Paula Borenstein Gues Women's Division M i * ' A survivor of the Nazi ghetto of Vilnawho saw her entire family wiped out by ' . >±- will . . . . -be ' .German murderers, the guest speaker Wednesday, March 12, 1969, at two "Special m e , e t i n g s for the W o m e n ' s Division of the 1969 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign. Mrs. P a u l a Borenstein, Public Relations Representative in the Paris office of the J o i n t Distribution Committee, will speak to all majors, captains and workers in the Women's Division at a 10, a.m. brunch at the Highland Country Club. Mrs. Borenstein will then address the 6 p.m. dinner meeting of the Business and Professional Women's Division at Beth El Synagogue. Paula Borenstein was still a schoolgirl in her native city of Vilna, Lithuania, at the outbreak of World War II. Because under the terms of the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939
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Lithuania fell under Russian occupation), the Jewish cornmumty lived ifTcornpartlve-se^ curily until 1941 when the German armies began their sweep across Russian-held territories. In September of that year, a ghettojjrasfset up in Vilfia, and all the Jews of the city were confined there. During tbfs period, every member of Mrs. Borcnstcln's family—her father, mother, sister and brother was murdered by the Germans. In 1943, she was transported to a concentration camp in Germany where she did forced labor fn an ammunition factory until the liberation of the camp in April, 1945. As thei Allied armies approached 'the camp, the German garrison removed all of the girls to a nearby field and shot most of them. Mrs. Borenstein was one of the few who managed to escape. After working as a farm laborer, Mrs. Borenstein was repatriated to Paris in May, 1945.
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learned that they were providec L_by. the Joint Distribution Committee. Later ~she joined the staff of a Yiddish news paper in Paris and came to the staff of the JDC Paris office in the fall of 1948. ' Return Engagement • Noting that Mrs. Borenstein's Omaha visit will be a "return engagement,": Mrs. A. C. Fellman, general chairman of the Women's Division said, "Those of us who had a chance to meet Mrs. Borenstein when she visited In Omaha in 1965 were impressed with her d y n a m i c speaking ability; her knowledge about and devotion to the work of the Joint Distribution Committee. She is a warm, exciting, charming woman, and I urge all those invited to the two March 12 meetings to make every effort to attend. It will be an unforgettable experience," Mrs. Fellman promised. • Mmes. Gertrude Mozer and Alice Heeger, co-chairmen of the Business and Professional Women's Division of the Phi-
Paula Borenstein There she was directed to a place where she received her first decent meal and her first new clothing since the outbreak of the war, and then sent to a special home for recuperation. • It was not until later that she
lanthropies C a m p a i g n, extheir enthusiasjn__at_ pressed JJh having Mrs. Borenstein as guest navingMrs. speaker fpr members of their division, . . "The opportunity of meeting and hearing Paula Borenstein; is one. of those rare treats iii our community that should not be missed," said the co-chairmen. • , "March 12 promises to be an exciting evening for the B u s i n e s s and Professional Women's Division," the cochairmen said.. "An elegant dinner is planned at Beth El Synagogue; Mrs.; Borenstein's appearance will certainly be exciting; in addition, all those attending will be given special "surprise" favors. We urge all women in our division to plan to attend the 6 p.m. dinner and to make t h e i r reservations promptly.
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Rabbis Report On - ' The sight of children spending every night of tfielr lives Bleeping in shelters; the battlefield appearance of every border area kibbutz with long lines of trenches; the pragmatic way Israelis go about their dally lives under, the constant threat of war; the indescribable emotional impact of greeting a planeload of immigrants upon their arrival in Israel— arc all part of the many impressions brought back by Rabbi Sidney II. Brooks and Rabbi Mycr S, Kripke, who recently returned from a week's study mission in Israel. The Omaha rabbis were among the 120 American rab- spite constant danger of milibis, representing all brandies tary attack from all their neighof Judaism, who participated bors, the Israelis are the most In the United Jewish Appeal obvipusly optimistic, creative "Rabbinical Air-Lift to Israel." and confident people I have Commenting on the trip, Rab- ever seen. "With little reason to think bi Brooks said, "Any visitor to Israel must be astonished at so, they believe peace will (Continued on Page 8) the spirit of the Israelis, De-
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United Nations, N. Y. (JTA) a Jewish delegation from New . *— United Nations Secretary- Jersey over the weekend that General U Thant was, in con- he would ask President Nixon tact over the" weekend with the and Secretary of State Rogers ambassadors here of Iraq and to use American diplomatic Israel over the reportedly im- channels to pressure Iraq into minent execution of seven al- permitting the Jews there to leged Israeli spies in Iraq, two emigrate. The U.S. does hot or three of whom are believed have diplomatic relations with to be Jews. Iraq; its'interests in Baghdad The seven were convicted by are represented by Belgium' a military tribunal in Bagh- and Iraqi interests in Washingdad last week and the Iraqis in- ton, by India. . dicated that the death sentences The delegation reported that would be carried out. both New Jersey senators, ClifThe UN spokesman declined - ford Case (Rep.) and Harrison to give any d e t a i l s of Mr. Williams (Dem.) promised to Thant's intervention. The Sec- seek all possible efforts by the retary-General ' intervened un* U.S. to bring relief to Iraq's successfully with the Baghdad Jews. The delegation visits regime last January when 14 were made before it was known men, nine of them Jews, were that more executions had been scheduled in Iraq, In a meeting sentenced to death. Mr. Thant's action came as it had with the 15-man New the State of Israel, h u m a n Jersey Congressional - delega- • rights agencies and Jewish or- tion, it received assurances that ganizations t h r o u g h o ut the the Congressmen would seek to world sbughUtojnobilizeJvorld__have-Camp KilmerLopcncd; for^ public opinlontto force Iraq to Iraqi Jews If they were pernalt further executions. . milted to emigrate. The camp • Dlrksen Promise. was used for Hungarian refu-: , . Sen. EverettJDIrksen, this R e - ; gees M J950 and later* for. CUT, *. RABBI SIDNEY: II. BROOKS greets a group^of Immigrants upon, their! arrival, at t6d t A : : v :r
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