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ADL/CRC Comment On Bakke Decision i Murray NewWian Nebraska
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Omaha. N«b., Fri.. July 7. ItTS
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' ^ p Task Force to Survey Needs of Omaha^ChUdren
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will iir I'unridanllAl Md that all queslkmrfalm mual hr nlumrdby Juty2l The ^rrlrrallon Board of Dl rwlor* clinad C;!— '••"•rr K Newman in M.i ated Ihr Taik Km undrrtlandlng thai ri'/m mi^ddliniis for future Lamp jld be nub !• • i*f Tht Taak Korn*. Mr lk>ld b«r| aaid. will .iniilyzf the data iri the <i '••aixl prepare re( • • >iu lo lie ihared willi IIH- tonimunily and Ihe KefteralKwi Hoard ul Dirertorti
Anyone wUh a chil? of vmn plitf age who did not rereivp a qitMtlonaaire. should conlarl Toby Fortiea at the KederalKm 0<n<».»4d)n Kil (3 In addition to Mr (;oldberg ilwr commiltee memben jre MrK'..l^wrrnce Halt. Peter Brodke) lark rhiltrh. Nra Mann> Goldberg Je rome rtordon Bernard Has kin, Mn Nnrmand Hodman. Mn Hubert Hom-nblum Alvln Silr). Morton Traihten barn Irvind Veit/er. Or Jamek Man. A Hichard Wein er. Sidney Wertheim
Cultural Arts to Hold Lazy Days of Summer By Claudia! call 11 HM Lazy Dayiot ArU Paallval Lait mor» than J.iwo people attended They brow>«'i around arllsti' boottaa and eii jayed the enlertalananl CMcreated their own ertgl> wwka p( Ml tai ttw IpUyKTOUid Thin year, the ircond annual Laiy Day* o( Sunmer ArU Peallval will tie from noon to i pm 00 Suaday. July U Ad miMlM will be free Festh .<i Clwlrmaa Coaale SlutUy mw, Debt Brown have been pre^r< inf lor the event alOQg with more than M other volunteera alaoe March With more than 40 arlitta ex pec(«d to let up bootJit. twitlnuoua entertalnnMTil and ipecial acUvllles plaiuwd Ipr children, thi* year'i Lazy Dayf of Summer Art* Pettlv|l promlaet to be be exciting deaptte Its name eretied In lupporllnK artlila. Ihe Jewlati Com ty center'! Cultural Arta Department has invited art lati to participate in the Aria Feitival who work in varKMu media such aa oil acrylK-a, pottery rhamul. wood carv tngandcalligraphy
J««vish Pr«M Holiday Issu* The New Year H iSHUe of (he Jewlah Press will Incus on "Keeping in Touch wilh the I'asl.' arul will include feature stones about some i>l Ihe residents of Omaha Lincoln and Council Rlufis The editors would like lo hear (rom readers who have articles n( Jewish la terest which have lieen handed down from parents.^ grandparents, great grandparents and even great great grandparents
* They .laid llie court found ttial he had IHH-I. III-U .H.- <1IS i'rlminate<laK.i he Is white In I, „ ,^'.tas clearly illegal, the Court held that race may not be used a.s the determining factor In ac repting or rejecting an appli cant for admission However Ihere seems to be a mm binding (omment to Ihe effect that on an individual basis, race may be consid cred or>e (actor among others in d«'termining wh«'lher an up pllcant IS III lie admitted to
Thu la a icene (rum laK year'a Laiy Uayt of Summer Arta Fea tival at the JCC Thl> year'a program take* place July 30
Other tealured enlertalneni are a magician, JCC gym naati. laraell dancers, ihe Can t)o SIngen, the Omaha Barberthoppers and the bweet Adelines Julie Sandier will play her guitar and sing In addition, under the dlrec tlon of Fred Ve«per JCC Cen ter Stage theater director. -performert will present a preview of next year's shows
Tu((y Kpaieiti >ie land group wii: lie entertainment. ijla>inK from • 30 0 p m There also will be entertabimaat tor riiUdraa In-
There also will t>e a randy shop. Arts Krstlval tee shlrtn (or sale, "asteroid" las oppoaed toi pet rorts. and iial loon animals (or young pa Children'), r (rain thai WII Arta Festival ••.
