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,'. .. " ',' , ' ... 2 - THE JEWISH POST, Thursday, ,SflAh!'mber 30, 1976 ,Published every Thursday since 1925 by IN 1283 lI. leading member of the Jacob Pinkerfeld, who explored EMPIRE PRINTERS LTD., WINNIPEG SpaniBh Jewish community, Rab the ancient holy places of the Second Class Mail Registration No. 0517 Winnipeg's bi Moshe ben Nahman, was forced Jewish Q uarte r, suspected t hat a Address al\ mail to P.O. Box 3777 Stn 'B' to participate In a pubHc reHgloUII cheese-maker's shop on the Street Winnipeg, Canada R2W 3R6' , II debate with the chief priests of the Top Sfories of the Jews. next to a mosque and All offices and plaut at 117 Hutchings St. ISH CST f Dominican Christian Order. The A link in the chain the famous Hurva Synagogue, I,! disputat,on las,ted four daye and Reprinted from The Jerusalem PO$t Phone 633-5575 days, 334-2352 evenings. was actually the Ramban's shuI. Oldest and Largest Anglo-Jewish Weekly in Western Canada :i!1 , was attended. by the. King and One of the newly-restored synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem was not a He was unable to verify his Queen of Aragon and their theory, however, or to dig out any :11 retinue, ;and members of the victim of vandalism during the Jordanian occupation,' for by 1948 it had been of the Identifying pillars and other If J~l public.' , remains. At this time, even I.' 'lost to sight for some three centuries_ Here LEAH ABRAMOWITZ tells the i~ The' ra~bl, the philosopher and veteran Jerusalemites seem not Ii commentator ·on the Tora, more story of . the 700-year-old Ramban SYnagogue in the Jewish Quarter. to have heard of the historic site. Meeting Adds New Name commonly known'as the Ramban, ONLY IN 1967, follOwing the Six successfully defended Jewish law Day War (and exactly 700 years "Pioneer Women -Na'amat" ( ii and customs and answered after it was follnded) was the loca i~ questions of dogma, particularly tion scientifically Identified, A regarding the coming of the There was ," a special sense of days of intense deliberntions, official residence of President :~! team of archaeologists and I~r';." Messiah. He spoke politely, architects worked hand in hand to exictement fot- the National Sept. 12 and 13. Ephraim ,Katzir, followed by a , respectfuliy, but firmly, without, renovate the building. Boardcf Pioneer Women of can National President, Eva Natch national gathering at the Jeros 'Ii:~1 mincing his words or com ada, meeting in Windsor for two 'Iem Theatre attended by Prime :11' promising his opinions. H1a chief The four central pillars were of Winnipeg, ·annOWlced a his· 'l~. , dug out and repaired. The arched Minister Yitzhak Rabi. :]i: ·antagonlst (and apparently the in ,tonc name change for !Pioneer ';'1 stigator of the whole debate) was roof, although domeiess now for Women's Sister organization in :1 many years. was reconstructed " Israel In 1978 1 ·a converted J,ew, well-versed In Israel, formerly known as Moet and the iniaid double Ark of the The National Board chose Israel r, Jewish'sources. As he began to :ret Hapoalot. ,.:~ lose face before the logic and Law faithfully reproduced. Metal for the site Ot its next National grill·work, bare stone sections The introduction of the new ,j " sharpness of a greater mind, he Convention in November 1978, as grew angrier and more and intricate wall niches tasteful· name Na'amat, a Hebrew abbre I have many othei' major Jewis'h " frustrated: He attacked the Ram Iy deGorate the' central hall and its viation for "Working 'and Volun alcoves. organizations. (See story this :" , ban personally and tried to 'make teer' Women," w'as marked by When a similar fifth pillar was page.) Layah BoraO of Montr,eal, ,~ the rabbi lose his temper too. discovered lying under the rubble, special celebrations throughout , Finally the King Interrupted the an identity crisis developed. Israel. September was pro was appointed Convention Coordi I dlsputathm, tearing a riot, for the There were theories that this nator. claimed Na"amat month. l t, crowd was becoming very restless proved the building was not the A massive membership cam i 1 and unruly. The Intellectuals In Canadian Pioneer Women will Ramban's house of prayer. But paign was proclaimed by the the audience, even the Christians, now be known 'as ,pioneer I tile original team. under the direc· National Membership Department respected the Ramban and the Wcmen-Na'ama-t. tlon of Dan Tannai, held fast to New logo of Na'amat, Pioneer headed by Bess Direnfeld, nation King even bestowed honours on their opinion. A possible solution Highlights of the change in him. But as so often happened In al vice-president. to the