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rHIU)Ri:NS ACTIVmES 1 ' ningbuolht rradinit romrr 1 ' 'If Frnchoul 2iHJ(irad(2 C'hildrvn k crafu grouped by agr IFVPIK Rpfrmh1 30 Film "Benjamin and thrmirarlrof Hanukkah" Monday, Dec 10 7IOpm BookSale Ipm Kpeaker Mai Uimonl
Should lh«- ( iimmilli^ com pnsnt rif Ihc Kxeculivc Com milli* mi-mlxTs of ihc KMIJT alion (tHrrniim' Ihal miirc than om- pronram is ricsrrvmK of rH'o^iiion up to two Muti iirahli' Mpntlonit will also ttc du,III Iff! The pniKram must hiivf oriKinatH m the year ol I'tTt as i>ii|>(iM>d to pri>KranimmK havinR taken place in previous Herommendat mtis »hould N TT 1 baaett iM . ria wa^ tfii [iri.(yam ci^live and imtovative' How'' Was Ihe program itwcessful in Irrms of the st.itml (("J^ ni'I purpose' Whdl were the unique fealurn of lh«' proKram'' To what extent does Ihe prr)Kram Imter Jew iKh culture, reliiiious. edwalional or social purpofies''" Nominations reeled lo Mar> Idem, Jrwikh (imaha. 331 Street. Omaha.
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Snack Bar The sna< k liar al lh«'Jewish Cimimunltv tenter will re open l>pc 3 from noon to I p m as a Miup and sanilwuh nhiippe under the sup»'r\iMon of Dan Smith. rater«T f'hil Colmann. executive director of Ihe JCC. haa announced
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ning they are MK hael Allierl and Harlan Nixldle It is un wcesxary lor me lo enumer ate their many deetls for our Jewikh (oiiimunily and lor our community al large Their selfless dedicate<l energy lor Ihe giKKl III others is a legend Personally I am proud Incall each ol them in> Iriend ' "This evening I have heard some kind and generous thmgs said alHiul me This honor just prew-nled to me This State ol Israel New l.ile Award savs and implies even mor. ,•. IhLS ' K you ail oui ifi acieptioif toe aw ard, I am utillged lo admit a hit ol emiiarrassment Al though this award l)eani my name alone I feel thai this moment must be shared with others
Joe KIrahenbaum i left i Murray Newman catch up on the conversation at the Dinner of State See Page S My l<i\ iiig parents itiust tx' mentioned Mv lather. Jules my departe<l and t)eloved mother F.sther and my wim derful mother lor the past twenty two years Carolyn all deM'r\e a share ol this honor M\ parents have in stillH in me from the l)egm ning the spirit ol sharing my reviunes wN'lher tbosi' re WMjries lie linaiK lal or wheth er they In- (x-rsonal inviilve meni To give to work, to lake time lor our Jewish < ommu nitv. our Synagogue or our Irael was neverqia-stioned In addition I inusi meiitiun my two older brotlHTs who have livni in Om.'iha They too shtiuld be sharing this hnn or My lale brother. Nick %any of you knew a> an mspl rational and tireleji.sly ded iraled leader who loved our community and lcive<l Israel Just Ihe other day Norm Kri vosha our Ineiid and Chief
Justice of Ihe Netiraska preme Court calU-d me to tc nie he would tx* unable lo I h«Te this evening While we sj^iki II. nisced how he Nick Norm talk, passion as he recalled Nir| while gravely ill raade tlj tripon Ihe hu-s with many of t here in the dead ol winti-r I Lincoln lor th4- Hond Dinner i the(JovermH's Mansion Alt* th«' dinner Nick n<»t feelm| well at all was |M>rsuade<l tj unce mir family s IHIH ' .is«' lor that \ear Nio I'isr I
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Telethon Scheduled For Cash Emergency Memben of the Omaha Jewish Community who are currently not paid up on th«'ir past campaign ple.iL..s uiii lucalled beginning to pay up then : •, prmr lo the end of the li»7» ca lendar year Announcement of iht cash I'olleclion telethon wa« made by Mary Fellinan, prp»id<'nt of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, in response to th»des-
perate cash situation of the Jewish Agency At the same lime memb«-rs of Ihe Federation Board ol Dl rectors will be calling all con Iributors lo the original nevt Jewish Community Center Building Fund who have not completed their obligaltons "The cash collection Is cril ical on tioth for the Jewish Agency and on the local srene," said Mrs Fellman
"In a recent letter the Jewisl Agency indicated It is in th midst of Ihe gravest rash J shortage in almost a decade,, lagging behind 197S l)y nearly J seven million dollars In human terms this cash emer^j gemy translates Into draslM cuts In services for youth, Immigrants and the aged .Soviet Jews new to Israel j will not be able to start workI Cent inued on Page 141
Falashas, Sephardics Spark Passion at GA By Murray Zudioff MONTREAL i JTA i Ol the dozens of issues dlscuiied al the flve^y General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations (CJFi, the plight of the Jews of Fthiopia iFalashasi and the problems of Sephardtc Jews in Israel and In the dlsapora created the most ferment and passion among the MOO Jewish communal leaders from the b'niled States and Canada attending the AMmUy TiM plight of the Falashas was presented with eloquence and iaM.iwncy to the galhermg by Yoga Bogale. the leader of the El^Miplan Jewish community for Ihe last M years, wtw was al lowed to leave hit native land less than three wcckl ago He urgently apfiealed lo the assembled leadership and lo Ihe Jewlah community at large to Increase efforts being made in Is rad and clsewtiere to rescue Ihe 25.000 Jews who remain rhe 72 yearold Falaaha leader related how iiMipla make miMslve emigration of Ihe FaUthas to Israel a matter of highciri prWrtty "We have been killed, sold Into slavery, forced lo convert lo
other religions and i' hreatened even unto this day among.st unspeakalii. in a country which is caught between war revotutum and terrible changing conditions." Bo gale said
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Continuing. he stated "We were once 251),(«(() people NowweJ are less than 25 (WO Time Is ag.iin'it us Fvcry year, every! month, every day we lose our yonwar todiscriml-f nation and to persecution We cai much more suchl losses and if the Jewish people in Aiiienia and throughuul Ihe \Mirld and In Israel do not act quickly lo help us come lo Israel. th<-n (rfxl forbid that perhaps in live or 10 years we might disap-J pear • He said that he and his ••,,na. who recentlyl completed the first North A lour by an Kthio-I plan Jew and who accompanies nis i.unii in the Assembly, "have come here to tell you about how we the Jews ol Klhio-1 pia Ihe Beta Ylsrael want to rejoin the Jewish peopl« W«l want lo tell you that we want lo come to Israel In live a Jewish] life with other Jews In Israel F.thiopian Jews wani to come to Jerusalem -- to Yeruahalayem " Bogale said he was very encouraged by the Knesset an nouncement that Israel will now speak out publicly on Ihe plight I Continued on Page 171