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Omaha Jcwi.-.h Federation on Sunday. March G, at the Black.stone Hotel at G:;!0 p.m., Milton K. Abrahams, Federation presi-
Robert M. Feinberg, General Chairman of the l'J(i(i Philnn-' thropics Campaign, this week announced the appointment of M. M. (Mickey) Krupinsky as Associate C h a i r in a n of the Initial Gifts Division. "When a man, whose involvement in the community is so extensive, agrees to accept a reKnnnsihiiily such as. tills, ! a s reassured that his concern and activity will enrich the efforts of our campaign and the hope, of our fellow jews who depend on our aid," Mr Feinberg s?.'d In accepting the associate chairmanship, Mr. Krupinskv pointed out that "the annual Jewish Philanthropies drive includes all the major philan thropic Jewish responsibilities " In reviewing the scope of the J c w i s h Philanthropies Campaign, Mr. Krupinsky had this to say: Overseas Needs "The la:;t few years have bc-c-n taken up with 'The Great Rescue,' the epic humanitarian libeartion of 1,750,000 human beings from starvation, homelessness and political bondage, and their deliverance to freedom in Israel, United States, France, Canada, and other lands." "This unprecedented movement of people, carried on by philanthropic dollars is still continuing. In lflfifi. some 50 to GO thousand people will be entering Israel." In U. S. A. "In our own country, we have seen race hatred and discrimination run for cover, so that Jews, as well as other minority j-iuups, have aitained a higher degree of equality and freedom than ever before. However, this success has imposed upon our n at i on a 1 community relations agencies an even greater burden of maintaining and preserving their achievements. The price of freedom is eternal watchfulness, and the many agencies we sup-
"In Omaha, the past two decndes have seen a growth in our community services. The Jewish Community Center has enlarged its scope and provides helpful and useful facilities and programs for all ages; the Family and Child Service is grappling with services which are costly and necessary; the Dr. Philip Shor Home for Aged has to meet increased requirements and programs in order to maintain its proper status; Camp Esther K. Newman, a new program in our net of services, is providing camping opportunities to all ages arid interests in the community; Jewish education in our synagogues is being maintained with the same high standards." Native Nebraskan A native Nebraskan, Mr. Krupinsky lias been a resident of Omaha s i n c e l!)30. Affiliated with the transportation industry for nearly 43 years, Mr. Krupinsky is currently a Registered Representative wtih Harris-Upham and Co. A former m c m b e r of the
Dr. Milton Sinioas, president, and Dr. Larry Roffman, secretary-treasurer of the Lutheran Medical Center have announced that Lester H. Wehner, Administrator of the Center, has been named a recipient of the "Good Neighbor Award." The award was presented to Mr; Wehner at the annual Brotherhood Week Luncheon held this week by theOmaha Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. According to Dr. Abe Greenberg, a co-chairman of the Omaha Conference of Christians and Jews, the award was given to Wehner'in recognition of his promotion and daily practice of harmony among individuals and groups of all races and creeds. Mr. Wehner was nominated for the award by the Lutheran
Medical Center V o l u n t e e r s , which include Mrs. Jerome Milder, city-wide.chairman of Red Cross Hospital Unit Volunteers, and Mrs. Allen S. Zalkin, vicechairman of the Center's Red Cross Volunteers, Also active in the LMC Distaffs, the staff wives' group are Mrs. J. Milton Margolin, treasurer, and Mrs.. Morris H. Brodkey, chairman of its Nebraska First Lady Doll Project, Philip Gorclick and Stanford Lipsey are members of the Center's Advisory Board; active in the Lutheran Medical Center Campaign Advisory Committee are Howurd M. Kooper. Edward T. Schimmel and Louis Somber;?. Dr. Abe Greenberg is cochairman of the Joint BoardMc-dical Dental Staff Campaign Committee.
