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Vol. LXIII No. 22
Omaha, Ksb., Fri., February 15,1985
Israeli students plan • March Omaha visit On Sunday, Feb. 28, a group of eight Israeli highschool students will arrive to the Midwest to begin a five-week visit. These students, from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds in Israel, have been chosen to represent their country as young ambassadors of good will. Part of an Israeli youth Weintroub delegation organized and sponsored by Israel's Ministry of Education and Ministry for Foreign Affairs, they will help establish and foster a better understanding between Israel and American youth. li Ilan Weintroub, 16, and :<• i Daphna Marom, 17, will'be in Omaha from March 1720. Ilan has been a member of the Israeli Scouts Movement and has taken part in Marom Gadna courses (map reading and reconnaissance), and a senior citizen's club. He is interested in drawing, music and sports. Daphna can speak, read, and write English fluently, although her mother tongue is Hebrew. She has no special hobbies, but enjoys swimming and exercising regularly. Daphna enjoys young children, listening to music, and reading novels. During their stay, Daphna and Ilan will visit area high schools and meet with a church group and Jewish youth groups. While acquainting themselves with the many facets of American lifo, the students will in turn be representative of young and dynamic Israel. Housing for Daphna and Ilan is needed during their visit in Omaha. If there is a teenager in your house and you would be interested in hosting Daphna or Ilan, please contact Jodi Raven, 334-8200, ext. 267. Arrangements must be made by Feb. 20.
LINCOLN—A special program devoted to the plight of Ethiopia's Jewish community will be held on Friday evening, Feb. 15, and Sunday morning, Feb. 17. Congregation Tifereth Israel and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun will have a joint service at Tifereth Israel Synagogue at 8 p.m., Friday. Guest speaker Gary Hill will discuea the recent rescue operation of the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) and will present an update on the absorption and resettlement programs taking place in Israej today for the Ethiopian Jews. On Sunday morning, the award-winning film "Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews'of Ethiopia" will be shown at Tifereth Israel Synagogue at 10 a.m.. • Following the film, the Lincoln Jewish Welfare Federation will launch its campaign for Operation Moses. Monies collected will be sent directly to the United Jewish Appeal for its resettlement program for the rescued Jews of Ethiopia.
By Robert Lipcoy Federation Volunteer Tom Fellman and Howard Kooper, partners in Broadmoor Development Company, have been named co-chairman of the 1985 Men's Campaign for the Jewish Federation of Omaha. A goal of $2,000,000 has been set for this year's Campaign, which will formally begin with Super Sunday, Feb. 24. Super Sunday is nn annual telephone blitz designed to encourage the involvement and support of the Omaha Jewish community. Volunteers will make over 1,450 telephone calls. In this year's "Partners for Life" campaign, Mr. Kooper and Mr. Fellman hope to broaden what has become a shrinking base of contributors. Roughly half of the proceeds from the Campaign are sent to support Israel. The other half of the Campaign contributions support the Jewish Federation of Omaha and its seven agencies. "We have to take it upon ourselves to ensure there will continue to be a Jewish community in Omaha. It takes work and it takes money. We can't sit around and wait for the other guy to do it. With that type of thinking, there will be no services available to the Jewish community in a few short years. We have to do it, and we have to start doing it now. "Just look at the needs. Visit the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home. How can we abandon the essential services the Bureau for the Aging provides for our elderly? Walk through the 'J'. Where else in Omaha can Jews go to find these types of facilities and programs designed to enrich ourselves and our children, arid hopefully, our children's children? Do you have any idea how many people — your neighbors — Jewish Family Service serves each year? "You would be astonished to learn the extent of this agency'B services to tha.QitaaiUV: Jewishcommunity. Our Jewish Federation Library is one of the finest collections of Jewish
Dennis Allen Hyman, 15, will be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor given for him by Troop 97, sponsored by Kiwanis, on Feb. 18 at Washington School. Dennis has been a member of the troop for five years.and has served as librarian and, presently, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow, a fraternal Scouting organization into which Dennis Hyman members are elected, Dennis also serves as president of Explorer Post 287 at Lewis and Clark Junior High. Dennis chose the Hunger Hurts Campaign for the Omaha area Food Bank as his Eagle Project. He attends ninth grade at Lewis and Clark Junior High. He is in all honors classes and especially enjoys computer science. He said he hopes to become a space scientist. Dennis is the son of Gloria and Stanley Hyman and the grandson of Jennie Epstein of Omaha, and Dorothy and Alex Hyman of Los Angeles. He also has a brother, Robert, 14.
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Tom FeJJman Howard Kooper literature in the country. The Jewish Frees, our link to Jews around the world, is the only way we can effectively communicate to the total Jewish community regarding events and issues which affect us all. "Our ADL/CRC serve3 as the representative of the Jewish Federation educating the general public to the Jewish perspective. The Bureau of Jewish Education focuses onthe religious education of our youth. This agency also administers scholarships and loans for deserving high school and college students. "It should come as no surprise that as the material and spiritual needs of our Jewish community grow larger, the financial needs also expand. If we are to continue to provide these and other essential services, we must take it upon ourselves to make the commitment to fund these services. It takes no imagination to recognize what needs to be done. We need your contributions. It is up to you to perpetuate our Jewish community."
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Division leaders for the 1985 Women's Federation Campaign have been selected, according to Campaign chairman Suzanne Singer. Mary Bernstein will be in charge of gifts from $100; Bede Ostrow, gifts from $200; Ruth Erman, gifts from $365; and gifts from $600 to $1,200 will be handled by Saranne Gitnick. Mrs. Singer also announced that Jill Kushner Belmont will serve as the campaign's publicity chairman. The Campaign's newest division, the Business and Professional Women's Division, will be headed this year by Patricia Newman. This group welcomes all gifts and women of all ages. Those interested in joining this division are encouraged to call Jean Anne Krupinsky at 334-8200. ,
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