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Humanitarians of the Year ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor onday, June 5, the Jewish Federation of Omaha will honor Hannah and Nate Schwalb as Humanitarians of the Year. As staunch supporters of the Omaha Jewish Community as well as the University of Nebraska-Omaha, the Schwalbs established endowed scholarship funds not only in UNO’s College of Business Administration, but also in the College of Arts and Sciences, providing financial assistance to students participating in UNO’s Bethsaida Excavation project in northern Israel. “Hannah and Nate have made a tremendous impact in Jewish Omaha,” JFO CEO Bob Goldberg said. “We are so lucky that they chose Omaha as their permanent home. The many educational opportunities they have created is evidence of their very big hearts, and that evidence will continue to grow with every student who benefits from their generosity.” “The Schwalb Center comes from our heart,” Hannah added. Since its inception, the Center has sent several missions to Israel under Guy Matalon and the late Moshe Gershovitz that were very successful, Nate said. “It was a combination of students and Omaha residents, Jewish and non-Jewish. It was a See Humanitarians of the Year page 3
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Friedel and Nelson Mandela students are pen pals!
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SARA KOHEN Friedel Jewish Academy Director of Advancement First and second graders from Friedel Jewish Academy finally got to meet their pen pals from Nelson Mandela Elementary on May 16! This visit was the culmination of a year-long pen pal program, designed to build bridges between students at See Pen pals page 2
MARY SUE GROSSMAN for Beth Israel Synagogue Although friends of the Dreyers continue to be in denial, everyone must finally accept that Rabbi Yoni,
Shiran, and their children will be returning to Israel this summer. With that reality, it is time to give them a rousing farewell and wish them the See Dreyer family farewell page 4