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Iowa Senator Urges Carter To Consider PLO/Sov^ Ties *A.SHIN<iT«)N DC COUNCtlBLUrFS LIMCOLN OMAHA
Vol LVIIIM 7
f. N«k.. FrI.. S«piamb«r 21.1979
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I Set A New Record ying Israel Bonds
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Harold I. Adler. (tirprtonif adlnml^tratlnn. Anli I»elanialion l^aicue of K nai R'rith shn»s ,ii. .iM IIT'H>( wma m >li> SuviH I'nion with Ihe IraininK of PU. to nwrotiers of Henry Mcmsky I,.. ' to Omaha Mr Adler ». ((immenls were < cxidrmed llii* wer* by SenalTM-Jepwn
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Mre Homr Blumkln <lcf(< is preiailed with the Eleanor Rooarvelt Humanitarian Award t>y Mn Jan Perrce at the larad B«ad taaictaiM rvMoUy .•I U(>n/4 h.'iK
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'and ' •>•{ orv .1 for dHenie that is why if are in imporlanl Israel id must remain a home and a haven for Jews Ther are :t 7U0 INW there today and the Russian Jews are Itomlnn 100.000 i» (ar. and ey iteed houstnii. jiotm and cation "The econoniy needs our - Bonds without It cannot survive .No Is
"I am proud of the Jews of ihnaha. " she added In presentins the awani. u nifflr,' ' ' • ' • I lt> t»in to Ml> niiiiii^iri .»ii'r i-iTre TMited that Mrs •B's charity s- •' •"' •'•' -'Mlly _:
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mt »na»ij dran were preaani nt (he c-we mony si whirfi Mrs Rlumkln. rereivinx the award said, 'I don't know if I deserve It. IMJI I do thank you and <q>preciate it very much Mrs Pf-errr noted thai "the Krealest |>e«|)le often have the fewent words ' The center auditorium was converted into .i ' •• • • .-t lini! with tni-^ i 'if blue candles aii>J .^i.n,, .tiul American flags i.r,.«vi Priesman provided <l
music durlnfi huitch cloaed the mc»-tm({ with thanks for her entire committee who made the aftenvxm an outatandlnR success
Nominating Committee The Noniln«tln(C<i||nmlttee for the Jewish Federation of Omaha's upcoming election of board of directors la as Mlows: seated, from left. Mickey Sturm, chairman, Mona Crandell andJsnIe Kulakofaky Standing, from left, James Kart>er, Gerald Hoberman, and Judge Jerry Gltnlk Sid Werthelm alao la a member of the committee
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Discovering ttie Meaning of Judaism rim mtam 1 uw tMMnnf uttrki • iiiiMw 1 SatruMM* CaMI. I *%i IMI Jiaa aw SKUM • •« Miu«il> at IM aat •( a Mw a Kw man •( > Aar^Mi fluauaa By lUrcy Prtadman In the past few wcaki I have loflen baen asked. -Why at f wur aite. are you havinii a Hat lilltrvaii*" I waf' t''mr>i<vi in EMswer. "Why n l^ t my usual api' m r "do it " and ask why later I for the last <lx months I've What IS who i.,-i
.' wwt [:|lahii< ••• ' • anintei lertuai or an •motional ••* Always. 1 hsvr iiniir ^uektkiiisthani I am I first nenerallon American My tuckKround is not untypical and because of II, Mori has often jokingly referred to me
as his "little convert", a remark noted both lor its humor and tmth. My parents were among the flood of immiRrants who choae the uncertainties of hazardous travel to Ihe (ertalnly of pogrom and penterutlnn In Russia Kach grandfather M'ltled his famllyofei, '" for my , • when they stepped onto Kills Island. th(' hiKl" ply lo survive »i
"< '<• survive as Jews. I>ut sim hat to embrace their new coun .1 lervor that seemed to d«'mand un(iues ion It was not enough lo lx-<-ome Kio p. r cnl .American, immigrants had lobe 120 percent Americani/(tl Then, as today, Jews wci ' •• • - to he accepted by non Jewish sock-' Nishval ue» an * " '-•"' " '""" sure valUen "1 iin ....^. ,.u...,«.....«. - " „.,i..i... they interfered with the naceautleii of work and secular educa tlon The struggle was all uphill, hut the rewsrdswc «.ii i,.f \, HIP and eut-h ininiik'r.inl i tuTisheil thiin -iid-
lessly to achieve the Anwrican ideal of success For many, it was far nicire meaningful to pray for life than to live lo pray My if*n father held down two Jobs while putting him.ielf through medical Mhiwl and my mothef ^Immt entirely wll ••ducaled. demanik-d thai I go to an university, precisely because fXw was required to work and never went beyond an eighth grade education I grew up in Hawaii, a chubby little haole girl in a rich ethnic • .ich, that are the ' s 4 11 I Ul 1 lil .11 \ .1 un-> .iriw I »-i i(tn»u^ ^Ji lilt-, PXpe<'t-
to embrace our beliefs and lo carry Ihem iiito lilt' ii»-M ^fiH-i lit ton
If there is ambivalence in what we teach, then we can expect • '•" .i.-.i... in our sons and daughters If we do ,n our heritage the crop we harvest
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The year I was i:t. the Stale of Israel w;u< t>i)rn into terrible otii.- sirm/ktliiiK III fiifkii ;i ii.ilinn * ilh tfie remnantsol Hitler's • •n of the price paid by lh«' -.s Bui my parent.s knew and in Itieir anguish, clmse lo shirlti me from reality Was this , 1 'mil liiiMil nil t':iL>i> \'} i