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Ing lot ol Itie Jewish ( onimu ntty Center will also be set up Bumper stickers are being mailed to all members o( Ihe Jewish community, this week lo help promote the Arts KestI val In addition to Mrs SluUky and Mrs Brown, othen head hig up Arts Festival commit -lees include (ilnrla Baulk and Andrea Sumner. special projects. Claudia Sherman, Amy Friedman and Janey Dann, publicity Terry Zacha rla and JeMle Hasmusiien. children')! activities. Carol (iladden and lledy (tershman irtlsafa'boollui. Arlenetiond man. volunteer* Oonna Hersch and Be« rn »r, Inod l'«m I .n nieUillnskyenirn.iinmi'iii PalrwM will be able lo sal isfy their tummies' as well a^ Ihelr taate (or art l^nch and dinner will be sold In case ol rain, the Arts Festival win tie moved inside the Center
MtltXil In our view, it would difficult to allow race to be used as one factor wilhwul t( ttecoming the determining (actor Bui. hafiplly ((uotaiior anything that adds up to quotas are outlawed " In the S to 4 decision, there were six optJUOM This i>: geata the need lor en. study o( the decision ano iiir opinions betore it Is possible to speak with any certitude atxiul the impact o( the ruling on the general afflrmalive action reverse discrtminatioa. problem, they said
By Michael Kichmond Regional Director ADL/CRC .^llan I'aul Hafcke an unas suming quiet engineer for NA.SA decided in his early Ihirlles. thai he wanted to tie a (liH-tor fie di<l not realize Ihat Ihi.s de<'ision would not pnlv make legal history hut lie (•<«ne the (ixus of one of Amer icas biggest community qu% lions What should be the . 1 llcri,! Iiir enlraoce jalo and
Could It be that no Jewish person has move<l to Omaha since Aprir According to ihe Jewish Federation s masterdle secre lary no riewtyimers have lei the Jewish community know Ihat they are in town Anirtioldstein. chairman ol Ihe Federation Newcomers Committee, noted that this is Ihe most dKdcull aspect of welcoming new people to the community "If we don't know who they are. we can't reach out." said Mrs (ioldsteln She has asked that anyone who has come to Omaha rei-enlly i es penally since April i or any une who knows ol such people conlait her .:l»l lOSOi or ^ 'f'InattheFeder ,1 '>>i In this way f 'lain a fre<' I' -iiptionand llM-ict>> kU) aware o( what s happening In Ihe community A Newcomer's Booklet de MTlbing our community will also lie given lo them when it IS completed m August It IS important lor us aa a rommunily to greet newrom ers, " said Mrs (ioldsleln 'We have snme exrilmg plans on how tu do this One is the
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fined as adding qualifieil nil n n r i I y g r o u |i in i' in ti e r s I proleitoj clas.ses i)nd«-r Ihe law "I toother qualified appli can^)! tu hring them into the economy, education and other institutions o( American life .Somewhere in the procejis equality nl iipporlunlly ne came defined as nquallty of re suits and Affirmative Aclion wtHi goals of timelahles. lie a'ame hai liis This wa* acciM exclurf ing some in IK'HI-IH oihepi re gardlessof qualificalKins The Bakke case was to determine where on Ihe meritquolu spectrum Ihls nation was to make its Mand
the merit/quota spei'trum this nation stands, has been c<m clusively answered The nar row 5 4 decision w ith six opm loQjs'answered some questli but led iilhers unanswered
rimjgh (he Supreme Court hat. ruled that Allan Hakke at age IM. must be admitte<t In Medical-School, neither the Issue of equality nl iipporluni ty nor the question o( where on
Kakke allege<l that race should not be a (actor in ad missions The Supreme Court split Ihe is.sue Hace Ciiuld n<il tie the wile determining (actor (or admission to college, but the .Supreme Court continued. It (Wild be one o( .several (ac tors To what extent a college can make race a criteria for admission, needs to be re* solved Those education insti luions that have two track sys terns will probably dismar^e them and establi.sh more sub lie admission policies where
trarillionaj dinner that is hosted (or newcomers This will be In .September, however, there are three other pro grams that are being devel oped All we nee<l IS Ihe names o( people who are hew to Omaha "
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]°he Anil Defamation League supports affirmative action and will continue lo seek legal and cimstltudonal ways to achieve il while o|iposing preferential treatment ba.sed on rai-e or religion, they said
The Bakke Decision Background and Implications
Jewish Newcomers Sought
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.iihanicnifnt in American lifi|iiir>' mi'f It or quotas rtie essential issue Into whirli the Hakke case Is set Is how lo bring ail Americans into Ihe mainstream of Amen ians<Miety The,issue was lost ifi Ihe shuttle, having been c.u-rt-d by the merit qu<ita Vii.ilc Part o( the decision was made when th<> I'nited .Slates committed itsell to Al lirmativc Action, which is de
In the premhool play ground, a variety of art and inuiik ai'llvlllea are b«lnK planned ler youngsteri They'll t>e able lo do some brush painting work with clay and play dou|^ sculpture aiMl make their own pupp«-lk
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nity Relations Chairman ui the Jewish Federation ul Omaha/ADI. snnnurtce thai the Anil i n l^eague IK plea.M III Bakke has w<M , to the Davis M' .il at the order of \tv i nmii -stales Su pre me Court
Bakke sued tlie IniverMl ol Calilurnia Medical Scliii a I Davis on the basi;. ol n verM- discrimination when h discovered that 16 out ol IIS) places in Ihe Fri-Htiman class i ' lily reserved !• Those adiiiiiu-ii in iiir Hii.iller group in IIR. two track system were not adniitlc<l under the same cri leria rheir lest scores and grad<' averages did not have toi] be as high
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Summer Reading Fun Karen Schwalb, six, daughter of Mr. and Mn Nalan Schwalb. Is enrolled In the JewUh Federation Library's summer mading program by F^ythe Wolf librarian Each child who raadi 10 book* through Labor Day la eligible lor a prize
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