Architect Named for
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Omaha—Announcement has been made of the selection of Baker. Associates, Inc., Minneapolis,-Miunesota, as the architectural firm commissioned to design the^new Jewish Community Center on the new site at 132nd Street between Dodge Serving Counc/7 Bluffs, and Pacific. Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha Edward F. Baker, an honors graduate of the University of Vol. LI—No. 4 . OMAHA, NEB., . FBI, OCT. 8, 1971 Minnesota School of Architecture, started the firm of Baker Assciates.'lnc, a Minneapolisbased design company iu 1959. Mr. Baker s e r v e d as the Des Moines architect for the iJewish ComDemonstration . munity Center of Greater MinEdward Baker neapolis. He has also designed This Sunday a variety of public and munici- member of the board of a Des Moines—All members pal buildings, and has received Conservative congregation in : of the Des Moines communi, ;. national recognition, for his his city. point; the walk will continue ty are : urged to join in the Skyway concepts geared to Commenting on the new J from 52nd street to Happy Holdemonstration of concern keeping downtown Minneapolis JCC project in Omaha, Mr. " low Blvd., to Dodge Street; east for Soviet Jewry at 3 p.m. de/elopment attractive and vi- Baker said, "the site at 132nd , Sunday, Oct. 10, on the steps on Dodge to 49th Street and Street is the best I have- ever ( bl of the Iowa State Capitol. Beth El Synagogue; the con• The father of three children seen for this type of building,' N o t e d speakers at the cluding portion of the walk who would be using the facili- -and offers exciting and chalmeeting will be Senator • ! will take participants east on ties, Mr. Baker had a personal' lenging possibilities." Jack Miller (Rep., la.), Iowa Dodge Street to the J e w i s h as well as professional inter- - Mr. Baker has met with all Governor Robert D. Ray, est in the design of the Minne- the sub-committee chairmen of.: Community Center at 20th and and Des M o i n e s Mayor apolis J.C.C. He c u r r e n t l y the New Center Study CommitDodge for a short program and . Thomas Urban. . , •TServes as a ' member of the tee, and has d i s c u s s e d the refreshments. Those who . a t t e n d are board of the Minneapolis Cen- many program and facility proParticipants in the walk are urged to join the motorcade jections with them. ••' •;.•'-•• ter. asked to obtain a sponsor to. which will leave from the "I am e x t r e m e l y imA member of Temple Israel pay them' for walking during Beth El Jacob Synagogue pressed,"' said Mr. B a k - e r , ; (Reform) in Minneapolis, Mr. the program. Money thus ob- .parking lot at 2:30 p.m. Baker previously served as a "with the Omaha people I have tained will be given to the promet thus far..I.have!!neyer.'inetL_l gram to Free Soviet Jewry. ""' people with more enthusiasm . and knowledge about a pro- "• Janet Zlpursky and David 20 Jews Arrested At Demonstration posed project. The new Omaha Walker, co-chairmen of the -Freedom Walk are u r g i n g The demonstration, on the Jewish Community Center is Paris (JTA)—Twenty young adults of the community to join Jews, were arrested last week prestigious Rue de Grenelle, certain to-be among the most . the young people by participatwas organized by theT!ommlt- outstanding Jewish Centers in • . ' y ing in this s p e c i a l project. after trying to chain them- tee of Solidarity With. Soviet the country." Marchers may join the group at selves to the gates of the Soviet .Jews. Other demonstrators kinMr. Baker is currently in tho any point along the proposed Embassy to mark the arrival in dled six huge torches symbol- process of preparing prelimintou'e. the city of the new Soviet am- izing the six million Jews killed ary sketches and designs for by the Nazis in World War II. the new building. bassador, M. Abrassimov.
Omahans Urged to Join 'Freedom Walk' Sunday
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Omaha-"Let My People S o " will be the theme of the Freedom Walk planned by the Oma, J j a Jewish Youtli Council, Sun; day, Oct. 10.
The eight-mile walk is being undertaken to dramatize the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union and as an - expression of j solidarity with them.': i Similar events are b e i n g - planned throughout the country in connection with Simchat Torah celebrations. All demonstra- tions are being centrally coordinated through the A m e r i c a n . Jewish Conference on Soviet . ' J e w r y . :"".".";
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The Freedom Walk will start _ at 12:45 p.m. at Temple Israel ..west parking lot with orienta' tion and a short service. The parade route will be from Tern-, pic-Israel cast to 69th street; i north to Western avenue; cast , to 5?nd street and Beth Israel ( Synagogue as tl<e ftr.st stopping
men Score Attack on Israel at U.N.
• David Walker (center) and Janet Zlpursky (right), co-chairmen of the Freedom Walk, discuss plans with Sue Bernstein (left).
