STATE HIS'iORICAL SOCIETY
Vol. NI.V .11
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The aiuuii'il Sprint; Convention of tin- SniiMiv.Tsi Regional Council of IJ'iiai JJ'rilh will b'lield in Omaha Sunday, May - I , starting ;it !l:!"!0 a.m. at the From Town House. Delegates from lodges ir» Council Blulf.s, Hastim;;;. Grand Island, Fremont, Sioux City, •Sioux Falls. Lincoln and Oniaha will atlend the convention event;;. F-'ctlion of officers will bf;
preside at the convention sessions. Special (iui'sls Kd K. Cohen, District Grand Lodge No. (i 'executive .secretary, will be among the special guests at the noon luncheon. Guest .speaker will hi.- Mrs. Lily Kdelrnan, director of li'nai Ii'rilh's Department ot Adult Jewish Education and the editor of Jewish Heritage. A graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University. Mr;. Edel-
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'•Paintings.nut! Print;;" is tlir; title of the exhibition of the works of Mrs. Meyer Hehcr and Mrs. Abe Markovitz which will be on display at the Jewish Community .Center for two weeks starting May i.1. Mrs. Dan Katznuin, Center Art Chairman, lias announced llirit the exhibition i» tilfi first ill ft series Of di.Sphiys featuring local niul nationally recognized Jewish artists. In addition to the exhibit in the main lobby of the Center, the Center Library will feature special art folios and books about Jewish art durinR the two-week period. The exhibit v/ill be open to the public at no charge weekdays smd evenings- "'id Sundays during tho two-week period. Displayed worlcs will also be 'available for purchase.
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A (lift by the Omaha .Section ol the National Council of Juwi.'.h Women will provide the additional facility of a Nature and Library Center at the Ksther K Newman Camp. Construction, on tin- project is expected to start tliis .summer. Announeenieiit of the ;;ift wa i Jiiacle bv Mrs. Herbert Meiches, ineKideiit of the NC.IW, at a ineetini', of the board of the Omaha Jev/i;:h Kederalion last veek. In (Ji't'.sentinf; the initial cheel: to Mr. Hurry Sidman 1 ederatioii p r e s i d e n t , Mrs Meiches noted Council's intense interest in the affairs of the lo (,il .Jewish community. ''We. are li.ippy," she said, "to make this Rift to the Ksther K. Newman C'liinp and to add to the grow me; camp facilities which have piovided our children with so mueli pleasure." In accepting the cift, Mr. Sid man extended the thanks of the Federation and the entire Jewish Community to the N.ICW for providing the funds for the addition to the camp facilities. The new building will ba known as the Council Nature and Library Center and will house library books for the
reading.enjoyment of the. campers, a.s well as a display center for the nature specimens collected by campers in the nalureloie p.nt of the tamp
Delegates from 1!> communities in Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa will meet in Omaha May 22-24 for the Missouri Valley Regional Conference of Hadassah. Local conference chairmen. Mines. Meyer Rubin and Arthur Goldstein, are working •with Mrs. Knl-v-maii, regional vice-president and conference chairman, in making arrangements. The conference will open at 3:30 a.m. May 22 with a business session at the conference headquarters, Schimnicl Indian
Hills Inn. A full schedule of activities will follow including sessions on fund-raising, program and promotion, s p e a ker's bureau, Israel bonds and Zionist affairs. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff will be the principal s p e a k e r at the
PICTUKKI) ABOVK, showing the plans for the new Council Nature and Library Center at the Ksther K. Newman Camp a r c from left lo right Mrs. Edward Malashock, president-elect of (he National Council of Jewish Women, Harry Sidman, president of the Omaha Jewish Federation, Mrs. Norman Rips, co-chairman of the Esther K. Newman Camp Committee and Mrs. Herbert Meiclies, president of the NC.IW who presented a check to Mr. Sidman for lite construction of the building a.s a gift of the Omaha Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women.
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The Esther K: Newman Camp, a pioneer in p r o g r a m m i n g camping activities for s e n i o r citizens, announces a l i m i t e d n u m b e r of openings for the third a n n t i a l Senior Citizens Camp Session May 20 through June 1. Couples as well as individuals can he accommodated in the .fcitit'' day program in the camp's modern housing facilities. Activities will include so-
cial and folk dancing, group games, tours and trips to places of interest, lecture and discussion groups, morning services for men and camp excursions. Other activities include boating, swimming, fishing and song sessions. Fee for the four day program is $10 per person in addition to the subsidy for the p r o g r a m provided by tho Senior Citizens Club at the J.CC. Transporta
tion to and from the camp is provided by chartered bus. Enrollment may be made by phoning the camp office, 34213GG, by mail applications to the J.CC. or through reservations made with Mrs. .I. Milton Margolin or Morris Machman, president and vice-president respectively of the .Senior Citizens Club. ' • ' '. • E n r o l l m e n t will be limited and early registration is urged
The new center will also provide the additional space needed for staff meetings, slutiy areas and other .special camp piojicts
Rubin and G o 1 dsteln Includet Mrs. Ira Whitebook, treasurer) Mnies. David Katzman and Morton Richards, r e g i s t r a t i o n : Mines. William Raduziner ancj Dan Gordman, Delegates gift packages; Mrs. Gilbert Aronoffj decorations; Mrs. J. J. Fried,*
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Zionist Affairs program at 8:15 man, hospitality; Mrs. Morris C, Fellman, publicity; Mrs, David p.m. in the Ballroom West. Romanik, gift shop; Mines. WilTuesday Mrs. A. Clark Murdock will liam Alberts, Sam Ban, Dava be the principal speaker discus- Epstein, Harry Ferensteiri, spesing youth activities and Amer- cial arrangements; Mines. Naican affairs following a n o o n than Turner and Sam Green, luncheon on Tuesday, May 2:i. t r a n s p o r t ation: Mrs. Alfred Frank, visual aids; Mrs. Joseph The Conference Banquet will be held T u e s d a y evening at Guss, banquet program. Members of the community Beth Israel Synagogue. Special g u e s t s will include Mrs. Max wishing to make reservations Schenk, national a d v i s o r and for any of the luncheons or thii national treasurer of Iladassah; banquet may do so by contactthe Honorable N o r b e r t Tie- ing Mrs. David KaUman or Mrs, mann, Governor of Nebraska, Morton Richards. and the Honorable A. V. Sorens'on, Mayor of Omaha. The program on Tuesday will also include sessions on educaHong Kong (ZINS) - - A tion, tourism and l e a d e rship remnant of only twenty-eight training. jews are now residing in Chairmen China, fifteen of whom are Mrs. Benjamin Hoffman of St. ready to emigrate at the Louis, Missouri, regional presifirst opportunity, according dent, will be the presiding ofto reliable sources. Nineteen ficer of the conference. Mrs. Jews live in Shanghai, five Joseph Guss, Omaha Chapter in P e k i n g and four in a president, will preside at the small town in Manchuria. closing brunch Wednesday, May Jews have lived in Ghana as 24 at 11 a.m. ot the Indian Hills far back a.s 2,500 years ago, ballroom, at the time of the Prophets. Chairmen serving with Mmea.
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Senior Citizens are pictured above boarding Campers enjoy a walk during the sneelal Hi" tins (or Ksllier K. Newman. Caniii lant year, camping program for Senior Citizens at Camp