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,. , . Page Two 'tHE JEWISH POST Thursday, February 6, 1969 Thursda~, February 6, 1969 Page Three , .... ', ----~------~------~--~----~~.. ~" .. - , < ,~, ,.; , • Spial($:····;'·'Foi:.·;:;,8tQt'H~fl1~~d -~/]- 'If' .TI1,'r, ,Is Q, Conscience In , ." l!w'JS'HlPC!T,-, ,:-.,.,!" '\" .' ,>,',.', • \,' The Canadian Council of Chris-I He b;' the recipient of the Dr. Ken-' The Oldest A:ng~..J'ewi8h Wee/ely in W¢.tkm Ca.mulq ,~t!!emeni ~y ., we have come to this phase - the hangings in ESTABLIS1Q;P 1925 " .. " tians and Jews is sponsoring a num:- neth E" Norris iMemOriBl' Award;' . PRIME ~fflJ~TER LEYI .ESHf{OL Baghded. ber of meetings prior to Brotherhood Mr. Blackman served, in' many' (Isoaed weeki); ,n th,~,lnter.. ts of·Jewlsb Comll)"plty 8etlvltl!!!l ',<>,,'.'" .,"', As soon as we learnt of the death sentences, III :1\'111111- aila W",tarD Oanada) . What we have feared lias come'true: At 'dawn, we, appealed to everybody likely perhaps to take Week, Feb. 16-23, for high school capacities during CentenniaI'Year Member of J ewlah Chronlc:Je New. and Feature Service, London, Ena. studentS and young adults. and wlls' responsible fo:r officially' Member of ~h. Jewish Telelrr8l>hle Agen.,.. New York the Iraqi authorities have hanged nine Jews. Let' action in order to rescue these people in, lraq. us pay homage to the memory of: Ezra Naji Many, including' states, personalities, religious Highllghting the program is David initiating the George P; . Vimier Published eVt!rlI Thursday by Zilkha, Fuad Gabbai, Yaacov Gurji Namurdi, leaders, as well as the UN 'Secretary-'General, , A. Blackman of Ottawa who wiIl Memorial Award for Canadian His­ EMPmE PRINTERS LTD. speak:' on the theme of Brotherhood tory in the iMontreal He'ls a ":':. Daoud Yehezkeel Baru~.h I)alai, Daoud Ghali, appealed to the Beghdad rulers - to be fobbed area~ WINNIPlilG. OAN AP.,. and Canadian unity. Mr, Blackman life member of'the board of gov­ Ye4l:!~)l:eel Salap Yehezke~I,Sl!-ibah Hayim, Nairn of with mendacious denials deliberately mislead­ I, ' Kadoori Halal, Charles Raphael' Horesh. ing. These lies were meant to cover up for the is identified. with young Canadians ernors of the Sir George Williams The 'blood of the innocent martyrs of Babylon murderous death sentences already passed, in as one who has de4icated his lifE' High SchoolCenteIinial lJbrary. I ' cries out to us and to the world from Iraqi soil. spite of statements to the contrary. Once the to creating an awareness and' in':. Mr. Blackman has one of the flne'st I ,"0 daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, ground had thus 'been prepared, the murder was stilling in .the minds . of C~nadian~ collections oE Canadiana in Canada, I , l}appy shall be he, that tepayeth thee as thou carried out. I cannot help but reach the sorry the importance of preserviIlg our covering' much of the histo~ of this hast served us." (iPsalms 137 :8) The Lord shall conclusion, that the world and all its institutions Canadian 'cultures, '. the historical·' country and its national heritage. avenge their bll)od. have failed to muster the necessary determination value and the, IlI\tural beauty of' His collection has 'been displayed The 'first sppntaneous reaction in the heart . in this matter - and in the matter of Jews in Canada, along with building be,ttelCin many areas of the country. and • human relations throughout the' was.' one of the hilih1ights of the of everyone o(,us/to thE! murder trialofm,ne, ArEl,.~ lands. i~ g~ll~ri'\I._.