: -._ QIIr$,pirector„in, Latin America
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Instability
BY 4MAllLoikIll 'DUBIN .-- Latin- America-that 3/0 one knows
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- and
The war, was over,
the. our what .tomorrovi_will,bring for its
vivora sat `ghostllite:In'their 'her- Jevis. And‘Warid-Poliik doein't pre-
Iracks.".. hinging onto - reality
` "- Jewish organizations must -work
' Bernard Wand-Pitialt remembers like- firemen. -Because' it's it- bad
them - well. And he - remembers situation, • we have to be thete all
teaching Mein to live . again—"like they more." •
taking a flower and watching it
The "bad situation" he refers to
Erow"="-throlitih* vocational train- is -the ever'-changing economic:and
ing. Through ORT, the Organiza- political - plettre:- This :is , he
tion • for Rehabilitation . Through sums up • the.:countriee In_ 'which
Training. -
ORT Is active: -
Today, Wand-Polak is director of
Chile: "Allende isita honest Se=
Latin American Operations fOr. the eialist, but Jews luniistadeanal;
World ORYUnion—far in time and ence, with: - leftist antl;Sendtisni:
place -from the DP camps in . Who knows what -will; follow'
Europe, but with the same goal:
Allende? -Flve-thousand:.weelthi:
helping men to help . theinselves.
Jews-have left:. and
ands it har.miant
The 513-year-old educator was in problem• foi- the - :ileisiiiiebig-Jete-
fah
comMuldtf,"
Detroit' last 'week to meet with the
Michigan Region board of Women's
Argentina: "A vast country with
American ORT, =Organization for begh3ning industry. There's a-large
which he has high praise as sup- Jewish community With a high edu-
porters of the .trainingochooloet- cational leire1. 2- But it -Must - "fight
anti;Seinitism:" - • •
work-
Brazil: "The other -extreme:froin
It's no wonder that Wand Polak
runt Ante 'ORT graduates, Argentina : 1$7,000 .".Jews
a'''vert'
large etemti-y."-There't 'no
wherever-he goes:: his territory, has
ranged from Gerinany and
and, Fr$nce aziti-Sentitism, - but- the Problem-
here is , how to concentrate efforts
in thOpolltviar -19413si AO
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where'-he tor tenerd of and:Waste assbnilate.. `
lkugUay: .9t's confusecL Once
the cal._ ochoOl_.11i the Ws; to Is-
rael, where he'beeame director-of the: Szritzerlaidof
development and special program today it's disordered politically and
in 1881..
going% down recOnOmicallt There
With everp_decide bringing Its are more than' 50,000 Jews, Mostly-
MciteVideo, Not . - :433an/ '- . •
own `special . Problems,: Lathi
- America wasn't a priority Item wealthy."
-Venezuela:
"There is as 'well
Not until 19811, when Wand-Polak
came along to organize the ORT ganized; Wealthy:- Sephardic
community in Caracas. Life :here
system there.
centers on the school"-
It 'was no simple task, for the
Peru: "A small, prosperous com-
continent is vast, the Jews - scat= munity of 6-to 7,000 Jeivs in Lima.
tered, and the individual govern- We have a nice achool there, with
ments- notably lacking in the 1,000 students from kindergarten
virtue of political. stability. Yet, in up. It's a leftist-oriented govern-
five- years, Wand-Polak has sur- •ment of colonels. There have been
mounted many difficulties to no specific Jewish attacks."
achieve impressive results.-
This :year, Wand-Polak is intro=,
"For. . one- •t h in g," he said, ductug -a ;"Shnat - Sherut" _program
"there- amis....prejudice . 'among '; the for graduates of 'CRT schoo
ls who
Jews against manual labor. We wish to work in Israel for a year.
had to' reorient them and try to For the first time, 22-24 boys—two
place technical education on a of them gentile—will spend three
-higher standard. We wanted a months on a kibutz and nine
school for all strata of the popula- months working in their field- of
- tion."
interest_ - -
- • To create an atmosphere - of
Because" ORT graduate- a - are
equality, ORT set up scholarshipS more than welcome in' Israel,
for needy students as well as Wand-Polak anticipates several of
grants-in-aid to their parents to eft- the young people will be won over
- set the hardship of a nonworking to aliya. But for now, he is Con-
family member:
cerned with creating new lives in
That ..0Ers prestige- has grown Latin.-America. .
_ is evidenced by the ,large ,number
, of gentile students and the ever-
growing. percentage of Jews—today
totaling .85: per - cent of...the
meat.
