ration Names Exec Director; Solomon 'Loolcs Forward' to Move
SERVING DES MOINES J Vol. UV No. 42
L,COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Orooha, Nob., Fri., AuQuot a ItTB
Israel Mourfls Saplr's Death; Called 'Architect of the Economy' KFAR SABA, (JTA) Pinhu Sapir was buried Aug. 14 In the cemetery of Kfar Saba, surrounded by the same orange groves In which he worked as a young pioneer In Palotinetf years ago. There was some reeling that the last part of the sute funeral of the leader, described as an architect of Israd's industry, of Israel's dereloproeot townships and of new immigrant setflements, should have had more of a private nature, Sapir, chairman of the Jewish Agency and World Zionist Organization Executives, and former Finance Minister of Israel, died Aug. 12 after suffering a be^rt a^drilipar Beersheba. He was 87 years old SiVir «•• piMt of boBor at Moabav Nevttto In the Noftv, ioiiw 10 nte soolb o( Beoriboba, which was wbM ha iirffwf 111 tehw ^ Thousands, of Kfar Saba residents stood for hours along the streets of the town, which It north of Tel Aviv, and thousands more surrounded the cemetery into which only tiehat bolders were permitted. Residents and arrivals stood in silent homage until the army's burial society filled the grave. The military command car bearing the coffin and the lengthy procession of dignitaries which came from Jerusalem, the first stage of the L where funeral tooli place Aug. 13, arrived at Kfar Saba In mourning. Shops here were closed and traffic minimal. Only one V person was spoke at the open grave. Kfar Saba's Mayor Ze'ev Geller Jauded Sapir as the leader who began his life as a pkmeer working In the orange groves here, where he started the water supply comi>any which grew into the \ national Mekorot Water Co. Kaddlsh and El Mole iiachamlm were recited to complete the rite. Inlheflntpaittftheatale funeral, the ooMn had been placed in the oonrtyard o( the World Zfamlit Organisatkm and JewUi A|ney buUdlag to Jarnaalem. It wu then talMo (rom then to the Bfaqranel Ha'OMW (QanrtntiaB HaU)
PtahaiSapir, left, talBMpart hi arallgioui oireniany at MiMhav Nevathn. liraal, with Prmiar YUihak RaMn. Moments later Sapir ooHapaed and dtad o( a heart attack. Nahum Goldmann, fiMdent gaiilr, the Saptr cMMrw and of the World Jewish Congress. iovea grandcbOdrcB, private He declared that "Sapir's devotion to Zionism and troo around the irarid Mn- everything Jewish, his fanberty paaasd by the ooflfai, tastic powers of work, his pajhig their reqwda. Infallible memory and Rabin eulogized Sapir at a knowledge of detail, his abspecial meeting of the Cabinet solute Integrity and his saying that he had met Sapir disregard for every personal earlier In the day In Nevatim comfort which brought about in the Negev, where he his premature death arrived after an intensive and represents the best type of a tiring day. He added that "we Zionist, a halutz and a Jewish who knew Mr. Sapir also know idealist." that this was a typical day in Ptahai Sapir, itnngman of life, much like any other day." laraell poUtlcs tUt paat Rabin praised the decade and architect o( achievements and activities of larad't •oooonqr, waa bom t7 Sapir, declaring that y«n at» to MtRledHd lod "wherever you turn in this MalkaXodomkllBthelMUi State, you will find traces of vlllafe of Sawalkl. He Sapir's activities," and that reoatrad a nind JawUi and there was not one field in gBMral bailc fiimttliw, and Israel's development in which tbooa who koow htn HMsaiy Sapir had not been involved. he riwoa evM ai a yoitti hi Ui Remarking that "many of mathamatlcfl and itt" had often wondered viliy ergnlcatkaal iWlMft, He Sapir pushed himself so In- madeaUjratoPalaitfewhi IW tensely in his work, Rabin said and aettM hi Kfar Saba, north he believed the answer was o( lU AvtT, where he lived Sapir's conviction that "time unttt'hii daath hi a modiat Is pushing the Jewish people and that under no cirSapir entered the Cabinet in cumstances should there M; a 1863 as Minister for Trade and moment to jniss in realizing Commerce, with Levi Eshkol the redemption of the land and (Continued on Page2) the people." Yehoshua Rabinowltz, Finance Minister, said "the JCCCkMingt heart refuses to believe that OMAHA - The PInhas Sapir is gone„" He Jewish Community cited Sapir's "great Center will be doted (or achievements" In Israel's the High Holy Daya industrial sector and pushing from Friday, 8e|)t. S, 8 Israel's economy straight p.m. to Monday, Sept, S, ahead. • a.m. and tram Sunday, Among the scores of Sept. U, s p.m. to statements of condolence TiMday, Sept 16, 8 received from Jewish leaders a.m. abroad was one from Dr.
