SERVING DES MOINES
aCOUNCIL BLUFFS/LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Nab., Fri., January 30,1976
Vol. LV No. 12
Community-Wide Invitation issued by Federation Head
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DES MOINES-Des Moines was enriched (or three days by the visiting Rabbi Irving Greenberg. A modem Ilillel in his own rigbt, the distinguished ratibi 'spolie to Des Moines synagogue congregations on Jan. 1« and 17, for the Shabbat evening, morning and Havdalah services. Rabbi Greenberg's Jam. It Kallah Forum, a compelling four-hour session with question and answer periods, puTKtuated at noon by corned t>eef and coleslaw, was a deeply serious and yet at times delightfully humorous exploration of the human being, the Jew, and the meaning of our lives "in light ofJewish history." nwra It • dMkM advantage to Uring a weaktod with a man lUw Rabbi Grecntni^ The nqMricnoa Is Intellectual as wall as airirltual. Ilien Is tima tor UM evohitloa and devdopnaot o< •[ (Continued on Page9)
OMAHA - Vou say you "haven't been Involved much" In the Jewish Federation of Omaha? That's no reason for you to stay away from the annual ftieeting of the Federation this Sunday night, says Harlan J. Noddle, Federation president. "This meeting is for everytwdy, regardless of what they have or haven't done In the past." he emphasized in extending the Invitation to the Jewish community The iiMiallin wm Indude pwawfatlon ol qtedal awanh, rqpofts by liw rederaitai pnaidaatandiiewenaithwdlrMlar.andUM amnal aiacilao «(oMccn and board nMnban. It will be followed by a reception for the new exec and his wife, Mr and Mrs Lou Solomon. All activities are to begin at 7:30 p.m. (Feb. 1) at the Jewish Community Center. To clear up any confusion over who "belongs" to the Federation, Noddle cited the bylaws which state that a member is any Jewish person who makes a contribution to Philanthropies And that includes more than two thousand Omahans, he said. "This is everyone's chance to find out what's going on In the Federation — how the Federation, which is made up of thstr-iaUow Jews, is trying to meet the needs of, and {ilan for, the entire Omaha Jewish community," Noddle said. "It's aiao ao o|i|)attunlty for Ita total Jewish community to 810 wbo Its Ptdmtkia oMoen are, and to tan ttm what ItMgr Uke and don't UlDB about wtiat baa or haaat bsan done. It's a me(tii«. not a imram. "We have great hopes here for the growth and betterment of our Omaha Jewish community and this will afford every Jewish person an opportunity to hear and be heard." The annual meeting will see the Federation present Its first Humanitarian Award and its first Silver Anniversary Award. Wally
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Provost, World-Herald sports columnist who became the first American newsman to write a series on the plight of the Jews in Russia, will receive the Humanitarian Award, while Joe M. Rice, who completed his terms as Federation president 25 years ago, will receive the Silver Anniversary Award. Other awards will be presented Eli M. Zalkln and Caryl (Mrs. Barton) Greenberg, chairpersons of the 1975 Philanthropies Campaign. OfOcsnCor U7« will bo olected. Laooard (Buddy) Gokkteta It Ibe candidate for praaidnt to awxeed Noddte; Mary (Mrs. Morria C.) Nlinaa Is MoklBg rfreleetlaB M a vlca iveaideat iMla David L. Friedind and HowardJ.KMhwr are lertli^thidr that wch toras; naak N. CMtliarg la the nonilDee for treaaurer toA WBBA (Mn. llltton a.) Waldbaum is leeMiig a aeoond tarm as aooatary. Candidates for the Federation's board of directors are Jane (Mrs. Sidney) Brooks, Alan Crounse, Ruth (Mrs Joe) Erman. Ann (Mrs. Donald) (Goldstein, Martin J. Lehr, Stanford Lipsey, Sylvia (Mrs. Larry E.) Hoffman, Dr Paul A. J. Shyken, Ramon Somberg and Richard Zacharia. ufiw Upton headed the nomiw^tal^co'''' nrntee. Morley Zipursky, PSdefation president 1972-74, will be the InstaUlng officer. Noddle, and Executive Director Lou Solomon will make brief reports — and Solomon vowed that the emphasis would be on "brevity". "This Is not going to be a kmg meeting," he said. ' Rabbi Barry L. Weinstein ol Temple Israel, serving In his capacity as president of the Rabbinical Council of Omaha, will give the Invocation. A reception officially welcoming Solomon and his wife, Marlene, to Omaha will take place after the meeting. Refreshments will be served by the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, whose memt>ership consists of the presidents ol the various groups. Miriam Simon is Women's Federation president; reception co-chairpersons are Barbara (Mrs. Nick) Rips and Mrs Jack B. Cohen. "For those Federation members who have been planning to attend a meeting but have been putting it off, I'd like to say, "This is the best time to attend,' " said Noddle, " 'C'mon outand]olnuB.'"