• In six countries, - More than
The 72nd annual meeting -of
2,500 are taking ORT day cours- United Jewish Charities will be
es, more than 3,000 adults - are held 8"p.m. Monday , at.thejewish
in night courses and another 5,000 • Center.
children in - the. new "creative
Irwin Green, UJC president, will
education" program. The latter present his annual 'report on the
came put. of Wand-Polak's reali- work ' of the organization in fur-
zation that children- in Jewish thering Jewish services and cul-
primary schools were not being ture. Milton J. Miller, vice presi-
ex po s ed, to technology and dent and chairman of its endow..
science, a serious oversight in a meat committee, will report on; the
technological age. The new ori-' achievements of the - committee.
entalion on a primary level hope, The meeting , w11/ be held in con,
fully will yield new demands for Junction with the monthly b oard
the kind of training that ORT of governors meeting of'the Jewish
secondary schools- can offer. _ Welfare Federation. -
Such training is far from Mickey Dining the business session
Mouse: -Wand-Polak said „ORT election of officers will be held.
- secondary schools ,were-.the first blientle1 L. Berman is chairman
to offer computer techniques. Theyof- ..the nominations committee.
also offer electronics and eke- • United Jewish -Charities is - the
tricity, chemistry and business ad- predecessor- of the Jewish Welfare
ministration. Federation of Detroit. Founded in
CRT's programs enjoy .a friendly 1899 it is one of the earliest asso-
—iiilhe U. S. to coordinate
- - relationship with government: ,ht -clitfiels
Argentina, ORT receives more fund-raising and social 'services.
than $100,000 annually _from the It is responsible for "communal
government for expenses: In Bra- properties and the management of
ril, alladvantages 'granted by, the endowment funds. Through , its
governinent to -.private - Scheele Jewish ComMunity Foundation it
- APIA* : to CRT's encOurages - research and innova-
schools:With the blessingr--of the .five program _developments = of
Chilein government, ORT .is giv- =Federation beneficiaries and , '
_technical assistance to - ;the- maces 1410t:PrOlecte which are not
-normally:km*3C fn the agencies'
-"Swiss governieent:
But _such, are .:the fortunes of annual operating budgets. .
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THE MINT JEWISH NEWS
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OPTHILLk Pi
120 Arlaz.itiOff Bianch
to Feature Lticat Zionist
LEADS
Oscar fiaPPaPort, chairman
ArlsearOffAVninin . Branch,' ' •
bandLaborMonist
' Order,:said the
branch will meet at the new Labor
Zenist, Center
a.m.. Sunday....
Einanuel • <Mimi) Mark, who re- =.•
cently returned from 3srael, -will
be guest speaker. Brunch will be
served-
4.4 _
NORTHLAND FORD
oget4 yehuda4 Schoola
cordially invites you to its
-6ei/etiA 4nniver5Ory 2)iriner
tham.
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Fourth Golden Torah Award Recipient
Mennen -
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Associate JUstice, Suprerne,COUrt of Michigan
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1971 — COBO HALL
Committee
GENERAL CHAIRMEN
Ruben Grevnin
Alex Saltsinan
Meyer Weingarden
'HONORARY CHAIRMEN
A. Howard Bloch
- Nathan I. Goldin
Samuel Heehtman
Daniel A. Laven
Morris Karbal
Julius Rotenberg
Irwin I. Cohn
Hillel L. Abrams
Morris Dorn
Marvin Berlin
Reubin Dubrinsky
Irving I. Palman
Max-'Biber
Dr. Arnold Eisenman
Solomon Rothenberg
Joseph Nusbaum
Leonard Borman
Kenneth Fischer
Nathan Soberman
Benjamin Bi=OdMan
'Sidney Fischer
A. M. Silverstein
Jack J. Carmen
David Goldberg
Charles Snow
Max Carmen
Louis Jonas
Louis Topor
David J. Cohen
Eugene Kraus
Julius Wainer
David N. Cohen
David Kupperwasser
Charles Weiner
Solomon N. Cohen
Sol Lessman
Eugene Zack
Ernest L. Citron
DINNER CHAIRMAN
Sponsors
Jack J. Carmen
Morris Karbal
Dr. Leon- Fill
Daniel A. Laven
Kenneth Fischer
Joseph Nusbaum
Sidney Fischer
Julius Rotenberg
Nathan I. Goldin
Alex Saltsman
Samuel Hechtman
I. William Sherr
.gor Re3ervation, eau,
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