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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK August 19 1989 Book review Book discusses Canadas relationship with Zionists By ARNOLD AGES Thomson News Service Eleven current or former members of Canada academic legal and diplomatic communities have collaborated in producing the first important study of this coun trys ambiguous relations with the Zionist movement and the State of Israel Opting for scholarship over polemics the contributors to this volume The Domestic Bat tleground Canada and the Israci Conflict offer a wide range of commentary on the nature of Zionism and Ottawas at titudes towards Jewish na tionalism and towards Israel dunng the governments of Mackenzie Kinfc Louis Saint Laurent and Lester Pearson The book Publishers pages 26 is edited by David Tarus and David Goldberg Zionism says coeditor Taras is the desire among Jews for na expression an end to exile and the renewal of their ancient political sovereignty in Palestine Its origins can be found in Jewish religious thought but the emergence of modern European nationalism and the response of the Jewish masses to the various Semitic shocks of the cen tury were a more immediate catalyst The term domestic bat tleground is used by the editors of this volume to describe controver sial developments that have brought Canadian Jews into con diet with fellow Canadians because of perceived antiSemitic or antiIsrael activities in certain The Arab boycott against Israel and indirectly Canadian Jews the media por of Israel the fight between the United Church of Canada and Bnai nth a Jewisli fraternal order over allgations of anti- Semitism and the ill fated Jerusalem embassy move proposed by Joe Clark in are part of the illuminating focus of this book Several instructive points about the CanadianIsrael relationship emerge in this anthology David Bercuson shows that in the first decades of this century Zionism was on t e periphery of Canadian concerns Mackenzie King was cool to the Zionist lobbj and Canada became involved in United Nations Special Committee On Palestine in only because the United States was looking for a country with a small Jewish population that had not become directly involved in the Middle East Anne Trowell Hillmer sees Lester Pearson as the major catalytic agent in Canada more intimate involvement with Israel As external a fairs minister UN delegate and later prime minster Pearson animated by deep for the Jewish people set his government on a course of rapprochement with the Jew ish State CHINKS IN ARMOR Since the arson years however chinks have appeared in the armor of friendship Essays by Howard Stanhslawski Taras and George Takach observe that tht relationship has been strained the apparent readiness of dian corporations to give in to Conditions appeal adventurous spirit ASTROGRAPH it OSOL Birthday Aug 20 1989 Conditions that appeal to your adven turous spirit will be quite prevalent in the year ahead Fortunately however youll have lull control over which ones youll want to participate In LEO Jury 23Aug 22 Your enthusiasm to likely to be easily aroused today but you must be careful not to repeat past mistakes In your zeal to things done Continue to be optimistic but monitor your Impulsiveness Leo treat yourself lo a birthday gift Send or your predictions the year ahead by mailing to AstroGraph co this newspaper P O Box Cleveland OH Be sure to state your zodiac sign VmOO 22 Be adventur ous today and you might discover to your surprise and pleasure that you have hidden talents in areas where you previous relied on others LIBRA Sept 23Oct 23 Youre likely to seek postponements today rather than meeting Issues headon It could work against you It you focus on finding too many excuses SCORPIO Oct 24Mov 22 If you are too much of an eagerbeaver to get ev erything done as quickly as possible to day you may be Inviting problems You be much more efficient if you pace yourself SAGITTARIUS Nov 21 You II be happier today if you get Involved in diversions that are both fun and differ ent However try to select activities that are not In places where big crowds gather CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan 19 There Is no need for you to have a chip on your should when dealing with authority fig ures today Everything should go quite smoothly if you rely on your sense of hu mor Instead AQUARIUS Jan 19 Sugges tions offered by companions could be selfishly motivated today Carefully evaluate their proposals before moving in a specific direction PISCES Fab 20March 20 If you are bold and enterprising today your possi bilities for generating a profit look bet ter than usual Capitalize on all of your opportunities ARIES March 21April 19 No one can lookout for your personal Interests bet ter than you can today so try to do as little delegating of assignments as pos sible Selfreliance has Its advantages TAURUS April 20May 20 Anything you sweep under the rug today will only have to be done later at perhaps a greater Inconvenience Prompt atten tion to duties as they occur is the solution GEMINI May 21June 20 It could be beneficial for you at this time to mingle with new and different people Howev er Its also very Important not to ignore longstanding pals for someone youve recently met CANCER June 21July 22 Should anything challenging develop today it looks like you will be able to handle it effectively even though your first incli nation will be to sidestep the issue pressure tactics in matters