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Annual Meeting of the Federation is a proper forum at which the most important problems of Jewish identity and Jewish survival in America should be brought before the Omaha Jewish community," said Mr. Abrahams. "Hie committee in charge felt that a somewhat different format should be used to attract members of the community to board of trustees of Temple the annual meeting, and so a Israel, Mr. Krupinsky has been dinner-meeting has been planned active in C o m m u n i t y Chest for this year" Mr. Abrahams drives for many y e a r s . He explained. served on the board of directors Maurice .Samuel to speak of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Highland Country Maurice Samuel, America's Club, A member of Rotary, Mr. outstanding platform personaliKrupinsky has been a key figure ty, will be the guest speaker. in various trucking industry or- Mr. Samuel is a sharp observer ganizations, including sorting as of Lite contemporary cccnc, and past president of the Nebraska a keen and interesting analyst. Motor Carriers and currently He has been deeply concerned serving on the board of direc- with the problems challenging the future of America's Jewry. tors, He is well known to many Omahans, who have expressed interest in hearing him on this dynamic subject. Young Adults Urged to Atleml "A prime need in every Jew- I Jerusalem (JTA)—The Council of Progressive Rabbis of islrcommunity,.in ours as well, ; Israel, some of whose congrega- is for the young people to betions have recently had difficul- come aware of the problems ties in finding places to worship which are rapidly engulfing under alleged Orthodox pres- their present, and portend many sures, charged the Religious Af- changes for their future," Mr. fairs Ministry this week with Abrahams said. cither denying or ignoring their "For this reason, I especially 'requests for help. urge young adults to be present The Council made the charge at this dinner meeting, which in a statement i s s u e d here we hope will stimulate their which a s s e r t e d that public thinking and encourage their claims to the contrary by the Ministry did not " r e f l e c t the truth." The Council claimed that the Ministry had turned down or ignored requests from a number of its congregations for Torah Scrolls salvaged from the Nazi holocaust in Europe New York, (JTA)—A plan to and sent to the M i n i s t r y . A set up a " S c h o q l of Jewish s p o k e sman for the Ministry, commenting on the complaint, Studies" to regulate procedures said that the number of such of conversion of non-Jews to Torah scrolls was not sufficient Judaism is being considered by for distribution to all applicants. the Metropolitan Region of the dent announced this week. ''Our Annual Meeting Committee, under the chairmanship of Arthur Goldstein, felt that the
participation in community affairs." Election of Officers Election of officers and Board members will take place at the meeting. Leo Eisenstatt, general chairman of the 1965 Philanthropies. Campaign, will submit the final campaign report, and present special awards to his campaign leadership The 19GG
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An exhibit of Yiddish records will be displayed Saturday, February 2G, at the Jewish Community Center, in conjunction with the presentation of the Free Yiddish Concert on the Center Stage. A part of the collection of the Center Record Library, the records may be checked out during regular library hours or following'the concert on Saturday evening.
Campaign personnel will be introduced. Present Federation officers are: Milton R. Abrahams, president; Harry Sidman and Elmer Gross, vice-presidents; Isadora Tretiak, treasurer, and Howard Kaplan, secretary.
Rabbinical Assembly of America, the association of Conservative rabbis. The plan was proposed to a conference of the New York City region held in conjunction with the Philadelphia region, by Kabbi Seymour P. Friedman, who reported on a study of conversion problems. The rabbis responded enthusiastically to the proposal and decided that it would receive final action at a later meeting. More Converts Rabbi Friedman told his colleagues that the number of persons seeking to convert to Judaism was increasing. He said that while precise statistics were not available, there were an estimated 16,000 conversions in the past decade performed by Reform rabbis in the New York City area. He estimated that Conservative rabbis were admitting 1,000 converts annually. He said that while the vast majority of would-be c o n v e r t s wanted to marry Jews, there had been a significant increase in the number of young people investigating Judaism for possible answers to the moral problems of the day. He pointed out also that there was no standardized conversion curriculum for Conservative rabbis, each setting up his own procedure for prospective converts. For the suggested school, he proposed a nine-month curriculum for con-1 verts, divided between f|et per?- ••*'? ods of formal instruction sad "practice." ' ' , ' //,
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r@ news Washington, (JTAi—A survey commissioned by the Anti Defamation League cf B'nai B'rith, sampling' the attitudes of 1.000 Negroes in four major cities, has shown that anti-Semitism among Negroes is not "significantly" on the rise. The survey sampled Negro attitudes on the issue in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Birmingham. One Negro l e a d e r , Marion Barry, Jr.. a director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was quoted as saying: "I would have to say that anti-Semitism is on the increa.se in the Negro ghettos." But a prominent scholar, Prof, Butler Jones, chairman of the sociology department at Ohio Wesleyan University, cautioned that Mr. Barry's view might'be'misinterpreted. 'The Negro." \v: said, "is more vocal about anti-Semitism mainly because he is more vocal about everything." How Is the Time to Register for tho New
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town on February 3. Father Zcits Hindi,' his statement in response to ;i protest (rum ;i ;jroti]j ol students. John (ii:is. NYU sports publicist, .said that durin;; the lir.-st half of tin: i;iinii', two youths came out in front of the Georgetown s t u d e n t body. The one dressed as a Nazi soldier held up his arm in a Nazi salute and shouted "Sii-g Ilei!.'1 the publicist said, a d d i n g that the Georgetown students replied •Sieg Heil." Father Zeits also s:\U\ .that ' w e have a large Jewish population'' at Georgetown and lie added "I think it was unfortunate that the thin;; ever occurred." He said lie was sending letters of regret to all persons wrilin;; to the school on the incident. He declared that the impersonations had ''been a bit of fun" at most fjames during the pa.st two or three vears. .