OMAHA - Lou Solomon, 35, currently executive director of the Jewish Federation of Pinellas County, Fla., has been named executive director of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Announcement of Solomon's appointment was made^ihls week by Harlan Noddle, president of the Omaha Jewish Federatkm. Solomon, his wife and two daughters
will arrive here Sept. 2; he will begin his duties Sept. 15. The selectkm of Solomon ended an intensive search by a special Federation committee which began following the resignation of Herbert Rubinstein In December, 1974. Solomoo waa bora in Indlanapolla, Ind., but soon after his Urth Ut family QOTCd to Dayton, Ohio, where he grew up. A U8« fraiduate o( Indhoa
UNO Couive Descriptions RtUglooin: MaDaodRdlglaa A itudy o( Uie wayi in wlilch human beings are religious. Focusing on individuals wlio have organized their lives around a "religious" penpecttve. both the broader and more narrow meaningi of "religion" will be Investigated. Not Uie truth or faklty of religion but insight into tlie depth-dimension of human living will be explored. BeUHoelU: OUTeatannt (HatnwflaiptHrM) A study of the Hebrew religious tradition as found In Uie biblical writings. The relationship between historical context and theological Insight will be examined. Contemporary biblical scholarship, psychological analysis of biblical heroes, and Insights of sociology and anUiropology will be utilized, not to prove the (actlcity or lack of It o( Uie biblical accounts but to draw from the text new perspectives on the ways human beings are religious. Rait|k»4U:''nitJndak;ThMllttai An investigation of Uie structure and development of Jewish religiousness from Talmudic to modem times The polarity between an "essential" core of Jewiiii religious patterns and the changing forms of Jewish religious expression will be examined. Philosophical, legal and mystical texts from different historical periods will be analyzed.
Study Qf Judaism Fascinates Federation Education Director By Judith Mariwrg OMAHA - "I have long been fascinated by the study of Judaism, both historically and philosophically," said Rabbi S. Daniel Bresiauer, the new director of the Department of Education of the Jewish Federation. Rabbi Bresiauer will also teach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha under a oneyear grant from the Nebraska Endowment for the Humanities entitled "Humanities Courses for Professional Education." He is hoping, he said, that this will result In the establishment of a new Chair of Judaic Studies at UNO. For the fall semester, Rabbi Bresiauer will teach a threehour evening course on "Jewish Mysticism" which
will be open to the public as well as to credit students. While two of the oounea be wUl teach at UNO hmre been offered before, "Man and Religion" and "Old TMament", Rabbi Breilauer •aU the tUrd come, "Tbe Judaic iradttka". Is new at UNO. He hai, he oomnMnted, benaUetoertablUiblaom guMeUnei and focui in all three oonrsea and "the UNO faculty hat been very open Indeottauilattic." In addition to his Federation department duties and his position at UNO, Rabbi Bresiauer will offer a class at the School of Continuing Jewish Studies on "Hassidic Rabbis and Their Influence on Hassidism." Raised in a Reform Jewish home in San Francisco where "Judaism was taken seriously and discussed frequently," Rabbi Bresiauer found religion very much a part of his life. Both parents were involved with their synagogue on a lay basis with his mother teaching in the religious school and his father serving in an advisory administrative capacity. The rabbi, who 'is 33, received his bachelor's degree from the University of Callforola at Berkeley where (Continuedon Pages) '
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Unhrenlty with a degree hi recreation, he received a certificate in 1872 after completing Ibe Hebrew Union College School of Jewlab Conununal Senrioei itudy program. His wife, Mariene, is a native of Minneapolis, Minn. Solomon served as assistant executive director of the Jewish Federation of St. Paul, Minn., before taking the Florida post. Although his present post serves the combined Jewish communities of St. Petersburg and Clearwater — approximately 7,000 Jewish residents — the majority are retired persons. When he took the position in September, 1973, Solomon was the first fulltime professional the Pinellas Federation had hired In 12 years. The only community services offered are a community center and Jewish Family Servlcra, he said. "We're looking forward to returning to the Midwest because of the viability and quality of Jewish life there people have roots there, their families are there. There is a feeling of community in Omaha, and the peo|de have a good history of supporting the Jewish cominunal services and of suppoiling Israel. "Besides, we're anxious to bring the kids up in a place where there is good community life." The children are MIndy Jo, 3, and Amy Jo, 2. Mrs. Solomon holds a bachelor's degree in Russian education and has taught high schoollevel Russian. Prior to his St. Paul post, which he t^eid for about 3'.',! years, Solomon was director of health and physical education for the Troy, N.Y., Community Center; physical education instructor for the Vocational and Education Board of Nassau County, N.Y., and youth director for the Jewish Educational Alliance in Savannah, Ga.
y\fZO Chief? JERUSALEM (JTA) - The name of Yosef Almogi, Mayor of Haifa, former Cabinet minister, one-time dockworkers' leader and Labor Party strongman in the Haifa region, surfaced among political circles this week as a possible successor to PInhas Sapir, chairman of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization Executives who died last weelt. Almogi himself. It is reliably learned, is partial to the idea and the persons circulating his name are believed to be close to him. The name of Almogi has been mentioned on the assumption that neither Abba Eban nor Moshe Dayan - also named as possible Laborite candidates — are interested in the post.