(Copyright 1971 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) Jerusalem (JTA) — Foreign Minister Abba Eban expressed "great concern" over the fato of about 40 Iraqul Jews reportedly awaiting trial in a Baghdad jail. Reliable sources said at least three of the Jews
face summary execution and that death sentences may be pronounced on several others. Ebafl said "this serious development is yet another reminder of the sad state of Iraqi Jews." He dismissed an "off-the-cuff" denial by the Iraqul Embassy in Paris that
any Jews are being held. "There are rumors that the Iraqi rulers intend to stage executions of Jews," Eban said. "We would like to believo that the Iraqi rulers would not dare to repeat the barbarity of public hangings in the squares of Baghdad and that the civil-
ized world will not stand by idly." He said 'The Israel government has t a k e n and willt continue to take all possible steps and will not rest until there is an end to the persecution Of Jews in Iraq and In other Arab countries and until these Jews are freed." Protests In London, a delegation representing the Board of Deputies of British Jews presented a letter to the Iraqi Ambassador expressing "shock" over the reports. Tiie letter, signed by Board president Michael Fidler and Lord Janner, also referred to other reports that 136 Jewish men, women and children were facing trial in 'Iraq. It appealed to the Iraqi government to act in accordance with human rights concepts permitting any person to leave any country including his own. Jewish students and adults demonstrated peacefully out? side Jhe Iraqi Embassy in London protesting the imprisonment and threatened execution of Jews in Iraq. The demonstration was organized by student groups with the back-
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Des Moines—Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli ambassador to tho United States, will address a meeting of the Paco Setter Division of the 1971 AlUn-One Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Federation. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Apr. 27, at Johnny and Kay's Hyatt House. Cocktail hour will bo at 7:15 p.m. followed by dinner at 8:15 p.m. Men in the Paco Setter Division are those who contrib-
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ute a minimum of $1500 per person to the Campaign. Sheldon Rablnowitz is chairman of the Division. Ambassador Rabin was born in Jerusalem in 1922 of American pioneer Zionists. He was graduated with honors from the Kadoorle Agricultural School in Lower: Galilee. Shortly thereafter ho enlisted in the Pal*' mach, a unit of tho Haganah, underground citizen army. During 27 years of defense service
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.. Omaha—A ^city-wide. Service in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi concentration camps, will be held Thursday, April 22, at 8 p.m. at Temple Israel. Participating in the annual service will be Rabbi Myer Kripke, Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Cantor EIchonon Gelberg, Cantor Manfred Kuttner and Cantor Aaron Edgar. A special message will be presented by Rabbi Nadoff. Brief greetings will be offered ' by Aron Zeiderman. Six Ylzkor candles will be kindled by members of the community who were survivors of the Nazi tragedy. Participating in the candle ceremony will be Messrs., and Mmes. Ig-
Student Pickets Protest Sale Of Russian Goods by May Co. Los Angeles (JTA) — The city's largest department store, the May Company, was picketed this week by more than 200 students protesting its selling of Russian vodka, caviar and furs and its giving floor space to a travel agency selling tours . to the Soviet Union. „ The demonstration was co' ordlnated by the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews and the California Students for Soviet" Jews. Zev Yaroslavsky, chairman of the SCCSJ, said the demonstrators had "exposed (May's) complicity with the S o v i e t s ' oppression of Jews" and "we intend to see to it that Americans stop spending American .dollars in the Fascists' dictatorial S o v i e t Union." He added that there
was "an excellent possibility that May Company will take all Soviet - g o o d s off their shelves and will evict the travel agency involved in selling tours to the USSR." „ Should such a decision be made by the store, Yaroslavsky said, it would be "an unprecedented step to a meaningful and significant boycott." But, he added: "If they don't make any concessions then we will make hell for May Company," Si Frumkin, chairman of the CSSJ, declared: "We will be back again not only at May Company but' at any other department* store or travel agency which deals economically with tho Soviet Union." The two demonstrating groups are affiliated with the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
ing of the Board of Deputies o! British Jews and other majof Jewish organizations. A demonstration for the im< periled Iraqi Jews was held la front of the Iraq Mission in New York to the United Nations by a group of youngsters representing the Youth Coinmittee for Peace and Democracy in the Middle East. Appeal to Nixon The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada urged President Nixon to intervene on behalf of the imprisoned Iraqi Jews. A telegram to the President was signed by Rabbi Mosha Feinstein, president of the oi> ganization and Rabbi Meir Co* hen, executive director. It said. "We earnestly appeal to you to make every necessary en* deavor to save the innocent lives of three Jews in Iraq. W$ also ask you- to intervene on behalf of all arrested Jews in that country on false and trumped up charges and oifc behalf of the Jewish population in Iraq and also in Syria ana Egypt who are subject to severe and extensive oppression, and savage torture."
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nac. Grossman, Salamqn Kinstlinger and Carl Rosenberg. Dr. Bennett Flshbain, chairman of the Memorial for 6 Million Committee, urges all members of the community to attend. In a letter to the presidents of the various Jewish organizations in the community, Dr. Fishbain said, "The holocaust is a black page in our history which we. must never permit to be forgotten. The 6 million victims look to us to keep their memory alive. It Is incumbent upon us to join together in this service of memorial. As president of your organization, I hope you will'do everything possible to encourage your membership to be present."
Proposed Bill Would Grant 30.000 Yisas to Soviet Jews Washington (JTA)—Rep: F. legislation to aid refugees, as Bradfords Morse, Republican of in the cases of Hungarians in Massachusetts, said this week 1956, Czochoslovakians in 1963 that legislation introduced to and Cubans for the past three provide 30,000 special refugee year.s. The Massachusetts Repvisas for^Soviet Jews was "a resentative contended that even : challenge to the Soviet Union if the Soviets permitted Jewto permit those Jews who wish " ish emigration on a modest to leave to do so and to show scale, the present American that the United States would quota for Eastern Hemisphere welcome them here." refugees—10,200 a year—would The proposed legislation has bo inadequate. He added that 47 co-sponsors to date. Morse 'enactment of the visa bill might' pointed; out that Congress had • induce other nations to do likela the past put through special wisa, , , „ , . „ . ; . . • , , .,.;.•....,..;-;
New York .'. .Leonard Rlgcrman, recently arrived in this country from the Soviet Union, greets the crowd as "Freedom Flag for Soviet Jewry" is raised at a rally across from U.N. Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, chairman of the New York Conference for Soviet Jewry, which sponsored the event, stands behind microphone. Russian word for "freedom" appears below the six-pointed red star on field of white. The program was dedicated to Ruth Aiexandrovieh and other imprisoned Russian Jews. New York Congressman Mario Braggl said that, the "cultural and religious genoi clde of the Soviet Jews was not just a Jewish issue, but one of concern to all peoples. The Ru«•laag are only a little more,subtle than ftcf.Npris/'jBO,said>.(,t ;t, w t , , . > j i , , . . . , j n 4 ( | . A,,t -
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Youths Charge Ha 'Not New York (JTA)—A large "group of young people calling themselves "Jewish Youth for Action" staged a sit-in at the .Offices of Hadassah today alleging that the women's Zionist organization was not ac[tove enough on behalf of Soviet Jews. The charge was rejected by Mrs. Rose L. Halprin, honorary vice-president of Hadassah and chairman of its public relations department About 80-100 youngsters aged 15-20 occupied the Hadassah offices and vowed to stay overnight if necessary until they
Governor Rapped For Missing Rally Cleveland (JTA) — Gov. John J. Gilligan was publicly criticized for failing to appear at a statewide rally for Soviet Jewry on the steps of the State Capitol. The throng loudly applauded Dr. Louis Rosenblum, national coordinator of the U n i o n of Councils for Soviet Jews, when ,he declared: "We are insulted. We have been taken for granted. We expected that the Governor would wish to identify personally with this serious issue, an issue of vital concern to the Jewish people."
were received by Mrs. Schenk. They chanted "We want action now," "verbal commitments not enough" "words Into action" and "Am Yisroel Chai." They held up banners and taped the lobby walls with pictures of Soviet Jews held prisoner. Police arrived shortly after the sit-in began but according to a Hadassah spokesman they were summoned by outsiders. The spokesman said the police were not being asked to evict the youngsters as long as they did not bar access to the office to Hadassah staff. The demonstrators handed out mimeographed sheets listing t h e i r grievances against Hadassah. They .alleged that the organization, while a constituent of the American Jewish Conference for Soviet Jewry, failed to fulfill its pledges
to act on behalf of Soviet Jews. They demanded, among other tilings, that Hadassah contribute "meaningful funds" to efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry, that it urge members to attend rallies for Soviet Jews and publicize them in its mailings and publications. Mrs. Kaye Schenk, national president of Hadassah, assaile-J youth groups that "set themselves up as spokesmen for Soviet Jewry" and "point a finger of accusation at Hadassah." Mrs. Schenk said she did not question the motives of the youngsters but found their tactics "outrageous. They are not an authorized or accredited group and Hadassah is under no obligation to answer their questions or accept their demands. Hadassah's record on behalf of Soviet Jews does not have to be defended," she said.
