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Plea for Pieclcf Increasing pressures from local, national and overseas agencies supported by the Jewish Philanthropies prompted Jewish Federation President Arthur II. Goldstein to is.sue an urgent plea to donors to pay their Philanthropies pledges in lull at this time. "All of our agencies look to the Federation to make good their promises" said Mr. Goldstein. "It is most necessary for
Tot Gym Program Starts Tuesday Rose Hanck. Director of the Center';] Kiddy Kanip for the past three years, has joined the Physical Education Department of the Center to assist in the Tot Gym Program. "Aunt" Rose is a graduate of Omaha U. and has had extensive experience in working with children of this particular age group, stated Irvin Yaffe, Center Athletic Chairman. Classes will he held on T u e s d a y s and Thursdays starting October II ut !I::IO a.m. These will include rhythmic and creative movement, s p o r t s skills and games aimer! at physical fitness. "A physical education program at this age level can c o n t r i b u t e to the young child's s o c i a l adjustment, emotional control and educational achievement, IIK well as to his physical well-being. "Our teachers are qualified p e o p l e , selected for their warmth, maturity, t r a i ning and experience. They understand the needs of the young child and how to relate to them," Irvin Yaffe said. Call or drop in at the Center's Department for registration and further information.
us to ask contributors to the Philanthropies to sec if they c a n n o t p o s s i 1) 1 y pay their pledges at this time so that the great life-savin;.; work of the Jewish Philanthropies can be continued without curtailment. "The flow of immigrants into Israel continues unabated. Those brought in recent months must continue to be sustained until they can be self-supporting. Our own national and local services must be paid for on a month to month basis." "For these reasons we ask that there be a voluntary cash flow to the Philanthropies office that will meet all of these pressing obligations."
Receives $500 A contribution of $500 was received from Mrs. Joseph Rubin of San Antonio, Texas, for the Dr. Slier Jewish Home for Aged. A plaque in memory of Hynian Ii. and Sarah Wcinstcin, parents of Mrs. Joseph Rubin, will he placed nt the home, Arthur A. Colin. Chairman of the Home Committee announced.
A new and gigantic American Jewish Community undertaking, to he known as the Israel Education Fund, which has set a goal of raising $127,000,000 over a period of five years for the purpose of expanding Israel's educational s y s t e m , was announced. More than 300 of the top leaders of the American Jewish community, summoned by the United Jewish Appeal endorsed the plans and programs of the Israel Education Fund at a two-day conference. The UJA made it clear that the new Fund will be "separate and distinct
Mrs. R. Wright Aids Needlework Mrs. Joe J. Greenberg, chairman of the Jewish Federation .Agencies' Section of the 1064 N e e d l e w o r k Guild, has anno unc ed the appointment of Mrs. Richard Wright as Table Display chairman at the current year's Ingathering Tea, Monday, October HI. The following have sent in . their contributions: Mines. H e r m a n Auerbnch, Harry Belmont, Jacob Bercovici, Robert Bernstein, Paul Blotcky, William Boasberg, Simon Bordy, M. H. Brodkcy, David Chapman, Isadore Chapman, Julius Chasanov, Isaac Cherniss. Meyer Cohen, Michael Cohen, Dave Colin, Philli,) Cranclcll, Sam Davis, Izadore Elcwitz, Abraham Epstein, Jack G. Epstein, William Epstein, Julius Falkenstein, Robert Feinberg, Nate Ferer, Morris Firestone, Oscar Fox, Abraham Frank. Maurice J. Frank, Harry A. F r a n k e l , Elizabeth Fried, M, Robert Fromkin, Max I'Yonikin. Mines. J. B. Gidinsky, J. C. Goldner, Abraham Goldstein, Dan Gordman, M. I. G o r d o n , Walter E. Gottlieb/Henry Grabois, S. M. Gractz, David Greenberg, Leon Greenberg, Nathan H. Greenberg, M, Greene, Phil Guggenheim* Hymnn Guns, Manning E. Handler, Nathan J. Horwich, Morris E. Jacobs, Walter Jacobson, Harry Janger, Max M. Joffe, Max Kadis, Edward Kahn, Hugo Kahn, Dave Katz, Jack Kaufman, Ida Kavich; Ben E. Kaslow, Sam L. Kat/.man, Martin Koltn, Robert If. Kouper,
