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Theodore Bike! to Give Two 'J'Performances OMAHA - The Jewish Community Center Is proud to announce the forthcoming appearance of Theodore Blkel.
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Church Suspends Archbishop NEW YORK - Archbishop Valerian Trifa, who has been accused of committing wartime atrocities In Romania, "will not (unction as a member of the Governing board of the National Council of Churches", stated the NCC executive committee, Archbishop V a l e r i a n represents the Orthodox church In America on the NCC's policy-making body. He has been asked to "absent himself" from all further meetings until the charges against him have been settled by the courts. At a press conference followng the executive committee's vote, National Council president, William Thompson said, "the practical effect of the Orthodox Church action would be to suspend Archibtshop Valerian from the Governing Board member ship. Trifa faces charges by the Immigration department that be lied about his membership in the fascist Rumanian Iron Guard which participated In the murder of Jews and others In Bucharest In 1941. The controversy arose following a disruption of a Governing Board meeting last October by a group of Jewish youth. National Jewish organizations have spoken to members of the National Council of Churches requesting action be taken In the matter.
Bike], a renowned folksinger, actor, author, storyteller, lecturer and social activist will perform at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, March 27.
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According to a JCC spokesman, "Blkel was bitten by the acting bug at an early age, As a child living on a kibbutz In Palestine, he displayed more flair for reciting Shakespeare than farming Theodore Blkel and subsequently was allowed Theatre. The first perto stage local pagents. formance Is scheduled for 2:30 "In 1943, he hblned the Inter- p.m., Sunday, March 27, and nationally famous Habimah the second performance will Theatre leaving there a year be at ,8 p.m. that evening. later to help found the Israeli Seating for the two concerts Is Chamber Theatre. In 1M6 reserved. Blkel entered London's Royal A patron group has been Academy of Dramatic Art and formed to help sponsor this it was at this time that he event with patron ticket began to develop a more holders entitled to preferred serious Interest in the guitar seating tor either perand folk music." formance. Blkel's many stage and screen credits include "The Love of Four Colonels", "Tonight In Samarkand", "The Rope Dancers", "The Lark", and "The Sound of Music" In which he created the role of Baron vonTrapp. Among Blkel's more wellknown screen roles are "The Defiant Ones,'* '"The African Queen", "The Little Kidnappers," "The Russians Are Coming", "The Enemy Below", "I Want to Live", and "The Little Ark". Blkel has also been seen as Tevye In the stage production 0of ( "fiddler "Fiddler on the' the1 Roof Roof", "The Good Theatre", and as Zorba In the musical of the same name. Most recently Blkel appeared In the three hour television special "Victory at Entebbe", and will soon be seen In Zvi Kolitz's new film "A Train Goes to Russia". Bike! will give two performances in the Center's
Men CompleteCabinet OMAHA Murray Newman, general chairman of the Men's Omaha Jewish Philanthropies campaign, Is pleased to artnounce the appointment of Yale Trustln, Robert pappenhelmer and Donald Polsky as co-chairmen of the men's Initial Gifts division, a division which includes donors who contribute bet-
ween $500 and $999 to the Philanthropies campaign. These appointments complete the men's campaign cabinet and allow the campaign, which is currently underway, to proceed fully staffed, Newman said. "We are very pleased," said Newman, "that these men have accepted the respon-
sibility of chairing this major division. Their goal is $60,000, and I'm sure they, and our other chairmen, will reach their goal and complete the campaign In record time.
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"We're In full swing JIOW," said Newman, "and expect to end the campaign as planned In mid-March."
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New Scholarships, Loans Named for Beber OMAHA - T h e Jewish Federation of Omaha, through Its Department of Jewish Education, has announced that a series of scholarships and loans have been made a v a i l a b l e through the generosity of the Milton S. and Corinne N. Livingston Foundation. | The new scholarships;have been named in memory of David E. Beber, an Omaha attorney, an active leader In the
Omaha Jewish community, and former Trustee of the Foundation. The current Trustees are Morris Jacobs, Jule N e w m a n , Morton R i c h a r d s and S t a n l e y Slosburg. In tt» part, the Livingston Foundation bis made possible a lectureship in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has made major contributions to the building of the Jewish Community Center. In addition, Its ongoing contributions to the Jewish Federation of Omaha are consianiiy enriching Jewish cultural and religious life In Omaha. A c c o r d i n g to Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, director of the Department of Jewish Education, the scholarships and loans will he available In four categores. University Loans. The Beber Fund is making available loans of up to $2,500 per.year to be awarded to selected recipients among the Jewish youth of Omaha to enable them to attend the college or university of their choice. Financial need Is, of course, a basic consideration in grantlrig these loans, Rabbi Rosenbaum said.
