec continue to hold the same rights that they held at Confederation in 1867 including the right of control ef- the language of education?But, if correct, it is a protection for Protestants, not Anglophones.! believe there is no inherent right in a parent choosing the language of instruction for his childrens; Thus the non- Protestant Anglophones will be subjects of decisions by a Language Board, or a bureaucracy but have no constitutional or other rights which even for Protestants may only be restricted to the right of their own schools but not the language to be employed therein.Only a Supreme Court decision can Continued from.page 1 .Congress Brief on Bill 22 Continued from page 1 The Canadian Jewish Congress, in its brief to the National Assembly of Quebec, while accepting the proposition that French should be the predominant language of communication in Quebec, opposed the coercive measures of the Bill and asked for a number of revisions.In particular, Congress asked for the retention of Lan earlier legislative measure (Bill 63), which gave parents freedom of choice of language of instruction for their children.The Canadian Jewish Congress participates in a coalition of groups opposing the _Bill.A Leadership Conference convened by the Eastern Region of Congress discussed the implications of the Bill for the Jewish community and subsequently the Executive of the Eastern Region adopted a resolution stating that \u201cwhile Canadian Jewish Congress has always supported and continued to support the aspirations of the French Language | Community, Canadian Jewish Congress, as representative of Aa community in large proportion English speaking, authorizes its representatives to join with the coalition in its opposition to the infringement of the historic rights of English speaking Quebecers as expressed in Bill 22\u201d.rule on this.Digressively, turn to the Jewish Day Schools: the issue .of.French, Janguage instruction\u201d \u2018as\u2019 a conditio sine qua non of financial aid pre-dates Bill 22! By way initially of a digression, the thought could cross one\u2019s mind that Premier Bourassa is playing the gallery by inviting legal action almost in the hope that parts of the Act will be struck down as being ultra vires a provincial government.He then becomes St.George .manqué, being prevented from slaying the dragon.(This uncharitable view has precedent in at least two pieces of Aberhart\u2019s Social Credit legislation of approximately 30 years ago when, as a result of the Supreme Court decisions, Bible Bill was able to say to his constituents, \u201cWell, | tried my best, but the BNA Act defeated me\u201d.It must be strongty- urged that Bill 22 may be a deprivation of group rights in some spheres; it is a break with tradition and demolishes vested interests; it will create confusion and real difficulties; it will be the progenitor of many profound changes in the Anglophone world but the areas of unconstitutionality are admittedly small.Even maximum success in the Supreme Court of Canada would be of little concern to other than the Protestant School Boards, and those who insist that both the languages be used in publishing acts, parliamentary records and journals, as provided for in Section 133 of the British North America Act.Also the Supreme Court may find it illegal to deny the use of English in enterprises under federal jurisdiction.Academics who find inelegance in the use of the term \u201cofficial\u201d when applied to language other than in federal statutes may have their successful day in court.Granted that all of these legal offences ultimately will be purged by the Quebec National Assembly in a new act, if, as and when the Supreme Court rules.The residual matters are in the vires of the Provincial Assembly and are the highly important real and vital ones to Quebec's residents and indeed to all of Canada.Let us not be overly excited by an illusory prospect that the Supreme Court of Canada can do much harm to the salient features contained in the Official Language Act.What is of cardinal importance is that for this generation at least of the Anglophone population - and perhaps for a considerable sector of Francophones - life would be very difficult under those sections of the Act which are constitutional.Bill 22, for its implementation, relies on bureaucratic decisions by technocrats.The dilemma presents itself that since no one is sure how rigorous and restrictive the regulations under Bill 22 will be, one either waits and then finds the predictions of doom and peril were right, in which case he is too late to act or he makes other plans and finds all is not lost at all, in which case he dislocated his | life needlessly.The real issues are not Bill - 22.One can understand French Canadian frustration.Is it, however, an opening salvo of a quixotic war to create a sovereignty inharmonious, as part of a Federation of Canada, within life in North American society?It is not proper for a non-French Canadian to proffer advice as to what is good for French Canada.But one is obliged to remark that the coping stone of the structure of Bill 22 is the premise that the language of the vast majority of the inhabitants of Quebec is on the way to obliteration and it is a trust imposed on the body politic to preserve it.The Gendron Commission did not think French was in danger of being supplanted by English.Moreover there is a danger in rigorous implementation of the regulations of the creation of a French Canadian Elitist group made up of those who want their children to obtain a very good English language education.Will these have to go to expensive private schools?One can live with many sections of Bill 22 unless one is a rabid separatist with conquest engraved on his heart or an equally intransigent Anglophone whose litany is that of Prof.Higgins of \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d,, \u201cWhy can't everyone speak English like we do?\u201d (Happily G.B.S.in \u201cPygmalion\u201d is not - responsible for this view of life.) After all, Bill 22 does not ask inhabitants of Quebec to have a working knowledge of esoteric languages like Swahili or Sanskrit.Bill 22 is not the .script for \u201cGot- terdamerung\u201d.But one cannot remove the fear that in reaching legitimate goals one can go too far and ruefully conclude in due course le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle.There is a tentative conclusion.Events have to unfold.The regulations have to be studied.The real- hope lies in the conviction in French Canada that in our North American society it is possible to retain one\u2019s heritage, preserve one\u2019s traditions, maintain one\u2019s mother tongue.For the present, for political and more objectively honest reasons it is obvious that many of French Canadian leadership laugh this proposition out of court.oe.wood A Salt hin wr Kin m ~~~ a il in Kaleg ig tl Girly | adi; | lion qi in Nom UNE + ene T advice - ood for À Ones thal the | 0 the is he Quage of ie 60 is on angi on the one mission | Was ib plant er ther igorous f the eon n Eft 58 whe obtain nglish il 0 tk hoo! | Many unless ini on his jy ir phone f Pro, ay December 1974 ©.\"CONGRESS BULLETIN Pagel speak pr\" in: pol ! iow of Monroe Abbey, Q.C.Honorary President Sol Kanee Immediate Past President Chairman Board of Governors Allan Bronfman Lavy M.Becker Judge Harold Lande Shioime Wiseman (Montreal) Foreign Affairs Committee Constitution Committee Soviet Jewry UJRA Budget Committee National Library and Archives Mrs.Chas.Balinsky Dr.Stephen Barber Joseph Baumholz Aba Beer Monty Berger Ben Beutel Stanley Cohen Prof.Irwin Cotler Donald S.Davis Albert Eaton J.A.Lyone Heppner Ex-Officlo : Canadian Zionist Federation United Israel Appeal B'nai B\u2019rith Jewish Labour Committees CUJUS R.L.Ronson Mrs.Gerda Frieberg Mrs.Rose Wolfe Eastern Region Congress Administration 1974-1971 NATIONAL OFFICERS Sydney M.Harris, Q.C.President ~ Professor Perry Meyer, Q.C.Chairman Executive Committee Dr.Leon Kronitz Past Chairman Executive Committee Isidor Wolfe Oscar Antel David Satok Murray B.Spiegel, Q.C.Vice-Presidents Nachum Wilchesky Treasurer J.Sidney Midanik, Q.C.Secretary Hyman Soloway, Q.C.Honorary Legal Counsel Honorary Vice-Presidents A.Steinberg (Winnipeg) A.B.Bennett Samuel J.Sable (Toronto) _Chairmen of National Committees \u2014 Rabbi W.Gunther -Plaut \u2014 Donald Carr, Q.C.,- \u2014 David Satok \u2014 Judge Harold Lande \u2014 Nachum Wilchesky \u2014 Victor Sefton National Religious Affairs Committee \u2014 Rabbi Allan Langner Joint Community Relations Committee \u2014 J.C.Horwitz, Q.C.Members of National Executive Dr.Joseph Kage Dr.Jean Claude Lasry Prof.Arthur Lermer Boris Levine M.H.Myerson, Q.C.I.Piasetski Mrs.Sarah Policoff Moe Seidman Solly Urman Issie Veisfeld Lou Zablow Holocaust Education CUJUS Advisory Committee Personnel Committee Yiddish Committee Pension Board A.B.Bennett Donald Carr, Q.C.Jacob Egit Robert Eisen, Q.C.Max Federman Mrs.L.Frieberg Max Goody Saul Koschitzky Bernard Laufer Mrs.A.Levine Gordon Marantz David E.Newman, Q.C.\u2018Alan Rose National Executive Director Central Region Dr.Marvin Weintraub Morley M.Globerman Milton Harris Leon Teitelbaum Regional Chairmen Esmond Lando, Q.C.(Vancouver) ~ \u2014 Aba Beer \u2014 (to be appointed) \u2014 R.Gordon Marantz \u2014 J.S, Midanik, Q.C.\u2014 Prof.Arthur Lermer \u2014 Milton Harris Rabbi Jordan Pearison Rabbi W.Gunther Plaut Andrew Resnick Lou Ronson Samuel J.Sable Joseph B.Salsberg Jack Shindman Dr.H.O.Singer, Welland Harry Steiner Mrs.A.Wolfe Mrs.R.Wolfe Harry L.Wolfson Presidents of following organizations Milton Harris, Chairman Executive Members from the Western and Pacific Regions will be listed in a forthcoming issue of the Congress Bulletin.CO-OPTIONS TO NATIONAL EXECUTIVE Ad Personam ACs\u201d = Lavy M.Becker, Montreal Bernard M.Bloomfield, Montreal Allan Bronfman, Montreal George Cohon, Toronto _ Nathan Gaisin, Toronto ?!5 _ 179% Arthur Gelber, Toronto 10 SDSUD! Saul Hayes, 0.C., Q.C., MEAtRET À insizatc 2109idu- DELTINF Eastern Region\u2019 Leon Teitelbaum, Chairman Mrs.Rosa Finestone Mrs.Lee Gertsman Felix Meloul Joel Pinsky Dr.Melvyn Schwartzben Canadian Sephardic Federation National Council of Jewish Women Hadasseh-WIZO AJCS of Montreal UJWF of Toronto REGIONAL OFFICERS Central Region Sau! Koschitzky Harry Steiner David E.Newman, Q.C.Murray M.Koffler, Toronto Arthur Kruger, Toronto Max Shecter, Toronto Harry Simon, Toronto Mrs.Freda Sohmer, Montreal S.Unterberg, Montreal Dr.S.Wax, Toronto Zave Ettinger Morton Bessner Stanley Cohen Mrs.Flora Naglie Lou Zablow Page 4 CONGRESS BULLETIN December 1974 Prime Minister Trudeau Addresses CJC \u201c _ .Within secure and recognized boundaries .free from threats and acts of force .\u201d Text of the Prime Minister's to the Plenary Assembly Mr.Chairman, I'm grateful to you for this invitation to talk about Canada\u2019s external dimension.And to do so before an audience which includes many men and women who have long taken a deep and responsible interest in Canada\u2019s role in the world.4e It has been four years since my government issued a comprehensive foreign policy review \u2014 the first such statement prepared by a Canadian government since the early post-war years.We did so then because we felt that Canada\u2019s external relations had outstripped its foreign policy.In that review we identified six goals, or areas of concern if you will.None of them had a specific geographic boundary.None of them was exclusively external.None was considered to be of a higher priority than any other.We stated then, and | repeat now, that the pursuit of those objectives, and not the search for any specific role, governs the conduct of Canada\u2019s foreign policy.Those goals, you will remember, are: \u2014 peace and security .\u2014 a harmonious natural vironment \u2014 an enhanced quality of life \u2014 social justice .\u2014 sovereignty and independence \u2014 economic growth From time to time, the pursuit of one or other of these objectives will be given precedence to another.In their totality, however, they represent, in conceptual form, Canada\u2019s national policy.Responsibility for pursuing the external elements of that national policy has rested, since 1968, with a man familiar to all of you \u2014 Canada\u2019s Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp.Under his guidance, Canada\u2019s reputation as a principled, active participant in the international community has risen.steadily.During the same period Mitchell Sharp\u2019s personal reputation as a dedicated human being and a skilled negotiator has placed him in the front ranks of the world\u2019s foreign ministers.(He will act as host to 14 of those foreign ministers this week in Ottawa during the NATO Ministerial meetings to be held there).I'm proud of Canada\u2019s accomplishments as an actor on the world scene.We have not failed to remember that our influence is not unbounded, but neither have we avoided the responsibilities that are properly ours as a democratic, industrialized society.We have sought to cooperate in every area open to us for th betterment of the human conditis \u2014 in the containment anc elimination of weapons of mass destruction; in the resolution of conflicts; in the control and elimination of terrorism wherever it may be found and whatever its motive; in the sharing of technology, education and financial resources; in the promotion of the freedom of movement of people and ideas; in en- the creation of binding international legal regimes for the orderly conduct of international relations and the safeguarding of the environment._ \u201cAt the same time we have sought tenaciously to protect Canada\u2019s interests wherever they fiight be affected - in the councils of international organizations; in the foreign offices of other countries; in market places around the worid; on your own coasts and in our own waters.We have been active in these two respects \u2014 one related to cooperation, one related to competition \u2014 because there is no defensible alternative.(Translation).In Canada, we have employed space, resources, and the skills of peace-loving, highly educated people to create a society that is, increasingly, the envy of every relations with other countries.Canada will assert herself actively, tenaciously where need be, in pursuit of our six goals.There is not time in any single speech to canvass exhaustively current Canadian activities, or even to catalogue all areas of concern.What | should like to do, however, in a highiy selective \u2014 but hopefutly balanced \u2014 manner, is illustrate those policies and activities to which my government attaches the greatest of importance.Some of them fall within the broad, cooperative sector | mentioned.Others are part of the competitive sphere.If | were to identify any single criterion by which | hope Canada\u2019s presénce in the world would be judged, | hope it would be its humanism, its pursuit of social justice.| don\u2019t mean a weeping \u201cI am very happy to be associated here with your Congress tonight \u2014 a voice which has been long known as a strong and forceful one for Canadian Jewry.But | am particularly delighted and | was particularly anxious to accept your invitation because of the tribute that you are paying to, not only your colleague but an old friend, as Sol Kanee just said \u2014 Saul Hayes.\u201cHe is a man | have long known \u2014 a man whose human touch I've always admired \u2014 a P.M.Salutes Saul Hayes Mr.Trudeau commenced his remarks with this tribute to Saul Hayes, O.C., Q.C.\u2014 man whom | can call a friend because we did work together in this Committee against Hate literature, that you remind me of.| got to know there, not only his formidable intellectual powers but his great sense of fairness and of humanity.