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Memories lead to new BBYO Fund LINDA POLLARD Endowment Assistant/Staff Writer Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation ond memories of their years as BBYO members left a lasting impression on Sandy and Stuart Kutler. Stuart said that BBYO gave him the opportunity to develop his social and leadership skills and helped build his confidence. He credits his experiences in BBYO with him gaining the confidence to build his own business. It introduced him to a broader world of culture, arts and people. He still vividly remembers the conventions he attended and the contacts he made with other Jewish youth from around the country. To this day, Stuart counts some of those contacts among his closest friends. A strong and vibrant BBYO benefits Omaha, as the participants become more engaged and understand the importance of their involvement in the well-being of the Omaha Jewish community. The Kutlers have two grandchildren who are active in BBYO now, with three more who will join when they reach their teen years. They hope BBYO will See BBYO Fund page 2
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JEANNETTE GABRIEL Director, Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies The Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies established new grant programs this year to support faculty and graduate student research at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO). The purpose of these grant programs is to promote quality, interdisciplinary scholarship in Israel, Jewish and Middle East Studies. In addition, two undergraduate students who are being mentored through the
Schwalb Center received UNO FUSE (Fund for Undergraduate Scholarly Experiences) grants to conduct research within the local Jewish community. The Schwalb Center planned a public event where the grant recipients would give presentations about their research projects at the end of the Spring 2020 semester. However, due to the closure of the University, this event has been postponed. The two faculty members who received the inaugural Schwalb Center See Schwalb Center page 3
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SCOTT LITTKY Executive Director, Institute for Holocaust Education The Institute for Holocaust Education is honored to be partnering with Beth El Synagogue to share the testimony of Holocaust survivor, Henry Krausman. Mr. Krausman’s testimony will be presented by Hazzan Michael Krausman, Henry’s son. Hazzan Krausman is a frequent speaker for the Institute for Holocaust Education and was one of the IHE’s volunteers of the year, hon-
ored by the Jewish Federation of Omaha this past June at their annual meeting. Hazzan Krausman is a second generation Holocaust survivor. His father Henry Krausman was born in Zawiercie, Poland in 1927. During the Nazi invasion, Henry was made to live in a ghetto where he was put into forced labor under deplorable working conditions and was subject to severe beatings. He was deported to a series of concentration camps See So we do not forget page 2