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Scholarship Fund to deepen engagement of Omaha Jewish Community DIANE WAlkER summer camps, Friedel and Scholarship Administrator the CDC are available through the 2020/2021 academic year, amp Sabra, Friedel two of which have already Jewish Academy and the Pennie Z. been awarded. Davis Child De“Camp Sabra is my home velopment Center away from home,” Zev Gordall played instrumental roles man says whenever he is asked in Harper and Zev Gordman’s about his camp experiences. lives. Those experiences led to “Sabra has been influential in their family’s recent creation making me who I am - Jewof the Ahava Dan Omaha ishly and otherwise.” Similarly, his sister Harper says, “For Jewish Community EngageZev, camp really opened his ment Fund. Named using eyes to Judaism, but for me it their children’s Hebrew was my four years at Friedel. names, Jeff and Danielle My love of languages began Gordman wanted to help prothere, as did my desire to visit vide significant Jewish experiZev and Harper Gordman and eventually live in Israel.” ences to others with the hope Danielle noted “We felt so fortunate to be able to send our of increasing Jewish identity and engagement. A total of 18 $5,400 scholarships to Jewish overnight See Scholarship fund page 2
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Bak exhibit at UNO has powerful impact on Omaha
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DR. JEANNETTE GABRIEl Director, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies The exhibition WITNESS: The Art of
Samuel Bak, which was sponsored by and paid for by the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy and the Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies at UNO, set record numbers for attendance and community engagement. 5,000 people viewed the seventy works of art that were displayed in the UNO Art Gallery between Sept. 3 and Nov. 14, 2019. The exhibit featured over five decades of Bak’s work that offered powerful imagery depicting his experiences in the Holocaust and Jewish life and history. One of the goals of the program, which was initiated by Dr. Mark Celinscak, Louis See Bak exhibit page 2
SHEllY FOX Director of Admissions & Community Outreach, RBJH The Rose Blumkin Jewish Home was recently blessed with a generous donation from the Roland Lewis estate. Through the Lewis family’s generosity, the main courtyard has been transformed into a gorgeous oasis – specifically designed for the comfort and enjoyment of our residents and their families and friends. On Sept. 11, residents of the
Blumkin Home, along with their families and staff, celebrated the grand opening of the newly renovated area. The courtyard space now includes beautiful new landscaping and plantings and a custom designed pavilion. All the new patio furniture is durable and appropriate for use by seniors. It is modern, handicapped accessible, very sturdy and green -- made from recycled milk and water jugs with a 35 year See lewis Family Garden page 2