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An open statement lo the Jewish community was issued this week by Isadora M. Trcliak, General Chairman of the 196'! Jewish Philanthropies Campaign, bearing on the annual campaign of the Jewish community. "As the year 19(53 is ending, the active Philanthropies Campaign for 1963 is reaching its conclusion. "It has taken a tremendous amount of work and effort on the part of many people who have cooperated with me, and the generosity of the e n t i r e community to make the campaign achievements possible. "I am grateful to the hundreds of workers in all campaign divisions who shared in the important task of raising the necessary funds. I am most appreciative of the help and assistance
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Center Activities for Everyone For further Information on the following activities and progrants call the Jevvisli Community Center's Activities Office, -34M3GG. Thursday's featured activity For further information on the following activities and pro- is a pet show. Students are engrams call the Jewish Commun- couraged to bring their "pets, ity Center's Activities Office, with prizes being awarded for most unusal pet, youngest pet, 342-13GG. oldest pet, best trained pet, etc. College and Young Adult Those not having pets are enNew Year's Kve Party A New Year's Eve Party and couraged to attend to see the pet Dance at the Town House Ball- show. Following the pet show room, open to the public was a free movie will be shown. announced this week by Jerry Thursday afternoon's activities Schwartz and Judy Davidson, start at 2 p.m. and run to 4 p.m. Grade, junior high and high coordinators of the Center sponsored University Club for col- school students can swim any legiates and young adults. The vacation afternoon in the Cenparty, starting at 9:30 and fea- ter's heated indoor swimming turing live music, will also fea- pool from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Adture special entertainment and mission to the swim sessions is 35 cents a session or free to Cenparty favors. Admission price, which should ter members. The Center's gymnasium and be attractive to all, is but $2 a couple, Schwartz and Davidson workout rooms are open to youth participation during the said. A capacity crowd is expected next vacation week each morning from 9 a.m. until noon and for the annual event. from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. In the aft• * » ernoons. Childrens Vacation Programs A new series of activities for To Be Presented Starting at 2:30 p.m. this com- children, to be offered next year : Ing Monday, December 30, and will be announced next week. Friday, January 3, grade school Six Performances of age children will be able to atThreepenny To Be Given tend presentations of puppet Six performances, the first shows performed by the only Puppet Theatre Group in Ne- week in March, are being slated braska. Following the puppet for the Center's Resident Theashows, each different in story tre production of the Bertolt content, will be sound movie Brecht musical. The Threepencartoons until 4:40 p.m. Admis- ny Opera, Al DiMauro, Director sion to the puppet shows is .25 of the group announced this week. cents, To be presented in the threeTuesday, December 31, children will be able to take a tour quarter round at the Center's from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to places Auditorium, the production will ..'of interest which include an in- feature an outstanding cast. The Threepenny Opera, never dustrial plant, a major company and a museum. Registra- performed in the Omaha area • tion for the Tuesday trip, or the previously, ran for seven years "Make It And Take It" session off Broadway and features the from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. must be musical adaptations of Kurt made in advance as only a lim- Weill. Brecht, Europe's most popuited number of children can be accommodated in each group. lar playwright, is rapidly becomAttractive gifts will be made by ing well accepted in American .those participating in the Tues- theatre and a play in his hon(Continued on Page 3.) day afternoon session. •
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Trouping Theater To Perform Jan. 3 "FRIDAY AT THE PLAYHOUSE," an afternoon to be presented by the National Council of Jewish Women's Trouping Theater, will be on January 3, 1904. Magician Brent Warren, a Westside High School student will put on a magic show for the children, and Jeff Bernstein and Bob Bordy, electric guitar stylists will lead a "Jr. Hootenanny." "ONCE UPON A CLOTHESLINE," a play for children by Aunound Harris through arrangements with Harper-Row Co., will be the highlight of the a f t r e n o o n . "Once Upon a Clothesine" has been in production for two seasoas and has played for childrens' homes, sight and therapy centers, homes for handicapped children and childrens hospitals in Omaha a n d Council Bluffs. It is primarily a project for children. The players have been so busy that they now have two complete casts to be able to fill all the requests. The performance on January 3, will be in the Rehearsal Hall at the Omaha Community Playhouse, entrance at the South door in the parking lot. There will be two complete shows f:002:15 and 3:00-4:15 with a 35c admission charge. No tickets will be sold in advance so you may purchase your tickets at the door. It promises to be a real fun afternoon for the kiddies and even for the adults.
