Rabinowitz Will Head DesMoines Campaign Des Moines—Sheldon Rabino- . ish Welfare Federation, The witz has been appointed gen- appointment was' announced by eral chairman for the 1972 All- . Mose Waldinger, president f in-One Campaign of the Jew- the Federation. Mr. Rabinowitz was -chairman of the Pace Setter Division of the Campaign in 1971, and serves as a member of the National UJA Young Leadership Cabinet. He has made several trips to Israel; He has served_as treasurer of the Federation, as chairman of the Commission on Jewish, Education, and as a member of the national endowment committee of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. Mr. Rabinowitz is a "partner in the Des Moines office of Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, a rational accounting firm. Sbeldon Rabinowitz
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OMAHA, NEB., FBI., OCT.- 1, 1911
Omaha—A leading authority on Soviet Jewry, Dr. Allen Pollack, will open the ^Celebrity Series" sponsored by. the Omaha Jewish CulturarCommittee. Dr. Pollack will be the guest speaker Wednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8 p.m.- at "Beth Israel Synagogue. The lecture is opejj to all Inter-. ested members of the Jewish community in Omaha and surrounding areas. Admission is by Series Subscription. Students and children will be admitted free. . . Series subscriptions at $5 each will entitle the ticket hold- University of Stockholm, Sweer to admission to all the Cele- den, and Princeton Uniyeristy. He was a Duke Foundation brity Series programs. Omaha —The Omajia Jewish Youth Council Jias anIn addition to Dr. Pollack, Fellow, and under ' a Ford nounced plans for a cross-city march on. October 10 as a the series will include an eve- Foundation grant was a Visitdemonstration of concern for Soviet Jews. ning .with Rabbi Abraham ing Fellow at the Marx-EngelsJoshua Heschel on October 20. Lenin Institute of the UniverThe march will begirr at 1 p.m. at Temple Israel and Rabbi Heschel is considered to sity of Leningrad in the USSR. will follow a route through Beth Israel Synagogue, Beth El be one of the most distinguish- He has taught at Brooklyn ColSynagogue and continue on downtown to the Jewish Comed-Jews of our time. A brilliant lege, the University of Pittsmunity Center -where there will bo a program on Soviet scholar and a philosopher ac- burgh and Yeshiva University. "\Jewry. tively "concerned with contemProfessor Pollack teaches Communities throughout the country are planning simiporary, problems, Dr. Heschel Russian History, and his field lar events in connection with Simchat Torah celebrations on*, has become an- authoritative of academic specialisation in .October 10. All demonstrations are being centrally coordivoice an the moral issues of^ the history of the Communist nated through the American Jewish Conference on Soviet modern life. ' ' Party of the Soviet Union. Jewry. A dynamic speaker.who has Concluding the scries, a speAll members of the community are invited to march cial musical evening is planned l e c t u r e d to ^many groups with thcyoung people. for December 28 featuring "The throughout the United States, Students who are interested in participating are asked Voices Four," a Hebrew Litur- Dr., Pollack will; share his views on Soviet Jewry with to contact David Walker, 391-773D or Janet Zipursky, 55G-, gical Rock Group. 1981, for further information. Steven Riekes, chairman of his audience in Omaha.'the Jewish. Cultural Commit? tee, noted that a grant from the Milton S. and Corrine N. Livingston Foundation enabled the Cultural Committee to add : the Celebrity Series to;the Jewish Cultural Committee pro-1 gram. "The $5 subscription fee covers only a small part of Omaha—Howard Kasldw has General Assembly of the Counbringing this outstanding series ' been named the recipient of cil of Jewish Federations and Omaha's first Young Leader- Welfare.: Funds. The: CJFWF Des Moines — United States statements expressing their to Omaha," said Mr. Riekes. Brochures announcing the fall > ship Award. The selection of Assembly will be held this-year Senator Jack Miller will be the concern for the plight of Jews in Pittsburgh, November 11 to . special guest speaker at a city- in the Soviet Union in conjunc- program of the Jewish Cultural Kaslow was approved by the 14. :.;•:; r-•;:•...; "^ j Executive' Committee' of the Committee were mailed -this i ., wide "Demonstration of Con- tion with demonstrations being