, " I " " Page Twa Thursday, August 25, 1966 TBB oJBWISB POST Page Three- THI: .JEWISH POST Thursday, August 25, 1966 Had-assah Slafe ROSH PINA DEDICATION SET Fro... the Editor \!Js Des" to Mrs_ Fanny Simkin and the, LET'S FACE IT Panel Discussi'on I Simkin family for their interest and l!W1SH POST ; devotion to the Synagogue over SPOTLIGHT RACIAL CLASHES many years. Rabbi Arthur A. Chiel, - The Oldest Anglo-JeWish Weekly in Western Canado BY first spiri tual leader of the syna­ By A VIVA CANTOR (blilued weekly tn the intere!obt of Jewi.t4b Ccmmunity aetivitia gogue, and Mrs. Chiel, now of New in Winnipeg and Western Canada) tim of the riots was held, was converted from a ,RUPERT SHRIAR Haven, Conn., will be special guest~ synagogue last year. Member of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency East New York, the Brooklyn neighborhood at the dedication dinner, , Children at the funeral were reported to have Accommodation in the auditorium >that was the scene 'Of last mQnth's riots and l'Ooked >yith curiosity 'at the pictures of the Holy Published every Thursday by £MPIRE PRINTERS LTD. GOODBYE MR. HARRY! When one is isolated :for a couple of weeks has now ,been increased to a capa­ clashes 'between Negroes and whites, was even ~and stIlI on the walls and the painted-over Jew­ ten years ago the Jewish community in the city, Printer. and Pub1ishen in a hospital room recovering from a spinal operation, constant, over­ city of 600 for dinner, and High Ish Star aJbove ,the pulpit. RUPERT SHRIAR, Ph.D. LEO J. LEZACK concern about oneself and the lack of real interest in the things going on Holiday seating capacity is up to a fine district of more than 80,000 ·Jews and Editor AdvertJainK' Man.lrer The few remaining bakeries, groceries and about you tend to block Vhe world out, make the raw nerve edges some­ a top ,limit of 1,500 seats from the ,numerous synagogues, stQres and centres. ' Head Office: 1244 Main .St., Winnipeg 4, Canada what more 'sensitive, and make it nigh on to impossible to act (or react) kos'her delicatessens "uon't 'have a ,chance" Mr. pr,evious 1.200 cap"city, : In, addition; , ' ,Today, the synagogues 'are dosed or converted Wasser .said. "Every day another one cioses." '.SubscrIption: $4.00 per annum' ' with' -the 'kind of compassion not only iliat one is caPl)!ble of, but :tiliat one would want to' manifest in a world already 6verloaded with far too much the lobby has be~n completely reno­ int~ churches and many of the Jewish stores are Phone JU 9-7331 Eve. t''none 9-2989 The one kosher butcher remaining stays in busi­ flU sadness - and madness. vated, with provision for a sister- ,boarded up. The Jews 'have moved away and ness by taking orders 'On the telephone from: his '0 'Only "smaIl pockets" of 'Older people remain inside Authorized aa second c:l&98 , mail by the Poet Offh:t: Departinent. In ,the first instance, as I rise from bea to begin a more mobile con­ hood gift shop in the former check- former customers and delivering them by car" Ottaw•• and for pa)"Dlent of pOiltan In cdb and on the periphery Qfwhaot is now a NegrQ valescence I muSt give vent to very personal feelings of, shock and loss room area. At the same time, the , The one mikva th~t was left several years on the ,passing of a very dear friend - "Mr. Harry" - not merely for , ghettQ. During the riots they "lOCked themselves basement has been enlarged to pro­ ago f.o:J~d when 'community leaders were unable reasons reiterated time and again during the past week stressing his . up at hom~" and did'not venture into the streets. to raIse funds to save it. and gets -the 'bulk of its people from the sooth _'benelficence and philanthropy - 'but because a ten-year friendship, started, vide additional facilities for youth, This was once a thriving, teeming Jewish side of Linden Boulevard and the new communi­ almost on the day of my arrival, has been sudden:1y and irrevocably I and sisterhood and brotherhoOd community," Adolph Wasser, directQr of the . The East New York "Y" is still in an ar"ea' ties to the west and east. However, Mr. Wasser severed. No longer will it ,be possible to drop in on the way down town I activities, An entirely new kitchen Which is white for a two~blockradius. The old said, "parents are nervous about their children or back to the office to "chew it over" with Harry Silverberg, who always Rosh Pina Congregation will mark has 'been installed. and the syna­ East New York YM' anp, YWHA, said. ,"There kept the door open and the way unbarred to me no matter how pressed were major synagogues on every block