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SERVING DES MOINES, Vol. UV No. 43
OUNCIL BLUFFS, UNCOLN, OMAHA Onwtw, N«b., Frt., AuguM 29,197B
Omaha Rabbis Support Israel Bor)ds
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OMAHA - The rabbis of Omaha have called upon (be Jewish commuolty to liv tenalfy lU •(forts (or Israel Bonds during the coming High H(41day period to help meet Israel's critic^ financial and •oonoMile needs. The rabbis of the community will address themselves to this need during wbrsh4> on Kol Nidre evening or Yom Kippor. Ths rabbis are stressing the Importance of strenglbening Israel's economy as a means of Improving (he dianoes for peace in tKe Middle East. They are urging Jewish (amllles to purchase Israet'fionds, wMdi iiive been the ma)or source of Ikuids for Israel's econHnic development for the pest .25 years.
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Synagogue and Temple Israel Synagogue point out that, for a quarter of a century, Israel Bonds have provided "the mortar for the building of Israel's economic structure, pouring more than t3-bllllon into every avenue of Industrial, agrlculturil and commercial development and into the eiquuision of employment opportunities for 1,500,000 Imm^ants." Strotalng the apoeUI •IgnHlranfo of tbo Hlgb HolUojra tor Israel, the itslmiiiiil says: "At no Itane durtng the jwar are «• mote as Jews of oar to OMselws and our respooslbUttjr to odr peopto IkHi OB Yam Upptr, tbo day when wo an #«•• HH to mrita iBOWB te*wab|JswM
"This day has taken on a Ow new dimension which calls for the manifestation In a very • aB eflott wO bs Btada la pfltat meaningful way of our H> the nUtttmttt bi<we» a Identification wfth Israel," the itroag laraalt eeoaoaqr and ratibis stated. "On Yom of peace in tba Hlppw the service commands toan t The High Holidays is the ': occasion for special activities! in behalf o( Israel Bonds, and :< the appeal for purchase of ^Israel Bonds, In the view of |the rabbis, is an imperative ^«ct of solidarity with Israel as I as a vital contribution to r the life of the State o( Israel. The (orthcomlng High : Holidays will mark the second , anniversary o( the outbreak o( ^the Yom Klppur War. The ^practice of holding'an Israel rSond appeal in synagogues l^during the Yom Klppur serp vices, which was Initiated in ''1974 to commermorate (he ^ (irst anniversary of the Yom Klppur W»r and to 'memorialize the 3,000 Israelis ^ who (ell in that condicl, will be
i^continued as part of the HlgK Holiday campialgn. The sph^tuai leaders of Beth El Synagogue, Beth Israel
OMAHA - Th« Jewish Community Oaolar win be deasd ior the Hi0i Holjr Ds^i from FHday, sipt >. 5 p.ra. to MoniUiy, 8^^ I, 4 a.m. and from Bwirtoy, Sept 14, S p.m. to 'niiidijr, Sept U, i
us to memorialize with acts o( definite and concrete commitment those who fell In defense of Israel two years ••>." "On the holiest day in the JewMr calendar," the rabbis said, "we ask you to perform the very sacred mitzvah of lending Israel Bond funds to Israel on a level of maximum response, to sustain her economy and enhance her development programs, to help her overcome the present serious financial difficulties and to give her the economic strength to assure a ]ust and fair peace settlement with her Arab neighbors."
HospitalftY Offered OMAHA — Anyone desiring home hospltauty during the High Holidays is asked to call Pearl Yager of the Jewish Family Services at the Jewish Community Center, 334^000. Persons desiring to extend hospitality to students, newcomers and others may also call Pearl Yager.
Israel's Envoy to U.N. UNnVD NATIONS, N.Y. - Malar OCB. Halm Hinog. a cMs( of Israeli Mllltaiy IntoUflmos, has bssB namsd Israaif Ambassador to ttw Unltad Natiam. He nplaow Ambassador Yoosf TriRMh, win has ispisssidsd Israel lor ssvea years. Tskosb wfll lesve In late Aopat to baeooae presldant o( the Xlutverslty o< Deerrtebs Wis nsw smbsmador Is a SOB d the lota ChM RabU Ylidiak HatoTl Hsrseg. Hs was bom In Didilta to itu sad came to Palsstins to stmly IB two rsbbtateol sebsok IB Jerasslsm to UN. Torn years lotar hs wont to CsmteMp Unhrsraity to study law and vohmtosrod lor the Brttlsb Army at ths outbraak tt World War D. Osn. Hsnsfasrted to the bitanlry aad Aimorsd Carpi SBd wss rstoaasd from ths BrttMi Aimy to tM7. Hs soon becsBie tambred to the Ismail war a< lnrtopMdsBcs,ssnrhnssflpsrattMisoiaesrtolliagadsoBthe Nefsv froaL In IM, hs was ssnTto WaMagton as InsU military attache. After rsturaia« to IsrasI to UM. Oen. Hsnof hsid a Bumbsr of ssBler mlUtaty assl0aBsats, Hs wss ogBstotad chtof'Of army totsHHonre to lM%,'<Rall«loas Nsws'iarvioe Photo)
detoeting "presidential" methods In Rabin's style and comparing the system .he Is building up around him to that of the White House in Washington. A year after be became
lowe New Youth Director; Lurry Katz Resigns Position • OMAHA — Theappointraent of Jeffrey Lowe to the position of Director of Center Youth Services has been announced by Norman Batt, chairman of the board of directors of the Jewish Community Center. Lowe will succeed Larry Katz who has resigned as Center Youth director to accept a position as program director of the Association of YMYWHA's and Centers of Montreal, Canada. Lowe, 24, a Chicago native, recently earned bis master's of social work at the University of Southern CaUfOmia at Los Alleles with a Jobit master's In Jewish Education from Hebrew bnlpn College.