the Jewish Liberation Project; editor, Jewish Liberation Journal and author of Jewish Liberation Hagada; member of first Steering Committee of the North American Jewish Students' Network and first Governing Board of the Jewish Student Press Service; founder, Jewish Feminist Organization (April 1974); gave keynote address at the New York JFO Conference (1975);: spoke at and helped ptoli tiia First national Jewish Women's Conference (1975); authored a fifteen page annotated bibliography on the Arlva Cantor-Zukoff bia University Graduate Jewish Woman (an outgrowth School of Journalism; worked of a course she taught at the for six years in the American Jewish Free High School In Prior a c a d e m i c perBureau (New York) of the New York, 1972) and a Jewish formance, extra-curricular London Jewish Chronicle; ac- Women's seder. "~?tSSb lecture is free and open activity varoi especially inszsssvtassst fcr -s • to the entire community. An volvement In community J e w i s h r e n a s c e n c e in informal reception will follow. charitable, religious and civic America; founding member of
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Invitations are being mailed to all Center members to enable them to purchase their patron seats at the cost of $30 pets pair. General ticket sales, at tld per tick*!, will be open to Center members until Feb. 28 at which tline ticket sales win be open tothe-publlc.
Lillith Founder Is First Forum Guest OMAHA — The first guest speaker of the 1977 Lecture Forum Series will be Aviva Cantor — Zukoff, founding member of the editorial board of Lillith magazine, a new Jewish feminist quarterly. Tho onnnijncomont wait made by Mrs. Al Crounse, chairman of the Jewish Cultural Arts Councils Forum Lecture S e r i e s subcommittee. The topic of Sis. CantorZukoff* lecture-discussion is "The American Jewish Women: Prom 'Ylddlshe Mameh' to Jewish American Princess In Three Generations." The lecture-discussion Is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. IS, in the theater of the JCC at 7:30p.m. 3!»» kgsriSr.Ms.^ Zukoff Is a graduate of Barnard College and the Colum- -
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affairs will be considered. AlsoVrecommendaUoiis from instructors, rabbis and others in a position to judge will constitute criteria (or acceptance. These loans will be granted and payable at a simple Interest rats ol three per CSRI per year. The repayment of all loans will not begin until a recipient ceases to be a full-time student. The recipient will then have up to 10 years to repay the loan but no longer than 15 years from the time It was originally granted, these repayments will in turn be used to allow future students to overcome the difficult financial burdens of higher education. Scholarships and Loans for Higher Jewish Studies. The nnvirf E Beber Scholarship Fund Is dedicated to en-
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couraging Omaha Jewish youth to enter the JewiBh professions. The rabbinate, the cantorate, the teaching of Jewish sluttes or language, as well as careers In Jewish social or communal service vmi be tundedby financial aW from the Fund. Qualified applicants Interested In pursuing these professions, will be granted loans which will generally be repayable under the same conditions as the University Loans. However, repayment of portions o( the Interest or principal of these loans may be waived by the Scholarship Committee. This can be done should a recipient want to enrich the Omaha Jewish community during Intervals in or after his education by then practicing his profession in our area. > In this category, financial need will be considered, but it will not be a necessary condition. Scholarships tor Study in Israel The Beber Fund is also making available scholarships of up to $500 to Jewish youth Interested in visiting or studying in Israel on approved, programs.
Athletes are Invited to participate In Jewish Olympics, Page 2 . . . Ads In Israeli papers are interesting. Page 4 . . . Yiddish Theater tickets selling well, Page 5 . . . Mission returnees talk about trip, Page 8 . . . Lincoln women announce campaign leaden, Page S . . . In Depth continues Its look a the youth program, P»ge 1 0 . . . Yoting, people who are InJCC schedules second Jazz conterested In participating in cert, P a g e j l . . . In the Dea sftmester-:pr ivear-long: MoUMTNetf*, Germany seeks1 academic programs to lsraeV. role In Mideast paeace, Page as either hlgft school m college"
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