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loss of - 6,000,
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existence that the'lgentOrial - f otm- tati'on of the-eatastirrigre...."-c-
The - iatio bet WeetilAhe.:tilleca-- ditien.;,-miieiaidiele it -linable-
dation- for JewishCulture; the most
' :-"ir
W'''the variegated
important cultural and 'education- Ions for education;,4eseiniehmaird `cations With
maltreat'
al - body in the -diaspora; is the documentation is--rooghjy-.4T per the Applicants sympathy
consider.
with
great
cent,
42per
cent
endlf.peelent.
least known.. • •
Merl and above .
The Memorial . Foundition_for As to cotintriesilsrael-is- the great- human= ecleteCt-
Jewish Culture grew _out of 'the est' beneficiary,-rfallaweit by 'the Dr Kahan' Goldmann's
Conference on Jewish Material :United States, France, Britain and Of making the Memorial Foundii-,: ,
- G'
-Seyeral Eastenr'European
Claims Against Germany --
lion 'a central thrum for the,
as the Claims Conference. In 1964. Jewish communities are also 4-e- cussionof
'cultural problems • in
ceiving
allacitions' for various
the Claims Conference -made an -
exchange of ideas' has-oot qui t
endowment of $10,432,000. Interest: Projects. ; ' -•'
-Hut the annual mee
materializect
an a long-term deposit of most of •'The Memorial ForindatioU is lPrt ings - of the: foundation-,
are
this sum—with the Israel trees- by an executive., committee, with merely • allocation:- sessions.
ury--and other incomes from in- Dr. Nahum Goldmann al president, are inevitably' an opportunity; f
vestments make up the proceeds Louis A. Pincus -(chairman of the
diaspora. cultural:life;
which are being allocated - annual- Jewish 71 Agency Executive- ) and a survey of ionships
between:- Is-
and the relat .
ly for cultural and educational Lord Sieff 'as vice.piesidents; and reel
and
the
diaspora:
Mark Uveeler as executive direc-
purposes.
tor.
_
But
allocations
are
made-
by-
Between 1864 and 1970, the
)Foundation allocated nearly the = board of trustees;_ which re-:
-Orgaidzatiens:
$6,000,000. At the recent meeting fleets the :42
of the board of trustees in Geneva, that are represented on -the Me-,
rnorial
Foundation.
They...rink
the sum of -$1,800,000,- was allo-
from the WaIdd 'Zionist Organiza-
cated for 1971-1972.
tion
to
the
World
Sephardi-Feder-
The Memorial Foundation was
designed as a living memorial to ation, from the World Jewish Con-f
the 6,800,000 Jewish victims of the geit_-to the WorldT Union of-:Stu-
Nazi era. The impoverishment in dents: from the American - Joint:
Torah and Hahma (roughly, tradi- Distribution Cainmittee to -the
tional and secular Jewish knowl- Conference of • Europeiii -Rabbis.
•
edge) is, of course, much greater Nobody is _left out..
than even the impoverishment in _-- Democracy has no Other way.'
numbers. Nature takes care of
A few examples of - beziehciaries
numbers but not of knowledge. will, I hope,.. give in- idea about
Weizmann once said: "Who knows who gets what froin the Pcnindir-;
potenal
how many
ti Euastems, tion. In the field of education: -.the
Freuds and Bergsons perished at 'Gateshead %Talmiidical College in
Auschwitz, Treblinka and Maida- England, the World:Union of Jew,
ish Students (for seminars);
The aim and purpose of the Center for Jewisti Studies at-:the
m
Me orial Foundation is to stimu-
University of Chile, the. Jerusalem-
late Jewish cultural, educational college for Women, - the A-tidal:4_
and research activity, and to help of the Hebrew -Language. Perhaps:
in the publication of books of value, my examples are not the best ones,
so as to contribute to filling the They have been chosen at random.,
Mark Uveeler has announced his
_
retirement :next - year. •• -This will
Lehrman.to Make mark :the -end-of an era:. in both.
the Claims Conferexice and the
Bnai . Moshe Bond Memorial Foundation. • He is one of
. _
• (c40#01471;i014*W---
A.,
join- ZOA
A declaration calling Arierir-
can Jewry to become membera
of the Zionist Organization of
America • as - affirmation -
ibeir,commitpient_igk.heip..litsnre
-
the Progress: of Israel; the free-
dont of Soviet Jews-and the,""crea-
tive future of- the' American-
American- Jew-
- isli comminiity," was 'isiued
-: 607. rabbis, -from 39-- states and the
-Diltriet of,Columbia. *-- -
The declaration'? says •-the "ur-
gency of wink' affairs-today" re-
quires a movemeot.of Zionist soli-
: darity as exemplified by'the mean-
Anglo' programs -of the ZOA."
