`I Believe in God'
By LEONARD N. SIMONS
In my heart and mind I believe
there must be some Supreme Be-
ing who made possible everything
I see around me. I don't think
these things just happened. I don't
have to prove by my own experi-
ence that God exists. My heart—
my FAITH—tells me there is a
Supreme Being. I don't know what
shape HE takes. I am not refer-
ring to any special kind of God
when I say I believe in God. I
Just believe there must be some
Supreme Creator of everything in
the Universe, and I hope He is a
personal God so I can pray to him
and commune with him. Wh-"her
He listens to me or does anything
for me is beside the point.
I believe there is a God. but I
can't describe Him any more than
anyone else can. I believe that
somehow some way, some "scople
get Divine inspiration from God
and that God, in this way, brings
His message to the world. What
powers Ile has, I don't know any
more than you do. But I believe He
could do anything He wanted to
do, if He so desired.
Maybe
God does is to give us
a chance by bringing us into the
world, and then it's entirely up to
us to make of our lives what we
can or want to do. I don't think I
can accurately explain my feelings
when I discuss this subject. All I
can say is that I am sincere in my
belief that there is a God, and I
will pray to Him as long as I live.
Everything becomes a matter of
faith. As Maimonides expressed
it in the "First Principle of Faith"
—"God is the cause of all existed
things—the Author and Guide of
everything- that has been created."
And for that we must have faith in
the existence of a Divine Provi-
dence. This I have.
`Special Facilities' Shut
for Jewish Immigrants
MONTREAL ( JT A) — The
Canadian government department
of immigration announced Monday
it would discontinue special facil-
ities in North Africa and the Middle
East for Jews proposing to emi-
grate to Canada.
The department advised the
Canadian Jewish Congress that this
action would be in accord with the
new immigration regulations that
entered effect last October abolish-
ing discrimination on ethnic or
geographic grounds.
Previously, the government had
sent two special missions to North
Africa to process the applications
of Jews desiring to enter Canada.
The department said that the
new regulations made such special
arrangements 'inappropriate,' and
that, consequently, they would be I
terminated.
Euromart Again Delays
Decision on Israel
BRUSSELS (JTA) —Israel's bid
for association with the European
Economic Community came up at
a meeting of the six member na-
tions currently under way here but
was deferred to a meeting of the
council of ministers scheduled for
an unspecified date following the
New Year holiday. It was reported
that almost all of the participants
favored preferential treatment for
Israel but agreed that the question
required further study.
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Iran s Jews in the Winds of Change
By GEORGE SCHREIBER
(A Seven Arts Feature)
Sheltered by the western moon
Lain ranges of Iran, the town of
Burujird is about as remote from
the 20th Century as a place can be.
Burujird's several thousand Jews
have never known any other place.
Even the more adventurous among
them, the itinerant pack carriers
who are the only link with the out-
side world, have seldom ventured
beyond Hamadan. from which they
bring news of the conditions of the
venerated tomb of Queen Esther
and Mordecai .
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 15, 1967-9
, both Parsi and English. An ultra-, "The majority of our students
language laboratory is one of the' haste always come from among the
teaching aids.
I most indigent," he observes. "The
A visitor's first reaction is aston- tra'ning of 2,634 graduates over the
ishment. After allhis is Iran, in years has worked great changes in
Asia. Yet, the array of intricate the living conditions of Iranian
equipment, scientific devices and Jewry "
machines would be difficult to
match even in technical institutes
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of industrially advanced countries.
Before the entr3, of ORT, Iran-
ian Jews were almost totally una-
ware of the technological age.
Former ORT graduates established
the first modern small plants in the
city. Twelve were in operation last
year and have become an employ-
ment resource for later classes of
graduates.
The origins of Burujird are lost
in the mists of antiquity, which
probably doesn't matter very much
to its inhabitants for whom past
In a society which consigns wo-
and present are woven into a cycle
men to subservience, the ORT di-
of timelessness.
rector was able to report last year
At least one native succeeded in- that "graduates of our secretarial
breaking out last year, and dra- section now work in the offices of
matically at that. Dressed in the the National Plan Organization.
western - style suit which is the ap- the Prime Minister's office and the
propriate uniform for what he has petroleum companies. A few years
become, Sayah, who spent the first ago, their parents would not even
fifteen years of his life in change. consider allowing them to work at
less Burujird, stood before the all."
Shah of Iran, to have the royal
medal for meritorious scholastic
achievement pinned to his lapel.
Sayah's journey to this peak of
eminence began with a rumor.
Word reached the community of
Burujird five years ago about a
school in the capital of Teheran
which accepted Jewish youths for
the kind of education that led to
openings in the new industries.
Sayah's father, who had inherited
the family's ancestral vocation of
old-clothes peddling, made the de-
cision. Ile ,could send the first-
born of his six children.
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the main link with the outside
world, and from Shiraz and Isfa-
han, whose Jews trace their history
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