Philip B. Veinberg, outgoing dean of the Montreal bar, predicted that “the future of the Jews in Quebec will be the same as the future of Quebec in Canada.” Addressing community workers of Allied Jewish Community Services, representing 125,000 Montreal Jews, Mr. Veinberg added that 2000 Jews move to Montreal annually, placing it third in Jewish immigration behind New York State and Israel. Mr. Veinberg joined with Boris Levine and Manuel Badshaw, president and executive director of AJCS, in urging Jewish integration into the French-Canadian community. While French-Canadians were “insulated and isolated from external influence” up to a decade ago, the outgoing dean said, “a new French-Canadian generation is making big strides forward to gain a foothold in their province’s prosperity.” Mr. Veinberg, a lawyer and King’s Counsel, predicted the appointment to the Ministry of Victor Goldbloom, a pediatrician who was recently re-elected to Parliament with a 50,000-vote majority. Mr. Goldbloom, who has been spoken of as a possible Minister of Health and Social Welfare, would become the first Jewish Minister in the new Liberal government of Robert Bourassa. Mr. Veinberg remarked that while the recent election campaign was free of anti-Semitism, Montreal Jews still retained “anxiety” over possible terrorist activities by separatists.
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