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IHE COMMUNITY TRIP
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SCOTT LITTKY Institute for Holocaust Education Executive Director he Institute for Holocaust Education (IHE) will sponsor a community trip to Poland and Germany from July 14 to July 24, 2025, in memory of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the commencement of the
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A month of fabulous fun
Nuremberg Trials. The trip will coincide with the Kaiman Nuremberg to the Hague (H2N) Summer Study program, through the law school and Creighton University and we will be overlapping during the trip with a number of activities in Poland and Nuremberg. It has been twenty years since the IHE led a community See IHE Community Trip page 3
A week in Budapest
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Tamar Yellin and Jay Katelman in Budapest
ANNETTE VAN DE KAMPWRIGHT Jewish Press Editor Grandparents Day, usually scheduled on the first Sunday of September after Labor Day, was designed to honor grandparents. It is not a public holiday, and it doesn’t always get the attention it deserves in the nation at large. Luckily, at the Rose Blumkin See Fabulous fun page 3
JAY KATELMAN JFO Director of Community Development From September 16 to 23, a small but mighty Omaha delegation (Tamar Yellin and myself) made our way to Budapest for Partnership2Gether’s Horizon Seminar for Young Adults in Budapest. Budapest was a first for both of us, and we were excited to experience this week-long
seminar. It did not disappoint. Our schedule was filled with seminar activities and field trips to incredible places around the city. The group included representatives of our 17 US partner cities, Budapest, and Israel. There were familiar faces as well as new ones. The group quickly became tight-knit, and the intimate vibe was very much See A week in Budapest page 2