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Visa Received NEW YORK (JTA) - T h e National Conference on Soviet Jewry has learned that Prof. Ilya lossifovich PyatetskyShaplro of Moscow, one of the highest ranking scientists to apply for an exit visa, has .received his permit to . emigrate to Israel. PyatetskyShaplro first applied in March. 1973. Formerly wilh the Institute of Applied Mathematics at Moscow University, his application for exit was first refused because he had supposedly had contact with "secret Information." In a letter to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Pyatetsky-Shapiro protested,. "I am a specialist in the field of abstract mathematics. All of my works were published and accessible to both Soviet - and foreign scientists. In rhy \,\Work I. never' needed and •never use any secret information."
Sher Home, the Jewish Family Service OMAHA - Members of Omaha's Jewish Department and the Jewish Community community are being asked to help in the Center's Older Adult office. Mrs. Llpsey's search for'"Die Invisible Senior." Task Force will be seeking to provide " "The Invisible Senior' is anyone in our senior adult community who is not now whatever forms of transportation are needed by the elderly — but only after the using the services of our Omaha Jewish Task Force Is aware of where the people Federation," said Jeanne (Mrs. Stanford) are located. Hericce; the "search" for the Llpsey. "Invisible Senior". "He or she could be a newcomer to our "We want to know where they are, who community, a person who does not read they are and what their needs are," said the Jewish press because he or she may Mary (Mrs. MorrisC.) Fellman,chairman not be aware of its existence and thus not of the CCOA. "We want to find the people know what's available. Or these people who are not using anything" in the way of may simply not be active in the Jewish Federation services and programming. community here, but could very well use "Any information which residents can Federation services. provide to help us complete our list of older "These "Invisible Motors' could be sort adults will be greatly appreciated," she of 'unknown* not only to our Federation, added. but also to their family and Mends "And you can call about yourself, too, If because they keep to themselves even you're one of our senior citizens," she said. when life could be made easier for them," A recent survey by the Federation said Mrs. Llpsey, who Is Transportation revealed there are some 1,400 persons In Task Faroe chairman far the recently the Omaha Jewish community who are organized Coordinating Committee on age 60 and older. Aging. All calls regarding the "search" are to The CCOA is coordinating the efforts of three Federation departments involving > be directed to Sam, Lauber, assistant Omaha's Jewish elderly - the Dr. Philip ' director of the Federation, at 334-8200.
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OMAHA - Setting the goal for the 1976 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign will be the main order of business at a special breakfast meeting scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 29, In the Social Hall of the Jewish Community Center.. ' „. There will be no fundralsing or solicitation at the meeting, according to Louis B. Solomon, executive director of the Omaha Jewish Federation. • -V Those invited include the officers and board of the,. Jewish Federation and its past presidents; the 1976 Philanthropies Campaign cabinet and other leaders of the Jewish community. The meeting will be under the direction of Richard H. Hiller, 1976 Philanthropies cochairman. Speakers will be Jonathan Livny of Israel and Leonard (Buddy) Goldstein, newly installed Omaha Federation president. Livny, former attorney general in the Israel administered West Bank of Jordan, is now involved in work with Israel's parliament (the Knesset) without party. A major in the Israel Defense Forces who served three
Jonatnanlivny months' active duty in the Yom Klppur War, Livny i s . known asjme of Israel's most brilliant and articulate attorneys. "As Israel's advocate on Consumer Affairs, Mr. Livny js very well-suited to explain Israel's needs to our community leaders," said Federation Director Solomon. Goldstein, a past Philanthropies Campaign chairman, will interpret local needs to the workers. \* Reservations are due.at the Federationofficetoday (Feb. 27).
^COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Fri,. February 27,1976
Rabbinical Council Issues Desegregation Statement OMAHA-The Rabbinical Council of Omaha has Issued a statement expressing the hope that school desegregation can*be achieved "In an atmosphere of primary concern for |he respect, and safety of all". Rabbi Barry L. Welnstein, president of the Rabbinical Council, noted that the statement was made because "we, as a council, wanted to respond to the problem which is faced by the community. We have been Involved In interfaith clergy work, but this is an expression of the point of view of the Rabbinical Council as such". . ' Busing Is expected to start next fall, Rabbi Welnstein added, assuming that everything goes on schedule and that the plan, as ultimately approved, has some form of transportation In it. "We felt obligated to make thjs plea-and it really is a plea—to express different points of view calmly and to abide by w!iatevertheoourtrules,"tterabMenjphaslzed. The statement calls on the citizens of Omaha to "express opinions peacefully and lawfully" and to remember our unity under God. The text of the Rabbincal Council statement reads:' "We, the Rabbinical Council of Omaha. Nebraska, feel
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Impelled by the moral Imperatives of Judaism to express our hope that the desegregation process of the Omaha public schools maype accomplished In an atmosphere of primary concern for the respect and safety of all. .We recognize that whatever the form of implementation legally sanctioned, some may have divergen£ji'iews and feelings. Nevertheless, we trust thatall Omaha citizenry may be joined in a commitment to express opinions peacefully and lawfully. / The Bicentennial of our nation's founding underlines the identity of thephilosophy of America with the highest ethical religious tradition of the dignity of every human being. We plead that all of us may be motivated by conformity to law, enrichhment of educational opportunity and a spirit of communal unity as we recall the Divine word which reminds us of our ultimate responsibility: 'Have we.not all one Father? Has not one God created us?'" RabWB.LWeiniteta RabblSldneyBLBrooto RabWDtvld Levin RabblK.Bromberg RabbiJackZelasko Rabbi Isaac Nadoff
"Omaha Hadassah Offers Wester Street'Premiere OMAHA - "Hester Street", the critically acclaimed motion picture written and directed by Omaha native Joan Micklin Silver, will have its Omaha premiere Thursday evening. March 11, at Park IV Theaters on South84thSt.
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The Omaha Chapter of Hadassah is coordinating the premiere for benefit of the recently re-opened HadassahHebrew University Hospital on Mount Scopus, according, to the announcement by Eleanor (Mrs. Leon>-Alexandcr, Omaha Chapter president. Two of the four theaters, with 500 seats total, will show the premiere. Tickets, at $5 each, will be available at the Jewish Community Center, Wolf Brothers ancf from Judy. Milder 1Vann. a co-chairman of the Hadassah Coordinating Committee. Mrs. Vanh can be reached at "3913636. The Coordinating Committee Is headed by four longtime friends of Ms. Silver-Mrs. Vanrf, Pauline Katzman Albert. Barbara Roffman Cohen and EnldJbevy Pollack. Assisting the committee are Gloria Wagner and Elaine Nachman.
"Russians Say Only Stupid Ones Believe in God'
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ByBarbaraSlmon OMAHA - Life starts over again for Leba and Mark Talpalatsky and their children Rala, 15, and Sam, 12.-As we sit so comfortably in our modern houses in our rich . country, we can only imagine the desperation ofthelroldlife. — When Leba was five in Chudnov, Russia, World War II came. She and her mother and father and two sisters fled on horseback to Cazahstan in Central Asia, 1,500 miles away,, where they stayed for six years, they knew much horror and pain. Leba's husband-to-be, Mark, was 11 then. His family was from the town of Slshkanye, and they ran away just in front of the advancing German army on foot. They walked ttr four ' months, more than 2,500 miles, passing through
Dnepropetrovsk, and finally stopping at Tashkent in Uzbekstan - where they lived in barracks or siept on hay in the streets." They worted night and day for ooe piece of bread Mark remembers envying a cow who could eat grass whenever It wanted. He Wed to eat the grass, and when be couldn't, be cried. His father, age 42, never made It to Dnepropetrovsk. He died of starvation along the way. " After the war, Leba's- family settled1 in Kishinev. They had once been rich, tanners of leather and manufacturers of shoes and bags. Their property had been taken from them during the Revolution, and after the war they were shopkeepers. ,• The family was very poor. Leba" was able to go to college free of charge, training as a
nurse. She sent money home whenever, she. had extra/When she returned to Kishinev, she met Mark, then a student at the local business college. They married, had Raia and Sam, and worked — he as the manager of a store, • sheasanurse. •. v. ' - : In Kishinev, they had many Jewish friends. The city Is a bit larger than Omaha - 450,000 people — and the Jewish population is large, 60,000 (about 10 times larger than Omaha's). But no one practices their Judaism- Only the very old people on pensions, who have no fear of losing their jobs, dare to attend the small 'woodframe house on the outskirts of town , which serves as the synagogue. Sam, the 12-year-old, now in Omaha, said passionately, "Everyone Will find out if your (Continued on Page 10)