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of the chairmen, co-chairmen, and captains in the several campaign divisions who shared with me the direction and responsibilities of the Campaign. "I would like to conclude with a most earnest, plea for pledge redemption. Listed below are the many, many agencies and institutions in Omaha, in the United States, and the world over, which are urgently in need of our funds! "As tile year 1963 ends, I make this special appeal for the payment of pledges which will enable us to carry on our most urgent activities and programs. I extend to everyone our very best wishes for 1964." ISADORE M. TRETIAIC, Chairman 1963 Philanthropies Campaign
Combined Campaign for Reform Judaism Hebrew Theological College, Chicago Jewish Theological Seminary, New York Yeshivah University, New York Beth Jacob Schools Mesifta Tifereth Jerusalem Mirrer Yeshivah Central Institute National Council for Torah Education : Rabbinical College of Telshe Torah Umesorah United Labovicher Yeshivo : Yeshivah Chachmey Lubin Yeshivah Chofetz of Radum
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American Medical Center, Denver Bellefaire Children's Home, Cleveland Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital, Hot Springs National Jewish Hospital, Denver
ISJational Services American Association for Jewish Education Council of Jewish Federations and Funds National Jewish Welfare Board Synagogue Council of America
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Beth El Synagogue Religious Schools Beth Israel Synagogue Religious Schools Temple Israel Religious Schools Camp Scholarships Dr. Philip Sher Home for Aged Family Welfare and Medical Aid Jewish Education Bureau and Library Jewish Community Center The Mikvah Religious Transients Capital Repairs on Federation Buildings
Director Job For Isaacson J. J. Isaacson, former executive director of Ak-Sar-Ben, this week was named Omaha's Brotherhood Week chairman. Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the Omaha Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will be held next February 10 to 23. Mr. Isaacson, who will annonunce his Brotherhood Week committee at a later date, will direct a series of events, including two special programs not held previously. Many of the week's.traditional events such as the presentation of Good' Neighbor Awards to local citizens wilt be continued. Mr. Isaacson, in accepting the brotherhood assignment, said, "Any of us should do what we can to remove the prejudice, mistrust and intolerance which seem so prevalent in our world today."
life Is Longer in Israel! Babies now being born in Israel have a life expectancy which is one of the longest in the world, according to the Population Reference Bureau of Washington, D.C. Life expectancy at birth for Israelis is in the age range of 70-75 for both men and women. In Britain life expectancy at birth is G8 years for men and 74 years for women. In the United States it is 67 for men and 73 for women. The only Middle Eastern c o u n t r y for w h i c h reliable statistics are available is Turkey, where men and women can expect to live to ages between 55 and 60. Israel also has one of the lowest death rates per thousand population in the worldsix. This compares with 11.9 per thousand in Britain and 0.5 per thousand in the U.S.A.
Final Appeal for Needlework Guild Mrs. Joe J. Greenberg, chairman of the Jewish Federation Agencies' Section of the Needlework Guild, is making a final appeal to the women in the community, to send in their urgently needed contributions, before the end of the year. The following have contributed to the Needlework G u i l d since the last list appeared: Mmes. Morris Abramson, Norman Batt, Russell J. Blumenthal, Leslie L. Burkenroad, Jay Cherniack, William Freiden, Stuart E. Fried, Samuel Gendler, Leonard Goldstein, Harry A. Green, Peter Greenberg,, Julius Hornstein, Morton Ives, Stanley Katelman, Frances Klein, Mendel Landsman, Irving L. Lincoln. Mmes. Meyer Meyerson, Edward E- Milder, Leo L. Milder, Charles Peebler, Jr., Roy Roffman, David Rosenbaum, William Saferstein, Max R. Sacks, Sam Shyken, Harry M. Spiegal, Lee Taub, Ira Trachtenbarg, Martin Weiner, Victor Weiner, Harold Weinhoff, Samuel B. Wiesman, Jake Wine, and Miss R e n a Gross. '
Bond Drive Has Record Year
The Israel Bond Drive has had a record year and is at the "highest peak of acceptance" since it began in 1951, its vicep r e s i d e n t , Dr. J o s e p h J. Schwartz, has announced. The first 10 months of 19G3, he said, showed a 20 per cent increase over 1962, when a total of $59,125,650 worth of bonds was sold.
Pope's Road Begun Jerusalem, Israeli S e c t o r Work has begun on widening and paving a road on which Pope Paul will travel to a Mount Zion Church during his Holy Land pilgrimage. Israeli -workmen are also giving Nazareth a face-lifting in anticipation of the Pontiff's visit.