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ruon Nogg Hopes to Strengthen L Feeling of Family at Beth El «( SjrMgavit. Loni houn a< "bvd «wt. no lalary. no eompnMttoa lor ii;— II Mwwiad ifiply lo SynaaDfut Board What motivate* a busy man to answer tMi advorUoamait and live rountleis hour* ol lervtca to hto lyaaflacueT In the three part nrrtn start In* thli wvek the readers of JewMi Preaa will meet the recently ejected preaklentii of Omaha Synaipgues and hear their «torte« One o( Don NofRi first dullei ai the new prraldent of Beth El Synafogue wai to sign a contract for a new lynaaogue roof The ne« Tool and other planned refiovatlom are lymbols of Don's bofte lor the future of a revttaUiad Bctli El aa a place where all ConaanraUvc J«»« can bo al honw
Month by month over the laitl year everyone could (eel the new excitement and cobealveneu at Reth El," Mr Nogg uld "The MM) annivenary year waa the beat year Beth Kl haa ever had Over •» people attended the final event, our annual con cert There waan'l an empty aeat In the houae It'i Important to take thli new excitement. Ihe feeling of togethemoa and contin ueK " "Beth El, the laritrat of Ihe three synagogues In Omaha, has had a stable memherthip the laM lew years, but about 60 per cent of our memtiers are over the age of SO We want to build up our memtjemhlp with young people It's estimated there are about 200 Dotiafflllatfd young couples in Omaha We would llkv to have all of thoiie with an Interest in conservative Judaism Join
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StalliMi WMW 1 IMIK-(tfhl lime in the history of uur Jewish Community thai such an opportunity has been made available to us through a television slallon as a public ser vice " "We are most grateful to John I.>lxon. program director of WOWT lor making this lime available lo u« (or this se rles aNHii he many an>it will be of ihn-n-M ui 111.- t-iiiire community floprlully this will 1^ ll><' iM'finiiiiii/ cil .1 ^fiir
roui and granih Appearing on the first pro gram al 12 30 p m in an Inter view with Mike Kichmond. (,'KC director who also served as producer, will be Carol Ctendler disrussing the Omaha Jewish Community. Abe Katelman discussing
Council Bluffs and UHIISI Kinklestein dlM-usKing Lincoln] Jewry Their discussion and! the pictures .shown (•enlerj about the parly years of Jewry | in Ihe Midlands In addition to two locallyl produced programs to h«i aired on WOWT during the next four monlh* tbpre will .11
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have tieen made available to communities across Ihe country The Sept IJ program will be^ 'Trial in Heaven ' a televiMt.n fahle lor Yum Kippurl t! Uni Jacobi who finds] I transported on Yoml Kippur from the synagogue lol a heavenly courtroom Other j programs are scheduled for] Oct 21 and Nov II All pro-| grams will be pre-recordedl according ID ( arol Chamberlin who IS serving as volunteerl producer of the local half-hour] shows
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JCC Starts Hotline To Stop Vandalism
The Noggg—Donald and Ozzle with son, Tony at left and daughter, Shelley at tight Mr Nogg Is the new preaklent of Beth El Synagogue.
Judge Orders Rabbi To Remove Yarmuike MORPOUC, VA (JTAi All Older by a Norfolk traffic court Judgi to a ()usen* rabbi lo take olf Ma yarmuike •Urrcd widMpraad protatl ag alMt Judge Vemon Hitchlngs (ram local political and Jew Wtoffldat* WlMB Rabbi Joihua Sackctt walfetd Mo the traffic court iMl «atk to cliaUonge a traffic ttcM. MM Judge aald "I don't CM« vfeal your religion Is, no a bat In my courThe M^mr-M Queen* VII lage r^M compiled but said later "if I had lo do It again. I vould ha«« tap! •g yarwulka •a I am dtapgoMad bjr my My pMgtt IMV* wM»-
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al director of the AntI Defa matkm League of B'nal B'rtth. called Ihe Judge'* order "an affront to all the cltlzeot »l Virginia and to the JewMl community In particular" He lald the ADL executive board would conahter poMlbto legal aetloo Hitching* said he couM ao( understand why psopla wtn making auch a fuia over the Incldant He lald he ordered a Sackett to remove hi* skullcap bacauie "a man doe* not practice hi* religion In tb« courtroom ••Ha added that If be had • Sackettwaasrabbt.'^l ba«a mad* an e«ei^ SaekaU *ald ha Wd Hltciiliv ha wa* an Ortbodn raMM
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Sand a Letter Now The National Jewtah Community Relations Advlaory Council haa calM for a major national effort lo convey to the vnilt* Hou** the apprehension of the Jewish commuDlty about a posalbic ahlfl In Amertcan foreign policy toward UtePU) Tbls dscMon reflect* the concern thai the Admlnlatrattoe'* eagemcaa lo involve the Palestinians In negollatloM could lead lo U S accommodations that would In the •idlagttlmltellwPU) In UNrt, what la feared U a tendency to appease Ihe PU> la rMpoose to Arab blackmail TMa liodsney caolars currently on the negotiation of a reMtatioa on the Palestinian* to be comldered by the Security Council on Aug 23 What Is called for I* a clear and unamUguou* demonatratlon of the U S rcjertton of cooperation with Ihe PLO through an American veto Thia I* a fuodamental lasue and what la required now are letlen and lalsgrains from Omahaos and Jewlali com BMBilUas elsewtart to the Prsddent of the United SUte* The U.8. murt aol ceopsrale with the PLO by changing llw pound luiea of Ihe Middle East peace procesi so con•Iraetad In Rasolutlons }t2 and 338 and at Camp David
The Jewish Community Center i» cam paign to < Iteration of Its memiHTsnip in lighting vandalism "We are urging our members lo cooperate by letting us know immediately when they *pol acts of vandalism which have occurred, or are in the process of occurring," >ald Phil ('ofman executive director of the JCC Mr Cofman said thai anyone able lo report an act of vandalism is encouraged to do so by using his personal "hot line " extension number of S4 during the day and by calling the Center switchboard durtng evening hours "Vandalism Is more than a nuisance. It's costing the Center membership many dollars in repairs and replacement, and it's in everyone's best Interest In minimize this type of damage," Mr Cofman said He added that the Center will prosecute those guilty of act* of vandalism
"Hopefully, member* will
Early Deadline Because of the Lalwr Day holiday news and advertising copy for the Sept 7 issue of the Jewish Press must be in the Press office no later than noon on Thursday, Aug 30.
warn children of possible pn e<-ullon and use the hot line i that we can stop damage dur ing early stages "
Joseph Lovett
Joe Lovett To Become First Eagle Joseph M Lovett. son of Norms and Robert Lovett, will become the first Kagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop 218. Aug 19 at 4 p m in the JCC Social Hall According to Maurice Pli kofsky. Troop Committ chairman. Ihe Eagle rank requires that the candidate have earned eight basic skill award*, 21 mertt badge*, complete a aubstantlal service prolect and show leadership In IheTrsop For hi* »ervlce project. Joseph completed the SUr of David which hangs on the JCC theater wall He also was awarded Uie 1979 LouU HUler Memorial Award as Outstanding Scout.
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