Jews in the Canadian armed services will receive automatic leave for the High Holy Days each year, without having to make special application year-by-year, it was reported here today by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Paul T. Hellyer, Minister of National Defense, notified the CJC that, after receiving from the Jewish organization a calendar showing the Hebrew holidays for the next 10 years, he issued instructions that permanent arrangements be made for reissuing orders each year to release Jewish personnel on the Jewish High Holy Days “subject to the exigencies of the service” but without the need for renewed application by any Jewish organization.
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