and bui'lding of the "Y" was the former headquarters going 'home late .from here. ,the dedication of its, newly com- gogue exterior of the auditorium ~nd dance hall of "Murder, Inc." The new build­ for time he was, so that we could spend a' few minutes talking (usually) shtiblech -in between. " , "Even five, years ago" at night, this place was about our most personal matters. In the telling of 'all the accomplish­ pIe ted expanded auditorium on Sun- 'and main entrance have been re­ mg, about ten Iblocks east of the old one, was day" Sept. 25, it was, announced this ! desi~ed. ~'New Lots Avenue, the scene of some 'Of the built ten years ago. humming, bustling, hopping. Now by 8:30, the ments ....:. much of which is no more than a reiteration of what this people ar~ all gone. Everyone's afraid to walk correspondent had written or rewritten during the past two years, no week by synagogue president; Max: Reservations for the dedication riots, used tQ be the Fifth Avenue of East New The <IV" j's, stl'll ' York and at night it was like Times Square. Now, ~ carrymg On its programs in this neighbQrhood." one has been able to convey the essence of a man who always saw the Margolis. ' 'fete are now' being accepted at the "tree for the forest," always realized ,there was a fellow human ,being The dinner will also pay tribute synagogue office. it's dead, the stores boarded up or converted with aspirations, dignity, a life and family whenever he decided to lend into factories." a hand - as when he bullied government officials into allowing a now The 'bulk of the residences in East New York ISRAELI POLICE HOW WONDERFUL? elligible immigrant to remain here; or when he made what was for him Executive, Dire~tor at Talmud Torah are four-family houses, wi,th the owners living - perhaps an J.mimportant loan and an offer to guarantee credit so a new­ ,By FRANCIS OFNER comer would establish himself as an active and productive member of The "ppointment of Burton P. -in one apartment, and renting 'Out the others. in the Western sense, although the trend has the community; or when the power of his backing forestalled failure 'of H"lpert as executIve director of the Most of the streets are lined 'with trees. It has been in 11 more sa;tisfactory dil'ection in the last one of the most important Jewish businessmen in western Canada SO he excellent public transport, a new Iibmry, a shop­ Ultra-Orthodox Sabbath deIl10nstrl{tor~ insult couple of years. could make a "comeback" and so continue to give substantially of himself Talmud Torah was announced this ping centre and schools. tl:1em by shouting "Nazis!". 'Members of the A great, part of the training 'program: is and his substance to his community. These are only some, His wife, week by M" M, Suchal'Ov, presid~nt. : 'Before WQrld War II, the Jews in the neigh- League against, Religious 'Coercion call them devoted to the teaching of civics, starti{lg- out secretary, his close friends and business associates each know of" others, Mr, Halpert holds an honors B.A. ' These episodes were never publicized or held up as examples worthy of degree from Drake University in, ,borhood were. basically lower -middle-class and "lackeys of Orthodoxy." ' from, so basic' a premise as: "The policenuln i" , emulation. Here were many, many examples which contradicted the oft working people. Mos,t 'Of the synagogues ,were Some of the ,student demonstrators against the servant of the public,", Or snch obvious rules 'shouted accusation of "money-theism" which those not :So pl'One to ('arn­ Des Moines, Iowa, and has, done ,Orthodox, there were one or two Conservative Konrad Adenauer described them as "wild Moroc­ of courteous conduct as: "A policemail should ing their share of responsibility were apt to shower upon' him. But 'in graduate work at Iowa State Uni- synagogues and an abortiye attempt was even cans.:' Juvenile hooligans i-unning amuck in the cede his seat in the bus or in iflIe train to an the final analysis "Mr, Harry" died as he lived. 'a monotheist whose record versity and the University of Mani­ street,., of the Hatikva quarter, Tel Aviv's Ori­ shines bright in the shadow of his God and respected fellow man, Good­ toba, He has also stud'ied at 'thei made to establish a Liberal temple there. But elderly gentleman or lady, or to"a pregnant bye, Mr, Harry! there was a "tremendous number" of non­ ental suburb, saw them as "Ashkenazi oppres­ ,\roman~" Hebrew Theological College in Sko- I sors," A NEW LOOK? This month comes to a close in Winnipeg with a kie, Ill:, from which he was awarded I affiliated Jews.