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JFO: Here for Good Anything Grant will enhance Beth Israel’s security Page 5
The Kaplan Book Group is “Numbered” Page 6
ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor ave the date Sunday, Sept. 22, when we are all invited to our 2025 Annual Campaign Community Kickoff Event! At 5 p.m., we’ll gather at the Pickleball courts in the Alan J. Levine Athletic Facility. It’s a celebratory event, but it is also the start of something amazing: the Annual Campaign, which is how we all come together to keep this community vibrant and robust. We aim to raise $3.4 million. Bruce Goldberg is part of the Campaign Cabinet as Major Donor Chair. “We are cheerleaders and promotors to help make this a successful Campaign,” he said. “Omaha is truly Linda Cohn unique, and we all need to participate to keep this thing rolling. That doesn’t only mean contributing dollars but also giving time and passion. The more people are actively involved in our community, the more vibrant it becomes. We all want to make more connections and friends!” Our guests at the Community Kickoff Event are ESPN anchor Linda Cohn and FOX two-time Sports Emmy Award-
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winner Ken Rosenthal. Hall of Fame sportscaster Linda Cohn has served as a SportsCenter anchor since joining ESPN in 1992. She is ESPN’s longest-tenured SportsCenter anchor and in early 2016 was recognized for anchoring her 5,000th SportsCenter, the most of any anchor in ESPN history. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Sports Media Association (NSMA) Hall of Fame. She currently hosts the 1 a.m. ET edition of SportsCenter that originates from Los Angeles. In 2008 Cohn authored her autobiography – Cohn-Head: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Breaking into the Boys’ Club. The book details her hardfought rise to the top of the sportscasting world and her life inside the ESPN empire. Cohn began her caKen Rosenthal reer in sportscasting in Patchogue, N.Y., as a news anchor, writer and sports reporter for WALK-AM/FM in 1981. She continued her work with three other New York radio stations until 1987: WCBS NewsRadio 88 (1984-87); WCBS-FM (1984-87); WGBB-AM (1984-85). Cohn’s radio experience is highlighted by her becoming the first full-time female sports anchor on a national See JFO: Here for Good page 3
Chabad’s Camp Gan Israel returns! Page 12
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THE OMAHA NWP LIONS: Cindy Goldberg, left, Kimberly Robinson, Stacey Rockman and Nancy Schlessinger
ANNETTE VAN DE KAMPWRIGHT Jewish Press Editor From May 13 through 17, Jewish Federations of North America welcomed approximately 65 participants to its National Women’s Philanthropy (NWP) Board Leadership Mission in London, England. This mission was the first of its kind and billed as an See NWP Lions page 2
100 years on South Street: Temple memories of Rick Kohn and family SARAH KELEN Congregation B’nai Jeshurun The year 2024 marks the centennial of Lincoln’s South Street Temple. Congregation B’nai Jeshurun was founded in the late nineteenth century. The current building was dedicated in 1924 after the previous Temple building on 12th and D was destroyed in a fire. To commemorate this anniversary, members of some longstanding Temple families are sharing memories about the building and the Temple’s history. In honor of the South Street Temple’s 100th year at its present Rick Kohn standing in front of the ark at location, Rick Kohn, currently the South Street Temple in Lincoln. The Temple Vice President, shared ark was designed by Keats Lorenz. some memories from his family’s Rick’s grandfather was a finish carpendeep connection to the congre- ter on the ark. gation and the building. Rick’s Temple member Jay Wolf is also one great-grandfather, Henry of Henry Schlesinger’s great-grandSchlesinger, was one of the Temple’s children still affiliated with the founding members in the 1890s. See South Street page 2