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Omaha. Neb., Fri., July 25.1980
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irol Parsow Leads comers Committee Dl) Parsow 1 chairman i '£ Committee ( leratlon of Omaha. She and members of her committee will be responsible for planning a scries of activities designed to welcome recent arrivals to the Jewish community. A native of Omaha, Mrs. Parsow attended Westslde High School and the University of Missouri where she maCarol Parsow jored in medical technology. She had been employed at father, Dr. Milton Simons, Lutheran Hospital where her practices pathology.
A member of the Federation's Board of Directors, Mrs. Parsow has participated In the Young Leadership Program, the Federation Campaign, and as a volunteer at the Dr. Philip Sher Home and Beth El Synagogue. The Parsows have two sons: Joshua, three, and Daniel, one. Mrs, Parsow has extended an invitation to all newcomers to contact the Jewish Community Center and leave their name, address and telephone number.
Louise Abrahamson
Named Liaison From Nebraska Governor Charles Thone has appointed Louise Abrahamson as the "International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP)" Liaison from the State of Nebraska with the U.S. Council. Mrs. Abrahamson has been active as a volunteer working for the handicapped and disabled for the past 12 years. She has also worked as a volunteer for various drives, such as "City of Hope", "March of Dimes", "Muscular Dystrophy" and "Heart Drive". Mrs. Abrahamson Is a member of the Governor's Commlt-
the American Coalition of Persons with Disabilities.
Loulse Abrahamson tee to Hire the Handicapped and Is Nebraska chairman of
The United Nations, honoring Its commitment to human right and human dignity, has proclaimed 1981 as the "International Year of Disabled Persons," and has challenged each nation to establish goals and programs aimed at improving the lives of its citizens with disabilities. The U.S. Council was formed as an independent non-profit organization to promote the UN observance.
'Wholly Mosesf Movie Deplored NEW YORK—This is a scene from Columbia Pictures' controversial new movie, "Wholly Moses." A coalition of Orthodox Jewish organizations has deplored the film's "savage mockery of our G-d, our Bible, Including the Tea Commandments, and our Prophet and teacher, Moses." In a statement on behalf of the group, Rabbi Abraham Hecht, president of the Rabbinical Alliance, declared, "This blasphemous and sacrilegious film is also a gross offense to our Christian neighbors, as the Old Testament is, of course, revered by them as well." Columbia Pictures, Inc., distributors of the production, described It as a satirical farce, a take-off on the story of Moses. The movie is currently showing in more than COO theaters in the U.S. and Canada.
Conference Names Two For
Brotherhood Awards
The director of Boys Town and the president of a national company headquartered in Omaha, will receive the 1980 Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Recipients arc the Reverend Robert P. Hupp, executive director^,of Father, ElanagajVs Boys1' Home, arid" James M. Paxson, president of Standard Chemical Manufacturing Company. The Brotherhood Award Is presented annually to civic leaders selected for their out-. standing contributions to humanitarian and human relations activities, according to NCCJ Midlands Co-Chairmen: Joseph Soshnlk, Donald J. Murphy and R. Jerry Hargitt. This year's event will be held under the Dome at Mutual of Omaha on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Charles D. Peebler, Jr., president and chief executive
officer of Bozell and Jacobs, Inc., will be the dinner chairman.
A Nebraska native, Father Hupp currently serves as member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service by appointment of President Jimmy Carter. He was appointed by—President Gerald Ford In 1976 to serve as a United States delegate to the 31st United Nations General Assembly. A U.S. Navy Chaplain during World War II, Father Hupp returned to Omaha where he served as a chaplain at the Home of the Good Shepherd, and later served as the founding pastor of Christ the King Parish. In cooperation with Rabbi Sidney H. Brooks and Protestant clergyman and former Omahan, Dr. Robert Alward, he was an organizer
of Operation Bridge, now Omaha Awareness in Action, an educational counseling service on drugs. A George Washington University Law School graduate, Mr. Paxson is a member of the board and past president of Nebraska Methodist Hospital. He serves on the Salvation yVrmy"Advisory•'Council, "aT~ both the national and local levels. Mr. Paxson also serves on the Boards of the Omaha Home for Boys; the Joslyn Art Museum; and the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association, 33 Mason/ Additionally, he has been a member of the Strategic Air Command Consultation committee for the past two years. Mr. Paxson presented the city of Omaha with the Gerald Ford Blrthsite Memorial Park and the Betty Ford Rose Garden.
Omahan Attends Street Naming in Germany By Morris Maline Editor-in-chief An Omaha woman has returned from Germany with a special story about SiegfriedLchmann-Strauss, a newlynamed street in Barslnghausen near Hanover. Sue Covey, of 9617 Meadow Drive, related the story with Its bizarre twists to the Jewish Press last week. The story starts during World War I when her great uncle fought the allies and emerged from the conflict a celebrated and decorated hero of the German Fatherland. Her uncle, Siegfried Lehmann, was bom In Barslnghausen, and his family had resided there for generations. The townspeople had accepted soldier Lehmann as a hero of the first order. He was acclaimed and heralded for many years.
Sue Covey's Uncle, Charles Lehman, points to street sign. . That Is until the Holocaust. Nazi Germany repaid their military hero by gathering him and many members of his family for a trip to the gas
chambers. The Lehmanns were Jewish. After the defeat of Germany, the town baker In Barslnghausen started a cam-
paign to perpetuate Mr. Lehman's name. This campaign resulted in the planning of a ceremony to dedicate a street in his name and the extending of invitations to Mr. Lehmans' survivors. Some 25 relatives from the United States, Australia and Holland attended the dedication ceremony last month. "We paid all our own expenses, but the Burgermelster and other officials went out of their way to make us feel comfortable," Mrs. Covey said. One distressing note. Two of the women In the town had escaped the Holocaust by marrying non-Jews. These women made a strong and successful effort to prevent the appearance of school children at the dedication. Mrs. Covey displays a German newspaper's coverage of the Their explanation: event. "It's time to forget."
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