New York (JTA - - Religious Judaism in the Soviet Union is dying but the Christian churches "face the future with conlidence' 1 Hint-, mi iiiier-faiih group reported this week on return from a fact-finding tour. The delegation said thnt of three promises made by Soviet uiiiliGfilie.-i last summer to a delegation of American rabbis, only one is being carried out in part. The delegation members said that matzah was being baked in Moscow and Leningrad but that there was no evidence
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that other Jewish communities would have matzah this year. On the second promise, the clergymen said they saw no evidence that ihe yeshiva in Moscow would be r e o p o n e d. They reported that the promised 10.000 Hebrew prayerbooks have not been printed although they ^'ot ::r. indication lhr: b o o k s would lie published soon. Rabbi Arthur Schneier of New York, president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, said religion in general in Russia was neither dead nor dying "but Soviet Jewry is dying. The other religions have young leadership. The Jewish leadership is old and operates in an atmosphere of fear." He said he was allowed to fjive a Sabbath sermon in the Moscow Central S y n a g o g u e where he told 700 worshippers that Jews abroad were aware of their problems.
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London (JTA)—Valery Tarsis, the anti-Communist, Soviet writer who has been allowed to come to Britain to lecture, told a-press conference here that "more than half" of the members of the Soviet Writers Union "are anti-Semitic." He added: "I consider this one ol the problems there." Mr. Tarsis said thnt many members of the board of the Soviet Writers Union had "often" told him they coasidered themselves anti Semitic and had complained that "one of the troubles with the Writers Union was that more than half of its members were Jews." London (JTA)—Aaron Ver&elis, editor of the monthly SoYietish Kcirr.land, the only-Yiddish-language magazine published in the Soviet Union, told a Moscow press conference that there would be more social progress in the USSR if symi. goftues were closed down. Asserting that no synagogues have been closed in the Soviet Union in places where they are needed, Mr. Vergelis said that if a synagogue is closed "we think this strengthen^ the progressive Socialist position of the people."
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MRS. ROBERT GERI-XICK, Editor I!y Saul Carson United Nations, N. Y.—Something of historic importance to Jews the world over is about to develop here, t h a n k s to the United States Government and its chief delegate here, Arthur J. Goldberg. He has voiced publicly a solemn pledge that the U.S.A. will work actively in the next session of the United Natioas Commission on H u m a n Rights to put through official U. N. condemnation of a n t iSemitism. The U. S. A. i;; a member of that Commission. Furthermore, its representative on that body is a famous civil libertarian who happens to be also president of the American Jewish Committee. His name is Morris J. Ahram. One more assurance that the move will be seconded, and vigorously, before the Commission, lies in the fact that Israel, too, is now represented on the Commission. Israel's delegate to the Commission is Supreme Court Justice Haiti) Cohen. Both Abrnm and Cohen will voice not only the attitudes of the respective governments that have assigned them to the Commission—they will certainly, because of their personal involvemerit, fight hard. And it will be a fight—since the move will be opposed, probably with e q u a l vigor, by no less an adversary than the Soviet Union.
such tiling as a little bit of prejudice," he proclaimed. The Human Rights Commission will convene its next .session here on March 8, continuing until April <1. The Soviet Union has notice. So have Mr. Abram. Mr. Cohen and all other natural supporters of the m o v e announced by Jir. Goldberg. Their work is cut out for them.
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The Beginning The proposal that the United Nations formally condemn antiSemitism goes back several ^j'ears. It was started during a session of the Economic . and Social Council. The move was launched formally by a surprise resolution introduced by the U. S. representative in ECOSOC at the time, Mrs. Marietta Tree. Under debate at the moment was endorsement of a d r a f t declaration and convention for the elimination of all forms of racial intolerance. Dr. I s a a c Lewin, representing the World Agudath Israel, took the floor— his organization has consultative status before ECOSOC, giving it the right to a voice but not to vote. He requested the addition in the antiacism draft of an amendment that wouid condemn anti-Semitism. His reasoning was simple He saw antiSemitism as r an n attack ar^im^t ?n f'hmc g °u Thedraft had already mentioned protection for ethnic g r o u p s Right there and then. Mrs Tree followed through on Dr. Lcwin's suggestion, V/itliOut Lvtn UHi-
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'Trefe1 Television Jerusalem (ZINS)—The extreme orthodox Neturai Karta in Jerusalem have forbidden the ucwing of television and v.'2rr;cd they v,:!l exeem municate all those found violating this proscription The gist of the excommunication (Sherem) Proclamation is ns follows: We proclaim and announce that the unclean magic box, which is c a l l e d television, ruins the Souls of people, destroys family life, confuses the mind and leads to atheism. Therefore, television is completely and utterly "trefe" and must not be allowed into Jewish homes in the Holy Land. We warn our brethren of the Children of Israel that they must not make unclean their homes with these devils and evil spirits. We proclaim excommunication upon the television and upon t h o s e who will make use of it.