CALENDAR OF JEWISH EVENTS FRIDAY, APRIL U Youth Campaign Service at Beth Israel Synagogue, 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, APRIL 18 YOUTH RALLY—JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES C A M P A I G N TEMPLE ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE AT 7:00 P.M. MONDAY, AMIL 19 B.8. Cornhuiktr Regular Meeting Senior Ciliiant Mealing at Noon at the JCC TUESDAY, APRIL 20 National Council of Jeiwiih Woman Study Group A THUISDAY. APRIL 22 I.B. Monily Board Meeting Hadaiteh Board Mealing in th» Morning Memorial Service, Tempi* linel, 0:00 P.M. -
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TOWARD BETTER UNDERSTANDING. Viewing ih« filmstrip and discussion guide of "Invitation to a liennion,"new audio visual offering of the UAHC, are (left" to right): Dr. Samuel Grand, producer; Earl Morse, UAHC board chairman; Mark Anslian, president of the National Federation of Temple Youth, and Rabbi Jack Spiro, director of the UAHC Commission on Jewish Education. . •
that such a move would "further violate the constitutional principle of s e p a r a t i o n of church and state and undermine our public school system." In a statement on the President's proposal to broaden federal aid through $3 billion in special educational revenuesharing funds, Joseph B. Roblson, general counsel of the AJCongress declared: "Government financing of sectarian schools, under whatever guise, advances their primary purpose of fostering a specific religion. We believe it is unconstitutional .for government funds to be used in that manner." President Nixon's proposal calls for combining the $2.8 billion now spent on programs to aid elementary and secondary schools with $200 million in new funds. One of the provisions in his educational revenue-sharing program calls for wider authority to assist students in nonpublic schools. Criticizing this p r o p o s a l , Robison observed: "To the extent that the Federal government has money available for education it should be used to strengthen the public schools, which are seriously underfinanced. Noting that 90 per cent of the nonpublic schools in the U.S. are religious schools, the AJ Congress spokesman said that "obliterating the distinction'! between public and private schools "would be bad for government, bad for religion and bad for education."
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Premier Meir Rejects Sadat's New Proposal Jerusalem (JTA) — Premier Golda Meir flatly rejected Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's terms for an interim arrangement leading to the reopening of tlife Suez Canal. But she told the 3,000 delegates' and foreign visitors at the opening of the Labor Party convention that Israel favored the reopening of the waterway to free navigation by all nations and would willingly discuss proposals aimed at normalization of civilian life in the Suez zone and de-escalation of the military confrontation across the canal. But, said Mrs. Meir, "if recent statements attributed to President Sadat regarding the
Hairy Statistics The long hairs are edging out their competitors in the male fashion scene on campus. A Gallup College Survey reveals that 54 per cent of males prefer to wear their hair in lengths varying from long but not over the ear (23 per cent), over the ear but not to the shoulder (20 percent), and below the shoulder (7 per cent). The traditional shorter length, including crewent. is preferred by 45 per cent of those polled.
JWV Appeals for Clenency for Galley Washington (JTA)—The Jewish War Veterans issued a statement this week appealing to President Nixon to g i v e . " p r o m p t consideration of a grant of clemency" to Lt. William L. Calley Jr. • The statement i s s u e d by JWV National Commander Albert Schlossberg r e a d : "Lt. Calley must not be used as a symbol and. convenient diversion to obscure the much greater issues of morality and responsibility i n h e r e n t in the chain of command. Nor should the members of the court at Ft. Benning, Ga., be blindly condemned for having carried out their duty consistent with high military tradition."
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rael in its (present unified state, "never again to be divided," but "appropriate arrangements will be made to safeguard the religious a/id universal status of the Christian and and Mas lem holy places with free ac-\ cess to thera^b^ all members/ of all faiths." \ r"^ She said the future bopflers b e t w e e n Israefsind^ordan would be a subject for negotiation. But she stressed that Israel regards the Jordan River as its defense boundary that no hostile forces can ever cross again. "The Golan Heights and Gaza will remain under our control and free passage southMn. Ruth Dayan (center), wife of Israel Defense Minister, discussed the need for better interpersonal relations between Arabs wards from Eilat will be safeand Jews in Israel at a recent luncheon meeting of tbe America* Mrs. Meir devoted much of guarded by Israel's own indeJcwiili Committee's Middle East Committee. Responding to Mrs. her speech to a restatement of pendent forces," Mrs. Meir Dayan's praise of AJC efforts In this area, Jordan BSnd (right) <* Israel's position on the nature said. Cleveland, Chairman ol the Middle East Committee, and Gerard of a peace settlement with its The Shar mel-Sheikh strongWehutock (left) ot I archmonl, N.Y., Co-chairman, present Mr*. <h Daj an with a copy ol newly published Hebrew translation of AJC Arab neighbors and the terri- point will be permanently consponsored study by Harry M. Rosen on "Tbe Arabs and lews, la tories that Israel believes it nected with Israel by a "terIsrael: tbe Reality, the Dilemma, the Promise." Tbe book describe* must retain in order to assure ritorial continuity in accordthe work ol the various organizations in Israel active in the field ot. its security. ance with the need for its deArab-fewbh relations, including the group headed by Mrs. Dajaal Mrs. Meir said Jerusalem fense against possible future • and called Shem's Sons' Pact. Originally Issued in English, the book would remain the capital of Is- attacks," she told the assemwas translated into Hebrew in answer to requests in Israel that it bled Labor Party members. I be made arailable to even larger audiences there. ' The Premier was most emphatic in repeating her government's opposition to Big Power guarantees and peace-keeping forces as "substitutes" for the 'Tel Aviv (JTA)-When is a kind of peace settlement Israel r Jew not a Jew? When he is a wants. She criticized "various PHOTOGRAPHER Palestinian terrorist posing as proposals for an international a Jew in order to get into Is- force, including ideas raised by tf 7 South 36rh Street — 3454044 rael. U.S. Secretary of State WHNATURAL A . Black and Among the four terrorists liam P, Rogers that the Soviet And COLOR White captured in the major encoun- Union should play a part in ter on the Golan Heights in such a force." The - S o v i e t which four of his fellows were Union, she claimed, "is an ackilled, there was one who con- tive ally of Egypt which maintended that he was a Yemenite tains a state of .war against Jew who had concluded that us." She said the presence of the best way to get a piece of Soviejt forces on Israel's bordthe good life in. Israel was. to ers would not add to security. pose as a terrorist and cross the border.' This he had done, complete with rifle and explosives. The Israeli officer in charge of the four prisoners decided to test him. First he asked him 28th Floor to read from a Hebrew Bible, Woodmen Tower but the man opened it from the 1700 Farnam left. Then the officer "asked him to recite some Hebrew words, 'Cocktails •Luncheon which he was unable to do. • Dinner Finally the officer asked him For dinner reservations, to complete the sentence beginphone 346-2800 ning "Shema Yisroel. . ." but Free indoor parking after S' . he could not do it and quickly confessed. reopening of the Suez Canal are a basis for agreement with Israel." Sadat's proposals, reported by the official Middle East News Agency in Cairo last Thursday called for a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the canal's east bank as a first stage toward total withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula. Egyptian forces would occupy the area, undefined by Sadat, as to extent, that would be evacuated by Israel. In return, Sadat offered to put the current de facto ceasefire on a formal basis for a limited time and to start work immediately to reopen the canal to international shipping.