| know that you will miss him as Executive Vice-President of the Jewish Congress, but | for one will continue to look forward to being associated with Saul in years to come in whatever exciting activities we may discover around Montreal or other parts of the country.\u201d other in the world.But we cannot disregard our responsibilities beyond our borders.| say \u201ccannot\u201d advisedly.To turn inward is not a feasible course for Canadians.Economics would not permit it: 24 cents out of every dollar spent in this country is derived from the export of either goods or services.Politics would not permit it: an overwhelming number of Canadians have strong ties to one or more foreign countries.Ethics would not permit it: the strength of Canada lies in our desire to share with one another, to care for one another, within and without our borders.Canada is not an island unto itself, anymore than are Canadians.We are dependent on others as are they on us.Our acts cannot be designed to enhance ourselves to the detriment of others.Equally, however, we cannot permit others to exploit us whether by audacity or malice.31 am confident that in the conduct of her foreign relations, Ganada projects an image of in- - tegrity.We are not a super-power possessed by inexhaustible credit.What we do possess, however, is a credibility, | pledge to you, will not be squandered under a Liberal Government.Neither will it be so husbanded as to make Canada impotent in its association with every popular cause espoused by this or that organization or group of letter- writers.Certainly not an affiliation with every immediate issue identified by investigative journalists.| mean a dedication to the improvement of the basic human condition in every way that we are capable and which is likely, in the long run, to be of some effect.| reject posturing on international issues as much as | reject national aspirations to world leadership, or to special roles, or to wielding influence, or even to plucking tail feathers of nearby eagles.Canadians seek for themselves and for others lives of decency and dignity.We have no special insight into problem solving, and we make no claim to superior value judgments.We offer to the world nothing more than a desire to live harmoniously with peoples of all countries and with the natural environment, plus a willingness to lend our efforts to the elimination of the common scourges of mankind.But this desire we hold sincerely.And this effort we offer conscientiously.We have no white horse on which to ride to the rescue of those whom, in our assessment, need rescuing.But equally we have no wall and moat with which we separate ourselves from the world.\u2018air Canadian foreign policy would be meaningless if it were not caring, for it would not reflect the character of Canadians.John Donne wrote \u201cevery man\u2019s death diminishes me\u201d.That quotation, | suggest, must guide our foreign policy as it guides our domestic policy.The untimely death of any human being anywhere affects those of us who survive.The victim may be of any age.He or she may be a villager in My Lai, dwell in a Metis settlement in northern Saskatchewan, graze cattle in Niger, or be a visitor to Ma\u2019alot.Our compassion must have no geographic focus.Nor must our efforts have any geographic limitations.I have emphasized the importance of policy initiatives as distinct from instinctive reaction because the world of today provokes us incessantly.The traditional insulators of time and distance have been eroded by scientific and economic developments.Unless we remain firm both in our convictions and in our dedications to our goals we will be buffeted mercilessly and be of little help to ourselves or to anyone else.One of those convictions must be the construction of a realiable international system.Slow as that task is, imperfect as the system now may be, we have no alternative but to contribute.And piece by piece, section by section, we are contributing.In the past two years no area of activity has attracted more of our energies and efforts than these: Canadian proposals for a new structure for the law of the sea \u2014 a structure which first took form in our activities to protect the Canadian Arctic environment from pollution \u2014 the pursuit of a harmonious natural environment \u2014 have set the tone for fresh conceptual approaches to problems old and new.An equal effort has been devoted to the design and implementation of agreements to combat hijacking, sabotage and international terrorism \u2014 the pursuit of peace and security.To our regret, the world record has bee erratic.Too many countries have failed to exercise the requisite political will to stand up to this modern day piracy.Notwithstanding, Canadian efforts \u2014 which have been unremitting, at the United Nations, in the Commonwealth, and of a bilateral nature \u2014 will continue.Last August the heads of government of the 32 members of the Commonwealth of Nations gathered together in Ottawa to discuss those problems that affected them all.This was the largest and highest ranking conference ever held in Canada.The success of those proceedings are hailed still in each member \u201ccountry.Canada\u2019s support for its preservation created a mood now identified as the \u201cSpirit of Ottawa\u201d.Canada\u2019s reputation as a Commonwealth supporter has (see next page) \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 TP \u2014 \u2014\u2014 Ney ~~ and 1-4 ju mit ment December 1974 CONGRESS BULLETIN Pages - of an effective Prime Minister Trudeau Address CIC (trom preceding page) never been higher, but it did not come about by accident.Substantive preparations for that meeting were as intense and lengthy as any that Canada has engaged in.Twice since the last election have significant segments of the international community called upon Canada to volunteer the services of her armed forces for peace-keeping activities.For the first\u2019 half of 1973, Canadians continued and finally concluded the presence in Vietnam that had commenced almost 19 years earlier.More recently, as you well know, Canadian forces were moved to the Middle East where they formed an important element, first, of the United Nations Emergency Force and now as well of \u2018the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.Our dedication to peacekeeping, our constant willingness to undertake these tasks, and the superb levels of competence and dedication of the personel of the Canadian Armed Forces and Foreign Service have given Canada an enviable reputation as a staunch and unblased supporter of a peaceful world.At the General Assembly, and in the special bodies of the United Nations in Geneva, Vienna and elsewhere, Canada is engaging in the search for solutions to some vexing problems and for strengthening the world order in the process.These efforts are not always successful, but our resolve will not waver.Efforts to eliminate nuclear testing in all environments, and to contain and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons are especially important.Canada was one of the first signatories to the Non-Pro- liferation Treaty, and one of the strongest supporters for the machinery of international safeguards and inspections which that treaty established.We have insisted on the application of these safeguards in all nuclear power projects in which we have been involved and in which we have had the legal authority to impose them.Unfortunately, in one instance, technology was shared prior to the establishment international safeguards system.We are fearful that any expansion of the nuclear explosives club represents a severe set-back for the efforts of mankind to control the spread of this wasteful, destructive, terrifying technology.It is a technology which has been within the grasp of Canada for 30 years but which successive Canadian governments have wisely decided not to develop.We have long held the view that the energy of the atom should be employed only for peaceful, non-explosive purposes \u2014 for generation of electric power, for medical research and therapy.We hold the view that there is no need for any country to develop an explosive competence.The obligation provided in the Non- Proliferation Treaty \u2014 and assumed by the United States \u2014 to provide nuclear explosions \u201coff the shelf\u201d and for a price exclusive of research and development costs, where such explosions are proved desirable for developmental purposes, assures all countries of access to this service.None need divert resources.from other needs anymore than they need re-invent dynamite.We must not permit ourselves tc be lulled into the fantasy that nuclear explosions are simply larger bangs, or that there is some distinction between a nuclear explosive device capable of peaceful uses and one for non- peaceful uses.Nuclear war, assuredly, would lead to such widespread immediate and secondary destruction as to threaten the continued existence of mankind.And it will make not the slightest difference whether that war started intentionally or by accident; whether nuclear warheads were exploded at ground \u2018level for offensive or defensive purposes.This horrific power must be brought under international controls.It has been in outer space.It has been on the sea bed.It has been, for testing purposes in the views of a good number of countries, in the atmosphere.Canada supports strongly the efforts of the Soviet Union and the United States to make progress in their Strategic Arms Limitations Talks.Success there would permit Canada to eliminate nuclear warheads from its North American defence arsenal, just as we withdrew voluntarily from the nuclear role in NATO.: | hold the view that possession of arms alone will not solve any problems in any regions.Wars may be postponed through the possession of armaments, but never prevented.The underlying causes of war \u2014 the sense of grievance, of discriminatory treatment, of unfairness must be met head on just as we attempt to meet them head on domestically.Of all those grievances, the one which commands the most support world-wide is undoubtedly the disparity in living standards which separate the developed countries from the others.This disparity we must commit ourselves to overcoming as Canada is attempting to do through the Canadian international Development Agency and the International Development Research Centre.Yet we know from available evidence that however advantageous is a community of nations cooperating to reduce tension, however desirable is a multitude of states expanding its purchasing power, however enriching is a world population able to turn from bare existence to culturally-creative activity, these ends cannot be achieved by present means.Greater effort, increased resources, must be pledged.The evidence is overwhelming that we face a challenge of immense proportions.It is not a gloomy one of avoiding doomsday but a joyous one of introducing into, the worid a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature, between man and man.lt is a challenge which | believe will be particularly attractive to the youth of the world, with Canadian youth showing the way.A challenge which provides purpose and meaning to lives often satiated by excesses of material goods.This challenge seeks of us a stewards ship of what we have; a redirection from the fascination and illusions of quantity towards the more lasting gift of quality.This appeal to youth does not ask for the rejection of any fundamental beliefs.It asks, essentially, for responsibility.The scope of that responsibility must be so broad, however, and its application so universal, that | have dared to describe it as qualitatively distinct from classical concepts.This responsibility is a new value, a new ethic.But what a fine underpinning for the foreign policy of any country! And how particularly appropriate for Canada, a nation rich in resources and people, a country bearing no grudges and no ambitions against any other.A few moments ago, Mr.Chairman, | stated that Canada\u2019s external energies were devoted to cooperative ends wherever possible, but not to the disadvantage of Canada\u2019s competitive interests.Let me illustrate.For several months the Canadian Government has been preparing the way for a major new initiative with its trading partners in- the European Economic Community.Discussions are now underway, stemming from an imaginative position paper prepared by.Canada.Efforts to increase and make more mutually advantageous our relationship with Japan continue apace.Discussions were held to this end earlier this spring in Tokyo with Prime Minister Tanaka by my Special Assistant, lvan Head.Mr.Tanaka has accepted my invitation to visit Canada at an early date to continue these talks with me.Our relations with the Soviet Union continue to grow.It is not always an easy relationship involving as it does two governments with very different political philosophies, but the steady growth of contacts between the two governments is surely more constructive than the isolation of the cold war days.My visit to the U.S.S.R.in 1971 and Mr.Sharp\u2019s visit last autumn provided us with opportunities to raise at the highest level on a humanitarian basis the concern of the Canadian Government and many Canadians regarding the situation of minority groups in the U.S.S.R.and the inability of those wishing to do so to leave the Soviet Union.Some progress has been made and in setting out Canada\u2019s attitude towards the proposed European Security Conference we have attached the highest priority to provisions for the free flow of people and ideas between East and West.We do not want a European Security Conference which confirms the status quo.Throughout, however, we continue to regard our friendship with the United States as the most important of our bilateral relationships.Important as | believe it is to seek normalcy in Canada\u2019s relations with the Soviet Union or China, or to engage in closer relations with the countries of Europe or Japan, the one nation of greatest importance to us remains the United States.As a trading partner, as an ally, as a country sharing the same biosphere, as a good neighbour \u2014 we place the highest value on the maintenance of the friendliest and most informal ties.This does not mean that we will shirk our duty in protecting our interests against instances of American intrusion whether they be of an economic, cultural, environmental or any other sort.It does mean, however, that we offer our support and praise for American initiatives to make this world a safer and better place for all of us; initiatives of the sort which Henry Kissinger has so brilliantly discharged in recent weeks in the Middle East.Secretary Kissinger\u2019s efforts were entirely consistent with one of Canada\u2019s basic policies toward that area.| refer to Canada\u2019s beliéf in the fundamental right of the State of Israel to exist in peace \u201cwithin secure and recognized boundaries, free from threats or acts of force\u201d.That has been Canada\u2019s consistent policy, expressed at the time of the passage of Resolution 242, expressed again last October when Mitchell Sharp called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons as a result of a tragic events of that time, expressed again by me at this time.There has been no change in the Canadian government's policies regarding the Middle East conflict as a result of the Arab oil boycott or for any other reason.We believe that there must be respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence -of Israel and every other state in the Middle East.To that end we welcomed the interventions of Secretary Kissinger and compliment him upon his extraordinary achievements.-To that end we condemn the terrorist activities of Arab guerrilla groups who, acting against the stated policies of Arab governments, seek to disrupt the negotiations leading to a permanent settlement.We witnessed a further example of this senseless activity a few days dgo.