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Kfiilman. Saii>l\ MU.<» llrfsslinijor Susan lliirwK'h Ilavid K.is low Conrad Kolirr Korrcsl Krutlfr Daniel Mirvisti, Kii chel f'red. Suianrw Kiekfs Marty Shukrrt. ('harlrnc
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miller rrlrrred to iiynaitoKur life during hlk Ivrture-dls ruuion laiil Monday nigh I al th* Jewish Communlly (en t*r H« came to Omaha ak the wcond apeaker of Ihe rurrenl Lecture K. Rabhl I told the audience 01 nciiri) HKipersoos thai he waa one of perhaps 2. 000 congreKanli at a recent High Holiday lervire '11 was like being in a super market." he said, adding that II Is letting Increasingly dllfl rull lor rabbis to know Uwlr congregants by name let alone be familiar with their personal problems and lives He descritied how a friend, Rabbi Harold .Vhulwels was NCOHaful In dacanUalizIng a lynaiogiM in Caitfornla "Rabbi Scbuiwiti reorga nizcd (he lynafBgue Into group* of 1D-2S people who art tofether In each other's homes on a weekly basu and study they act as an extended iamlly providing love and care and the iplrll In the lynafogue la unbelievable they literally dance with Joy enter the aynagogw itaervloM " Is no reason why this couldn't lake place In every clly In the United Suies," Tanenbaum said
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Ihe l>r;imaliigue will in elude a iumplele stage xel wilh liKhlinti ami a unique sound system d«-sigm''1 ••spe cially lor Ihls production The I'lfjironn sound track and viunil system is lieinK rtoro' hy ll'ivtarri Kuhuck Arnold Kp stein will IH- doing additional sounds for special effects The stage set which was de signed t)> Mr l.a/ams has been cnnslrurted by Larry _Heri..u. Jim Spitzer. Tim Spitzer and Mike .Spitzer The lighting was done by Jim Spit/er and his sons
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Phillip Wayw acted as chief as.sislanl lo Ihe producer help ing in all 8.spects of Ihe pro duct ion
movements He explfii>"'<i ili.»< ii (laughter * with lheopp< ish living al Vale rniversii> and transferred lo t'olunilna I nivemlly in New Vork Here, he said, a group of women set up Iheir own apart meni complex, studied Ingelh er every day. and practiced in depth Jewlfih living even lo Ihe extent where some ol INgirls put on leflllin In leading into hi.< topic lor dl.s<'Ussion. Bringing Jud aism to the I'nchurrfied." R«l>hl Tannenhaum posed the que»ll(in. "How can a communil) continue to tie a viable community''" He referred lo the high rale 140% I of intermarriage with a net toss lo Jewish life, the low Jewish birth rale < I 9 c-om pared to 2 6 for Frolexlantk and 2 • for Catholics i. and Ihe highest proportion of senior citltens (With nearly three quarters of a million living be nealh the poverty level i Historically. Rabbi Tancn baum said, Judaism has been an evangelical religion By the third century, 10 per cent of the Roman Kmpire be came converts lo Judaism or God-fearers In the New Testament. St Paul talks of Pharisees travel Ing across oceans and conll nenta to enroll a single con vert It wasn't until the Emperor (Continued on Page 21
Sam — A Finalist Sam Zwelback, one of six memtiers of the Jewish community who have been nominated for the outstanding volunteer of the year award presented annually by the Volunteer Bureau. I'nlted Way of the Midlands, has been selected at s finalist In the com petition He will l>e presented with a plaque at the recognition luncheon to take place April 27 at the Highland Country Club Reservations may be matle by contacting the Volunteer Bureau atM2-«233
Sylvia Wagner one of Ihe three mam .ipeakers. has t>een aclive in thealer circles both pri ;ind non proles SI' 'iiT delHJl in Ihe first Kr.nli- She was last S4'«'n on Ihe Center Stage In the World ol Sholem Alechem and has jn ongoing program for Ihe l^eague of Women Voters on KKAH three nights a week She also does radio and TV commercials Seymour (foldslon has tieen active in Ihe theater since l(«) He has l>een seen in II performances irxluding three
at Ific-Jewish' "IIImil ler HIS must n aiice was in I ing' where he PlV} Marlowe Mr I,.i7.Tni<i r-nmplrtc cast nun.' irii'ludiiiK l>ki' vi'dTs will) ( ihcinnali Civic Kpera Co panv He .Jias app«>are<l radio and was Ihe gener manager and dire<lor ol Omaha Theatre (iuild He also direrli-d several rhoirsl Cleveland Ohio and I'h'H-r Arl/i- • '"' ' - • an ji puiii.: 'vorks in wood carving painling. copper enanielm and sculpture Arnold Tuffv" Kpslein wi| becontrihuling lo the iJran logue Ihrniigh his unique of melixlic and penussion li slrumenls Mr Kpslein is woodwind inslruclor at Mid land ( ollege and director Ihe Helh Kl choir Me has >n d memt<er of Ihe Lincoln Syt phony and Ihe Omaha Syi) phony, and performe<l wl| many name acts Howard Kuback w ill be co tribuling his expertise in IH area of Ihe sound system He has done similar work al Orpheum Theater and has h^ a sound company of his own
Bureau for Aged Meets on Tuesday The first meeting of Ihe newly organized Bureau lur Ihe Aged of the Jewish Keder stKHi of Omaha will take plai-e Tuesday si noon In the L>r Philip Sher Home lor Ihe Aged
Joe Klrshenbaum chair man of Ihe Board ol Direilnrs of Ihe Dr Philip .Sher Home for Ihe Aged. Is now chairman of the Bureau for Ihe Aged Memtiers named to one year terms are as (allows
Purpose of the Bureau, ac cording lo Ben l^ub. director. Is to lay the groundwork lor padual change in how ong oing services for the aged are admin latered
Hae Brodkey Mike Feld man, Bert l^wis. Pearl I.lp Ion, J Millard Margolin. Ray Pred. Dr Norman .Sheldon and l^ucille Zelinsky
The Bureau absorbs the Dr Sher Home for the Afcd Board of Directors, the Older Adult program at the Jewish Com munlly Center, and the gera tries services formerly supplied by Jewish Family Sanrka
Members n»med lo Iwo^ year terms are as follows Carol Fartier, Dean Fran kel. Art Grossman. Anne Katzman. Dr Haskell Morris, Sandy Nogg. Dr Blalne Rot tman, and Sam Zwelback Members named to three
year terms are as follows Arienc Beber. Jack B Cohen, Jack K Cohen. Morris Kellman. Koby Kagan. I>ee Jane Parsow. Yale Richards, and F^li Zaikin Mary Wine. Nathan Nogg. and Joe Rice, will serve Ihe Bureau as honorary nnembers with voting privileges Mary Fellman, president of Ihe Jewish Federation of Omaha, said. "Creation of the Board for our newly estal>llshed Bureau lor the Aged is a major step forward in our rnmmunity's effort lo coordi nate all services for our Jew ish elderly "This new Board will take an in-depth look al programs
and services lor the old adult and will recommeq new programs and fill gaps that now exist "With Ben l^ub as directi >nd Joe Klrshenbaum chairman, we should mal great strides toward offering the finest services and pro^ Itramming for older adulU^I who make up over 20 percen^f of our total Jewish community "We are especially pleas that so many persons who i knowledgeable and concern alMul our elderly have agr lo serve on this Board a wish them well in tlieir lorta "