Teens Report to Federation Board .; Omaha—A report by three pare for a similar program in members of the Omaha Pil- 1972. grimage to Israel program Other Action . highlighted the meeting'of the ' Rabbi Isaac Nadoff and Stevboard of the Omaha Jewish en Riekes reviewed a report by -Federation Wednesday, August The Task Force on Jewish •25, at the Highland Country Identity of the Council of JewClub! ish Federations and Welfare Nancy Brown, Joel Cassman Funds. and David Duitch presented . The Task Force was created 'brief reports on their 7 week by*the CJFWF in 1969, and the trip to Israel and answered r report is the result of two years ; questions posed by members of • of study and consultation with 'the board. • / - - - more than 1,000 persons in 38 Enthusiastic about their ex- cities. The 46 members of the periences, the three expressed Task Force include a broad their thanks to the Federation spectrum of community leadand other sponsoring groups ers, rabbis, students, leaders •for providing them with the of other Jewish cultural and .'opportunity. Nancy Brown de- educational programs. scribed the program as " a The Task Force report reccomplete success—the best 1 ommends that the CJFWF set .-weeks of my lifetime!" •'• in motion a major new effort ';• Telling about his experience "to improve the quality of at the Western Wall during American Jewish Life." It asks Tish B'Av, David Duitch said, that an experimental period of "I felt closer to my. people 5 to 6 years, be used for a vathen than I ever have before." riety innovative experiments, - For Joel Cassman, the climb- programs.and new techniques ing* of Massada was one of the_ designed to enrich all facets of -real" highlights of the trip. "It Jewish community life. is .difficult to describe,'1 he The Omaha. Federation ac•said, "but all of us came back cepted favorably the report of ; with a new sense of Jewish .the TasK^ Force and indicated "identity.?'
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Omaha—Daniel Katzman, a member of the National Executive Committee for Israel Bonds in Omaha, has announced that E. Robert "Bob" Newman will serve as general chairman of the 1971 campaign , Wth™ young people ex*j J S K bS M S for Israel Bonds in Omaha. pg Chairman of the board of .pressed their willingness to! * Hinky Dinky, Stores, Mr.; New•help the next group of teen-! adopted by the CJFWF. man served as" 1970 chairman ngers cjiosen for. the Pilgrim-; Gift to-Federation 'age program.' Many sugges-i The board accepted a propos- of -the Pacesetters Division of tions were made for improving' al by the Workman's Circle to the Omaha Jewish Philanthrothe preparation of the next pil-, give to.the.Federalion the La-, pies-Israel Emergency Camgrimage group — particularly1 (Continued on page 2) ; paigns. He is currently serving more intensified conversational, Hebrew intsruction. Impressed with the multi-lingual abilities , of Israel youth, the three agreed that they were eager to improve their own Hebrew skills now that they have reDes Moines — Funds (CJFWF) in Pittsburgh, turned.' Pa., Nov. 10 through 14. Nancy Brown indicated that James Marcovls Mr. Marcovis is president of' all members of the Pilgrimage has been named the Jewish Community Center^ "wanted to go back again some as recipient of annual and serves on the Board of ' day. Some expressed a desire t h e Governors of the Jewish Welto settle in Israel, and at least Young Leaderfare Federation and the board one member of the Pilgrimage ship Award of of Tifereth Israel Synagogue. plans to attend school there," the Jewish Welfare Federation. Ho is president of Marcovis she said. Store for Men and The Loft, a This honor en-i Following the presentation by young fashion'shop. the young people, a motion was titles Mr. Mar-1 He is a candidate.. for the passed by the Federation board covis to attend! school board of West Des urging the Bureau of Jewish the General As- J. Marcovls Education to "review the Pil- sembly of the Council of Jew- Moines. The election will be grimage Program and to pre- ish Federations and Welfare held Sept. 13.
