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Mrs. A. C. Fellman has been named chairman of the I960 Women's Division of the Omaha Jewish Philanthropies-United Jewish Appeal-Israel Emergency Fund Campaigns. •, In announcing Mrs, Fellman's appointment to the top women's post, Mrs.-Sam L. K a t z m a n , president of the Federation 'of Jewish Women's Clubs, noted the recent decision by the National Conference of the United Jewish Appeal to c o n d u c t a massive "no limit" campaign in 1969 to meet the crucial human , needs in Israel and throughout the world. , "One needs only to scan the daily headlines to know that the Emergency in Israel continues," said Mrs. Katzman. "The heavy financial burden of defense is being met by the. people of Israel. The funds for the humanitarian "needs of the people of Israel' must be provided by free world Jewry. The women of Omaha must once again demonstrate their willingness to do their part. Betty Fellman has ctarted the ball rolling by acc e p t i n g the responsibility of heading, the women's campaign in this very critical year," she , r said. , "For' many years, and in a • '"'.• wide-variety of leadership roles, Betty has demonstrated" her willingness and ability to lead and to serve. I feel certain that her dedicated efforts as 1969 Women's Division chairman will result in a highly successful ---campaign," said Mrs. Katzman. -Active Leader Mrs. Fellman is the immediate past president of- the Federation of J e w i s h Women's Clubs, "which she also served as vice-president. She is a member pf the boards of the Omaha . - . C h a p t e r of Hadassah, Beth El Sisterhood and Tuesday Musical. A musician of note',* Mrs. Fellman is a mmeber of the faculty of the Music Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mrs. Fellman's m a n y community efforts include service on the boards of the Anti-Def-
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amation League, National Women's Committee of Brandeis University and the Omaha Civic Opera. . She is a -past president of Beth El Sisterhood, and served as vice-president of the Omaha Chapter of Hadassah and the Omaha Women's S y m p h o n y Guild. Campaign activities are not new. to Mrs. F e l l m a n who served as 19G5 chairman of the Women's Division Israel Bond 'Campaign, She has been an active worker in all Jewish Philanthropies c a m p a i g n s , and served as co-chairman of the Women's Division in 1964. Commenting on her appointment, Mrs. Fellman said," "I'm very much aware of the awesome responsibility t h a y e accepted with this chairmanship, and I am prepared to expend Mrs. A. C. Fellman all the time and effort necessary to fulfill that obligation." of the Israeli people, "particuCommitment larly the youth," she said. "To"Like everyone else who has day Israel.is being choked by ever visited Israel, I was over- the tremendous financial burwhelmed by the progress being den of massive defense needs. made; by the courage find spirit As a mother whose c h i l d r e n
Sharp Protests Follow A quittdl of Nazi Judge BERLIN (JTA)—A West Berlin court's acquittal of a former Nazi j u d g e who pronounced death sentences on 250 political prisoners in 1943 and 1944 has aroused a storm of protest in this city. " : .. ; The ex-judge,.. Hans-Joachim Rehse, who presided over one of Hitler's notorious Peoples Courts during World War II, was freed by Judge Ernest, Jurgen Oske on grounds that he was only carrying out the laws of the time. Heinz Galinski, chairman of the West Berlin Jewish Community, described the judgment as the "most atrocious" to have been delivered by a G e r m a n court since 1945. Mayor Karl
Schuetz of West Berlin said he hoped that an appeal against the . verdict would be allowed and that another court would administer justice. - Bert Even, chairman of the . Bundestag (Lower House) interior committee, said the decision was "infuriating because it lacks any trace of legal spirit." ' Judge Oske based his acquittal decision on an earlier ruling by West Germany's Federal Court that judges could, not be convicted of having deliberately manipulated the . law "if • they, were, blinded by the Nazi ideology and legal philosophy of the time." He said that while the verdicts of the Peoples Courts are inhuman by present standards, in wartime Germany the mainte..nance of security was of highest importance. The v i c t i m s of Judge Rehse's sentences and those of other Nazi judges were convicted of making "defeatist" statements and cracking jokes about Nazi leaders or talking to friends critically about the Nazi regime.
