Building Fund Drive Passes Half Way Mark
THE
Omaha—Murray Newman, chairman of the Building Fund Campaign for the new Omaha Jewish Community Center, announced this week pledges totaling $1,661,182, an Increase of $276,182, since the initial campaign report two weeks ago. Newman noted that the campaign has now passed the halfway mark In reaching the goal of $3,200,000. . "The gifts to-date indicate t n e next few weeks. Every ek the community's desire to build f or t will be made to reach evServing Council Bluffs, a new Jewish Community Cen- ery Jewish family in the comnii ha Des Aloines, Lincoln, Omaha he said, "* "and the ter," Mr. N e w m a n said. munity," """ *•>•••">** * ~ next few weeks should tell the "Workers in all divisions are story of whether we will be Vol. LI—No. 49 OMAHA, NEB., FBI., AUG. 18, 1978 reporting e n t h u s i a s t i c re- able to proceed with our plans sponses from those who have for a new Center. been asked to make their ' 'If this is to be Everyone's pledges to the campaign. We Center, everyone must particiare delighted with the generous pate, in the building fund camgifts which have been recorded paign," Mrl Newman said. He that pledges need not be thus-far," Newman said. "We noted paid at once, but c o u l d be 'feel certain that the campaign spread -over a three year pegoal will be met if the.rest Of riqd. : . . • • ••• ; . • the community responds in the ' "This is a once in a lifetime . Jerusalem (JTA)—Newsmen sharp disagreement a s to Guardfa airport on his return same manner." -.,•.;.; ' -r opportunity for everyone .to...who attended the press confer- whether the -Governor had from Israel. He described the agreement make a real contribution to the ence here at which Gov. Nelson made that statement. Mr. Newman noted that Jewish life of this community," Rockefeller of New York reAccording to one version, the at the Moscow'summit that workers in all divisions have Mr. Newman said. "Not only is _iortedly said an agreement Governor told' some newsmen' . Soviet Jews should be allowed been meeting in recent days to every gift important, but of was reached at the May Mos- that President Nixon arid Pre- to leave as "more a meeting of learn details of the campaign equal importance is the parti- cow.summit for Soviet permls- mier Kosygin had agreed, at minds than a signed agree*. and to receive their instruc- cipation and support of every- sion to allow 35,000 Jews' to '.the •'•May meeting, on the de- ment." He said be had been emigrate annually were in ; sirability of allowing Soviet "misquoted" jn Jerusalem, . tions as workers. "The bulk of one for the project." Jews—to emigrate to Israel. Rogers' View '• : the community has yet to be However, a flurry of' reports Miami Beach—Secretary of contacted," he said, "and emerged that the Governor had State .William P. Rogers resaid that President Nixon had sponded "yes, yes" when asked ' workers in all divisions will atreached an agreement with. ; here whether the Soviet Jewry tempt to cover the city within either Kosygin or Communist was discussed at the NEW YORK (JTA)—Vladimir Markman, Sverdlovsk Jewish party chief Leonid Brezhnev on issue conference in Moscow activist accused of hooliganism and giving slanderous informa- 35,000 Jews being allowed to summit in late May between President tion about the Soviet Union abroad, was convicted Aug. 9 in leave annually. Nixon and Communist party Sverdlovsk to three years on special regime, which is hard labor. The Governor backed off secretary Leonid Brezhnev. The Richard Maass, chairman of the "National Conference on So- from his purported specific fig- d o u b l e affirmative followed viet Jewry said that the treatment of Markman, before his arrest ure on the number of Soviet Rogers' prediction that "we to "this farce of a trial," spoke for itself. Both Mark- Jews scheduled for immigra- certainly think that (Jewish Atlanta (JTA) — A B'nal and prior andjhis wife had reportedly been harassed in the weeks since tion annually when he spoke emigration from the Soviet UnB'rith official has expressed man arrestgApril 29. They had been attempting to obtain a Moscow at a press conference at La- ion) is going to continue." _^, shock over the fact that 30,000 his and move the trial to Moscow, where foreign journalists voters cast their ballots, last lawyer be present. Maass explained that "Soviet officials counted Tuesday in the Democratic would the relative isolation of the city, of Sverdlovsk to cover up what Party primary for U.S. Sena- 1 on travesty of the wordjjustjcj tor for • John B. Stoner, an is a blatant and gross inrfuHherTaid,''l'We~fear now, that based on this conviction, avowed-opponent- of-Blacks' and" in the remote town of Sverdlovsk, a broad, 'conspiracy plot' may _ Jews. Stoner, who collected 500 be charged against others. votes in" 1948 on a platform urging execution for Jews, was WASHINGTON (JTA)—Sen. George McGovern accused_PresI« 1 described by Ben Hyman, dent Nixon of trying to deceive American Jews with a "trans* chairman of the Southeastern parent and false claim" of helping the Jews of the Soviet Unionr '- regional A n t i - D e f a m a t i o n ,"It is both cynical and cruel of President Nixon's agent Nelson League board, as a man with Rockefeller to claim credit on behalf of the White House for an "intense, vulgar and gutterhistoric event, which belongs to the Jews of the USSR thenalevel 'hatred of Blacks and More than $2 million in finan- Council of Jewish Federations selves," the Senator said. .. < '. Jews." cial assistance for the devastat- and Welfare Funds. "It is cynical because it has no basis in fact," he declared, ed Jewish comunity of WilkesHe said the 30,000 votes for The- assistance program was "It is cruel because it holds out a false promise of hope to Soviet Stoner "showed us how much Barre, Pa., will bo provided by worked out In consultation with Jewry—a promise Richard Nixon, is in no position to keep." •raw bigotry still exists in our the Jewish Federation of Amer• McGovern attributed the increased emigration of Soviet Jews nation." Stoner finished fifth- ica, it was announced by Max the Jewish F e d e-r a t i o n of to "the heroic determination of Soviet Jews themselves. They M. Fisher, president of the Wilkes-Barre and was approv- have been supported in their demands, their protests and theip and last in the primary. ed by the CJF. demonstrations by the public appeals of many governments and The approval and the speed millions of men and women of good will around the world," he with which it was given, Mr. said. McGovern claimed that Rockefeller Was seeking "to make Fisher said, is indicative of the deep concern of the American political capital for Richard.Nixon out of the, cry 'Let My People Jewish community to the plight Go'" on the eve of the Republican convention. He said, however, of the people and institutions of that American Jews would not be deceived "by this attempt by . Omaha — Beth Israel SynaRepublican party to exploit the courage of Soviet Jewry for Wilkes-Barre, the hardest hit the gogue has announced, the apvotes In November._ j of the communities stricken by pointment of Cantor Martin. the calamitous storm Agnes last Leubitz to assume Cantorial June. The CJF has immediately duties at the Synagogue as of requested community Federathis month. tions to approve and transmit Cantor Leubitz, a native of their grants. Even before this Akron, Ohio, studied towards, official a c t i o n , $525,000 had the Bachelor of Music Educabeen committed by" the first 10 tion degree at the University Federations to act. of Akron. He served as AssistThe full extent of the damage ant Director of the Beth El • to the Wilkes-Barre J e w i s h •Junior Choral Society at Beth community presents a tragic ,E1 Congregation in Akron. picture of devastation, Mr. In 1968, Cdntor Leubitz was Fisher said, following his visit accepted at the Cantor's Into;the community. Of the.comstitute of tho Jewish Theologimunity's-1,600 Jewish families, cal Seminary and the following 1,300 were evacuated. Less than year was appointed to tho posi100 have since returned to their tioinof Cpntor to the B'nai homes. Most of the 800 Jewish Jeshurun Congregation, Statcn businesses were either damagIsland, New York. While In ed or destroyed, including the New York he studied privately Cantor Martin Leubitz offices of Jewish professional Doctors, lawyers, architects, teachers—professional women, all' with'the well-known Hazzan, • new immigrants to Israel enthusiastically greet Prime Minister David Kusevltsky; graduate of the University of men and women. "Nothing can describe the Golda Meir, who addressed tbe.m at a Pioneer Women spon« Cantor Leubitz received his Maryland and received her Bachelor of Sacred Music and Masters degree in Education, damage that we saw there. Itls sored seminar held recently, in.Jerusalem. The conference for the Diploma of Hazzan from specializing in "reading diag- the worst disaster in America's new "Olim" was arranged by the Immigrant Absorption De« partment of Pioneer? Womeu-Moetzct Hapoalot to assist tho the Seminary In Juno, 1972. nosis. Fluent in Hebrew, Mrs. history. And tho worst many qualified profcsBJbnalslatribngtheithousandsidf new. irn>; -.>, il>, iCantor Leubitz was married Leuhitz Emigrant women wllnl^^rd^'pamciii&rjifcsorBUoli problems,, r :" , to the former Amalia Zeller'on er arid 6.1 1 Jtfosfc550pa*Hch>a U-i I i 11 July; '4,\ 1971, ;MM 'Leutytzv Ji! ft' • institute
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