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SERVING NEBRASKA AND IOWA SINCE 1920 Omaha, Na^., Fri., January 10,1986
Vol. LXIII No. 17
Truman Clare named Hiimanitarian of the Year By Claudia Sbermaii TrumaiyE^lare, a devout Catholic, is a district deputy of t>i«~^njgnt8 of Columbus of Nebraska. He has worked on ^reighton University Fund Raising drives, and is an advisor to Marianne, Inc., a Catholic non-profit corporation. Clare is also a member of the Jewish Community Center and has ^rved on the Building Sub-committee and the Health Club Committee. He has worked on the Israel Bond campaign for years selling bonds in the non-Jewish community. On December 5, 1982, he was awarded the City of Peace Award by the State of Tnunan CJpre Israel for the work he has done in the Jewish Community as well as in the coramunity-at-large. He has also been active for a number of years in the annual Federation Campaign and is currently serving as tax advisor aiid legal coun.sel to the Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation. • of the , For being a friend, an associate, and a supp Jewish community of Omaha, Truman Clare will \>e lecy ognized at the Jewish Federation Annual Meeting ( day, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. as the 1985 Humanitarian of the Year. Bom near Cortland, Ne., Clare received a degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1944 and four years later, he received a master's degree in Business Administration from Northwestern University. In 1951, he received his law degree from Creighton University School of Law. A partner in the law firm of Mark^, Clare, Hopkins, Rauth, Cuddigan, Offner & Watson, Clare is a member of the Bar Associations of Omaha, of Nebraska, and of Iowa as well as the American Bar Association. He also belongs to the Nebraska Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Clare joined the Jewish Community Center more than (continued on page 2)
Dayid Spizman named to receive teen award By Claudia Shermui David Spizman, an 18-year-old seniOT at Westside High School, has been selected to receive the Jewish Teen Leadership Award in recognition of leadership activities related to Jewish youth groups. During his senior year of high school he has been serving as president of the Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth (MoVFTY). David's achievements will recognized at the Jewish ^ration's Annual Meeton Sunday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center. He will b« presented with a plaque T».»M Hnl«».. andalSOOatipendtoattend David Splsmwi a convention, a conclave, a summer camp with a Jewish component of his choice. ' David is the son of Phillip and Dorothy Spizman. As a freshman, David was an Omaha 'Temple Youth Gnnip (OTYG) Social Action Weekend application worker. .During his s<9homore year, he served as treasurer of OTYG. H« iMoune ptMident of OTYG when he was a junior in high tchooL During hia junior y«ar, he was also Winter Conclave Homing Chairman and the repieaentative to the MoVFTY Social Action Network. \ v In oddition.to being praaident of MoVFTY, wBich covers tht aUtea of Illinois (eseapt Chica(o)^o«ri|, Miatouri, Mbnwka. Kansas, Cofoiado, and-Wyoainf, jDariU waa olko chai"iMp of the MoVFTY (laadamhip trafaiinc) Institute. In nominating David, Rabbi StafthAn Barack of Temple laraet laid, "David made tignificont contributions to the t~ youth piofram at TUiq>led(iring a year of change of rafabia. His own leadership s^aand demeanor enabled otheia who wen officer* to feeYpM about tbeir contributions, thus m^ng for « smoother operation of the youth group thim' imght hove bekn." "David is a reinpected leader, both in our own youth groiq> . and in the regioh. His maCBOtty of judgment inA his will^ • / (continued on page 2)
Tom Fellman, Howard Kooper lead Men's Campaign for secxxxl year Toin Fellman and Howard Kooper, partners in Broadmoor Development Company, will continue as co-chairmen of the 1986 Men's Campaign for the Jewish Federation yf Omaha. "The 1986 Campaign raised over $1,888,000 for our Community, Israel, and national and overseas needs," stated Mr. Kooper. "We have begun to broaden the base of contributors in our community and we want to continue the job we began last year. We have seen our community become excited and motivated about the Campaign as we moved off dead center in 1985 with a substantial increase in Campaign dollars. "This increase must continue aa the needs of our community and Israel continue to grow. With the absorption process of Ethiopian Jewry, the cost of social services in Israel continues to soar. They need our dollars! "Here, in Omaha, our senior citizens need the services provided by the Bureau for the Aging, and the demand for counselling services from the Jewish Family Service continues to rise. We must continue to maintain our Federation Library, which houses one of the finest collections of Jewish literature in the country. The Jewish Press is our link to Jews around the world and, to ourselves, here, in Omaha. The Jewish Community Center is a constant hub of activity for young and old and the Bureau of Education and ADL/ CRC need our continued support." "As our Community grows and our needs grow, our Campaign must increase so that we can continue to provide these essential services and also other services vvhich become necessary due to changing demographics," added Mr. Fellman.