~,s,t~~illlfteJI.p'PJ!als Cl,nd . . , • Jews in Iraq is !profound mourning and the -re- makmg do WIth hypocritIcal replies WIll not re­ country, . . r Canadian N,!tional Exhibition last 'Silence' IS 'Consent' doubled determhiation to fulfill in Jewish History lieve the awesome 'responsibility or excuse the Mr, Blackman'Wa-s"bonf.m Wood·; swnmer, that thoroughgoing charge of Israel's redemption blind eye turned towards the fate of the Jews stock, Ont., and i~ the soii of William Mr. Blackman will address a In a recent press release the B'nai B'rith and the ingathering of the exiles, to which our in Arab countries. James Blackman and the fonner number of high school assemblies' , ,_ - , I:, ,:' .' ~ I (_ " Alice Haverfield, From 1960 to 1962 alld Org'llirlzations in the Greater Anti-Defamation League and the American Jew­ COMMITTEE ~ERS ARE SHOWN at a r~ent planning meeting 'for the 19th "s oDiuBl M~,lils lives are consecrated. World Action Needed he. '\Vas employed as footinan to the Winnipeg area on Feb. 10 and 11 ish Congress criticized the "silence" of Christian Child Rescue Dinner scheduied for Wednesday, March 26, in Marlborough Skyview Ballroom. Jews Made Scapegoats From this rostrum, I demand that the entire Ho~rs late Governor-~ .~!~ Don­ the news. their own nations, and they try harer to disclaim Our hearts mourn for the victims, and our cess of the nineteenth annUal Men's' chairmen of the men's dinner com- Pitch, A, POrtigal, Gordon C, Pol­ torian of the 1966 graduating c~s. aId St., Wlrullpeg 2. Phone 9'.13-9155. '." In a very stirring editorial the Jewish Post responsibility, unburdening it on others. Thus fraternal feelings go out to the bereaved fami­ Child Rescue Dinner sponsored by mittee;'A:be Rich mid Abe Yanofsky, lock, Max Serlin, Sidney Sheps, " they strive to 'blunt the sting of their nations' lies and communitIes. Pioneer Women's Organization. The immediate 'chainnen; Simon Abe Simkin, iM, Shoib, Dr. M, J, , , and Opinion suggested that wr:i:taps the outcry despair, redirecting it at helpless hostages whom p~st :RabbiP/t.d, , ' function wiIltake'place Wednesday, Kagan, sponsors chairman; Martin Swartz, H, Taback, Sol Tapper, , " . .' had cOIl).e too late. We are reprinting the cQm­ they have imprisoned within their boundaries. We are fIrmly' :resolved to accomplish. Israel's . '. mep,t in: part, with the appreciatton that it pre: . March 26 ,in ilie ,Skyview Balltoom S, Corne, tickets chairman; Lou Tully Uster, Jack Walker, Iser Port- the Jewish Chautauqua Society, 9n The similarity between these regimes and revival until its full redemption. 'Feb~' 9 and 1~; in, Wl,Imipeg, ,sents a :case in point, with a.: morl;l.l that none movemej1ts and those regimes and movements ' ,Our actions will aim at strengthening the of the iMar1borough Hotel. Elkin, treasurer; !Harold Hyman, noy, Dr, 1. Wolch and Dr. Noel Book, i of us can afford to overlook.:' . ", Dinner co-chairmen Ike Zipursky publicity chairman; Alex Cham and , OriSunday; Feb. 9, at 8:30p.m, , . '.".. which threatened the entire world until they were State of Israel and at the salvation of Jewish and Murray Tapper told a committee Archie Cham, co-hosts of Women's I at the YMHA, : Plaut will giv,e 'J' ;", ••• The Anti-Defamation League's outspoken defeated in the Second World War is manifest communities in distress. • 'a lecture 'entitled . "canadian Jews charge of anti-Semitism in many officialpJaces meeting this week that response Awards Luncheon, to one and all. from prospec:tive sponsors has been' Mrs, N. Koffman is Pioneer Wo­ Are Not With It." Admission for and ooddling by the authorities with the power to The criminal plot of the Baghdad hangings The Canadian Jewish community this lecture.ili. $1.00 forai)uitil and control- if not to eradicate it from public life and that which goes by the name of "The Liber­ "very gratifying."· Sponsors make ll10en overall dinner project chair­ special contributions, on', the '1cca- 'Dian; Mrs, E. Green, co-cnairman issued a statement, ovel' the signa­ 50¢: fol" silidentS. The g~netal public altogether, means a confrontatiQn with certain ation of Palestine" is part and parcel of the self­ Gloating tures of !Monroe A:bbel, Q,C" presi­ .is invited. anti.J8emitic elements. 