- Relations between the Governments of Canada and Israel are excellent; indeed | doubt if they have ever been better.Encouraged, and promoted by both governments, | have every expectation that they will continue to do so.At the same time Canada enjoys good relations with the Arab Governments.We have never followed an anti-Arab policy and | do not think it is in the interests of Cnaadians, including Canadian Jews, or in the interests of Israel, for us to adopt such a policy.Recent letters from Mrs.Meir and Continued on page 9 >, if Page 6 CONGRESS BULLETIN December 1974 - Resolutions Adopted at 17th Plenary Assembly Vs Canadian Jewish Congress 5 41 resolutions were adopted at the Plenary Session setting out the guidelines for Congress activity for the gon Education next three years.Following is a full text of resolutions which dealt with: : .: a ; is Soviet Jewry-= Smaller Communities United Church Observer Appreciation of Services si | Archives Holocaust \u2018 - Cultural Pluralism Leadership Rule for Women Beate Klarsfeld { | Yiddish Israel 20 Approval of Reports Preservation .of Jewish Cemetaries 4 WHE Youth Syria .080 Resolutions Implementation : À soi .- CL.; ; ; | sll EDUCATION Financing of Jewish provement of teacher education and encourage the formation of .; and professionalization, Teachers\u2019 Unions that will help ; a National Committee WHEREAS the National BE IT RESOLVED THAT: elevate the status of the Jewish : .Toronto in December.1972, 1.The National Education 744 ne Department of 5 ' , * C i if ; conditions and remuneration.Hei Jewish Education .pursuant to a resolution of the 16th ommittee, if established, up- : i .Plenary Assembly, adopted the\u201d grade the quality of Jewish Adult Education and | Fe WHEREAS this Plenary following resolution: Teacher Seminaries already in Cultural Programming | Han Assembly recognizes the fact and 7.The areas of responsibility.of the National ment be: a) Curriculum Development an Education Research b) Instructional Material and! Teachers\u2019 Aid (Central Education?Resource Centre) 3 c) Teacher Training, Recruitment\u201d and In-Service Education d) Centre for Educational Information and Publication e) Consultations and Evaluations f) Staff and Pupils Service Education Depapts \u201cResolved that this Conference edtication on the local scene, and toisibrepare solutions or action programs, and 2rParents be involved actively in planning and preparing these open community forums.hi Teacher Training and Relationship to Universities WHEREAS Canadian Jewish Congress welcomes the growing interest and concern for im- pr existence and also seek affiliation use its best efforts to establish a national central placement service to channel requests for teachers and to recruit staff for Jewish schools, in order to develop a dynamic program to enlist teachers for Jewish communities in this country.Teachers\u2019 Unions BE IT RESOLVED THAT Aa National Educational Policy of Canadian Jewish Congress nurture and stimulate the efforts of all functioning groups and projects in this fieid.The National Society shall also encourage membership and participation from the academic world as well as the community-at-large in cooperation with the established regional groups.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT immediate steps be taken to implement this resolution through the National and Regional (continued on page 7) POP EEE A | y Te vernis 148 5 ai voices its concern that Resolution recommend that the sponsors of with local universities with the WHEREAS Canadian Jewish Mpeg Number 17 from the 16th Plenary .this Conference urgently request Purpose of co- granting both a Congress has accepted the full Vilar Assembly was not implemented, the United Israel Appeal, Inc.to Teacher's diploma from the Jewish responsibility of coordinating a ine therefore, confer with them with a view of Teacher Seminary along with the variety of adult education ac- of the.BE IT RESOLVED: finding a solution to the great need SP of a university degree tivities, but there still remain | West ; ; j of additional sources of funds for i ] i i i 1 the 1.This Plenary Assembly instruct h on is ; 2.For those teachers already in Serious gaps in all the Regions in ; the incoming Executive to the existing Jewish education : the field of adult education, among {The tablish N tio | Edy ti system in Canada.\u201d the educational system, the which are: \u2019 \" gan establish a Natiohal Education relevant employers be encouraged onal R c lève Committee to deal with the ad- RESOLVED: j a) Regional Resource Centre on | Sue i ion i to provide monetary rewards Or the local and regional levels i vancement of Jewish education in That the 17th Plenary Assembly salary increments as an in- ST Le a os ÿ sul Canada, with the goal of obtaining of Canadian Jewish Congress ducement for the acquisition of an ) Institutes of Leadership Training À Pol : ; ; À ; q h h ksh À maximal Jewish education at all hereby directs the National academic degree.throug workshops, seminars, : of G levels, including primary, Executive to examine the aforesaid Curriculum study and discussion groups | Wim .secondary, university and adult resolution for the purpose of c) Sponsoring of Jewish Art and Flo education.taking action thereon.: BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Literature i.| men 2.The National Education; Canadian Jewish Congress .d) Up-to-Date Speakers\u2019 Bureau à |'comr Committee should be formed by National Foundation \u2018 encourage and assist in the \u20ac) Sponsorship or co-sponsorship BI representatives from the various ew ~~ development and implementation Of radio and television programs Ei regions across the country and - in the curriculum of Jewish day dedicated to Jewish content, fof include separate sub-committees BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED and supplementary schools across BE IT RESOLVED THAT local | [uy dealing with: THAT a National Foundation on Canada of an educational program education and cultural committees ihe.a) Formal Education Jewish Education be established and sufficient information to the ID consultation with the new es b) Education for Youth to consider in depth a broadbased Canadian Jewish community Education Department, \u2026 -i1 ! fi 5 CL Adult Education db Sonore program oo attract generally for the express purpose esta ened, ess themselves -}; ta ncouragement should be given of interpreting the role of Canadian .to establish, with the uid be given education, to plan teacher training Jews in the.history and life of - Jewish Studies i of other interested national Jewish Programs in concert with the Canada, with particular emphasis (Bon organizations, a Canadian Council Institute for Jewish Life, and to on the history and activities of the RESOLVED THAT Canadian 8 | for Jewish Education, composed Support University-centered Canadian Jewish Congress.Jewish Congress continue to of professional Jewish educators, Programs in Jewish teacher encourage and support, as far as is 5 whose representative should also training and existing programs.Jewish Educators possible and feasible, the various F.be on the National Education WHEREAS we are seriously departments of ad those vote A Committee.f interested in Jewish education and ; / ; \u2018fe 4 The major objective of the Mol es the quality of Jewish education, bs esidliished: In oui Canadian i National Education Committee be an : Sie the coordination and initiation of WHEREAS many potentially ARCHIVES lag joint educational activities with all 4 à ; qualified and committed educators 1 major national and local WHEREAS it is desirable that are discouraged from using their WHEREAS there exist Jewish |; or a : parents should have a place in the ies: Historical Societi in various i \\ ganizations that have a stake in decision-making process in talents because of low salaries; Rec orica ocieties | à a Jon education | cation Séucation and ri EREFORE BE 1 RESOLVED Regions; coLven hat Jf \u2018Committee should not infringe WHEREAS many parents have Congress should strongly en- Canadian Jewish Congress make a upon the activities, functions and ©*Pressed their concern about à courage all Jewish Boards of itself responsible for the national iy p ; lack of community forums for open ge dinati f all Jewish Ar- mn autonomy of the various Boards of discussions of educational Education to align salaries of coordination of 3 1 Education and schools that bi theref Jewish educators to at least levels chives activities in Canada and be bn presently exist across Canada.prod'ems, theretore comparable to -educators in a link between all Jewish 4 6.This Plenary Assembly instruct BE IT RESOLVED THAT: teaching fields.Historical Societies across the Élu 4: .AR the Executive to establish a 1.All education committees of : | country, and that such socleties in Hy National Education Department, to Congress, in cooperation with the Central Placement Service each Region are regarded as the ln hire a National Educational relevant Boards of.Education and Regional coordinating Dodies.eo if h Director, and to provide apis schools, sponsor open community BE IT FURTHE izati ab nu propriate staff to implement thé!' forums on education at least twice BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT these existing organizations \"#1, werk of the National Education\u201d a year, to which parents, students THAT the Canadian Jewish serve as the basis of a National i ù Department, and \u2018to obtain and\u201d and educators will be invited to - Congress, in cooperation with Jewish Historical Society which Ph supply the necessary funds.* voice concern about Jewish Other national educational bodies, should be established to assist i iggy lation of i hep ; \u20ac Jewish | Workin fon, ; Jewish the fui aling à ion a | remain - gions in among nié on ls raining | : Minars, | ps Art and Bureau sorship ograms it, T local mittees 0 IH , gives agian je fo rasis arious tudies yat to adian 4 apist | rious THAT male |: on A pd bé wish die js if 5 ne 3 VED fions ioral | ih sol fal cie | 7 snip thé thé ion nil |: Je nl il 18 Rs À December 1974 CONGRESS BULLETIN Page7 ra Resolutions Adopted at the 17th Plenary Assembly {from preceding page) Standing Committee on History.Archives and Research, or through committees specifically established for this purpose if such is deemed preferable.Museums and Exhibits WHEREAS the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada has established itself as a pacesetter in the development of a museum Exniot program as demonstrated a) The 1972-73 Journey Into.Our Heritage exhibit which drew 40,000 people at the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature b) The presentation to the Winnipeg Jewish Community of the William J.Shroder Award for 1973, in recognition of the achievements of the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada, particularly in the exhibit field, and c) The new and renewed support granted to the Jewish Historical Society by the National Consultative Committee on Museums Policy, the Manitoba Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the Winnipeg Foundation in addition to the increased support through membership, etc., from the community-at-large; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly .of Canadian Jewish Congress recognize the exhibit program of \u2018the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada as the foundation i for the Jewish Museum of Western Canada with headquarters in : Winnipeg, in association with the \"National Jewish Museum at the Bronfman House, Montreal.YIDDISH Strengthening of Yiddish Language - WHEREAS Congress recognizes the importance of the preservation, development and strengthening of the Yiddish language; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly calls upon Canadian Jewish Congress to continue to give appropriate encouragement to the various measures necessary.in increasing and promoting the knowledge and use of the Yiddish language among the Jewish people in Canada in accordance with the following proposals: a) To continue to encourage the Public High Schools, in areas where there are substantial numbers of Jewish students, to introduce courses in Yiddish b) To utilize every effort for receiving subsidies for the advancement of Yiddish culture from the Federal and Provincial Governments, taking into consideration the Canadian Government's decision to support the cultural activities of the ethnic groups in Canada c) To help the Yiddish-language Press financially, Congress paid advertisements should aiso appear in Yiddish language newspapers.d) To make more use of Yiddish on Congress stationery \u2018and letterheads, and to include articles and news in Yiddish in Congress ppp circulars and periodicals such as the Congress Bulletin, 1.O.l.and others.e) To facilitate and coordinate the preparation and publication of current and relevant textbooks in Yiddish to serve the Jewish educational institutions in Canada f) To encourage Canadian Jewish educational institutions to include the Yiddish language and literature in the program of their curriculum g) To encourage Yiddish drama groups, choirs and other cultural projects.National Committee On Yiddish WHEREAS Yiddish is a powerful component of Jewish creative identification deeply rooted in a near millenium of the cultural evolution of our people and ruthlessly wounded by the Holocaust; AND WHEREAS most of Canada\u2019s Jewish heritage is so vividly expressed through the thriving Yiddish literature in Canada; © BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress once again assert full support for the National Committee on Yiddish, established following the first National Conference on Yiddish and calls upon the National Executive to change the status of the Committee to that of a Standing Committee and provide an adequate budget therefor.Training Teachers For Yiddish WHEREAS the number of well- trained Yiddish teachers is rapidly declining; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress support the training of Yiddish teachers in all Jewish schools and institutions of teacher training.Yiddish in the Universities WHEREAS it is with great appreciation that the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress takes notice of the intensive _ Jewish studies prcgrammes introduced recently by the Department of Education in Quebec, in their junior colleges (CEGEP), and in some universities, including, for the first time, at the University of Toronto; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress calls upon its regional divisions to actively pursue the promotion of Yiddish instruction at the junior and community colleges and: universities of their areas.respective Yiddish Press in Canada WHEREAS the Yiddish press is threatened by complete extinction; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Ptenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress support the efforts to preserve existing publications in Yiddish.Yiddish in Programs OA WHEREAS the omission of Yiddish from most of the ongoing cultural activities in Canada weakens the struggle for survival as a distinct people; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress calls upon the entire Jewish community to include Yiddish components in public meetings, programming, publications, communications, festivals and ceremonies.Yiddish in the Synagogues WHEREAS synagogues have, with some exceptions omitted Yiddish in their ongoing activities; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress calls upon its National Religious Affairs Committee to consider ways and means of correcting this omission in the synagogues throughout the country.Committee on Yiddish Culture in Israel WHEREAS the growing appreciation of Yiddish in Israel, vividly expressed by the formation of a Committee on Yiddish there, under the Honorary Chairmanship of the Immediate Past President Zalman Shazar, supported by a number of outstanding