Norman Korney. M. E. Kreitstein, Myer S. Kripke, M. Krupinsky, J, Harry Kulakofsky, Fred Kurt/.man. Mines. Moore Lasher, Sol Lagman, Charles Lieb, Sheldon Liucoin, Louis Lipp, Tillie Lipsey, Carolyn Maizner, Jay M. Malashook, David Manvitz, Sam Manvitz, Jack W. M a r e r, M: II. Marks, Richard M. M a r t i n , Adolf Mayer, Herman Meyerson, Edward E. Milder, Milton Mintz. M. Mittlcman, Charles Mogil, Charles A. Monasee, Jack Newman, F. Ralph Nogg, Max Novak, David Oruch, Sol Parsow, Charles D. Peebler, Jr., Melvin Plotkin, Morton Plotkin, William Poster. Mines. Joe M. Rice, P a u l Riikin. Phil Ringle, Jerold Rosen, Edwin Rosenblatt, I. W. Rosenblatt, Harry Rosenfeld, Morris Rosenstein, Sam Rosenstein, Morris Rudcrnian, Phil Saks, K e i t h S a u n d e r s, Bernard Schwartz, Leonard Segal, Edward Shafton, Gary Sherman, Harry Sidman, Harry Silverman, Morris S i n g e r , William Skolnik, Rubin Smeerin, Isadore Soltolof, Hubert Sonimer, Millard Speier, Barney L. Stark, Sam J. Steinberg, Paul Surenky, Anne Taxman, M, A. Venger, Ben Wine, Dave Wine, Samuel N. Wolf, Julius Wolk, Richard Wright, Milton II. Yudelson, Bernard Zevitz, Ben A. Zoorwill. M i s s e s Elizabeth J. Hart, Frances Marks, Julia Motz, Sally Newman, Ruth Polsky, Belle Siegel,, Beatrice Sommer, Enid Venger and Blanche Zimtnau.
"The An Free World . will be discussed at the Wednesday, October 7 opening session of the University of Omaha Institute on World Affairs at (1:15 p.m. at the University. The speaker will be Milton Lomask, a writer and a speaker of considerable experience. A newspaperman for 15 years with the Des Moines Register, St. L o u i s Star-Times. New York American and New York Journal-American, he turned to writing and university teaching, in 1951. In 1 SCO, his "Andrew Johnson: President on Trial" became a History Book Club selection and established him as a topflight writer and historian. He is the author of "The Man in the Iron Lung" (l'lfifi) and twenty books for children and young people. The Institute is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation. Arthur ii. Goldstein, president, said Federation members can still get a free ticket by calling the Center, :)42-136(i.
from the regular annual UJA campaign, and will f o l l o w a wholly different set of b a s i c principles." High Schools The new Fund will conduct its five-year campaign for the building and equipment in Israel of 72 high schools, at a cost of $57.000,000; and the provision of thousands of scholarships for students and teacher-trainees at an additional cost of $52,000,000, in addition to other projects. The overall plan will include the establishment of yc uth centers, the building and equipment of prekindergarten s c h o o l s, and the development of other educational facilities needed in Israel such as libraries and science laboratories. Study Mission The program adopted at the conference was based on a report submitted by a special study mission, composed of outstanding American educators, which had surveyed the educa(Continued on Page 3)
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For more information on the following activties call the Center Activities.. Office, 342-1360. HORSEBACK HIDING STARTS OCT. 4 Sunday afternoon horseback riding sessions for grade and junior high school students over the trails of the Esther K. Newman Camp will be sponsored starting Sunday, October 4 and continuing on successive Sundays as long as weather permits. Children register in advance of each Sunday session by calling the Center, with a limited number of registrations being accepted for each Sunday trail ride. Fee for the riding and transportation to and from the riding area is $2.00 with Sunday groups departing from the Center at 1:30 p.m. and returning to the Center before 5:30 p.m. t
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liy RICHARD I'ATTKK 'Reprinted by Permission from The True Voice Official Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Omaha September 2~>, 19(i-l) ' I suppose scarcely any question has produced more debate than the form and effectiveness of aid to the underdeveloped countries. Since we seem to have reached a fair meeting of minds on the fact that such aid is necessary and obligatory on the part ol the nations of the world which are classified as the "haves," the main problem would seem to be the method and effectiveness of the massive amounts of aid that are being dispensed all over the globe. We often forget that the first country in the world—in proportion to natural resources—in terms of aid is France and that one of the most effective programs of technical and scienlilir assistance to underprivileged areas is that of Israel. Resources, Skills Pooled The French government, in spite of what may sometimes appear to be the aloofness demonstrated by De Gaulle, lias been consistent ever since economic