'Such a c~nfrontation be­ same design. Unless a halt is put to it from sion of the dinner, for child rescue arid Mrs. R Waldman /!nd M:i-s; M. and reJiabUltation operations in RoseIlJberg, committee members, dent of , On Monday ~ommg, Feb, 10, at came more inevitable with each passing day. outside, it will not cease on its own. Between the Gloating is not in our hest tradition - but, and Sam)1el Chait, Q,C" president. ,10:30 a,m., Rabbi :Plaut will speak The situation deteriorated, and those who ex­ design of genocide and its perpetration, there when Charles de Gaulle ran into a hit of sticky Israel, Members of the men's committee Ticket sales - handled ,by mem- are: Sheldon Altman, Gabriel Bro­ Federated eZionist Organization of at the University of Manitoba, in ploi~ed the attack qn Jews, whethE!r school teach­ stands the State of Israel alone - Israel ,and trouble in 'Brittany, Canadians could not help but Canada, urging' the Canadian Gov- the !Library Theatre, At 12:30 p,m, bers of Pioneer Women's chapters der~ Dave nveris, Max Goldman. , ers or so-called slum-Iordsaild storekeepers, :be­ its strength. . compare it with the Quebec incident. On his state emment to vigorously condemn the ,he wl11 speak: at the University of. cam~, visit during the Centennial year, he decided he throughout the city - ')re also well Abe Greenberg, Dr, Max Lerner; emboldened as they discovered that anti­ Thinking people of the 'world must understand mass public hangings in Iraq and Winnipeg in Theatre A., Room 431. Semitism was working for them. It gained them this reality. As in May 1967, this is. not a matter would take a hand in the solution of the Canadian underway, Nathan Lockshin, Lew iMiles, Rich- their goals, as anti..iSemitism always 'does in its Unity problem. In his usual Quixotic fashion he to take immediate measures to avert I His topic at both University lectures of demands and counter-demands, between which the tlIreatened execution of more will be "Youth - Angry or Apa­ first stages, especially when ,authorities rely on a compromise must be sought. The conflict is put his finger on the whole crux of the matter, and decideq to encourage the separatist, faction of Canadian Jewry Are Nol Wilh II people currently on trial in Baghdad thetic." pious hopes that the evil will disappear on its own. one between a furor of destruction and a nation on charges of espionage, The ,Rabbi lectures on college "Canadian Jews Are Not With It" I ~s the auth?r of High Holid,ay Serv­ Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat defending itself from its would~be assassins. Quebec, Advocating a "free Quebec" despite the The text of the statement reads campuses under the auspices of the is the topic of the address by Dr.' Ices for ChIldren; Mount ZIOn 1856- it, we are' told, but does this lesson have to be The Baghdad hangings have illumined the obvious consternation of the entire nation, and as follows: Jewish Chautauqua Society, an ignoring the Canadian will to remain one united (Rabbi) W. Gunther Plaut, Sunday, 1956 - the iFirst Hundred Years; The ., learned again so soon after Hitler? fate of the remnants of Babylonian Jewry with a organization which creates better nightmarish light. The land of Iraq has become Dominion, De Gaulle made his dramatic gestures Feb. 9, at 8':30 p,m, at the YMHA. Jews in .lVljnnesota; The Book of "The Jewish community of Can­ RABBI W. GUNTHER PLAUT We don't know whether our national Jewish This Town Hall program is being Proverbs - a Commentary; ada, together with all decent people understanding of Jews and Juda­ organizations have been meeting together in the one great prison for its Jewish remnant. Our on the scene, and left in a huff. A loud sigh of The B'nai B'rith Hillel iFoundation relief was heard from all loyal and concerned co-sponsored by Canadian Jewish I and the. Scientific Spirit; The Rise the world over, is filled with a ism through education. The Jewish face of the threat, ,but now that the fat has been brethren