lifvi^in'
on visits Omaha To Plead for Father OMAHA - A ion of a Ruasian Jewish physician who has been imprisoned in the Soviet Union will visit Omaha Sunday and Monday. He is August Shiern, 29, who holds a doctorate In psychology and who Is traveling tliroughout the United States in an effort to gain freedom for his father, Dr.MIJihailSlitem.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Nsb.. Fri., June 27,1976
Dr. Shtem, a notMl endocrinologist who was head of the Polyclinic in Vinnitsa, Ukraine, was sentenoed last December to eight yean' Or. MfklMUSblcn Imprisonment at hard labor on charges of accepting bribes proved of his son's request to from his patients The charges emigrate to Israel, where came after Or. Shtem ap- August now lives.
'Charity' Tickets at JCC, Brandeis In a recent interview in the Long Island, NY., Press, August said all but one witness against his father retracted critical testimony during the trial, but that defense testimony was restricted. In an advertisement which appeared in the New York Times on Sunday, June 8, Alexei Podgomy, president of the U.S.S.R., was told that Dr. Sitem "suiters from severe heart disease, serious stomach and spinal ailments and we fear that he cannot survive his prison term.''
A Scholar And A GenemI NEW YORK - Oes Moines' David Kamlnaky. talmudic and Mblical scholar and president of the Des Moines chapter of the Zionist Organization of America, Is pictured here at the recent National Zionist Executive Meeting In New York City with Israel General Eric Sharon, military advisor to Prime Minister Rabin Gen. Sharon and his troops crossed the Suez canal, surrounded and cut off the Third Egyptian Army Corps during the October 1973 war.
The ad appealed for Dr. Shtem's release to his family "in the name of human compassion and in the Interest of International UBderstanding" and was sigrtad by Dr. Janes.]. Wax of Oniaha aloag with over 200 other American health care professionals. Dr. Wax has made an appeal in the Omaha area for support from his fellow professionals M the medical and pharmaceutical fields. They have been invited to meet August Shtem at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Goldstein at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 29. Mrs. Goldstein is cochairman of the Omaha Committee for Soviet Jewry. A press conference for August Shtem Is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday moming at the Omaha Press Club..
OMAHA - Theatergoers will be able to purchase tickets to Center Stage's productiim of the Broadway musical "Sweel Charity" at either the Jewish Community Center or the Brandeis Department Store tk:ket offices in Omaha and Lincoln. Announcement of the Brandeis arrangement was made by Mark W. Zaikin, director of the JCC's cultural and performing arts department. The Nell Slnum show, which opens the 197^7$ Center Stage season, begins at 8 p.m. July 24. Additional evening performances will be July 26, 31 and Aug. 2, with 2 p.m. matinees July 27 and Aug. 3. All seats are reserved. Resirvatkni may be made by eaDing tlw Canter bn oCfloe (Ml WW or UM BraaiMi tiekat office (S»«n), or by itaiipliic at the Carter or the Brandeis Oowntown, Croisroads, Sonthrosds, Westroada and Unoolo stores. The song-and-dance production, directed by Norman Filbert of the Chanticleer Theater and the Firehouse Dinner Theater, offers Oule Nogg in the role of Charity, who has a heart symbolically tattoed on her arm. Based on the "Nights of Cablria", the renowned Felllnl movie, "Sweet Charity" tells the story of a New York dance hall hostess who metaphorically wears her heart on hier sleeve.
