Rabbi Arthur Green Will Be Guest Lecturer in Omaha
Rabbi Arthur Green
Omaha—"Hasldlsm, Revolution and the Search for Ourselves" will be discussed Wednesday, February 17, at 8 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue. Guest lecturer will be Rabbi Arthur Green. The lecture is sponsored by the Jewish Culture Committee and is open to the community at no charge. Rabbi Green Is currently engaged in a unique program in the Boston arqg. He is a founder of Havurat Shalom Community, an experiment in Jewish religious and cultural renewal, established in 19G8. Habbi Green s t u d i pd at Brandeis University and was ordained a Rabbi in 1967 by the Jewish Theological Seminary. His special area of study is the Jewish Mystical Tradition, in which he seeks the groundwork for a contemporary mystical theology of Judism.'
SENATOR EDMUND MUSKIE VISITS WEIZMANN INSTITUTE ()F SCIENCE
{Senator Edmund S. Jlujkio of Maine wus n luncheon truest at the jWiMzmumi Institute of Sciciico duririp: his recent' visit to Israel. >A<l(lrestiii|; the Luncheon is the Institute's President, Dr. AH»;tt IB. Saluii. Seated left to ri^ht: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Walwortli Barlraui; 3Trs. Muskie; Dr. SaMn; Senator Muskie; Abraham.' JFeinl>ergr, President, American Committee-for the Welzinatiit, Institute of Science.
THE JEWISH ?ing Council Bluffs, Vies, Lincoln, Omaha *.uX-21
New York (JTA) — Soviet Jews are stepping up their agitatioa against the barriers to emigration. According to reliable Jewish sources, the new tack is to declare Israeli citizenship before obtaining visas and leaving the Soviet Union. This has been done already by Riga activists Ovsei Elyashevich and Mr. and Mrs. Faitelson, whose first names are unavailable. They recognize, it Is understood, the possible, adverse effect their announcements may have on the • fate of their emigration applica- tions, but are willing to take the risk in their attempt to dramatize their plight. Meanwhile, it has been learned .that 23-year-old Yosif M. Mendelevich of Riga, who was sentenced to 15 years at last December's Leningrad trial, has been denied visits by his relatives. In addition, his requests for a copy of the Old Testament have been rejected.
OMAHA, NEB., FIM, FEB. 12, 1971
In addition, the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry charged that two recent incidents indicate a step-up in harassment of Soviet Jew'sh a ct i v 1 s t s. Rabbi Herschel Scliacter, AJCSJ c h a i r m a n, quoted tourists returning from the USSR as reporting that a Muscovite Jew, David Drabkin, has received threatening letters, one stating: "We warn you, David Drabkin, that your anti-Soviet Zionist activity will bring you troubles. A stone might accidentally bruise, your head or a car might t r a m p l e you or you might not be living after getting involved in a fight. Take into account that we are not speaking idly." Drabkin has signed petitions protesting emigration roadblocks. The second incident involved another Muscovite Jew, Pinhas Krugler or (Klugliak), who, was b o a t e n near his home toward the end of January.
Rabbi Schacter added that according to his informants, the 33-year-old man was attacked by two well-dressed men carrying lead pipes and yelling* •'This is for the song 'Let My. People Go' that you sing, and for your applications for_emigration to Israel." When tha victim readied the police station, his face covered witht blood, he was warned he might be sentenced to 3 to 7 years in jail for false, testimony, according to the report. "Both of these instances," Rabi Schacter said, "are but ilia latest examples of a campaiga designed to intimidate J e w s from applying for emigration to Israel. The Soviet authorities place Jews in the impossible position of being d e n i e d , t h e v ability to express themselves as Jews, and then frustrated as well in their attempts.to leave the Soviet Union for Israel, where they feel they can be fulfilled as Jews."
Omaha Campaign Leaders:
'Because they care, the job will be done'
Don Lubln Young Executive Chairman Stanley Slosberg Pace-Setter Chairman
Not pictured: < Irving Vietzer, Initial Gifts Chairman
Omaha — Morley Zipursky, General Chairman of the 1971 Omaha Jewish PhilanthropiesIsrael Emergency Fund Campaigns, has announced the appointment of key leaders for the current-campaign. "The campaign this year represents the greatest challenge the Omaha Jewish community has ever faced," Mr. Zipursky said. "We must raise $2 million dollars. We must raise it because there are Jews in trouble who need help. We must raise it to keep Israel alive. We must raise It to continue Jewish life, in our own ' community. "A campaign of this scope demands committed, able leaders, and I am pleased to announce that our campaign will have this kind of leadership," Mr. Zipursky said. "The men who have been chosen have shown their leadership abilities in a variety of civic endeavors. They have now committed themselves to give the time and energy required of these important campaign positions. Because they care, they will serve. Because they care, the job will bo done." .. . ' .
Barton Grcenberg Assistant Chairman
Morley Zipursky General Chairman
1971 Campaign
Dr. Ben Nachman General Men's Chuirman
Leon Alexander Worker Training Chairman
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Don Nogg Senior Executive Chairman
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. Mlllard Rosenberg Public, delations Chairman.