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Arlhur Goldberg 4ser, she drafted a resolution in long-hand, presented it as an amendment to the draft opposing racism. Trickery A couple of years went by. The U. S. A., once having committed itself, would not let go. President Johnson, indeed, proclaimed publicly that he supported the move generated by Mrs. Tree on a humane impulse. Then, last fall, it looked as if the drive had collapsed. The Soviet Union had seen to that— through trickery. Az debate cr. the nnti-rr.ci.sra draft seemed to have been about concluded, the USSR delegation brought in a sub-amendment to the U. S. amendment. Whereas the U. S. A. called for outright condemnation of anti-Semitism —the Soviet alternative sought shamelessly to equate anti-Semitism and Zionism with Nazism and neo-Niwism — condemning all four of these ideologies as if they had been cut from the Knme cloth. The rnen from Moscow knew that their cynical approach had no chance of adoption. They wanted one result: To obfuscate the issue so that neither their "sub" nor the U. S. amendment (by that time co-sponsored by Brazil) would pass. The Kremlin cabal got a member of the Soviet bloc and a member of the Moslem group to introduce a resolution banning the naming of all and any "isms" (except apartheid, which was already listed for severe condemnation). The ploy worked. "Isms" w e r e outlawed. The USSR had its "victory." But Moscow did not figure on Mr. Go 1 d b e r g' s persistence. ,Sjv»akip<j before the 3'nai B'rith Anti fjeiamation League recently. Mr. Goldberg referred to the U N 'a adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All F o r m s of Racial Intolerance. Through the adoption of this instrument, he noted, the world knows now that: "We can no longer talk about how much we loathe discrimination The test of our -loathing must be the speed and effectivenp«5 wifli finch each ar.d every nation turns un Ihe lights in its ov/n house, and thereby, forever, eiiut lite darkness in which discrimination breeds and dwells." But the anti-racism document, continued the U. S. Ambassador, "omitted a specific reference to anti Semitism as one of the particular evih to be condemned." In Mr. Goldberg's words: "The lights did not shine brightly enough" when the General Assembly voted its m e a s u r e s against racism, That would now be taken care of, he said. "The United States delegation at the U. N.," he promised, "will continue the fight by raising" the issue once again in the Human Rights CornmJssion." Outlawry of racism is fine, he noted—but anti-S e m i t i s m must be . condemned by name. Half-measures are not enough. "There is no
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A postscript may be in order. When Mr. Goldberg was taken from lh' Supreme Court to be sent here by the President, as the successor to Adlai Stevenson, there were skeptics in the Jewis'' community who feared that now, as a member of the; Washington Administration's Kstablishment, the diplomat Goldberg may blanket the Jew Goldberg. He has given the answer. He has shown he can be both American and Jew; that, in fact, the two are inseparable in his personality and his work.
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5 YEARS AGO Mrs. A. D. Frank was named chairman of the Women's Division of Philanthropies . . . Ina Margolin and Dik Weiner announced their engagement . . . M a r s h a Gould and Joann Schmidman observed their B.13 Mitzvabs. 10 YEARS AGO Mrs. Mike Freeman was named to the board of the National Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal . . . Bonnie Tarnoff celebrated her Bas Mitzvah . . . Carole Frank was named "Teen of the Week."
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The problem of Negro anti-Semitism is not one that men of good will like to talk about. To many Negroes it is a source of embarrassment; to many Jews it is an issue they wish had never . come up. Most Negroes deplore anti-Jewish prejudice; yet many Negroes utter anti-Semitic remarks out of habit, or frustration, or resentment against anyone who is white. Most Jews arc sensitive to the struggle against racism; yet many Jews active in the civil rights movement have tended to look the other way when antiSemitism cropped up, or have explained it away in terms of "Jewish slumlords'' or other examples of "exploitation" of Negroes by Jews. is VICARS AGO The James Lipseys announced Despite (he excuses and despite the explanations—or perhaps because of them—the poison of Negro anti-Semitism has remained. the birth of a daughter, Sally It is against this background that what happened in Mount Ann . . . Judy Krantz observed Vernon, N, Y., on the evening of February 3, must be understood her Bas Mitzvah. 