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. ',' March is ORT Month SHMUEL' YOSEF AGNON , . PW. Men's Rescue' Dinner C.J.C.. Plans" Begio,,"" 'll#eet . ' , ORT is unique; .These three letters stand for . Prize in 1958. He was made an Honorary Citizen meeting. . " . I and Possibilities ,I 'Organization for Rehabilitation through Training Shmuel Yose! Agnon, the Nobel Prize-winning of Jerusalem in 1962. Agnon's writings were set To Hear Joachim Prinz' . The Edmonton Jewish Community' 2. Fund Raisirig Priorities in 1970 f - but the organization is unique, and the type of Hebrew novelist, was buried on the Mount of in Eastern Europe and in . His novel, "Only ·Council is making arrangements for 3, Re11ltionshipsbetween Jew ish I rehabilitation and training provided is unique. The 'Olives overlooking Jerusalem, the city where he the 'Other Days" is an Israeli story. "The Bridal the' meeting under the le;'dership of ,., Community' Councils . and Na­ The Organization no longer requires an introduc- spent most of his life. Mr. Agnon died at the Canopy" is a tale of the East European "shtetl." its president. Sam Friedman. Q.C., . tional Organizations tion. In particular Women's Canadian ORT, with age of 82 of a heart attack. The funeral proces­ "A visitor for a Night" is a transition story. assisted by Congress ~fficers iri Ed- 4. Servicing the Smaller Communi- a membership of over' 5,000 across Canada,. can siori was attended by President Zalman Shazar, Agnon also published an anthology of prayers monton, Hy Baltzan, national honor~ ties boast of serving the cause of the underprivileged Premier Golda Meir, members of the Cabinet and, for the High Holidays, titled "Days of Awe." ary vice-president, and Mickey Dlin, The plans for the meeting are be­ and unskilled for a quarter century this year. 'ORT leading figures in Israeli arts ,and letters. Wind Chaim Potok, a prize-Winning novelist who regional' vice-chairman.' '.' .'. ,. iing dj'veloped by Uriel Rosensweig, ,Vocational schools exist where the need is greatest and 'rain prevented a graveside eulogy. But Presi­ writes on American-Jewish themes, told the Jew­ I .Representatives from all Jewish' executive director of the Edmonton ~ in underprivileged countries, in immigrant com-' dent Shazar eulogized the writer. earlier at the ish Telegraphic Agency that "A great man was cOlnmunities in Alberta and Sas-' , and by ,munities, in refugee centres all over the globe. Jerusalem City Hall where his bier lay in state. just lost to the \vorld, there is always a big katchewan. are expected to attend' Harry Shatz,' executive' director of' For this rason, the World 'ORT Centre is located Mayor Teddy KollekofJerusalem alsoSPQke gaping void when a man of stature passes away'." the meeting, which will consider·. a ' the Calgary Jewish Community in ,and co-operates closely with numer- as did Prof. Ephraim Urbach, the' noted' Talmudi­ Mr. Potok author of "The Chosen" and "The n~ber of important issues iriclud- CoUncil, in co-operation with Abe ous agencies in the free world. Vocational training cal scholar; Dr. Israel Cohen of the Israel Writers Promise" is editor of the ,Jewish Publication the' following:...... ··1 Arnold, western executive' director in this age of technology provides the equipment Association, and the. Sephardic Chief , Society in and has l'eviewed several 1. J ewish Education -' Realities. of Congress. to earn a living and support a family - thu~ Itzhak Nissim. Funer~l arrangements were made of Agnon's works for national publications. He liberating man from charity_ by a special Cabinet committee which rescinded said of the Hebrew author, "He carved a unique • .World ORT has just entered its 90th year and an ordet: that prohibited burials oil. the' Mount path in the world of contemporary lit,;rature. When unique voices are stilled, all of us are the ToVinHall·WUI. ,Discuss I according to the report.of Mrs, Joseph Y. Stotland, .of 'Olives since its' capture· from Jordan in the national president of Women's Canadian ORT who Six-Day War.,The committee acted in compliance losers. . As a writer myself I feel particularly just retur.ned from where. she attended with a request in Mr. Agnon's will that he' be saddened by this news." . 