/Marcovis Wins DesMoines 1971 Young Leadership Award
as chairman of the Esther'K. previous-Israel Bond campaign Newman Camp Committee and •in Omaha, Mr. Newman called as. a member of the Temple Is- for the adoption of new standrael Board of Trustees. He and his. wife, Barbara, were in Is- ards of participation on the rael last spring as, members part of Omaha Jewry. of a UJA Study Mission. In accepting the' chairman*ship, Mr. Newman observed, "The'people of Israel have been giving the world a revitalizing example Of heroic self sacrifice and achievement in the cause' of freedom. They are creating a sound economy in the face of great hardships and handicaps. They have built a living and efficient democracy in the face of unending hostility." -_ , .•:,:.,•.•••• In his first official act, as 1971 Chairman, Mr. Newman announced an unprecedented campaign goal of one million dollars for Omaha. Emphasizing that the 1971. goal constitutes a figure greater than any amount ever realized in any
Hy Polsky Heads Lincoln Federation
Lincoln—Hyman Polsky has been re-elected president of the' ' Lincoln Jewish Wejfare Federation Board of Directors. Other, officers re-elected at a recent meeting of the board include: Her-! bert F r Gaba, vice-president; Charles Sherman, -treasurer. ,, Iftvin Dubirisky, Herbert Friedman and Gerald Grant were; elected to the Executive Committee. Other members of the Ex-, ecutive Committee in addition to the officers include Rabbi Mor-- ton Waldman, Rabbi Irvin S. Ehrlich and Mrs. Robert Shapiro, j chairman of the allocation committee. Milwaukee (JTA) — Rep. leased the text of a letter writ- Jew." Davis made no effort to < Campaign Report Glenn R. Davis, considered a ten to Attorney General Mitch* apologize, to the credit'manHerbert F. Gaba, chairman of the 1971 campaign, reported a ' possible nominee for judge of ell in June. The letter charged ager or the community relatotal of $92,108.15 pledged by Lincoln Jewry. Mr. Gaba expressed I the U. S. District Court in the that Davis accused the lato tions director until almost one his appreciation for the excellent cooperation received from Mrs. : Eastern District of Wisconsin Sen. Alexander Wiley (R-Wis.),' year later when' the Capitol Kenneth Pocras, chairman of the Women's Division, and from1. has been accused by four Wis*- in 1956 of acting as an agent of Times, of Madison, \Vis., pub- the many volunteers who served in the campaign. consin organizations of being a foreign country because Wi- lished an article relating the in- —————————————-j——————————7——— r anti-Semitic and prejudiced ley spoke at an Israel Bond' cident. IHHHMHHMHHHHMHHHHHHMUHHBHH, DinnerSeveral days ago, Sen. Birch against. Blacks and Italians, ' The Milwaukee Jewish CounTho Council letter also in* B'ayh, Democrat of Indiana, cil, the-Wisconsin State Con- eluded a complaint that in No- Bald that he had urged Presiference of Branches of NAACP, vember 1962, Davis, then' in dent Nixon not to appoint Davis the Wisconsin Regional Board private law practice in Wauke- to a federal judgeship. Bayh of the Anti-Defamation League, sha, Wisconsin, wrote on be* | said he sent a letter to Nixon of 'B'najL'B'rith, and the. Pom-* Jialf^of a client to. the credit; earlier last week s t a t i n g : vArrangements have been made by the Omaha Jewish Fedpeii Men's Club, representing manager of a building com* VDavis has hot 'demonstrated eration for you to receive the Jewish Press while you are away at school. Italians, announced in .'-'thg-. pany in Wisconsin who had" re-: the high standards of tempera5? payment press their opposition to the , quested , ^ _ ...,_ of an obliga- ment and impartiality that we - If you would like to have the Jewish Press mailed to you : each week, complete this coupon and return Immediately t o : possible appointment of Davis, tion and Included in his letter. must demand from all. federal a Wisconsin. Republican,./They the statement that "we do not judges. I urgo you not to send THE JEWISH PRESS charged he held • deep preju* particularly^ expect a response his name to the .Senate. Bayh 101 No. 20th St. Omaha, Nebraska 6S102 >. said it was his responsibility as dicesv-against these minoritx; in the language of a Jewish bill 11. V: groups and that he has demon* c o l l e c t o r ^ ;; ;,-:•' '.1 •<•". •«-; ; ;..4•;.: a member of the Senate that strated a lack of judicial tem- . The home office of the build- the credltbllity of the legal InNama . . . V . . . . . . perament. '. ••; .,'-. ' ./:'.::. :'•":;! ' ing company, located in-Minne- stitutions: be held as high as • * ' <i ' A telegram sent to President sota, contacted the executive possible. Bayh, who' led camCampus Address - Nixon by Roy Wilkins, Nation* director! of theMinnesota Jew- paigns to defeat Nixon's nomiState Zip . . m . . . J al Chairman of the NAACP, ish Community Relations Coun- .nation of Clement'F. Hayns* City • worth Jr. and G. Harpld, Cars* stated that Davis lacked-the, r well to thd.tJ.S. SuprenieiCourt,!; jS I atn'a j'..-..f.k'. ( (grade),at . . . . . . . . \ . . J . . ; . . . . . University j ' • < "ability; toy administer e q a l •- jJustice ;j^tfto|ut|regard ita ira.ee, ^ t e d i S w j i i a e l i ^ iotf^torf ! j | 0
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