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Boob of Jewish Interest for readers of all ages and children's activities will be featured at the fourth Annual' Jewish Book Fair, an expanded program planned for Saturday, Nov. 5 through Tuesday, Nov. 8. The book sale booth will be open throughout all Book Fair activities. Books, records, games, posters and gifts will be available. ' Among the books for sale wiH be current best sellers In both hardback and paperback, basic volumes for Jewish home libraries, a variety of children's books, cookbooks, c a l e n d a r s , The Jewish Catalogs and The Jewish Yellow Pages. Games such as
Chutzpah and Hebrew Scrab- Jewish Publication Society ble, embroidery, kits, paste materials. Jewish cookery, and play workbooks, records Soviet Jewry, archaeology, and posters are among the gift art and music, and a basic Items. Jewish home library. A Sunday afternoon activities display of Jewish ceremonial for children will feature listen- art objects and paintings, Ing booths and a reading cor- already mounted in the ner, a story hour for Omaha Gallery West, has preschoolers through second been assembled from a graders, crafts activities for number of private collections.* various age levels and a show- ' Activities for senior citizens ing of the film "Zlateh the will include a Sunday brunch Goat." Elinor Whitman, well- and the award winning movie k n o w n l o c a l l i t e r a r y "Lies My Father Told Me." specialist, will discuss the film Dr. Martin P. Wolf, vice presiwith the c h i l d r e n dent of Iowa Western ComRefreshments will be served. munity College, will review a Exhibits of books from the history of the Yiddish theatre, Jewish Federation , Library "Vagabond Stars," following (Continued on Page 2) will include displays/ on
Following a trend common in many Jewish communities, the Jewish Federation of Omaha has modernized and shortened the name used to describe its fund-raising drive, according to Leonard (Bud) Goldstein, Federation president. Referred to for many years as the Jewish Philanthropies of Omaha, the fund drive will more simply be called the ' Combined Federation Campaign, or the Federation Campaign. Workers have reported for many years, , according to Goldstein, that members of the community, when approached for their donations, have been confused about the relationship between Philanthropies and the Federation. He said that many contributors seem unaware that the Philanthropies drive was the fund-raising arm of the Federation. The funds are used to support Jewish activities in Oinaha, such as the Sher ; Home, the Center, the Jewish Press, Jewish Family Service, among others,- and are
distributed to the Federation's major beneficiary — the United Jewish Appeal. That agency, in turn, channels its money to Israel and other national overseas agencies. The new name, said Goldstein, will communicate more clearly the Federation's role In the community, and allow it to be recognized for what it does and what its prune responsibilities are: fund raising; budgeting and community long-range and short-range planning. ' The Campaign symbolizes the concept of central fundraising for Jewish needs, add-
ed Goldstein, and by attaching the word "Federation" to the fund drive the Board feels, the community can become more aware of the important role of the Federation in the organizing, running, directing and carrying through of. this critical function. The word "Combined" which will appear on the new pledge cards indicates that the Omaha Federation raises money for Israel, Omaha and national Jewish needs. "We have a great responsibility to fund Jewish programs all over the world," said Goldstein.
SpecialJCC Task Force Seeks Aid of Students The Jewish Community Center Is looking for high school students to help with a project concerning the Jewish aged of Omaha. In a letter to Juniors and seniors, Herman Rubin, assls-
Peebler to Be 'Roasted' In First Time Benefit The Women'8 Council Col- Dacey, Honorable Donald lege of SC Mary will sponsor a Ross, Harvey Ferer and first time benefit, "A Toast Thomas Skutt. With a Roast" on Nov. 9 at A cocktail hour will proceed Peony Park. Charles. D ; j the dinner, and reservations
tant executive director of the JCC, is asking for volunteers :to serve as interviewers and statistical workers. The project involves the JCC's Commission on Aging Task Force and its goal of assessing leisure time needs 'of the Jewish aged. "We have several hundred people to talk with and we would like to get high school students involved to do the interviewing and statistical compilation," Rubin said. He pointed out that a cornmlttee headed by Esther
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Ruth Emm, (left) publicity side for the JCC Book Fair, and Judi Rosenblatt, co-chairman of the Jewisb Ceremonial Art Exhibit, hold one of the paintings now on display at the JCC. (JP Photo bySlmoti)
Omaha First Kallah Weekend 'The Jewish Cultural Arts Council of the Jewish Community Center is planning Omaha's first Kallah Weekend for Dec. 2-4, Lenl Crounse, co-chairman, has announced. Rabbi Irving Greenberg, described as the foremost Jewish scholar in the Western World, hs been engaged to serve as the. Scholar-in-Rcsldence. Rabbi Greenberg will present lecture-discussions at Omaha synagogues and attheJCC.