W a s h i n g t o n (JTA)—Con- ing.to Soviet Ambassador Ya- • homeland from time, immemorial, equated with fascism." gressmen Benjamin S. Rosen- kov Malik's speech. They said that Malik "would thai and Edward I. Koch de- • The Congressmen, both New nounced the Soviet attack on Y o r k Democrats, described not dare" make "similar refIsrael, Zionism and Jews at Malik's statement as "slander- erences and use his crude, obthe U n i t e d Nations Security ous" and an attempt '''to stir scene language to the Japanese Council meeting last Saturday, the bestial prejudices that rise delegation or to any of the and scored U.S. Ambassador' so quickly when sparked." In Christian delegates sitting "at George Bush for not respond-' a joint statement, they, also that table." What brought him said that they were "distressed "to this state" they said, was because hot one delegate other 1 that "on past occasions the than Israel's rose Jo challenge only delegate fn the UN willing or denounce Malik's anti-Sem- ,to stand, up to the Soviet Union itic remarks and our own dele- and unmask Mr. Malik's pregate;' George Bushpsat silently. tence and expose his savagery, by. Once again the U.S. stood has been the delegate from Ismute while the Jewish" people rael." were b e i n g slandered," the - Congressman.•said;-----' *••--Language Courses During his diatribe against In tho language courses, which will continue on a regu- Israel, Malik warned Israeli lar basis after the session is Ambassador Yosef Tekoah not concluded, the Hebrew lessons to, ."stick your long nose into New York (JTA)—The sm'allare designed to cover all levels; bur Soviet garden. H i s t o r y of proficiency.; . shows that -those who have est. of the three remaining synMrs. Harry Wise, a member stuck their noses into bur gar- agogues in Moscow has been of the teaching staff at Beth El, den ha.e'usually lost them." ordered closed by the authorithat Zionism -ties by Nov. 1,; reliable Jewish will teach H e b r e w 101—a Malik asserted and fascism Mbpth are racist sources. report. The sources course planned for beginners. Jack Molad, Director of Edu- ideologies ....•/ . The fascists said there was-no immediate in- _ cation at Beth El, will conduct advocated the superiority of formation on the official reason Hebrew 201. The prerequisite the Aryan race (and Zionist) for the clbsirig; but said the aufor this course'is pompletion of racist theory is the same. The thorities were making "it diffiHebrew 101 or equivalent. :• chosen people: is this not ra- cult for the worshipers to open another synagogue. The synaHebrew 301 will be taught by cism?" . Koch and R o s e n t h a 1 said gogue,which hold approximateMrs.. Jakub Brand,-a member bf the teaching staff .at Beth _. what most incensed them was . ly 100 worshipers, is the Cher-. Israel. The prerequisite for this Malik's equating of "Zionism"" tyzovoyo at 70 Lermontov St. is Hebrew 101,or • equivalent. with "fascism." T h e y ^ s a i d , in a suburb of Moscow. It has not had p. rabbi since Tho emphasis in this course "Surely, it will shock tho conwill be on conversational He- science of decent people every- the late one died'several years brew. . ! i where to have; Zionism, ex- ago. There are now six rabbis Yiddish' n will be'presented pressing! tho ,lbve, that _ Je.]V3>, for, the approximately 3|MUlon.; (Continued, od page 15) have had for tlleir ancestoral Jews bf the' SoViet Union. ' \ '
Fall Program Announced^ -
Omaha—For the third con- discussions on the Talmudic secutive year the Adult Jewish stories, proverbs and ethics Education Program will begin known as the Pirke-Avot—will on Monday, October 18, at 8:00 be led by Rabbi Morris Amp.m. All the classes will be held ster, Director of Education at at Temple Israel, 7023 Cass St., Beth Israel Synagogue. (not Beth Israel Synagogue as Rabbi Myer Krlpke, Beth El was erroneously printed on the and Rabbi Isaac Nadoff, Beth return, envelopes). • Israel, will present a course Several new topics will be ex- "Rabbinic Wisdom and Jewish plored this year. Professor Dcl- Values.'-' This course will be vin D. Hutton, Associate Pro- based upon the Mldfash, the fessor of Greek and Religion at literature of Rabbinical inter' Dana College, Blair, Neb., will pretations of the Bible. The ^Bideliver a series of lectures on ble together with the Mfdrash," "Jewish Sects and Primitive , forms the foundation of Jewish Christianity"—a Historical Pro- values. .; "'..", loguc to tho Jewish-Christian Tho course in Israeli Folk Dialogue. This course will cov- Dancing proved to be so popu-. er the historic antecedents of lar last year that it is again Judaism and Catholic Chris- being offered with J l r s . Mitianity from earliest, times and chad Oren; a teacher at Beth will question what can be , !EJ,,as. Instructor.-Some of the learned from the past toj help f '. fuiiijlainonfdls of Israeli and understand tho present. •'.' ' oilier Jewish folk (lances will "Ethics of tho F a t h e r s " - • be taught., '!••-•-• i
Synagogue to Be Closed in Moscow