Tom Fellman
Howard Kooper
"We hove some exciting plans for the 1986 Campaign. The Pacesetter Division Dinner will be held in February this year to kick-off the Men's Campaign. On March 29 a very special evening is being planned jointly by the Men's and Women's Divisions and our Campaign will close with a 'Super Week' in April," continued Mr. Kooper. Messers. Fellman and Kooper summarized, "we are committed to working for our (Community for our children and our children's children. As the 1986 UJA National Campaign theme states "We Are One People With One Destiny", and we shall continue to build together for the future of our Community and our people."
JCC to present dance company By So Dance>«ilMlcr The Anna Sokolow Dance Company will be in residency at the Jewish Community Center, Feb. 17-24. Ms. Sokolow, a long time faculty member of the Julliard School in New York City, has created dances for Broadway theater, the Jeffrey Ballet, Alvin Alley and internationally known companies. Ms. Sokolow began her career with Martha Graham and Louis Horst, and is known world-wide as a legend in modern dance. "Our primary purpose in bringing Ms. Sokolow to Omaha is to give' selected JCC dance students the unique opportunity to participate in the performance of an original dance piece, which Anna will be choreographing especially for us," stated Mrs, Susie Silverman, JCC Dance Committee chairman. "Her strong sense of Jewish history and her repeated use of Jewish themes in choregraphy make her ideally suited to the needs of the JCC dance program, as well as Omaha Arts West. We are all thrilled that she and her extraordinary dance company will be able to give our children a positive Jewish learning experience through dance." In addition to the original dance piece which she'will choreograph fmf'the children, Ms,' Sokolow and Company, the "Player** Project", will give two community performances at the JCC theater, Saturday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23, both at 8:00 p.m.; one performance will be Sokolow's preame, based on the Holocaust, and the other perfornvance will be an evening of various pieces chor^graphed by the members of her dance company, order to help defray expenses to the Jewish Comnity Center, Ms. Sokolow and her "Players' Project" will giving a series of Masterclasses for dance students at JNO and Creighton University. "We are pleased to offer ' the general dance community of Omaha an exciting opportunity to dance with a master-dancer such as Ms. So^kolow," commented Liz Doherty, JCC dance director. ' , "We believe that Ms. Sokolow's presence in Omaha will be an enreme^y positive atotement fegardifig the legitimacy of Omaha Arts West as a true leader of the Arts in our community. Her contacts wiUi the gefierol Omaha dance commiinity con only enhance the yohie of her residency at Ms. Scdvknr will pve a i^lk IMgiA (fta Jewish cuttnie and WH««y as a source of tiwmea anil modals for th; aitisL Tbe fetute* which will ba l^d ot^tlle iCC on Feb^ Si at 2 p.m.^ witf be followed by a panel ^fiiraNi6n. The GhiMnn's Danca<Workslid|if'«iU t»perfoiM»d fet the Jewish Community iatbaiSiMiw 1>i> ttracram is (aade poesibto thtou^ the generosity <tf tha^bR K. Newman "IVust F>uid. the Morton ]<. ffioharikE^Mfewment F\i^ and the Nebraska Arts CoundL "We aw.deeply grateful for the strong support of the An in our Jewish community, and we tef kwking forward to Ma. SokokMv's arrival with great anticipation," Mrs. Sil-
verman concluded. Ftirtber information about the Anna Sbkolow and "Player's Project* Danee Residency may be obtained by calling Liz Pigherty or Ann Kibel Schwartz, 334-8200.
SyMaWdgner f£NDes siJ<iisry Omaha Cify Coundlwonan Sylvia Wagner has been adndttdd to eiarks<ln Heajital for surgeiy to remom what w«r dsedlbsd «a a '^noba^jr benign brain tumor." A <poke«man Baid4|t|tih|^ ilMd be performed Ju^ 8. He said that althokqflraa exact iiitui* of the tumor was (mcertain, doctors believe it to be benign. If all goes well, Mrs. Wogntr csbuM be bock on the job in two to three weeks, the qwkeaman added.