THESE THREE bappy campers will be among those attending the annual Esther K. Newman Camp Reunion, Sunday, December 29, at 2 p.m. at the Ranch Bowl. Pictured above, Jimmy Zlpursky perches on the shoulders of Sieve Dcnenberg and Sue Bernstein. The annnal camp reunion brings together former campers and staff members for a review of past activities and announcement of future plans. All prospective campers and their parents arc .InvKeil tn attend nnrt li»nrn more about thpEslhpr K. Newman
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Alt hotels in Israel's principal cities were fully booked for the rush of tourists- arriving in Israel for the Christmas holidays. This included the hotels in East Jerusalem and a number of "third class" hostelries which are usually not frequented by tourists. Eighty planes have been landing daily at Lydda Airport. Permits for tourists wanting to visit Bethlehem were being issued to foreigners who were not even asked their religion. However, residents in occupied Arab areas -wanting to visit Bethlehem had to prove they were Christians before being given permits! ~
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have been blessed by life in a free, affluent" society, I feel a strong obligation to help ease the lives of those, struggling immigrant parents and children. "The Israel Emergency Fund is being continued to help meet the vast costs of even minimal social services in Israel. This is the message I hope to bring to the women of Omaha in this campaign,. Our women have always been generous in their response when the n e e d s are made known, and never have the needs been so critical as they are now," she said.
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Noting that the local Jewish community is also dependent oh campaign funds, ^irs.Tellmah • said, "Our sense of identity as . Jews and our commitment to the oi^eds of Jews throughout the^orld, are partially the result of our living in a viable, organized Jewish community. We must continue the services provided by the Esther K. Newman Camp, the Dr. Philip Sher Home, the Jewish Press, the Jewish youth programs and the many other services provided by our local Jewish Federation,"
Soviet Jewish Student 'Tells Off Government New York (JTA)—A young Jewish ' engineering student at the University, of Moscow has written an unusual letter to the Supreme Soviet assailing antiSemitic policies renouncing his citizenship and proclaiming himself an Israeli. The Washington Post reported here this week that Yakov U. Kazakov wrote to the highest Soviet Government organ, "I do not want to participate with you in an extermination of the Jewish nation In the USSR." He also said, "I do not wish to be a citi-
Hussein Broadcasfs 'Do or Die'Pledge Jerusalem (JTA)—King Hussein of Jordan declared in a. speech over Radio Amman this week that Jordan was deter-. mined either to regain all of the Israeli-occupied territories or perish in the attempt. . • Directing his-speech "to the whole world and the enemy," he asserted that "we shall fight flames and iron with flesh and blood, but he added that if peace •came, Jordan would be the first to accept ifc ' The King- insisted that all of the occupied lands were Jor-, danian and that Jerusalem is: Jordanian. If war comes, he said "Jordan will know how to face it, despite the little she has:"
zen of a country that conducts a policy of genocide toward the Jewish people." Stating that as a Jew he con' aiders Israel his- homeland, Mr. Kazakov declared, "I demand to be freed from the humiliation of being considered a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." The Post reporter, Robert H. Estabrook, who covers the Unit* ed Nations, cited un-named Jewish sources as having provided his information. He said that an American tourist spoke with tha student last month and that ap- < parently no official action had been taken against him. He has not however been allowed to emigrate to Israel.
De Gaulle'Sure'of New Israel-Arab War ; PARIS. (ZINS) — The Paris correspondent for "Yediot Ach•ronot" (Tel Aviv evening daily), basing his report on information from qualified d i p l o m a t i c sources, contends that PrcsidontDe Gaulle did not relinquish his anti-Israel stance. The correspondent writes that De Gaulle's v i c i o u s attack against Israel at a recent Cabinet session, reflects even stronger belligerence. The official explanation given: SALO W. BARON, one of the foremost^ De Gaulle is certain that a confrontation between Israel and Jewish historians of our timesrWII receive the Arab states is imminent in B'nai D'rith's 1SS9 Jewish Heritage Awarl the near future—and—De Gaulle for "excellence for Jewish literature." Tty believes—it will be provoked by 73-year-old writer, best known for hit Israel "exactly as it happened in monumental 12-voioma "Social and Rt> 19G7." De Gaulle, the correspondent ligions History of tfia Jews," will b t contends, aims to materialize 1 presented the $1,000 literary prize sent his proposal for a four power month in Hew York at ths aonul conference on the Middle East, meeting af B'nai B'rith's adalt Jewish tdfr a proposal which, masks his am- cation commission. The award, estabOslel bition, as one of the four powers, in 1965, previously honored aathin Efli to regain for Frarice ;>. foothold' in that part ot the woriaT~ 3 ~ Diesel,-Maurici5jaael-iBd4aiilljIlnf.-
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