com and the Canadian govern ment itself during the interrgnum of Joe Clark to adopt a similarly supine position over the Jerusalem embassy question Takach s exposition of the mechanics behind the decision taken by Clarks advisers to move the Canadian embassy to Jerusalem is especially thy He notes that Clarks en tourage misjudged completely the risk factor involved in alienating Arab governments His advisers believed that his proposal would not even be noticed among all the other promises that were being made during the electoral cam It was merely one of many platform points the Conservatives hoped to implement once in power Much less unanimous according to John Kirton and Peyton Lyons is the support accorded Israel by professionals in external affairs who have respoi led to an inquiry about perception in the depart of the Middle East Their ex in the field especially in Arab countries has disposed them to a more antiIsrael view of the Middle East The authors purport to be able to portray through math precentiles as if such intangible phenomena are amenable to graph views expressed about the relative importance of the actors in the Middle East and about influences impounding on policy decisions Arnold Ages a professor of French at the University of Waterloo and specialist in modern intellectual thought writes fre quent about the Middle East Smoke billowing choking clouds of is one result of current effort to achieve the smokefree workplace in Canada smok ers are now a minority they are fight ing back These arc conclusions from a study THE WORLD ALMANAC DATE BOOK Aug 19 1989 Todays Crossword 1 Pigs homes Assigned Bonne Mao tung bee ship aaae Dried grape Intra preceding Hockey BEIGE 55 School anno composition measure 17 Dame rjnrannc Long time Strong yearning 22 Sudden DOWN Reliable EDGE ST Neuter Excessive Haw Wading bird pronoun interest Photo fixer Vetch 21 Specters Time 5 Canonized 22 Carnival measures 30 Additions to person performer Siphon 6 Razor dam Edible Informetion houses 31 Hawaiian Make an seaweed island 32 Bacchanals 8 player Former cry Hastate Ivy league Communist 33 Spill over FUm critic 9 Verne hero member leader Videogame 28 Urw of Kilted Pauline movie 48 Bronte Wine barrel Hebrew hero 35 Yea letter Radium 36 Psychic Aviation Plows discoverer Gete effects Job down Rodent 2 3 a 12 IB 19 21 29 32 34 m 30 37 40 2 48 S3 ace drives smokers u rqi ind w Today is the day of 1989 and the 60th day of summer TODAYS HISTORY On this day in 1969 the British army assumed full re sponsibility for security In Northern Ireland TODAYS BIRTHDAYS Bernard 1870 Orville Wright 1871 Ofl- Nash 1902 Ring Malcolm Forbes 1919 Willie Shoemaker David F Rene Richards Richard Rasklnd 1934 Jill St John 1940 Bit Clinton Cindy Nelson 1955 John Stamos 1963 TODAYS QUOTE Oh what a tan gled web do parents weave When they think that their children are na ive Nash For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal MAIN ST MILTON 8780050 by Addiction Management Systcmsot Toronto a pioneer in the new field of smoking control Its not enough just to put up No Smoking signs and expect salute them S president Frederick Weston And you can simply hand out quit smoking programs and expect everyone to butt out forever The smoke free workplace can be a tremendous benefit for everyone if it is introduced properly But companies are being rushed into it and without proper management it can be a disas ter Federal provincial and municipa governments across Canada are limiting smoking to varying factories offices and public places Most still permit it in designated areas and this says Weston is where trouble starts This means smokers arc still fret to nip off for smoke breaks which cos the company a great deal of money it lost time And where there arc lega smokebreaks you get illegal ones a well Also nonsmokers feel should get breaks too It all builds into the same or worse confrontatior between smokers and nonsmokers tha you had before the regulations were introduced Companies find they an not getting the increased productivity and better morale they expected the healthier environment They won what they let themselves in for CANT ORDER THEM TO QUIT Weston had studied the manage problems of going smoke freefoi five years He claims his system smoking control instead of a quit smoking program will ease the for employers and employee and lead to a successful smokefree workplace in three months Smoking control he says is a management problem The employer cannot orderanemployeetoquit smok ing but should help him control his habit during working hours Addiction Management Systems Last Pack method paid for by the company teaches smokers how to get through the day without cigarettes and can be used to quit completely if desired But Weston adds only percent of smok ers are ready for that at any one time and its not the company s job to force them into it The A S system was adopted by over companies last year It was voted best of nearly moking programs by the publica tion HealthAction Managers The Way to a SmokeFree Workplace Is available free from Tel MYGENEmTJDN Fashions For The Young Heart 115 MMN ST S Mm mm DAY CARE Programs for children up Nutritious meals Ample inside and outside facilities to develop your child physically and mentally Experienced child workers on staff if F MAPLE ROCK DAY CARE CENTRE AVAILABLE AT LEADING EYECARE PROFESSIONALS PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR SIGHT WITH A REGULAR EYE EXAMINATION te 1 J Compliments of