are prey to terror, at the hands of will present Rabbi W. Gunther !Plaut Chautauqua Society is sponsored villains. Canadians. Congress, YMHA Community Cen- of Reform Judaism; The Growth sense of shock and outrage at the thrown into the fire, we would urgently suggest tre, B'nai is'rith Adult Education of Reform Judaism; The Case for mass public hangings in Iraq, Such of the in by the National Federation of. that· consideration be given to the possibility of Iraq has become a gallows to its Jewish citi­ But, in his most recent rapport with Israel . Ont" in co-operation with Temple Brotherhoods. zens. For 2,500 years the Jews have helped to de Gaulle reached the very heights of diplomatic and Temple Sholom, The chairman the Chosen People; Your Neighbour spectacles are particularly deplor­ outbreaks not alone in New York but also in of the evening will he Mel 'Myers. is' a Jew.. able and repugnant to all civilized other communities other than New York. This build up Babylon, Iraq, with all their hearts and bumbledom. In his effort to remain the great souls. When Israel attained statehood we wel­ General of old, and maintain the "paternal" vice-president of the YMHA ,board The rabbi 1ectures at college campi people and are indefensible, 'Further Appointment ,as Co-Chairman is how anti-Semitism works. It spreads faster of directors and chairman of the \jnder the ausPices of the Jewish the high percentage of Jews amongst than disease, and for the same reason. There comed those driven out from there. image, he :became overly officious and meted out Portigal has been appointed a' co­ Now, the persecutions have culminated in the condemnations and punishment to the "aggres­ YMHA Group Work Committee, 9hautauqua Society, an' organiza- the victims executcd enflames the are carriers, and the carriers now are those who Rabbi G. Steinberg, spiritual leader tion dedicated to creating better suspicion of racial overtones, These chairman of Winnipeg's 1969 United hanging of nine Jews and Iraq's l~aders promise sor" Israel. Not enough that the whole world feel they' have something to gain from ~ccusa,;: of TemJi1e Sholom, will' inti-bduc,,' understanding of Jews and'; Juda- crimes against humanity could sub­ Jewish Appeal campaign with spe­ tions against Jews or against Israel. ' , that this is not the end. Th'e sole and only crime had condemned us - de Gaulle, carried away cial responsibility for the United Rabbi Plaut, ism t h r 0 ugh education, . Rabbi stantially deteriorate the already of these nine martyrs consists in their Jewish­ by his role playing heaped more upon the already Israel Appeal emergency campaign. Just how widespread the general community, Rabbi PIaut was ordained at He- Plaut's visit to Winnipeg has been dangerous situation present in the has been infected with anti-Semitism cannot be ness. We know full well, and ldodeclare that the too high moundtof stones. He became completely Announcement of the appoint­ , '. j immersed in the role of bully and caused critical brew Union College - Jewish 'iInsti- arranged through the Jewish Chau- Middle East. known. lBut even in the worst outbreaks, as for Iraqi government also knew, that all accusations it ment to this key ~st was made by levelled at these Jews were entirely baseless. It cut-off of the supply of defence materials, already tuee of Religion with the M,IH!L, tauqua Society and the sponsoring "We urge the Canadian Govern- instance the pogroms, if the ground was fertile degree. He received his LL.B, de- organizations, ment to use its good 'ollices; both Martin Berney, general UJA cam­ an agile leader ,was a'ble to stir up mob violence. is not for nothing that their trial took place contracted for, and supposedly on the way to paign chairman, who noted that the 'rhose who cried out' early again!;lt the anti­ behind locked doors. delivery. ' gree from the University of Berlin at the United Nations and with and the degree