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Full text: 60 CANADIAN JEWISH REVIEW December 5, 1958 XHANUKAH ILLUSTRATES THE BEST FORM OF COERCION £•:.': Pan TMrtMn) their children, they accepted for themselves.-----— ———--------—— One of the most subtle techniques of coercion in the home is that of ^bribery. Oftentimes we seek to buy the child's love rather than earn it. We attempt to gain his submission by threats of personal deprivation. Homes are not military installations. It is unnecessary to bark orders or to command children to do this or that. The simplest technique is peraua-sion. Not necessarily with words but with our own actions, Young- sters are not easily deceived. They may appear to be naive. Rarely are they susceptible to deception. Our persuasive power is rather the kind of life we live. It is the kind of person we are and the traits that are seen in our behaviour. These cannot be gotten from books and the latest theories and City-Wide Telephone Services ----- """"• LIMITED —---—•--— •-.-• ""• Head Office - Toronto - 67 Richmond Street West ONE OF TEN BRANCH EXCHANGES ~Cify-Wide" An s weri n g Service SERVICE RATES Answering: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. - 6 days Wk. $10.00 Mon. 24 Hours - 7 days Wk. $15.00 Mon. Residence & Clergy 7 days Wk. $6.00 Mon. Alarm Service: All types - 7 days Wk. $10.00 Mon. Wake-up Service __ $3.00 Mon. FOR ALL METRO EXCHANGES EM. 6-4262 newspaper articles are inadequate substitutes of how to deal with children. The child is able to feel our attitudes and our own inner convictions. Coercion does not work. It never will. The story of Chanukah illustrates this principle. Regardless of what is at stake, individuals cannot be pushed into accepting or believing. There is no substitute for the power of persuasion which is derived from the well-spring of love, honesty, justice, and idealism. This is the best form of coercion. THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN JEWISH LIFE TODAY (Continued from Pan Sixtttn) these two revolutionary experi-ences of our generation will disappear, the less barriers will remain —to Jewish survival*- If-nothing is_ being done and the status quo con- this battle has been won. Jews are treated in nearly all countries of the world as equal citizens. Our fight today is for the concept that equality for the Jewish people also covers its right to live as a community, to maintain its traditions, to have its own institutions, and to do everything to safeguard itar survival as a distinct community* There are many countries in the world where this interpretation of real equality is far from implemented. The most important country in this respect is the Soviet Union. Nobody accuses Soviet Russia ofn^ing aniH-Semltic» The equality of rights which the Soviet constitution grants to all citizens and all minorities applies also to the Jews. But if there are instances of discrimination then they are no more spectacular than in many other countries of the Western world. What we complain about is the lack of collective facilities for Soviet Jewry to live its Jewish life, to develop its Yiddish and Hebrew culture, to have a full religious life, organise itself for these purposes and maintain contact with other Jewish communities. There is nothing hi the Soviet^ Chanukah Greetings . . .to our many Jewish Friends and Customers PEPSI-COLA CO. of Canada Limited I HOLIDAY GREETINGS T 0 t O M T O Plumbiag Aid Heating SERVING GREATER TORONTO tinues, a process of silent assimilation will continue, destroying the roots of our existence and undermining the foundations of our survival. ~ ~ This process is all the more dangerous because it is not spectacular, hardly noticeable and operates in the prosaic anonymity of day-to-day life. But for all those who see through the noisy and often misleading surface of Jewish life and are aware of those depths where destinies of people are being determined, it represents the central problem of our existence today which has to l>e aolYed if our survival should be secure. This short analysis of our situation must lead our people and its leadership to a complete revaluation of what one may call Jewish * * i policies, to a new approach and to new methods in dealing with the problems of our existence. In the past, Jewish activities centred primarily on two problems: fighting anti-Semitism; and dealing with Jewish poverty. Both problems are today no longer decisive. Anti-Semitism has become a minor factor in our lift, and Jewish poverty is no longer substantial. The tasks facing us today are fundamentally different: First, we have to change our concept of the Jewish equality of rights. Fortunately, we have to fight for the