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Israeli Authorities Face Black Panther Problem Jerusalem, (JTA) — Israeli authorities are d i s c o v ering that they have a "Black Panther" problem on their hands. A group adopting the name and style of the militant Black extremist organization in the United States has been-staging disorderly demonstrations. It claims to fight for the rights of the under-privileged, but its main support c o m e s from Matzpen, a,tiny but highly articulate extreme Left group
" NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN SELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
Mrs. Earl Marvin of Woodmen, "Long Island, wns elected president of the National Council of Jewish •Women, succeeding Mrs. Leonard Werner of Detroit at the organization's Biennial Convention in that, city last week. i , The 78 year old Council, one of the oldest major Jewish women'sj organizations in the United States, hag pioneered in services to the Seine, disadvantaged youth, dny | care and prc-school education. It has. recently established in Israel the' National Council of Jewish Women I Center for Research in Education to i the Disadvantaged whose findings will be applied to the culturally dis- j advantaged in other countries.
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bitterly anti-Zonist and antiIsrael. The backing by Matzpen of the "Black Panthers" indicates political aims. Matzpen. subscribes to the philosophy of Nayet Hawatmeh, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the most extreme of the Arab terrorist groups, which Remands the dismemberment of Israel in favor of a Palestinian state based on Maoist-Marxist principles. Matzpen is believed to have little more than 100 members. Its main support is found among high school and university students. The "Panther" problem surfaced as charges were made in' the Knesset and by Mayor Teddy Kollek that television teams w e r e p a y i n g slum youths to stage "violent demonstrations'." for the benefit of TV cameras. The self-styled "Black Panthers" reflect genuine social ills but are being exploited by "alien" political groups while the news media grossly exaggerate their numbers and importance, the National Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency stated in a report. The committee, sponsored by the Welfare Ministry, claimed that the political groups "superimposed on the 'Black Panthers' an ideology • which is not only'alien to them but also may have an inciting effect." A demonstration outside City Hall this week, was, by all appearances, a protest by youth against the Establishment, observers said. The demonstrators carried banners reading "No More Living Five In One Room While Immigrants Get Free t Apartments" and "The Fight Of Blacks In America Is Our Fight." But there is no evidence of links between IsHELEN A. BERNSTEIN 393-9111
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Russian Jewish Scholar Murdered Jerusalem (JTA)—The murder of a Russian Jewish scholar last November has been confirmed here by Russian sources. The scholar, still identified only as Dr. Michelson, was said Wednesday to have been shot and killed in Minsk, Belorussia, by a rabid anti-Semite said to be mentally ill. It was reported that he was killed at his clinic. Meanwhile, it was learned that the Soviet authorities have taken every possible action to prevent a Jewish demonstration during the Communist Party Congress in Moscow. Special security police units have been patroling the trains to that city and forcibly removing all Jews suspected of planning demonstrations, It was reported. The special police first advised the Jewish passengers over loudspeakers to get off the trains, and when they did not the police boarded the trains, asked for identity cards and forced Jews off, it was said. Those resisting were reportedly sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment.
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Conversion RulesEased By Israeli Chief Rabbinate Jerusalem, (JTA)—The Chief Rabbinate Council issued two decisions this week designed to ease conversions to Judaism. The Council waived the one-year waiting period f o r immigrants from c o u n t r i e s with no recognized rabbinical courts and approved a shorter conversion process. The decisions were expected to be chiefly beneficial to notK Jewish partners in mixed marriages and to Soviet immigrants. Of the latter the Council declared: "For dozens of years our brethren in the Soviet Union have been subjected to a regime of spiritual oppression aimed at uprooting them from their Jewish heritage and a f f i r m i t y to Israel. Their awakening over the past two years and their heroic struggle for aliya to the Holy Land (are) among the great pheno-
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Temple Celebrates By ED MAKIESKY Fifty years ago Temple Israel observed its Golden anniversary. It was more than a celebration for Temple members;' it was a community event in which rabbis of other congregations, community leaders, and the rank and file of Omaha Jewry participated. History is repeating itself as Temple Israel observes the succeeding 50 years—the 100th anniversary of its founding. Again, rabbis of other congregations, community leaders and others are joining in Uie observance. . As Temple Israel nears the Conclusion of its Centennial celebration, invitations have been extended to the community to share in this once-in-ahundred years event. All arc invited to worsbip services rededlcatlng the Temple to Its second century, startIng 8:15 p.m., Friday, May 7. Rabbi Sidney II. Brooks has written a special service. for the occasion. All are invited to Join in (he Centennial' Banquet 'at the Omaha Hilton Hotel Saturday, May 8. Reservations for'the banquet, which Starts with a social hour at 7:30 p.m., ana dinner at 8:30 p.m., may be made with the Temple Israel office on payment of $7.50 per person. The Centennial year celebration started last November . with a special Sabbath Discussion Series which brought distinguished scholars to Omaha to participate in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Temple in 1871 as the first Synagogue in Nebraska. Temple Israel, established by a small group of Omahans who" barely comprised a minyan in
1871, now serves a congregation of 600 families, ministering to 2,000 congregants. Even in its humble beginnings, Temple Israel received notice in the local press (Omaha Daily Herald of March 9, 1871) that "the Congregation of Israel of this city met Sunday afternoon in Judge Kelley's office, at which it was decided to build a Temple." Fifty years later Temple Israel celebrated its Golden anniversay and-the newly-established Jewish Press reported the event in detail. Almost three columns, headed "The Golden Anniversary, a
"In the Friday evening servReview of Temple Israel's Jubilee Celebration," were devot- ices at the Temple was a gooded to the occasion. Another ly number of members of the story told of the Anniversary Orthodox wing of Judaism. CerBanquet, attended by 350, and tainly on that night and on the of the burning of the $8,000 succeeding day and especially mortgage on the Temple struc- on Sunday morning Temple Israel and its celebration was a ture. The Jewish Press observed magnetic center of our comin its November 24, 1921 issue: •munity." The Jewish Press article "Temple Israel's celebration was a celebration not only for concludes: Temple members but for all "The Jews in Omaha, the Jews, Orthodox and Reform Jew in America, the Jew in the alike. It was truly gratifying world, the Jew among Jews, to see the spirit of the occasion the Jew among Gentiles—the taken up and shared so whole- Jews, these were the instruheartedly by members of the ments upon which the music of other synagogues in the city. Temple Israel's Golden Anni-
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' •Temple Israel Invites'Hie community to join In its Centennial Banr;ieta ' IM concluding event In observance of the 100th Anniversary of its founding. .Reservations, accompanied by check, should be sent to Temple Israel, 7023 Cats Street, Omaha. Nebraska 68132, by May 1. ' ' You" are Invited to the Service of Rededicatlon to Temple Israel's - Second Century, Friday evening, May 7, starring at 8:15 P.M. at the,Temple; Rabbf- Sidney H. Brooks has written a special rededicatlon service for the occaijon., '
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Jews in Des Moines Numbered 4,000 in'20 Many believe it is only in recent years that Des Moines news has been included in the Jewish Press. Not So! The founding fathers of the Jewish Press 50 years ago saw the ties between these neighboring communities. A Des Moines column appeared In the very first edition of the Jewish Press on December 16, 1920. The column included the following interesting statistics on Des Moines Jewry in 1920. -"Three per cent of the population of Des Moines, or 4,000 persons, is Jewish, it w a s learned in a survey of the Jews- of the city recently con-' ducted by the Federated Jewish charities. Of these, all but 80 are eith-
er citizens or have declared their intentions to become citizens. More than one-half own their own homes. In only 37 cases have Jews married non-Jews. The varied range of occupation among the Jewish residents was found to be as follows: Salesman, clerks and clerical employes, 554. Merchants and businessmen, 431. ' Skilled workers, 208. Peddlers and junk dealers, 98. Professional men a n d women, 68. Laborers, 55. City and county employes, 12.