stability was achieved in making available huge sums of money plus personnel to the new nations of Asia and of Africa. Israel, as I have had occasion to point out in this column, is one of the major influences in terms of impact on Africa. The recent visit of Levi Eshkol, Israeli prime minister, to France, has led to a proposal which is one of the most promising to be made for a long time. The Israeli leader and the various French ministeries agreed to pool their resources and technical skills for the purpose of certain specific projects of the greatest interest to the underdeveloped world. One was the establishment of a joint study group of five Israeli and five French scientists for cooperative investigation of the arid zones of the world. Here is an area of supreme concern to innumberable African states, especially those either in or bordering on the Sahara. The experience of Israel is perhaps one of the most eloquent examples in the world of what a tenacious and enterprising people can do with a minimum of resources. Concrete, Practical In the declarations that followed this visit, it was refreshing to note that the various projects under study were all extremely concrete and practical. Instead of talking vaguely about the glories of industrialization or of raising living standards as though this could be done by government decree, the French and Israelis took a look at the specifics. Instead of making these undertakings a competitive matter in which national prestige is involved and political consequences are carefully calculated, the two countries, in seeking to pool their talents, recognize that the immediate job.to be done is to solve certain very real and pressing problems. Fortunately the American government has also engaged in this sort of thing with Israel in signing an agreement for building an atomic reactor to be used for sea water desalination. One can readily imagine the utility of this for. such nations as Mali, Upper Volta, Chad and-Mauritania where the basic problem is that of inadequate water resources. If stability and progress are ever to come to a great many of the underprivileged states of the world, it is going to be through the expansion of scientific ingenuity and the solution of the specific difficulties that beset them. It would appear that both France and Israel recognize this and, instead of competing, have decided that in matters of this kind political interests are secondary.
Federation Sponsors Youth Council Pledge Chairmen New Boutiiqye Announce Plans Booth at Bazaar A Bouttique booth, featuring hand knit and hand made articles, is a. new "baby" at the Childrens' Hospital Bazaar, and the Federation of Jewish Wornens' Clubs is its "mother." Mrs. Morton Soiref nnd Mrs. Norman Abrahamson are co-chairmen of this project, which will make its debut at the bazaar to be held all day Monday, October 19. at the Sheraton-Fontcnclle Hotel. This booth is in addition to the already established one that proves so successful every year, thanks to our Jewish women and t h e i r generous contributions, said Mrs. Alfred Sophir and Mrs. Morton Richards, co-chairmen for the Federation. Knitters who have promised hand knit a r t i c l e s to Mines. S o i r e f and Abrahamson are Mines. Henry Baskin, Hyman Belman, I. R. Bernstein, Joe Berstein, Gerald Bcmslien, Sidney Brooks, F. Ronald Colin, George Eiscnberg, C, B. Farber, I, Friedman, Barton Greenberg, Joseph Guss, N o r m a n Hahn, Barney Hoberman, Norman Lincoln, Al Nepomnick, William Racusin, James Robinson, Meyer Rubin, Milton Saylun,-Maurice Sachs and Leo Sherman. Additional knitters vill be welcomed (Continued on Page- 2)
Youth Council Pledge Chairmen, Skippy Cohen. Jerry Hollis and Bob Hahn, have announced the plans for the 1964 Frosh Days affairs. This year the girls and boys of the freshman class will pledge the clubs of their choice on two different days. The girls will be invited to a Pledge Munch on Sunday, October 11" at 2 p.m. in the Center Auditorium. The speaker will be Earl Yailen, of the B'nai B'rith Combclt Region, which includes Omaha and surrounding vicinity. Girls who are in the 9th grade in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area are invited to attend this function by Skippy Cohen, chairman. The boys are to pledge clubs of their choice on Sunday, October 18 in the Center Auditorium. "The goal of this year's pledge events is to bring 100 per cent of the Oiliaha area 9th graders into a Youth Council Club," the Pledge Chairmen stated.
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