Three-way Drive Aims At $3.6 Million Goal COUNCIL BLUFFS. LINCOLN, OM<CHA Omaha, Neb.. Fri., July 31,1981
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Our mother, Huthie Riekes Richards, was a very special lady. Since her death in 1973, my sister Nancy and I have talked about making a gift in her memory. We didn't know what we wanted to do; only that it hud to be special as she was. It had to rellect what she believed in--what was very important to her. What was important to observant-this was the her was her Judaism and its essence of what she was. traditions, the well-being of How often Nancy anjJLJL others, family and the have recalled Mother's Jewish community. These reaching out to others. She had been a part of her life was an active participant in since she was a little girl on Hadassah. Beth El, the 19th Street. Women's Federation, and The daughter of Samuel the F'hilanthropy drives-but and Dora Rickes, mother she did so much more on a grew up in a large, loving personal level, in a very family where an abiding quiet svay. concern and care for others We remember her long, was a way of life. People who needed help knew they frequent conversations in could turn to the Kiekeses. Yiddish with Holocaust They were never turned survivors. She would help away-even if it caused a allay their fears and aid hardship on the family. What them in coping with their they had was always shared. new life. When they had problems, she was there. Their generosity towards We remember her visits others and their deep love and respect for Judaism was to the Dr. Sher Home and her carried on by Mother. chats with the residents. She Warm, sweet, loving, caring, listened so well. Her warm
A three-pronged 30 day campaign geared to achieving the $3,600,000 goal for the new Rose Blumkin Jewish Home is being launched this week by the Finance Committee of the Center for the Aging. According to Chairman Ix»nard (Buddy) Goldstein, there will be personal solicitation for major gifts, a communiy telethon and a general mailing in which a pledge card will be enclosed. Almost a million dollars is still needed to complete the goal needed for the building of the new 80 bed long care home on the grounds of the Jewish Community Center. "It is hoped that the total amount needed for the building and the endowment of this new home to replace the Dr. Sher Home on North 52nd St. will be pledged this month so that the Federation Board may vote to move ahead at its late August
.According to Allan Greene, interim Director of the Bureau, " This program will enable the Bureau to provide a kosher nutrious l to persons over age 60 are unable to prepare
their own meals and arc homebound due to disabilty. There arc no income requirments for participation." A week's supply of seven frozen meals will be delivered to qualified individuals who will be requested, though not required, to make a contribution which is returned to the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging. A contribution of $1 per meal is recommended. According to Mr. Greene, " The goal of the Bureau for
All names of donors of all gifts of every size,large and small, will be permanently inscribed in a special "Book of Gratitude" which will be placed in the entry of the new Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. The names of all donors will be listed alphabetically in order that they may be recognized for their contribution in helping to make an ultra-modern efficient and beautiful new home for our Jewish Aged possible. The amount of the gift will not be noted, only the name of the donor family, according to Mr. Goldstein. Plaques will also carry the names of all donors of $1,000 and more. meeting", said Goldstein. "Ground breaking could then take place in September. Pledges for the building campaign are presently being received in response to personal solicitation, parlor meetings, the Jewish Press ad which appears this week for the third time, and a general mailing to a number
of former Omahans living throughout the United States. "We are particularly pleased by the number of pledges that have already come in from people of all ages and in all amounts. They indicate total community support for this new home." said Goldstein.
Jewish Group Sues Treasyry Department smile, which showed off her marvelous dimples, made everyone she touched feel better. When the plans for the Rose Blumkin Home were being developed, we realized that a home for the Jewish elderly would embody everything that was important to Mother. We both became very excited at the idea of dedicating a room to her memory. We discussed it with our families, Marvin, Emily and Howard Freedman, Irvin Singer, and Ken, Dan and Debbie Somberg. Everyone shared our enthusiasm and was eager to participate. When we told our father, Morton Richards, of our Continued on page 8
WASHINGTON,-- The American Jewish Congress has brought suit in Federal District Court here for copies of Treasury Department records showing the dollar holdings of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Acting under the Freedom of Information Act, the Jewish group asked for the release of government documents listing the amount of funds on deposit in U.S. banks and the amounts of Treasury bills owned or held by the three Arab oilproducing states. Joel Levy of Washington, a vice president of the Congress, filed the suit. An earlier request for the information was denied by the Treasury Department,
which said that the International Investment Survey Act and the Bretton Woods Agreement Act precluded the government from disclosing the information sought. In requesting the documents, Marc Stern, staff attorney for the American Jewish Congress, wrote to the Treasury Department: "A matter of particular concern to the American Jewish Congress is the growing size of investments by Arab countries in the United States, with concomitant increase in influence by these countries over American foreign policy in the Middle East. The information obtained under this request...may
form the bases for recommendation for further legislation." When the request for documents was rejected, the American Jewish Congress appealed to the Treasury Department, In reply, Marc E. Leland, assistant secretary of the Treasury, wrote to Mr. Stern: "The percentage of the U.S. bank deposits and Treasury bills held by a single customer in each of the three countries is so high that any publica tion of these data would be considered a disclosure of the positions of these single customers. This would preclude us from releasing this information without the written consent of the customers involved."
Jewish Donations Help
Kosher Meals Planned For Elderly at Home The board of directors of the Bureau for the Aging has . approved a proposed contract with the Eastern [ Nebraska Office on Aging to k provide kosher meals to the ^elderly homebound. ^ The program which is anticipated to be ratified by t}ie ENOA Board in July c"yuld begin on or about Sept.
All Gifts To Be Recognized
this program is to deliver meals to at least 10 persons a |j5 week during the first year of <ts operation," *
In Hospital Rabbi Kenneth Bromberg, spiritual leader of Beth El Synagogue, was reported resting comfortably Tuesday following surgery at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, where he had been admitted for treatment of a heart ailment.
POTENZA, Italy - This pre-school center for 90 children in the mountain town of Potenza, Italy-devastated by a November 1980 earthquake—was formally dedicated in June. The construction of the buildings were made possible through a $108,000 contribution from American Jews, raised by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in cooperation with the Italian Red Cross.