'The Jewish' Condition' . World ORT executive meetings, the operational buried on the Mount of 'Olives .. Memorial meet- Theodore Schocken, president of the Schocken · budget this. year will exceed $19 million. ORT. ings for Mr. Agnon were planned by' the Jewish Books which has published Agnon's works silice . training is first rate .. 'ORT graduates and instruc- Agency exec1,ltive, the Hebrew University, the 1931, told the JTA: "For me this is the passing tors' are in demand the world over -' as advisors Brit Ivrit 'Olamit and' other institutions. of a lifelong friend. Hemet my father before I to·the emerging African nations: in various Asian Agnon's works are taught in Hebrew schools was born 55 years ago and was a frequent visitor aid programs ; to trail). and rehabilitate Jewish all over the world and have been translated into to our hOITi;:) in Germany. He tried to teach me . to write Hebrew poetry. I was in Stockholm when · refugees who had to flee and found a haven . 16 languages. He infus'ed his writing With the \ . in Scandinavian countries; to I'taff the ORT voca- wealth of Jewish scholarship he possessed and a he, got the «Nobel) Prize. It was a' wonderful tional schools in where immigrants from remarkable knowledge of Jewish folk lore which occasion for him, his wife and children. He was North Africa get a new.lease on life; helping the stemmed from a 'traditional education in Eastern a modest man, a humble man. "The prize made destitute and unskilled find self-respect and' dignity Europe and his Hassidic background. Agnon's no change in him." ~. Schoeken said his com­ through ORTtraininginLatin,American coun- works are filled with words and images from the pany would publish a new collection of 21 Agnon tries ; providing new hope to the despairing tem- Bible, Talmud, Gaonic literature, medieval Hebrew short stories in May. . nants of the Jewish people still eking out life of poet~~y, Hassidic tales and rabbinic responsa. He misery in ;North America. It is especially note- knew as well the classic Hebrew poets and the • worthy that the ORT VocationaL School network Hebrew writers of his own generation. Although Murder In the Air in Israel; which number.s some 'fifty schools with he. drew heavily on tradition, he was considered an enrolment of over 30,000, is the only one recog- a modern writer' and.an astute observer of the The recent attacks on civil aircraft and inno- .nized by the Ministryof Education. Apart from condition of modern man. cent passengers travelling on them are so brutal vocational high schools jn cities and towns, there Agnon used ,the initials S.Y. to sign his works. and cowardly that it is hard to 'find words to are also . 'ORTapprenticeship ,centres and factory His family name was Czaczkes~ He was born in describe the anger and horrOJ; felt in the civilized schools which serve the Ieadingindustrialconcerns, BucZ'aca, Austria-Hungary, in 1888 and" settled world. Israel's' leaders have at once called for re and ;'ORTcoui;ses are 'run ih co~operation with'ldb- in Palestine in 1909. Except for a sojourn in appropriate action to be taken;1:!ut thc:l has been . DAVID LEVIN, Q.C. biltzimand yeshivot. Women's. Canadian 'ORT Germany, during 1920-24 where he lectured on an unfortunate tendency on the part,of home gov- RABBI' DR. JOACIDM PRINZ' A meeting of the Western Region . plays an important role irithemainte:t?-ance orthis Hebrew literature, and a few brief visits abroad, ernments to shrink away from doing anything i . unique 'ORT vocational network and m partIcular. Agnon lived in Jerusalem. He was the reCipient positive in the matter. There is, in fact, plenty Rabbi Dr. Joachim Prinz will be UJA .campaign in his communitY,iE:<~c'uth,e and· the Regional Council supports the 'ORTVocationalHigh School in Jeru,-of the Bialik Prize for literature in 1934 and that can be done. . the guest spe~ker at the Pioneer, He' was president of ~he American of. Jewish Congress _:will salem. .'