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'hilanthropies Report: 'A Long Way to Go' OMAHA - The 1»7S Omaha JewUh Phflantrtopiea Campafgn "Is making good I pragNM," according to General Chairman Eh : M. Zalkln, but there's still a lot left to do The report followed a meeting Monday, ' night. May 19. at the Jewish Community Center in which the various F^llanthropes division dialimen and other officials reviewed and , dtioNMit the campaign to date. ~ Tbe ins Campaign goal Is $3,450,000. ZaUdn ' Mid the drive "Is making good progress ap' proaching the haifway mark." Those in attendance with Zalldn Included .Harlan Noddle, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha; Morley Zipursky, im; nMdIate past president of the Federation; ^ Buddy Goldstein, chairman o( the Philanthropies of Standing Committee; Racky -Newman and David Prlediand, Keynoters Division co-chairmen; Stanley Slosburg, ; Pacesetters; Leo Meyerson, Initial Gifts; Sam 'Ftted, Telethon and Jack Safersteln, Senior ,EMcuUve«. "Each of the chairmen reported they were ' warmly received by those they called upon and
that In most of the commltntents, the response has been generous," said Zalkln. "However, we do have a long way to go to meet our goal and raise the necessary funds with which to operate." The many services provided by the Federation's agencies to the Jewish community of Omaha are dependent upon the Philanthropies campaign he noted, naming (he Community Center, Jewish Family Service, Dr. PhUlp Sher Home (or the Aged, the Jewish Press, Camp Ester K, Newman and the Federation Library, among the agencies. "And we cannot forget the funds raised illso go to rescuing as many fellow Jews a« is possible," he added, citing the cause of Soviet Jewery. "We strongly urge those who have not yet made a commitment to keep in mind that every dollar they commit goes to alleviate sometxidy's suffering and also goes to make somebody's life a little more meanin^lful, whether It be a life at the Dr. Sher Home, in Omaha or In some home for the aged In Israel," the chairman said.
Ghorbalinterview Believed: Diplomat NEW YOBK (JTA) - A senior Israeli dlplonaat told " the Jewish Telegraphic Agency thai he haa no dout>ts ; that Mbraf Ghort>al, Egypt's
published in Buenos Aires. Aba Gefen, a former Consul in Argentina and presently the director ol cultural affairs at tlw Israel Foreign Ministry In JeniKalPnn
. States, did advocate tbe extermination of all traces of r Judaism in the MIdsasI in ait I Interview puMlihad aarlier ^this year in Marphar, a rlghtwing periodical
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caslon of Mohammed's birthday, views basically simlllar to thai which Ghorbal Expressed In Marchar.
Pool Opening Sunday OMAHA - Gary Jafltch, center, Community Center aquatics director, goes over some points with David Northam, a Ufeguard supervisor, as Oiuck McCoUum, Center maintenance man, works on special vacuum machinery hi tbe Center's new outdoor •wimmlng pool, which officially opens Sunday, May IS, at 10:30 a.m. The pool, located at tbe south end of the Center, bu a snack bar con-
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"Ghorbal was only echoing the view of hlsbo««. President AnwBrSidaf*'"*'*^ ' According to Gefen, Sadat declared last year in Al Hassln nuMque in Cairo, on the oc-
SERVING DES MOINES, Here are some Interesting questions about your contribution to Omaha Jewish Philanthropies. How many can you correctly answer? The answers will appear elsewhere In this issue of The Jewish Press.
ti7,<i0O, mflio, mjnot 2. What does one year's vocational-academic training In an CRT School in Morocco cost for a needy Jewish student - $1,100, taOO, 13907 . 3. What does your year's subscription to Tbe Jewish Press cost - $1,17.90, nO?
?Sher Home Open House Is Scheduled for June 1 Elderly) members, as well as residents, will act as hosts and hostesses and assist with all arrangements, according to Mrs. Sol Parsow and Mrs. Jack B. Cohen, LOVE cochairmen. The purpose of the Open House Is to better acquaint the community with the Dr, Sher Home and the important services It provides.
