ue Boards Adopt Resolution Omaha—Following several weeks of meetings and discussions, the Boards of the three major Omaha Synagogue Congregations have adopted a Resolution concerning the annual Jewish Philanthropies Campaign. The original proposal considered by the congregations would have made contributions to the Philanthropies Campaign mandatory for all synagogue members. The final wording of tha Besolutlon adopted by the congregations does not carry the mandatory requirement. Writing in the Beth El Synagogue Bulletin, Babbi Mycr S. Kripke said, "Speaking for myself, I should have wanted a more rigorous resolution, making it a requirement for Synagogue membership that a contribution to the Jewish Philanthropies, fully reflecting the economic capacity of each individual or family member, he pledged and paid each year." Rabbi Kripke continues, "The resolution, therefore, in terms of practical financial results, has no clout except for one telling quali-
fication: that people contribute in accordance with their financial ability. It is here that shockingly large numbers of American Jews and Omaha Jews take advantage of their brothers of the House of Israel. "All too many of our people display living standards and giving standards of two quite different worlds. It is they who must read this resolution carefully when it is published and note the clause that accuses them," said Rabbi Kripke. Full text of the adopted Resolution follows: RESOLUTION WE, the Adminif'-'ative boards of Beth El Synagogue, Beth ; D0S ' "'jmple Israel Synago 89 '<PM 'ujooutT ned with the welfare "?S a OOSI a n d being cognizant c .t? ^?OJOOQ tel's welfare hinges tl f °fJO)sjH O jc, s -qg., and secure in the beliei u »6c«n.»v—'
ance, do hereby firmly resolve as follows: 1. That every Jewish member of our community translate his concern for the safety of the people of the State of Israel, and give concrete expression to the insoluable links which bind our destinies to each other by making an annual contribution, to Israel's emergency needs commensurate with his abilities. 2. That each synagogue of the City of Omaha create a special committee to contact all non-contributors and to bring to bear whatever form of moral and communal pressures that would lead to the goal of 100 per cent giving in our community. - 3. That this effort be accompanied by an ongoing and concentrated program of education and indoctrination to make every Jew cognizant of his serious responsibility to K'lal Yisrael, to the fate and destiny of our people.
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to Jewish Philanthropies are obligatory upon every Jew as is ritual conformity and observ-
United States Urges "Restraint" in Mideast Thant's latest progress report on the Middle East "in general" and noted that it had "brought matters up to date." But he flatly refused comment when aiked by reporters several times whether the U. S. supported the portions of the Thant report critical of Israel. A State Department source said that the U.S!' would say nothing that would prejudice the position of the parties who must do the negotiating. Asked if there was danger of a U. S.Soviet confrontation in the Middle East, the source said such danger always existed in the absence of a contracted peace between the disputing parties. The source would not say that Lincoln—Hyman P o l sky, Washington (JTA)—Rep. Ed- the cease-fire was a "dead is- president of the Lincoln Jewsue." He said he did not know ward I. Koch, New York Demish Welfare Federation, has an• ocrat, introduced a bill' this if the Big Four planned to is- nounced the appointment of week authorizing the State De- sue a call for re-instatement Mrs. Kenneth B. (Joyce) Popartment to issue 30,000 visas of the cease-fire when they cras as general chairman of the Women's Division for the for the admission of Soviet meet this week. 1971 Federation campaign. Jews into the United States. In accepting! The bill was referred to the Jew Named to the c h a i rman-1 H o u s e Judiciary Committee, s h i p Mrs. Poheaded by New York Democrat MIT Presidency cras said, "To-1 Emanuel Celler. Koch pointed Cambridge, Mass. (JTA)—A day more than out that the U.S. special ref- leading Jewish scientist, Dr. ugee quota of 10,200 visas for Jerome B. Wiesner, has been ever before it is | the Eastern Hemisphere has named 13th president of the vitally importbeen oversubscribed the past Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of ant for all of us, two years. The bill, Koch said, Technology. He is believed to i n c 1 udLing wowas a form of challenge to the be the first Jewish president men, to underSoviet Union "to open wide her of the famous 110-year-old uni- ' stand the facts which und er lie doors and'permit the Jews who versity. t h e emergency Mrs. Pocras are vilified there to leave." He The 55-year-old former presi- .and