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Deth El Honors Rabbi Alex Katz I .Shjil)t>iil Shira. Keb 2, or > TWh anniviTviirv n( hm B«r 'IliUvah In I U.IM.I Al« Kill I.I Bar Mji/\,in mis iiiiif iKI To mark lhi« unique ^WK-A •km. and al the satn*' lime ff- •••'••••••
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sprrially on Torah «ill IRWh Kl .SynaKOfpir In KaMii Kal/'snafflr A special fund for panii-ular rllual newto ol the «yna(o(ue will atio be eatabllihed at BHhKI t' It ID canaldenxl a milt <r every Jew (o panx-l palt in the writing of a Sefer Torah Kabbi Katz'i w^-nnil Bar MItivati gives all rongrr (anta Uie rare oiipMtunMy to be part of (Mi bcauHfui Jew lib IradltkMi by conlributlni to the rompietlon and purrhaae of this special Torah. the an nounremenl stated This Sefer Torah will be ded
Thf (iirmiiliod nl .i Miimen s ( abin*' '" ^* f . • I- [n-t iri.i neni Kedei. dorsed Thursday Jan .1 al u meeting of past chairmen ol the Women's Division The meellng wan cunvened hy Mary Fellman. president of Ihe Jewish Kederalkm ol Omaha I'lans for (he newly formed rabtnel structure Include an Kxerulive <'(immillee and a Hnanl i)( [lirwicirs Hf^pon-ii liililii's lit Ihi- I .iliim-i
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i "^' '>'• 'i.imiim 111 rurreiil ' .idership the f» I of a • talrni liank lor future campaign [••artership, and a sp<'akrr •• bureau The formation of a Worn en* (abmrl i.s long overdue in Omaha il wf are In ronlinue lo learn Irom the exp«'rience ol past IrailenJilp and bring younger committed women
into the forefront of our cam palgna. "said Mrs Krilman Thanks to the fine leader ship we have had we have maintained a high level of giv ing. arhirvlr^ firt piacf am .tr Dl/l
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.III ut a fur ('ablnri Wf : I nue our oui ' giving Thriiu(<n ii.miiii(i .inil pduca lion pnigraiiik we «ill huild fnrlhc lulure \ariii*d lo the. Kxeculive ( omiiiillee are past chairmen Kran<cs Bait Caryl (ireen WH
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doff, ifizie .\ogg. Minam Simon Beatrice .sommcr and Mickey Sturm Addiliorial ap polntmenlK In Ihe Kxerulive Committee will t>e made shortly from comniunKy lead ership
MfinlMTs III llii- Huard of Di rei i<ir> prt-scrii al the initial mtfiinu inciudwl past chair men .Sylvia Bnidkey, Ruth fioldslein. Ann Katzman. Kulh Seldin Also present were Conrad Koller, Keder alKin slalf associate with the Women's Campaign Allan (ireene, director of planning and budgeting, and Moms M aline Jewish Press i-ditor The l!NU major campaign Ihrust will l)e held in the spring cdfK'urrenl with Ihe Men's (ampaign
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Other pa.sl chairmen invile<t| III ^I'lA*. nil III* i<ii.irif..t iMrec. I ele "Nky. Sarah Cohn Kulh Nogg. Hernue Bnnlkcy Kslhcr Rips. Hae Briidkey l^na (irossman. Kitly Frank. Bes.s Bnid key Aileen Kiscnslall Char lotti' Zipiirsky .iiiri Audrey I < 'ohen
A Looli at tlie 1970s By Diane Wlntroub
-it: RabMAiaiKab Icatrd on Sunday momini. In addition other letters. Jan 27. In the ceremony of words and senlen<'rs will b«Sly yum ha Torah Inacrtbed in ihe name of thos<At this ceremony, \mfimmf ' ••xi have h<-lped in Ihe pur dcniad at BeUi El. a tcrlbe win chase of (his Torah cooipMc (he artua) handwrtt Arrangements for ajl the Ing o( (he Torah. incorporat ln« the letlem of Rabbi Kab's Bar Mltzvoh festivities are name in the final paragraph of being made by the Beth Kl Kl Ihr Hebrew text and also on lulal Commillee [)onatkin.s (he rollers of the Torah are being encouraged
Youth Campaign Offers • Free Party Saturday A free (Urn party lo be h«'ld this Saturday Hi 7 m n rt> ttill be the conclu'' ' 'ii< Vou(h Camp<i) -X.'" Mike (iraber. chairman uf the evenf and Sam Talpalalsky. chairman of (he Youth Cam palgn
2(«hSI w as Milil In Northwest The l<WUk' What dues Ihls ern Bell And. Vil/.hak Katun decade have m store lor lh<' then Israels Ambassador lo Jew i.sh mm munil y of < Imaha'' the I'nited Slates, spoke in Who will be Ihe leaiiers of the Omaha al a public meet ing community'' Much can be pre Moving on to \Sil\. we re diclr<l alioul Ihe \'*»is \l we re niemb«-r that m(>.sl ol that year view (hi- ISflOh To ensure rev()lved around Ihe lieglnning growth and prosperity during plans (or Ihe new Jewish ( om Ihe upcoming dccikia. Ike munlly Center Dnnlel KM Umaha Jawiali community man. co-chairman ol (he New must remember and learn Center Building Commidee. from the happenings during annourx-ed the appoint meni ol (he past decade Charles Monasee lo head Ihe In 1970, after several years New Center Planning commit nf absence, an adult educalKtn tee Later in Ihe year, the preprogram began under Ihe di sent site of Ihe JCC al :I33 So rrclion ol the Jewish Cultural 132nd St was Chosen and pre Arts Council The program llminary architectural was kicked off with an address sketches of the building were In Ihe Honorable I'hilip M made Klutznik The Omaha Jewish Aside from (he s(ar(ing I'hilanlhropu's Israel Kmer plans for the new JCC. many gency Fund had pledges total other happenings look place ling over one million dollars. during 1971 Huherl 11 Ihe largest amount ever Humphrey was the featured raised by the community up lo speaker al Omaha s first Ihal time Pacesetter Kecognition Dm Also in 1970, Ihe old Jewish n«T The Nebra.ska .slate l>eg Community Center al tci No islalure adopled a rejioludun