Spring Meeting, Book Sale Planned by Brandeis Women Deis Moines—The Des Moines • Chapter of Brandeis University Women's Committee will meet for luncheon at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 22, at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. A program of reading selections in a contemporary vein will be presented by Mrs. Ruth Stokesberry of the Des Moines Public Library. Mrs. Stokesberry recently portrayed the lead in the Des Moines Community Playhouse production, "The Lion in Winter." Other readers for the program will include three Brandeis Committee members with . active Playhouse backgrounds, Mnies. Milton Brown, Michael Hirsch, and Lester Bookey. Mrs. Elaine Estes, director of the West Side Branch Library, will also present readings. Mrs. Matthew Bucksbaum Js program chairman and Mrs. Edward Neufeld is in charge of arrangements. R e s e r v a t i o n s may be made with Mrs. Sidney Rubin at 255-5833. INSTALLATION Installation of officers and board members for the 1971-72 year will also be held at the - spring luncheon Apr. 22. Officers to be installed are Mesdames Martin Bucksbaum, president; Morris Mandelbaum, ; Jr., first vice-president; Stan-ley Isaacson, second vice-president; Elliot Brody, third vicepresident; M a t t h e w Bucksbaum, r e c o r d i n g secretary; Donald Blumenthal, financial secretary; D o n a l d Pochter, treasurer; Morris Mandelbaum III, auditor, and Gary Rubin, past president. . Women newly elected to the board of directors are Mesdames Alan Givant, Arnold Golieb, Louis Hurwitz, Harold Pidgeon, M a r t i n Waldinger, Jerome Wolf, Milton Mark, Harold Schwartz, Mose Swartz, Joseph Brody, Milton Brown, and William Friedman, Jr. Other board members are Mesdames Sam Brint, Ronald Daniels, Edward Neufeld, Joe Waldinger, Stanley ; Engman, David Pidgeon, Sidney Rubin, and Sidney Tabach. BOOK SALE • The Brandeis Women's Com: mittee will hold its annual book '•' sale May 16 through 23 at Bellais-Hess-Ardan's on Merle Hay
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JEWISH PRESS
City-Wide Event Planned for Israel's 23rd Anniversary
Bas Mitzvah Des Moines — Marcecn Kay Matulef, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Malulef, will observe her Bas Mitzvah, Friday, April 30, at 8 p.m. at Tlfereth Israel Synagogue, 924 Polk Blvd. An Oneg Shabbat reception will follow the service. No invitations aro being issued. All congregants and friends are Invited to attend.
anywhere In the U.S. whose parents have supported Brandeis may have use of the Brandeis Library in Waltham, Mass. Proceeds from the book sale help to buy new books for the Brandeis Library. Book sale committee members are Mesdames Ronald Daniels, chairman; Elliot Brody, associate chairman; Morris Mandelbaum III, co-chairman of merchandise; Zel Seidenfeld, vice-chairman answering service collection; Stanley Engman, vice-chairman book canvas; Abe dayman, vice-chairman sorting and pricing; Martin Bucksbaum, co-chairman advertising; Isyador K o l m e n , vice-chairman printed materi-. als; Morris Goldstein, co-chairman store; Morris Feintech, vice-chairman store personnel; Sidney Robinow, vice-chairman decoration and display; Harold P i d g e o n , vice-chairman closing store; DoTiald Pochter, treasurer; Ben Swartz, corresponding secretary; M o r r i s Mandelbaum,,Jr., librarian, and Ralph Copple, special collection.
Des Moines — City-wide Sabbath Services commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, will be conducted Friday, April 23, at 8 p.m. at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Rabbi Jay Goldburg of B'nai Jeshurun, Rabbi Marshall Berg of Beth El Jacob and Rabbi Irving A. Weingart of Tifereth Israel will officiate at the joint service. The service will be followed by a musical program, an address by Jack Snyder of New York City, and a reception in the Stone Youth Center. A. graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Graetz College, Mr. Snyder serves as a trustee of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism; a member of the Board of Jewish Education inNew York and business consultant for the Jewish Agency. A noted lecturer on economic and political affairs, Mr. Snyder is also the national president of Masada. In addition to the local synagogues, many Des Moines Jew-
Young Leadership to Hold Dinner Meeting Saturday Des Moines—The Y o u n g Leadership group of the Jewish Welfare Federation w i l l meet at the Bavarian Haus on Saturday, Apr. 17. Cocktails will be at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. Speakers -will be Roy Swarzman, chairman of the Community Relations Commission of the Federation, and Robert Mannheimer, who is vice-chairman of the Community Relations Commission and also a member of the board of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union.
Mr. S w a r z m a n and Mr, Mannheimer will deal with tin activities of the CRC and also will explore anti-Semitism in Iowa, and Jewish responsibili* ties in American community relations. Eliot Landau, consultant and hearing officer to the Civil Rights Commission, w i l l ba moderator and chairman of the meeting. Members of the Young Lead* ership group, may make reservations by calling 244-3144 or 277-2311.
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Des Moines—Harlan Hockenberg has been named chairDes Moines—Jim Belin, son man of the newly-created of Mr. and Mrs. David Belin, Community Planning Commit* will be called to the Torah as tee of the Jewish Welfare Feda Bar Mitzvah on Friday, Apr. eration. He has appointed a 30, at 8 p.m., at Temple B'nai committee which will be reJeshurun, Fifty-first Street and viewing and making recommendations to the Federation A pre-opening party will be Grand Avenue. No invitations have been is- Board of Governors on three held Saturday evening, May 15, for first choiceof select books. sued. All friends and members community issues. Hostesses will be Mmes. Jo- of the community are invited Members of the committee seph Blumenthal, Leo Pearl- to attend. An Oneg Shabbat aro Gerald Engman, Arnold man, and Mose Waldinger. will follow the service. " Golieb, Arthur Kagin, Randy Kardon, Mrs. Morris Mandelbaum III, Harold Pidgeon, and Philip Schneider. The'committee will m e e t soon to discuss: 1. Future plans for the Jewish- Community CenTIFERETH ISRAEI and lecture choices for the ter, _ . •• Members of Tifereth Israel coming semester. Women's League will take a 2. A joint adult Jewish bus tour of the Model Cities ISRAELI SINGER education program f o r area, with several stops along Aviva Semadar, Israeli singthe way. er, will p e r f o r m at 8 p.m. Busses will leave the Club- Thursday, Apr. 22, at Tifereth house promptly at noon Mon- Israel Clubhouse, 924 P o l k day, Apr. 19. Box lunches wall Blvd. Her appearance is a part of the Jewish Community Cenbe provided. niSTOBANTE Chairman of the event, en- ter series of programs. Miss Semadar has been widelyacI N TERNATI O NAL CUISINE titled "A Day of Understanding—the Model Cities Process," claimed in Israel and Europe. 2400 Ingonoll is Mrs. Ronald Daniels. ReserAdmission is free for Center Dos Moines vations may be made with Mrs. members, and $1.50 for nonDavid Farber, 27M136. . members.
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Jack Snyder Ish Organizations are co-spon* soring this special event. Dr. Marvin Silk of the Des Moines ZOA District will serv« as chairman for the evening.
Des Moines, and 3. Various ways of implementing c l o s e r coordination a m o n g Federation agencies. The community at large Is invited to submit opinions on these topics to Mr, Hocken« berg or other members of tha committee, for their consider* atlon. • Selected r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from every Jewish community organization will be invited to participate in tho committed meeting. GOOD SERVICE TO IOWA
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Omaha—At a special Convocation in August, Rabbi Myer S. Kripko of Beth El Synagogue, will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, central religious source of the Conservative Movement in world Judaism. Dr. Louis Finkelstein, Chancellor of the Seminary, informed the Rabbi that the Semlnary's Faculty by unanimous resolution, approved by a unanimous resolution of the Semlnary's Board of Overseers in January, voted to confer the honorary degree on him. ' ' Dr. Finkelstein wrote that the Faculty noted that during a period of unique tragedy the American Jewish community has increased its strength and
THE JEVVISn PKESS
Monasee to Head Mks Samuelson Will Be Bride Mr. and Mrs. James Samuelson of Chicago, formerly of American Stores Omaha, announce the engage-
Omaha—Charles M. Monasce has been elected president of American Community Stores Corp., parent company of Hinky Dinky Supermarkets and Grocery Supply Company. At the same time, it was announced that C. M. Newman, former president of American Community Stores, has been named president of Supermarkets Interstate, Inc. Supermarket Interstate, formerly owned by A m e r i c a n Community Stores, has been merged into the J. C. Penney Co. Other officers of American Community Stores,' announced at the company's annual stockItabbl Kripke holders meeting are: Jules M.' stability. Much of this, he not- Newman, honorary chairman of ed, was the result of the faith- the board; E. Robert Newman, ful, decades-long service of chairman of the board; Murrabbis in congregations the ray Newman, executive vicepresident. country over. Monasee will continue as president of Hinky Dinky Super* markets and Murray Newman will continue as vice president of Hinky Dinky.
