NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIOT Lincoln, Nebraska
APR 24 1964
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Tlu* following .statement was written by Kdwurd 1). lirodkey, Chairman of I lie lilli) Philanthropies Campaign, in answer to some {uipstions the Oinnlia Jewi i It community has been asking in c (i n n e c t ion willt (lie I'lul.m ' j tliiopie.s drive i In the niiiul, of iiiuny people Our annual .lev, i.-ill Pliilaiitlno '[lies Campaign is just "a n o t h e t" drive in the .lew U\i community i vis And there .no some folks who think that Ibis campaign is only for overseas needs and relief
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the United Jewish Appeal. Nothing cnidd be further from the actual trulli! TUB KACT IS that the Jewish Philanthropies C a in |) a i g n is Omaha's largest mitl most inelusive drive lor Jewish needs. A.s .such it i.s not just another campaign in a real .sense, it i.s some UOH campaigns combined into one I!IG ORJVK. THE OTIJKR FACT IS that while Hie United Jewish Appeal i.s the major beneficiary ol our ONE UK; DKIVK. (here are al.so included many Jewish causes and needs in Ihe United Stales, and more especially, in our own community of Omaha. In the United SUlis Included in the campaign i.s a ,';roiip of agencies which we
F(ir ftirlluT information on ihe following activities and progratis call (lie Jewish Community ('ruler's Activities Office, .'ilM.TO;.
-Women's Aftaoon Golf Instruction A special aeries of afternoon golf instruction classes directed b.y a golt prolessional are to be started by the Jewish Communilv Center. , Personalized instruction and supervision in major aspects of the sport will be developed in the short series of afternoon Classes designed to improve the game of the participants. Further information and particulars on the cour.se and the instruction may be .secured by calling the Center's Athletic l)c[Ittlment,
Evening Outdoor Cooking Session Slated Men interested in developing their skills and techniques in outdoor cookery using the popular charcoal barb-q style, patio uui'.s will have the opportunity to receive unusual instruction plus hints and suggestions in a one-session course to be olfeted by the Center. Conducting the outdoor cooking class, for men onlv, will be an experienced chef and kitchen expert. There is no fee for the course with only a limited number Ot registrations being accepted. The one session instruction course i.s being slated far a Wednesday evening, and will be conducted in a west Omaha location. •Registrations for the free course may be made by calling tlu* Center's Activities Department.
(..ill ...i.y relations." I h e i e are six of them, and each one does tremendous work for every one.of us. These organixaitons protect and defend Jewish riyhls in America, and in Omaha. They stand guard and keep a watchful eye on anything which i.s likely to affect your welfare, and the future lit your children. These organiaztions work directly for all of us. To support Ilieni adequately is, therefore, an important obligation upon us. The next j;roup is "Health and Welfare." These include three hospitals which wliile they are not located in Omaha, give us the same service as though they were in Omalia. It is to these hospitals that we .send about 1(1 people annually; we send (hem there because their facilities and equipment are especially designed lor dread diseases. These hospitals need our support and help. Then (here is a large group of national, cultural, and religious agencies, which would have campaigned separately and indivkiuallv, were they not included in the'one NIG DRIVE, which we call Jewish Philanthropies. Ami in Omalia We all agree that the needs of our community must be the first charge against our combined campaign. At the Dr. Slier Home for Aged we care for some (ifl residents daily, The kind ol care and attention given to our residents is well known in. the community. Bui do you know that it costs about $7.~"> a day to maintain jt resident at the Home? And not every resident CM affoid llus cost Shall we deny admission and <>uc to them, oi shall v e i ,w,v the funds
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and home they need? And there is another keystone in our community, and (hat i.s Jewish Education for our children. To educate your child in Public School, everyone pays taxes. We Jews—to give our children a Jewish education— also pay taxes, voluntary taxes, through our gilt to the Jewish Philatillnopics Campaign. It i.s this money wliich Helps keep the schools at Roth El, Belli Israel, and Temple Israel going on. the best level possible, and enables them to secure the best possible teachers and staff for your children. Some 1.201) children attend the. various schools ol our Synagof'ue.s and Temples. A .substantial part of tlii- cost of the .school is raised by the .Jewish PhilanIhropies lor the benefit of all three groups. It is clear then, thai when we raise money lor
•. Kiddy ECani|i Features Safety Course It was announced this week that the Kiddy Kamp, pre-school division of Center Day Camp, will have a.s part of its regular program a specially conducted traffic safety section, This section will be presented by the Omaha Police Department Traffic Safety Division. The program i.s similiar in nature to the one offered by the Department to all Ihe pro-school youngsters in Omalia in the lale spring. Youngslers in this Kiddy Kamp will learn the meaning of traffic lights, where to cross the stieets piopeily what to do when tiding on a bus and many (Continued on Page !)
