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The Foundation to present “With Heart in Hand” David and Lillian KeiserStoms Scholarship Page 3
JOANIE JACOBSON hen I w a s asked to chair one of the events in celebration of The Foundation’s 40th anniversary, and the event was going to be a conversation-inthe-round with four of our community rabbis and the audience, I said, “I’m in!” Then Rabbi Yoni Dreyer when Amy Bernstein Shivvers, Executive Director of The Foundation, explained they were going to “unpack the meaning of tzedakah beyond the Blue Box,” I paused. What was compelling or new about tzedakah that we haven’t heard and learned from the time we could talk? Fast forward to when Amy and I met individually with Rabbis Steven Abraham, Rabbi Steven Abraham Deana Berezin, Yoni Dreyer and Mendel Katzman — they were all over it! Eager to talk about it, eager to share. No one questioned it, offered alter-
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Bacon appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council Page 5
Rabbi Deana Berezin
Rabbi Mendel Katzman
natives or sat silent. That’s when I knew we had something important to share with the community. So, we gave it a name, date, time and place... The community is invited to attend “With Heart in Hand,” an out-of-the-box conversation with community rabbis about what it really means to “give,” Sunday, July 16 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Goldstein Community Engagement Room at the JCC. Program note: The rabbis were given a list of sample questions to answer and asked to choose three they might like to address at the event. They could also add a question or two of their own. After meeting with the rabbis, I kept asking myself, “What’s behind their enthusiasm? What sample questions did they choose and why? So, I decided to ask them. Here’s
what they had to say... See With Heart in Hand page 3
New additions to the KripkeVeret Collection Page 12
Lincoln Jewish Community celebrates Pride
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Governor honors Israel at 75
Jeffrey Gold of the University of Nebraska, left, Yinam Cohen of Israel’s consulate in Chicago, Gov. Jim Pillen, Fischel Ziegelheim, manager of a Kosher beef plant in Hastings, and Mike Siegal of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Credit: Screenshot of feed from Nebraska Public Media Nanci Hamicksburg and Ginger Colton representing the Lincoln Jewish Community which was a sponsor of the Star City Pride Festival in Lincoln on June 9-10.
SARAH KELEN On June 9-10, Lincoln hosted the annual Star City Pride Festival and Parade, celebrating Lincoln’s LGBTQIA+ community. This year Lincoln’s three Jewish organizations: Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (The South Street Temple), and the Jewish Federation of See Star City Pride Festival page 2
PAUL HAMMEL LINCOLN Gov. Jim Pillen signed a proclamation Thursday honoring the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and recognizing its relationship with Nebraska. This presentation was arranged by the Jewish Community Relations Council: “There is so much more to the strategic partnerships between Ne-
braska and Israel than many people realize,” JCRC Executive Director Sharon Brodkey said, “and the JCRC is honored to have facilitated the introduction of Consul General Cohen to our new Governor. We have much to look forward to as we work to increase opportunities and strengthen the ties between the Jewish community, Israel, our elected officials, and Nebraska’s See Israel at 75 page 2