. . . . 1937, the Ussishkin Prize in 1950 and the Israel APPlropriate actio~ should be taken againsdt Women's 20th Annual Men's .Child 'Jewish Congress in 1965 .. He as- take place in Edmonton on Sunday, · .' In March, year-long efforts in fund raising and the air ines of countnel' which countenance an . Rt!scue Dinner, to be held at the sumed the chairmanship of the Am- March 15, it has been announced by · membership campaigns culminate in the obsery-. . h h d d .encourage terrorism of .this kind and which har- Skyvlew Ballroom of the MarIbor- 'erican Jewish Congress Commissio;' Abe Steinberg, regional chairman. · arlCe of ''ORT Day .. Throllghout the North Ameri- ··Brot er 00 an bour the terrorists responsible for this despicable ough Hotel, March 25, at 6:30' p.m,. on Foreign Affairs, and later headed 'Monroe Abbey, Q.C., the national can, continent, . include appeals. for 'ORT . sort of action. These are primarily Egypt, Syria, He will also address the .. Women's tbe Conference of Presidents of president of Congress; Sol' Kanee, I ::, ' support in their sermons; Mayors proclaim "ORT ·CO· •.'OPe .e.ra· .. · t.·OB:1 Jordan and Lebanon - even though the Amman Awards Luncheon to be held at, major Jewish organizations. chairman of the :b.ational executive, I · "'ORT . . . I' . r t' b Government has dissociated itself' from this most , 12:30 the same day at the Marl-I Dr. Prinz is actively involv~d in and David Levin, Q;C,;hational vice- I D . • 'I' ay ; groups p an specia even s, m 0 serv- murderous of all the activities of the terrorist" " I , : ance of ORT.Month...... Voluntary co-operation has played as imp or- '1 borough Hotel. 'many Jewish' and general causes. president; will accompany' Mr. Steiri-' "d ORT M th d 'ORT D" f t' l' organizations encamped on Jordanian SOl. In berg to 'Ed. ~onio. n' for the regional n'C ana ai on all' ayes IV - tant a· part in the development of the Canadian Rabbi Prinz serves the congrega- The most successful of his published. ,... . . +' I • II .' . gf 1 . . e tl'es 'whel'e addition, the airlines of civilized nations could ~lesare especla y. meamn u men .... economy as has the prinCiple of competition, and tio~ of Temple B'nai Abraham, in works was written in an attempt to I Women's Canadian ORT is strouge$t .. Halifax is yet we have focu$ed the spotlight on the competi- . well suspend their services to such Arab coun- l Newark, N.J. Born in Upper Silesiil, arouse European Jewry. during the Germany, he studied philosophy and Hitler regime, to action. His book, hav~Ilg its ,annual "~ustle of Spl,'ing;' fashion show tive element and I think, at this point, tQ our tries.' .. \I andageneralmeetmg ~ddres~ed by; a.'Consul from detriment. ,Switzerland has already shown that sensible. ,I history of art at the Universities of "We " based upon a clear an- On Monday and· Tuesday, March' . a~ORT Coullt~~;~amIlton wIllco~bme 9RTf)~y, It happens to be my conviction that brother- and not vengeful measures can betaken to limit Breslau and' . Simultaneouslw .alysis of the Jewish situation of that 9 and. 10, Rabbi Oscar Groner,. , , assist-' wltha"welc.pm.,In, .g. party forsomememb~rs retu~n-.. hood,' which is the spiritual. expression of co- the' numbers' of Arabs entering the country to 'he studied at the Jewish Theological period, was among the best sellers ant 'national director of the .B'nai . f t f I I M tIll h ld ts those whQ have normal business there. Adequate Seminary of BreSIau, the oldest iri- i.n Europe, B'rith Hillel Foundations,Washing- · . 'lng' ~o~na Quro ... srae; . on r?a WI .,0 .. ~ operation, andco~operation which is the economic security prewutions must be taken topr.otect the . . prestIlpotls; ~!lnualFanta;sy~aIl, Otta.wa s pIO- .. and social expression of br()therhood are needed stitute of rabbinical studies iri Eur- ton, D.C., will be in WiI1nipeg.