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& .Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center The annual Honiseoiriibg Part" for Omaha college students, vacationing collegiales and young adults in the area will be held this Saturday, December 25 at II p.m. in the Backstage Lounge of the Schimmel Indian Hills Inn at C5th and Dodge Streets. All college-age young people in (he area are invited as guests of the Jewish Community Center to this communitywide Homecoming Party.
Bonds for Banks
Announced at Dinner Announcement was made of the purchase of $30,000 in State of Israel Bonds by Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha, at the Israel Bond Dinner at the 'Sdhimniol Inn on .Monday, December 20. Climaxing the l o c a l Israel Bond Drive, the dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Kulakofsky with the presentation of the Herbert Lehman Award by Israel'* Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency. Avraham Hnrlimn.
In addition to (lie Mutual and United purchases, C. M. Newman, local Bond Drive chairman, announced support of the Israel Bond effort by the Investors Life Insurance Company of Nebraska with the purchase of $10,000 in bonds; $10,nnn for the Stock Yards National Bank: $5,000 in bonds for the Center Bank and the purchase of $5,000 in Israel Bonds by the First National Bank of Wahoo. Previous 13 o n d purchase:; included $30,000 by the Omaha National Bank and $25,000 by fin; United States National Bank. While total figures are not yet available on the l o c a l Bond Drive. Mr. Newman expressed his gratitude to the many individuals and firms who have expressed their confidence in the State of Israel by their generous purchase of bonds. 'Stockholders' Mr. Harman said he felt as though he were addressing a meeting of stockholders "because all of you are indeed
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Stockholders in the economy of Israel by your bond purchases." Mr. H a r m a n described the growth of Israel's economy in the past \l\h years. "Israel is today producing 70 per cent of the food she needs, and considering that in our lopsided picture of population where less than .1 per cent of immigrants to Israel were involved in Agriculture, that represents a major transformation." Mr. Harman spoke of the industrial growth of Israel as well as the many problems still facing the country. "Our major piirpnsp is ppnple" ho said "and the fusion of immigrants from all over the world, with their various cultures w i t h i n the framework of the democracy of Israel, is not a transformation that is made quickly" he said. "I hope" said Mr. Harman "that the blood and thunder even's in Israel are behind us, and.I look forward to the everyday dramas of building-—of liv•in;; freedom .while defending it. Al! that Israel has accomplished in these 17'.•; years could not have been done, nor can anything be done in the future without the support of American Jewir.ii Communities." Kulakofskys In presenting the Lehman award to Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Kulakofsky, Mr. Lehman said "Mr. and Mrs. Kulnkofsky are .symbolic of all good Americans who have felt the responsibility of caring for their fellow-men who have not yet found freedom.
Nazis Threaten fo
Woodbridce. N. J.. UTA) — Charges that Jewish students of the Woodbridge High Schoolare IxMn" ii2ras5ed smil subjected, to anti-Semitic insults were made by 17 parents of students in this area this weekend. The'parents , complained to the Woodbridge Township Board of Education which has ordered Patrick BoyIan, superintendent of schools here, to investigate.
Berlin OTA)—An anonymous threat to "blow up with explosives" the Freie Volkshuehle OYS3 Within three days an anti-Nazi play it is showing, was received by the theater's management in the mail. The play, "The Investigation," is based on the proceedings of the August trial in Frankfurt of 20 officials and medical personnel of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The play wns written by Peter Weiss.
A c o ni p 1 e t e collection of stamps of the State of Israel was presented to the Boys Town PhilaMatic Center by the Society of Israel Philatelist.';. The presentation at a lunchcon at Boys Town this week was made by Rabbi Sidney II. Brooks of Temple Israel to The Right Reverend Monsignor Nicholas H, Wegner, Director of the Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. The Israel Stamp Collection, to be permanently housed in.the PhilaMatic Center at Boys Town, represents the complete stamps of the State of Israel from the
time of the declaration of the State in the year 1918 to the present time. General arrangements for the gift were made through Dr. James D. Eisen, Research Professor at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Among those present at the presentation were Mr. Percy Simmons of Indianapolis, Indiana, representing the Society of Israel Philatelists; Mr. Paul Veret, Omnha, Executive Director of the Omaha Jewish Fed. eration, Mr. Howard Kaplan, Federation. Secretary and Dr. Eisen.
School Anti-Semite
FI@<2llfifil@ln) ' Mrs. Arthur Goldstein, Women's Philanthropies Chairman for 19GG, has announced the appointment of Miss Gloria Friedman to head the Business and Professional Division of the Women's Philanthropies Drive. A native Omahan, Miss Friedman has worked in the B and P division for many years. In addition, she has participated in innumerable fund-raising campaigns, including the Cancer Drive and the United Community Services Appeal. Miss Friedman, a member of the Beth Israel Sisterhood, has served many of the programming and publicity needs of that group, as well as working on several Beth Israel P-TA programs. For the past 15 years Miss Friedman lias held a position of responsibility with a local automobile firm. In making the announcement Mrs. Goldstein said "We are delighted to have Gloria working with us. She has many new ideas and is especially eager to reach some of the younger professional women who are new in the division." Captains Miss F r i e d m a n exprt.-.wed pleasure and enthusiasm about her appointment, " l a m grateful
for this opportunity" she said. "I will try to bring the Philanthorpies story to all the women in tlie Business 'and Professional division with the hope that the knowledge of the needs will result in 100 per cent participation in the campaign. It's a big job and I am fortunate to have 10 extremely capable women working with me as captains. They are: Mmes. David
Jerusalem (JTA)—-Gert Frobe, the movie actor who played the title role in "Goldfinger," the James Bond film banned by the Israel Government, may be pro.secuted as a former member of the Nazi Party, under the Israeli law against Nazis and t h e i r aides, if he comes to Israel, Ministry of Justice sources said here this week. The film was banned after Frobe admitted that he had been a member of the Nazi Party. Even if the Israeli authorities do not prosecute him, Frcbc can bo subject to private complaint and if such a complaint is filed, proceedings must be instituted.
Miss Gloria Fiiedman
A music classroom, gay with Chanukah songs, b e c a m e a a death trap for nine children and three adults Monday as a sudden flash of fire struck a Jewish Community Center in the New York suburb of Yonkers, New York. The children ranged in age from 7 to 11 and included two sets of brothers and sisters, At least 9 persons were injured. Fire Chief Andrew Gerloch said the fno- stalled in nn audi-
torium on the second floor of the building which serves both Jewish and non-Jewish citizens as a social and cultural center. '•We haven't any i d e a what caused it" said the fire chief "we are investigating." Police Chief Wiliam F. Poison said he believed th<> fire was the worst in the history of the comunity of 20,000. One of the adult victims was Lucille Sacks, who had come to pick up her daughter, Sandra,
after her music lessons. Witnesses told police that Mrs. Sacks brought her child to safety but died after she re-entered the building, apparently in an attempt to save her neighbors' children. The Community Center Building, erected 37 years ago, is near the Yonkers business center. The children had arrived there after school at 3:30 p.m. for classes in Hebrew, gym, swimming and music.
Greenberg, Abe Moser, Robert Nogg, Isadore Dansky, George Kagan and the Misses Sylvia Parilman, Elizabeth Hart, Julia Zuker, Enid Venger and Vivian Webman." Miss Friedman will meet with her Captains in January to formulate plans for the B and P BIG day which is scheduled for April.
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Scene of tlie fire-gultcd auditorium of the Yonkers Community Center. Cause of the blaaa wliich claimed the lives of ulne children and three adults lias not been determined.