leaders of the country and especially by Golda Meir, is of major importance to the entire world-wide Jewish community: BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress send warm greetings and expressions of encouragement to the Israeli Committee on Yiddish and pledges full cooperation through the National Committee on Yiddish of Canadian Jewish Congress.Melech Ravitch WHEREAS the great Yiddish poet Melech Ravitch, who has lived in our midst for over 38 years, has just passed his 80th birthday; AND WHEREAS he has enriched and continues to enrich our cultural life by his creative writing; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress extend warm.greetings and best wishes to him on his 80th birthday.May he continue to inspire Jewish life throughout the world for many years to come.YOUTH WHEREAS the teenage youth community is a viable and important segment of the Canadian Jewish community, and WHEREAS the youth community has been recognized at this 17th Plenary Assembly through the invitation of representation by every youth organization, RESOLVED THAT this Assembly recommends that the By-laws of Canadian Jewish Congress be amended to allow the accreditation of Delegates and Alternates of some reasonable age, under the age of 18, with the same rights as all other Delegates and Alternates, including the right to vote.SOVIET JEWRY WHEREAS at this time, when the movement of Jews has been severely restricted by official acts of Soviet authorities; AND WHEREAS indifference in the past has led to generations of Jews in different parts of the world suffering discrimination, oppression and genocide; AND WHEREAS today, Jews in the Soviet Union face a cruel choice: to suffer economic and social pressure if they apply to emigrate, or to forfeit their individual rights to retain their religious and cultural identity; AND WHEREAS the courage of those Soviet Jews who have spoken up, and who have paved the way for others, is a shining example to the world.For some, the price paid for breaking silence was a long term in a labor camp, under inhuman conditions.For others it is constant harassment.NOW THEREFORE Canadian Jewish Congress in the name of humanity and justice: 1.Re-affirms its commitment to continue to seek fundamental rights for Soviet Jews.2.Pledges to the Jews of the Soviet Union its continued solidarity and its promise to remain vigilant.3.Calls upon the Government of the USSR to \u2014 a) Release the Jewish Prisoners of Conscience who languish in Soviet labor camps, prisons and mental institutions and whose only real crime is their wish to emigrate to Israel b) Allow those Soviet Jews, who have been waiting, to emigrate immediately c) Permit all Soviet Jews who wish to do so to leave for Israel, or any country of their choice; to rejoin family and live as Jews d) Remove vague and arbitrary emigration procedures e) Make available to Soviet Jews the institutions, synagogues, schools, text books and materials necessary to teach the beliefs, languages, history, practices, culture and aspirations of the Jewish people.4.Calls upon the Canadian Government and the United Nations to bring these resolutions ~ to the attention of the Soviet Government.5.Protests the current wave of propaganda inside the Soviet Union which disguises antisemitism by calling it anti- Zionism.{ Continued on page 8)- fin Page 8 BN eh Ri CONGRESS BULLETIN December 1974 Resolutions Adopted at the 17th Plenary Assembly (from preceding page) HOLOCAUST Memorial Programs RESOLVED THAT Canadian Jewish Congress make every effort.to produce Holocaust Memorial programs in every Jewish com- .munity in such a way that every - Jewish child receives proper knowledge of the Holocaust, through a continuing program in each and every Jewish school, throughout the entire year.Remembrance of the Holocaust WHEREAS, the Knesset of the State of Israel and Jewish Communities throughout the world have proclaimed the 27th Day of Nissan, as a Day of Remembrance of the martyrdom of six million of our people who perished in the European Holocaust \u2014 Yom Hashoah \u2014 and as a Day of Tribute to Jewish heroism; AND WHEREAS, it is our obligation to perpetuate and keep alive the memory of our Martyrs and pay tribute to our Heroes; AND WHEREAS, we remember the people, communities, synagogues and public, cultural, educational, religious and benevolent institutions which were destroyed in an attempt to erase the name, the faith and culture of , the Jewish People; AND WHEREAS, we pay tribute to the heroism of the besieged fighters of the Ghettoes and of the concentration camps who rose and kindled the flame of revolt -in honour of their people, to the Partisans and the underground fighters and to the heroism of Jewish servicemen; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Canadian Jewish Congress as the representative of Canadian Jewry, reaffirms the 27th Day of Nissan in each year as a \" Day of Remembrance and Observance, to be commemorated in our homes, synagogues, schools and other appropriate places of assembly in memory of the heroic deeds of our people in the European catastrophe, calls upon rabbis and community leaders to make this day a Day of Observance for the entire community and commends the- preparation by Canadian Jewish Congress of an Hagaddah of the Holocaust to be read on the eve of Yom Hashoah, calls upon the Canadian Jewish community not to have parties, simchas or banquets on Yom Hashoah.National Committee RESOLVED THAT an annual meeting of the National Holocaust Memorial Committee be held, in various areas of the country, with the participation of other interested groups and individuals.ISRAEL This 17th Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress extends its cordial greetings to the Government and people of Israel; Expresses its unshakeable solidarity with the State of Israel in its search for a just and lasting peace; Records its support of the Government of Israel-and extends its respects, with the fervent hope \u2018for success in all \u201cdeliberations; Joins with the people of Israel in its grief over the massacres at Kiryat Shmona, Ma\u2019alot -and Shamir and prays that an end may soon come to these acts of terror, and Calls upon the Canadian Government and people of good will everywhere to ensure that Israel be guaranteed, through direct negotiations between the conflicting parties, a peace treaty with agreed, secure and recognized borders so that the Yom Kippur War will have been the final war between Israel and its neighbours.JEWS IN SYRIA The 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress reiterates its continuing support of the Jews of Syria.Living in this ancient land for centuries past and taking a useful part in the day-to- day cultural and economic life of .Syria, the Jews of that country have been subjected to religious persecution, harassment and restrictions.Canadian Jewry will not rest until its brothers and sisters leave Syria for a new homeland in Israel or wherever they may choose to settle.THIS PLENARY ASSEMBLY calls upon the Syrian Arab Republic immediately to: a) Restore full rights of citizenship in every sense, to the Jewish Community b) Repeal its heinous anti-Jewish laws c) Release those Jews held in prison on fabricated charges, and d) Allow Canadian and other lawyers \u2018from the free world to attend, as observers, the trials of those unfortunate dews accused of murdering four of their own community.SMALLER COMMUNITIES Programming WHEREAS life patterns of the Jewish people in small Canadian communities have demonstrated the need of closer liaison and service by the Canadian Jewish Congress; AND WHEREAS such communities desire programs of Jewish content; AND WHEREAS there is a lack -\u201c£of-service and program to many \u201cJewish communities; AND WHEREAS tenance of Jewish identity and sense of belonging to the total Canadian Jewish Community of our fellow Jews in the smaller non- metropolitan areas must be of coiicern to responsible leadership: \u201cBE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1.The National Executive of Canadian Jewish Congress direct its attention to the situation of Jewish populations in small non- metropolitan areas and that, where the need is apparent or requested, it establish liaison and initiate programs to reverse the their growing loss of identity and sense of isolation prevalent in many of these smaller communities.2.Due to distance and travel requirements, the National Executive consider establishing, as expeditiously as possible, offices located appropriately to meet the demands and needs of isolated Jewish communities.Teachers for Smaller Communities WHEREAS there is a deficiency in qualified Hebrew teachers and spiritual leaders to fill positions in the smaller communities in \u2018Canada, AND WHEREAS this deficiency is a direct cause of a lessening in numbers of members of local communities, AND WHEREAS the Canadian Jewish Congress, is a body qualified to act in the placement of teaching graduates; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the Canadian Jewish Congress arrange with the cooperation of all Yeshivoth and teacher seminaries in Canada, that their graduates be encouraged to serve a two year post graduate service in one of the smaller communities in Canada \u2014 the posting to be arranged by Congress having regard for the needs of said communities.CULTURAL PLURALISM WHEREAS Canada\u2019s unique cultural evolution is justifiably identified by the concept of an ethnic-religious mosaic opposed to the \u201cmelting pot\u201d philosophy; AND WHEREAS the recently established cabinet position of Secretary of State for Multi- Cultural Affairs through its country-wide organizations and effective financial support for relevant ethnic programs and the interest of Provincial Governments mark an important step forward towards the raising of Canada\u2019s cultural level; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Pienary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress declares its full support for the principles of Cultural Pluralism, urges the Federal and Provincial Governments to improve and widen the scope of these programs -and pledges continuing participation of Canadian Jewish Congress in the development of the policy of Cultural Pluralism in Canada.APPROVAL OF REPORTS AND DECISIONS BE IT RESOLVED THAT: a) This 17th Plenary Assembly accepts the reports of the National Executive Committee, the National President and the Officers of the Canadian Jewish Congress; b) The acts of the National Executive Committee, the National Council, the National President and the Officers of the Canadian Jewish Congress, since the date of the preceding Plenary Assembly, be and the same are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed by this Plenary Session.the main- IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, notwithstanding the requirement of the 16th Plenary Assembly that regular progress reports be made to the members of Congress on the status of implementation of resolutions, no such reports have been given, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the National\u2019 Executive forthwith appoint a committee of National Officers charged with monitoring the status of all resolutions which call for action by Congress and that the President report on such status at least quarterly in the Congress Bulietin.UNITED CHURCH OBSERVER RESOLVED THAT the Canadian Jewish Congress, as the voice of Canadian Jewry at this 17th Plenary Assembly, recommends to the National Joint Community Relations Committee that it concern itself with materials in the United Church Observer defaming the Jewish people, noting with sorrow that known racists and bigots are given a platform to voice their hatred and venom.LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR WOMEN WHEREAS Canadian Jewish Congress, functioning through standing committees, nationally, regionally and locally, has not utilized women\u2019s capabilities to the fullest; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress urge that women be more fully involved in all aspects of Canadian Jewish Congress including top leadership roles, nationally, regionally and locally.PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES WHEREAS there are Jewish cemeteries which were established by communities no longer in existence, located in various parts of Canada; AND WHEREAS these cemeteries are not being properly maintained; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Canadian Jewish Congress, through its regions and local affiliates, take the necessary steps \u2018to preserve these sacred and historic sites, in cooperation with the descendants of those buried therein.THANKS TO OFFICERS WHEREAS the years which have passed since the last Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress have been filled with danger for our people throughout the world, yet the program and directives of Congress have received the continuing and assiduous attention of its Officers; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly extends its deep thanks and profound appreciation for the devotion and dedication of the retiring © National and Regional Officers of Congress.(Continued on page 9) pn PRE JRA The (and pressés fans , min precul His Of fie 0 mites, Wi.6 oor of et ly i Can December 1974 APPRECIATION TO ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE The 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress expresses its gratitude to the Plenary Arrangements Committee for its untiring efforts in organizing and executing the Convention.It takes this opportunity of commending the Co-Chairmen of the Committee, Mr.Joseph L.Kronick and Mrs.Gerda Frieberg as well as its Coordinator, Mrs.Ruth Resnick; of extending to Mr.David Satok, SOL KANEE, LL.D.WHEREAS Sol Kanee has served as President of the Canadian Jewish Congress for the past three years; AND WHEREAS Dr.Kanee has distinguished the office of President by his unstinting and tireless attention and devotion; AND WHEREAS Dr.Kanee has given to the office the wisdom of his years of service to the Jewish and general community; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress records its deepest gratitude for Dr.Kanee's service and anticipates many more years of continuing vigorous activity to the community at large.(Sol Kanee, as the Immediate Past President, is now Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Jewish Congress.) CONGRESS BULLETIN CIC 17th Plenary Assembly Resolution Continued from page 8 Chairman of Central Region; our Host Region, special thanks; as well as its commendation to Chairmen of all the other Regions, and its thanks to all members of Congress staff.BEATE KLARSFELD RESOLVED THAT the Canadian Jewish Congress protests, in the strongest possible terms, the arrest and incarceration by the Federal Republic of West Germany, of the noted humanitarian and Nazi-fighter, Beate Klarsfeld, Sol Kanee, LL.D.noting that while she was kept in prison, and released on bail only after international intervention, Page?infamous war criminals are walking free in the Federal Republic of West Germany.HARRY L.WOLFSON The 17th Plenary Assembty of Canadian Jewish Congress notes with regret the absence of Harry L.Wolfson from its deliberations due to ill health, misses his wise counsel and advice which he has so freely given for so long and prays for a refuah shelemah so that he may speedily rejoin friends with a Saul Hayes, 0.C., Q.C., health restored.