additional pillar was that Women's sister orglnizltlon. Israel included a reception at the such eases, the end result was not His Excellency, Mordechai Sha· to the J'ews' advantage. ' even in Mameluke times it had The enraged and humiliated lain prone, beneath the rubble lev, Israeli Ambassador to Oan Boys at BBW Children's Home at Bayat Vegan. Dominican priests accused Rabbi that the Ramban found. M:emhership Month for ada, inaddl"essing 'a special lun Once the restoration work was cheon feT the Nati{)nal Board and Moahe of heresy and dlshonour completed. the hall became the Ing Chrlstia!jUy. They applied synagQgue for the residents of the Pion,eer Women-No'Qmal the Windsor membership, spoke , pressure on the government and, newly renovated Jewish Quarter. The Pionef!r Women - Na'Amrat bration of the fact that his of the lack of cohesion which is aaw Home in Israel at the age of 72, the sage was forc It was officially opened on ed to leave his family' and flee Council of Winnipeg. under the mother was one of the origin!!l dividing the Arab world and Spain. After a hazardous trip, he .Terusalem Day 5736 (1976). stated, 'Israel, 'as a vibrant com Now a new difficulty arose - a banner "Be A Re'al Woman, Be members of Pioneer Women in "Successfu I Experiment" arrived In Jerusalem In 1287. seating crisis. . The architects A Zionist-Join Pioneer Women canada. munity looking to the' future, wanted the carved wooden Na'A:mat" is in the midst of an shall not falter in standing up Zohar, now 14, is the illegiti· functioning lives of their own. ALL THIS we know from the The film "Seasons of Life" will for its rights." mate son of a prostitute. His "People are always asking me, Ramban's own writings. In' a benches to stand around the walls. intensi'Ve membership drive. all facing the central bima the be sbown minyan for prayers In their agogue. For the city Is anarchic, as a raisIn mill. yet been broken, and tlla t he acts The speaker at the second lee· New arTivals During the Period greup sessions dU'ring that time or no,t to interview him, and tllen the 13th to the 16th century it Just before the War of ture, David Reme, is the archivist ,of Mass !immigration from East with a psychotherapist and the whether or not he would benefit home on Shabbat...... anyone :who wants to take 8. ruin seems that there were four mar· as an additional link In that chain , Indepe.ndence, the archaeologist connecting the generations." 0 of the Canadian Jewish Congress, ern Europe. First Tea entire family, Philip will soon be from the treatment we 'lYffer , Monreal, and a lecturer on reli· The Centennial Lecture series ready to return to his mother and here," gion al Concordia University. Mr. is co·sponsored by the Jewish His To be Held stepfather and a nOTlllal home Careful review of the boys who Rome is also the author of a torical Society and the Samuel & life, CGme into the ChHd~en's Home, number of books on the history Saidye Bronfman Family Found.. · Oefober 18 From Broken Homes Cohen emphasized, ensured botll • • of lhe Jews in Canada with par' tion. Plans fo'r the first Bar Mitzvah According to Chezzi Cohen, the boys and the staff of more Hashish derivative controls glaucoma In experiments Mother Fund Tea sponsored by director of the Children's Home than a good possibility of their B'nai B'rith Women Central Cima and Group House in 19I"ael, working well ,together, It might Reprinted from 'Fhe Jeru.. lem Post dian Council were finalized at a neither of these cases really dU· also aecount for the extremely bonltory animals, including mon lead to blindness). Present medi developed abroad, including the con Excel in Exams TEL AVIV. - A chemical deri keys. cines cause ,disturbances In normal tram forming on the eyes, Cata The Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate ceived a Certificate III Achieve ceuncil meeling held at the fers from any othllr o-f "his boys", high success ~ate the ChildrQle COde 351 will 11m, be used on tml of epilepsy, ulcera, asthma and vative of the active Ingredient of vision. high blood pressure. rbets now must be removed sur and Winnipeg Hebrew School are ment which enables them to heme of the PTesident, Mrs. L. as he calls them. , Home has had to date, over~::ft:'~. hashish has proved highly success blind· persona: so that If there are glcal1y, and the patient fitted with Dr. Dlksteln said that neither The congress will tackle several proud to announce on behalf of enter the Hebrew University in Grant. Typically, they are from Noken per cent of those boys eDlYII,i(;1I ' tul In controlling glaucoma In the any hannful 'elfects (which are not he nor P~fe8Bor Mechoulam knew glasses, If he wants to continue to expected), the sight of the pa other problems, including seeking se.