Musical Passover Service April 16 at Beth El Synagogue Omaha—Cantor Aaron I. Edgar and the Beth El Synagogue Choir will present a Special Musical Passover Service at Beth El Synagogue oa Friday evening, 8:15 p.m. The liturgical music of Uie late Max Helfman, renowned American J e w i s h composer, will be featured at this Passover Service. Cantor Edgar and the Beth El Choir will introduce new settings of the "Shma",
CORNnUSKER CHAPTER B'NAIB'RITH WOMEN An Open Board meeting will be held Monday, April 19, at 8 p.m. in the Colonial Room of the First Federal Savings and Loan, 111 North 84th Street. It is important that all past and newly I n s t a l l e d board members attend. Past board members are asked to bring any materials that could bo helpful to tho new chairmen. STAMP CLUB _ The JCC Stamp Club will meet Sunday, April 18, at 3:30 p.m. at the Center West, 12604 Pacific. All grade school and junior high students are invited to attend,
"May the Words" and the "Kiddush". These are from a new Max Helfman Sabbath and Festival Service, published recently by his widow, in cooperOmaha—Mrs. J. Milton Maration with the Metropolitan Sy- golin and Mrs. Nathan Turner, nagogue of New York. The co-chairmen, have announced Service will also include the that Jewish National Fund enwell-known "Barchu", "Hash- velopes will be mailed the end kivenu", and the "Kaddish." of April. Beth El members and friends .. The JNF Blue Box is a faare cordially invited to attend miliar sight in many Jewish this Special Service on the Oth homes; for more than 60 years evening of Passover. it has been a symbol connecting Jews to the land of Israel. Blue box holders, or green envelopes which yield $5, $10, $25 or more are eligible for Mrs. Robert Greenman as co- many prizes, including trip to chairmen of "Artists in Resi- Israel. Among tho Hadassah volundence" Saturday,. May 15. House chairman is Mrs. Har- teers who will collect from old Cherniack. Mmes. Sheldon Blue Boxes are Mmes. Hyman Cohen, Joe Lincoln, Sidney Belman, Joe Bernstein, Lloyd Klcvatt and Nelson Gordman Cohen, Lawrence Epstein, Sam Fedman, Maurice Feldman, will be hi charge of artists. Jack Kaufman, Jack Kozlen, General Ticket Chairmen are Sam Manvitz, Abe Marcus, MilMmes. Michael Sadofsky and ton Resnick, Meyer Rubin, Ben Donald Sturm. Mrs. Millard Simons, Henry Stern and PhinSeldin is Publicity Chairman. eas Wintroub. Anyone who wishes to have OMAnA SECTION COUNCIL , a Blue Box may call Mrs, MarOF JEWISH WOMEN golin at 553-4668. Volunteers from Council are performing audiology screening testa on newborn infants at the University of Nebraska Medical Center In Omaha. Mrs. Millard Seldin, chairman of the project is seeking sum- HELEN GOLDSTEIN mer replacements for this proGraveside services were held gram. at Golden Hill Cemetery WedThe tests are helpful In lo- nesday, April 7, 1971 for Mrs. cating deafness in infants. Helen Goldstein, 4801 North They are conducted in tradi- 52nd Street. tional hospital sterile techSurvivors are: son, David niques. Volunteers aid in giv- Goldstein, Alabama; Daughter, ing the tests and interviewing Mrs. N. S. Mandell, Mrs. Stevtho mothers of the infants for en J. Lustgarten, both of Oma-" family medical histories. ha; 8 grandchildren. • ;
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PIONEER WOMEN Pioneer Women will celebrate Yom Haatzmaut in honor of Israel's 23rd anniversary, Tuesday, April 20, 8:00 p.m. at the' home of Mrs. Zizel Solbel, 1524 N. 50th St. Featured as a "surprise par1 iy," the evening will Include an unusual candle-light program, Israeli music and Israeli dessert, with a reminder to "bring SENIOR CITIZENS a friend In lieu of a gift." RSVP The Senior Citizens club will 651-1290 or 397-1951. meet for lunch at 12 noon, Monday, April 19, at the Jewish KALAH FRANKLIN CHAPTER Community Center. MIZRACUI WOMEN Following lunch the group Members will entertain t h o . will go by bus to tho Dr. Sher residents at tho Dr, Philip Home for a social afternoon of finer Homo Sunday, April 18, bingo .with residents of the at 1:30 p.m. John Beiitz and Home. M. Couch will present a musical program. A social hour ; Will fOllOW. , Mrs. Morris Franklin; "Chair* ; man, will be "assisted by ! Mmes. Abe Bear, P . Batt, Sam i Shyken, Sam Poska and M. i Morris. All members are inI vited to attend, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY : WOMEN" >.v ? :
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MAE MARKS > Funeral Services were held Thursday, April 8,1971 for Mrs.Mae Marks, 63, of 4921 Chicago, Interment was at Golden Hill Cemetery. . Survivors are: d a u g h t e r s , Mrs. Irving (Geri) Epstein, Mrs. Gloria Osheroff, 4 grandchildren. C
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ment of their daughter Faye Rita, to Stephen Miles Wasserman, son of Mr. Samuel Wasserman and the late Mrs. Rayna Krassner Wasserman of Chicago. Miss Samuelson was graduated from the University of Iowa with, a B. S. degree and a certificate in Dental Hygiene. Her fiance is a graduate of Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois and has a B. A. degree in Journalism and Public "Relations, An October 17lh wedding is planned in Chicago.
HONORS Diane E p s t e i n Feuerberg was one of 10 students cited at an Honors Convocation at theUniversity of Nebraska -at Omaha for maintaining a straight A average for the past 2 semesters. A junior at the university, Mrs. Feuerberg is currently a student teacher at Harrison school.
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candidates in the primary, 8 will bo placed on the ballot Breslow came in 10th, far ahead of the other two student candidates. Dick Lerner barely missed in his attempt for a'student senatorship in the Associated Students of the University Nebraska from the College of Business Administration. Four were elected from a slate of 8 candidates. Lerner placed fifth. '
SIGMA ALPHA MU NEBRASKA U. The annual spring formal was held in Lincoln, April 3. Bob Yaffe has been initiat- HONORS ed into Pi Sigma Alpha,' politiBarry Kalman, son of Mr. cal science honorary. and Mrs. Irvin Kaiman, has Ken Wald'has been named to been named to the Dean's List Phi Beta Kappa. at Rutgers University where he John Breslow fell short in is a junior. Barry has also been his effort to run in the general named the recipient of the Ed» election for a seat on the Lin- die Sommer ZBT Scholarship coln City C o u n c i l . From 17 Award. "A Gracious Show Placo"
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SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and Cantor Manfred F . Kuttner will officiate. Musical portions of the service will be provided by the Cantor and the Choir, under the direction of Miss Ida Gitlin. In place of the Union Prayer Book, an Experimental Service will be used. Rabbi Brooks, will comment briefly and will invite reactions from the congregation following the service. A Sabbath Coffee Hour will be held. Saturday: 11 a.m. • •. *. BAT MITZVAH JANE SOMBERG, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Somberg, will become Bat Mitzvah at the service Saturday, April 17, at 11 a.m. • • * BAR MITZVAH The Bar Mitzvah of WILLIAM DOUGLAS VANN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vann, will be celebrated at the service Saturday, April 24 at 11 a.m. . • • • MEN'S CLUB The Men's Club Brunch will be held Sunday, April 18, at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Harold Adler, Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, who will speak on "Social Responsibilities of. the Synagogue in 1971." Guests are welcome. • • • STUDY GROUP The Sisterhood Coffee with Rabbi Brooks has been discontinued for the balance of the season.
SERVICES: Friday: 8:15 p.m. Cantor Aaron I. Edgar and the Choir will present a special musical Passover Service, in memory of Max Helfman, renowned American Jewish composer. Rabbi Myer S. Kripke will deliver the sermon on "Passover and the Secret of Identity.." Saturday: Early morning service, including Yizkor: 6:45 a.m. Morning Service and Yizkor:, 10 a.m. Mincha-Maariv: 7 p.m. Sunday: Morning Service: 9 a^m. Dally: Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. * • * BAR MITZVAH MARK J E F F R E Y WIESMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Wiesman, will become a Bar Mitzvah at the services Friday evening and Saturday morning, April 23 and 24. • • • MEN'S CLUB Immediately following the Sunday morning service at 9 a.m. April 18, the Men's Club Breakfast will be served. Guest speaker will be Gary P. Bucchino, City Prosecutor, who will discuss the Traffic and Criminal Courts and how they affect the average citizen. B'nai Mitzvah to be honored are Debra Schwartz, Deborah Duitch and David Staenberg.
