Toronto - reports, minutes, menu, newsletter, flyers, clippings, correspondence

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Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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1958-2000 (indexed as 1958–2000)

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Includes an excerpt from a speech given in 1982 regarding the fight for women's equality and an image of the political cartoon referred to in it.

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Toronto - reports, minutes, menu, newsletter, flyers, clippings, correspondence

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NA'AMAT IN ISRAELMarch 23, 1982.Prepared for Club MasadaIn going through some old boxes filled with photos and papers that belonged to my Dad, I found an old cartoon, dated 1949. This had obviously been cut out and saved by my late mother. The caption was "Ben Gurion Nebech". B.G. is seen cowering and hiding behind a succah, and a group of women are beating at the walls and carrying placards saying, "Mir villen gleiche recht oich in succah". (We want equal rights in the succah.)It struck me that things haven't changed very much since 1949. My mother was interested in women's rights, as I am, and my daughter is even more concerned than either her mother or grandmother.I mentioned this because the roots of our organization in Israel are grounded in the belief that women should be full-fledged partners in all aspects of life, with equal rights and duties.In the early 1920's the pioneering women of the Second and Third Aliya believed that the solution to the problems facing women lay in the creation of a society based on equality and justice.This was an organization built on principles rather than on philanthropy. The founders of Na'amat were partners with the men in creating a Jewish Homeland, based on socialist principles.From a modest beginning of a handful of women, the numbers have swelled to 750,000 in Israel and the scope of their work has grown and been adapted to the development and life of the state and its population.Na'amat is the largest women's organization and provides 60% of all social services in Israel.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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