Honald Feldman Heads for England Omatui ha* a ttronK Jpwiih f'ommunily *ilh wundrrlul pr<>plr pt-oplr *lvj are hriKht lommillrti i>n>1a>livr Thi» m a parHnf rom mml from L)r Konalit A KpMrnan. who ha* mugnrd as ilirH-tor o( Boya Town (rairr (or the Study of V oulh I i^ciapniMit BM'auar hr is Iraving Omaha forg| yrar'i labbal K-al In En^and. and aftrr that a re<um to thr ara <lrmic worklol Wa»h<' :••• • I nivrrtily In SI I»ui- . Fetdman alMLhai reMgned aa chairman ol Uw Board of OlrccUn of Jrwiah Family Servtce Althouith I distinct mi nortly Itrrr In Omaha, ihr Jvarlih Community play» Hal rule in the |frr> I of 0» larsrr OifUha Conununlty. Ur Fridman laid the Jrwiah Prcs* in a r«»nt intrrvirw Working with thr Jrw itk (Mnmwiily and thr Jewish Family Srrvirr tram has bom a mod m )oyablmprrtmcc " Dr Frldman. a nalienat ly known social tclcnttot. canw 10 Omaha iour years •fl» la guide Om devei upninil of a tto million Hoys Town mmplri with a slaK ol 100 drawn (rum thr dlK-lplinr* of psychotogy. •orlology aorial «rork. thr communication tcioiice*, and other arras He look on thr mpootl blllty o< Jrwiah Family Srrvlcr whan contacted by a search committee Wr started out ImmrdI atrly to drilnr thr activ
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lllea under way and to mra mtrr thr quality of arrvlces svailablr ' Or Frldman said he was quite pleased" In betng able to match capable board mrml>rrs with spr cKIr JFSactlvilirs As a remit ol cinta mop^ rratkMi among boaramem ben and staK the hoard and Its commillrr* are now In claae touch with stall and (unctlonlng rfflclmtly. Dr Feldman added There Is also movement toward keeping the l»ard mrmbrri brltrr informrd rhii IS mostly stallstlcal. requiring JKS staff to doc ummt in writing what pre vioualy may have been con sidrrrd qualltatlvr evaluations From his vantage point of several months aa chair man. Ur Feldman sees one presaing concern "Other than aging.
4herr arr the most serious nerds of thr Jrwish Com munlly'' ' Thr prohlrms in Ihis Community may not br vast, nor drrp and this is a good sign, hr said, adding that somr nl thr pmblrms may not br immrdialrly Mkiblr Jewish Family Srrvirr may Iw so Insulaird that thr staff may not br able lu locatr thoar moat In nrrd ol services " Dr Frldman. his wilr Dina. and Ihrlr Ihrrr rhil drm. rtanlrl. lO Drlmrali srven. and Darrah Beth, two. are eager to approach the new challenge of living and working In London "Whatever contribution we have made lo the Jew tsh Community here has ticen rrlumed lo us in gral iflcallon and enjoy mrni we'll miss Omaha "
Jewish Anxieties Studied ByBortaSmolar imt^rmtn^m ik^mn l*
What Is troubling American Jews'* This question was poard at thr annual •trrling i>( thr AmrrKan Jrwish ( iimmittrr By thr AJCommiltrr rxrcutivr viti- prrsident lertramll (Md In his krynotr address at thr iprning amskMi o( thr fivr day mrrling Ui Nrw York allmded by delegates from all over the country In an mcriirni prramlatiuo hr r^veAted »ery interesting tact* about the worries" of lie Amrrtcan Jr» 'tilty and cited a Hudy conducted (' . i hv ihr Amrri (an J' a Kind ol prolllr K lh< 'f thr average Jrw a* In AlTKTU .til JIM) •! Il-W
The study was baaad on answers to a quoait oul by tha AJOommlttae to IM MdhfMnak in vwtoua paru of the II dM Ml praUod lo be a scientific UM antlre Jewish population, but ilarvtowcd - In New York. PhlU Ala, New Janey, ClavaUnd. Miami. Dal Denver and Los Aagriw - repreaented a
(DOd craoa-aactlon ol the American Jews nie respondents were almost all Amrn canbom. as wrrr nrarly a hall of thrir purrn t* They had a very good grnrral education The largrvi mmiiMT i.r ihi.m drcliirrd Ihrm selves in iliation as CofiM-r vallves. ii I m. "Just Jewish " and Orthodox i' Thr qurKliDnnalrr was carrlully thoughl out and llsird lu arras ol cum-rm Thry in eluded problrms ol general roncrrn as vtrll as 0/ gpccillcally Jc-Aish inlcrcil Thr answer* Indicated thai Ihr anxirtir* among Jrws andr<'r ilpnt but two thirds of those in Irr liry wrrr (iplimistu iitwul llic lultirt >i Th, Miirriran Jruishi iimmunil> The greatest anxiety of American Jews. the study aatabllshod, I* the future of Israel While M percent of the reapondenta expraaaed greM topcofna about Israel's security - and n percanl coMklil»d Israel's survival essen tial lo the Amerlewi Jewish community only more than half said they were very conceriied about problems of "Inner security" of American Jewry such as aaslmllatlon, Infer<Continurfl on Page f>