which must form the basis said enactment of the bill "will dential advisor is now Provost be both a real invitation and an of the Institution. The appoint- of our 1971 campaign. All of us must pledge a greater sense of expression of conscience." ment is effective July I. commitment toward Israel and Jews throughout the world. I hope I will have the .cooperWashington, (JTA) - State Department spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said that the United States was counseling both parties in the Middle East conflict to exercise restraint • and hoped that the Russians were doing the same. He said it would be "fair to judge" that Moscow had the same attitude. McCloskey spoke In reply to questions on the expiration of the Suez cease-fire. He said the U. S. supported United Nations Secretary General U
U i . Visas Urged For Soviet Jews
ROBERTA PETERS, ANDRE KOSTELANETZ AT WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
Metropolitan Opera star, Roberta Peters, at right, and Andre Kostclanetz, conductor, were visitors last month to the Wcizmann Institute of Science L, to r.; Miss Peters, Dr. Albert B. Sabln, President, the Weiztnann Institute, Maurice If. Boukstcin, Chairmaifof the Institute's Executlva Council, Mr. Kottelnnctz. In background at far left, Hiss Peters' kusbsnd,BertFieldi. >' • >• '
JEWISH PRESS Serving Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha Vol. IXXX—25
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Mrs. K. 18. Pocras Heads Lincoln Women's Division ation of every Jewish woman nen, Henry Misle, Robert Shain Lincoln to help make this piro, Abe Novicoff, Yale Gotsyear's campaign successful." diner, Louis Orloff, H y m a n A native of Lamber, Miss., Bricker, Steve Seglin, Robert Mrs. Procas holds a degree Grant, Adam Smith, Harvey from the University of Nebras- Singer, Willard Davidson, Henka and has served as a teacher ry Wald, and Max Neiden. in the Lincoln school system. Program Plans j The mother of two children, Mrs. Pocras announced the she is a c t i v e l y involved in following meetings and promany civic projects. grams scheduled for the WoCo-chairmen . men's Division. \ Mrs. Pocras announced that Pacesetter Meeting: Wednesshe has chosen as her co-chair- day, March 17, at 10:30 a.m. men, Mrs. Irwin Goldenberg, at the home of the chairman, Mrs. Leo Hill and Mrs. Hy- 3000 Bonacum. Drive. man Polsky. Big Gifts Luncheon: WednesOthers assisting in the cam- day, March 17, 12:30 p.m. at paign will include Mmes. Her- the home, of Mrs. Irwin Goldbert Gaba^Nate Unger, Nat enberg, 1527 East Manor Drive. Wilson, Bernard Wish now, Guest speaker will be Sabl Gerald Grant, Julius M i s l e , - Shabtai. "'•.'• Norman Rosenberg, H a r o l d General Dessert Luncheon: Novicoff, Nate B e r n s t e i n , Wednesday, March 24, 1 p . m . Harry B'reslow, Herman Gins- a t t h e home of Mrs. Leo Hill, burg, Louis Finkelstein, Simon '5900 Norman Road. G u e s t Gaiter, Leon Chesnin, Eli Ev- speaker will be David Bear. ,
Reagan Dismisses Jewish Chaplains? Black leader Charges Anti-Semitism OAKLAND, Calif. (JTA)—Governor Ronald Reagan's dismissal of three Jewish chaplains, the entire complement ministering on a full time basis to patients of that faith in California's 14 mental hospitals, is a "blatant act of anti-Semitism.'* That was the statement of Percy Moore, executive director of Oakland's anti-poverty program and the president of the California Community Action Program Directors Association, a state-wide organization composed of. anti-poverty leaders. Moore, who is black, said that the elimination of all three Jewish chaplains, effective July 1, while some 33 Catholic and Protestant chaplains are retained for full-time work in the mental hospitals, is "nothing more than a blatant act of anti-Semitism that is right in line with other recent acts of the Governor that-discriminate against the poor and tha sick, and with special impact of those of tha minority groups." ._, ,
The other acts Moore referred to were the) Governor's veto last week of funding for the Oakland anti-poverty program, which last year benefitted some 41,000 of the city's poor, and his veto in January of the California Rural Legal Assistance program. "In both cases,^ Moore said, "Governor Reagan's action was of a purely discriminatory effect since the may jority of beneficiaries of both programs werp tho minority groups of the Black, Chicano. Oriental and American Indian. And w h a t makes it even worse is that the Governors action was taken for motives as cold as his excuse of "economy" for removal of the Jew* ish chaplains." Moore concluded: "Such arrogant actions are typical of the thinking that generates tha anti-Semitism which Reagan has now evidenced by his callous disregard for gious needs of those of the J e j ' suffering in the state's .,-r.,
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