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vices; the key ·organization, if you will, in Ortho- Yishuv to evacuate, is quite unique in our annals of·
dox Jewish life in Chicago.
martyrdom. If Prime Minister Ben Gurion, not a
Not only have we grown according to the finan-
cial criteria of which I spoke _at the outset, but too warm ·devotee of Religious Chalutziut, ·could
organizationally also, we have greatly advanced.
While our "old-faithful" groups continued in their have said recently "We :will· never forget Kfar
forward march, some .of the groups formed the
.previous year made pleasing strides of progress. Etzion," then .certainly Hapoel Hamizrachi's
Kol-Am, for example, made its influence strongly
felt this year in many realms of our activities, Kvutzat Etzion has a sacred responsibility to im-
-with one of its members having become the very
active and conscientious Co-Chairman of Overseas mortalize that name. ·
Relief. The group has demonstrated an excellent
example of well-arranged cultural-programs of Another new group-and a very important one
content-packed lectures and discussions that move -was Kvutzat Bnei Akiva; This group, under the
in a well-designed direction. Primarily responsible presidency of Shlomo Kieffer, consists of young
for this effective series of programs ·was capable adults, ages 18 -. 23', most of whom have come
Dan Goldberger. Another example is North Shore up from the ranks of Tzirei (Junior) .Hapoel Ha-
I:Iapoel Hamizrachi. They have had some highly mizrachi. We look for a great future for this
successful affairs of late. Their staff of·· officers group, which contains in its membership rolls cer-
is capable and conscientious, and what with the tain key young men and women who are marked
blessing to Noi::th Shore of the addition of M:r. and for future _leadership in Hapoel Hamizrachi in the
Mrs.· Maurke Aberma:iJ. in their midst, we are des- years and decades to come. , ·
-i:ined to witness phenomenal forward strides by
this group. _Much of the success of this group was Our youth department, Tzirei Hapoel Hamiz-
due to. the good-cheered persistence and coopera- rachi, went "Michail El Chail" ' - from strength
tion of Mrs. Jack Mann, and the various members to strength --,- this year. Much progress - very
of the Aronson family, immediate kin of our re- much - was made, and most of it was primarily
vered Eva Aronson·, in whose memory another im- due to the efforts of Rabbi Moshe Litoff, who has
portant Hapoel Hamizrachi group exists. done a very effective job of directing our youth
program this year. He provided capable leader-
Two very important new groups were born this ship and direct.ion to the Menahalim and Menaha-
year. One is Kvutzat Etzion, which has a caliber lot. Throughout the year he met with them each
of membership that must be looked upon with week and provided them with mat_erial for Sichot
high regard. It is our expectation that· this group (lectures and discussions) and guided the_ir prog-
will be a credit' to our organization. The dis- ress. A number of new groups were added this
cu_ssions and culturals of this group which boasts year that were directly attribut11-ble. to his efforts.
of a number of energetic young rabbis in its mem- ·It is to be hoped that full appreciation and recog-
bership, are on a high level. Typical of the prog- nition will be given to his efforts.
rams sponsored by this group was the. Cavalcade
of Jewish Music, which, incidentally, did not have Camp Moshava, as usual, functioned well. As
always, the spirit that prevailed among the camp-
me,as. large an attendance as it deserves. (This leads ers was extraordinary. Many improvements, such
parenthetically, to what I would consider an as new modern kitchen· equipment, leveling of the
impbrtant suggestion. Along the lines of reciprocal
traa.e agreements, a new Standing Committee camp grounds, new athletic field, and others; have
should be created in each group, possibly the helped to make Moshava the best ever this year.
Courtesy Committee, whose function it would be This is not to imply that Moshava is not in need
to watch the Sabbath Voice for all affairs of other of certain improvements, but by next year we hope,
groups and see to it that at each affair at least with the assistance of an active Moshava Com-
three members of the group attend. In this way, mittee, to have many of the shortcomings rectified.
·while fo each member it would not add up to _more It is agreed by all, however, that the religious and
than perhaps two such affairs a year, it would educational value of the Moshava experience for a
mean 15 x 3, or 45 people assured as an organi-
zational .cross-section nucleus, not only to swell child is greater than that of any formal schooling
the attendance but to ,report back to their own that strives for the same purpose. Moshava .still
remains, and each year increasingly becomes, the
gro_ups the nature of the undertakings of other
:groups. Upon Kvutzat Etzion, we feel, there rests experience de luxe, for the Youth of Hapoel Ha-
strong and special responsibility, not only because mizrachi. It is to be hoped that the response to a
of the· type of membership they have, but because
of the immortal name they bear. The heroism of call to aid Moshava expansion this coming year
. our Chaverim in Kfar ~tzion, who were wiped out will be duly proportionate to the service rendered
in ·ins11rv-ivable circumstances which they could by Moshava.
·easily have avoided by heeding the plea of the
One could go on for hours pointing to indica-
.6 tions of our progress- and our growing status as a
smoothly-functioning organization. However, lack
of space makes possible only· finger-pointing treat-
ment, in one or two sentences, to each item which
should in itself call for lengthy discussion.
Our Holiday Forums were all successful this
year. Our Social functions, Melaveh Malkos and
others, under the direction of Social Committee
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