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Women's Campaign ches into Full Swing
ByBarbaraStmon Federation Staff Associate With the kick-off event behind them. Chairwomen of the Federation Women's Division Duqicy Milder and Cookie Hoberman will bring the captains and workers of the IS78 Campaign together next week for the first of a series of events which will culminate in a Special Women's Day on Feb. 23. In order for pledge cards.
and other records to be prepared by January, workers are being asked to choose their prospects' names early this yearCaptains and workers who wish to choose the names of the women they will call upon for their donations to the 1978 Federation Campaign, are asked to come to the Center on Tuesday, Dec. IS, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Mrs. Milder emphasized,
"This prospect selection is not mandatory for workers — many women do not have a preference about whose card they have. But those who do ' should come to the Center and select their names." She said that workers who do not come will b€ assigned five women to call on in February, and will receive, their list of names at the The Omaha Men's Study Group Mission to Israel returned home this week. At the airport from left January Worker's Training to right are Mr. and Mrs; Al Bloch, Lou Solomon, Kevee Kirshenbaum and Abe Gendler. The Jewish Press will publish a series of articles on the trip storting next week. (JP Photo by Mallne) Workthop.
Center Will Tow Front Door Cars
Gwen Pred, MoUlae Cassman andWargo Rjtekei, some of the captains of the Ufesaver Division, hear details about the 1978 Women's DivtitonCampalicn. (JP Photo by Simon)
Cars parked Illegally in front of the JCC will be towed at the owner's expense, Phil Cofman, executive director of the JCC, has announced. Mr. Cofman pointed out that continuing violations of parking procedures have made It difficult'; or ' Imfor city buses to .^^»sejy)cej::. s :.; X:;, Violations also constitute a fire hazard, and the Center's Board of Directors has pharged the administration with removing cars at the owner's expense, Mr. Cofman added.
Kinnus Kapers nesota Senator Hubert HumThanksgiving weekend. phrey, Temple of Aaron Youth Yield: (Continued on Page 8) An intense weekend of an unforgettable Jewish exReclpe:perience. Snack Bar Take 800. Jewish teenagers One of.lhe highlights of the Closed and 60 advisors; put them In a convention was the introduchotel for 72 hours; mix them tion of the concept of "serThe snack bar- at the with workshops, slhot (discus- vices In slow motion". Fifteen Jewish Community Center sion groupsV;wwlces,iu|Bli-, 'Sitifc lenders met four times will be closed until further and 300 volunteers of the host with their groups for a total of rio(lce, Philf Cofmah, excommunity; and stir with Ui6 sf^W'ufs; Structure and con- ecutlve'director of the JCC, theme "MIlzvotiLetNot Your tent of the ' services were has announced. Mr. CofWisdom Exceed Your Deeds discussed in some depth, as man said every effort will well as the Kinnus theme, in be made to reopen the between and around "davenfacility as soon as possible. Ing". Result: The Inconvenience is Emtza (Central Statesf regretted, he added. On Thanksgiving night a Region Kinnus In St. Paul over special tribute was given MinBy Stanley Mitchell Education Director Beth El Synagogue
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First Annual Kallah Draws t,QQO To Lectures By Rabbi Greenberg A scholar visited Omaha last weekend and gave an estimated 1,000 members of the community a new perspective on Jewish Rabbi Irving Greenberg said we are in a new and unprecedented era In history - the beginning of the third great cy-, cieofJewishexpcrlcnce. . As the scholar-in-rcsidence for the First Annual Kallah weekend, Rabbi Greenberg delivered four lectures at Omaha l^najjoguesandtlieJgC. '- • He said that for the past 200 years, the modernization process has dominated Jewish life. "Modernization offered extraordinary rewards: "the end of oppression, discrimination, great social and economic advances." He explained that Jews In America have made "extraordinary" achievements In per capita income, education, and ac: ceptance. In some quarters, he said, there was the feeling among Jews that the Messianic Age was upon us and that it no longer was necessary to be Jewish, "That period is over. It Is a dream not come true." Dr. Greenberg asserted that the first great cycle - the Biblical Period — took us out of slavery. ' The second cycle - the Rabbinic Period — included the • emergence of synagogues, new leadership, rabbinic understanding, and living in exile, ._..,,. . The supposed period of Modernity - thought by many to be the third great cycles-ended In unprecedented chaos, destruction/death - the Holocaust, and the unprecedented miracle of redemption - the rebirth of the State of Israel. « . .The rabbinic scholar said that tho Jewish people arose from
the Holocaust and brought human dignity back to the world with the flourishing State of Israel.' "This incredible moment is at hand, nnd the challenge is: How can we make It more Jewish. . How can we bring a spectrum of Jewish life into an open society?" Rabbi Greenberg called for religious unity. "We need a total Jewish life style with contributions from orthodoxy, conservatism and reform." What's missing, said Rabbi Greenberg. "are ways to bring us together." He stated that three major organizations exist to support dialogue between Christians and Jews, but that not one exists to bring Jewish factions together. The rabbi said Jewish values, practices and knowledge are needed as well as the identification of Jewish Interests to create a "textured Jewish life style." According to Rabbi Greenberg, Jewish emancipation requires a network of experiences, a network of models, to provide a total Jewish environment. .. He called upon leadership to provide more than money. Leaders must also provide good models for Jewish living, he said. , He called for establishing retreats at summer camps for families, for Involvement in Jewish education by media, and for developing a strategy lor post-modern Jewish faith. ', The Jewish ultimate vision, said Rabbi Greenberg, would be to acheive a final perfection in the image of God with social . Rabbi Irving Greenberg - scholaMn-resldence — for the justice for all, and witli the end of oppression and degradation. He said the Jewish I ask Is not over. The Ten Commandments First Annual Kallah, speaking at theJewIsh Community Center. He also lectured at Beth El, Beth Israel, and Temple Israel. (JP didn't stop, and that we have to work toward making life more " . (Continued on Page 2) Photo by M«lw» . [\ ..