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B'nai B'rith Sets Final Banquet; Atherton to Be Featured Speaker OMAHA - Members of B'nai B'rith who attend the final banquet of the District C ~Cu»TcutknT wi& iinrv~mrv^ portunlty to hear a current authoritative report on the situation in Syria and Israel. Alfred L. Atherton, Jr., Deputy Secretary of State, will present the major address at the. dinner to be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 30, at Peony Park Ballroom. Newly elected officers of the District will be installed that evening. Atherton was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State In April of 1974. Since 1965 he has
SERVING DESMOINES, Vol. LV No. 32
Alfred L. Atherton, Jr.
NCIL BLUFFS. LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Neb., frl., June 18,1978
Blum berg:FreedomsAre Fragile, Can Be Lost By Indifference Editor*! Note: B'nal B'rith PncMnt Davtd M. Bhnnberg wi|l •peak i t the B'nai B'rith District convention* in Omaha on Sunday, June 27. ' PHILADELPHIA-A B'nai B'rltb Bicentennial commemoration of religious liberty was celebrated here recently with a reminder that American freedoms "remain forever fragile, e a s i l y , splintered and lost" by community Indifference.
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The occasion was a rededlcatlon of the Statue of Religious Liberty, by the renowned Jewish sculptor Moses Ezekiel, which B'nai , B'rith gave to the nation ICO years ago during America's centennial celebration.
"Let us be aware that • freedom Is imperiled when we accept It passively; that its - principles are not selfenforcing but Impose the inlttaUve on each of us; that freedom does not exist merely to be defended but is an afanaaave way of life," fcesaM. Declaring that a "con' stanUy diminishing minority"
Soviet Jewry NEW YORK -r A nationwide petition campagln Initiated by Soviet Jewish activists In Moscow/ was launched by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ). Addressed to Leonid Brezhnev,.First Secretary of the Communist Party hi the Soviet Union, the campaign was opened with the signing of the petition by Senators Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry M. Jackson and Clalborne Pell, Governor Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown Jr., as well as members of the House of Representatives. The petition demands freedom for all Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Conscience, p e r m i s s i o n for those refusenlks whose applications have been denied to be reunited with their families, and the ending of harassment directed against those Jews who apply to emigrate, the petition is expected to gather one million signatures.from Jews and Christians across the United States.
"The Jew who fails to exercise his freedom to be' ' . affirmatively Jewish — who. treats it passively — Is denying, not defending religious freedom," B'nai B'rith President David M. Blumberg told an audience that hravfe-d. h e a v y . , in. iermjttent showers during the ceremony in Falrmount Park.
In his dedicatory address, Blumberg emphasized that freedom "Is not a nand-medown'heriiage" bui musi .foe rewonby each generation.
served In various bureaus hi Germany, Syria and India. With this knowledge of the Ncni East, the Middle East,~ and South Asia, his address should be most timely and Informative, a B'nai B'rith spokesman noted. Newly elected officers to be Installed are Herman Kasoff of Detroit as president and Allan Jacobs and Michael Kiefer of Minneapolis as vicepresidents. Marvin K. Bailin of Sioux Falls will complete his term of off ice as president. Steven Rlekes is to be installed as a member of the board of governors. > Special arrangements have been made to serve a completely kosher dinner at the banquet. This was done under the supervision of Rabbi Issac Nadoff. Following the banquet there will be dancing to the Walter Scott Orchestra. Local members or nondelegates may obtain tickets by contacting Jerry Novak, or E l i Zalkin and Alvin Abramson who are cochairmen. Reservations must be made by June 26. •
The NCSJ is the major coordinating, body for American acitlvity and policyon behalf of Soviet Jewry.
Hebrew Daily JERUSALEM, (JTA). - . North America's first KcbfcW The Statue of Religious Liberty in Philadelphia's Falrmount Park, sculpted by the Moses Ezeklel and presented 100 years ago by B'nai B'rith as a gift to the American people during the Nation's centennial, was rededlcated May 16 in a public
commence publication in New, York next October if the plans of a group of Americans and Israelis who are financing the project materialize, .
have freedom In the world, Blumberg said that "In this year of America's Blcen* iaaniai, freedom is impoverished for millions'upon milUonsofpeople." Blumberg described the
The tabloid-size paper, to be called "The Israel Dally Herald", will appear Sundays through Fridays in major cities in the United States and Canada where there are heavy concentrations of-Jews and Israelis.
rededlcatlon of the statue as a "religious observance in spirit. Yet, we are not here to exalt religious beliefs, we are here to exalt the freedom to believe — and even not to believe," he said.
A New Record OMAHA—The Men's Telethon Campaign continued Its record letting pace, snowing a 20 per cent Increase over 1975 contributions, reported Sam Fried and Al (Buddy) Goodman, cochairmen of ths Men's Telethon Division of the 197* Omaha Jewish Philanthropies. Campaign. "The response was most gratifying," the co-chairmen said. Above, Bob Pappenheimer is seen during the campaign explaining to a prospective contributor the needs of Israel and the local community which his Philanthropies contribution would help to support.
Maj. Gen. Yona Efrat To Be Guest At Dinner LINCOLN-MaJor General Yona Efrat, Commander-inChief of the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces, will; represent the Ambassador of the State of Israel at the Lincoln-Israel Dinner of State honoring Dave and Minnie Breslow next Wednesday evening, June 23; 6:30 p.m.,' at Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 3219 Sheridan Blvd., Instead of the LincolnHilton Hotel. In a long and distinguished military career, General Efrat has served in many topMaj. Gen. Yona Efrat level positions' of responsibility hi various sectors of his country's armed forces, his parents at the age of nine. i n c l u d i n g G e n e r a l After completing nigh school Headquarters and the Central in Tel Aviv, he joined the .Command, and has played a ranks of the Haganah, the key role in activities against underground Jewish fighting force established during the Arab terrorists. During the Six Day War In British Mandate. 1967, he commanded the* General Efrat Is married Golanl Brigade which was and the father of three responsible for the capture of daughters, the oldest of whom the Golan Heights. Prior to recently completed her army that he held a number of service as an officer,, Tlje Dinner of State Is under Important posts In the Operational Branch of the the auspices of the State of Israel Bond organization General Headquarters. .General Efrat fought in which provides' urgently Israel's Wax of Independence needed resources to help as an officer in the Golanl finance every major aspect of Brigade on both the northern Israel's economic developand southern fronts. He was ment at a time when the among the liberators of Eflat, people of Israel are faced, with Israel's seaport at the sn extraordinarily high rate of southernmost tip of the Inflation and constantly mounting defense excountry. In 1956, after serving In the penditures. training,•.• operational and Now in Its 25th year, the commandlnc branches of the Israel Bond campaign has • Israel Defense Forces, he channeled some three-billion, attended Israel's Joint Staff dollars into. Industrial and and Command College. agricultural development, the During this period, he also expansion of electric power took part In the Sinai Cam- , and irrigation, the expaign and the conquest of ploitation of natural resorces, Sharhvel-Sheikh. With the. the promotion of export trade, completion of his studies and communications and tranother duties in 1962, he was sportation, and the consent to the. United States to struction of railroads, highattend specialized classes at ways and harbors the Command and General For further Information and Staff CoUegeof the U.S. Army. reservations, In Lincoln call Born in Poland In 1926, Yona 432-1469 and in Omaha call 341Efrat emigrated to Israel with 1177.