· He .g~affi' IsstIll'l~ the plannl1~g.stage and; as us~al, in this country to an extent greater than ever crews of all civil aircraft as well as their pas­ ope. He. received his ordination in will be' visiting both 'campuse~, at ~-.-' wlll'b~,asurprlse; Toronto WIll hold the premle~~. before in its history. sengers. Finally, the question of air safety "should 1925,and accepted a pulpit iri the ORT Da..Y Mar. 12.. University of Manitoba in the Uni- . D~, Leonard Fein, associate direc- Seltool . Committee,' the '. Florence of its... own... "'n.,.ew... fi,I,m, "Th~ MalJ.:V Faces of.'OR.T. ' I believe an incre,asing. number of Canadians be debated on 'an international level and a truly Jewish Community of Berlin' where versityCollege iLounge from 1Q. a.m ..tor and direclor of research at the Heller School 'of Social Welfare at ,,; t f th 'ORT D W concerted effort made to end this ~ra of sky- he rem;.fued until 1937. . Once again ORT DAY is being to 4 p.m. on Monday, March 9,and M.I.T.- Harvard Joint Centre for Brandeis .University, Educational I:i~, .'.... as 'Par. ,0\.'. eI~" , ay. program; • mml?eg are beginning to seek the leadership needed to. ,jacking, malicious threat and outright murder .., QRTgay'wlllbe observed meetmg . build a new and greater age in Canada. Theyare in the ail'. During'the Hitler regime, he be- celebrated by groups across Canada, at .. U:niversity of Winnipeg in .the Urban 'Studies, and associate profes-: ])evelopmentCorporation;the: In- .,: /. ~Itha gen~ral l at Whl<:h.·ne~:me:m!>ers WIUhe welcomed a,nd a' beginning to experience the shallowness of com- Action is not· required simply on Israel's came a widely acclaimed' leader of In Winnipeg, ORT (Organized Re- Cnaplain'sofiice, 222 'Lockhart Hall, sO,r of PoiiUcil Science .at '~.r.T.-IstituteforServicesioEduclition, and • '11\·.. ,.5,: ... . . J . . k' fr m' ul habilitation through Training) are from 10:30 a.m,· to 2:30 p.m. on Tues- WIll address the commuruty m· the the Department Of Mental Health " . ·pan~.dIscusslOn:featured.. fort, indulgence and meaningless' leisure. 'They account. Indeed, it is the pilots ,and crews of civil , ' German ewry, . spea mg 0 . p -.. . I If >, , ' 't' '11' ...... , d . . 'th' havmg a C"fiee Party for members day, .March· 10 .. He will. s~el< . an next Town Hall Series on Swiday;, of 'th~ Commoil;'vealthof .Massachu- .. . . '. . ]'1 ' have the will, the time; the means and tlie need airlines who require protection and help most of . pI S a over ....,nnany, an III e. d h' frO d t th h f D . I . .,. . ... '. ... '.' ."...... '. '. '.... p.. .' , ' hE' ·ta··ls·11. H an t elr len sa e orne 0 r. opportunity to meet with ,and, dis- ·Mar... 8, .at. 8:30 p,m .. at.the YMHA.., ,sett.s.H.. e is,..•. a ... m.. e.·m .. b. erof. the. Go.v,:,... :,·.·.·, ..· .. ·. in' . ,I' Mr AI" V t.'·S·"U ., . O· '5''T' . to' pt'ovide the example. and render the genuine all. In this respect, .action against Arab airlines ~' ot erd 'th'uropean d'capl te' .as ....we, e an. d s. an,. G0 Id st' em, '1640 cuss with'studehts. the vital ,.concerns The. ,Town Hall Serles IS sponsored ernm. g Councll·.·of the American.. :.'. .',':,.: . '''rrw la t . , .. "..l' , \ ...• '. al" .'...... !< . assistance that the people of the world need to should be regarded not as a reprisal but .a~ a . urge eunm~ massunmlgra,.. M"h 'BW ;.! ...... : '.' "'.',., ...... ' ·.build a great new age. " 'deterrent. Arab leaders must be made ,to realize .. tion of European Jews into Palestirie at e~s ay .. es, 'of the day. Rabbi Groner is anxious by YMHA, Canadian Jewish Con- JewishCorigre~~'i1l1dchairmanof !Pj The Oldest,fnglp-"lewish'Week1y in Western Cdnada.