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Howard Kaslow, president of the Jcwrh Federation, has appointed Mich^J Katzinan to chair the Nominating Committee for assembling the slate of officers and directorships for 1005. Serving with Mr. Katzman from the Fedoration Board will be Mary Fellman, Sandy Friedmun and Barbara Goldstein. The three non-board members of the Federation serving on the committee will be Alan Hackel, Robert Oberman and Ellie Penner. The Nominating Committee is charged with selecting a slate of officers and 10 directors to. present to the membership at the annual meeting in January of 1985. According'to Mr. Katzmhn "we would welcome the recommendations of members of the Federation for potential qualified nominees to serve on the Federation Board." ' •
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L Th« icquiiL.iiciit'; for n mination include b^m^ a member of the Federation (having made a financial contribution in the past 12 months) and residing within 40 miles of Omaha. In addition, according to Mr. Katzman "we will be seeking individuals who have served on committees or boards of our agencies, organizations or synagogues." Nominees must bo willing to serve on at least one standing committee of the Federation and attend monthly meetings. Terms on the board are generally three year commitments. Outgoing board members who cannot be renominated until they have been off the board for at least one year include: Harvey Cooper, Howard Ep3tein, Frank Goldberg, David Goldstein, Art Grossman, Sherman Neff, Steven Riekes, Suzanne Singer arid Terri Zacharia.
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Pioifeer Women/Na'amat has announced a new program for young mothers and their small children, open to all in the commuThe Jewish Welfare Federation of Coun- nity. This new pilot project named "moms cil Bluffs will hold its annual United Jewish and tots" is designed to open new lines of Appeal dinner meeting Sunday, July 8 at 6 communication between young Jewish p.m. in B'nai Israel Synagogue, 614 Mynster mothers, helping to make formative years productive and successful. Street, Council Bluffs. A social play group will be provided for Sam Saltzman, a long-time worker in be- the children while the young mothers will half of the Jewish community, will be hon- discuss subjects and problems that concern ored during the dinner on the occasion of them. his 90th birthday, David Gallner, president, If any mother of young children would ifas'announceil;' * '•:-' - • •••••.like to attend with their offspring, or would like to find out more, they may call Edith Sam a n d Magda Fried, of Omaha, will Rogert at 571-3017 or Lisa Senal at 334speak and Ed and Ve'ra Tepperman will be
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Announcement of n gift of $5,000 by Herbert Goldsten and the. showing of the documentary "West of Hester Street" highlighted the second annual meeting of the Nebraska Jewish' Historical Society June 20 at the Jewish Community Center. Approximately 300 persons were prese"nt to also elect new officers and board members for the 1984-85 term and pay tribute to outgoing board members. Shown above, from left to right, are re-elected officers Dr. Oliver Pollak, first vice-president, Mary Fellman, president, Goldsten and Lois Friedman, treasurer. The gift of Mr. Goldsten, a member of a pioneer Omaha family and still active resident and businessman in this community, will make possible the research and preparation of an exhibit of photographs of Jewislx lanclmiif !;o in.Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The.-exhibit will be shown in the Gallery of the Jewish-Community Ceiiter in January, 1985. Officers not shown are Joie Simoa and Silvia Hoffman, vice-presidents and Robert Goodman, secretary. Newly elected board members also include Phyllis Bittner, Audrey Cohen, Jerry Freeman, Saranne Gitnick, Bonnie Horwich, Richard Juro, Neal Malashock, Sol Mann, Suzanne Singer, Dr. Joe Soshnik, Marilyn Warren and Dr. Lewis Yager. Allan Greene served as chairman of the Nominating Committee and installing officer.
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in charge of t h e dinner. Reservations may be made by calling Mr. Tepperman at 322-0149. T h e price is $6.50 per person. <-•-
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T h e first meeting will be held at t h e home of Mrs. Mark (Lisa) Senal, 13606 Cedar, on Wednesday, July 11, from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. Reservations are a must. '•<,
T h e communal life of a lost city and its refugee people are described in the exhibition, "Danzig 1939: Treasures of a Destroyed Community," opening at t h e Joslyn Art Museum on Tuesday, Sept. 11,to t h e . public.
to finance the emigration of those Jews still permitted to leave. The religious objects were purchased by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee which made arrangements for their shipment to the United States for safekeeping.
(On Sunday, Sept. 9, there will be a special preview opening to members of Joslyn Art Museum and the Jewish community of Omaha.)
Ten crates filled with the community's, precious legacy arrived at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America — the parent institution of the Jewish Museum — on July 26, 1939.
: A collection of over 300 ceremonial objects, books, scrolls, tapestries and memorabilia" from the Jewish community of t h e Free City of Danzig was saved from destruction during the Nazi-era and will be on display at Joslyn through Nov. 18.
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After World War II the city became part of Poland and is known as the present-day Gdansk, Poland.
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> , 1 -i\ Organized by t h e Jewish Museum in New York City, the exhibition is being supported ••*• • ' 1 by t h e ' s p o n s o r s h i p of O m a h a ' s Mickey jj ' Sturm, Donald S t u r m and their children, ! '' Bob a n d Melanie, Omaha is one of t h e major museums in t h e United States t h a t will . take t h e collection on its second leg of tour ••5 throughout the country. It has previously been exhibited in institutions in Frankfurt i -—r am Main, Braunschweig, and Bonn, Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Washington, D.C., .Los Angeles, Chicago, Eugene, Ato i lanta, Cambridge, Berkeley and. Wichita, in the United States. Interior of the Great Synagogue of Danzig. This photo was made about 1933. !
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T h e collection of ceremonial a r t includes ' including examples of baroque, rococo and creasingly unbearable for Jews by Nazisneoclassical art. . . . . ; controlling the "F^ee City", the elders neobjects from the historic Danzig Synagogue ' The foresight of Danzig's Jewish1 elders' gotiated the sale of the Jewish communal and t h e city's Jewish cemetery. Exhibition objects from the 18th-19th centuries reveal ensured the.collection's preservation in the property with the government, prevailing artistic styles of/these periods, face of Nazi atrocities.. As life became in- . The proceeds of these sales were intended
The collection was delivered to this country in the hope that its contents, could be -returned to Danzig if the Jewish community were ever reestablished. But the German army marched into the city just one month later to begin a Nazi occupation that lasted until Germany's defeat in 1945. The city's once thriving Jewish community was destroyed, never to revive. And the collection became a permanent holding of the Jewish Museum — a testament to a community that is no more. In conjunction with Danzig 1939, the Joslyn will be sponsoring a variety of educational events and activities related to Jewish culture and history. The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The exhibition may be viewed for free with regular Museum memberships; $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12 and senior citizens (over 62). To arrange for group tours of 10 or more, contact the Joslyn Education Department at. least two weeks in advance. For more information, please call the Joslyn at 3423300.