of Doctor of Juris-I JERUSALEM MAYOR major powers, to immediately ex- city's regular UJA campaign would Semitic tactics in the New York· ~hools have Appeals Went Unanswered Now assailed by protest groups, rioting stu­ prudence from the University of' A B.B.C. "MAN OF YEAR" press vigorous condemnation of what be held jointly this year with the beenpl'oven correct. Among them "vere Albert' The oppression of Jews in the Arab countries dents, and a flare-up in Brittany - 'With the emergency campaign, using two chant of Bretons for "Freedom and Liberty" Berlin in International Law. He has Jerusalem's Mayor Teddy Kollek has occurred and to take the Initia­ Shanker, the head of the Teachers Union, Dr. has been' going on incessantly for years - yet served as spiritual leader of Mount was a 1968 "Man of the Year" in a tive by exerting its influence and pledge cards, He~an ,Mantell, the head of the Jewjsh Teach; the world's conscience has not 'been stirred. Thus and demands for the liberation of the province The 'two previous emergenl!y of 'Brittany being hrQught forci'bly to his atten­ Zion Temple in St, Paul and Wash- regional list chosen by B.B,C, cor- prestige to do all pos~ible to avert I ~s Union, the Jewish Press, theOrti1o~oJ!: ~etlkly fugton Boulevard Temple in Chi- respondents. the threatened execution of more drives, in 1967 and 1968, were con-' III New York, and of course, those " who tion . . . de Gaulle must face the difficulties 6ago. The rabbi served as a chap- In a Radio Newsreel broadcast on people currently on trial in Baghdad ducted as separate campaigns. knewfroPl,fewish hfstory 'Wlle)l tbE!'i4'lIt si81ls is why the defence agencies were being caught confronting ll,im on his own doorstep. ls it too iain in the U.s. Army for three Dec. 26, the B,B,C:s Israel corres-on charges of espionage. iMr, Berney said efforts were nOw be~m«'l vi!!lipl/il wltat it was; that W~s t!l~l~g. pla~e. off guard.. . ' muc,p, tp hope. tho a.t "I!') ~r&n.. HCharles" will look being concentrated on the buiIcling upon hiS own 'ij,?use II.nll /let a.bout to put it in years and was deeorated with thepondent, Michael Elkins, chose Mr. "We further earnestly request that J(o,!ll' d!;'f~pc~ agenclell!aJ).d. Jhe . .tf!\tioIJ~1 '. Tche iPos~ alld (}Pjnj9Jl. cgl),c.l1}Qes its editorial Bronze Star iMedal jtonek. He ~it.ITed to Mr. Kollek's the Canadian Ambllssador m Leba- of a strong and eIJective campaign . order? That thiS O!::!!up~tion keep him so Comml,1l:\j~~ . ~e!~9o:p1J '. ,AqVlsor;y '. qmmen~ WIth. the foP'qW!ll~ 9b~~rY!1tion: will At the present tbne,ruib'&i' pliiufp~onrotioh of Arab-Jewish cooper- non be insitucted to proceed' with­ organization. ~msy he m~y be pr~Vented from 'being mpralist ca~~ht'!l!:':P.pl~~, t~l1S I~ understa:ndttbl~. Th~;y' '. "But. t~~ Pl~tele. ¥Id~e'Y pet~~r. Hls intui­ ls spiritual leader Of Holy BloSsom ation)lnil CoeXiStence in Jerusalem, out deisy to Baghdad arid that he ARNOLD A. PORTIGAL Mr, Portigal is active in' a large werebelllgdiplomats 1~8tead'~f''Rtoteetol's 9f bon told him S'O.Hls'iTeWlsh 'antenna was work­ Judge and Jury whwe the other nations of the ~emple in Toronto and isa prolific and quoted a· remark by an Arab personally mterCelfe with the Iraqi . • • drive co-chairman illimber of Jewish cOmin:unaI orga­ Jevli¥ih'i~ltltts~; 11he role 'of ,the diplomil.t!~seemed ' ing'better, than that of most-'llig'hlY experienced WOfJ(l R!e ~oncerneq . . . is something i'd~Vplltly tiUthOr. He is CQntributing editor resident. of Jerusalem calling the Gove:ifuiient beluilf Ofthc! ac- Prominent business executive and nizations. He is president .SlUiiirey to be working these past few decades, whichi ,Jewish defence, expertsP,' , '::", .. ' to ;p~ Wl~h,ed." . .. on VI " "a CUBed Iii t1ie of hiimiiruty," coin iy ieader Arnold A. pap , to· ih~ uni~~rsaIEn~iopeciia andMayo~ ~ood 'man:' nflme in uiii See UIA, 4 , .

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