(Harry Wolfson passed away in Toronto on November 6th 1974.The Jewish community of Canada has lost an inspiring leader and will remember his outstanding contributions for many years to come).Sigmund Unterberg APPRECIATION OF OUTSTANDING SERVICES SAUL HAYES, O.C., Q.C., LL.D.WHEREAS Saul Hayes has served the Canadian Jewish Congress as its Executive Director and Executive Vice-President for over a quarter of a century, and has earned the title of Canadian Jewry\u2019s leading professional statesman and has been a challenging leader and loyal advocate of Jewish ideals and concepts both to the Jewish Community and to Canada: BE IT RESOLVED that the 17th Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress expresses its utmost admiration and appreciation to Saul Hayes for his years of devoted service and creative efforts and wishes for him and his wife Beatrice many years of happiness and productive activity both for themselves as well as for the community at large.SE.(Saul Hayes is continuing to give the Canadian Jewish Community the benefit of his counsel and experience in a consultative capacity.He was recently given an honorary degree of doctor of laws by his Alma Mater, the McGill University of Montreal, and he has also been reappointed by the Hon.John Munro, Minister of Labour and also Minister of State Responsible for Multiculturalism, as Quebec Regional Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Multiculturalism, for a term of three years and as such will be a member of the Executive Committee of Eight, which is responsible for the management of the Advisory Council.À special tribute to Saul Hayes was paid at the banquet of the Plenary Assembly.) SIGMUND UNTERBERG WHEREAS Canadian Jewish Congress has had the extraordinary good fortune of gathering unto itself devoted and steadfast servants; AND WHEREAS Sigmund Unterberg has epitomized in every degree these virtues as National Executive Treasurer of Canadian Jewish Congress; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the 17th \u2018Plenary Assembly of Canadian Jewish Congress commends Sigmund Unterberg for his years of dedication and perseverance and wishes for him and his wife rewarding and long years of retirement.(Sigmund Unterberg is continuing with the Canadian Jewish Congress in a consultative capacity.\u201cHe has been of enormous value to Congress and, if his work was more anonymous because of its very nature, it was none the less essential and carried on with devotion, zeal and a high degree of intelligence\u201d.This was stated \"by Saul Hayes in his keynote address at the Plenary Assembly.A special tribute to Sigmund Unterberg was paid at the closing luncheon.) Prime Minister Addresses CIC Plenary Session Continued from page 5 Mr.Eban to Mitchell .Sharp quite \" clearly suggest that Israel neither expected nor wanted Canada to adopt such a position.These are difficult and troubling times for Israelis and for the friends of Israel.In recent weeks we have witnessed the passing from the political scene of that remarkable woman, Mrs.Golda Meir, a political leader recognized throughout the world for her wisdom and courage.Being something of an expert on - the recent minority government, | fully appreciate the task facing the new Prime Minister of Israel.However, disengagement agreement, negotiated, with the aid of Dr.Kissinger, between the Government of Syria and the new Government of Israel, suggest a strong government in Israel and hope for further progress towards peace in the Middle East.Let us hope that the new Prime Minister of Israel will witness a just and lasting peace in the Middle East early in his term of office.Mr.Chairman, few Canadians are more sensitive to the .n- terdependency of all men than are those of your associates here this evening.You in the Jewish community have nurtured your own heritage while respecting that of others.You have sought opportunity and achieved success in Canada but have never forsaken your brethren in less fortunate circumstances elsewhere.You understand and practise the tolerance which is the basic TRE MR TTR MET, a.a, a ingredient of our society.| salute you and appeal through you to all Canadians to accept the ethic of sharing, the ethic of responsibility, the ethic of accountability.That ethic, steadfastly honoured and resolutely discharged, can contribute immensely to the benefit of all mankind, while at the same time bringing to us the joy and the satisfaction of assisting our fellows.Surely there can be not greater calling for Canadians.~ Wa ce x A | Ÿ \u2018 100% Nol elie pa 03 UA ng an Sl i) il gu ou A pg ale) 0558 ue) [haf 10) fo se [2 pe ar CH TAC RLÉKANU exitkeéE 7770 ENILTLSC Nef LEL ONE RGCQUARLATACL.RUB QULLU NALNEUMAÉ NOXLREAL AOEQUX LNA LL NUL ASS GRLAGLAA RING, NA Le GNQUÉERGAAAE Nul.LEGAL (NO AALSEA XL GIQAAÉILLEL LR.UC JÉSL NA LLALRNCLO À ELRILÉQULÉ GRY IRL Le NO LEQUCUE CSO taRan\u201d \u201cLl ERALNCOL tl GEL CA GNL decl FROSL Lu, ERLAUGE LEIROUECÉ * \u2026 GU, LEGRLGLOTRCRTKQ No S881 RICE - -AGŸAL UNA Le ! 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URESL URTL Co SATU GRU.CR OLAS AELRL: GRU SAA AR wLall &E.ALD Cg Nal ALN TRAOLNCO YSURLL We NU Eu NALL CELA MEL LRQU GU LSC ALLÉLAEL (LLdEKC.\u2018 - i 461 13QUadAQ NIL3 TINE SSTAONOD 01 26ed CAL ECILNCMUECSS À [l IL M piv: AE ys 1 1} evo 8 1 9 Pur À fi: jg Wa of IR nest 20 ts Lau uv à ul va we | 1 me Bl uw iy pr 2 yi i pi Ÿ pi 197 December 1974 CONGRESS BULLETIN Home Study Courses In Jewish History, Tradition and Culture Home Study Courses in Jewish History, Tradition and Culture will now be available in Canada as a result of arrangements made by the Canadian Jewish Congress with the American Jewish Committee for Canadian Jews to be associated with the program called \u2018Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls\u201d, which was initiated by the American Jewish Committee.The American Jewish Committee announced that its program called \u201cAcademy for Jewish Studies Without Walls\u201d, which offers home study courses in Jewish history, tradition, and culture, has expanded its operations to include Canada, and may soon be operating in Britain and several Western European countries.The Canadian Jewish Congress serves as co-sponsor of this program in Canada and is so identified in the press release of the American Jewish Committee which advises Canadians who may wish to enroll in one or more of the Academy's courses to obtain information from the Canadian Jewish Congress, Department of Education and Culture, Central Region.The program was launched this year by the American Jewish Committee in cooperation with the University of Haifa, and has a current enrollment of more than 300 students from 30 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and a few other countries.Registration began last May Quebec Jewish Community Brief A joint brief was submitted by the Allied Jewish Community Services of Montreal, Canadian Jewish Congress, Eastern Region, and Jewish Family Services - Social Service Center, to the Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly of Quebec on pending legislation to amend the Act respecting Health and Social Services, which is now known as Chapter 48 (formerly referred to as Bill 65).The submission stressed that the entire thrust of the Jewish community in relation to Chapter 48 and to the pending legislation to amend it (Bill 41) lies in its \u201cconcern for the appropriate and adequate delivery of services to the population.The manpower and funding provided by the volunteer is crucial to this service delivery system.We have continuously underlined ethnicity, culture and religion as important features in the effective service of clients, and the need for communal links that reflect these service components in the decision- making bodies of establishments\u201d.\u2019 .The proposed amendments call for a reduction of communal, participation on the board of-directors of the Sotial Service Center and fait to accord recognition to those\u201d persons\u2019 whose interest:: and: attivity have sustained: the: Social Service Center over .the years.The brief recommended that \u201ca Social Service Center constituted under the Act must also be given representation from the nonprofit corporation which gave rise to it and which may still be providing it with ancillary services, as in the case of the Social Service Center 4 Whgée -ithwnoveable assets are the property of a non-profit corporation other than a corporation incorporated under this Act\u201d.Among the amendments proposed in the pending legislation is a proviso that funds may be diverted away from benefitting the establishments and the purposes for which they were originally intended.The brief: pointed out that \u201cthe potential of new monies as an additional source of -income may be sharply reduced if the non-profit corporation, to which the establishment is linked, does not have any real contact with the establishment through management of the funds derived from charitable contributions.The net result will be less money for those aspects of the establishment\u2019s program which do not receive government support\u201d.A recommendation was put forward that \u201cbenevolent contributions may also be entrusted to a non-profit corporation constituted under the Canada Corporations Act\u201d and that \u201cany legacies bequeathed to a hospital or social service agency which has converted to a hospital centre or a social service centre, unless designated as funds bequeathed to such hospital centre or social service centre, shall be deemed to have been bequeathed to the corporate body that existed prior to the coming into force of Chapter 48\u201d.The brief was signed by Charles R.Bronfman, President, Allied Jewish Community Services of Montreal; Leon Teitelbaum, Chairman, Canadian Congress, Eastern Region, and Louis Orenstein, Q.C., President, Jewish Family Services-Social Service Centre.dergraduate and courses started officially on October 1st.However, students may register at anytime, and have one year to complete each course.The University of Haifa grants scholastic credit for each completed course.Initial funding for the project was provided by the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.The courses offered by this program will include Biblical, Talmudic and Medieval and Modern Jewish Thought, Hassidism, Jewry in Eastern Europe, History of American Jewry, Judaism and Christianity, and History of the Jews in the Soviet Union.A short time ago, Mr.Yehuda Rosenman, who is director of the Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls, was in Montreal and met with Alan Rose, National Executive Director of Congress, and Congress staff, to discuss the possibility of including Canadian Jews in this- program.Following this meeting, the Educational and Cultural Committee of the Central Region and the National Officers gave their approval to Canadian Jewish Congress participation in this project.Multi-Cultural Grants Recently, two grants have \u201cbeen made to the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region, by the Multiculturalism Program of the Federal Government, both for purposes of book publication.One grant is for a volume by Dr.David Eisen of Toronto, to be entitled \u201cThe Diary of a Medical Student\u201d.This is Dr.Eisen\u2019s diary as a medical un- at the University of Toronto, 1916- 1922.It contains considerable information on general campus life, Jewish student activity, local Jewish and Zionist history, etc.The book will be published by the author and Congress wil! assist in its distribution and sale.Another grant is for a volume by Morley Torgov of Toronto entitled \u201cA Good Place To Come From\u201d.The book was published by Lester & Open, Toronto.It deals with \u201cgrowing up in a small Jewish community in Ontario\u201d, in this case Sauit Ste.Marie.Mr.Torgov was a panelist at the Central Region\u2019s breakfast session on smaller communities at the recent Plenary Assembly.Milton Harris, Chairman of the Central Region of Congress, conveyed an expression of gratitude to the Department of the Secretary of State for these two grants.oT -Vice-Chairman.The cost of each course will be $90.A student may enroll in a course at any time, and will have twelve months from the date of enrollment to complete the course.On completion of a course, a studént will receive credit at the University of Haifa, and a certificate from the Academy.Although enrollment must be on an individual basis; the Academy will encourage and assist students in specific communities to get together for group study and discussion under the leadership of qualified instructors.Jewish Book Month Marked A number of events in observance of Jewish Book Month were announced by the Jewish Book Committee of Toronto which is affiliated with the Canadian Jewish Congress.The events took place during the period October 27 - December 2.Sponsoring organizations include: B'nai B'rith, Men\u2019s and Women's Regional Councils; Board of Jewish Education, U.J.W.F.; Canadian Zionist Federation, Central Region - Keren Hatarbut Institute; Committee for Yiddish; Council of Brotherhoods, Toronto; Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, Toronto; Jewish Public Library; National Council of Jewish Women, Culture Council; and Y.M.& Y.W.H.A.Mr.Meyer Feldman is chairman of the Jewish Book Committee of Toronto.Activities in observance of Jewish Book Month in Montreal Congress in association with the Jewish Public Library.The opening lecture was given by Dr.Judah J.Shapiro, November 9, on the topic \u201cSolving the Dilemma of Jewish Culture in North America\u201d.The Montreal Committee arranged special programming~ devised for - students of the Jewish Day and Afternoon Schools to take place at -the Saidye Bronfman Centre on the theme \u201cThe Wise Men of Chelm\u201d (on the occasion of the 100 anniversary of \u2018the founding of ¢\u20ach&\u201d Yiddish Theatre).The rMontreal Committee als¢-pempiled a calendar of events sponsored by \"various organizations in\u201cobservance of Jewish Book Month.There also were book displays at various shopping centres.Mrs.Bernard\u2019 Issenman is Chairman of the Jewish Book Month Planning Committee and Mr.Armand Moyal is Page 11 were coordinated by the Canadian Jewish ly Government School Grants The Ontario Education Minister has recently stated that the Ontario Provincial Government would provide tax support for private Jewish schools if they fall under the \u201cjurisdiction and full control\u201d of a public board of education.There was a subsequent report that the trustees of the Board of Education for the Borough of North York unanimously agreed to carry out a feasibility study immediately on the possibility of merging its general studies program with that of the Jewish schools in North York.The Board of Jewish Education, in its brief to the Board of Trustees, maintained that it is seeking to \u201cintegrate\u201d the general studies program with the public school system and that it \u201cwill continue to make available the facilities of the schools to all who wish to seek admission\u201d.It is anticipated that the North York Board of Education would assume all control over the teachers of general studies and their salaries and the cost of books and supplies for general studies.The Board of Jewish Education is not asking for support of libraries, psychological and various other supportive services.The entire Jewish studies program will be fully financed by the Jewish community and student tuition.A majority of students in Toronto Jewish Day Schools live in North York.Rabbi Irwin Witty, Executive Director of the Board of Jewish Education, listed among problems to be ironed out, the continued separation of boys and girls .at certain schools; teachers of general subjects in Jewish day schools to meet the provincial requirements for certification; non- Jewish children would have the right to attend any Jewish day school provided they meet the entrance requirements for the grade they wish to enter.The comment by Rabbi Witty concluded that the Board of Jewish Education realizes that new courses will probably be mandated in general studies and Jewish day schools will have to go along with such changes.