OmeNogg
She has miserable luck with men and the show follows her through a series of constant rebuffs and driving musical numbers such as "Big Spender", "The Rhythm of Life", "The Rich Man's Frug", "I'm A Brass Band" and "1 Love lo Cry At Weddings". A dancing show featuring Gwen Verdon In its New York version, "Sweet Charity" will, in.l^ Center Stage version, iiiiC(H)ti|iuedonPage2)
Center Stage Season Tickets Now on Sale, Says Mrs. Rosen OMAHA - Season tickeU to Center Stage's spectacular 1975-76 season are now on sale, according to Sally Hosen, Center Stage Ticket Chairman for this year A season ticket entitles the purchaser to attend four shows at a reduced rate. Season tickets are f 10 each for Jewish Community Center members and tl3 for nonmembers. Mrs. Rosen said the season ticket works this way: One week prior to the public sale, all season ticket holders are contacted and asked which night they wish to conte and where they want to sit. Tickets will be sent out or held at the box office. All seats are reserved for this season's Center Stage productkms. The 1975-76 season includes
the following shows: "Sweet Charity" July 24-Aug. 3, "6 Rms RIv Vu" Oct. 23-Nov. 2; "1776" ^eb. 5-15; "Forty Carats" April 1-11. Season tickets may be ordered by filling out the coupon in this Issue of the Jewish Press, at the JCC reception desk, or by calling Carol, 3348200.
Federation Board Meets OMAHA - A report on the resettlement of Vietnamese refugees is among the items on the agenda for the June monthly meeting ol the board of directors of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. The meeting Is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 30, In Room 10 at the Community Center.
Mrs. Simon: Calendar, Welcome Tasks Ahead
'
. ' ^
OMAHA — The problems of firmly etiabliahing a community calender In the mhids of Omaha's Jewish com-, munlty members and lo welcoming Jewish newcomers arc among the major tasks facing the Omaha Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations this year, says Its new president, Miriam Simon. The wife of Ervin Simon succeeds Mrs. Morris C. (Mary) Pellmao as president o( the organlzatkMi of 13 Omaha Jewish women's groups. Concerning the calendar, •he said that making it a function of the Jewish PederatkMi of Omaha - th« Jewish community's umbrells arganlullon - "was a step In ttMrightdlnctkmbulsofarlt leaves much to be desired
because people either still don't know about it or don't use it." 1lNt« are ami attaaboM whara more than ooa organisaUoa has sdMdulad a fUDCtioa for tiis sanatliBaor day - mue^ to the dttrtatant oflhe pOtft aod tbeooomaiity. A recent audi oonOict, wtald) naultad in opan houaaa babig pffwi ior the same dajr by two groups brougtt a aten wanUag Irom rederatkM Pnsidant Hariaa Noddle to the effect any Fsderatlan diiMrtment not dMcUng lo dear a data with the community calendar aaerstary, Bail) MCCormlek, "nay flnd your event canoailad or raaetaduiod on vary liNrtDotioe." But non-use of the calendar has not been limited to Pederation departments, Mrs.
Simon noted, adding, "Every organization In the city — men's or women's — should use the calendar. That's the only way to make it effective." Persons or groups wanting to clear dates are asked to write Ms. McCormick at the Community Center, 333 So. 132nd St., Omaha e8l54. If a particular date is already taken, she will help a group find another. And she will also try to help groups avoid scheduling similar functions — such as two donor luncheons or two business meetings — on the same day. As for welcoming new residents — both families and single Individuals - Mrs. Simon noted that "we need help in knowing who Is new to our community. We would like people to tell us If they're new
when, say, they order the Jewish Press, or If they happen to know of new residents In town. "We also need help In planning welcoming functions and In getting newcomers Involved in community projects." Information about new Jewish residents can be forwarded to Ms. McCormick at the Jewish Community Center. Other Women's Federatkn projects Include the leader^ ahip sarataiar, the pUot of whkfa came off (|uite suc- Marilyn Fred, keft, a Woman's Federatkm vice president, ceatfUUy recently, Mn. Simon discuaaes a pmilect Vtth Mra. Shnon. (JP Plioto) The seminar was Im- make It an ongoing project. plemented by the Women's We see It as one of our major Federation for all community activities." organizations, from high And, said Mrs. Simon, "We school through adult and "we hope to do more" In the had mostly positive com- community. Other projects ments" about it. "We hope to include monthly parties by
each of the women's organizations at the Or. Philip Sher Home for the Aged; game sessions for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the annual Children's Hospital Bazaar.