· properly. the Hebrew University of Jeru The tea wi) be held on Monday, home3. or displaced home, or the Home are able to leave With eyes of rabbits - and It will soon how Code 351 worked although they \\ ays and means of preserving the Jerusalem without any additional , .. be tested, on human beings, Pro tients would not be aftected. were formulating several theories. In addition to some 140 lectures salem that 11 students of the Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. f'rom families with a troubling the promise of a once ,bllghtei Results of the discovery will be human cornea for up to three entrance exams. fessor Shabtay Dlksteln, of the Seventy other derivatives ofha weeks. At present, the chances of on other eye problems the scientists Joseph WQlinsky Co\1egiate suc· at Eaton's Assembly Hall. Pro situation at its centre. They are future lit last made bright. Hebrew University's School of presented tp the. week-long second The examination they scored so shish were tried and rejected, a cornea transplan t succeeding are wl1\ also seek ways and means to ceeds of the tea will provide the boys who express theIr inability Individual Treatment Pharmacy, -told 7'lIe JllrU8aletn P08t International Congress of Eye Re mainly because of their psycho good only If the operation Is per increase research grants. ce5sfully completed and scored well in is prepared by the Depart Sunday. search. opening next Sunday In active ell'ects. He noted' that It very high in all categories in the boys in the B'nai B'rith Women's to cope with their lives through "Every boy who comes to us Jerusalem. which wil1 bring toge formed within two days - at the "One blind person _ of which ment of Education and Culture of has been known for many years very latest. Some 250 such trans Hebrew University of Jerusalem Home in Bayat Vegan, Israel, aggres,ive behavior or 0 the r is an individual,a separate per· Prof.· DikBteln said that the ther 120 leading research sclent- that persons sulfering from glau there are several thousand in Is. the Hebrew University in co· derh'lItive, called "Code 351" was ,Ists trom abroad. They will be plants take place each year in Israel rael - costs the authorities about entrance examination. cperation with the World Zionist with a meaningful and memor asocial acts. son who must be ,treated in his synthesized by Prof. Raphael coma benefited from smoking or with a. 90 per cent success rate. It Me joined by 50 of their Israel col swallowing hashish. IL250.000 during his lifetime. The students; Gary Altman. Organization. able Bar Mitzvah. They come to the Children's own speci'al way," Cohen said. choulam, aiso ot the Hebrew Uni leagues, while several scientists . Dr. Dlksteln believed that the would be much better to Invest mOBt Koor Chemicals had recently Uthree-week preservation rate" Michal Gill, David Gale, Michal Results of the examination Tea cenvenors are: 'Mrs. Betty Home when a\1 other resources For that reason every child be versity, who has been experiment from the Eastern Bloc have ac signed a contract with the two Is ,of this money In preventing blind ing ",Ith hashish for a decade. The cepted Invjtatlons. would be oblalned within five years, ness - rather than in caring for Sudak, Susan Morantz, Ronald Elfenbaum, Mrs. Freda Kussin seem to have been exhausted, comes the subject of intense ., raelis to finance their research as ann would lead to establishing - were announced by Rabbi E. aclulll testa on the rabbits were Dr. Dlksteln noted. that tens of the blind," Dr. Dlksteln said. Polson, Gina 'Finkel, Neil Kimel l!nd Mrs. Lil Serlin. . and they are most of them, 'after study by the staff, who meet in carried out by Prof. Dlkstein. The well as to develop the compound "cornea banks," similar to existing Applebaum, Principal of the \ , thousands of Israelis sUlfer from commercially. blood banks. The actual tests of the hashish man, Teddy Rosenberg, Orah The community at large is in· an average stay of four years, conference to. outline the indi- , drug has had no "psycho-active'" Glaucoma ',lincreased pressure of derivative for glaucoma were done Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate and \ There are other possible medical The scientists will also discuss , lmo\>d-Induclng)' elfocts on the la- the ftuld P"'"t of the eye, which can by Prbf. Michael Blumenthal of the Tager and Michal Lyons all re- Winnipeg Hebrew School. vited to attend. , able to leave the Home fot" wel\· See B B W, page 25 '. / useh for -hashish derlvates being mE-thods of preventing cataracts , Sheba Medical centre. \
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