| Page 12 Delegation Meets Secretary of State on Israel A delegation of the Canada-Israel Committee, which is a joint undertaking of the Canadian Zionist Federation, Canadian Jewish Congress and B\u2019nai Brith, for the specific purpose of improving understanding and friendship between Canada and Israel, had a conference in Ottawa with the Hon.Allan J.MackEachen, Secretary of State for External Affairs, on matters affecting Israel, and, in particular on Canada\u2019s abstention on the U.N.vote to extend an invitation to the PLO to participate in the debate on the Palestinian issue.The delegation submitted a brief which stated that \u201cThe Canada- Israel Committee is disturbed by our government\u2019s abstention and believes that such action is in accord neither with Canada\u2019s fundamental policy on the Middie East nor with our general foreign policy objectives\u201d.The brief pointed out that \u201cThe PLO seeks to eliminate Israel\u2019s .sovereignty and independence, has consistently attempted to thwart movements toward peace between Israel and her Arab neighbours and does not recognize the rights of Jews in Israel to self-determination\u201d and that \u201cIt is the view of the Canada Israel Committee that Canadian policy should resist efforts to legitimize the PLO in the United Nations, its agencies and elsewhere for this position would be in accord with the general foreign policy objectives of our government, international morality, principles of justice, and international law\u201d.The brief also dealt with Canada\u2019s abstention in the vote by the General Council of the ICAO in Montreal when it was recommended to the Executive Council that they grant observer status to liberation movements, including the PLO, pointing out: \u201cIt is again difficult to comprehend, why our government whose policies in the past have placed Canada in the forefront among those who seek to combat and deter aerial hijacking and international terrorism, would remain silent on a resolution which would admit the chief proponent \u201cright and perpetrator of these activities, the PLO, to the very body which has the responsibility to safeguard civil aviation.Silence on this issue tends to reflect either approbation or indifference or both.The Canada-Israel Committee would hope that our government will instruct its representative to the forthcoming ICAO meeting to cast a contrary vote on the issue to invite the PLO to observer status in that body\u201d.The brief concluded: \u201cFundamental to any peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict is the need for the Arab states and the Palestinians to clearly demonstrate their recognition of lIsrael\u2019s to existas a sovereign and independent State.The Canada-Israel Committee would hope that Canada would use its goed offices to encourage this recognition.Moreover, when our government makes reference to \u2018Palestinian rights\u2019 it should at the same time refer to Israel\u2019s fundamental right to live in peace and the need for the Arab states to recognize and accept this right.We would hope that our government would publicly state that it could not support the PLO, or any movement, as long as they continue to adhere to the principles of the National Covenant, which aim at the destruction of a friendly country.We also believe that our government should continue to condemn all organizations, including the PLO, which wage terror campaigns and seek to sabotage the movement toward peace\u201d.There was an exchange of views.on the entire issué and the Minister indicated\u2019 to the delegation that the submission would be given full consideration.The group which called on the Minister comprised Messrs# Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., Milton Harris, Alan Rose, Steven Ain (Canadian Jewish Congress); Phil Givens, Q.C., M.L.A., Dr.Leon Kronitz (Canadian Zionist Federation); Boris Moroz, Herb Levy (Bnai Brith); Aaron Pollack; Mrs.Anne Gross, Myer Bick (Canada-Israel mittee).Com- international - CONGRESS BULLETIN CIC Leaders Meet House of Commons Members On October 16th, a meeting was held in Ottawa between leadership and Jewish members of the House of Commons.There was an exchange of Canada\u2019s Congress views on position at United Nations with regard to the recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization by the United war criminals in Canada and changes to Soviet Nations; residing potential Immigration Act; Jewry and various other issues of importance to the Jewish community.The following members of the House of Commons participated: The Hon.Barnett Danson, Minister of Urban Affairs; Herb Gray; Mrs.Simma Holt; - Max Saltsman; D.Orlikow.On behalf of the: Canadian .Jewish Congress present were: Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., D.Satok, D.Sadowski (Toronto); Dr.Leon Kronitz, Alan Rose, Aaron Pollack, Myer Bick, Steve Ain (Montreal); Hyman Soloway, Q.C., D.Loeb, Hy Hochberg (Ottawa).December 1974 Tribute To Mitchell Sharp Former Secretary of State for External Affairs was a great .Friend of Israel and of the Jewish People \u2014 the Jewish Community is Grateful to him for it.Canadian Jewish Congress conveyed the appreciation of the Jewish Community to the Hon.Mitchell Sharp, Former Secretary of State for External Affairs and currently President of the Privy Council.Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., President of the Canadian Jewish Congress, conveyed the appreciation of the Jewish community for the.Hon.Mitchell Sharp, former Secretary of State for External Affairs, who is currently President of the Privy Council, in the following letter addressed to im: \u201cI am writing to convey on behalf of Canadian Jewry our deep sense of gratitude for the sympathy and understanding you displayed when we met with you during your tenure of office.\u201cAs Canadians we are proud that under your leadership our foreign policy was given new directions which have served Canada so well and enabled us to play a significant but realistic role in the comity of nations.We are particularly proud that Canada\u2019s traditional humanitarian concerns have, if anything, Tribute to a Great Jewish Leader and Dear Friend of Canadian Jewry, Former President of the State of israel, Zalman Shazar.In a telegram sent to the President of the State of Israel, Ephraim Katzir, by Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., President, and Alan Rose, National Executive Director, Canadian Jewish Congress paid tribute to the memory- of the late Zalman Shazar, former President of the State of Israel, who passed away during the Sukkoth Holy Day in Israel.The telegram recalled the special affinity which the late former President of the State of Israel had for Canadian Jews and emphasized that \u201che was well remembered in Canada, more particularly his state visit to this country in 1967 immediately prior to the Six- Day War when his presence amongst us greatly encouraged the resolve of Canadian Jewry\u201d.The tribute paid to his memory by the Canadian Jewish Congress stressed that \u201chis long career of service and dedication has earned him a foremost place in the annals of our people\u201d.Jewish Community Position Conveyed to ICAO Alan Rose, National Executive Director of Canadian Jewish Congress, and Myer Bick, National Executive Director of the Canada Israel Committee, had a Conference with Charles Bedard, Permanent Representative of Canada to International Civil Aviation Organization, discussing at length Canada\u2019s abstention on the recent vote on the PLO status at ICAO.The Ambassador was briefed on the position of the Canada representative of the total Jewish community of Canada.It was arranged that further meetings will be held with the Israel Committee, whieh is Ambassador with regard thereto.- - the been intensified during your period of office.We record with appreciation Canada's continued friendship to the State of Israel and your perceptive understanding of its many problems.We know that you share, as do all Canadians, our deep anguish at the fate of Soviet Jewry and the position of Jews in Syria.Nothing human has been alien to you.\u201cWe know that Canada under your leadership has taken.initiatives to assist in the approach to peace in the Middle East.Considerable credit must go to your for having understood the nexus of this most complex .problem.\u201cWe have not forgotten the extraordinary epic of the salvation of the Jews in Iraq, which was in great part due to your labours.It was at once a disinterested act motivated solely by the intention to save the remnant of this once great Jewish community.\u201cWe recall with emotion our many meetings, when you never failed to comprehend our concerns as Canadian Jews or the position of our brethen throughout the world.\u201cWe pray that you will be spared for many years to continue a most distinguished career of public service which has earned you in your lifetime the well-deserved reputation of being a great Canadian\u2019.(The Hon.Mitchell Sharp contributed substantially to release of:i.Sylva Zalmanson, which came to be regarded as a:\u2018'syrmbol of harassment of Jews in the Soviet Union.- Prior to the last visit to Moscow of the Hon.Mitchell Sharp in his capacity as the then Secretary.of : State for External Affairs {in November 1973), a personal : request was made to him by Saul Hayes, O0.C.,.Q.C., the then Executive .Vice- President of the Canadian Jewish Congress, to take up the Sylva Zalmanson case with Soviet authorities apart from other cases and the general intervention to alleviate the plight of Soviet Jews.Mr.Sharp acted on this suggestion and expressed.the concern of the Canadian Government regarding Sylva Zaimanson to the Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko .with whom he met in Moscow.) me.fre pr fan Geld i) ite yer (aad hs ithe fie suspé (rings fo a Cad fe, 0 who fl oe possi ft migran oth mem sien Hafler de) foe Îurem | pees, suFfici Li (i J thor Prospt | Were ; iin | äfilia | ty - > = = s == = 3 = IZ Orel high on gf Umer ently your |» eco Nady othe Jour got Jy MWe 8 do debp Soviet on of thing en ho i anita D has Si in in the erable ur for the mplet gotten of the 1 ag, it dug jas àl dat au fof gral notion hen com CE Qu | rethen pi bé ans 10 most of of phos fetimé falion gian Shard gl) to sy ml pd in fhe ist 0 dit oly yo js sd in Of de .National December 1974 The following public statement on war criminals residing in Canada and on the case of David Geldiaschvilli was issued by Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., President of the Canadian Jewish Congress : \u201cOver the years the Canadian\u2019 Jewish Congress has brought to the attention of the Canadian Government the fact that persons suspected of major war crimes have been admitted \u2018to and are residing in Canada.It would appear that the, Canadian immigration authorities, immediately following World War Il, gave more consideration to the possible Communist affiliations of potential immigrants and citizens than to the question of their membership in a \u2018criminal organization\u2019 (such as S.S., Waffen SS., Fascist militigs, etc.) as defined by the protocols and results of the Nuremberg Trials.lt appears, therefore, that insufficient care was taken by our Canadian Immigration authorities to ascertain if prospective immigrants were suspected war criminals or had had Nazi affiliations.The position \" CONGRESS BULLETIN Statement on War Criminals in Canada government is that the prospective immigrants were not usually asked if they had been members of a \u2018criminal organization\u2019, and therefore such persons were not in breach of Canadian immigration regulations and the government was not able to refuse entry to Canada, nor in due course to refuse citizenship.Furthermore, no extradition treaty exists between Canada and the USSR or other socialist countries, and thus there is no possibility of extraditing war criminals suspected of murder to such countries.Nor is Canada a party to any treaty covering war criminals.\u201cThe Canadian Jewish Congress does not claim to have a full list of war criminals; their whereabouts were only made known from time to time by authorities of the Soviet or other East European governments or by the Jewish Documentation Centre in Vienna, the World Jewish Congress, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, etc.However, we have submitted a number of names of that was taken by the suspected persons to the _ German Reparations Following the an- the moral, legal and nouncement of the material aspects of claims agreement of the German Democratic Republic to hold discussions on the possible compensation to Jewish victims of Nazism with the United States, the Canadian Jewish Congress has renewed its representations to the Department of External Affairs, which were initiated after the ratification of the treaty between the German Federal Republic (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic on the 21st December, 1972.At that time, Canadian Jewish Congress submitted a detailed memorandum to the Department of External Affairs on \u201cIndemnification Claims of Nazi Victims Against the German Democratic Republic\u2019.The memorandum dealt with against the GDR, which fall into three categories: a] Individual claims for restitution of confiscated assets or assets disposed of under duress, including heirless property cl exterminated families as well as for compensatory payment for non-traceable assets.bl Individual claims for compensation for deprivation of liberty, damage to life, health, economic career, etc.c] Global claims for .payment of the expenditure incurred in resettling and rehabilitating victims of Nazism.This matter will be raised by Canadian Jewish Congress with the Secretary of State for External Affairs in the near future.\".Holocaust Aba Beer, \u2018Chairman of the Holocaust Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress, was a guest at the meeting of the Ottawa \"Holocaust Committee held in October, to initiate plans for the Annual Observance of the Yom Hashoah and of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.This year the I oles V5 SD IE LIVE Committee program will include ongoing education activities which will culminate on the day of observance and which will be so designed as to involve members of the community at every age level.The program committee is headed by Messrs.Hogl Levendel and Peter Perel.Department of Manpower and Immigration for investigation from the point of view of possible fraud or perjury or general undesirability.\u201cWe have asked the Government to look into the question of initiating steps.to deprive such persons of their Canadian citizenship if prima facie evidence exists that they have been responsible for major war crimes.\u201cWe are particularly concerned with the David Geldiaschvilli (alias Goergi Tsinaridzé) case.It would appear that in 1968 the Soviet Government made known to the Canadian Government that Geldiasch- villi was wanted for major war crimes.We are informed that in 1971, although the information was in the hands of the Canadian Government, this man was given Canadian citizenship.To date, the Jewish Documentation Centre in Vienna has not confirmed charges against this man.In the circumstances, we expect.the Canadian government to reject his citizenship.\u201cWe intend to again make The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in reply to a letter sent to him by Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., President of Canadian Jewish Congress at the time of the trial of Mrs.Beate Klarsfeld (who had been charged by a court in Cologne, Germany, with an attempt to kidnap the Nazi criminal, Kurt Lischka, and had been sentenced to two months\u2019 imprisonment) assured that \u201cYour anxiety over the apparent delay in the ratification of the Franco-German convention of February 2, 1971 concerning German Jurisdiction in the field of the prosecution of certain crimes is readily appreciated, and you may rest assured that the German Federal Government will History Bank The Canadian Jewish Congress has commenced compiling an oral tape bank on the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust.The project was launched with an interview of Mr.Lou Zablow, First President of the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression, by Alan Rose, National Executive.Director of Congress.Aba Beer, President of the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression, participated.Survivors will be interviewed throughout Canada.