·.. Canadians cannot· build a heaven for them-" ... from the very .beginning of the Nazi Following coffee at 1 p.m. there to meet as many'students as possible gress, Shaarey Zedek and Rosh Pina its Commission on Community Inter- . n't . '.' ...... ,.ESTABLISHED 1&25...... , ... '. • selVes and leave their .hrothers around the world . that terrorism in the air must end .. Israel is, of regime. Because of his attacks upon will be a panel discussion beginning and it would be appreciated if every- Synagogues, B'nai B'rith Hillel and relations;' a member of theadminis- '{ 1\, o: •• ~ed weekly'in ·the Inter';'t.i ;'fJew';h Communityaetiviti";" . h h II . f . t t' d' 'd c,ourse, interested in this being done 'in a national the governinent he was frequently at 2 p.m. The topic is "Cimsorship one would circularize all the stu- B'n;'i B'rith Adult Education; '. Dr. ,trative committee· of the .tewish '!1> . , . in Wlnnipegnnd Wesl\!m C.anad.) ,In tee 0 Ignorance, s arva lOn, Isease 'an sense. The 1967 war broke out because the sea I arrested "by the Gestapo. In 1937, and Sensitivity."The panel: Carlyle .dents and ask them to· make a spe- Feiri,s topic will be "Reflections' on CommunityCoun:cll oiMetropolitan ~ ~ .• . Member of J~wl"" Chroniole No_ and Fenture SerVIee. London~ I!lnll.. tyranny. If we seek to' do that, the peoples of routes to Israel were threatened " ~noth' er war ," ", M.,ember'ot. the Jewish ."1' he was expelled from Germany. Allison, Current Affairs Director, cial effort to meet anej.: talk with the' Jewish Condition." Btiston; amembel' of 'the' Board' of ;1: ' ". . .. , " ....Telegrnpb~e ,A~~~c?'~ loJe-t'? ~nt:k" . th'e world are gomg.. t 0 Jom'.. WI'"th our enemIes.. and 'could be the outcome' of the new menace~ to her, ! .' .pubushOdeVeryTh';r.;day.b7destroy us. Let us join with the sponsor of air lanes; and'thepreludeto another war could' . Rabbi Prinz .then acceptlld art. in- ·channPrelf.:T; proFfessul0tf .Geof0Fr~ SAwints~ ~d~bi Gdronber at the campuses a's PI rofessor Fein has been ~~on:- Ovha~rseers of th~_Hiatt . InStitute, . 0.' ".:.,.:,..... vitation extended to him by Dr. ton, 0 essor, ac y me r, In lcate a ove. su tant to numerous orgaruzatlonsc lnnan of the ,,",search. Advisory. ' '...... '; .. ~EP~ LTD, . Brotherhood Week, The' Canadian· Council of' be. the pUllitiye action which Israel may be forced Stephen S. Wise, to make America U' ofM.; John Moriaty, As~istant·-- -- . i ... and agencies, includirig the Office of Council of the Massachusetts Com- :: ;, . ' . ' ..'\.: ,. 'rINNIPEG~~~NAI?f' .' ". .. '. .Christians and Jews and. work for a world of to take against the terrorist 'organizations;. This, home. He lectured iri hundreds Professor .Department of English, U. SomllE"llJtj Economic Opportunity, the Depart- mission .. · '. . •. ..',;',; LEO J .. J ..EZACK;'Publlsher.and AdvertiSirig(M'anager' . vision, of brotherhood' and co-operation. This after all; is ,the most:logical counteraction which rus !o"!:/III"gOllD AgainstDiii~rimination ~,;.j '. .of communities iri the U.S, and Can-I of M.; JackLond~, U..B.;Alice ment of Housing and Urban Devel~ . This lecture is OElen to the· total . '~ ",,; :.\.' I' J./UiET,SI:J4FFER"Editor'< ' •.... '.! ,. •...• must. come "if we are avert calamity and <{Vstru~-· Israel can take, even· though the Israeli Govern- t} ada,and. thim,.assumed his post as Poyser,of the OBC 15 the moderator. inE/,.. opment, the Harv/ird Graduate . . . . ;: iF,' 11.e,', d.... "".. · 1,·.I'.'l.;lll~M.;u.n.:. ~,'WInni..'peg ,4,C da, ; .. . tion such:as tthhe ·'t,vor d1hafs never. seetH ... d ithh It ment has been showing an entirely commendable . .. be School of Education,·.the Seh. 001· of conUnunity. Thel'ewill be an ad:" . "'y " "',.. anll . We 'can WIn· e s rugg e or surVIvaan s are· . desiretocdncentrate' on' international consulta- . Rabbi of Temple B'nai Abraham in Winnipeg' Women's ORT will J P. ..0"~" ','" · I ts h • I E Education 'of N.Y.U., the Off.ice of mission. charge (If.$land 5OcfOr' ~...... ,'..""":73St.'··" . Subscription; ,:';$5.QO ' pel,"... " al)llWl'Eve. 'Phone .., '.489-,2ll89 .,. ... th'e . bles sl'ngs ..of brotherhood'.' 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