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ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor he Jewish Federation of Omaha invites you to mark your calendar for the Annual Campaign Community Event on Oct. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at Temple Israel. Event chairs are Cindy Goldberg, Dana Kaufman and Sharon Kirshen-

baum. The evening will start off with a community reception, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. Kosher options will be available. The program features Keynote speaker Bret Stephens, who is a journalist and columnist for the New York Times. Sharon agreed to co-chair the event, because: See Let’s Come Together page 3

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ARI KOHEN After years of planning, the University of Nebraska—Lincoln launched a summer study-abroad program in Israel in Summer 2022. As the Director of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, I was so for-

tunate to develop and lead this oneof-a-kind program. Eleven students— from UNL and UNO—spent a month in Israel, based in Jerusalem, where they earned 6 college credits studying at Hebrew University. The students studied Israeli politics and the Arab/Israeli conflict with me, and also took a course that focused on Jerusalem as a multicultural city from a renowned Hebrew University professor, Yitzhak Reiter. In addition to the time spent in the classroom, students toured Israel from North to South, learning about the geopolitics of the Golan Heights, touring Tzfat, hiking in Timna National Park, visiting the See Huskers in Israel page 2

Jay, left, Aaron, Nancy, Allan, Rebecca and Sam Noddle

Editor’s note: On Aug. 17, Jay Noddle was inducted into the 2022 Greater Omaha Chamber Hall of Fame. Jay is the President and CEO of Noddle Companies and a pastpresident of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The Greater Omaha Chamber annually inducts civic and business leaders whose accomplishments are both outstanding and historically significant. Accompanied by his family, Jay attended the ceremony, where a pre-

recorded video was shown. He also delivered the following speech, which is worthy of sharing. I’d like to thank the Greater Omaha Chamber for putting together such a great event over the years. I’d like to congratulate the other inductees to the Business Hall of Fame tonight. Each of you has built a terrific business and made tremendous contributions not only to our Omaha community, but to all See Jay Noddle page 3