- representations to the appropriate government departments \u201cinvolved, because the Geïdfaschvilli case highlightssyan.intolerable state \u201cof.-affairs, namely, that *massy murderers may be living among us, and have been awarded Canadian citizenship, which is at once an insult to our fellow citizens and to our conscience as Canadians.\u201cWe are not prepared to idly accept as fellow citizens any persons who may be proved in fact to have been guilty of war crimes against Jews or, for that matter, against any other persons.This is one crime that time cannot heal.There\u2018 is no statute of limitations on murder in our law, nor will the Jewish conscience ever allow the infamy to be forgotten\u201d.Simon Wiesenthal, founder of the Vienna-based Jewish Documentation Centre, was in communication with the Canadian Jewish Congress with regard to his appeal to the Canadian Ambassador in Vienna, asking .him to \u201ctake all necessary steps\u201d against Imre Finta, a former Hungarian police officer now living in Toronto, who, he says continue its efforts to speed the neccessary parliamentary procedure with a view to bring about the ratification of that convention.\u201d With regard to the case of Mrs.Klarsfeld, the Ambassador stated that \u201c.she is the defendant in criminal proceedings which are conducted with all the built-in guarantees of an orderly administration of justice, and in conformity with the principles of a State based on the rule of law .The first-instance Court acknowledged Mrs.Klarsfeld\u2019s special motive and even gave her credit for it when releasing her from detention on two different occasions, and citing it expressly when sentence was pronoun - ced .unfortunately, she committed an offence which is punishable not only in the Federal Republic of Germany but in almost every the.Page \\3 commanded the Jewish ghetto in Szeged in 1944 and cooperated with Eichmann in the deportation of Jews.In a letter to Canada\u2019s ambassador, Wiessenthal said the man was responsible for the deportation of thousands of Jews from the ghetto at Szeged in Hungary to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, Wiesenthal said he collected evidence from Jews in Hungary, Israel and Canada.Alan Rose, National Executive Director of Congress, had discussions with the Intelligence and Security Division of the Department of Manpower and Immigration re suspected war criminals living in Canada.He was also interviewed on a - French television channel in Montreal by Mr.Jean-Lucien Caron on the matter of war criminals in Canada.Mr.Rose stated that the question of mass murderers living in Canada is a factor which the Canadian Government can no longer ignore, and that Canadian Jewish Congress was again making representations to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration.Assurances of Republic of Germany in regard to War Criminals country of the world .any attempt of the Federal Government at influencing the conduct of Mrs.Klarsfeld\u2019s criminal trial would be incompatible with our concept of judicial independence .therefore, any such attempts at influence cannot be considered.\u201d \u2019 (Mrs.Klarsfeld in a letter to- Canadian Jewish Congress and to the \u2018Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression had expressed thanks for support given to her cause when she was charged and tried.A very recent dispatch of the UPI from Rabat, Morocco, dated October 27 reported that she was in Rabat at the time of the Arab Summit Conference and was detained for distributing pro-Israeli leaflets criticizing the Palestinians and hailing Israel as a haven of refuge for Jews fleeing persecution.) Itzhak, which provides a in Toronto).Youth Mission The Holocaust\u201d Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region is promoting a Youth Mission to the Massuah Institute in Israel, located at Kibbutz Tel Holocaust and Jewish Resistance in Europe during World War Il.The tour will leave on December 22nd and will be of 11 days\u2019 duration.(Application forms, details of tour and costs are available from the National Office of Congress in Montreal and from the Central Region office course of study on the * Päge14 In response to numerous inquiries being received by the office of the Canadian Jewish Congress for basic: statistical information on the Jewish population of Canada, the following data are being furnished based on the 1971 census: Population Size The Jewish ethnic group in the 1971 Census numbered 296,945 persons of whom 276,025 or 93.0% also reported Jewish as their religious denomination.The balance, 20,920 persons, or 7.0%, was accounted for by those who reported their ethnicity as Jewish and their religious denomination as either Anglican (1,705, 0.6%), United Church (2,075, 0.7%), Catholic (3,340, 1.1%), or \u2019no religion\u2019 (9,755, 3.3%); the remaining 4,045 Jews by ethnicity (1.4%) were important task now facing us is the co-ordination and restructuration 7 * CONGRESS BULLETIN Statistical Data On Jewish Population of Canada ARE classified\u201d among other religious groups.The proportign stating \u2018no religion\u2019 was smaller among the Jewish ethnic group than among the total population of Canada: 3.3% versus 4.3%.According to the edit-procedures of the 1971 Census of Canada, a person who reported his religion as Jewish was classified ipso facto as belonging to the Jewish ethnic group.Until 1941, Jews by 173,344.In 1961, the Canadian Jewish Congress commissioned special 1961 Census tabulations to provide for \u2018Jews by figures on ethnicity was -religion\u201d the same cross \u2014 classifications that are available for \u2018Jews by ethnicity\u201d.Copies are kept at Statistics Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress in Montreal and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Mother Tongue 69.7% of Jews reported English as their mother tongue (206,950).Yiddish was the mother tongue of 16.6% (49,175).French was the mother tongue of 3.8% (11,215).The balance of the Jewish population (10.0%) reported as mother tongue numerous other languages, the main ones being (by rank order): Hungarian (2.5%), Polish (1.8%) and German (1.8%).The analysis in this section refers solely to data by ethnicity.Comparable data by religious denomination have not been published.The census also provides data on Language of the \"Home.83.9% of the Jewish population reported English as Language of the Home compared with 69.7% who reported English as mother tongue.As to French and Yiddish, these were reported as language of the home by 10,000 and 25,100 Jews, respectively, and as mother tongue by 11,215 and 49,175 Jews, respectively.23% of the Jewish population reported ability to speak both English and French.The percentage of those able to speak English and French for the total Canadian population was 13% and 32% for the French and between 3% and 14% for the other major ethnic groups.2,725 Jews, or approximately 1% of the Jewish population reported in 1971 inability to speak either English or French.This compares with about 1% % for the total population.Geographic Distribution The 1971 distribution of the Jewish population by = \u2018funds and similar Looking Ahead Continued from page 1 bodies our right to advocate extended Jewish between undenied needs and our December 1974 province shows the Jewish community in Ontario to have been the largest, 45.4% of Canada\u2019s Jews.Ranking second and third were Quebec (40.2%) and Manitoba (6.8% :).Another 7.2% were residents of British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan; and 0.4% residents of the remaining provinces and territories.In 1971, 99.2% of Canada\u2019s Jews (273,800 persons) were classified as \u2018urban\u2019, and the breakdown by urban size group indicates futher that 95.7% of Canada\u2019s Jews (264,200 persons) resided in urban areas of 100;000 inhabitants and over.Canadian Jewish Congress is sponsoring a series of demographic studies, prepared by Dr.Joseph A.Norland (Yam), 4 of which have already been published.Israel\u2019s undoubted and own were .| ape conf Lenin We gris { of the various agencies and organizations in the community and their functions are activities to the end that the needs of the community will best answered, regardless of which body or what \u201cinstance\u201d does the answering.Every member of the community, every one of us who shares in and realizes the aims and objectives of Congress will support - must support - the community-wide campaigns now underway wholeheartedly and unstintingly.Criticism has been levelled at Congress from time to time that since we \u201csurrendered\u201d active fund raising to welfare people have been more interested in spending money than in raising it.| do not agree with this view, for all members of the Canadian Jewish community compose the Congress body, and those who raise funds are as much members of Congress as those who plan our priorities, programmes and budgets.But unless we do participate as planners, campaigners, speakers, canvassers or collectors, we will have no right, and indeed no ability, to carry on the affairs of the total community.We must earn the right to joyously share in Israel's triumphs, we must earn the education, we must earn the right to fight the \u201cnew\u201d anti-Semitism - and we will earn those rights through our devoted service to the UIA, UJA, CJA, and ISF - each of us according to his or her own abilities, qualities and means.I intend to see it that no one will ever again be able to honestly criticize Congress for failing to cooperate with the fund raising community.We will see to it that the new National Budgetting Conference comes into effective operation as soon as reasonably possible and practicable,so that the funds raised by all of us may be equitably and fairly allocated as Canadian community\u2019s equally undoubted and undeniable requirements.These then are- some of our tasks.| urge all members of Congress, and especially our executive members and officers, to consider and implement ways and means to bring them to satisfactory conclusions, and thus achieve unity of action in our community, with our objective being a newly revived and unified spirit of service and devotion to Israel\u2019s peace and prosperity and to the communal health of Canada\u2019s Jewish diaspora.Allan J.MacEachen, Secretary of State for External Affairs in an address on the Palestinian issue at the United Nations General Assembly on November 20th, 1974, said the following: \u201cWe consider it essential to any lasting and.comprehensive settlement that there be respect for the sovereignty, the territorial integrity and the policial independence of Israel and of every other state in the Middle East.We remain opposed to any attempt to challenge the right of Israel or the right of any other state in the region anne \u2014 Canada\u2019s Position on Palestinian Issue qu.to live'îin-peace within secure and rééognized boundaries free from threat and acts of force.\u201cThe important issue we are\u201c -now-examining, concerning the status of the Palestinians and their role in efforts/sito achieve a negotiated peace, has figured prominently in this tragic history, From the outset Canada has recognized that the Palestinians represent a major interested element in the Middle East situation.Security Council Resolution 242, firmly subscribed to by Canada since its adoption in 1967, called for a just settlement of the Palestine refugee problem.Canada has given and continues to give substantial financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.Recent developments, including this debate, testify to the growing acknowledgment that cognizance must be taken of the need for the Palestinian people to be represented and heard in negotiations involving their destiny.Canada is fully in accord with the view that \"any enduring peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israeli dispute must take account of the legitimate concerns of the Palestinians.\u201cFrom what has been said, it will be clear that the Canadian Government believes a settlement cannot be imposed in the Middle East by outside forces.The will to make peace and the modalities and structures of\u2019 an eventual settlement must be evolved by the parties directly concerned.We shall evaluate objectively any particular course which may be followed in the pursuit of peace basing ourselves on certain fundamental principles but free of: any CoE REE preconceived, ideas as tb the form and \u2018content\u2019 of * an eventual settlement.We shall continue to weigh events in direct relation to their likely impact on what has always been and remains for \u2018Canada the cardinal : \u2018objective: Othe achievement of an agreed and and lasting settlement between Israel and its Arab neighbours enabling all the states of the region to live in peace and security.Canada will continue wholeheartedly, through whatever means may be open to us, to support all efforts to this end.\u201d + 2e: imoO a Chal Regi in T0 side Chair Coms Ms.Cha Come | pa i Non inclu Hao a} Gong Chair Jui Rabl Davi fie ! Sovi Zim Ub and Meri thy fi] fo eg), Hx dws, third land | Nother TE ler, + wa.4 Were J ining 3 orig, of sm edas down Jin 1% of 420 * urban | tants , Wish I ing à aphic y In an), 4 been # j and om\" yall able for 3 ys of y our fiers, Wa n 10 ( 1hus n our elie 4 nified fie jon 10 yan h of pa ».9 fi [2 z December 1974 Sylva Zalmanson Addresses Meeting in Canada Over 1,000 persons were present at public meetings held in Toronto and Montreal, at which Sylva Zalmanson related her experiences in Russia in connection with the Leningrad trials when she was sentenced to a long prison term.Milton Harris, Chairman of the Central Region, chaired the meeting in Toronto which was also addressed by David Satok, Chairman of the National Committee for Soviet Jewry.Mrs.Beverley Bronfman, Chairman of the Montreal Committee for Soviet Jewry, presided over the meeting in Montreal and the speakers included Alan Rose, National Executive Director of the Canadian Jewish Congress; Saul Tarnofsky, Chairman of the Combined Jewish Appeal in Montreal; Rabbi Sidney Shoham and David Sadowski, Director of the National Committee for Soviet Jewry.Sylva Zalmanson also addressed public meetings in Hamilton and Ottawa and addressed the National Executive of Congress.She spoke in Russian and her addresses was translated by Mrs.Genya intrator of Toronto.While the Ottawa, Sylva At the meeting of the National Officers of Congress, held in Toronto October 13, condolences were expressed to the family of Bernard Laufer, a long-time member of the National Executive of Congress and leader of the Bergen-Belsen.Association.The Officers of Congress attended the funeral which took place on the day of the meeting.Zalmanson had a private meeting with the Hon.Mitchell Sharp, President of the Privy Council, who had intervened on her behalf on a number of occasiohs during his term of office as Secretary of State for External Affairs.Under the impact of her presentation, she was handed a $500.contribution at the public meeting which she addressed, by on of those present which she turned over to the group of 35's to be used for activities on behalf of Soviet Jewry.