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secretary for the Departu of cnt o_ ment of Jewish Education, at has anJi CO 334-0200 ext. 210. nt—....... mm ociiuijirships to The Jewish Federation the Jewish Community Committee, Center Preschool for the Scholarship under the Department of 1082-83 school year will be awarded through an en- Jewish Education, also administers the David E. dowment established in Beber, Lois Jeanne Schrager memory of Carolyn Kully Newman. This Newman and Esther K. Newman Scholarship will make it Scholarship Funds. These possible for families wilh limited resources to send (heir child to a preschool program which possesses Jewish content and values. There arc still some openings available for 3-5 HyPum Jacobs year old children in the Preschool program. Parents "It's hard to make a long desiring Information for term commitment when you enrollment, please call the don't know exactly what Jewish Community Center you're getting." explains Preschool office (334-8200 Susan Palcy, admissions ext. 229.) Preschool ap- chairperson (or the Jewish plicants, including those Day School of Omaha. already enrolled, wishing to "Thar» why we arft,olapply for a scholarship, ferlng seriously interested please call Pat Brown, parents and elementary school students a chance to experience the advantages of a high quality y d innovative program for a week at no charge. nabbi Kenneth Since the Day School Rrombcrg has been named academic year will begin spiritual leader of Aug. 23, one week ahead of Congregation Beth Shalom most local public school in Clearwater, Fla. Kabbi systems, it will be possible Brombcrg will take up his for eligible students to spend new duties on Sept. 1. a week at the newly in-
funds provide loans, at low interest, which allow college students to pursue their studies, scholarships to needy students attending the Jewish Day School of Omaha, participation in the Israel - Pilgrimage and students to attend Jewish camps and other educational programs.
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dependent school (no longer associated with Montessori Educational Center) even if their families are undecided about enrollment for the entire year. The administration of the Day School has worked in voluntary cooperation with t h e State of Nebraska Department of Education to assure compliance with all legal requirements, and has received an "approved" rating from that Department. School hours during the first week, only, will be 8:30 a.m. to l p.m. Information on enrollment may be obtained from ' the school administration at 334-0517. The Day School serves children grades K through six.
Paul Cohen [left] president, Jewish Federation ol Omaha, talks with Col. Ttvlka of the brael Defense Force on the outskirts of Beirut. Mr. Cohen was one of M0 Jewish leaden In the nation to go to Lebanon Aug. 2-4 to obtain first hand information on the conflict. More photo* on Pages (5-7.
Jewish leaders report on Mission to Lebanon By Morris Mallne Greene to the media and to The president and those attending a community executive director of the meeting at the JCC. Jewish Federation ef Omaha :*t. Mr. Cohen and Mr. have returned from Israel Greene were among 200 and Lebanon with an eye- leaders of Jewish comwitness report. munities throughout the "We haye seen evidence country who participated in of a government of terror the Prime Minister's Special Mission Aug. 2-4. forced on the Lebanese by Upon their return, they the PLO and Syrians and now a return there to life as participated in television interviews, a press conIt should be." ference, and the community This report, accompanied by documentation, was meeting in exercising their desire to bring the true story presented by President Paul Cohen and Federation of the Lebanese conflict to the American people. Executive Director Allan
Another television Interview is scheduled for Channel 6 on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. during the program, "The Jewish Community Presents." During the trip, they were briefed by Simcha Dinitz, vice president of Hebrew University and former Ambassador from Israel to the United States; Professor Mordcchai Shani, director of the Sheba Medical Center where they visited with wounded soldiers; Ariel Sharon, Minister of Defense;
"Talk to the Lebanese, not the PLO fly Morris Mallne Where were the TV cameras when the PI/) and Syrians massacred lOO.ooo l/'bara-sc1 civilians? When? were the hypocritical Western nations during the past sev<-n years as the Ix-bancse people suffered genocide lit the hands of the PI/) and Syrians? "For the first lime in all of these years, we now Have hope. Both Christians and Moslem* (ire happy to see the Israelis...to see our country liberated." The (uiestiaas and statement were provided to the JpttKh I'm,* liy ,i I.i-bam-se freedom fighter who has been fighting the PLO ;HKI the Syrians the past seven years. He is KtU-nnc Sacrc <Ahu Arc.i, commnnder, Guardians of the ('(liar*, the leader of this Christian militia resistance force in Ix'banrm. 'Commander Sacrc was in Omaha last weekend as part of his cross-country trip in the UnitttI States to inform the American public about the true situation in Lebanon. He explained that his absence from Ixbanon at this time should indicate to the American people that the political fight m more important at this time than the military. Commander Sacre, who was accompanied to Omaha by Dr. Elf Ayoub. of Lynwood, California, told the Jewish Press that his many attempts to provide (he Omaha WorldHerald with an interview were unsuccessful. His interview with this newspaper was arranged after he made contact with Paul Cohen, president of the Jewish Federation of Omaha. Commander Sacrc said contemporary events in Lebanon began in 1969 when the Palestinians In Lebanon, who number-OOOiOOO-among-tho throo-milllon LebancM,—
-began to receive massive shipments of sophisticated weapons from the Soviet Union. "They used these weapoas to set up, from West Beirut to Southern I^hanon, an independent state-within-a-state. The a rmy of this state was the PLO which established itself within tananon together with its infrastructure, Institutions, courts and press "
Ktlenne Sacrc, commander. Guardians of the Cedan,— leader of Christian militia resistance forces in Lebanon. In this way, he said, the PLO quickly became stronger .than the small Lebanese army which collapsed in 1975.—
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"This allowed the Palestlniaas to emasculate what remained of the traditionally weak Lebanese government." To face this great threat the Lebanese people instinctively reacted in self-defense to protect themselves in the absence of a Lebanese army, he added. He .said that a militia was established in 1975 when the Palestinian war against Lebanon began. "From the onset of that war up until the present, the Palcstiniaas destroyed hundreds of Lebanese villages, killed over 100,000 Lebanese civilians, and forced over 300,000 homeless. The Palestinians in Lebanon are the guests of the U>bnnese people, their war against Lebanon, however, showed us that they repaid our hospitality by butchering our people and destroying our society." The militia commander said that in October, 1976, Syria duped the impotent lx?banese government and much of the rest of the world and in the guise of "peacekeepers" invaded and occupied I^cbanon. "Syria, however, has never hidden its ambition to annex lA'banon into a "Greater Syria"...for that reason, they felt that their opportune moment had arrived." The war in Lebanon resumed, he said explaining that this time, however, it was not just a war between the IxhancHC people and their Palestinian occupiers but against both Palestinian and Syrian occupiers. "The towns, villages and civilians who had been spared from PLO terror suddenly found themselves at the mercy of a vengeful Syrian army. The Palestinian and Syrian occupation has brought with it the tragedy of seven long years of war for the freedom and independence of