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II: Soviet Jewry Struggle in New Phase Edttort Note: Three Omahtns, Goldstein, co-chairman of Omaha an ex-Omahan and a Dei Mobm Committee for Soviet Jewry; Gary rahtat are among the 1,000 KlnsUlnger, g , g A t hrft ^ delegate* from so countries wbo' long l active i in Soviet Jewry efforts attended the Secood World Con- 'and Wally Provost, columnist for ference on Soviet Jewry in the Omaha ~ WorloVIIerald who BtUNta,Belgtu,Feb.l7-U. wrote, a series on Soviet Jewry. Hie Omahans are Shirley KlnsUlnger Was sent to Brussels by the Jewish Federation of Omaha, while tbe Omsha Section,
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The lowan Is Alan Koufar, a young practicing attorney In Des Moines, selected by the Jewish Welfare Federation's Community Relations Commission, of which be la a member. Why were they — a s well as "iirKirft4°r erf outer Jcfwun oomr munlty leaders, Catholic and Protestant churchmen, Black community leaden, UJ3* flfntXnn and personalities from other The ex-Oniahan Is Philip M. professions - In the Belgian y~ Q t i k l CW ti f capUtolT the governing board of the. World The following article, written by the chief press officer of Brussels I Jewish Congress. ' .
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Your Philanthropies Dollar: Where It Goes
SERVING DES MOINES, Vol. LV No. 16
OMAHA - The 1975 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign raised approximately $1.9 million. Of that amount, some' $671,954 was allocated to'local Jewish community agencies and another $1,205,773 to various National, Overseas and Israel agencies. Here is the result of the 1975 campaign and the 1976 Budget and Allocations Committee recommendations.
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and Brussels n, gives the answers. the growing urgency of Jews to quit the U.S.S.R. and the effect of worldwide demands on the By Richard Cohen In the 23 years from the founding Kremlin to respond. of Israel in 1948 to the first World Just before the second'Brussels Conference for Soviet Jewry in conference Feb. 17-19,' the nearly 3 Brussels in 1971, an estimated million Jews of the Soviet Union 10,000 Jews were permitted to c o n f r o n t e d a s e r i o u s l y deteriorating situation marked leave the U.S.S.R In the five years since Brussels by: I, some 112,000 Jews have received (1) a drastic decline in the exit visas. Almost»J of them went numberofezitvlsasgranted. to Israel. (2) A sharp Increase In the taThese two figures demonstrate the accelerating sense of Jewish who seek to emigrate. consciousness In the Soviet Union, (3) A stepping-up of antiSemitism for local consumption and for export '•. { ' •~"i~\ (4) A corresponding rise in annJewlsb rtiKr1"il"Btlwi and In efforts to suppress Jewish cultural and reUgious activity. Within weeks of Brussels I — which the Soviets had attacked as an "anti-Soviet provocation".and an "impudent attempt at open interference into the internal affairs of. the Soviet Union" - the Kremlin began Issuing visas to Jews seeking to emigrate. By the end of 1971, more than 14,000 Jews had departed. In 1972 3COUNCIL BLUFFS7LINC0LN, OMXHA the figure soared to 31,000 and in; 1973 to 35,000—the largest number , Omaha, Neb., Fri.. February 20,1978 (ContinuedonPage3)
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ByBartwraSlmon ' The story of the pleasures of the Jewish Federation Library continues... Books, books, books (and magazines, films and filmstrips),. Twelve ttHHwami books and more thousands, o! articles, art prints, records, films and filmstrips stand waiting for you. Let's pretend you're the Program Chairperson of your group.. Your meeting is 10 days away and you need a good program of Jewish interest. . : •••':.; . . •'••, Did you know that if you-hold your meeting at the Center,there's no charge, for any of the Library's films? And you may use the Center's projector and "screen which Will be set up for you and run for you if no one in your group knows how to operate it. If you are a Jewish group and hold your meeting elsewhere, there still is no charge for the film, but you must furnish your ownequlpment. Edytbe Wolf, the librarian and cnief-person-ta-charge, has many exciting and Interesting program ideas. She knows the csUectkHi very well, asd'sbe can direct ynu to the @tagt placja in tbsliteary blte w h h s jt p i ^ ti g | g J| : For instance, she pointed out where the gorgeous art books are, selected a few on Chagall, then pulled open a drawer full of filmstrips, putting her hands immediately upon one on Chagall with an accompanying script which the narrator reads to describe each f ilmstrip frame. Nice program, huh? (A filmstrip. is a series of still photos,, like slides, but all on one strip of film. The projector is simple to operate and the scripts are keyed to tell you when to move on to the next frame. Some filmstrips have cassettes to accompany them which beep when it's time for you to move on to the next picture.) Let's say your group wants to know more about the ArabIsrael conflict and wants a better understanding of how the Arab countries think. There are three cassette-filmstrips on that subject that would contriubtc to a stimulating program: WHAT IS THE MIDDLE EAST? IRAN, EGYPT, ISRAEL; SUEZ CANAL; and THE ARAB WORLD. Give Edle a call. She'll point you in the right direction to find these materials and show you how to run the machine. Edle herself is available for your dub program. She presents anwerviewoftrjellDrary.vfnatlt'saUabout.andhowtouselt Contemporary problems and questions can make a stimulating program. Emphasis on the role of women in society ' (Continued on Page 11)
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