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Vol. U—No. 1
OMAHA, NEB., Flit, SEPT. 17, 1971
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Mings You Should Know About ThisIssue By MICKEY GEBELICK Getting you to set up and take and phone numbers are here for from the sickness, poverty, in- put ourfocus on "the value-of What do you do when you tolerance, pollution and all the the volunteer hour." What one notice would be meaningless if those who choose to use them. And for those who still choose * find you have a few free hours . countless ills that, plague man- person can do — with limited ) we left ypu sitting! The next during the week? Spend them • kind. There are contributions time—if he wants to. ' • ' step,; and the most.important to spend all their free hours at THE LEADERS one, was to provide the neces- the card table or the. golf, at the card table? The golf that each of us can and must Conspicuous by their absence sary information for involve- course^-so.be it. At least we've course? Helping a handicapped make to the community in which we live. In this issue are stories related ment. And so every story in- provided some other alternachild? ' .What can we do? to the top Jewish leaders in ) eludes phone numbers to call tives to consider. " We know you" can find your First, we must know the our community and their many for those who, wish; to volun- "My thanks to Lynda Mirvish ,way to the card table and the problems—and this was to be activities. This was not an teer..It's as simple as ,that.. andDenyse Adler who did most - golf course. But how about the the first goal of this New. Year oversight. . ' Every organization', was ask-: of the research for the stories Handicapped child? Should you edition..•Naively, we hoped to Federation l e a d e r s , cam- ed to contribute to this issue. in this issue. Fm grateful also choose to spend jour free time explain the problems; show paign leaders, synagogue lead- *tliey were asked to detail their to the organization? and numhelping him, would you know what progress had been made ers and the manyieaders of activities; their heeds for vol- erous individuals who graciouswhere to go? Should you even and what remained to be done. .all Jewish organizations have unteers; their. suggestions for ly • responded to our requests consider that choice? , ' And we planned io do it all in made vital contributions with people to be highlighted. Re- for information. On Sunday eVening when we just one newspaper edition. It which we are all familiar. An grettably, some groups failed To Sylvia Wagner, advertising begin our observance o! the was an impossible task, and entire issue could easily be de- to respond and thus are not In- manager of the paper and pur High Holidays, all of us will be we failed. ',.'. voted to each of these individ- cluded In this Issue,, Ail ma- many advertisers whose. loyal taking Inventories of our lives.. But there was a positive side uals; The total of their volun- tcrial submitted was used in support made this New Year We will be recalling our indi- to our failure. In our probing teer hours would be ah astro- some manner. edition possible, my very spe' l vidual triumphs and failures of of the problems we discovered nomical figure. , Certainly there are" many c i a l t h a n k s . _ _ , .'•"'"•' -^r:'••'"'•• ', the past year, and we will be that many things were Wing -But for this issuerwe-Jlmited- -more—Individuals- who—could~ —To"4BeTTiuna*reas of people setting new.goals and priorities ^one, by great, numbers of ourselves. to some of the less have'been highlighted in this whose names are mentioned in for the year ahead, Jews who.were.involved in/a familiar volunteers. Those who issue, and many more places this issue, and to the hundreds.: But our goals for the New variety of little known' proj- work behind the scenes; whose heeding the services of volun- more whose volunteer hours eets. '• :___JiJiL^.J;K—l_ll efforts rarely-make the head- teers.-We're aware that we've- were notTrecognlzed J>y4name,— sonal aspirations for ourselves It was then that fhe New lines; but who are making eoiV barely scratched: the surface—? we are more than grateful. but it's a start! . •••: • ; What; you do is far more imand those we love. We have Y e a r e d i t i o n t o o k a n e w d i r e c - tributions. Explaining the problems and there's a place for anyone portaat than what, we did or responsibilities. to .our fellow t i o n . V ; : V '•• •-."••• •:••/• ** men as well. r We7still attempt to', Identify, showing what some people are who wants to volunteerr-any didn't say aboiit it; j . :dping ,waa only part of the goal. i; hour, of ,any day. The places. Hap^NewYeatto ^ , pf th bl j^t ;