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Vol. XIAl—No. 31
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Center Activities for Everyone For further information on the following activities and grams call (lie Jewish Community Center's Activities Ol 3^-1366.
Tickets Now on Sale for Threepenny Opera Tickets went on sale this week, Arlene Fredericks, Cent.. Resident Theater Ticket Manager, stated. Tickets for any of the five performances, all to be presented in the round in the Center's Auditorium, are available at the Brandeis Ticket Center, the Jewish Community Center and through individuals working with the production, Mrs. Fredericks commented. Featuring a cast of over 20, the popular musical production by Breeht that played seven years off Broadway, will be produced the first week in March. Tickets may also be ordered by calling the Center's Activities Office, 342-1366. All seats are $2.50 each with only a limited number of seats being sold for each performance. *. * *
Live Jewish Theatre February 22 An evening of live Jewish theater free to the community will be featured at the Center, Saturday, February 22, Max Crounse, of the local branch of the Workmens Circle announced last week. The production, under the joint sponsorship of the Center and the Omaha Branches of the Workmens Circle, will featurefour outstanding celebrities of the Yiddish stage and radio; Mort Freeman, a baritone; Mina Bern, a folksinger of unusual distinction; Shnniel Fisher, an Israeli comic; and Renee Solomon, a distinguished concert pianist. The first part of the program will include humorous sketches and songs while the final portion of the evening's entertainment will feature a musical playlet, Mordecai Gebirtig—The Singer of lits People. *.
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Dramatics—Crafts to Start February .1 st A series of crafts classes for boys and girls and a special theater group for grade and junior high schoolers will start at the Center, Sunday, February 1. ;; The craft series of eight Sunday sessions will include a new and different craft project each Sunday afternoon. Fee for the series is five dollars to cover the cost of materials and instructions. Theater group participants will put on two one-act plays and ; will be included in improvised sketches and skits. No fee is charged for the Children.1; Theater Troup which is tinder the direction of an experienced theater director. Registration for both groups is recommended in advance of the first session.
College Information Available Why did Jewish graduates attend fewer different universities in 19C3'than in .19(52? Are admission requirements for colleges getting tougher? What financial aid is available to students at colleges of their choosing? These and other questions are answered in special college publications prepared by the Jewish Community Center for students as well as adults. Free upon request, a kit of college information, covering major aspects of college admissions, scholarship and financial aid plus pertinent information on and about college Jife in general, is available by calling the Center.
Great Decision Kits for Sale A kit of special information on major foreign policy considerations is available through the Center. The kit, costing $1.50, is prepared by the Foreign Policy Association and includes such topics as World Communism Today, France and the West, Egypt and the Middle East, Disarmament, Castro's Cuba, Indonesia, Foreign Aid and Ideological Warfare. The information in the kits, not currently available in books, is to be supplemented by weekly TV shows in February and March sponsored locally by the Omaha Adult Education Council. Special discussion groups treating the topics on the TV programs and in the kits are also being organized. Only a limited number of the kits are available. *
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Passover Booklets Printed •A special booklet on and about Passover for the housewife that includes background of the Holiday, plus menu suggestions, home decoration hints and ideas for children's activities, plus a Haggadah to be used during the family's evening meals, has been prepared by the Center and is now ready for distribution. Copies of the materials will be sent upon request with a fee of 50 cents being charged for the publications. *
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New Classes to Be Offered The Center is now opening up registration for a series of classes which include a dog obedience course for students and adults, a course in real estate principles and practices, a short course in motion picture photography, painting for beginners as well as advanced students and bridge instruction. Also to be conducted is a course in boating and small boat maintenance, a Great Books Course for children, a speed reading course for junior high and high school students, swimming classes and a Camp Leadership Course. Other new programs will include a special course in swimming pool maintenance and operation, a course in guitar instruction, plus new club groups for children. Further particulars and information on new Center activities are available by calling the Center.
B'nai B'rith Sets '. Up Hillel Houses
Puppet Workshop for Adults A professional puppeteer will give instruction to adults in.terested in learning about puppet construction, staging and dei, sign in a special workshop series to begin.at the Center Wednes! day, February 19. ! ... No> fee is to be charged for this workshop open to adults ' working with youth groups or for adults, interested in develop•ing a fine hobby for themselves or for their children. No advance registration is needed.
mission of the EEC. at a- meeting ' in Strasbourg today, approved a report on the political aspects of trade relations between the European Economic Community and Israel. The report was presented by Ludwig Metzger, West German Socialist. In approving the report, the Commission suggested Ilia reaching of a general trade agreement with Israel-should be concluded without stipulating any preference. The resolution adopted by the Assembly of the 17 West European nations noted that the difficulties facing Israeli exports "do not arise from the_internal economic policies of Israel but from the development of the EEC. through the progressive realization of the common external tariff and the implementation of the common agricultural policy." The resolution "deplored the fact that negotiations between the EEC and Israel have not yet been successful and that, following the refusal of the EEC to conclude a treaty of association which could have solved Israel's trade problems, negotiations for satisfactory trade agreements are so protracted, causing difficulties in Israel, particularly with regard to i n v e s t m e n t growth." The resolution recommended that Council of Ministers "should urge the go ve rn in en ts concerned, and espe ially the member states of the EEC, to reach arrangements as soon as possible and in any event before the end of 1!)()4." It urged arrangements which would open "increased outlets for Israeli products" in member coutries as well as "to find ways and means of solving the difficulties that, arise for Israel's economy as a result of formation of economic trading blocs in Europe." Mr. Vos, in opening the meeting, said that if the Arab states had reached the same development as that of Israel, "the situation would be quite different in the Middle East." Camille Linden of Luxembourg stressed the moral obligation of Europe to help Israel which he said was in fact a European country in the Middle East. Peter Jacobs, a West German Socialist said the strengthening of I s r a e l i trade was not only a m o r a l obligation but a goal also in conformity with the interests of the EEC member states. Two Israeli Members of Parliament, S. Abramov and Haim Zadik, attended the meeting as observers. Abramov took part in the discussion and stressed the urgency of concluding" commercial agreements between the Euromart countries and Israel as a first step.
Jana Doxon, as Polly; Richard Boyd as Mr. Peacham, and Cliristel Pratt Kent, as Mrs. Peacham (left to riglit) pose for cast shot in Threepenny Opera Production to be froduccd first week la March at tbe Center.
Washington, Jan. 13 (JTA) — B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation programs have been established in three more campuses bringing to 250 the number of Hillel Installations at colleges, and universities in the United States and abroad, B'nai B'rith announced here over the weekend. The new programs of Hillel's religious and cultural activities and personal counseling to Jewish students were inaugurated at V a n d e r b i l t University and George College, both in Nashville, and at Pittsburgh. College, a unit of the New York State University. •