and president,* Bozell and ,, St/Mary,39J-8800.^-, v^;••.,-},:.-.(jhtfjitajofc: hw 'a^slgned^AsiK Jacobs International, win be questionnaire to determine "toasted." ' the needs of older people. Peebler's civic Involvement includes: a Governor of Ak"There is a job for everyone Sar-Ben, a member ol the SAC who volunteers," Rubin said, Consulatlon Committee, exadding that he and Mollie ecutive board national ConDelman are ready to work ference of Christians and "hand-in-hand" with the Jews, national executive ofgroup of volunteers. ficer of United Way, .Mid America Council, Boy Scouts In addition to the Center of America, Man of the YearTask Force, there are«; two Omaha Junior Chamber of other Task Forces at work. Commerce. •They are: the Task Force on. Living Arrangements coorThe roasters are: President dinated by the Dr. Philip Sher of the University of Nebraska, Home, and the Task Force on Ronald R o s k e n s , . Allen Assessing Social Service Jacobs, John McAllister, Mrs. needs coordinated by Jewish'" Charles Durham, Gunnar F a m i l y S e r v i c e . Mary Horn, Rabbi Sidney Brooks, Fellman is chairman of the Leo A, Daly, Allen -Baer, Federation's Coordinating Honorable Roman Hruska, Committee on the Aging. Retired General Timothy Charles D. Peebler
Omaha Group to Attend Major Conference: Golda Meir, Vance, Dinitz Will Speak Twelve prnahans will Join. 2,000 representatives of the 200 Jewish Federations in the United States and Canada at this year's General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. : -. The conference will be held in Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9-13. During five days of Intensive sessions, the Omaha group will hear and participate in discussions of almost every Issue of major concern In contemporary Jewish life. The General ^Assembly; Isreferred to as the most broad-
ly representative meeting in American Jewish life, according to Bud Goldstein, Omaha Federation president. In addition to six plenary sessions and four Forums, more than 70! workshops will deal with subjects including .leadership development, endowment funds, Federationsynagogue relations, Jewish education, women's communal service, public relations and college youth, among others, Goldstein said. ' Mrs. Melr will address a special session on Saturday, Nov. 11; Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance will speak on
Thursday, Nov. 10. He is expected to discuss the Carter Administration's efforts to help achieve peace jn the Middle East. <' • \ • Israel's Ambassador to the United States Slmcha Dlnltz will review his nation's views on a Geneva Conference at the Banquet, Saturday, Nov. 12 Mary (Mrs,. M o r r i s ) Fellman, an Omaha delegate, chairperson of the Omaha Federation's Coordinating Committee on the Aging, will chair a workshop on the Aging for Federations from small and intermediate-sized eltlear tltled "Creating a Continuum
of Services." Other members of the Louis B. Solomon, Federa- Omaha group are: Mr. and tion executive director, will Mrs. Leonard Goldstein; Mr. serve on a panel as part of a and Mrs, Steven Riekes; workshop discussing com- Cookie : Hoberman; * Ducky munity newspapers and Milder; Harlan Noddle; Federations: how they relate Marlene Solomon; Barbara to one another and the value of Simon; and Conrad Roller. private or Federation ownerAn award for "Exceptional ship. Effort" will be presented to The value of the Omaha the: Jewish Federation of group's attendance, according Omaha. to Goldstein, is that they will .return to Omaha with new The CJF award is being ideas, information en current presented for the 1976 Rosh trends, and insight into the gut Hashanah issue of the Jewish Issues that Federations from Press which has also won a all over tiie country are con- ,SmoIar Award for Journalistic fronting. excellence.