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ANNETTE VAN DE KAMP-WRIGHT Jewish Press Editor hen the JCC Theater’s curtain fell for the Musical Theater Community Acting Group’s production of The Addams Family on Sunday, Dec. 15, it was more than the end of a show—it was the end of an era. Thanks to the generosity of former Omahan Alan
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J. Levine, things are about to change and we can look forward to a beautiful new space. “The theater will receive a comprehensive floor to ceiling modernization,” Jewish Federation of Omaha Chief Development Officer Steve Levinger says. “These improvements will include improved handicap accessibility, new seats, new audio/visual technology, better acoustics, lighting, sight See Levine Performing Arts Theater page 2
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PAM MONSKY ADL-CRC Assistant Director The ADL-CRC’s Walk Against Hate begins Nov. 22 and features an amazing journey into our community’s
story of civil rights. Registration is free, but if you want to make a donation, you will receive stylish Walk Against Hate gear (merchandise begins for a minimum donation of $25). Please visit www.adlplains.com to register. Registrants can also create a team or individual page to raise vital funds for ADL, spread the word about the walk, and actively fight hate for good. Since bringing ADL’s National Walk Against Hate™ to Omaha and transforming it from an afternoon “walk” into a week-long, COVID-safe “journey,” there has been an incredible See Walk Against Hate page 2
SHIRLY BANNER Library Specialist, Kripke Jewish Federation Library In keeping with social distancing, the Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion Group will be using Zoom to meet until further notice. To Join the Zoom Meeting, Contact sbanner@jewish omaha.org for the link and meeting ID. On Nov. 19, the Dorothy Kaplan Book Discussion Group will be discussing Chloe Benjamin’s novel The Immortalists, a book centering on the lives and fates of the four young Gold siblings Daniel, Varya, Klara and Simon. In New York City’s Lower East Side in 1969, the children decide to visit a fortuneteller who can predict when someone will die. Each child is told his fate which is kept secret from the others. Following their father’s
death nearly a decade later, skeptical and intrigued future doctor Daniel, studious Varya, magician and illusionist-loving Klara and still-searching-to-find-himself Simon are each affected differently by these lingering predictions. Is the psychic’s prediction of each sibling’s date of death having an impact on their future and the lives they live? Written as four separate storylines encompassing the next 50 years, the novel gives us insight into each sibling’s life, the impact their lives and actions have on the others and the decisions they make prior to the predicted day of their deaths. The reader is asked to contemplate if these characters’ fates See Kaplan Book Group page 4