Beth Israel SERVICES: Friday: '•'•' Evening Services 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m.. Yizkor; 10:30 a.m. ; Evening Service: 7 p.m. Sunday: • Morning Service: 9 a.m. foli o w e d by breakfast and the Rabbi's class in "The Twelve Prophets." Dally: . : Services at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. •
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A monument in-memory of MRS. JEANETTE. SCHWARTZ will be dedicated Sunday, April 18, at 11 a.m. at Golden Hill Cemetery. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff will officiate.
B'nai Jacob I Adas Yeshuron SERVICES: Friday: Evening Service: 7 p.m. Saturday: Morning Service: 8:45 a.m. Yizkor: 10:15 a.m. Evening Service: 7 p.m. •
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Omahans in News Mike Rlssien has been named Assistant Sports Editor for the Nonpareil, Council Bluffs newspaper. Peter Citron, former Entertainment Editor for the Sun Newspapers, has joined the staff of the Omaha World-Herald. Mr. Citron will write a daily entertainment column. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tischauer have opened Galeon Imports Inc. at 316 South 72nd Streets. The shop specializes in gift and interior decoration items from Latin America and Spain. The Tischauers are former residents of Uraguay where they developed an interest in these handicrafts. . ..Co-managers of the shop are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tischauer. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Max Bear and children of Chicago, visited in Omaha last week with their mother, Mrs. Jennie Bear.
John Tavlin, son of Mitch Tavlin and Mrs. Madelyn Tavlin, has been named to Beta Gamma Sigma, National Scholastic Honorary for students in the School of Business. Administration at the University of, Nebraska. Stan Feuerberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Feuerberg, has been named to the Dean's List at the University of Nebraska. Gayle Lotman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lotman, has been elected to the Honorary Dance Society at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri. The Hadassah Youth Aliyah "Dress a Child Petit Luncheon" will be held Tuesday,
April 20, at 12:30 p.m. in tha Tifereth Israel Social Hall. Mrs. Dora Cahn, Hadassah Regional Vice President, will be the guest speaker. Entertainment will be provided by the) "We Two" group, featuring Bob Goodman and Penny Andres. Mmes. Ben Bloch, San Rubinow, Sidney Katz and Nata Unger are co-chairmen of tha event. Reservations may ba made/with Mrs. Leo Rosenberg, 489-5813. Baby sitter service will be available. * The Twenty-Forty Club meeting will be held 'Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Shapiro. The program for the evening will feature "A Night at Har-' old's Club."
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Council Bluffs Hadassah will The annual United Jewish Appeal Dinner will be held Sun- meet in Synagogue Social Hall day, May 2, at the Bnai Israel on Wednesday, April 21, for Miss Beatrice Sommer has Synagogue Social Hall, 518 12:30 luncheon and meeting. A panel discussion will be prebeen named co-chairman of the Apartment Division for the 1971 Mynsler St., Council Bluffs, sented. Taking part will ba Reva Suvalsky who was on a American Cancer Society Cam- Iowa, starting at 6 p.m. Rabbi Isaac Nadoff of the Leadership Tour in Israel durpaign. Beth Israel Synagogue in Oma- ing February. Also, on the pan* el will be Mrs. Jeremiah Quick Leonard Friedel, Dave ROST ha, will be guest speaker. of Council Bluffs, who also visenberg and Jerry Venger are Honored at the dinner will ited Israel in February, travamong the members of the be Saul and Frieda Suvalsky, eled'with a group of Episcocast of the current Omaha Play- who will be the first couple to palians from California. In Ishouse production, "Catch Me jointly receive the Ben Gershun rael they were joined by an If You Can." The play opens Memorial Trophy in the nine interdenominational g r o u p . this e v e n i n g and will run years that this trophy has been During her stay in Israel Mrs. awarded to outstanding mem- Quick and 14 others toured Isthrough May 2. bers of our Community. The rael under the leadership of Suvalskys scope of activities Dianne Pike wife of the la to for Israel and Judaism have Bishop Pike. been tireless. The discussion will present Reservations may be made with Ed Tepperman, 322-0149, different impression of Israel Omaha — Steven R i e k e s , Mr. Sam Sacks, is Campaign from the viewpoints of a Jew, Chairman of the Jewish Cultur- Chairman. and a non-Jew. al Committee, has announced Vera Tepperman is chairman that three additional class sesMrs. Cecelia Gallner of Atsions will be held at Temple lantic City is a holiday visitor for the meeting and luncheon. Reservations may bo mado Israel on alternate Monday evenings, April 19» May 3 and May at the home of Mr. and Mrs. with Mrs. Tepperman, 322-0149. David Gallner and family. Guests will be welcome. ' 17, at 8 p.m. The classes are open to the public at no charge. Instructors are Mrs. Jakub Brand, "OPEN FORUM" Hebrew Conversation; Jack MoA study group of tho Omaha Section, National lad, Beginning Hebrew; Walter Council of Jewish Women, will moot on Tuesday, Feidman, Introduction to YidApril 20 at the home of Mrs. Marvin Kohll, 832 So. dish and Mrs. Michael Oren, 89th St. for a dessert lunchoon and demonstration Israeli Dancing. of "Gas Grill Cooking." Mrs. Donald Magdanz from Metropolitan Utilities District will also give helpful suggestions at tho 1:00 P.M. affair.
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Creighlon Debafer
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Omaha—In the year 1900 a said: "Because of the attack handful of young Jewish men— made upon the Jewish race by they were just past the boy Mayor Smith and because our stage—gathered together in the opponents are attempting to derear of a downtown grocery feat Mr. Zimman because of store and held a " p o l i t i c a l his religion, let us mark our meeting." first vote for Mr. Zimman." Following the meeting they ZIMMAN SNUBS SMITH • obtained a few torches and held Here is what happened Weda "parade" on Douglas street, nesday morning when Harry proclaiming to the city tha* B. Zimman met Mayor Smith: • they had a candidate for thu Mayor S m i t h approached City Council. . Zimman in the council chamSoap boxes were obtained and ber. "Well, Harry, I'm just the this coterie of young men made same in this as I am in a law speeches for their candidate, suit. It's all over. I have no llarry, B. Zimman. He was hard feelings," he said. elected. Zimman did i\ot answer,, but Following that first election, turned his back on the mayor. the same group of men weathLater, in explanation of this Harry Zimman ered many storms with Zimaction, he said: man, and enjoyed seeing him Harry Zimman was re-elected "Mayor Smith not only made serve as Mayor of Omaha. City Commissioner by an over- a bitter personal attack on me, In 1921 the same group of whelming majority. Excerpts but on my people. An attack men, now the nucleous of a from the Jewish Press story that was as unwarranted as it g r e a t political organization, follow: was unjust and malicious. I again marched up Douglas * • • could not have done otherwise S t r e e t ; again made' stump Sprinkled through the large than I did." speeches and again helped elect Zimman's Boosters club were In regard to the election, their candidate. several who attended that first Zimman said, "We made a It was reported in the Jew- -" "political meeting". For in- clean fight against a scurrilous . fsh Press of May 5, 1921, that stance there was Louis Block, one. The people are just—and J. Katleman, S. Ravitz, Ike they rendered their decision accordingly." Zimman, and others. In the election just past Mr. Zimman was third. He was only a few votes behind Butler, who was first, and Dahlman who was second. But he received nearly 10,000 more votes than J. Dean Ringer, who made Commissioner Zimman an issue in the campaign. A good portion of Mr. Zimman's v i c t o r y is due to the griai effort put forth by his friends—members of the Zinjman Booster Club, but also a great portion of credit is due the men of the "United Seven" slate who stood fast with Mr. Zimman when leaders, of the Committee of 5,000 attempted to defeat him by trying to inflame race prejudice among the N. S. Yaffe, one oHhe found* voters of the city. Former deputy county asers of the Jewish Press, was sessor, Sam Klavcr, picJames Hanley, c a m p a i g n elected President of the New tured above as he appeared City Talmud- Torah In 1929. manager of the Dahlman slate, This picture appeared in the when addressing the g r e a t in the Jewish Press in Janucrowd on the eve of election at ary,- 1927 when he announced November 29, 1929 Issue. Fifteenth and Douglas streets, the opening of his law office.
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ed president of the Omaha B'nai B'rith Lodge In 1921. Other new officers of the Lodge as reported In toe July 7, 1921 Issue of the. Jewish Press included: Irving Stalmaster, vice-president; JJarry Silvcrman, -secretary; II. Friedman, treasurer; S. J. Leon, Warden; Rabbi Morris N. Taxon, Monitor; Sam. Levy, Max Fromkin, Arthur Roscnblum, trustees.