Mr. Newman urged members week to jail members of the • Omaha Jewish Federation at a cern for Soviet Jewry" to-be held throughout the country on Omaha Jewish c o m m u n i t y . meeting September 22. of'the board to a t t e n d the < held Sunday, October 10 at 3 October 10. * Registration forms for the fall •;' - C; M, Newman, president of CJFWF meeting which he desj p.m. on the west steps of the Senator Harold Hughes has classes and for Celebrity Series ; the Omaha Jewish-Federation, cribed as "probably the most • State Capitol Building. Several signed a proclamation joining tickets are included in the; explained that Young Leader- stimulating in the country j other leaders in" community, in the protest against oppres- brochure. ship Awards are presented an- with subjects of key concern to .,.., , . state and national government sion and harrassment of Soviet nually by Jewish communities us b e i n g presented and dis; - D r . Pollafk" ' - WiU^articipato in the program. Jewry,, and has expressed his Born in New; York in, 1938,. throughout the c o u n t T y . Thp cussed by outstanding Jewish { ! Dr. Sol Davidson, chairman profound concern for their fu- Professor Pollack was educated > award includes an expense-paid leaders."' ' of the committee coordinating ture, In addition to the Young Lea; at -Columbia University, the trip for the recipient to the the event said that an automodership Award, the Federation • bile procession will convene at board also approved a proposal < Beth El Jacob Synagogue at to send an Omaha rabbi to the I 2:15 p.m. to proceed to the Assembly as a representative - Capitol Building. In the event of the community. Omaha first of rain, the program will be participated in this national held at Beth El Jacob Synaprogram last year when Rabbi gogue, 954 Cummins Parkway. Isaac Nadoff was delegated to A number of organizations (Continued on Page 2) and .individuals are issuing gogue, but that prayers for Soviet Jewry werd Omaha—In unprecedented actions, Beth El included in the Synagogue Service. Rabbi NaSynagogue and Temple Isrpel in Omaha joined with synagogues throughout the United States ' doff said that a Sabbath .service devoted to the Soviet Jew Returns plight of Soviet Jewry is planned in the near to hold a silent public procession on Yam Army Service Medals Kippur as a "prayerful expression of solidarity •future. .' "•[ •,•••• ;" ' ; Opposition ' New York (JTA)—A Jewish with Jews in the Soviet Union." Rabbi Abraham Gross, president of. the The solemn processions of thousands of wor-~ engineer from Vilna, Binyamin Rabbinical Alliance of America, took sharp, Shtein, sent back to Soviet au- shippers left the synagogues on Yom Kippur issue with the Synagogue Council of America's ! thorities all the medals and Day, and in brief services' outsldo the synaproposal which urged Jews to leave the syna} decorations he, received for his gogues expressed the solidarity of Omaha Jews gogue on Yom Kippur to gather in front of the .— . - ' ! service in the. Red Army dur- with Jows in the Soviet.Union. Rabbi Myer Kripke,of Beth El and.Rabbi - synagogue as an expression of solidarity with i ing World War II because ain Soviet Jews. Such action is "contrary to the i thorities rejected his family's Sidney Brooks of Temple Israel noted that this spirit of the holiest day of tho year,' r Rabbi I third application' for permis- isvthe first .time worshippers left the synaGross, said. -<".'•. gogues as part of the Yom Kippur observance. sion to emigrate to Israel, ' • Ho stated that he was amazed that the Or"i The High Medal of the Red Rabbi Brooks said, "this departure from anthodox segment in the Synagogue Council did Conquerer was one of the' me; cient tradition on this holy day is itself of pronot exercise tix veto power to "prevent this dais returned by the 50-year- found religious significance."'. flagrant tiesecratlorf of Yom Kippur." Continuold engineer following this most' '• Rabbi. Isaac Nadoff, at'BetK'IsfaellSyna<pUljrecent rejection of applications gogue said that physical arrangements could;• ing, Rabbi, Grosside;clared;'"Sucl)i;cheap 1 by- himself, >his' wife' and his not'be.-made for Beth -Israel* worshippers -;to ! SUcityiseeking i n e w d d s 'tend to;'harm 'the ; , ! c a u s e . " _ , , . , u - • • . i ' . - . - y . ; ^ • - •• --* .parjticipato.Jn, A 'procession, .outside^ ther
Senator at Soviet Jewry Event
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'Silent Procession- on Yom Kippur