20 YEARS AGO and evaluated. The facts are these: At a public meeting of the Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brodkey Mount Vernon board of education, called to discuss desegregation of the local schools, hot words were exchanged over an alleged announced the birth of a son, lack of progress in ending racial imbalance. Among those accused Bruce. of opposing school integration were some residents of the commu25 YEARS AGO nity who are Jewish. Tempers flared and at one point during the Norman Roffman celebrated meeting Clifford A. Brown, educational chairman of CORE in his Bar Mitzvah . . . Among the Mount Vernon, shouted: "Hitler made one mistake when he didn't participants in the City Talmud kill enough of you Jews." Torah Purim Cantata were: EuThe remark was an obscenity. It was reasonable to expect nice Feldman as Queen Esther; that the director of CORE, James Farmer, would immediately and Arthur Lefitz as Mordccai; Ann unequivocally repudiate the statement and the man who made it. Shrago as llaman. Instead, Mr. Farmer merely ordered an investigation to determine the "context" in which Mr. Brown made his remark. He also said that "based on what we find out, we might apply certain standard sanctions, which could include, ultimately, dropping him from membership." It was this statement that prompted Will Maslow, executive director of the American Jewish Congress, to write, Mr, Farmer the following: _ "I hereby resign from the Natinnn! Advisory Board of I've had a bad week, and all CORK. My resignation is prompted not by the vicious antibecause I've been giving some Semitic outburst of Clifford Brown, but by the tepid and amthought to things I've been biguous response to it by CORE spokesmen at its national reading in other Jewish weekheadquarters. lies, as well as some items According to today's New York Times, CORE officials— which have appeared in this painstead of sii.tpemiing Brown immediately—announced an inper. I'm disturbed, and since vestigation to determine the "context" in which the remark I've never been one to suffer was made. I find this attitude shocking. in silence, I'll share it with you. Can you conceive of any context that would make Mr. In the past year I've read at_ Brown's outrageous statement permissible? Can you conceive least a dozen different articles' of any situation that would justify the kind of tirade that calls which explain the alienation of for more acts of genocide? young people away from JuI need hardly tell you that my resignation does not mean daism as a result of the "mathat I will in any way lessen my efforts in the struggle against terialistic, apathetic mediocrity" racism to which I have devoted a good part of the last 20 years. which is found in most Jewish But I cannot continue an association with a group whose moral communities. "Idealistic youth fiber is so flabby as to respond in an unequivocal manner to are disillusioned and dissatisfied the horrifvini! and racist, public statement made by the CORE with what they have seen of the official." " American Jewish Community" There arc lessons to be learned from the "incident" of Mount wrote Sarah Smith in an article Vernon. One! is that those who are fighting the disease of racism in the Jewish Press February cannot themselves be infected with its venom, lest they relinquish 11. "It may be true elsewhere, any pretense to be taken seriously in the struggle for human de- but certainly not here" I've been cency. Another lesson is that anti-Semitism cannot be blinked or telling myself, then I started disregarded or swept under the rug no matter what the source, thinking , . . and I got depressed. least the Jewish community abandon all self-respect . . . and the Synagogues respect of others. Some of the depressing news But there is a danger as well—the danger that some persons this week included the survey may seize on the incident of Mount Vernon or the fact of Negro by the United Synagogues of anti-Semitism as an excuse to refrain from participating in the America which revealed that of great struggle for racial equality, a struggle, which is not a Negro 7,915 families in 398 conservastruggle alone but an American struggle. tive congregations who resigned The American Jewish Congress rejects such a course. Its com- for reasons other than death or mitment to the cause of civil rights and its involvement in the bat- change oi residence, 3,718 retle for racial justice remain as profound and as energetic as they signed when their children have ever been. Let no one misunderstand or misinterpret Will passed Bar Mitzvah age. An adMaslow's letter, or the position of AJ Congress. ditional 1,459 families quit beFar from withdrawing from the fray, AJ Congress has re- cause of "lack of interest." The affirmed its position against racism in the very act of demanding problem is accentuated by the - that anti-Semitism, from whatever quarter, be iineqiiivocaiiy and fact that fewer than fifty per publicly condemned. • ' cent of Jewish families join a synagogue in the first place! Pretty sad figures to give our young people about the spiritual EY 'HENRY LEONARD convictions of the Jewish Community and the failure of the synagogue in American Jewish life. Philanthropy Then I read in the Sioux City Newsletter of the debate in that Jewish community regarding the advantages of publishing and distributing the list of w.rs~ tributors, their pledges and payments, in the annual Philanthropies campaign. The arguments in Sioux City in favor of such action include: "Good contributors have a right to public recognition" and "Poor contributors or (hose giving less than nvcragc for their Income bracket will be encouraged to 'keep up with Jones' in giving as well as In spending." How do you suppose this philanthropies "gimmick" hits idealistic young people? Is it true that the traditional attitude of Jewish responsibility to Tzedukah has deteriorated to tho point of needing publicity and blackmail campaigns to "How dare you assign my son a Bar Mifzvah raise funds? dafe that is so inconvenient for my caterer," Apathy Wo lament the lacfc of commitment on the part of others,
