ed by trustee Val Scott. It passed ligious Policy carried on a move by a vote of 8-4, Of the 12 trustees, to introduce the "3:30 plan," pro- viding that religious instruction be two are Jewish. In 1959-63 North York was the given at 3:30 to enable exempted TORONTO (JTA) — The Bor- center of a battle pupils to leave the school. This on the subject. , ough of North York, largest suburb Half of Metropolitan Toronto's plan was adopted in a number of within Metropolitan Toronto, re- 96,000 Jewish residents live there schools but the borough's school moved religious instruction from and in the early 1960's there were administration, it was claimed, its public school system last week- constant complaints about the doc- tended to permit this only in end. schools where there was a majority trinal nature of the course. Schools in Ontario have the right The Committee for a Fair Re- of Jewish pupils. to ask exemption from giving re- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ligious instruction if the school 6 — Friday, June 9, 1967 board puts such a request to the Department of Education. The motion was presented by trustee Sidney Moscoe and second- Toronto Suburb Bans Public School Religion Conyers Speaks Up for Israel; Cites Christian Support in Statement Congressman John Conyers, Demorcrat from the 1st District in Wayne County, addressed Con- gress Monday with a firm state- ment in Israel's behalf. Rep. Conyers, a Negro, said: "The continued existence of Israel is vital for political stability in the Middle East and therefore vital for the maintenance of world peace. The United States, which had so much to do with the estab- lishment cf Israel in 1948 and which has so repeatedly and strongly pledged to Israel its con- tinued support, has the clearest legal and moral obligation to de- fend Israel against those appar- ently committed to its destruction." Rep. Conyers, who was among the more than 100 Congressmen who pledged support to Israel May 23, again urged the President Mon- day "to take strong, effective and immediate action to 'resist aggres- sion against Israel and to preserve the peace.' If we wait any longer, : the hourly changing situation in the Middle Ea ,, t could result in the distruction of Lrael." The Congressman quoted the statement by religious leaders of all major faiths in America which points to U.S. "moral re- sponsibility in the Middle East, where Israel has worked so hard to achieve tht. right to live in peace." The statement, which originally appeared in Sunday's New York Times, was sponsored as a public service by Americans for Democ- racy in the Middle East and was signed by such non-Jewi s h leaders as The Rev. John C. Benneth, president Union Theological Sem- inary; The Rev. Robert McAfee Brown, professor of Religion, Stan- ford University; The Rev. Thur- ston N. Davis, S. J., editor, Amer- ica; The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Frank- lin H. Littell, president, Iowa Wes- leyan College; Dr. Reinhold Nie- buhr, professor emeritus of Chris- tian ethics, Union Theological Sem- inary; James O'Gara, editor, Com- monweal; Dr. Daniel Poling, chap- lain, Interfaith Memorial of the Four Chaplains; The Rev. Alexan- der Schmemann, dean, St. Vlada- mir's Russion Orthodox Seminary; The Rev. John B. Sheerin, C.S.P., editor, The Catholic World; Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood, Washing- ton, D.C., chairman, national board of directors. NAACP; and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke, bishop, New York area, Methodist Church, former president, Methodist Council of Bishops. The statement was as follows: "Men of conscience must not arena of tension due to the threat of continued terrorist at- tacks, as well as the recent Arab military mobilization along Israel's borders. Let us recall that Israel is a new nation whose people are still recovering from the horror and decimation of the European holocaust. "President Johnson has called the blockade 'illegal and potential- ly disastrous" to world peace. "We therefore call on the Un ited States government steadfast- ly to honor its commitments to the freedom of international water- ways. We call on our fellow Amer- icans of all persecutions and group- ings and on the administration to support the independent, integrity and freedom of Israel. "Men of conscience all over the world bear a moral responsibility to support Israel's right of passage through the Straits of Tiran. "The people of Israel have the right to live and develop in tran- quility and without fear. The Middle East requires respite and peace." LARRY SCHECTER says: BUY ISRAEL BONDS • If you can't afford to buy a home BUY ISRAEL BONDS PAY YOUR ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN PLEDGE It is not possible for Christians to take part in anti-Semitism. We are Semites spiritually. —Pope Pius XI. If you CAN afford to buy a home BUY ISRAEL BONDS ANYWAY NOW ! ! NOW! Hack Shoe Co. YOU MUST HELP THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL! Every individual in the Jewish community must make his con- tribution to help the people of Israel. Everyone wants to • • • Here is what you can do - - - To make gift dollars available: * Pay your pledge to the Allied Jewish Campaign immediately. * Make an additional gift to the Israel Emergency Fund. And beyond this to make loan dollars available: * Purchase as many Israel Bonds as you possibly can. remain silent at this time. The Middle East is on the brink of war. President Nasser of Egypt has initiated a blockade of an international water way; the Straits of Tiran, Israel's sea-lane to Africa and Asia. This block- ade may lead to a major con- flagration. "The Middle East has been an • The money contributed to the Israel Emergency Fund and the Allied Jewish Campaign is wired daily from Detroit so that there is no delay in reaching its destination. (Our Detroit Jewish community services will be financed by United Jewish Montreal Magazine Blames World Jewry For Mankind's Crimes Charities Endowment Funds.) of anti-Jewish propaganda in Que- Your financial assistance now is essential. Israel's newcomers • MONTREAL (JTA) — Revival bec was amplified last weekend as members of the Quebec Legis- lature received copies of a 64-page magazine format tract which ac- cuses the Jews of being the cause of nearly every crime mankind has ever committed. du The magazine, "La Cle Mystere" (The Key to the Mystery) tries to present the idea that Jews are themselves responsible for the indictment it contains by quoting Jewish writers and spokesmen ex- tensively — and out of context. NOTED ARCHEOLOGIST Sir Charles Walston, a 19th Cen- tury British-Jewish archeologist, was responsible for excavating many ancient sites in Greece in- cluding the "Tomb of Aristotle" in Eretria. have suffered too much already ! We cannot desert them now ! Paul Zuckerman • Alfred L. Deutsch Chairman Israel Emergency Fund Chairman Irwin I. Cohn Hyman Safran Chairman Cash Mobilization Allied Jewish Campaign 1967 Allied Jewish Campaign President Jewish Welfare Federation ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND 163 MADISON Detroit, Michigan 48226 WO 5-3939