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.COUNCIL BLUFFS LINCOLN OMAHA Omaha, Nab., Fri., Novambar2. ItTI
Ttte Jewlati Fedn-allon o( Omatu Board of l)irrrton has (tvm iU full lufjport to lU £» dowmmt Pund DevBlopmanl CommMer In retard la devaloptng I year round endow ment fund profram At itj Oct M imeting. the Board of
John Rosenblatt Dies at 71; Former Mayor, Jewish Leader (Jttanyi RoaenMait. ^^M 9t Ooubi's aMrt poputar ^••Pin, Md a iaadtr m ihp
two years after he had joined the firm Mr Kosrnblalt became In stnunental In lecurtng voter approval of bond latuei required for construction of what it now known as Roaenblati Stadhiro He lf)en was elerted to the city Commission, and In 1954 the Commission elected him mayor In 1*57. with a new City Charter in effect. Mr Rotenblatt was elected mayor by a di reel vole of the people Known affectionately as "Mr Omaha ' Mr Rosenblall won local and national recog nillon for numerous commu nity and civic Improvement programs he spearheaded In IISO, he received a clla tkm from B'nai B'rtth K\ though bis civic reaponslfaili tic* to the City of Onwba tfemandsd murb of his Itee. Mr Rosenblatt gave of himself freely to provide support for Israel and the Jewish com munily of Omaha He headed Hicceaslul Jew ish Philanthropies and United
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"Our concern and support must he a two-pronged one One with United Jewish Ap^ peal, the other with Israel Bonds workinii on behalf of the total strenKthening uf Israel I'niled Jewish Appeal, through our combined Feder tlion campaign, concentrates Its efforts on the social needs of the people of Israel Israel Bonds works lor the economic development Including indu.s tries, roads, rommuniration irrigation, transport, and the esaentlal facilities needed In the land B(rTH are Imporiani for the survival of Israel "
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endowments In other action, the Fedep alion Board approved an alia cation to the Council of JewU Federations of fS.OOO tn current and restricted endov ments, payable over a thre year period lieginning in IMIl as a cootrtbulion to the estat^J llshment of the newly creati Philip Bernstein Trainin Center for Federation Per nel The Center It. designed to recruit counsel train and place ;
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Jewis) i-Th«' i .ipproved i servinK up to t2»mi from Ih ronlingency lund to cover anticipated defKit in the l!l budget of the Jewish ('ommu nit y Center Allan Noddle, president the JCC. said the anticipate deficit could be overiiime the Center were able to enlii more members of the Jewisl Community as members the Center Mary Fellman. president i the Federation, announced ih appointments of Sally App and Pauline (>u.ss lo the Vaa Hakathnil of Omaha, vacancies cauMd by I nalloM of Toby Kag Klalne Shapiro Mrs Fellman also an-' nounced thai plaas are under *ay to provide proeramming (or relurnim "lentl durmii the : K anit winterrecessci
Fellman Urges Support Of Israel Bond Dinner The Israel Bond dinner on Sijiiilay. Nov IB. is a commu li' \ IV enl which merits the at ifiiiion and support of all memhe.rs of the Omaha Jew ish ("ommunily who care about the future of Israel, ac cording to Mary Fellman. president of the Jewish Feder atiofi of Omaha
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Directors allocated up to tlO aou from current unrestricted endowment funds to provide latd money for the Endowment Fund Development Committee chaired by Morton A Richards to do the nec essary promotion to stimulate growth In lhu> program Louis B Solomon, executive director of the Federation, indicated that the money would be used as needled lor interpre tive mai> 'lars. and other piji malerl al. needt .le inter est In pi>N s to consider the t ri'.iuiin of an endowment fund option that meets Iheir interests and needK within the Jewish Fed eration of Omaha Mr .Solomon reported to the Board on his r,., ..nr aiicn dance al an '« in dowment ^"unil ixm sored by the Counril iil Jewish Federations in New York the week of Oct 11 Mr Solomon indicated thai the establish men! of a year round enduw ment fund program will hopefully insure lor many generatiom the rontmued in come necessary to maintain the variety of local services provided by the (.Imaha Jew ish Federation He reported that there is a variety of endow ment fund options available lo donors Many of these provide income during the donor's liletimc and can produce subsiontial ttUte lax savlnp at time of death He eiplalned that with the leveling off of the annual campaign furHls, a major priority tor the Omahd Federation is to create nevt sources of funding through tlfe establishment of
"II was Israel Bond money which built the Port of Asbdod and made It one of the major •eaports In the western Medi teranean It was Israel Bond money which heipad buUd the Dead Sea Industrial complex, the National Water Carrier
and hundreds of essential fa rllities in Israel It will be the
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'Battle of Bulges' Chuck Arnold (oaoiari diiactor of health and physical educatl at the Jewish Camiwaitty Caalar, CMnhirt* Gerald Maiburg | (left I and Robert Pappenheimer, volunteen for a continuing demonatratlon See The Written Word column on Page 5