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By Mickey Gerelicli I yet often fail to express our own. Why, for instance, did so few choose to respond to' the young college student who has frequently used the columns nf this paper to express his hypothesis that "Judaism is no longer relevant." To him and others like him does not our silence mean agreement? It seems to me that a young man who reads nnd writes to a Jewish paper has not really • discarded his heritage in spite of what he says. Perhaps he was looking for answers. Why did the Rabbinical and Educational leadership of our community remain silent? And Again On Fcbruray 4 the Jewish Press reprinted an article from the Phoenix Jewish News written by Johann S. Ackerman on "Why Rabbis Should Stay Out of Politics." In essence, Mr. Ackerman was saying (hat "it is safer for Jewish leadership not to get involved in -what might be controversial matters" . . . that Rabbis should stick to religion, intimating that Judaism has nothing to say about moral issues today, or at least that Rabbis shouldn't say it. If silence means agreement, Mr. Ackerman has a host of sympathizers in Omaha, because no one to my knowledge expressed an opposing point of view. The picture of course is not all black. Actually there is more good than bad, more interest than apathy, in the Omaha Jewish community than there is in many other communities. We can't, however, bask in the glow of what is positive and ignore what is lacking. In a sense, that is why I felt compelled to write this rather negative column. Having paid it, I feel better, and if it stirs any of you to thought and expressed reaction, then it certainly.- has- bs«: worthwhile. Expression This newspaper is a vital part of our Jewish community. It is the primary organ of communication between our people. It must do more than disseminate news items. It must aiso bo the vehicle for expressions of opinioas and ideas. If silence does mean agreement and we have no new ideas or opinions, then perhaps our youth are correct in rejecting a lifeless Jewish community. On the other hand, if our silence is merely an expression of apathy or procras.tinatiori, then we are failing in our responsibilities to ourselves and our young people. Once again, I invite those of you who care, to use the pages of this paper as a positive expression of the vitality and relevance of modern Jewish life.
of appeals. Most h u b b i e s are nice guys. What's a home without a hothouse? Loom Koom If perchance the real estate contains a toolroom, c h a n c e s are the little woman will redesign it to do for a loom room where she can weave rugs. Renovating a tool shed rarely takes more than a hardearned .$1,000 plus, say VI weekends of labor. Presto! the loom room is ready and all the family lacks is a place to store the lawn mower, the hose, the s p r i n k l e r, the spreader, the shovels, and the hedge clippers. Wallpaper Failith either of these prospects, your average wife can usually determine it is about time the f a m i l y wallpapered dotter's room or removed the wallpaper {com dotter's loom. When himself complains the job seems to take forever, the little woman can a l w a y s reply, it ' Wouldn't take forever if he didn't have to play poker mtco a month until midnight. Anyone in need of a title for n book explaining the American girl's boundless energy can have mine which is "I'rojeets1. I'sojeets!" From the prospects of living on a n o u s eboat to building a canvas kyak for the Girl Scout troop, the imagination of most women rarely rests. There is always sovneltaing to be done and anyone who only puts in a 50-hour week the most exasperating part of which is filling a quota, ought to be available for the doing. The one i n h i b i I i o n which sometimes deters a project dear to the heart of a woman is her old man's heart. Many a time I have h.ard U\e compassionate complaint, "Why do you have to sweat so? You go about building a flagstone terrace like you were chained to a galley. Take it easy. The terrace will look as nice." OuiU Occasionally there's a lull between projects. Milady fills up this hiatus by purchasing blenders, washing machines, ironing boards, and dish dryers. What motivates her, of c o u r s e , is guilt. She is probably descended from Puritans and the Puritans would have applauded our leisure. There ate ever so raaiw more gadgets and. projects to occupy us than there were in the days of the Plymouth col- , ony. We all seem to have the ' never-diminishing ability to keep making work for ourselves. All of us should be saie Irom mischief. , The only ones who seem lackadaisical in our society arc U\a Litvaks who emigrated here in 1939 and not only instruct the local laundry to iron the shirts but the pillowcases as well.
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University Club Party This Sunday Hose Fellman, social chairman, has announced t h a t the University Club "Non-Leap Year Party" will be held this Sunday, February 27, (J p.m. at Schimmel's Indian Hills Inn. Dancing and a Buffet Supper is planned. All post-high school Jewish young adults are invited to attend, with or without dates.