Hiller/Meyerson Philanthropies Co-Chairmen OMAHA - Richard H (Dick) HiUer and Leo 1. Meyerson, well-known Omaha and (Council Bluffs business executives and dedicated members of the metropolitan Jewish community, have been named co-chairmen of the 1976 Jewish Philanthropies Campaign. Announcement of their appointment was made Jointly by Harlan J. Noddle, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, and Leonard Goldstein, 1075 Philanthropies Jewish Committee chairman. "Both men have long been
active In Jewish community affairs and we are confident they will direct an inspiring and highly successful Philanthropies Campaign this year," Noddle said. Meyenon la dialnnan of the board o< World Radio, Inc., of CouDcU Bhifb, the flrm be tounded In ins. HlOer Is vice praaldent In cliarge of marketing and builnest development for Omaha NatloaalB«yL "Something like this li always a challenge," said Meyerson, former praakientol the Council BIuHi Jewtah Federation who now llyes In
Omaha and has lieen actlveln the Omaha Philanthropies campaign the last four years. "We can't forget that we're Jews and as Jews 1 think we have a responsibility. I look forward to this challenge and I hope that we can make many of our Jewish brethren begin to see the light." Said Hlller, a frequent Philanthropies Campaign worker who, with Meyenen was last year's Initial Gitta Division co-chairman: "TUt It a vary crttkal ttane. We aU tboi«bt that the Yon Klpiiiir War waa eo erttkiL Now It'a DOt a caaa of war but
of Itrad't needs at hone." Hlller recently spearheaded the Omaha Total Cash Mobilization Drive which was "very successful - M50.O00 was sent from Omaha during October, November and December (the goal was tSOO.OOO). The national drive (for tlOO million) didn't reach its goal at the end of December, but by the first part of the new year, it did," he said. As Onuiha's representative on the United Jewish Appeal Fall Cash Fact-Flnding Mission to Israel last year, (Continuedon Page 3)
Joe M.Rice
Doing The Things That Shaped Toitoy Editor'i Note: lUs k the lat a( two I wm be baand by the Jewlrii rWanaiOB of Omaia awt« Its anrnial meadnf lirii SuDday at da Oonagnoily Oalw. Uat ««k, Wotht-IIa^d qnrls oohanolit WaOy Profoa was pnOled.
By Rlcbanl Pearl OMAHA — Do you remember when the Dr. Philip Sher Home for the Aged opened? Or when the Omaha Jewish Community was asked to absorb some 75 families — and the Jewish Federation t>ought a building to help accomplish the task? Perhaps, too. you rememlier wtien campaigning was conducted statewide by Omaha rabbis and lay leaders to help raise money for the fledgling State of Israel?
Ufmm* lnftlliWca,jwi«Pw**f Hw—tWigiwall. becauae you were at the hUl) at tiieae acthfttka — aetlvitlea wtiiGfa helped riiape tiw Omiriia Jewlab conmiiailty into what it la today. Rice was the Sher Home's first chairman after it opened; he was Federation president when Holocaust refugees came en masse and it was he who went statewide with the rabbis to campaign for infant Israel. The years were roughly 1948 through 1951, when Joe finished his second one-year term as Federation president. In recognition of his numerous efforts and contributions on behalf of the Jewish community here, the Jewish Federation will honor him this Sunday evening with its first 25th Anniversary Award. The award is planned as an annual honor to each former Federation president as he reaches his "Silver Anniversary" year, according to .Executive Director Lon Solomon. Rice It the aenkr member of tliat elite groiq) of men who are itlll living here. There have been 13 otben elected Federatkm president since then; of tboae, 10 ttill teskle In Omaha. Rice is today a healthy and active 75 — he plays volleyball with friends twice weekly at the JCC. Community-wise, he's chairman of the Gifts Committee at the Dr. Sher Home, most recently raising funds to redecorate its chapel; he's a member of the Federation's Coordinating Committee on Aging (C(X)A) and a board member of the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging (ENOA), an outgrowth of his appointment to Mayor Zorinsky's Committee on Aging. And Joe also was among the organizers of the Center's Old-Tlmers group. His involvement in Jewish community life was sparked back In the 1920s, around the time the old JCC was constructed at 20th and Dodge. Joe's sense of tiedakih came from his parents who, he says, were always generous toward the bearded students and other travelers who stap|)ed at their door. But seeing first-hand the Omaha Jewish community actively tMillding and doing — as exemplified by the JCC cornerstone-laying ceremony back then — quickened his desire to lielong and to contrit)ute. "I was at the cornerstone-laying," Joe recalled. He taya only that he "took an Intereat" In what waa happening. iMcauae thoaa were difficult days for him. He wea in the proceaa of building hit own buiineaB — GUn-O-Ltc, a liveatock feed firm. He had pledged an amoint to the JCC (Continued on Paee 3)