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$8,500 to Israel The hitler fro ^ .,'.,. Marry Jones, whith appears on this page did not fall on deal ears as the women of Omaha mobilized this ones. One mother lost two Dear Friends: Week in an Israel Emergency Fund Campaign PhoneA-Thon. UnFive days after the cease sons, another three. There was lire, I w;is privileged to see no rejoicing in the .streets for der the direction of Mrs. Morris C. Fellnmn. chairman of the Women's Division of the Israel Emergency Fund Campaign, .some 70 first hand the miracle that Is- the cost of war was high anil rael had wrought with her own everyone seemed to know ev•Omaha women have taken to the telephone in an effort to reach hands, her daring courage, her erybody, especially those who every Jewish family in Omaha and urge their contributions to the inspired morale, and her bril- were missing. Emergency Fund. liant military leadership. In a letter to the volunteers ' I was proud to tell Israelis In my wildest dreams I nev- of the reactions of our women Corporal Cohen, Jack C o h e n . Mrs. Fellnian said "it i;; very er could have imagined being in the United States, and the important that every Jew in Hiii!j«ua Coini, Ri/iiiud Culm, Sui in Syria or in Sharm El Sheikh, dignity and the stature that we Omaha participate in helping Cniiidell, Norman Denenberg, whose guns dominate the gained because of their courIsrael at this very critical and Morris Ermnn, David Fcder, Strait of Tiran, or flying over age and achievement. I also crucial time. As we all know, the Sinai Peninsula, and see- told them how in many Amerithe fact that the military war Stanley Feinberg, Phil Fcldman, ing the devastation and the bil- can communities women were lions of dollars of Russian giving "phis" gifts to the Is- has ended does not mean that Charles Fellnian. Alfred Fiedtanks and military equipment rael Emergency Fund. But the the urgent needs are not as ler, Stanley Fisk, Albert Fox, lyinc abandoned. great — they arc even greater Phillip Fox, Melvin Freeman, more, I saw, and the more I and will continue to increase in Herman Friedman, Lloyd FriedJerusalem had over 20,(100 heard, the more I realized that the months to come." holes and lilts 'by shells. Win- the part we have played in this man. dows were broken, plaster country is small in comparison Volunteers participating in Others are Mines. Richard to (he many sacrilicies the walls crumbled, and homes the phoiie-athon include the fol- Goldman, Arthur Goldstein, Tobi damaged. Families lived in women of Israel have made lowing: Mines. Herman AuerAnn Golonka, Edwin Gorelick, shelters in basements for three and will continue to make. bach, Paul Blotcky, Dave Brod- Bernard G r e e n b e r g , Bruce days and three nights. The key, Edward D. Brodkey, EdI think that all of us must Greenberg, Dave Greenhorg, women drove buses and amwin E. Brodkey, I. C h a pman, Maynard G r e e n b e r g , Dave bulances, entertained children re-examine the part we have Gross, Ernest Ifochster, Gustav in shelters, helped the sick and played and the magnitude of Kaldcgg, Lazar Kaplan, Morris old, and were cooks and the opportunity to help not only our brethren, but more nurses. ICatleinan, Julius Katzman, Keimportant, ourselves, Such a vce Kirshcnbaum, Robert KoopIn .small towns, teams of boy chance comes once in a lifeer, M. M. Krupinsky, Arthur scouts helped women, whose time and »c can't afford lo Jerusalem OTA)—The World Kulakofsky, Max L a s h i nsky, men were gone, to bring in the miss it. Zionist executive has been in- William Levey. Robert Levine, crops, build air raid shelters, What Israel needs now is our formed that some 3,700 volun- Stanford Lipsey. and act as mailmen, milkmen, teers for non-combatant w o r k or wherever they were needed. financial help. The daily cost Concluding the list are Mmes. of life in Israel is staggering. have come to Israel since the Stanley Malasbock, Orval MildI shall never forget the slit Remember, the fact that your current crisis started, including er, Charles Monasee, J u l i u s trenches in lite settlements h u s b a n d made a gift is lCfi doctors and <M nurses. Newman, Jack N o o d e l l , I. that connected one house with not enough. As in the regular Elialiu Dobkin, of the Jew- Osheroff, David Rice, Joe Rice, the other. These ran into deep campaign, each one of us has ish Agency executive, reported Morton Richards, Nonnan Rips, air raid shelters many feet un- the responsibility and privilege that the volunteers had b e e n Blaine Roffman, L a r r y Roffderground, equipped with little to make a separate "plus" sent to 177 different villages. man, David R oni a ni k, David cribs, play pens and food, gift. And if you have already The largest number — 1,030 — Rosenbaum, Max Scheuermann, where the children spent six made' a gift to the Israel Eniercame from Britain, he said, fol- Irma Schwartz, Ben Shapiro, days and nights as Syrian g e n c y Fund, ask "is it lowed in order by volunteers David Sherman, Philip Turek, shells rained over them. enough"?