•NATIONAL COUNCIL guest speaker. Oilier special OF JliWI.SII H'O.MKN ((uesls will incAwk* Governor The Oj5i'n Fonim study meet- Frank Morrison and Mayor A. ing.will be held Tuesday. March V. Sorenwn. 1. '.r.'Mi a.m. fit the home of Mrs. Reservations may be made Herbert Forbes, 122 South 50lh with Mr. Norman Korney; Chair.Street. man of the Dinner Committee. Mr. Norman L. Hahn, Chair- Mrs. Pennie Davis is serving as man of the Human Relations co-chairman of Die Women's Hoard, will serve as moderator Dinner Committee. for a panel discussion on current problem;;. Members of the KIUENUS OF iiiv, June Wedding for paiifcl include Mmes. Carl Peter- OMAHA WiRHEW ACADEMY son, Robert Gibson, Raymond monthly meeting Former Omahan Metoyer, Kenneth Myers, W. ft. willTheberegular held Wednesday, March Jackson and Howard Swain. 2, 8 p.m. at the home of Dr. and Dr. and Mrs. I. M. Saturen of Mrs. Irving Shapiro, Wl South Ames, Iowa, announce the en- JEWISH WAR VKTERAVS 78 6t. All members are urged gagement of their daughter, JuThe next meeting of the Ep- to attend. dith Lea, to Gerald F. Rosenblatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. stein-Morgan Post No. 2(iO will M. Rosenblatt, former Omahans be held on Tuesday, March 1, now of 3012 Shawncc Avenue, fl:15 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simon, 3UIW Dav- CRAFTS Des Monies, Iowa. Members desiring transThe future b r i d e will be a enport. Under the direction of Miss to the meeting are spring graduate.of Iowa State portation Sari Baron, an unusual S.CSKWW asked to phone 451-7971 or 55(5University. Her fiance, grand- Sillili at least one hour before of Crafts projects has been son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Katzplanned for Sunday, February man of Omaha and Mrs, Ida the meeting. 27,'2:30 p.m. in room 25 at the JWV 'members urge the comRosenblatt of Los Angeles, CaliExciting Dishes with Corned Beef tuitl Pickled Tongue munity to listen to the Law- Jewish Community Center. The crafts program is open Those perennial favorites, corned beef and pickled tongue, can fornia, is studying for his Mas- rence Welk Radio Show during ter's Degree in Psychology at also bo combined with many oilier foods to create delicious, excitthe week of February 2fi. A to all youngsters in the com-, Iowa State University. ing, and novel dishes. Today's recipes demonstrate in two comsalute to the JWV will be made munity. K fee of 5<l ccvite covers the cost of all supplies used. A w e d d i n g on June 2G is at that time. pletely different ways how well th<; meats blend with rice. Registration may be made with Because in both recipes the meat is "stretched" by the addition planned. the instructor just before class of the rice, it is suggested that the meal include additional protein IMON'EEIt WOMEN lime. in another form. At a buffet sliced turkey may be offered as well. The regular monthly luncheon If the casserole or pilaf is used as the main dish of a family dinner, /net-ting will be held Tuesday, TUTORING SERVICE a dessert rich in eggs would provide the required nutrient. A hot March 1, 12:30 p.m. at the JewA Tutoring Service is oiiered green'vegetable ami » crisp tensed o,mid go well with the Espag- KAYLM ish Community Center. The annual Spring Carnival by the Jewish Community Cennole, while a molded salad containing a blend of cooked or raw ter Activities Department for vegetables would be fine with the pilaf. No potatoes are needed will be held Sunday, February 27, at the Jewish Community HADASSAII high school .students experiencwith either dish. A musical production bnsed Center from 1 to f> p.m. ing difficulty with any high Pickled Tongue or Corned Beef ami Rico Espagnolc Admission tickets at 2?> cents on past Hadassah Spectaculars, school subject. 2'.i cups cooked rice will celebrate the Kith annivereach may be purchased from The service includes private 2Vi cups coarsely chopped cooked corned beef or pickled tongue Rayim members or at the door. sary of the Stale of Israel at the counse\mg, prolens'ional testing 2 tablespoons chicken fat final meeting on Wednesday, Door prizes include a portable and arranging for the services I cup diced onion television set. All members of April 27, at the First Federal of qualified tutors. Further in] cup diced green pepper Homestead Center. the community are invited to formation may be obtained hy "J cup diced pimento-stuffed green olives A "casting p:\rty" lor the calling Dik Weiner, 342-136C. attend. 1 cup tomato sauce show will be held Tuesday, When you cook the rice, ur,c a generous quantity of boiling waMarch 1 at '.):'M a.m. at the ter and cook only until the grains are tender but still separate. heme of Mrs. Robert Wagner, Drain thoroughly and cool. Remove all fat and gristle from the director. Members wishing to LOUIS SCHWARTZ meat, then chop into pieces about the size of the grains-of cooked Mr, nnd Mrs. David Dubin, participate in the show or on rice. In a large skillet over medhmilow heat melt the fat, and in Funeral services were held the stage crew are invited to former Omahans, now of Puebit cook the onion and green pepper until soft but not browned. Add Friday, February IS, for Louis attend. Sitter service (or pre- lo, Colorado, announce the birth (lie rice and cook and