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Approximately 100 teenagers representing the four Youth Council Boy's Clubs initiated the 10.7 acre grounds of the new Jewish Community Center site on OCth and Western with football games Sunday, September 26, ' The sidelines were filled with parents and onlookers as the referee blew his whistle for the kick-off. "It was indeed a thrilling kick-off to see our youngsters participating on this new land that is soon to house the physical plant of the new Jewish Community Center," said Harry Sidman, president of the Omaha Jewish Federation.
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Future athletic activities are being planned to beheld on the site. Pictured above at the site are, front row. left to right, Youth Council players Jay Shukert, Mark Trustin and Bob Handleman. Back row, left to right, Arthur Goldstein, chairman Center Site Committee; Harry Sidman, President Oma-. ha Jewish Federation; Bob Arons'on, Steve Rosen, Jeff Hochster, Youth Council players; Milton Livingston, Building Committee chairman; Paul Veret, Executive Director Omaha Jewish Federation; Charles Arnold, JCC Athletic Director.
ures PARIS (JTA) —The Egyptian Government, in a decision.reportedly made by President Nasser personally, has decided to ban the departure" from Egypt of all Jews still in Egypt, thus apparently, holding them as hostages, the American Jewish Committee reported here. About _ a quarter of the remaining estimated 1,000-Jews are still in prison, having been detained since the June, 1967 war,, though' they have been neither charged • nor found, guilty of any offense, the report said. . • The report said that the decision applied to Jews holding Egyptian citizenship,.' to Jews nominally stateless and even to Jews holding foreign nationality if that nationality was acquired fitter the Six-Day War. The report said this was the first such decision adopted by Egypt ana
that it constituted a gross viola- .remaining Jewish nationals, the tion of basic human rights. In AJ Committee report said. It asthe past Jews were allowed to serted that the Egyptian Governleave Egypt after being "de- ment had not even bothered with pretense that the detained nationalized" by authorities. - the JevVs were guilty of any offense. Anti-Jewish actions also have "They are being held prisoners" been taken by the Governments simply because they are Jews," of Syria and Iraq against their the report declared. The Jewish prisoners, numbering ah estiUNITED NATIONS, N.Y.- mated 223 to 240, have been (JTA)—Israel is willing to actransferred to the Tourah prison cept a United Nations 'hunear Cairo after initial detention manitarian' emissary to inat the Abu Zaabal jail, where vestigate the conditions of - they were the target of odious Arabs living in the Israelitreatment, including torture, the held areas, in accordance report said/ '. • • .with Security Council resoluPrisoners tions,, provided the.emlssary'^ In Iraq, 26 Jews out of a remandate also covers a simmaining community of 2,500 also ilar investigation of the situare being held in prison without ation of the Jews in Arabs charges t?eing placed against countries, Secretary-General them. At one time, more than U Thant was informed in a 100 heads of Jewish J families 'letter from A m b a s s a d o r were jailed after the Six-Day. Yosef Tekoah. . War, but most of them, have since been freed, according to . the AJCommittee report. Since,-, the war, the Iraqi Government has s t a g e d a house-to-housesearch of all Jewish homes and has drawn up a register of all occupants. Jews have been for-bidden to travel from their areas Paul G. Cohen, Lodge Vice- of residence and remain under President, announced that the constant surveillance. Iraqi Jews are forbidden" to emigrate and Luncheons-with the Candidates cannot sell. or. otherwise dispose "is part of our continuing effort of immovable property. .-•-.'.. to be of services in fields of loIn Syria, the report said, Jews cal interest where we have not are held virtual prisoners in "previously participated." their own homes, being forbidLawrence Pazbl, Lodge Civic den to travel more than "a mile and a half from their residences Affairs chairman, potcd that the without special. permits. They luncheons were .planned /'to must carry special identity cards bring the people and the candi- and may riot sell or otherwisedates together in an informal dispose of their property. Pales-. ntmosphere for a frank discus- tinian Arab refugees have been sion of the issues'. ••,t resettled in homes in the former All interested members of the Jewish quarters, posing a concommunity are invited to at- tinual threat to Jews in Damastend. Reservations may be made>,, cus and Aleppo, where incidents with Paul Cohen,-3334202 or have .already occurred, the' AJ Committee reported. '•• 344-8685. ,
Cornhusker B'nai B'rith Plans Candidate Luncheon Meetings Mrs. Maxims Morrison and Representative Glenn, Cunning"ham, candidates for Congress -from the Second:Congressional District, will appear at luncheon m e e t i n g s s p o n s o r e d byf] Cornh.u.skerf* Lodge of B'nai! B'rith; Mrs. Morrison! will s p e a k on I "Thursday, Octo-| ber 17. Mr. Cun-I ningham will bet the guest speakf er on October 24. B o t h meetings. Morrison will be held at' 12 noon at the Fireside Restaurant. • • • - ' • ' . . '„.