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New York (JTA)-Dr. Joa- tary confinement in a Nazi nothing to do" with parallels Mrs. Coretta King, Rev. M o s c o w gathering, at the chim Prinz, past president of • concentration camp," advising between Communist efforts in Ralph Abernathy and the well- Isaiah Wall opposite the United the American Jewish Congress, the editors that he was "ex- Indochina and in the Middle known Vietnam,'activist Rev. Nations. That assemblage was sent a formal letter of com- pelled by the Gestapo" that East, Dr. Prinz stated. He ex- William Sloane Coffin of Yale attended by civil rights leaders plained: "I do not accept the plaint to Look magazine for its year. analogy between American in- University, have joined other as Roy Innis, director of "distortion" of some of his Dr. Prinz complained that the tervention in Indochina and the civil rights leaders in an ap- CORE, and Eleanore Holmes statements to one of its editors article stressed lus plea for the struggle of Israel for survival peal to the Soviet leadership on Norton, New York City Human for the April 20 article. "The political independence of Amer- within secure borders. I hold behalf of Russian Jews. The Rights Commissioner. Agonized American Jews." Added to the main text of tho ican Jews without noting his that for an American citizen, petition, addressed to the dele. In his letter, the 68-year-old belief in "cultural and national Jewish or non-Jewish, the only gates of, the 24th Soviet Com- petition was a paragraph reJewish leader wrote that he interdependence between Amer- acceptable motivation for tak- munist Party Congress meet- calling the late Rev. Dr. Marwas "deeply troubled by some ican and Israeli Jews and his ing a stand on Vietnam is his ing in Moscow, is sponsored by tin Luther King Jr's endorseof the statements" attributed position that "the continued ex- conscience and not any politi- The Center for Russian Jewry ment of equal rights for Soviet cal consideration." and the Student Struggle for Jews. It was signed by 19 civil to him by senior editor Gerald istence of Israel (is) central to rights leaders and activists inThe fourth point made by Dr. Soviet Jewry. Astor, who did not tape-record Jewish survival in the world." cluding Reps. Bella S. Abzug The appeal was initially read Prinz was that he did not say their three-hour interview. Further, the fact that, as the and Herman Badillo, New York . Rabbi Prinz made five points article points out, he disagrees that American Jewish aliya to out at a press conference on Democrats; former Attorney In his letter to Look. He dis- with some Israeli leaders over Israel "has more to do with March 30th, opening day of the General Ramsey Clark; forputed Astor's claim that he American Jewish participation dissatisfaction with the U.S. mer Supreme Court Justice Arwas "a 1937 graduate of soli- in the peace movement "has than closeness to Israel," as thur J. Goldberg; Theologian reported in Look; on the .con'Dr. Abraham J. Herschel; Roy trary, "many of them settle' in Innis, director of the Congress Israel because of their love for 8010 W . Dodge Rd. of- Racial Equality; Mrs. Co-* Israel." retta Sc,otl King, Dr. Kings Hightstown, N. J. 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By Carl Alpert Haifa — Mellowed by her years and her growing responsibilities Golda Meir has become a thoughtful and contempl a t i v e states w o m a n . She consults her associates and seeks a d v i c e . She makes no snap decisions. C a r e fully she c o n s i d e r s the lines which are put forward as Alpert national policy. The lights burn late in Golda Meir's home, even when she is alone, and I venture to surmise that Premier Golda Meir muses about the problems of the day with that marvelous capacity pf hers to reduce even the most difficult matters to simple and easily understood elements. Ever the realist, she ponders perhaps along the following lines: "The Americans are putting terrific pressure on us to yield a bit, to be more compromising, to be softer, to adopt what they call a 'reasonable' line. We who head the Government of Israel mast decide on our program and fight to carry It through. We must not be afraid to provide leadership for our people and to convince them, if necessary, that our program is the one that is right and just and necessary for Israel. t "But we must be realistically aware of public opinion. This Is a democracy. Large segments of our population arc more stubborn and more uncompromising than we. So long as I sit tight, no matter how strong the American pressures, I have a secure coalition and my administration is not threatened. "But the - Americans can make my position politically untenable.. They have ever so many military,* economic and political 'weapons which they can use against us. I could not withstand them all. Yet I dare not make any major change in policy without going to the people. That might mean holding a great national referendum in which the questions could be: Give back Sinai? Return the Golan Heights to Syria? Gaza? Rebuild the wall dividing Jerusalem? Accept what promises or guarantees? There Is no precedent for snch a referendum, and it would be danger* ous to narrow the issues to specific aspects of what is, after all, a much more complicated matter. "The other alternative would be to call for new elections to the Knesset and seek a mandate from the citizenry for our policies. Party platforms will have to be expressed unambiguously. If I go to the people with a platform which is conciliatory, the public may well consider us defeatist. Moshe Dayan may once again leave the parly, and this time he could well take with him a larger segment than when he left to join Rafi.' "The combination of Dayan,
smzoio the Gahal extremists and the religious bloc, which is in any event maximalist when it comes to Israel's borders, would have a case with great appeal to the people. Old loyalties, parly machinery, the socialist idealism of our supporters, all would be of little avail against the exciting slogans of the activists. Labour would lose the control it has held since creation of the State. I think it would be a disaster for the Israel which we know if the country should fall under the control of right-wing parties.
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"Therefore, in order to maintain that party and that philosophy which I believe is best for Israel, I have no choice but to stand firm against the Americans no matter how great their pressure. And they must understand, too, that if they force me to the^breaking point, the alternative of Golda Meir and the Labour Party is a new administration swept into. power on a platform more extreme and more activist than the present one. "How can I convince Washington of this?"
WE MUST REMEMBER the passing of my motherTwenty-six years and six tongue; but merely to point million Jews after World War out the tremendous gap and II and the Nazi war machine, cultural chasm between two anti-Semitism continues its ex- generations only two or three istence. In a world filled with decades apart in. life styles. hatred for the Jew, it becomes "The Melting Pot" of Israel that much more of a necessity Zangwill that is our presentthat we the Jews remain unit- day American has w o r k e d ed as one. pretty well—so well that YidThis year, as in years past, dish is as foreign to third genthe Jewish community will eration Jews as French, Rushold a memorial service for sian, Greek or Latin. our six million brethren who Yet despite the decline of died In the Nazi death-trap. It Yiddish, the American Anglois most fitting that we com- Jewish writers are playing as "fiiemorate the loss of our peo- significant a role in American ple, a people who's only crime literature and culture as the was their religious belief. We, WASP culture bearers of a who were fortunate enough to few decades ago. escape the bloody hands of the There is no doubt that tho Nazis, must look look back and Anglo-Jewish press and books see as well .as feel what it have had no small part in the means to be so severely per- Americanization of the *Levinsecuted. Let us r a i s e our skys, in the Education at the voices in prayer for the dead llyman Kaplans and their proas well as those persecuted in geny resulting in the raising this day and age. of a generation of Anglo-JewI urge all members of our ish writers and thinkers who community' young and old have profoundly e n r i c h e d alike, to attend the memorial American culture. Harry G. Mendclson service at* Temple Israel, April 22, 1971 at 8:00 p.m. We LIKES TV SHOW owe at least that much to six After reading in the press million of our fellow Jews who went through the greatest hor- how the ADL of B'nai B'rith is trying to remove "All In the ror of all time. Arou Zcldcrman Family" I am apalled that they are so narrow minded. I THE PASSINfToF YIDDISH have not missed the show yet The creation of the Omaha and I don't mind having my Jewish Press as well as that religion poked at. of other Anglo- Jewish newsI have read that "Family" papers in America marks the is applauded by Polish, Negro most radical and significant and some Jewish groups but widening between the lives, now the ADL claims antimanners and mores of second, Semitism which really isn't and third generations of Amer- there. We discussed it briefly ican Jews and the Yiddish- in Saturday