Center Stage Auditions Set i OMAHA - Auditions (or [ Center Stage's production of f "Sweet Charity" directed by ^Norman F'Ubert will be held r Sunday. June 1, at 2 p.m and
Monday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m at the Jewish Community Center The musical will run July 24. 28,27,31 and Aug. 2 and 3
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Terrorist Incidents Investigated
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OMAHA - Invitations have , been tent to the Jewish comnnunlties of Omaha, ' Lincoln and Council Bluffs to [ attend the fourth annual Open • House from 2 to 4 p.m. Sun. day, June U at the Dr. Philip ; Sher Home for the Aged. [ Home residents, directed by ' Mary Wine and Ida Potash, ^ will bake all refreshments \ler\ea. LOVE (League Of' tering Volunteers lor the
cession stand which Includes bathroom facilities and vending machines. The big poA, designed to aecomodste about SOO persons, has room for sunbathers and a wading pool tor toti. Hours of operatkm tUa weekend will be 10:30 a.m.-t p.m. on Sunday, noon to • p.m. on Monday. The hidoor pocd also will operate tbrougb the summer months. (JP Photo)
Damaged Menorah OMAHA - A menorah daoiaged by the May ( tornado standt CB the denk In Rabbi SUtaey Brooks' study at TUnple Israel. RabU Brooks •aid that "people have been absolutely marvelous" In their offers of help to the damaged synagogue and laM calls have come in from all over the country n well a* from Omaha. Among tiM aid pledged was 15,000 from Dundee Preabyterlan Church, tbe rabbi said. The Temple office this week moveil its temporary headquarters from the Jewish Community Oenter on South isand Street to the Ovariaad WoK office building, •n« Pacific St., Suite 2U, Omaha Mioe (5564536). All religloui services will continue at the Community Canter. (JP Photo)
JERUSALEM (JTA) - The explosion of a booby-trapped picnic basket that injured 20 persons on a crowded public l)each on the sliores of the Dead Sea was one o( several terrorist Incidents on the West Bank and In Israel under investigation by police at the close of the long Shavuol weekend. Four of the people Injured on the beach were still hospitalized this morning. The other injured, rushed to two Jerusalem hospitals, have been discharged. The explosion occurred at about 2 p.m. local time at Ein Feshcha, one o( several public tieaches on the Dead Sea where both Jews and Arabs congragete on holidays. Farts lasa Awad, a, was killed by a hand grenade while be was tarring the roof of a school building near Acre on Haifa Bay. Police said that Awad, a school employe, was carrying tbe grenade when it exploded. Its pin, found near the body, Identified the grenade of Dutch make. Recently, explosive charges
detonated under Arab-owned trucks In Ramallah, 15 miles north of Jerusalem and In the neighboring village of Alblrah. One person was slightly injured. Police believe that all of the weekends Incidents were the work of local terrorists. Terrorist induration from outside Is believed to have been prevented by the heavy security measures taken In all border areas last week to forestall assaults on civilians during May 15, the 27th anniversary of Israel's Independence and the Shavuot holiday that (ollowed. A number o( Arabs were detained (or questioning after the beach expolsion but most of them were released. According to eye-witnesses, an explosive concealed In a picnic hamper the fragments of which were found scattered over a wide area of the beach. The exloslve created panic among the hundreds of bathers from all parts of tbe country who came to Eln Fashca yesterday because II Is still too chilly to bathe In
other areas. Jews and Arabs frequent the Dead Sea beaches In almost equal numbers and no dlsturt>ances have ever been reported between them. AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE WAS DISCOVERED NEAR the Rockefeller Museum bi Bast Jerusalem this morning and was dismantled by polica without caushig bijurles or fifffrmgg
Israeli security forces, meanwhile, uncovered a terrorist cell In the process of organization inside Israel and arrested suspectd members from Nazareth and nearby Yafia village. One of "the suspects was identified as Mahmoud Gazzalin, ^2, deputy chairman of the Yafia town council, who Is reported to have had a number of detonators In his possession. The gang is believedd to have been preparing (or acts of sabotage on May IS when they were apprehended. Gazzalin was electd to the coiincil on a non-partisan ticket associated with Rakah one o( Israel's two Communist parties.