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tion by Mayor John V. Lindsay was asked this week by two Jewish organizations against a city anti-poverty official for his assertion that the "Jewish Mafia" had threatened that if the Mayor hoped to become Governor of New York he would have to "kill Ocean-BroWnsville," the experimental school district in Brooklyn. Refusal by the district governing council to accept a number of teachers, touched off an 11-day city-wide teachers strike last month and "threatens another teacher walkout. •The complaints to the Mayor, were made in separate statements by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and the Jewish Labor Committee. Both •sharply criticized Oliver Ramsey, educational director of the New York City Council Against Poverty, the city's policy-making agency for anti-poverty pro-" grams. Mr. Ramsey was quoted as asserting that the "Jewish
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Mafia" of the United Federation of Teachers had allegedly made that threat to the Mayor. ' Action Urged The ADL said that the "connotations" of the charge were obvious' and that the charge not only indicated anti-Semitism byMr. Ramsey but also "a calculated attempt to foment Negro anti-Semitism with an allegation -which is false." The ADL noted' that the Maydi* h'ad .appealed for an end to "religious and ra? cial epithets" in the school dispute and added that Mr. Ramsey's conduct "makes questionable his efficacy in the post to which you appointed him. We therefore strongly urge that you take immediate and appropriate action in this most serious matter," The Jewish Labor Committee urged the Mayor ,to make a clear statement of public policy on the "growing' use of racial slurs by officials on the ctiy payroll." Such statements, the JLC asserted, ''-add to the grow*ng tensions between racial and religious „ groups in our community." The JLC demanded an unequivocal response by Mayor Lindsay to "curb such irresponsible and inflammatory actions" and added that "strong measures" must be taken to "halt the spreading hate" as essen* tial to the prevention of further polarization within our city."
Jerusalem (JTA)—Students in J e r u s a l e m are complaining about the high cost of housing which, in many cases, has incre'ased 100 per cent in the past year. The students division of the Israel Labor Party has called on the Government, Histadrut—the labor federation — and the Hebrew l^r^rsity to do something about it. The rents are high by the Every Omaha Jewish womstandards of Israel where sala-: an has received a pink enried workers average only onevelope asking fop contributhird to one-half the wages .of tions of cash or merchandise their counterparts in the United for the Children's Hdspital States. • Bazaar to be held on: MonLast year, a well-locat.e4.room day, October 14 at the Sherawith a telephone and refrigeraton-Fontenelle; Hotel. ' tor rented for about $35 a Mrs, Stanley S I o s b u r g , month. This year the rent is $70]" chairman, issued a plea this A two-bedroom furnished apartweek that all contributions^ ment that rented for $105 'last made promptly* Cash contriyear now costs $175. Rents have butions may be mailed to also gone up in outlying areas Mrs. Slosburg at 6744 Burt of the city. • Street. i> .. - \ Students say that because of Mmes. Irvin Sherman and the high rents, economic stand- . Maurice Pepper are serving ards rather than intelligence as chairmen of the pick-up and ability determine who gets committee- for merchandise a college education in-Jerusacontributions. lem. . ... '
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Fteyd ifalber if® Spedk at irandeis Women's Meeting Floyd Kalber, prominent NBC newscaster in Chicago, will be the guest speaker for the first open meeting, of the. Oniaha Chapter Brandeis University National Women's |Committee. The meeting will be; held Saturday, October. 12, at 8:30 p.m. at the Joslyn Recital Hall. A native Omaban, Mr. Kalber served for 11 years as News Director for KMTV prior to moving to Chicago where he hosts a. daily news show. He'has appeared as guest host on the Today show and has covered the campaign activities of many political candidates as a member of the NBC news'staff. Mr. Kalber will speak on "November '68" a discussion of the coming election. The^meeting is open to the piibhc^anoTtickets may be purchased at the door. Adult tickets are $2, students $1 and may also be purchased in advance from Brandeis Women Board Members and Brandeis Store Ticket Office; i
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