school and thoso speaking Jews of the small of us that have seen it seem towns in Eastern Europe. to like it. What a vast unbridgeable gap The main reason I think of centuries between the shted- Archie is so bigotted is he is tele in Lithuania under the insecure and calling people Russian czar in which I was names makes him feel better. born in 1900 and Omaha in 1921 The show about the lawyer when the Omaha Jewish Press and the rich Jewish lady shows first appeared. Even more so how most people think about in 1971. Jews just the way Archio Only a few decades ago in stereotypes other minorities. the United States there were I think Jews must be more still quite a number of daily opened minded if we are to Yiddish newspapers, and hun- survive. • dreds of books in Yiddish were Mark Grccnbcrg being published and read by hundreds of thousands of Jews. LIKED SPECIAL ISSUE Now- Yiddish to the grandYour 50th Anniversary Issue children of those that came to was a masterpiece. Congratulatho American shores four or tions. five decades ago is nothing I too was reminded of the' a part of world that has early Jewish Press days< My The Jewish Press but passed. And if Yiddish means late husband, Ben, David and Published weekly on Friday by. anything to those grandchil- Mario Blacker and our famJewish Federation of Omaha. dren, it comes by the way of ilies were on a fishing and.pictranslation; and much of tho nic trip on one of Nebraska's Charles Monasee, fascinating and unique color,' Lakes when Dave first told Ben Press Committee Chairman nuances and sounds of the lan- that he might become the JewMrs. Robert Gerelick, Editor ish Press Publisher. guage is lost in the process. Second Clan PotfaoV Pild At Omaha, Nebr. Talk about a gap in generaThe Jewish Press, under your Annual Subscription 16.50, Advertising RatK on Application. < tions between the grandparents guidance, has become a very . Publication Office: 101.No. 301h Street,. . I , Orrnna,. Nebr. « l « , jiii £nd tho grandchildren! It is as interesting and knowledgeable i PhorwW-ljW or 3fl-7Wr> ! ! • paper. Tba Jtwiih P r t u It nor ramma*'!* tte If they were living on different Kajhrth l y product «'wUOItitoitnl planeUI I come not to bemoan Sylvia Telpner
Sidelines By Mickey Gereffck There's a great similarity between giving birth to a baby and putting out a special edition of the Jewish Press. There are the s a m e elements of planning, anxious waiting and the-labor pains before the big event. Then there is the joy when the "baby" is born, and the fun of the subsequent congratulatory messages. I won't go into the details of the labor pains before the anniversary edition was born, except to say they were bad. The joy at seeing the 32 page baby however, was exquisite; and the kind words of praise from so many readers made up for all the sleepless nights. No baby is perfect, and I checked the paper as soon as it came off the presses. I was relieved to find the imperfections limited to a few proofre a d i n g errors. No glaring mistakes—or so I thought. One of the first people to call with praise about the paper was Joe Kirshenbaum. After saying all the nice things, Joe pointed out an unforgivable error in the' identification of the synagogue picture on page 23. The picture was identified as the "little shulc" on 25th and Seward. Everyone with any knowledge of that house of worship knows that it was a "sheel" and not a "shule." Oldtimers will understand the gravity of that error. For the others, it's hard to explain. Jews who say "sheel" also say "Keegle" instead of "Kugle." They eat "pitter" instead of "putter," and the pronounciations tell a whole story about backgrounds. It's more than a matter of semantics call- • ing a "sheel" a "shule" is like calling Nixon a Democrat—it's offensive to both parties. • • * I was so involved in reading back issues of the J e w i s h Press, I spent less time than usual in reading current issues of other Jewish papers. As a result, I think I missed a big story. Oscar Berson, writing In The Canadian Jcvvsh News, makes mention this week of a young Toronto Reform Rabbi who has endorsed t r i a l marriage ns consistent with Jewish tradition. • •...•
According >to Mr. Berson, there were two stories recently in Toronto daily papers ex-' plaining the y o u n g rabbi'a views. His suggestion is that trial marriages with a time limit of three years, based on an agreement "not to have children," should be recognized by the state and sanctioned by religious authorities. According to Mr. Berson, no one in the rabbinate contradicted the young rabbi about his assertion that the proposal was consistent with historical Jewish Law. Now that's * a big story. I wish I knew more about tho Toronto rabbi and why he believes trial marriages are Consistent with J e w i s h law. I don't think it's true. Why then, didn't other rabbis respond? Does their silence mean agreement? If so, what effect will this have on our young people? Will trial marriages be as appealing to them if they are sanctioned by the rabbis? Aha —maybe that's what's behind the shrewd rabbi's proposal. Make it legal and the kids will reject it! I hope someone can fill me in on the whole story.
It's a Living! An old timer used to.sit in the same spot everyday in front of a- tourist hotel. The bellhops used to tell the tourists that this n.an was so stupid, that when anybody would hold up a fifty cent piece and a five dollar bill, permitting him to make a choice, the old timer would smile and choose the fifty cent piece. Day after day tourists would giggle at the simple old timer. One day when nobody was around, a girl engaged the old man in conversation. "Don't yoii know that a five dollar bill is much more than a fifty-cent piece?" The old timer smiled warmly and with a twinkle said, "Of course I do, child, but the minute I accept a five dollar bill, I'm out of business. I'm no simpleton. I|ve been here for six years now earning a' • nice living for my family!" . .
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BASEBALL April 21st from 3:30 p.m. to Contrary to what the poets 5:00 p.m. at the Center West. gay—in the spring, a young Activity fee is $3.00. man's fancy turns to thoughts WOMEN'S PADDLEBALL of baseball. WOMEN HAVE YOU TRIED The Center is sponsoring two baseball programs: the PADDLEBALL?? It's an easy Small Fry (Kindergarten and game and you will «njoy every First Graders) on Monday and minute of i t Play your games Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.; and the in the mornings from 9:00 a.m. Pre Pee-Wee (Second, Third to 11:00 a.m. or from 2:00 p.m. and Fourth Graders) on Wed- to 4:00 p.m. nesdays and Fridays at 3:30 AWARDS NIGHT p.m. Arnie Stern, Center Athletic Chairman has announced that MEN'S SOFTBALL The JCC Men's Slo-Pitch the Center will hold its annual Softball program is scheduled Awards Night Banquet to preto get underway Sunday, April sent trophies and other awards 25th at 11:00 a.m. at Benson to members who have shared Park. A pre-season work-out in the Athletic Program this *is scheduled with Katskees year. The event will be held'on team playing Fiedlers team at Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. At 12:00 noon Gins- at the Elks Club. burgs team will meet Rlm- YOUTH COUNCIL, mermans team. Each team INDOOR FLOOR HOCKEY will play one another four The Youth Council Chapters times in this new and exciting will face off this-Sunday, April 12-game season. Captains will 18th starting at 10:00 a.m.-in be Roy Katskee, Bill Ginsburg, Don Fiedler and Mark Rim- the gymnasium. As part of merman. Fee- is $10.00 per their Olympic Sports, Indoor Floor Hockey is worth 5, 3, 1. player. GAME SCHEDULE SUNDAY, APRIL 18 ~ TENNIS-ANYONE??? 10 a.m. — Chaim Weizmann , Rich Halpine, Hanscom Park pro, will instruct a "concen- vs. AZA 100. 10:30 a.m.—Rayim vs. AZA trated program" of techniques and skills on Monday, Tuesday, 1. 11 a.m.-USY. vs. SYO. .Wednesday and Thursday eve11:30 a.m.—Winner of 10 a.m. nings from 7:30 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. The first class is sched- game vs. winner of 10:30 a.m. uled to be held at the Center game. 12 p.m. — Winner of 11:30 West, 12604 Pacific St. while the three remaining classes a.m. game vs. winner of 11 will be held at Hanscom Park. a.m. Game for Championship. Class will be limited to 24 pupils. Cost for thjs exciting con- SMALL FRY, BASEBALL ROSTER centrated program is $10. Kindergarten through.fourth grade boys can still register POWDER PUFF SOFTBALL ; }'TWEEN SOFTBALL" for for baseball which is held afgirls in the fifth, sixth, seventh ter school at the JCC Extenand eighth grades to be played sion Center West ballfield, at the JCC Center West, 12604 12604 Pacific St. Call Jeannetto 'Pacific St. on Sundays from Ferrin, registrar right away, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Activity or stop in at the Physical Education office. fee is $3.00. Taking infield practice on ; *M1SS¥-SOFTBALL for girls In Kindergarten and first grade . Monday and Tuesday afterwill be played on Monday af- noons are: David Klevatt, ter school from 3:30 p.m. to Scott Tatelman, Jeff Kirshen5:00 p.m. at the Center West., baum, Bobby Kalzman, John Vann, Marc Jacobs, Bruce Activity fee is $3.00. "MISSY" SOFTBALL for' Walker, Marc Robinson, Aaron 'girls ,in second, third and fourth grade starts Wednesday,
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