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eth Beth Israel Synagogue's pioneering efforts in computer assisted instruction soon will be shared with Jewish educators across the country. A module on the "Application of the Apple II Computer to Jewish Education" will be presented In August at a conference at Oberlln College In Oberlln, Ohio.
Robert Hoberman will make the presentation at the Sixth Conference on Alternatives In Jewish Education. He is the coordinator of software development for the computer project, and Shirley Goodman has been involved In the implementation of the computer In her classes at the Hebrew school. The Jewish Federation of
Omaha has provided a series of grants to Beth Israel to encourage the development of computer programs for the Talmud Torah. A private donation of a color monitor has been provided by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Potash, making it possible for an entire class to view the computer output in color.
Keprlnted from Choice, Nebraska's pubHe television magazine.
The World War II Nazi Holocaust which led to the senseless murder of over 11 million people in death camps, of which six million were Jews, is an unimaginable atrocity. During the month of June the Nebraska ETV Network broadcasts a series of special programs which examine the Holocaust and its aftermath. During the Holocaust, at ' least 20,000 Jews were saved from Nazi gas chambers by a man little known outside Sweden or Israel. This man, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat on a rescue mission in Hungary, has not been seen since January 17, 1945, when he left Budapest under Russian military escort.
Mayor Visits Israel This view of the State Capitol was photographed from the CityCounty building in Lincoln by Jewish Press contributor Ellen Gordman. See her Interview with Lincoln Mayor Helen Boosalis regarding the Mayor's trip to Israel on Page 9.
The profound mystery surrounding Wallenberg's fate leading up to and since that day is explored in "Man Alive: Missing Hero," a 60minute documentary premier-
Pro-Choicers to Sponsor Freedom of Choice Days The Pro-Choice Coalition will sponsor Freedom of Choice Days June 19-21 to coincide with the 1981 National Right to Life Convention taking place in Omaha, June 1821. Pro-Choice Coalition group of organizations cerned with reproductive dom, religious liberty Constitutional rights.
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Freedom of Choice Days will include the following: June 19 — Interfalth Service, Temple Israel, 8:15 p.m. June 20 — A parade at 11 a.m. starting from the parking lot of the UNO Student Center. Margaret Sanger (actress
Barbara Rowe) will lead the parade to Memorial park monument for a rally at noon. Two female drill teams will perform. At 2:30 p.m., a counter-demonstration will assemble at UNO Student Center to board buses for downtown Omaha. This is scheduled to be a silent, non-violent demonstration. • > At 5 p.m., the Pro-Choice organizations will have information booths and exhibits at the UNO Student Center, and dinner will be served in the ballroom and Nebraska Room at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $7 and reservations may be made by June 10.
June 21, An ecumenical religious service affirming choice will take place at 2 p.m. in Memorial Park. The Pro-Choice Coalition Includes the following organizations: National Organization for Women, Omaha Chapter; Nebraska Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights; Nebraska Civil Liberties Union; National Council of Jewish Women, Omaha Chapter; Nebraska Coalition for Women. Also, Planned Parenthood of Omaha-Council Bluffs; UNO and UNL Students for Reproductive Freedom; and Nebraska Progressive Coalition.
Shavuot in Israel JERUSALEM — Israeli youngsters carry the "first fruits of the season" during an earlier Shavuot celebration near Jerusalem. Shavuot is observed this year on June 8.
Ing Wednesday, June 10, at 8 p.m. (9MT). The documentary states that for many years Wallenberg was presumed dead, but today, Irrefutable evidencte shows he could still be alive in a Soviet prison. A unique tribute to the children who survived the Holocaust and those who perished Is presented on "Echos of Children," airing Friday, June 12, at8p.m. A forty-minute cantata, written by Canadian composer Ben Stelnburg, constitutes the major portion of the hourlong program. Cantor Severin Weingort and Ruth Slater are the cantata's featured soloists and actor Herschel Bernard! Is the narrator. Commissioned by the Holocaust Remembrance Committee of the Toronto Jewish Congress, Steinberg researched the materials stored at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Archive Museum, and based the program's text on the poignant observations found in the
drawings, notes and diaries of the child victims. Approximately 5000 survivors of the Holocaust, from all parts of the world, are expected to attend a one-timeonly gathering In Jerusalem to (Continued on Page2)
Closed The Jewish Community Center building and all Federation offices in the facility will be closed June 8-9 for Shavuot.
Council Plans For Referrals Gary Nielsen, general man- .volunteer staff members who ager of KETV, and Ellie Pen- will set up systems and procener, president of the Omaha dures In cooperation with section of the National Council KETV. of Jewish Women, have anWhen the project comnounced a new community service project entitled, mences formal operation, the staffers will take consumer or "Seven Can Help." social service complaints via The project was described phone during designated as a problem solving/referral hours and refer them to the service which would provide a proper source for resolution. single community point to which viewers could turn Other, more difficult to when other means have been solve problems, "Will enter a exhausted. procedure of more intense reThe NCJW will function as search and investigation.
Federation Interns Start Summer Program The PIJCO program (Professional Internships in Jewish Communal Opportunities) began this week with five new interns. Hlllel Bromberg is the intern with the Jewish Press, Bruce Kutler with the Jewish Federation Library, Beth Lashlnsky with the ADL/CRC, Andrea Marcus with the Bureau for the Aging, and Michael Richman with the Jewish Community Center. Mitch Orllk, Federation staff associate, said "through this program, we expose com-
mitted college students to the field of Jewish Communal Services, thus building our leadership for tomorrow." "As PIJCO interns, these students will not only study the workings of the seven departments but also the history of the American Jewish Community, Jewish identity and the role of the family and the synagogue, trends In Jewish education, and the ramifications of our growing community of elderly." Interns win spend a mini-
mum of 35 hours per week working in their respective department and five hours per week In seminars with department staff and leaders In the Jewish community. The program, which runs for eight weeks, is designed to give Interns insight Into: the professional role of the Jewish communal worker, the structure, function and governance of the Federation and the seven departments and the relationships among local community, national organize-.
tlons,- international organizations and Israel.