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Attend Opening of Center
Omaha — An eilimaled crowd of 900 people attended Opening Day ceremonies at the new Omaha Jewish Community Center last Sunday. The ceremony, In the theater of the new Center, wag followed by tours of the building and registration for spring session classes and progi^ms. Daniel Katzman, chairman of the Center Building Project, served as master of ceremonies for the Opening Day ceremonies. Mr. Katzman presented a brief review of the events which led to the plans for and the completion of a new Center building.
Recognition was made of the efforts of hundreds of members of the community who participated in the planning stages. Special recognition was given to the late C. M. Newman for his leadership in the early plans for a new Center: and to the trustees oL the Livingston Foundation for their generous financial support of the project. Participants in the program included Charles Monasee, president of the JCC Board of Directors; Morley Zipursky, president of the Jewish Federation • of Omaha; Julet Newman, a
trustee of the Livingston Foundation; Mayor Edward Zorinsky, Mort Greenberg, Executive Director of the Omaha Jewish Federation, Hy Tabachnick, Director of the Center; and Rabbi Barry Weinstein. Among the special guests present were Herb Gaba and Louis Finkelstein, representing the Jewish Federation of Lincoln; Father Robert Hupp, director of Boys Town; P. J. Morgan and Dan Lynch, Douglas County commissioners; Mort Richards, a trustee of the Livingston Foundation; Bemie Lieder and Ed Baker,
associates in the ar-. chitectural company which designed the new Center; Steve Rosenblatt, a member
of the Omahp City Council and members of the Federation and Center Boards of Directors.
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Greenberg Resigns as Federation Director
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Israel Condemned by U.N. Security Council UNITED NATIONS, (JTA) — The Security Council voted 114 last week to condemn Israel for Its April 12 commando raid on six Lebanese villages and condemned "all acta of violence" but did not mention the terrorist maaaacre of 18 persons in Kiryat Shemon* a day earlier. The decuaeat was deaaaaced as "a slngalarly grass mbcarriage of Jasike" "ky Israel'i VN Ambassador. Yoaef Tekoah, who led the Israeli delcgatkM sat •( the Ceaacil chanbcr niaales kalarc H caase ap far a veto.
The United SUtes, which had promised to veto any "one-sided" resolution supported the draft. U. S. Ambassador John Scali said afterwards that the condemnation of all acts of violence applied to the massacre at Kiryal Shemona. But he expressed regret ttiat a U. S. sponsored amendment which referred specifically to the eventi at Kiryat Shemona had been defeated earlier by a vote of 7-0 with two abstentions. The final draft was approved by 13 o( the 15 Council members. China and
MX. HERMON - An lirarll toldicr, liotdlnii hit ,M-ie rille, lasfcs laward the snow-capped p«ak •! Mr. Hermoa from his saadbagged oulposl. The battle far Ike sirstegic peak has eaatinued lor more than ill weeks, with dally ak- aad artillery battles between liyrlaa aad liraeii forces.
Iraq did not participate in the vote. Tekoah's statement before the vote was bitter. He reiterated his charge that Lebanon harbored the terrorials who committed the mass murders in Kiryat Shemona and said that instead of taking measures to end terrorist operations from its territory, Lebanon had lodged a complaint against Israel. "The resolution speaks of stones and bricks. It does not even mention the massacre of Kiryat Shemona," Tekoah said. "Without a reference to the Kiryat Shemona massacre and in all its studied oneskledness, ttie resolution and its adoption are a singuarly gross miscarriage of justice ... My delegation will not be a witness to the travesty, about to take place here," Uw Israeli envoy said. Whereupon the Israeli delegation left the chamber. Ambassador Scali explained the U. S. vote by noting that "we would have preferred explicit references to Kiryat Shemona." However, even without lhis,"we concluded that the resolution was acceptable because it condemns equally the Israeli reprisal and all acta of violence."
Omaha — The Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Omaha has accepted "with regret" the resignation of Mortimer Greenberg as Executive Director of the Federation. Mr. Greenberg's letter of resignation was read at the April 25 meeting of the board, and formalized his conversation with Morley Zipursky last December at which time the Federation president was told of Greenberg's desire "to achieve other professional goals." Mr. Greenberg came to Omaha in September, 1970 from New Orleans where he served first as Assistant Director of the Federation and then as Executive Director of the Jewish Community Center. In New Orleans, as well as in a prior position in Birmingham, Alabama, Greenberg was instrumental In the planning and construction of, new Centers for those commum'ties. In their acceptance of his resignation, the board of the Omaha Federation noted his "tremendous
contributions to the planning and construction of the Omaha Center." Commenting on Mr. Greenberg's accomplishments in Omaha, Morley Zipursky, President of the Jewish Federation of Omaha said, "We are very ;»rry to see Mortimer Greenberg leave our community. He has been a most effective Federation director. During his tenure we have seen a reenergiation of the Omaha Mort Greenberg Jewish community. Our fund Mr. Greenberg said in part: raising has gone up threefold. We have restructured our -UI ^m submitting this formal Federation and are now letter of resignation so that moving into our new Center this community may proceed which will provide a new with its processes in an orfoundation for our com- derly fashion. "I will be leaving Omaha munity. "Mori was deeply involved with some very good feelings in all these projects and was about my experience here the catalyst that made them during the past three and onehappen. His cAncepts In half years. It is a source of plannbig lor Ike new Center great satisfaction to me, both and have given us a most out- personally standing facUily. This was professionally, to have played a part in the restructuring dne to his director. "We wish him well in his and the modernization of new endeavors and thank him Federation and its services to for all he has done for our the Jewish community. A major achievement has been community." In his letter of resignation the development of the new Jewish Community Center — its building, service components, and its financial underpinning. A change of potentially greater value is the communal involvement and responsibility in administering and financing Richard Zacharia will significant services in replace E. Robert Newman Omaha, in the nation and in as chairman of the Esther K. terael and I am pleased to Newman Camp Committee. have been able to rontrtbute ~ Leo Meyenan hag assumed to these changes. the responsibility as chair"I wish this community man of the Cash Collection even greater success in its Committee of the the Omaha enlarged agenda and look Jewish Philanthropies forward to having its Campaign. In responae to achievements serve as urgent appeals to meet cash models for other communities' needs in Israel, Mr. Meyerson to emulate. aiid his committee are Mr. Greenberg is currently currently making an in- taUng a delayed vacation tensified effort for the before moving to a new payment of 1974 campaign position. A successor for Mr. pledges, as well as unpaid Greenberg has not yet been pledges of previous years. named.
Zipursky, Names Committee Heads Omaha — Morley Zipursky, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha has announced tlie recent appointment of chairmen for three major Federation committees. Robert Nogg has been named chairman of the Dr. Phillip Sher Home for the Aged, succeeding Alvin Abramson who is currently serving as a vice-president of the Federation. Mrs. Ervia Simon will serve as cochairman of the Sher Home ConunlUae.