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,CCHJNCIL BLUFFS LINCOLN, OMAHA Ornah*. W«b . Ffl., D>c«mb«f 14.1»7«
Federation Announces 1980 Budget Figures I .•! I • lr,il ' I on lo u ' rent rratl":. , •,^... : men! Funds in adrlilion lo money raised in Ihe IVTV Cam paign to allorate sulflcient dollars lor local and overseas needs lor IMO A budget ol SI I1S,643 based on 11.622 M.I raised In the 1979 Campaign plus the additional income Irom the KndowmenI Fund arKj interest income was ap^ proved by the Federation Board of Direitors al it* Nov 21imeeUng ISIJ
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SHALOM! THE imitCD JEWISH APPEAL HAS HIRED US AN UI!r.(NT PLEA 10 TSANSXIT $7SO,000 IN CASM«tH|S M0I4TMI THIS CLEA IS THE »ESULT OF LAGGING CASH tOUEr.TIONS XMICH HIT HA»D AT WHAT UJA IS TIYINO TO PO WITH OU* CAMPAIGN DOLLARS' IN ISRAEL AND tmAT ME AiE TRTINC TO 00 IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. TW COLD HARD FACTS ARE THAT THE TOTAI INfOMF IRANSMITTFD TO THE JEWISH A&fNfT THIS TEAR THROU&M THE UJA IS MORE THAN SSO MILLION BELOW THAI OF LAST TEARI COMMUNITIES LUE OURS ARE HAVING To DIG DEEP TO COME UP WITH THE CASH NEEDED TO PAY OFF OUK PLEOCE. THAT |$ WHY I URUE tOU TO WRITE A CHECK FOR YOOR ENTIRf OUT '.»•'•' "-lANCE WHILE THIS HAILCRAM IS STIll HI I IHAN« YOU IN ADVANCE FOR irOUB Iw MTtNTION TO THIS URGENT MATTER. WITM tEST WlSHtS FOR A HAPPY AND HCAlTHY NEW TIAR,
MARY FEILMAN, PRESIDENT jrWISH rrOERATION OF OMAHA
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believed that the exit viaas on the passports nf the firsi group of emigrants were forgeries they look the emixranls off Ihr tram They cttecked with Mm cow and were slarl l«^ lo learn that the visas were genuine At that lime Ihe .Soviet gov emmeni faced many umer lamtteK when deciding lo per mil Ihe emigration ol even a small number ol Jews with the dnllnalion to Israel These unrerlainlips exist no longer One of the major problems I Continued on Hage 21
Kallah Weekend Speaker Stephen Berk, pnifevior ol History at I'nion Tollegr, Srheneclady. New York, will twi! Ihe guest lecturer here during the third annual Kallah Weekend spcMuored by Ihe JewiHh Cultural Arts Council ol f imaha l)r Herk will speak al Belh Kl .Synagogue on Friday, Dec 21 al H 15 p m Heth Israel Synagogue. Saturday. '>ec 22 al 1:45 am . Temple Israel, Saturday, l)er 22 al a p m and Ihe Jewish Community (enter on .Sunday, Deo 23 al I p m
Early Deadlines Jewish Press deadlin<>s for news and advertising copy Will l)e noon, Thurs day. Dei' 20 for the Issue nf Dec 28 am! noon. Thurs day I)e<- 27 lor lh«' issue of Jan 4 These deadlines are made ne<•es^.)r^ IA Ihe prinler's n-' lue lo lh»' Chr: .fw Year nl will lie stricii . fVioper allon will be gr«;ally appreciated
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Fried-I - Jo• irvm |.nin..\ Miv),i iv.MMii.iii and Mimi Waldbaum Staff members serving in an advisory capacity were Alan (ioodman. Controller, Allan (ireene Dire<lor of Planning and Budgeting and Louis B Solomon, Kxecutlve Director
1980 Budget I'nited Jewish Appeal Uxal Agemies
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Federation Operations Vaad Library
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l)r Philip,Slier Home Bureau for Ihe Aging
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S84«.4i:i .\alional and <)vprs<'as AgeiK les 1,1st nf National and Oversi'as Alloca lions Federatt'd Council of Israel Inslitu lions I.JA 1 Hebrew University Technion HIAS American Jewish t ommilUN\merican Jewish < 'imgress Jewi.sh l^bur Commil K-e
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In closing. Mr Cohen stated ' helore allocating any dollars for continuing and new pro grams, the Cenlral I'lanning and Budgeting CommittP<' re
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' I' es had it IHII lieen lor I Ins.. additional funds (iiir < ampaign was down Six mm (rom la>;' vo;ir while our m-i-ilv incrci iialls Th< lea<t«'rs ex (iri-^s<-(l iticii Kralllude lo ihiisi' [KTvms wh<( have pstat>^ lished I'Jidimnient Funds in recent \ears The Federation ha.v .11. Kodowmrni huiiil nl Commil tw iir.iiEcri in Morion A Richards, lo develop a mulli la<eled approach In Imild lh<' KndowmenI Funds 'o an ap '-aders, sub •lent Funds will allow Ihe community to generate consistenl source!. o( allemale funding Ihat will as sure the Omaha Jewish com munily ol being al)le to contin UP lo support our needt-d local services This Is particularly crucial as we enter a period ol anticipated rising inflallon II IS important lo note thai addi lional Imyime from Kndow meni sources lakes lime lo cullivatp and secure and lh«' community cannot expect in slant results Mrs Fellman and Mr Cohen also stated "It Is crucial thai the total Jewish com munity recognize the need lo raise more money in the \Wi> Frderalion Campaign or face the eventual elimination ol vital services here and in Is rael "
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to a Joint 1 by Mars it of the Jew i-ii • . ••..., and I'aul ( ohen. chairman of the Cen Ira] Hudgpl and I'lanninK ( (ifnriHllt'c i)f Itie Fi*der.i!i(tn our (oinmufliK uuiil't fi.r.il.oi'.! ,1 , Ii-l-. .1, !'.,, il;- ,- ^!,.•ii.il-, (i,| |(M ,ll .iri'l o\.I..r,i'.
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Joint Cultural Appeal .\orlh American Jewish Student Ap (leal Melirew Theological College
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Federation Internships To Be Investigated The Jewish l-nleralion iil Omaha has announre<l that it is invest igaling Ihe frasibilily nl internships in its Depart menls for Ihe summer of 19110 Th«' purpoM' of the intern ship program is to have col IcKc sludenls lea|li about the i)|»r.ilii)nof Ihe Jewish Feder alion and Us .seven Depart ments A letter has lieen sent by Conrad Koller ol the Feder ation staff lo all Department dire<'lors asking Ihein lo d«Mail possible intern-ship posillons in their Department The seven Departments ol lh<' Federation include the Department ol Aging. The Community Relations Council, the JCC. the Department ol Jew Ish Kducallon, Ihe Jewish Family S«TVice, Ihe Jewish Press, and the Jewish Feder
allon I.ibrar> I^st summer's internship poKilions were Idled in the JCC, Ihe Jewi.sh Press, ir.d the Bureau for Ihe Aging as part ol the PIJCO program I PIJCO stands for Proles-sional Internships in Jewish Communal Opportunilies / After a successful fiprf*year ol the pnigram. a recommendation was made lo have the internships available in other Departments ol Ihe Federation The leasibilily of this is now being investigated by each of Ihe <lepartmenl directors and their staffs. College students Interetited m Ihe mlemship program should contact Conrad Roller al Ihp Jewi.sh Federation. XMKSN)
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