While allending graduate school, Lowe served as a group worker with young children at the Jewish Community Center at Santa Monica, Calif. He also served as an advisor to an AZA chapter. In addition to his duties at the Omaha JCC, Lowe wlU serve as director of the B^ai B'rith Youth Organization program, according to Larry Kau, "a position for which he should be well prepared due to his active leadership involvement in BBYO Ihroughout high school." During the three years Katz served as Youth director he was also instrumental In bringing YAD (the Young Adult Division) into the Center and was actively Involved in the management of the Youth and College Philanthropies campaigns. Since 1974 he JERUSALEM — As Israel served as the director of the and Egypt drew closer this Combelt Region BBYO which week to an apparent interim he helped bring under the sponsorship o( the Center. iigreement, one of the big The board committee questions appeared to t>e whether there would be responsible (or overseeing the Youth program is the Jewish American approval (or the Center Youth Advisory placing of US technicians in committee, chaired by Dr. surveillance posts In the James Wax. vacated areas of the Slnal On behall of the community and the Jewish Community The interim agreement Center, Batt welcomed Lowe itself was near to being signed and his wKe Carol. at the end of this week. The US Congress would then have to approve the stationing of about .200 American technicians at the posts located in the vacated GIdi and Mitle passes. Israelis see this as an important test because it touches upon the most sensitive political nerve of the United States following the Viet Nam war. They say that no , American president seeking re-election will want to implicate the US In pot^ti^ war only months after the fall of Saigon. Israeli Ambassador to the US Simcha Dinltz explained that Israel doesn't want American fighting units — It will continue to detend^itseK. He added that American presence In the Mideast Is sought by .both parties, whereas in Southeast Asia the Americans were acceptable to only one side.
U.S. Prossnce Is Questioned
Eariy Deadline The deadline for adlAettlsIng and news lor the Sept U Issus of the Jewish Press (following Yom
Klppur) wiU bo rruay, Svtll
Premier, Yitzhak Rabin began to surround himseil with "advisors." Within a (ew days he announced the appointment o( General Rahavam Zeevi as his advisor (or intelligence a((alrs. General Ariel Sharon as a "general consultant," and Avraham Agmon — the outgoing Director General o( the Finance Ministry — as advisor on the Arab economic boycott. Rabin also announced bis intention to nominate an advisor on ecological a((alrs. He has his own advisor (or press and public relations, ban Pattir — the (Irst such aide to an Israeli Premier. All these appolntmenU todlcate that RaMn tatai^ to strsngtbea the coBtrol ot the IMvmtan^lp vn/t tte CsUiMt ttd ttw yVBTMIIWltJll tA" inffiiBtrBtMB This aim in ItseK is not necessarily undesirable. But some political observers (ear that by establishing an independent (orum o( advisors in his bureau, Rabin Is In danger of distorting the delicate administrative balance between the government, the Civil Service and the Parliament that has been meticulously nurtured over many years. No one really knows what the precise task o( Rabin's new advisor on Ihteliigence a((airs will be. As it is, there are three agencies dealing with these matters — not without some (rictlon over authority and jurisdiction. Similar doubts have arisen with regard to Sharon, Rabin's "general advisor." If Rabin Intended to use Sharon (Continued on Page 6)
Celebration DES MOINBS — Mr. and Mrs. UMda Oross, tbe only msrrted ooupte Uvtag to the Iowa Jewish Home, ceMwated ttwir Slat wedding amdversaiy last March. Mrs. dnm was a member of Ptooser WouMB. Louis Orom oparated a dothtog store In tbe city lor many years. Ths ocupto has.lhrea marrisd ebUdren: Mrs. Sam Jaeobs of Des Mohiss. Dr. Josspb Onm of HuntfaigUm Beach, Calif., and anotbar son, BabM Gross, of AaaMm, Oallf.