vils thr C'hirl Habbi, liir .• (hangr in Foreign policy by llw H»-gin unvprnmrnl Thr « hirl Hatibi s .Srphardi I'ountrr part. Or .Solomon (ia<in. told thr Jrwish Trir Kfaphic Agency that Jakobo vils was wrung to havr riK'krd the Imal " at a tim« uhrn Ihr maximum unity of Icwish ranks was nredrd Kabl>is should not mtrrlrrc Inn much in day lo day poll IKS (iaon said 'Oner you slarl playing that game you nrvrr know wtH-rr it rnds Thr Chlrl Hahbis criticism ol llw Israrl gowrnmrnl »ds ronlainnl in a I 2IM wont Irl Irr m thr Jrwish I hronirlr Hr strongly endorsed an i-di tonal publishrd in Ihr paprr two wrrks prrvioasly tailing for Israrl to drrlarr that uncc her nrlghbnrs had rstablishrd i-omplrlrly normal relations with hrr. nhr wwdd whMraw (rom most of thr occupied Irr rUortes and would agrrr lo thr rstabltshmml of t sovrrrign Palestinian entity Apart (mm turning (hr la birs on Ihr Arabs by challrng mg (heir sinrrrity. Jakobovlts argued, such a pqllcy could als<i ease the "perilous divi .^lons" which now threaten Ihr Jrwish propir Ironically, though. Ihr Chlrl KabbI himsrif has accentu atrd thrsr divisions, whrreas (iaon. thr Haham. has only critlcltrd thr lacl that it was wrltlrn. other communal Irad rrs hlllrrly take iMue with Us content Kric (iraus. president ol British Herut. trrmrd thr Irl trra "dlsgrarr
Petition to Soviets Mrmbers of the C'ongresaionaJ Wives Committee lor Soviet Jewry, Mrs Sale Burton i California i left, and Mrs Cece Zorlntky iNehraakat arr Intrrvlrwrd by mrmbers of the Washlngloa press soon after ,< . 'o deliver a petition to Ihr .Soviet F.mbassy signr<l irsslunal Wives Commltter mem bers A project ii( inc iN.innnal Confrrrncr on Sovle( Jewry, the commltter has rrtrrred (hr prddon which asks (or thr rrleaae of Soviet Jewish actlvlsU Anatoly .Shcharanaky, Ida Nudel. losif Begun and Maria and Vladimir SIrpak. to the US State Drpart ment to be forwarded on to thr Soviet Ambasaador to the United States. Anatoly Dobrynin <niau> rawing ni NtiMui cmtmmtm m smm Jewry I
Federation Schedules "Talk Tachlis" Sessions Invitdlions arr iM-ing issutMl this week (or Ihr sjtsnd. third and (ourth • coKw and drs srrC evenings .il Ihr home of Federation I'residenI .Mary FrIlman Thr evenings arr planned lu give mrmhrrs ul Ihr community an uppiirtunity lo talk Frdrralion Tachlis with l/ouis R .Solomon exr cudvr director and »ilh the lay Iradrrship ol the Jrwish Frdrralion ol Omaha A great dral ul Ihr dis cUBSion al thr first <-ollrr wr had renlrrrd about Fedrr atiiin (inancrs rxprndilurrs and programming nerds said .Mrs Fellman. and pro\ ed to be a worthwhile and S<TI ous discu.ssion lor Ixilh the in vlte<l guests as wril as IXHI and mysrll II wrved as a means ol oprning thr lines ol cummu nicadon briwern us in such a way that rvrryonr went away wiih more knowlrdgr and a brltrr undrrstanding ol our di rrcdons and goals Wr will lol kiw up on suggestions made With our Federation rxr<'ulivr commlKre and board for fur ther action " Any members of the com munlly who havr not yrl rr rrlvrd invitations may attend any ol the three evenings. July
II July H or July .11 al .' m p m at Ihr Murns <' Fellman horinr -fi9lfi*~^t rsirrn Avenue Hrservalions may tjr mode with Chairman CaryLCrern brrg. 3!0 TiMt or Mrs Fel Iman. 5517257 Invitations were als<j rxtrndrd to urgani zaiinn prrsidrnlh and Iheir spousrs to attrnd any ol Ihrse Ihrrr rvrnlngs, Mrs Fellman said . Morr "Frdrralion Tachlis" evrnings' are bring planned (or Ihr rrmaindrr "f 'he sum mrr and during the (all months
Camping Questionnaires Mailed Thr Future Camping I)i rrcdons Task Force ques tionnaires have been mailed and should havr brrn rrcrlved In (he homes, according to Manny (ioldbrrg. chair man Anyonr with children born brtwrrn 1964 and l»74 who did not rrcelvr a ques lionnairr is askrd lo call Toby (•'orbrs al (hr Jewish Frdrradon offlcr. ;U4 82l»l Ex( £1 Questionnaires should br rrlumrd by July 31. Mr (/oldbrrg rmphasi/rd
Abie Nathan Donations JKKlSALEM iJTAi Able Nathan, who recently complrird a ¥><la\ hunger strike in prulesl against thr Is rarli guvrrnments slancr in Ihr prace negntladons sjtid hr plans to gn In Beirut by iKial in urder In rtonalr e<)Uipmrnl and mrdiiine to Ihr children o( the stricken city Nathan addrd that hr was cvnsidrrlng huying an ambu lancr to bring with him to the ,4«glon '' A "Children o( Lrbanon Foundation' has brrn rslab ChalrperaoM Connie Slutzky i left > and DabbI Brown affix a win dow sticker'announcing the JCC's second annual Lazy Days of llshed lo. which IL Itai Mill has Summer Arts Festival scheduled lor Sunday, July 30. oooit to I already been dtmatrd. he said p m