stir for 5 minutes. Add the meat, olives, and Schwartz, age 52, of CSlfi La- school children will be provided of a son, Lawrence Sheldon, tomato•iiauce. and stir until very hot, Servo in a casserole. This fayette. Tuesday morning at 59C1 West- born January 13 in Phoenix, amount serves -1 to 5, Arizona. They have another s<m, Survivors nre: Wife, Betty; ern Avenue. Brett and a daughter Jo Dee. Keel and Gold Pilaf daughters, Debie and Mary; Mrs. Louis Dubin or Brooklyn, 2 cups cubed corned beef or pickled tongue brother, Philip, all of Omaha; MENTAL HEALTH New York is the grandmother. :t cups boiling water mother, Mrs. Rose Zaek, Los ASSOCIATION 3 teaspoon salt Angeles, California. The Eastern Nebraska MenA generous pinch saffron tal Health Association will hold Cousin Club H cup raw rice (use regular, not quick-cooking) MRS. liLANCIUC 'KOSKNBM/M its "Man of the Year" dinner, 2 tablespoons chicken fat Funeral services were held in honoring J. Gordon Roberts, on Mrs. Meyer Meyerson will be 1 -1-oz, can sliced mushrooms Kansas City, Missouri February Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m. at hostess to the Cousins Club on '.& cup slivered blanched almonds 20, for a former Omahan, Mrs. Schimmel's Indian Hills Inn. Wednesday, March 2, 12:30 p.m. ',i cup sliced pitted ripe olives Blanche Gross Rosenblum, age Dr. W. Walter Menninger of at the Hotel Conant. Members Remove any fat and gristle from the meat and cut it into one- fi7. the Menninger Foundation in tumble to attend arc asked to hnlfinch cubes. Add the salt and saffron to the boiling water, in Survivors are: Husband. Irn; Topek.i, K.mvis will be the call ,r).Jl-(il70. a large saucepan, and stir in the rice. Use enough saffron to tint sister, Ruth Malashock of. Omathe rice a pale golden yellow. Coo!: tintil the rice is tender. If all. ha. the water is not absorbed, drain off any excess. -Lightly stir together the rice, meat, and all remaining ingredients, including the liquid in the can of mushrooms. Heat thoroughly, The pilaf may Wanted: Working J e w i s h also be poured into a greased, shallow baking dish and heated in woman to :hara apartment ?i 350-degrec Fahrenheit ovr»n for 2'J minutes. The pilaf can be IRVING rREEDMAN, Registered Pharmacist, Owner mixed in advance and heated in the upper part of a double boiler with widow, RENT FREE. over boiling water, or in the oven tor about 30 minutes. This Private bodroom and kitchen 36th and Farnam Sts. 345-6615 amount serves 5 to C, if there is another meat, or 4 to 5 as the privileges. Phono 551 -2729. main dish. Free City-Wide Delivery Mrs. Harold Z c I i n s k y announces the engagement of her daughter, Ellen Ruth, to Robert David Gordniun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gordman of Far Kockawny, New York. The future bride, a student fit the University of Omaha, is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Brotman, Rock Island, Illinois and Mrs, Abe Zelinsky, San Francisco. California. Hrs. Micliael Brotman of Los Angeles, California is the greatgrandmother of the bride-to-be. Her fiance is also a student at the University of Omaha. He is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gordman of Omaha. A fall wedding is planned.
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•BOYS \Vl{ESTLI\(i Kobert M. a n c: u s o. former coach at the University of Nebraska, and Al Paltnvina. aa outstanding wrestling official and competitor, will .supervise . Sunday Wrestling Classes at the Jewish Community Center for boys in tht fourth through eighth grades. The first class will be held Sunday, March li in the J.C.C. gym from 1:30 to 2:311 p.m. Free to Center members, fee for non-members is $"i per month.
C't League Hasketball Cliaiiipi&nhhip la.it Sunday in a thrillin;; play-off v.-ilh 'l'n-tiak's Omaha Jobbing. Sandy Cipinko, hilling from underneath, tallied Hi points for his loam, assisted by j a y Jucoby. John Freeman and Steve Violi'tl
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Kl\ lAli.Tli'i SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM—Top tow (left lo right) Coach David Lindlierg, Mil.c Perimeter, Derek Majors, Mark Singer. Bottom row (left to right) David Slosliurg, Danny Slosburg and Dick Bernstein.
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on a well balanced offensive attack for the winners. Boh Jacob;;on led the scoring for his team with 22 tallies. liASEIIAIX CLINIC In connection with the Center's Sports Spectacular program for r>th and Cth grade Midget Leaguers, the annual baseball clinic will start this Sunday, February 27 at 1:30 p. m. Participant.1; will be given pointers on the proper techniques of batting, throwing, fielding and other baseball skills from well-known players in W Omaha area.
FIFTH AND SIXTH GKADE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM—Top row (left to right) Sieve Violctt, Larry Weinhoff, Sandy Cipinko, Coach Gary Powers. Bottom row (left to right) John Freeman, Stevo Rosen, Jay Jacoby and Dave Nadoff. Not pictured: Joe Lipsey and Eddie Silver. MR. SOL MIUOFF thanks his many relatives aud friends for (lie cards, gifts, flowers, contributions lo charity and other expressions of #oo<l wishes during his recent hospilali/.alion.
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