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SERVING NEBRASKA, 10WA Vol. LXIII No. 4
Omaha, Neb., Fri., October 12,1984
ADL will honor The Society of Fellow;, Anti-Defamation League el B'nai H'rith will present Torch of Liberty Awards to Sam and Magda Fried, Sunday at 4 p.m. during a private reception at the residence of Stephen H. and Kathryn W. Simon. The Awards are in recognition and appreciation of their outstanding service and dedication to this community, counteracting antiSemitism and bigotry and .advancing American Democratic ''ideals. 'Gubot speaker will b3 Adolph Botnick, ADL director, South Central Region.
I5y Jean Ann Krupinuky Federation Staff Associate Nominees for the Federation's Annual Meeting Awards are now being solicited, announced Howard Kaslow, Federation President. These awards will honor outstanding individuals and programs which have made significant contributions during the past year. Amoijg the awards to bo presented are: • Volunteer of tho Year Award — Federation agencies arc- invited to nama an individual who hna played an outstanding role as a volunteer during 1984. The 1983 recipients included Dobby Greene, Jewish Federation Librcry; Dottio Rooonblum, Jewish Family Siivice; Norman Sheldon .and Bernard Altculer, Jewish Community Center; Martin Wolf, Bureau'of Jewish Education; and Nancy Peariman and Leah Siegal, Bu-
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Yount; Leadership Awards — A. Justin (Jreenberg Award (Young Men Under 40) 13. Lois; Jeanne Schrager Award (Young Women Under 40) The community's Jewish organizations are invited to nominate outstanding young men and women, under age 40, who have shown significant leadership o n ! h l f ( f t ! i oi i ton Winners are hon uv,d 11 t' ( i the * t i ' i ! Dr ' .1 i Caio i
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Marc and Mitzi Delman, co-chairmen of lege of Jewish Learning through the aus-re' i The College of Jewish Learning, thin week pices of the Bureau of Jovviph Education, for announced the , • which she is employed as a community- Hecourses to be of- [ ' brew teacher. • Five Orthodox Jewish organizations' is- able viewer" and warned that the "uninfered during the • '' Other courccs include: Dansig: Treas- sued a joint statement expressing "deep dis- formed and untutored public will be Fall Semester. r ueea Of A Destroyed Cgnimunity, a se- may and concern" upon the airing of the tragically misled." For the first time I • 1 ries of lectures based on the famous Public Broadcasting Service presentation "A presentation of Judaism deriving from in over three years, collection currently on display at the Joslyn "Heritage: Civilization and the Jews," (continued on page 2)' the College will ofMuseum; Anti-SoniitioBi end' Culture which is being, shown throughout the counfer #n -Ulphri as will be taught by^Sheldon Filger, Regional try by over 270 television stations as a scries one of its. Hebrew Director of thp Anti-Defamation League of of nine weekly programs. language classes. ; • B'nai B'rith; Bptto Evnns, profescor of Po- J Tha presidents-af tha organizations cb( .The .course'ia de- • • . I " litical Science.'ut'Ci'oigiiiot'i pnivt;I5n.y,'\viii" "VliUcll uiut liiC-jijoaiiCtioircOimmtJ i/ii^i-" signed along the i ' teach"Equnlity, Mlnoritiea And Tho erable-offense against authentic Jewish lines of the Israeli '—-~ " - - •• . 1 Constitution. belief," and called upon the public to be Dr. Paul Shykeri, general chair instruction. Ulpan Nili Twercky Classes will begin on Oct. 29, and will run alert to what the declaration termed a "funman, announced that because of a, is a method based upon learning language six consecutive Monday nights, ending Dec. damental error in orientation" in the focus through listening and speaking.. It is used 3. The College Is sponsored by the Jewish of the presentation. conflict of dates the State of Israel Agudath Israel of America, National in Israel to teach Hebrew to its immigrants Cultural Arts Council.' Dinner of State has been changed to who come from all over the world. The inAdditionally, a Yiddish film, Yidl Mtn Councilof-Young Israel, Rabbinical Council Sunday, Dec. 9. This year's dinner structor for this conversational Hebrew Fidl (Yiddlo With A Fiddle) will be of America, Religious Zionists of America, will. be held at Beth Israel Synclass will be Nilli Twersky. Ms. Twersky is shown on Oct. 28, at 2 p.m., at the JCC. ' and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congreagogue. a native Israeli who taught Ulpan in Israel. ' Also, as the closing event of the semester, gations of America declared in the joint Dr. Shyken/said, "because of the Ms. Twersky will also, teach Beginning a Children's Dinner Theater is planned for pronouncement: "The portrayal in the film late date this year, it will give the of our sacred Torah. as a slowly evolved inHebrew Reading, a course designed for Dec. 20. beginners to learn the Hebrew alphabet, Interested persons may register at the tention, and of G-d - given halacha as a committee more time to plan what should be one of Omaha's best Israel basic reading, and vocabulary. This course, JCC before and after the opening lecture by changeable system of law, constitutes a stab at the very heart of Judaism." which is based:bit* the ciddur, the Hebrew Julian Bond at 8 p.m. on Oct. 20. Bond Dinners." prayer book, will begin at 7:30 p.m. The UlThe Orthodox organizations added that For free tickets to the lecture, or for adFor further information, contact pan will tiogin at 8:30 p.m. ;Ms. Twersky'o ditional information about class registra- the presentation "meshes opinion with fact the Israel Bond Office at 341-1177. talents have been made available to the Col- tion, call Lois Wine at 334-8200. in a. way that confuse even the knowledgeC
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The men'of B'nai B'rith's Cornhusker Lodge went into the 'construction business' Sunday morning and by the end of their shift had successfully decorated sukkahs at the Jewish Community Center and the Rose Blumkin Home — and had rebuilt the sukkah at the Jewish Day School. Those participating in the project are Robert Hurwitz, Dennis Paley, Frank Goldberg, Leon Wintroub, Alvin Abramsori, Michael Abramson, David Siege], Gary Epstein, Tom Neuman, and Steve Riekes. They were assisted by the men of AZA 1 and Chaim Weizmann. 1510 as well as the'sv.-cetheart candidates from Chaim Weizmann Chapter and Lisa Hurwitz. At left, Steve Riekesputs the finishing touches on the Rose Blurnliin Home sukkuh. In the center photor Lisa Hurwitz shows off .the JCC sukkah to her grandmother and at right Robert Hurwttz and Dennis Paley engineer the Day School project with the assistance of Gary Epstein, Scott Meyerson and "Jim Simon; B'nai B'rith donated materials and labor. , . •: ".' , •"• : ' • .