\u2018In Montreal and Ottawa special press conferences were held at which Sylva Zalmanson told her story and conveyed the need for continuous action to help the Soviet Jews.There was extensive press coverage in several newspapers.At the publie- meeting which she addressed in Toronto at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue, greetings were extended to her by Rabbi J.Benjamin Friedberg, and a presentation of flowers was made to her by Sandy Shapero of the Toronto Students for Oppressed Jewry.Welcoming remarks were delivered by Dr.Fred Weinberg, President of Beth Tzedec Congregation.(On submissions of the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canadian - Government had intervened with the Soviet authorities on several occasions for the release of Syiva Zalmanson.Similar efforts on her behalf were made by Jewish communities all over the world.She had been sentenced to 10 years strict regime during the first Leningrad trial.) National Geographic Apology Canadian Jewish Congress received a communication from the National Geographic Magazine in Washington with regard to a misleading article on Jews in Syria which appeared in its April issue.Canadian Jewish Congress complained about this article and asked for a correction.In its immediate reply, the National \u201cGaga hic | Magazine ex- \u2018pressed regrets for the error Sasha ÎQUE \u201cHan © «6 28E0 jet.\u2026.AMesting of the National -Comrnittee-on Soviet Jewry was ~ held } in Toronto Mr.David Satok, a National Vice-President of Congress, who was designated as Chairman of the National Committee by the National Officers and the National Executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, was confirmed in office by the Committee, which is a in reporting.A communication which Congress received subsequently was to the effect that a correction will be carried in the November issue: of the magazine.The Ngvember issue of the magazine contains a column by its Editor, Gilbert M.Grosvenor, stating that its April article on Damascus \u201cfailed to reflect the true situation\u201d of Syrian Jews.National Soviet Jewry Committee joint one with the Canadian Zionist Federation and B\u2019nai B'rith.Among issues discussed was a projection of year round activities; prospects for emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union to Israel, in light of the reported negotiations between the U.S.and Soviet Governments; absorption of Soviet Jews in Israel and a number of others.CONGRESS BULLETIN Agreement Signed The agreement between Congress and B'nai B'rith governing the operating of the National and Regional Joint Community Relations Committees was reviewed and revised by both organizations.The new formula will allow for the continuance of the \u201cclose co-operation\u201d that has existed between the two organizations since 1938 and \u201cfurtherance of their common goals in public relations and anti- defamation work.The agreement states that the National Joint Community Relations Committee (the \u2018committee\u201d) of the CJC and B'nai B'rith will be maintained \u2018for the supervision, creation and implementation of those areas of public interest which are designed to eliminate defamation of Jews in Canada, to advance within these areas a proper understanding in Canada of the Jewish community\u2019s interests and purposes, and to preserve the democratic principies of freedom and equality for Jews in Canada.\u201d All activities of the \u2018committee will be limited to issues which reflect upon the interests of Jews in Canada and any problems concerning the CJC or B\u2019nai B'rith outside of Canada will not be within the jurisdiction of the committee.These include responsibilities which have \u201ctraditionally been within the Congress\u2019 agenda such as .immigration and emigration, religious affairs, and German claims.\u201d ; B'nai B'rith and Congress agree the committee shall make the final decision on any action or program to be followed, and neither party - shall take any action, unless both parties have previously agreed.Regional committees in the Eastern, Central, and Western Regions with offices in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg, will be established by the committee.Executive separate or independent | Soviet Jewry Committee in Vancouver Ralph \u2014Zbarsky was recently named chairman of the Vancouver Committee on Soviet Jewry, which is jointly sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Canadian Zionist Federation.Page 15 Toronto Conference on Soviet Jewry [ESI XIN The Steering \"Coimittee for Soviet Je oof the Canadian Jewish-Cotgress, Central Region, sponsored a conference on Soviet Jewry which was held in Toronto November 3rd, attended by about 30 organizations representing a cross-section of Ontario Jewry.The Conference was chaired by J.B.Salsberg, Chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, Central Region, The Conference opened with a panel discussion on the theme of \u201cAfter Jackson .What?\u201d, chaired by David Sadowski, Director of the National Committee on Soviet Jewry, with discussants Genya Intrator, Immediate Past President of .Women for Soviet Jewry, Marilee Weisman, and Bert Raphel, Apology of The London Life Insurance Company sponsored a T.V.program on the CTV network called \u201cHuman Journey,\u201d which was supposed to be \u2018a Show on Leadership\u201d.Full page ads, which appeared in the \u201cWeekend Magazine\u201d (which has a national circulation) and listings of T.V.programs were streamlined \u201cAll he really wanted to do was make his mother happy\u201d with a huge picture of Adolf Hitler dominating the page.Alan Rose, National Director of who recently returned from visits to the Soviet Union and who related their experiences in making contact with the Jews of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, Following the panel, there were group sessions with resource persons available to give information and materials on telephone calls to Jewish activists, sending of parcels and money to aid families of dissidents in the USSR and broadening the scope of activities including demonstrations and programs of education.Participating were Carol Reiter, Chairman of Group of 35's, Phyllis Spring, Chairman of Women for Soviet Jewry, H.Wayne Tanenbaum, President of Canadian Friends of Soviet Jewry.London Life Congress, contacted the London Life Insurance Company, lodging a strong protest against this kind of publicity.In reply to this protest, the President of the London Life Insurance Company, sent a letter of apology stating in part: \u201cIt is a regrettable situation, and it is out of character for London Life to be insensitive to the public's feelings.| do hope you will accept our apologies, and we fully realize we must do everything possible to avoid a similar circumstance in the future\u201d.Concern for Ukranian Leader The Canadian Jewish Congress, had expressed to the Secretary of State for External Affairs in Ottawa concern for the welfare of the Ukrainian leader, Valentyn Moroz, imprisoned in the Soviet Union for an offence which could in no way be considered criminal within our jurisdiction.The Canadian Jewish Gongress asked for anadian Government intervention on a - humanitarian basis on behalf of Moroz and all prisoners of conscience in the U.S.S.R.at pnin \u2026 Ensinites' The Under-Secretary: - of State for Externals:Affairs replied, assuring that \u201calthough there may be certain limitations on what it can do in such a case, the Canadian Government has taken up the matter with the Soviet authorities on several occasions within the last few months .The Canadian Government is aware of and can appreciate the special interest the Canadian Jewish Congress has shown in questions of human rights, such as that of Valentyn Moroz.Hopefully, that interest will help bring about changes for the better, not only for individuals in our society but for society as a whole\u201d.National Joint Community Relation Communittee Officers J.C.Horwitz, Q.C., and Joel Pinsky were reelected chairman and vice- chairman, respectively.R.L.Ronson was elected treasurer of the Committee. Page 16 CIC President Visits Jewish Communities Sydney M.Harris, Q.C., President of Canadian Jewish Congress, visited the Sherbrooke Jewish community on the evening of October 19 and the Quebec Jewish community October 20.He was also the principal speaker at a recent meeting of the Winnipeg Jewish Community Council.National Director Visits West Alan Rose, National Executive Director, visited the Jewish communities of Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton where he met with community leadership.In.Edmonton he also addressed a leadership meeting of the Pioneer Women on the current international Jewish situation and the UN vote on the PLO.In Winnipeg, Mr.Rose met with the officers of the Jewish Historical Society.He also addressed a joint meeting of Canada Israel Committee and Policy Committee of the Combined Jewish Appeal hosted by Guy Kroft.Later, he met with Congress officers and addressed the regular noon monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Jewish Community, Council.Mr.Rose was also addressed the Pioneer Women's Leadership Training Seminar in Edmonton.Meeting With Catholic Missions A meeting of representatives of the Catholic Bishop\u2019s Conference and the Canadjan Jewish Congress recently took place in Ottawa.The Bishops\u2019 Conference was represented by: Bishop Antoine Hecault, Bishop of St.Boniface, Manitoba; Rev.Everett MacNeil, General Secretary, Canadian Catholic Conference; Father Stephane Valiquette, Montreal Committee for Jewish-Catholic Relations.CJC was represented by J.C.Horwitz, O.C., Rabbi Allan Langner, David Rome, Alan Rose and Ben Kayfetz.There was an exchange of views on matters of general concern and, in particular, on the Catholic position on Israel and Jerusalem.CONGRESS BULLETIN December 1974 International Jewish Committee on Inter-Religious Consultations Rabbi Allan Langner, \u2018Chairman of the National Religious Affairs Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress, attended meetings in New York, of Jewish groups - which participate in the International Jewish Committee on Inter- Religious Consultations.Participating in the Committee are World Jewish Congress, Synagogue Council of America, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Befamation League of B'nai B'rith, and Israel Interfaith Committee.Rabbi Joseph Lookstein, who serves as chairman of this Committee, presided over the meeting held in Synagogue leadership in Montreal, at a meeting held at Congress headquarters under the chairmanship of Moe Seidman, President of the Synagogue Council, expressed concurrence with the proposal advanced by the Civil Code Revision Office of Quebec for a single computerized register of vital statistics for the Province of Quebec to replace the present system New York.The meeting concerned itself with the forthcoming Conference with the World Council of Churches which is to be held in London, England, in January and with the newly established Vatican Commission for Relations with the Jews which will be held in Rome in May.' A statement issued on behalf of the International Jewish Committee on Inter- Religious Consultations noted that the new Vatican Commission grew out of a series of annual consultations with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and that these consultations \u201chave under which such registers are kept by churches and Synagogues.\u2018The proposed changes do not affect in any way the rights of rabbis to perform marriages and apply to methods of registration only.The draft proposal stipulates that every person who officiates at a marriage transmits a declaration of been marked increasingly by a spirit of friendship and candor, by a desire for mutual helpfulness in areas of common concern.\u201d The Vatican announcement of the establishment of the Commission stressed that the Commission is a \u2018distinct organism but attached to the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity with the object of promoting and fostering relations of a religious nature between Jews and Catholics.The Commission must endeavor to develop its activities for an effective and just realization of the orientation given in the Vatican document of 1965\u201d.such marriage to Registrar of Civil Status within eight days, which thus requires the officiant, rather than the parties involved, to send the declaration of marriage to the Registrar.This procedure differs from that for births where the person ~vho performs the delivery sends the Registrar only the attestation while the parents send the declaration.the el MAAK.iin ca, on tte MR GEORGES CAKTIER ne 0, ee i 3 MONTR ronge ; warms Pour -e Published monthly except July and August by the Canadian Jewish-Congress to report on the activities of Canadian Jewry and matters of interest to them.National President National Executive Director - Sydney M.Harris, Q.C.Alan Rose 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 H3G 1C5, Quebec.BIBLIQTHEQUE NATIgNALE 3 0 L 1700 ST DENIS AL 129 World Jewish Congress Statement on Arafat Appeal We are reproducing the text of the statement, which was issued by Dr.Nahum Goldmann, President of the World Jewish Congress, in an answer to an appeal to the Jewish people which was included in the address made by the leader of the PLO, Yasir Arafat, at the United Nations: \u201cMr.Yasir Arafat, in his address to the General Assembly of the United Nations last Wednesday, appealed to the Jewish people to dissociate itself from its identification with and support of Zionism and the State ofisrael.On of the World Jewish Tens gg the Jewish C ies of the wo de Meur féstakat this appeal will n si] EN JA ) d, | want to y clear that have the is just as unrealistic and immoral as is Arafat's hope to liquidate the State of Israel and replace it by a so- called democratic state embracing the whole of Palestine.\u201cThis deplorable extreme attitude of Mr.Arafat destroys for the many who realize the importance of the Palestine question their hope that the PLO would accept a more reasonable and moderate program which would no longer include the liquidation of Israel as a state.Mr.Arafat has shown the PLO\u2019s complete lack of understanding for the essence and vital necessity of the State of Israel not only for its citizens but for the survival of the Jewish people as a whole.\u201cThis people which, in a unique history of suffering and courage, survived 2,000 years of dispersion Correa \u2026 and persecution and which made lasting contributions to human civilization during those centuries, was from its beginning deeply connected with the Land of Israel and would not have survived without the \"hope of generation some day to recreate its homeland in the country of its origin where it produced the Bible and many of the basic ideals of mankind.To deny them their own state would mean that alone the Jewish people is deprived of the right of national self-determination at a time when almost all small nations have been granted their independence and a seat in the United Nations.The annihilation of six million Jews in the Nazi period has demonstrated the tragic consequences of the homelessness of the Jewish people and its need for a country.me every - this policy.\u201d \u2019 of its own which, had it existed before the Hitler holocaust, would have saved millions of Jews.\u201cWhile many understand the right of the Palestinian people to a country of their own, it is obvious that such a demand can be implemented morally and practically only if the Palestinian people will, at the same time, recognize the legitimacy and the existence of the State of Israel with which it should strive to maintain friendly and neighborly relations not only of mutual recognition but of cooperation.As long as the PLO refuses this recognition, it is obvious that Israel cannot recognize it nor negotiate with it, and the Jewish people \u2014 Zionists and non-Zionists alike \u2014 will fully support Israel and stand by it in "]