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A presentation of problems faced by the American Jewish community will highlight the u'2iul annual meeting of the
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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Weekend Highlights at JCC Yiddish Concert, Foreign Film Pola Kadison, an outstanding pianist who has accompanied many prominent artists of the Yiddish theater, is included in the cast for the evening of live Yiddish theater which will be presented ths Saturday, February 20, « p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. The Concert is free and open to the entire . community. Shifra Lerer, Mort Freeman and Herschel Gendel complete the all-star cast which will present a musical playlet, "The Golden Treasure" in addition to musical solos, ducts and monologues. Foreign Film The award winning film, "Sundays and Cybele" will be presented -Sunday, February 27, 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community
Center. A presentation of the Center's "Cinema I" series, the feature film will be preceded by the award-w i n n i n g film short, "Help, My Snowman's Burning Down," Admission is $1.
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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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