—"can I do more"?— from France, South Africa, Can- Milton Waldbaum, Iz Weiner, and then do it! Every person we met had a ada and the United States, from Sam Wolf and Edward • Zorinspecial story to tell, and a sky. which 210 came, I ask this of you NOW. pride that the morale on the home front was so high. On the You have in your bands the war front, General Rabin said: opportunity (o give life to a ''The command and the sol-people who Know no sacrifice diers decided the fate of the too great, so (hat they can live battle, not the planes and the in peace, and hope for war no tanks," The spirit.of the boys more, They jirp giving |i« (mil in the hospitals was unbeliev- the rest of the free world the able, for it was the amputee dignity to walk with heads held and the boy who lost his sight, high. Let us show our appreand others who were seriously ciation by our understanding wounded, who cheered the oth- and our gift. ers on and made light of their wounds to their families and Cordially yours, friends. Mrs. Harry Jones, Chairman National Women's Division Yes, the war Is over and war brings many losses of dear United Jewish Appeal
3,700 Volunteers Arrive in Israel
marntm ru Harvey Ferer, chairman of the Israel Emergency Committee, noted this week that as the Omaha Emergency Campaign funds continue to grow, response; has come not only from individuals, but from organization.! as well. The first announcement of an organization contribution wai made by Mr. Jack Green, president of Beth El Synagogue, In announcing the Beth El Synagogue pledge of $8,500 to the Israel Emergency Fund, Mr. Green noted that the action wa3 taken by the board of trustee* of Beth El Synagogue, "not as a substitute for contributions by Beth El members, but in addition to the personal donations all Beth El members are being urged to make." Mr. Green noted further than none of the money contributed by Beth El to the emergency campaign came out of operating funds or other specific funds. "The money contributed by Beth El has been taken from funds contributed to the synagogue over the years where the donor indicated that the money be used wherever the need was greatest," Mr. Green explained, "It was the feeling of the board that no need was greater than those of Israel during the trying days ahead." "Further announcements at organization contributions will be made next week," said Mr. Ferer,
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Jewish Servicemen Contribute To Israel Emergency Fund A contribution of $250 was re- volvement in the campaign by ceived this week by the Omaha Jewish servicemen was made Israel Emergency Commi 11 e e by the Commission on Jewish from an Omaha Jewish service- Chaplaincy of the National JewWelfare B o a r d who anman serving iii Bangkok. "I ish nounced that Jewish serviceWant to be counted among the men in the 11th Corps area in Omaha Jews aiding the great Viet Nam have already contribneeds of Israel," the donor said uted $500 to the United Jewish simply. A p p e a l ' s Israel Emergency Other announcements of in- Fund.
St. Paul—One of the victims of the tragic attack by Israeli air and sea forces on the U.S.S. Liberty, in which 34 lives were lost, .-was Robert Burton Eisenberg of tills city. He is believed to have been trapped below decks as'an exploding torpedo made a gaping hole in the communication vessel's side. An only son, hi3 parents aro
Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin Eisenberg. He enlisted in the Navy in February of 19G4, following attendance at the University of Minnesota. He was a CommuniA paratrooper wounded in the battle for Jerusalem was wed from his bedside at Hailassah cations T e c h n i c i a n Second Hospital as his comrades—In wheelchairs, on crutches and in beds—looked on. The groom, .Yohicl Class, (IlililO Kaufman, 21, and bis bride, IWaznl Slimucll, are from Kibbutz Sasa in Central Galilee. They Memorial services were held decided to go through with their wedding as planned before the outbreak of hostilities, llilil; wan nt the Temple of Aaron, with of- wounded in the leg during the battle of Sbcildi Jarrali and is still in a plaster cast un to his waist. ficial representatives of tho Mazal completed tier N'ahal service, a year ago and is now a candidate for membership at Kibbutz Navy and the Marine Corps in Sasa. The ceremony was performed by the Rabbi of the Iladassah Medical Center, Kalibi Ya'acov attendance. IJal(ovsI;y. AH expenses were paltfby the lladassah Staff Committee.
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