Serving Council Sllutfa, Bus Moineaj Lincoln* Omaha Vol. I,XVin—23
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA
\Y, FKBKUAKY 0, 1970
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Omaha Campaign Head: Report 'We're Excited Omaha . . . "We're going to "tell-it .like* it is!1 We're going to tell it on a person to person basis, and we're very excited about the kind of campaign we have planned for this year," Mrs. Stanford Lipsey told the Jewish Press this week. One of three co-chairmen in the Special Gifts Division of the Women's 1970 Jewish Philanthropies Campaign, Mrs. Lipsey reflected the enthusiasm shared by Her co-chairmen, Mrs. Paul Alpcrson and Mrs. Don Lubin. "We decided on a perron to " person campaign knowing that <nat this is the one most import^ obligation for women in it could only be successful if enough people were willing to our community." do lots of hard work," Mrs. Al-, Mrs. Lipsey, also a native • person explained. "We are now Omahan, literally grew up in , in the process of recruiting an atmosphere of Jew.ish comm u n i t y responsibility'. The workers, and the response has "daughter of the late D a v i d Doorbells will be ringing when the Omaha Women's Division if 10 campaign gets under way. Pictured "at the door" above arc Special Gifts co-chairmen (from' tft) Mrs. Donald Lubin, Mrs. Paul '. been, most gratifying," she Blacker, Mrs. Lipsey recalls Alperson, Mrs. Stanford Lipsey. . said. that "dinner table talk at our v Mrs. L u b i n, a compartive house always included some " new-comer to Omaha from Des phase of my father's community efforts.'There simply was no . Moines indicated that the per- way for me to escape knowing son to person approach is not what Philanthropies m e a n s , Charles Monasee, chairman of new. Most Women's Divisions and why I must be part of it," the Jewish Press Committee, in major cities find the person- she said. has announced the addition of M(rs. Robert E. Wagner to the An ardent worker for all Phi' al contact approach most efstaff of the Jewish Press. Mrs, fective. I'm told that Omaha lanthropies .campaigns, Mr. Wagner will serve as-Advertis• women used to be involved In Blacker served as chairman of ing Manager. three c a m p a i g n s , the only • this kind of campaigning, so Omahan ever to serve as cam' In making the announcepaign head for three years. ment, Mrs. Monasee noted that what we are doing is not really the expansion of the' Jewish "We can't go wrong," said Press into a regional newspanew. What is new to Omaha is Mrs. Morley Zipursky, general per has not only increased cirselectivity in recruiting. work- chairman of .the Women's Diviculation, but that notable-imsion. Our Special Gifts-"coprovements have also been Mrs. Lubin explained t h a t chairmen have already given made in the content of the pa| prospective workers arc being much time and effort to their per. ': campaign joles and rfeel cer. told exactly what is expected "The Jewish Press is a qualtain that their commitment will of them if they are to serve. ity^publication," said Mr. Mon• "It will mean leg work rather be felt by others. I am excited asee. "Reader interest is ex. than phone w o r k ; complete about what we plan to do and ceptionally high, and the paper . commitment and involvement about the women who will be offers potential advertisers a on the part of anyone accepting doing it," she said.. unique opportunity to reach a the-responsibility," said Mrs. select market. It was the feel• Lubin. Pictured above, Mrs. Phineas Wlntroub visits with Phil Klutz- ing of the Jewish Press Com• Workers must attend at least nick following his address at Beth Israel Synagogue Monday. mittee that the business comEilat Explosion one of 6 Informal workshops See Sidelines, Page 4, for further details. munity be made aware^of this Takes 23rd Life • scheduled for February 17, 18, advertising potential. We' are • 19. They must then arrange for Tel Aviv (JTA)—The Eilat delighted that Sylvia Wagner personal contact with each of ammunition explosion that will be handling this important - their prospective contributors. o c c u r r e d nine days ago function for our newspaper/' 1 claimed its 23rd victim. Pvt. "What makes it exciting," A native Omahan, Mrs. WagMoshe Maimon, 20, of Tel said Mrs. Lubin, "is that woner is a graduate of the UniAviv, died in a hospital of men are accepting the responDes Moines—An all-day training session for workers in the versity of Nebraska where she his wounds. : ' sibility because they share our Men's Division of the 1970 Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Fed- served as assistant business An official inquiry by the concern that every woman in . eration will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at m a n a g e r oft the university > armed forces determined the community be given this . Tiferethlsrael.Synagogue..„...,,„_....,.;_ .,„.„.-,..,...„„,,„,,._ newspaper. Active in a variety -^chanccrtcrhear-the" storyand" the-disaster-resulted from a Program coordinator will be Dean Rosenberg of New York "of community organizations, live mine exploding in a respond on an individual baCity, a director of campaign services for the Council of Jewish Mrs. Wagner currently serves v truckload of mines being unsis." on the board of the League of Federations and Welfare Funds. loaded at the military jetty Women Voters as director of The chairmen indicated that Fred Lorber is chairman of the Worker Training Division of in Eilat. P u b l i c Relations. She is a while worker response has the Campaign. founding member of the Metrobeen gratifying, more workers politan Actors Guild and an acare heeded. "We need the help tive participant in the Omaha of all those willing to work," Playhouse and Chan t i c 1 e e r said Mrs. Alperson. "We'd like. Theater productions. to hear from women willing to give their time and effort," she said. -Campaign Veterans The... three co-chairmen have all been actively involved as workers and captains in many Geneva (JTA) — Swiss Cus« previous campaigns, toms authorities seized this Mrs. Alperson served as coweek a cargo of aircraft spare parts from an El Al airliner chairman of the Young Wothat was about to take off for men's Division in the 1967 camTel Aviv. The cargo, described paign. A native Omahan, Mrs. as a "fairly large consign...Alperson said,..."This .is..anothment of war material," arrived" er step up the ladder for me. froin London aboard a plane I got my feet wet with the of a different airline. It con< youth campaigns; was delighttained no arms or munitions. ed to serve in the young Wo~ men's Division, and now I have The Swiss said the consignment h&d no authorization and been 'graduated' to the Spewas seized as a precaution. A cial Gifts Division, but t h i s Members of the Men's Pacesetters' Division of the 1D70 Campaign of the Jewish Welfare FederaGovernment spokesman said.an . isn't the end. I hope to be able tion arc pictured at a recent planning session. From left are Sandy Sherman, Sylvan Orloff, Gary to help wilh all future cam- Rubin, Jcromo Wolf, Mose Waldinger, David Belin, Marvlu Ponicrantz, Ilarlau Hockenbcrg, and - inquiry would be made but declined to give further details. paigns because I truly believe Phil Schneider.
Sylvia Wagner Joins Jewish Press Staff
Des Moines Men's Division Workers Training Session
Swiss Authorities Nab El Al Cargo