Noting that crisis situations. fre-
- quently determine priorities in
the -American Jewish community,
it states that the problems of
Israel and -Soviet Jewry are "on-
going concerns" for the ZOA. The
organization, in its . "day-to-day
role and responsibilities," deals
not only with crises es they arise
but works "steadfastly toward a
much stronger unity Of purpose
and action" among the Jewish
people, the declaration says.
Yom Kippur Quiz
By -RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1571. JTA, Inc.)
Why is the day before Yom
Kippur observed with great
feasting?
In the Talmud-we find .a state-
ment to the effect that whosoever
eats and drinks on the ninth day
of Tishri (i.e., the day before Yom
Kippur) is considered as if-he had .
fasted on both the ninth - and 'the
tenth day of Tishri (the day of
Yom Kippur). (Berakot_81); Yoma
and au-
lb). Some
thors of codes claim that feasting
on the day before. Yom Kippur in-
dicates the nature- of the fast on
the day of Wm Kippur. The feast-
ing on the day before ahows that
there is a- spirit of confidence and
faith in the Almighty and that- the
fasting is done out of -a state of
happiness and dedication to the
Ahnighty, rather than out of .a
state of fear .and frustration.
The 'Jew thus feasts on the day
before Yom. -Kippur ` . because: be
looks forward eagerly to • fasting
and 'being close to Abe Ahnighty,_
becoming almost like an angel whir
has no thought of food -and drink. -
(Orath Chayylin -.604; Maharil.
pur). 'Some `claim
'web Yom Kippur)-
that the feasting on , the day before
Yom Kippur takes ; vlace because
Yarn Kippur is like any other ma-
jor holiday which .would naturally
require a special-Meal to observe
it (Sendai Mitzva). • Since this
meal. cannot be, eaten on Yorn Kip
pur itself because_ it is a fast day,
it, is thus -observed on the day be-
fore-Others. . . claim' -that the feast-
re Yo nf Kippur
ing -of-the day beth
Is done in order to give one
strength to endure the fast.of Yom
Kippur.
It is interesting to note that
Persian Jews used to follow a
custom of -eating seven meals on
tire day before Yom Kippur.
.
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H ELD ON
0 11
Appeal at Yizkor
--Rabbi Moses Lehrman will make
the '.High Holy Day .Israel Bond
••
ppeal at -Yizkor
Yom Kippur
at - Cong. Bnai
culminat
ing . -p re-High
Holy Day Israel
Bond
which 'realized a
total of $185,000
in: Israel Bond
Lehrman subscriptions-
Irving Lopatin is president of Enai
Moshe, which is among the fore-
most congregations in the area, in
Israel Bond results.
.
Getatirt ta Representt
-Federation at CJF Parley
Rabbi Jamie I. 'Gordon of Young
Israel of, Oak-Woods has been
named to represent the Jewish
Welfare Federation of Detroit at
the 1971 general assembly of the
Council of Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds Nov. 10-14 in Pitts-
.
burgh.
,Rabbi Gordon, who came to-the .
Why do some people bake
their halls for the meal before Detroit area in 1963, is national
Tan Kippur in the shape of a vice president of the Rabbinical
Council of Amer-
ladder?
, This seems to" be a Lithuanian ica and a mem;
ber.
of the rab-
Jewish 'custom and seems to' imply
that • the prayers of the Jew will -blnic advisory
ascend heavenward like a ladder, -council , of the
somewhat- - like the:liturgieal . ex- United Jewish
pression, "May our entreaty'- rise 'Appeal. He takes
before Thee . Some.have the an active leader-
in the
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lehoOls • and aYnagognes.
:-',.HigaPPointMent was made: joint-
'
Yom
bY the Federation in consults-
tion,;.with the Rabbinical Conmais-
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