in strong support of t.srael ^nd the Jewish Federation of Omaha Hoard spoke out in (avor of supfxtrt of an Omaha Jewish Day Sch<x<l Carrying over to 1972 plans] continued (or Ihe new JCC The New Center Planning] Committee approved the De-l ilgn Development F'lan.s Dan| Katzman announced the formal opening of Ihe Center] Building Fund campaign Nor--' man Hall was named chairman ol (he Building Conslrucllon Committee Contracts were awarded for the construction of ihr building And on Nov 19. the ground break ing took place Also in 1972. Klie Wiesel spoke In Omaha Omahans were invited to participate In Ihe "Torch nf Independence' ceremony celebrating Israel's 5th anniversary Richard Fellman was apIKiinted to the Nebraska Stale U-gislature and Kd Zurmskyj ir'nntinuedon Page 14)
Israel Sees Danger In Palestinian State
The night at (he JC'C will in elude (he showing of a feature film, free popcorn, and a few other surprises TMs will also be a unique opportunity for members of all Jewish Youth (tr<iup< lo gel (oge(her." said Graber The film party Is open i and fre>i (o all Jewish teens who have paid Iheir pledge to the Youth Campaign Pledges and paymen(s will be taken at the door
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Youth Canpalvi aoUdtort wbo BMt la« VMk to dla^ ciMi llMir rota iB Uw Youlii Campaign are rroffl l«ft, David Wli>^ Hn*. Byfcay RIMB, Bniea Kutlcr, Uaurlc* Karpman, Flor raUa Kilter, Mlndy Waiaar, and Mallory Ralner
The Youth Campaign was kicked off by an ice cream social (or soUcltors These are (he people who are can(acting their fellow lecna and explain Ing tn ihem the purpoae of (he Yo«(h Campalpl There artove. ISMilcKort
Sydney Rubin and Bruce KuU er Using slides and enlarged piclures (hey wrote le((ers from Omaha lo Israel and back detailing the work of the Jewish Kederatkm of Omaha and Its agent in Israel, the Jewish Agency
Tlie Kick-off event, chaired by (iail llandleman, was highlighted by a unique audlo-visu at praaMlatiM prepared bjr
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The solicitors Include Alan Breslow. Ciall llandleman Tom Kahn, Maurice Karp man. and hloretir Kupfer Also. Susie l«hr. Debbie Martin. Mallory Hatner Syd ney Rubin. Mindy Welner, David Wlntraub and Amy C>K)per For more Information, con tad Sam Talpalalsky. Ul 1987, or Conrad Knller a( (he Jewish Federadnn 334-1300
UtlB«nzlman JKRl'SALKM iJTAi Faced with increasing inter nadonal support (or the Pales llnians' demand lor "self de terininalion " Ihe Israeli government has recently pub lished an explanatory doc umenl vlling out l(s objec lions lo Ihe Idea nf an iiiilr|M'ndent Palestinian state ih<- publication issued by Ihe Israel Informalkm Center, stales among other things. that the Camp David accords provide lor ••n.surmg Ihe "le gilimair rights of lh«' Pales llnians as re<ognited by the signatories of the accords Isi.ifl .ind [•'R\iit ,ind the 'llh<' 111 of llH' term legiliiiiiile rights ' They did not accept Ihe Pales tmian Interpretation of Ihe term, that Is a separate Imte
pendent stale The far reaching signifl cance of this posil ion is that Is rael considers llsel/ one nf Ihe primary parties entitled (o participate in de<'iding what comprises Ihe "legitimate rights " of Ihe Palestinians, re gardless of the intemalional community's views on the sub ject What the Israel govern ment believes to he non legitimate Is the idea of "self determination" In Ihe sense o( a separate slate This is not le gltimale because it would en danger Israel's own security Israel's basic approach which underlies the autumimy proposals is Ihal in a series of discussions some modicum ol understanding could lie worked out which woulo give Ihe Palestinian people a framework (or a miKhTalf al
lernalive leartj-rship to the Palestine Liberation Organization which ot)jec-ts loany solutiim other ihan full "sell-de lermmatlon " The pamphlet anchors Israel's objections tn a Palestinian slate in the following ar guments: • A Palestinian .slate would be a PUJ state, namely a slate which would be administered by a lerrtinst organl/ation that rejects the iJea of coining lo terms with the existence of the State of Israel, or limiting Halestiw lo the confines of Ju daea. Samaria and Cata The PU), moreover, would conlin ue lo serve as a convenienl political tool III Ihe rcjectionisl Arab state> and Ihe .Soviet I niun in their ptTennlal quesl to destahilizc the region the pamphlet contends i( ontinucdon Pane C!.