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Art Contestfor 'Students The Annual Student Art Contest and Show for students and sponsored by the Jewish Community Center was announced. Any grade school, junior high or high school student i.s eligible to enter, with trophies.being awarded to both boys and girls in four different divisions. There is no entry fee and the only restriction is that the art work must have been completed within the last six months. All entires should be submitted to the Center's Activities Ofiice and should bo in before May 1. A special showing of the entries plus the awards will be given the first Sunday in May. Over 100 students are expected to enter the contest to be judged by professional artists to bo announced.
Jewish ftdutjlion we teally raise it for our own salves, and our own children. Our Jewish Community Center has an impact upon every group in Uie community. Beginning with the very youngest, up to the very oldest, cooperating' With many groups in. tlxe'cityjUve Center serves us all, in many ways. For instance, in our work with teen-agers, we reach sonio MO boys and girls, offering guidance rind help in their programs and activity, And then Mien; is qor Camping Program at the Kslher K. Newman Camp, just opened last year. .Some 2'.H children—Uwee times as many as before — camped there. And among them, there were children, for whom you marie il possible to attend camp; through your gift. These are children who need the camping experience, for ^ vaviety r>l reasons. And important also is Ihe woik of our Family and Children Service Department, which has been of great help to M5. families, with assistance and guidance in their pvoMevns. Suppose We Old Not Ifaw* One Drive: The programs which i described are included in our one BIO DRIVE. If we did not have this all-inone campaign, then agencies and their campaigners would solicit in this community yearYoimd—-we wo\\\d have Vbe greatest chaos in our community life! Much money would bo wasted on fund-raising and campaigns; we would be constantly badgered in "campaigns," and we would face <i ical 'jungle' m suppoltmg all Ihe nevus we wish and must siippoit
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ExecuSiver, Fitness Booklet Out A booklet designed for the executive or businessman called "The Executive's Daily Dozen," has been printed up recently by the Jewish Community Center. The booklet offers the busy adult male simple and easy isometric exercises that can be performed in just seconds each day that add to persona! physical fitness nud conditioning. The booklet is available on call to the Center for 25 cents which covers the costs of printing' and handling. - Other publications available through the Center include a free College Kit which includes general and specific information about college life, admissions, costs and scholarships. A new booklet, Figuratively Speaking, designed for women only and featuring the new forms of isometric exercises which allow complete exercising |n a matter of seconds each day, has been printed up and will be mailed out. This booklet and a new Came Book for children for small play areas will ba sent out for the cost of handling which is 25 cents a copy. These Center publications can h.a obtained by calling the Activities Office, 342-1366, and having a copy reserved.
Helping students with school problems or helping students wlio want advanced instruction in a particular course Of study {<. } tl's sqal of the Center'* Tutoring Service. Panjonal individual instruction » provided by qualified col• lajjo students or gradugtf* toachera. No charge fa mad* by tU<> Center for its service* wliils ft flmall hourly charge ia made by tic.? iudividimUutors providing the instruction.
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bo arrangad by calling tha Center* Activities Offlc*, 312-1333.
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Naturalist to Conduct Campcraff Program This Year An experienced trail camp instructor, naturalist and school teacher of art at the junior high school level, William Braker, will supervise the campers at the all new Esther K. Newman Camp in campcraft and camping this summer, Edward D, Brodkey, Camp Chairman, announced this week. Braker, an instructor in a junior high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa and a candidate for an advanco dogrep in art instruction at the University of Nebraska, brings to'tha camp a world of camping OKporionoe and an enthusiasm for camping that will devojpp a sound program in outdoor and overnight catnp' n S activities this summer, JBrodkey contfnuad. With th« eamjwraft. and natur« activities now baing f a n n e d
by Braker and others on the program staff at camp, campers cannot but help to develop an interest in nature lore activities and an independence that comes with the ability to prepare one's meals on an open fire, setting up a camping site and learning about nature's plants and animals. 'Vie are extremely pleased to have such capable personnel its William Braker on our staff this summer, Brodkey said, and we are proqd that we far exceed the standards of professional and private camping by providing ono counselor for every six carnnors. With th? staff being hired and orienWd for this summer's campJng activities, Brodkey concludea, parent's can rest assured their children viU have a well supervised camping exparlenca
under professional supervision and instruction. Others on the staff include a doctor at tW& camp throughout the entire season, a pool director that holds a Master's Degree in Fine Arts and \s a member of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, a full time riding instructor that has not only owned and showed l\et owR horses but is a former gymnastics and womens diving champion of the state of Iowa; Q. craits instructor that is..noir teaching design and decoration jn one of Omaha's suburban high schools; an experienced d tics instructor, plua e x a counseling personnel. ParQnts desiring a R t u W camping expsriflnoo at thu gather K. Newman Camp for |haj«" children should enroll their children n<fti ass capartty in the i w ions is to be rojicbad shortly.